Hitting on your late-round draft picks can turn a good fantasy football team into an unstoppable one. Ask those who drafted Puka Nacua or Tank Dell in 2023, Zay Jones in 2022 or Amon-Ra St. Brown in 2021. Using FantasyPros’ average draft position (ADP) data, below are six wide receivers you should target in the later rounds of your fantasy football drafts.
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Late-Round Draft Targets: Wide Receivers
Darnell Mooney (WR – ATL): 147.5 ADP
Darnell Mooney entered the league in 2020 into a difficult Bears situation with them yo-yo-ing between Nick Foles and Mitchell Trubisky, before doing the same in 2021 with Andy Dalton and Justin Fields. Despite this, Mooney put up a solid 1,055 yards in his sophomore campaign. Unfortunately, Mooney couldn’t build on this in 2022 as the Bears turned very run-heavy with Justin Fields completing only 12.8 passes per game. In 2023, injuries to both Mooney and Fields made it hard for Mooney to take a further leap, but now he finds himself with a fresh start in Atlanta joining Kirk Cousins. The Falcons have no clear-cut WR2 behind Drake London and there’s going to be plenty of opportunities for Mooney to have a bounce-back campaign with one of the more accurate and pass-heavy quarterbacks in the league.
I will take the ability to stop at a high speed and re-accelerate quickly over a top gear if forced to choose.
Darnell Mooney illustrates pic.twitter.com/HeoKhLyhfl
– Matt Waldman (@MattWaldman) November 6, 2023
Jermaine Burton (WR – CIN): 150.5 ADP
There is no questioning Jermaine Burton’s raw abilities with him being an excellent athlete who possesses excellent twitch and flashes great route running ability. The numbers never really came together in college, with Burton failing to reach 800 yards or double-digit touchdowns in any of his four years, and the character concern issues are real. With all that said, Burton has a clear opportunity to fight for the third wide receiver role on a Bengals offense that has deployed three consistently over the last few years. The Bengals’ schedule is a cupcake this year, due to finishing a miserable fourth place in the AFC North last year, but with Joe Burrow potentially healthy again, this could be a worthwhile late dart throw.
Jermaine Burton is a SCARY addition to the Cincy offense ????
pic.twitter.com/gRywbs8Bs3– SleeperNFL (@SleeperNFL) June 28, 2024
Demarcus Robinson (WR – LAR): 168.0 ADP
The Rams led the league in 3-WRformations in 2023. This benefitted Demarcus Robinson massively, who, from Week 13 onwards never finished lower than WR29, averaging 15.4 PPR points per game, as he played 90% of the snaps. Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua require so much of the defense’s attention, along with Kyren Williams forcing teams to defend against the run. Eventually, this causes ancillary players to find soft spots in coverage and be able to exploit them. Robinson reportedly has an excellent relationship with Matthew Stafford and Sean McVay, so it’s hard to see him not being a big part of their plans in 2024.
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