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Week 5 Wide Receiver Rankings & Tiers

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Oct 8, 2026
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Thu, October 8, 2026
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Amon-Ra St. BrownAntonio WilliamsBrian Thomas Jr.Carnell TateCeeDee LambChris BellChris GodwinChris OlaveChristian WatsonColston LovelandD.J. MooreDeebo SamuelDeVonta SmithDK Metcalf
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Amon-Ra St. Brown

PositiveProjection0:00

S-tier WR ranking for Week 5; the source places him in the elite tier alongside JSN, Puka Nacua, and Jamar Chase.

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Antonio Williams

PositiveBreakout20:06

The source has Williams ranked 39th overall WR and notes he's clearly trending up. Williams was targeted 8 times in a game where Terry McLaurin did not play and had a 75-yard TD called back last week. With 30 routes last week and Jaylen Daniels returning at QB, Williams is positioned well going forward; the source started him last week and expects McLaurin to miss this week as well.

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Brian Thomas Jr.

NegativeUsage21:15

Brian Thomas Jr. scored a touchdown last week but is only on the field for 62% of the snaps with just two targets; the source acknowledges he must be started if necessary but expresses concern about his limited role despite the TD.

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Carnell Tate

PositiveBreakout12:34

Had his breakout game with nine receptions for 145 yards and was finally targeted more than 20 yards down the field. The source is semi-buying the breakout because when looking at the Titans' other receivers (Calvin Ridley, Wandell Robinson, Gunnar Helm), Tate is the only one who can make the offense look marginally good and is the only one who will play above average. The source expects the offense to drift his direction even more. Despite a difficult matchup, the source is ranking Tate as a starter.

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CeeDee Lamb

PositiveProjection0:30

A-tier WR ranking for Week 5; the source places him in the second-tier elite group alongside Nico Collins, Chris Olave, and Parker Washington.

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Chris Bell

NegativeRole23:15

Despite playing 82% of snaps last week, Bell does not seem to be a great stylistic fit for Malik Willis. The source wishes he could rank Bell higher given the high snap share, but the QB-receiver fit concern limits his fantasy appeal.

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Chris Godwin

NegativeValue20:41

Chris Godwin ranked at WR 41; the source expresses strong reluctance to start him, stating 'I don't want to watch this crap on Thursday night with Chris Godwin,' indicating preference for alternatives like Malik Washington despite similar scoring.

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Chris Olave

PositiveProjection0:30

A-tier WR ranking for Week 5; the source places him in the second-tier elite group alongside CeeDee Lamb, Nico Collins, and Parker Washington.

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Christian Watson

PositiveProjection6:43

WR15 ranking for Week 5; the source has high hopes for the Green Bay-Chicago game. Green Bay has the worst running game in the NFL, so if they get ahead they'll be forced to keep throwing; the Bears have been run-heavy due to game script, but if they trail, there will be a fantasy bonanza on both sides of the ball.

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Colston Loveland

NegativeRole28:24

The source is a semi-believer in Loveland, suggesting cautious optimism about his role but not full conviction.

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D.J. Moore

NegativeInjury15:51

Not in the source's rankings this week. The source does not expect DJ Moore to play probably until after the bye-week for the Buffalo Bills. This is the second occurrence of an AC joint injury for Moore.

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Deebo Samuel

PositiveProjection28:50

Ranked highly for week 5 and the source is pretty high on him rest of season. Samuel's production has historically been touchdown-based—his breakout year he had 17 touchdowns—which is his consistent fantasy profile. The source plans to continue ranking him as a fantasy football starter and is pretty high on him rest of the year.

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DeVonta Smith

PositiveRole20:55

The target row for DeVonta Smith appears to be mislabeled; the transcript excerpt and data actually refer to DeVonta Adams and Puka Nacua's role in the Rams offense, not DeVonta Smith. No independent insight for Smith is available in the source material.

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DK Metcalf

NegativeRole14:23

Ranked as high as the source could reasonably get him given stylistic fit concerns. The source thinks Metcalf is a horrible stylistic fit in the Packers offense with Aaron Rodgers. However, he does have a good matchup at home against the Indianapolis Colts with Michael Pittman Jr. out.

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Drake London

NegativeProjection0:52

WR9 ranking for Week 5 against Baltimore Ravens. The source ranks him ninth but notes that his performance will be impacted by the Ravens' backup QB situation with Tyler Huntley starting instead of Lamar Jackson.

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Garrett Wilson

PositiveProjection5:12

WR11 ranking for Week 5; the source still backs him as a clear starter despite last week's poor performance (5.7 points). The source attributes the low output to the Jets laying an absolute stinker and running only 32 plays, but notes that Wilson was still able to grind out points even in that limited-volume game.

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George Pickens

PositiveRole7:28

WR16 ranking for Week 5; the source is not panicking but is starting to think Pickens may continually get outproduced by CeeDee Lamb in target competition. The source expresses worry that Pickens will continue to be outproduced by Lamb in the Cowboys offense, suggesting a secondary role despite his ranking.

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Ja'Marr Chase

PositiveProjection0:00

S-tier WR ranking for Week 5; the source expects Jamar Chase to play this week despite being on a team with injury concerns (T. Higgins out).

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Jameson Williams

NegativeProjection10:17

Has shown the full range of his performance this year; finally had a mini breakout game with 6 catches for 102 yards, but efficiency remains a concern with projected sub-2.0 yards per route run for the season; however, faces an elite matchup environment against the Lions.

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Jaxon Smith-Njigba

PositiveProjection0:00

S-tier WR ranking for Week 5; the source places him in the elite tier alongside Amon-Ra St. Brown, Puka Nacua, and Jamar Chase.

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Jaylen Waddle

PositiveProjection9:28

Ranked 20th; targets will be available with approximately 22% target share; Sean Payton is taking back play-calling duties from Davis Webb this week, which should improve performance; favorable matchup against the struggling Chargers; the source expects good things from Waddle.

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Jordan Addison

NegativeProjection12:19

Ranked 24th but the source argues this ranking could be too high. Last week Addison was in the spot of his life with no Justin Jefferson against the Miami Dolphins, played 96% of the snaps, but only got six targets, four receptions, and 52 yards. The source thinks he's pretty borderline this week but is fine.

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Josh Downs

PositiveProjection10:22

Ranked 22nd despite poor recent performance (3 catches for 16 yards, 1% air yard share last week); the source acknowledges the ranking may seem high given last week's disappointing outing, but expects Downs to be the leading target for the Colts for the rest of the season; the source expects a concerted effort to get Downs the ball early in upcoming games.

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Justin Jefferson

PositiveProjection4:33

WR13 ranking for Week 5; expected to play against New Orleans Saints despite ankle injury. The source notes mixed messaging around Kyler Murray availability but Jefferson has barely played with Murray (left week 1, left after two routes week 3); good dome matchup against Saints defense that has given up strong receiving games; the source would be interested in acquiring him at a cheap price and is curious about the Jefferson-Murray pairing.

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Keon Coleman

PositiveBreakout16:03

Has had a really strong start to the year. Started off a little slow in terms of snaps in week one, but snaps trended up against Detroit. Did nothing against the Chargers, then was the wide receiver nine last week with six receptions for 116 yards and one touchdown. The source did a lot of bidding on Keon Coleman in the waivers last week and will be starting him in several leagues where he doesn't have particularly great options due to a combination of buys and injuries. The source values him as a low-end WR/flex starter because of his ceiling potential; he's guaranteed to get deep shot opportunities that can yield 12-14 fantasy points on one or two receptions, making him more interesting than marginal receivers who require outlier volume games to hit their ceiling.

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Luther Burden

PositiveRole11:35

C-tier ranking with consistent target volume (5, 7, 11, 6 targets) and above-21% target share on the season; the source dismisses complaints about Burden's production, noting he has a very nice role in the Bears offense; recent design touchdown shows offensive creativity; the source believes if Bears passing attempts trend up, Burden is a great player with a very good matchup against Green Bay Packers and is not scared to start him.

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Malik Nabers

PositiveProjection5:43

WR14 ranking for Week 5; listed as questionable with knee injury but the source does not expect this to prevent him from playing (notes Nabers is unusually candid about injuries for a pro athlete); had strong fantasy game last week; the source was encouraged by Jameis Winston's gunslinging style in recent game, which is what's needed to get Nabers and Isaiah Likely in lineups; also encouraged by report that Nabers was upset about not getting targets in second half, showing he wants the ball.

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Malik Washington

PositiveValue20:41

Malik Washington ranked at WR 42, just one spot behind Chris Godwin at 41; the source prefers him over Godwin, noting he is 'at least more fun to watch' and suggesting he is a viable alternative start.

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Matthew Golden

PositiveProjection8:39

Ranked 18th with phenomenal recent performance (15, 9, 21, 11 points) and consistent target share (30%, 20%, 23%, 23%); expected to accumulate more expected fantasy points than Christian Watson due to his traditional wide receiver role and reliable volume; the source expects Golden to rack up more expected fantasy points than Watson regardless of preference.

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Michael Wilson

PositiveProjection3:48

WR12 ranking for Week 5 with strong conviction; the source ranks him higher than expected and has moved him up significantly in rest-of-season rankings. Evidence: back-to-back games of 17 and 13 targets; plays in the highest total game of the week (Detroit-Arizona 54.5 total, expecting both teams to pass heavily); the source states there is no scenario where he would bench Wilson and notes that co-the source Zach has him ranked as WR6. The source would not fault a drafter for starting Wilson over Parker Washington despite Washington being drafted earlier.

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Mike Evans

PositiveProjection8:48

Ranked 19th; played through a rib injury last week and scored 12 points on 8 targets despite being dinged up; has an excellent role in the 49ers offense and is a reliable start when active; favorable matchup against Seattle Seahawks with potential for the 49ers to play with a lead.

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Nico Collins

PositiveProjection0:30

A-tier WR ranking for Week 5; the source places him in the second-tier elite group alongside CeeDee Lamb, Chris Olave, and Parker Washington.

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Parker Washington

PositiveProjection0:30

WR8 ranking for Week 5 with strong conviction; the source backs him in all lineups despite last week's poor performance. Evidence: 28%, 41%, 18% target share over recent games with two touchdowns; the source attributes last week's underperformance to Jacksonville's ground game being effective and plans to trade for him in best-ball formats. The source maintains prior conviction that Washington will average 25% target share over the season, and expects Jacksonville to dominate the Eagles given Philadelphia's injuries (Lane Johnson out for season, Cam Jurgens traded away) and line movement suggesting a blowout.

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Puka Nacua

PositiveProjection0:00

S-tier WR ranking for Week 5; the source had him ranked S-tier last week as well, indicating sustained elite status.

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Roman Wilson

NegativeUsage21:55

Roman Wilson scored touchdowns in back-to-back weeks but played only 39% of snaps and 31% of snaps in those games; he was benched against New England after a horrible drop that led to an interception; the source ranks him back-to-back with Jeremy Bernard and considers him fine if you are committed to him, but is more interested in Bernard with Michael Pittman Jr. out.

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Romeo Doubs

PositiveUsage14:40

Had a big game last week with 25% target share, nine targets, six receptions, and two touchdowns. The source notes the more important thing is that Drake May seems to be turning into form a little bit; May was much more effective throwing the ball down the field, including a dime to Eton Chisum for a touchdown. With AJ Brown out, the source expects Doubs to basically lead the wide receiver group in targets and ranks him as a starter in fantasy football.

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Stefon Diggs

PositiveMatchup13:33

Has a dream spot against the New York Giants. Terry McLaurin was not practicing Wednesday or Thursday, and while Diggs did not practice Wednesday, he was seen at practice. Ranked as a clear starter. Diggs has had a strong start to the year with a target share above 22%, which the source notes is the line for him—when a guy has a target share above 22-23%, you just have to start him in fantasy and deal with the consequences as they come.

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Tre Harris

PositiveSleeper30:18

The source positions Harris as a talent bet and low-end flex start for Week 5. Harris is running every single route for the Chargers and the source believes he's better than Quentin Johnston, who looks like one of the worst WRs in the NFL. With heavy drop backs expected for LA, Harris represents a cheap upside play if Adonai Mitchell doesn't play.

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Tre Tucker

NegativeValue22:55

Ranked WR 53 by the source. Tucker is a classic boom-or-bust archetype: he will be pretty bad for fantasy most weeks, but the weeks he scores a long touchdown, it's going to be pretty nice. The source notes he should probably move Tucker up in rankings.

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Zay Flowers

PositiveProjection0:58

WR10 ranking for Week 5 despite playing with backup QB Tyler Huntley instead of Lamar Jackson. The source will not bench him despite expecting lower production (22.4 ppg average with Huntley vs. his normal output). The source compares the situation to Drake London with Cooper Rush early in the season—a downgrade in QB play but not enough to warrant benching an elite receiver. Historical precedent: Tyler Huntley has produced decent games with Mark Andrews (11 rec, 115 yds, 1 TD vs. Cleveland in 2023) and Rashad Bateman (7 rec, 103 yds in same game).

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Episode Transcript

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0:00We are deep enough in the season now that wide receiver rankings start to get pretty weird. I have a couple this week
0:05that you guys are probably going to be writing about down in the comments, but let's go ahead and start with the S
0:09tier. Of course, JSN, Puka Nacua, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and Ja'Marr Chase. I had Puka Nacua as S tier last week.
0:15Turns out that I am a little bit of a ball knower. Obviously, you are starting these guys. I am personally expecting
0:20Ja'Marr Chase to play, Tee Higgins not to play. Obviously, all these rankings are going to be updated on flockfantasy.com.
0:26I'll answer any questions you guys have as much as I can down in the comments.
0:30The A tier, CeeDee Lamb, Nico Collins, Chris Olave, Parker Washington. I still have Parker Washington at A tier. The Eagles defense got absolutely torched by
0:40Puka Nacua last week. I think there's a pretty easy explanation for why Parker Washington had a bad game last week, which was the ground game really had it
0:47going, and also the Cincinnati Bengals defense is so bad against tight ends to the point that it is basically a choice
0:53from their defensive coordinator. Brian Thomas Jr. scored a touchdown, you know, Josh Cameron's kind of out there doing his thing, but basically, I am not
1:00worried about Parker Washington. Now, two weeks happens, right? If it becomes a little bit of a trend, then we will re-discuss where Parker Washington sits
1:06in the wide receiver hierarchy, but 28%, 41%, 18% target share including two touchdowns in those games. I'm not worried about Parker Washington. He is
1:15back in all my lineups. I am not trading him away. If anything, I would be trading for Parker Washington in fantasy
1:20football. I know he kind of feels like a guy who could be a flash in the pan.
1:23Like, at the end of the day, he does not have that many games of elite NFL production, but I am sticking to my
1:29prior coming into the season that he is going to be a 25% target share guy over the course of the season. And the Jags
1:36are just going to absolutely hammer the Eagles. I've never seen line movement like we have seen with this game. I I
1:42mean, it is actually insane that the Eagles are just They're tanking. I mean, they're just going into a full rebuild right now. They lost Lane Johnson for
1:50the season. They trade away Cam Jurgens.
1:51The The Jags are going to be able to do whatever they want in that game.
1:55Drake London against Baltimore Ravens at nine. Zay Flowers, who is not going to have Lamar Jackson. I don't have Lamar in my quarterback ranks and I am very,
2:03very confident that it is going to be Tyler Huntley that starts here. I still have him at my wide receiver 10. So, the
2:09first thing to note is that Tyler Huntley has produced a couple decent games in the past. Like, Tyler Huntley is not a very good quarterback.
2:16Certainly, no team would sign him as a starter. We've seen Mark Andrews have a couple pretty strong games with him at
2:22the quarterback position. We've seen Huntley, you know, basically just kind of be able to keep the team relatively afloat. I mean, there was that game
2:30against the Cleveland Browns in the 2023 season where he was able to have big games for both Mark Andrews and Rashod
2:38Bateman. Mark Andrews had 11 for 115 and one. Bateman had seven for 103. Is Zay Flowers going to be averaging 22.4
2:47points per game with Tyler Huntley as the quarterback? Probably not. Is there any way that I would bench Zay Flowers with Tyler Huntley playing quarterback?
2:54No, no, there isn't. I I think Zay Flowers is that good and we're going to talk a little bit later in the video
2:59about some receivers who I am downgrading due to quarterback play, but to me, it you know, actually honestly kind of similar like Drake London when
3:06he had Cooper Rush in there. Like, did you want to start Drake London? No. Did you bench Drake London in either of
3:11those first two games of the season? No, you did not. Garrett Wilson, I have at 11.
3:16What do you want to say about that last game? I mean, sometimes that just happens. Sometimes teams just lay absolute stinkers. Still, in a team
3:24in a game where his team only ran 32 plays, he was still at least able to grind out 5.7 points. You know, didn't
3:29leave you with an absolute zero, but still obviously starting Garrett Wilson.
3:33Here's the ranking that I I can't tell if you guys are going to be mad about this or if you guys are actually going
3:37to be on board with this, but I have Michael Wilson all the way up at my wide receiver 12 this week. A clear starter
3:42in every single format. Back-to-back games of 17 and 13 targets. Gets to play in the highest total game of the week.
3:49Detroit-Arizona has a total of 54 and a half. We would expect both teams to pass a ton. This game is obviously just going
3:55to be an offensive bonanza. There's no scenario where I would leave Michael Wilson on my bench. I've actually moved Michael Wilson up a good bit in my
4:03rest-of-season rankings as well. Um I mean, Zach has him ranked all the way at wide receiver six this week, which I
4:09don't even think like if you told me, "Hey man, I drafted Amon-Ra St. Brown, then I took Chris Olave in round two,
4:17and I got Parker Washington in round six. What should I do?" Like if you wanted to start Michael Wilson over Parker Washington, I wouldn't be like,
4:24"Oh my god, I can't believe you. You're so bad at fantasy football." Like you got to get Michael Wilson in your lineup
4:28this week somehow. So I I would I really honestly would not blame you.
4:33Then I've got Justin Jefferson at 13.
4:35I've Jefferson in my rankings right now.
4:37I'm expecting Justin Jefferson to play against the New Orleans Saints with this ankle injury. And I actually just wanted to kind of talk about Jefferson for a
4:44second anyways because we have gotten such mixed messaging with Kyler Murray and this Well, actually it has really not been the mix. It's actually been
4:52quite bad. But he has not got to play very much with Justin Jefferson, right? So he leaves right away in week one, and then Justin
5:00Jefferson leaves right away after literally running two routes in week three. So we have not seen what the Vikings offense looks like with with
5:06Kyler and Jefferson playing. I'm willing to you know, just clearly start Justin Jefferson this week. If you could buy Justin Jefferson for like a relatively
5:14cheap price in your fantasy football league, of course you could. Now, clearly most people are good enough at fantasy football right now that they're
5:20just not going to totally bail on Justin Jefferson. But if he would be acquirable in your league, I would at least be
5:25interested. I I would at least send, you know, a couple feelers out there. And this is a good game environment, you
5:30know, in the dome, um you know, in against the New Orleans Saints defense that has given up a bunch of good
5:35receiving games. I'm very curious to see what the Jefferson-Kyler Murray experience looks like with those two guys together. The B tier, I've got
5:43Malik Nabers at 14. He is listed as questionable with a knee injury.
5:48But, I've just sort of analyzed the situation with Neighbors as most athletes are when you ask them about their injuries, they're like, "Oh, I'm
5:55totally good to go." Even if they're not that good to go. Malik Neighbors is uh my friend Jacob called it, he's a little
6:00bit of a doomer. He's actually one of the few athletes who's like, "Yeah, man, I don't trust my knee. Oh, my shoulder
6:06really hurts." Which is just it's weird for a high-level professional athlete to talk like that. But, I don't necessarily think it means that Malik Neighbors is
6:13not going to play. We saw Malik Neighbors have a great fantasy football game last year. More important or last week. More importantly, we actually saw
6:20Jameis Winston play the old gunslinging version of Jameis Winston football.
6:25That's what is needed to get Isaiah Likely in our lineups. That is what is needed for us to feel very good about
6:30Malik Neighbors. Obviously, if Neighbors doesn't play, that's I mean, it's very bad for the Giants. It's very bad for Neighbors. But, I was overall very
6:37encouraged. I was also encouraged by this. If you've been listening to my content for a long time, you know I love
6:42when my wide receivers in fantasy choose to act like divas. There was a report that Jordan Ranaan had just this morning
6:48that Neighbors was pissed off that he didn't get any targets in the second half. That's what we want. I want him
6:54going back to the huddle saying, "Hey, throw me the damn ball." I have Malik Neighbors in a lot of fantasy leagues. I
6:58want him telling Jameis. I want him telling Matt Nagy. I want him telling Harbaugh. I want him telling Greg Roman.
7:04"Hey, you guys want to win some games?
7:05How about you throw me the ball? I'm an all-world receiver. Give me the ball."
7:08So, I'm going to be starting Neighbors this week. We've got Christian Watson at 15. I kind of have high hopes for that
7:13Green Bay-Chicago game.
7:15Green Bay has effectively the worst running game in the entire National Football League. If they get up in this game, they are going to have to keep
7:22throwing. Obviously, the Bears have been very run heavy due to score line effects. But, if there is a game that the Bears end up trailing in, there's
7:30going to be an absolute fantasy football bonanza to be had on both sides of the ball. And I'm very much hoping that this
7:36happens here. I've George Pickens at 16.
7:38I'm not super panicking on George Pickens, but I am at start to at least thinking, well, maybe he is just going
7:45to continually get mugged by CeeDee Lamb. You'll have the answer to what happens to him on Thursday night.
7:49Davante Adams at 17, I mean, look, we learned what we knew we were going to learn, which is in Puka is in the
7:54lineup, the offense does not revolve around Davante Adams. Davante Adams, 39 points and 20 points in two games that Puka doesn't play, five points and seven
8:04points in the two games that Puka plays.
8:05That's obviously some oversimplification, but it's pretty clear to me that when Puka is in, Puka is the big dog and the big dog is going
8:13to eat. I have Matthew Golden at 18.
8:15He's just having a phenomenal year, 15, 9, 21, and 11 points, 30%, 20%, 23%, 23% target shares. Matthew Golden, whether you like it or not, is going to rack up
8:26more expected fantasy points than Christian Watson. Now, I know a lot of you guys really like Christian Watson, but the deal with Christian
8:33Watson is I do expect him to score fantasy points over expectation. I I think he probably will score a very similar amount of fantasy points at the
8:41end of the day to Matthew Golden, but Golden just plays a more traditional, you know, wide receiver role and is therefore more likely to consistently
8:49earn volume in ways that we like in fantasy football, but both of them are obviously clear starts against the Chicago Bears. Mike Evans at 19 plays
8:56with a rib injury last week. Apparently, he was pretty dinged up, but Mike Evans is old school. He wants to play in these
9:02games. He wants to score points for our fantasy football teams. 12 points on eight targets for him last week. I think
9:07this game against the Seattle Seahawks could be one of the more fun games of the week.
9:12If we get the the 49ers playing with a lead here, JSN speeding the game up, but basically, Evans to me has a such a good
9:20role in this 49ers offense that when he is active, he's going to find his way into my starting lineups. Jaylen Waddle
9:27at 20, no Pat Bryant, the targets are going to be there. He's going to have about a 22% target share. Sean Payton is
9:33taking the play calling back from Davis Webb this week. I expecting good things from Jaylen Waddle here. I also think there's I mean, it's a great get-right
9:42spot for the Denver Broncos who are having a very scuffling start to the year against the tr- you know, awful.
9:48The Chargers are terrible. They are they are a bad bad bad NFL team that is scrambling. They are they're It's all bad, man. I mean, how many of
9:58these guys are getting fired? Is McDaniel getting fired? Is Harbaugh getting fired? Like, are they going to start firing, you know, qual- uh
10:04offensive quality can control coaches?
10:06It's such a mess there. But, Waddle, I started out very high on him in the preseason. I moved him down in my
10:11rest-of-season rankings. I moved him down in my weekly rankings, but he does grade out as a start to me this week.
10:16Jameson Williams, we've gotten the full Jamo experience this year. Does finally have a mini breakout game, 6 for 102, but we know what we're getting with
10:24Jameson Williams. He's probably going to have less than 2 yards per route run on the course of the year, but he is in an
10:29elite game environment against the Lions. And then, I do still have Josh Downs at 22. You guys might be saying, "Hey, man, that's a really stupid. I
10:37started Josh Downs last week, and he was the most annoying guy on the face of the earth. Had 3 for 16, had a 1% share of
10:43the team's air yards. Laquon Treadwell looked way better than him."
10:47We know that Josh Downs is not a superstar. We know that Josh Downs is not going to be JSN. I mean, I thought
10:52there was a chance that he could maybe really ascend to that level, but it's pretty clear that he is not. Daniel
10:57Jones played awful in that game against the Washington Commanders. I do expect Downs to be the leading target for the rest of the season for the Indianapolis
11:05Colts, and I don't even really think it matters. Like, I mean, Keenan is not going to play this week, but I don't
11:09really think it does matter. If Keenan does play, I would expect early on in the game there to be a concerted effort
11:15to get Downs the ball. I think the coaches know that they messed up with all the Ashton Dulin and Laquon Treadwell last week. And also,
11:22you know, kind of the frustrating thing is that Downs has shown this year that he can be an effective down the field
11:27wide receiver. I don't know why in that game against the Commanders, the Colts just chose to not use him that way at
11:34all. Our C tier begins with Luther Burden. I should probably maybe even move Luther Burden up a little bit. Five targets, seven targets, 11 targets, six
11:42targets. He's going to target share above 21% on the year. Had the really cool design touchdown. I mean, frankly, the Luther Burden complainers, I think
11:50are just wrong. I I think Luther Burden has a very nice role. We just have not seen a tremendous amount of volume in
11:55the passing game. The the team had a huge play volume last week, but they did it via the run. I mean, they basically
12:01just ran the ball for the entirety of the second half. If you look at where the Bears stand in overall passing
12:07attempts, they are slightly below league average. I think if we trend the Bears passing attempts up a little bit. And frankly, I just think Luther Burden is a
12:13great player. I think it's a very good match up against the Green Bay Packers.
12:16I am not scared to start Luther Burden at all. Jordan Addison at 24, you could argue this is too high. Had the was in
12:23the spot of his life last week with no Justin Jefferson against the Miami Dolphins. Played 96% of the snaps, only got six targets, four receptions, and 52
12:32yards. I think he's pretty borderline this week, but he's fine. Cornell Tate has this really difficult match up with the Tennessee Titans, but did have his
12:39breakout game. Nine for 145, was finally targeted more than 20 yards down the field. I'm semi buying the breakout stuff, just because if I was the
12:49play caller for the Tennessee Titans and I'm looking at Calvin Ridley, I'm looking at Wan'Dale Robinson, I'm looking at Gunnar Helm, I'm saying,
12:55"Hey, the only guy who can even make me look marginally good here is Cornell Tate." He's the only one who's going to
13:00go out there and play above average, and I think we'll see the offense drift his direction even more. And we know there
13:06going to be pass attempts there. The first downs are not going to be great, so the overall play volume is not going
13:10to be that good for the Tennessee Titans, but I am I'm ranking Tate as a starter here. Stefon Diggs has a dream
13:17spot against the New York Giants. Terry McLaurin not practicing Wednesday, not practicing Thursday. Diggs did not practice Wednesday, but was seen at
13:23practice here. So, I have him ranked as a clear starter for me. I drafted Stefon Diggs in honestly a lot of fantasy football
13:31leagues, so it was annoying that he did not have a particularly good game last week, but has had a strong start to the
13:36year, has a target share above 22%, which is That's kind of the line for me.
13:40When a guy has a target share above 22, 23%, I'm like, you just got to start that guy in fantasy and you got to deal
13:45with the consequences as they come. DK Metcalf with no Michael Pittman Jr. This was the highest I could reasonably get him. I think that DK Metcalf is a
13:53horrible stylistic fit in this offense with Rodgers, and we're going to talk about Roman Wilson and Jaylen Bernard here in a little bit, but it is a good
14:00matchup at home against the Indianapolis Colts. Romeo Doubs big game last week had not as not as large of a target share as you
14:08would have thought with 25%, nine targets, six receptions. Did score the two touchdowns. The more important thing is that Drake May seems like he is
14:15turning into form a little bit. You know, we've been very worried about the shoulder injury for Drake May, but May was much more effective throwing the
14:22ball down the field, including that absolute dime that A.J. Brown made one of the best plays of the year on to
14:27score a touchdown. With A.J. Brown out, I do expect Doubs to basically lead this wide receiver group in targets, and I
14:33think you do have to rank Romeo Doubs as a starter in fantasy football. Jakobi Meyers, we don't feel that great about,
14:39but he's just, you know, he runs a ton of routes. I feel very high about the overall offensive environment for the
14:45Jacksonville Jaguars. I mean, if you wanted to start Denzel Boston over Meyers, if you wanted to start Concepcion over Meyers, if you wanted to
14:52start Keon Coleman over Meyers, I would be totally hip with it. I do not have DJ Moore in my rankings this week. I don't
14:58expect DJ Moore to play probably actually until after the bye week for the Buffalo Bills. This is the second occurrence of this AC joint injury for
15:06him. Keon Coleman has had a really strong start to the year. Started off a little bit slow in terms of snaps in
15:12week one, but then pace trended up against Detroit. Did nothing against the Chargers, which it was kind of funny, actually. I would have expected him to
15:18have a good game against the Chargers.
15:20Then is the wide receiver nine last week, six for 116 and one.
15:25I did a lot of bidding on Keon Coleman in the waivers this last week and I will be starting him in several of my leagues
15:31where I don't have particularly great options due to a combination of buys and injuries. Keon, the thing that I like about starting marginal guys like this
15:40and I'd be curious your guys thoughts on this. So, when I start a marginal wide receiver, the thing that I don't want is
15:45for to be hoping for like, I really hope this guy is able to get like a crazy ceiling reception game. So, for example,
15:52starting someone like DeMario Douglas.
15:54So, let's say Mack Hollins does not play this week. If I start DeMario Douglas for the Patriots against the Raiders, I'm hoping he has an outlier volume
16:02game. But with Keon Coleman, I mean, one, I can get an outlier volume game, but more importantly, when you start someone like Keon, you know he's going
16:11to get one deep shot. And maybe he doesn't come down with it and he has a pretty bad fantasy day, but just knowing
16:16that that deep shot stuff exists just makes me more interested in starting guys in fantasy football because the ceiling is so important. You know, Keon
16:23Coleman could have one target, one reception and 14 fantasy points, you know, if games or or I don't maybe more like 12 fantasy points.
16:3014 points would be a long, long touchdown. Um, but he could have, you know, a very good game on one reception
16:35or two receptions. So, that is something that kind of points me in his direction as a a low-end wide receiver or a flex
16:42starter. Moving to the D tier, De'Von Achane, I do expect Chris Olave to play in this game. I don't expect the Saints
16:49to have too much passing success. The Minnesota Vikings defense has been so good, but you just can't deny the volume for Achane. Nine targets, seven targets,
16:56six targets, nine targets. Scores a touchdown in the fourth quarter last week.
17:00My comments, you guys, you guys love De'Von Achane more than I've ever loved De'Von Achane. So, this is my olive branch to you, the Achane people.
17:09Rondale Moore is at 34, a true I just, you know, the volume has been bad for Rondale Moore.
17:15He he a really bad touchdown drop in week three against the Eagles. I I I'm a believer in Luther Burden. I'm a
17:21semi-believer in Colston Loveland, and I am just not a believer in Roma Odunze. I wonder where he's at. Uh, 34 is not even
17:27the lowest of anyone on the site. Looks like Looks like Mason is a real bear having him ranked at 53 this week. Deebo
17:34Samuel, again, honestly a very good role. A game that I think can be quite good. Now, Deebo's production has been all touchdown based, but guess what?
17:42That's always been the Deebo thing. When Deebo was awesome in fantasy football, it was all efficiency. It was all touchdowns. His breakout year, the year
17:49that he broke fantasy football, he had 17 touchdowns. That is what Deebo Samuel does. So, I'm going to continue to rank
17:56him as a fantasy football starter, and I'm pretty high on him rest of the year.
17:59Emeka Egbuka playing with Jaylen Daniels on Thursday. It's just not happening, man. It is just not happening for Egbuka. The offense is not good enough.
18:07He, frankly, is not good enough. You know, I mean, his target share is sub 22% that line that I was talking about.
18:13Getting Getting target mugged by the running backs. Chris Godwin, Tez Johnson is out there earning targets. It's just not been good enough for Egbuka. Trey
18:21Harris, I don't think Lad McConkey is going to play this week. You guys noticed that he is not in my rankings.
18:26He's had been a nice little volume spike the most recent 2 weeks, and Harris is a little bit of a talent bet.
18:34You know, I talent bet in the sense that I think he's better than Quinton Johnston. QJ to me looks like basically one of the worst
18:40wide receivers in the NFL, and I expect a lot of drop backs here for the Chargers. Trey Harris is running like
18:45every single route, so I don't mind him as a low-end flex start this week. Then, I got DoorDash Dante Myers fresh from
18:52the CFL. I got him up here ranked at overall wide receiver 38. Curious your guys' thoughts on this one as well
18:59because I think the vast likelihood would suggest one of Tee or Chase doesn't play. You know, the the combinatorial injury percentage for them is quite
19:09high, which means that Myers was one of my favorite wide receiver ads like real cheap this last week. And if one or both
19:16of them are out, Myers and Mike Gesicki at tight end, both of these guys profile really strong for fantasy just because
19:22the match up is so good. And we know the Bengals are going to be a heavy pass rate over expectation team. Joe Burrow
19:27was asked about the team's run pass split in the press conference this last week cuz Chase Brown, I believe, only had nine rush attempts. And Burrow said,
19:34"Yeah, sounds good. We need to pass even more." So, we we have a pretty good belief the volume is going to be there.
19:39We have seen success from from Dante Myers in this offense. Now, Kahlil Young did not play in week four, so his routes
19:46might be trimmed a little bit if Kahlil Young does play this week. But I I really, really like this spot for the
19:52Bengals. And of course, I will keep updating this up up until we get to kickoff and we get all the knowledge of
19:57what's going on with the Bengals. But with the assumption that Chase plays and Tee Higgins does not, this is where I
20:02have Dante Myers ranked. And then Antonio Williams, I have up at wide receiver 39. He had a 75-yard touchdown called back last week. He was targeted
20:11eight times in a game that Terry McLaurin did not play. Terry McLaurin, in my mind, is not going to play this
20:16week. I started Antonio Williams in a league last week, so I was pretty pissed off that touchdown got called back. But
20:21to me, he is a guy who's clearly trending up in fantasy, got up to 30 routes this last week. And Jayden
20:27Daniels is going to be back, so things are are really going in the right direction for Antonio Williams. Moving to the E tier, we have got Kahlil
20:35Shakir. I mean, look, whatever. I hate Kahlil Shakir. I don't have him on a single fantasy team. This feels like the
20:40right place to rank him. Chris Godwin Jr. at 41, Malik Washington at 42. If you want to start Malik Washington over
20:46Godwin, 6 points, 8 points, 11 points, 12 points, honestly, go ahead. You know, Malik Washington is at least more fun to
20:53watch.
20:54I don't want to watch this crap on Thursday night with Chris Godwin. Mack Hollins at 42, I mean, he 70%, 74%, no
21:01DeVonta Smith this week. I think Mack Hollins is probably a better NFL player at this stage than Dontayvion Wicks and certainly better than Darius Cooper. I
21:09just I don't want to start any Eagles, man. The The Eagles you know, a big thing in fantasy football is kind of just reading the tea
21:16leaves, feeling where the wind is going.
21:18Nothing with the Eagles feels good.
21:20Everything Everything with the Eagles actually feels quite bad. Uh Brian Thomas Jr. scores the touchdown last week, but is only on the field for 62%
21:28of the snaps, two targets. I mean, look, if you got to start Brian Thomas Jr., you got to start Brian Thomas Jr. It is
21:33what it is. And then Courtland Sutton.
21:35Do I even really in this ranking? I I mean, if you've been starting Courtland Sutton every week, you got to be so mad.
21:42You got to be Really, my my heart of hearts ranking, this is honestly, I should move him lower. I I should move
21:48him even lower than this, even with no Parris Campbell. I just I don't see how he does it. I just don't I do not see
21:53it. He is such a bad fit for Bo Nix, and he's really lost his ability to separate in the NFL. Our next tier, we have got
22:00Roman Wilson and Jeremy Bernard. I ranked them back-to-back. So, Roman has the touchdown last week and the week before, but he actually is playing not
22:08very much. He played 39% of the snaps and 31% of the snaps in back-to-back games. Actually played fewer overall snaps than Jeremy Bernard did in that
22:17week two game against the Patriots.
22:18Jeremy played 79% of the snaps and got eight targets. Roman Wilson got benched in that game against the New England Patriots because he had a horrible
22:28horrible drop that led to an interception. Now, Roman Wilson, I think is fine. Like, if you were if you're really going to the mat for Roman
22:35Wilson, but with Michael Pittman Jr.
22:37out, I'm really interested in Jeremy Bernard. I really liked him as a prospect coming out of Washington State and not of Alabama. And he was a
22:45second-round pick, and that felt like it kind of slid under the radar for people in fantasy drafts. Like, he's not rostered in very many of my leagues, but
22:51with Michael Pittman Jr. out, I'm adding him a ton. And if we get good results and good route participation and targets
22:57per route run for Jeremy Bernard this weekend, I'm probably going to rank him a good bit higher, rest of season.
23:03Marvin Harrison Jr., what else is left to be said? I mean, you don't want to start Marvin Harrison Jr., I don't want
23:08to start Marvin Harrison Jr., no one wants to start him. Wan'Dale Robinson at 49, Dontayvion Wicks at 50, Ryan Flournoy at 51, Bateman at 52, Trey
23:16Tucker at 53. Honestly, I should probably move Trey Tucker up. Even though, like, Trey Tucker is your classic case of he's going to be pretty
23:23bad for fantasy most weeks, but the weeks that he scores the long touchdown, it's going to be pretty, pretty nice. I
23:28mean, would I realistically, if I had Courtland Sutton and Trey Tucker both on a fantasy team, would I think about starting Trey
23:36Tucker? Honestly, I would. Quinton Johnston at 54, Kayshon Boutte at 55, Jaylen Nailor at 56, and then my Flotsam tier, Rashid Shaheed, Demario Douglas,
23:45Kendrick Bourne, Matt Collins, Ted Hurst who got benched last week. You know, we got Jack Bash in here. Treylon Burks did
23:52have the nice touchdown. Chris Bell, I wish I could rank Chris Bell higher. 82% of his snaps last week. He just does not
23:58seem to be a great for Malik Willis. Darnell Mooney at 65, Calvin Ridley at 66, Quez Watkins at 67, and Alec Aiono Manor down there at 68.
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