We’re two-thirds of the way through the 2023 NFL Preseason. Well, almost. The Ravens and Commanders hadn’t taken the field on Monday night before the publication of this article, so thoughts on that game will not be included here.
But there are some noteworthy takeaways from the other 15 preseason games that took place over the last few days. Let’s take a position-by-position look at some of the more interesting ones for fantasy purposes. And here’s a deeper look at wide receivers.
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Preseason Week 2 Takeaways
Here are a few fantasy takeaways from the second week of exhibition games:
Wide Receivers
We football nerds have been endlessly amused in recent months by the sheer number of slot receivers on the Giants roster. There might be only one who matters: Parris Campbell, who ran with the starters in the slot. Campbell should be fantasy-relevant when healthy. Wan’Dale Robinson, Sterling Shepard, Jamison Crowder and Cole Beasley probably won’t be.
This is more for dynasty than for redraft, but it’s worth mentioning how good rookie WR Cedric Tillman looked for the Browns. The 6-3, 213-pound Tillman is an imposing physical specimen. He had two catches for 50 yards on three targets, and the incompletion was a red-zone target that could have drawn a flag for defensive pass interference. Tillman is likely going to be the fourth receiver on the Browns’ depth chart behind Amari Cooper, Elijah Moore and Donovan People-Jones, but he might not be far from fantasy relevance.
Michael Wilson played with the starters for the Cardinals. The rookie third-rounder is almost surely going to be the Cardinals’ starting X receiver, with Marquise Brown as the other starter in two-receiver sets and Rondale Moore as the slot man. Wilson, whose college career at Stanford was interrupted by a series of injuries, is an intriguing late-round flyer in deep leagues.
Rashee Rice had the sexy stat line (8-96-0) in Kansas City’s 38-10 win over the Cardinals, but based on how much work they got with the starters, Skyy Moore and Marquez Valdes-Scantling appear to be 1-2 in the Chiefs’ WR pecking order (at least until Kadarius Toney comes back from injury, but maybe even after he returns).
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