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WIDE RECEIVERS
Written by Derek Brown
Josh Downs (IND): 36% rostered
- Next Opponents: NO, @CAR, @NE
- True value: $4
- Desperate need: $8
- Budget-minded: $2
Analysis: Over the last three weeks, Downs has been balling, with a 19.7% target share and 2.50 yards per route run (per PFF). Downs should be able to keep the monument going over the next three games. New Orleans has allowed the ninth-most receiving yards to opposing slot wide receivers, while the Patriots have given up the sixth-highest PPR points per target (per Fantasy Points Data). Downs will compete weekly for the team lead in targets with Michael Pittman as a WR3/4 that can produce WR2 spike weeks.
Tank Dell (HOU): 48% rostered
- Next Opponents: @CAR, TB, @CIN
- True value: $4
- Desperate need: $8
- Budget-minded: $2
Analysis: It’s unbelievable that a player of Dell’s caliber has dropped below the 50% rostership threshold, but the bye week crunch is real. Dell missed Week 6 with a concussion and was on bye for Week 7. Fantasy managers are a fickle bunch. If Dell is available in your league, these bid recommendations are the starting point, but I have no issues punching the aggression button for bids for Dell. He is the WR29 in fantasy points per game, tied to one of the best young quarterbacks in the game. More spike weeks are coming for Dell. Among 91 qualifying wide receivers, Dell ranks 22nd in receiving grade and 15th in yards per route run (per PFF).
Kendrick Bourne (NE): 26% rostered
- Next Opponents: @MIA, WAS, IND
- True value: $3
- Desperate need: $6
- Budget-minded: $2
Analysis: New England has FINALLY figured it out. Their offense is better with Bourne playing a full-time role. Bourne played 57 of 60 possible snaps in Week 7 with a 23.3% target share. After this outing, Bourne has four games this season in which he has played at least 87% of the snaps. In that sample, he has at least 60 receiving yards in three games with three scores. He has three amazing matchups incoming. Miami and Washington rank 12th and second in fantasy points per game allowed to wide receivers, and Indy has a porous secondary that no one should fear.
Josh Reynolds (DET): 42% rostered
- Next Opponents: LV, BYE, @LAC
- True value: $1
- Desperate need: $2
- Budget-minded: $0
Analysis: Reynolds has three top-30 fantasy WR weeks this season. He has an 11.3% target share while being an efficiency monster. Among 91 qualifying wide receivers, he ranks 15th in receiving grade and 26th in yards per route run (per PFF). He should have productive outings in his next two games against the Raiders and Chargers, whose secondaries have allowed the 10th-highest and seventh-highest PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers (per Fantasy Points Data).
Michael Gallup (DAL): 17% rostered
- Next Opponents: LAR, @PHI, NYG
- True value: $1
- Desperate need: $2
- Budget-minded: $0
Analysis: Gallup has two WR3 finishes this season (WR27, WR34), and he could add a third in the next two games. Gallup has been Dallas’s second option against zone coverage behind CeeDee Lamb. The Rams and Eagles utilize zone coverage on 66.)% to 76.9% of their snaps (per Fantasy Points Data). Against zone, Gallup has an 18.1% target share and 28.8% air-yard share. Gallup is on the flex radar for the next two weeks.
Rashid Shaheed (NO): 37% rostered
- Next Opponents: @IND, CHI, @MIN
- True value: $1
- Desperate need: $2
- Budget-minded: $0
Analysis: Shaheed has had numerous spike weeks this season against zone coverage-centric teams. The next three weeks should be kind to him, as Indy, Chicago and Minnesota all utilize zone coverage on at least 70% of their coverage snaps (per Fantasy Points Data). Those three secondaries also rank 11th, 13th and fourth in receiving yards allowed to wide receivers. Shaheed is a strong flex option who can pop off with WR2/3 production against any zone-heavy team.
Odell Beckham Jr. (BAL): 27% rostered
- Next Opponents: @ARI, SEA, CLE
- True value: $1
- Desperate need: $2
- Budget-minded: $0
Analysis: Beckham’s Week 7 box score won’t blow you out of your chair, but there’s reason for optimism here, and the upcoming matchups are noice. Beckham played on 59% of the snaps last week, but he had 77.7% route participation, so don’t fret. I don’t care if he is on the field to run-block. We care about Beckham being on the field when Lamar Jackson drops back to pass, and he checked that box. He also handled a 25.9% target share last week. Over the next two weeks, he has games against two pass defenses that have allowed the eighth- and third-most fantasy points per game to wide receivers.
Stash Candidates:
Jalin Hyatt played 70% of the snaps in Week 7 while drawing five targets and producing big plays. He had receptions for 42 and 33 yards. While we have plenty of questions about the quarterback play in the Giants’ offense and its scoring potential, Hyatt is a stash who could pay big dividends down the stretch if the Giants can get their act together.
Jameson Williams‘ playing time is increasing. After running only nine routes in Week 7, he played 44% of the snaps in Week 8 with 26 routes run and six targets. Stash Williams now. He has matchups coming up against burnable secondaries (LV, LAC, CHI). As soon as he blows up with a massive game, it’ll be too late.
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