Top 6 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Wide Receivers (Week 17)

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Wide Receiver

WIDE RECEIVERS

Jalen McMillan (TB): 45% rostered

• Next Opponents: CAR, NO
• True value: $7
• Desperate Need: $11
• Budget-minded: $4

Analysis: McMillan has become a key cog in the Buccaneers’ passing attack. He’s scored four touchdowns over the Buccaneers’ last three games, catching 14-of-20 targets for 191 yards over that stretch. The rookie from the University of Washington gets a soft Week 17 matchup against the Buccaneers. McMillan is a plug-and-play waiver option who’ll likely be ranked as a low-end WR3 this week.

Romeo Doubs (GB): 45% rostered

• Next Opponents: @MIN, CHI
• True value: $4
• Desperate Need: $7
• Budget-minded: $2

Analysis: After a two-game absence due to a concussion, Doubs returned to action in Week 15 and had three catches for 40 yards and two touchdowns against the Seahawks. Doubs has intriguing upside this week against a Minnesota defense that has allowed the most receptions and receiving yards to WRs this season. But Doubs is also risky because of how much the Packers like to run the ball. Green Bay is the second run-heaviest team in the league, and Packers QB Jordan Love had averaged just 23 pass attempts over his last six games going into the Packers’ Monday-night game against the Saints.

Rashod Bateman (BAL): 27% rostered

• Next Opponents: @HOU, CLE
• True value: $2
• Desperate Need: $4
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Bateman has become a big-play specialist for the Ravens. He’s averaging 17.1 yards per catch and has scored eight touchdowns this season, with four TDs in his last four games. But with Bateman averaging just 4.2 targets per game, his fantasy floor is rickety. Consider Bateman a boom-or-bust flex option for Week 17 against a Texans defense that has allowed the fourth-most fantasy points and sixth-most receiving yards to WRs.

Xavier Hutchinson (HOU): 0% rostered

• Next Opponents: BAL, @TEN
• True value: $1
• Desperate Need: $2
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Here’s an interesting flyer. With Tank Dell sustaining a gruesome knee injury in Week 16, and with WR John Metchie sidelined by a shoulder injury. Hutchinson played 58% of the Texans’ offensive snaps Saturday against the Chiefs. The second-year man from Iowa State is a rangy 6-3 receiver who’s logged only 17 catches over 30 career games, But if Metchie isn’t able to return this week, Hutchinson could become a key contributor to a Houston passing game that has a favorable Week 17 matchup against Baltimore. The Ravens have allowed the most fantasy points to WRs this season.

Marquise Brown (KC): 33% rostered

• Next Opponents: @PIT, @DEN
• True value: $1
• Desperate Need: $2
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Out all season with a shoulder injury, Brown made his return in Week 16 and caught 5-of-8 targets for 45 yards against the Texans. The speedy Brown has abundant big-play potential. But Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes spreads the ball around, and the Chiefs haven’t had a pass catcher provided consistent fantasy value all season. Regard Brown as a boom-or-bust flex option this week vs. the Steelers.

Nick Westbrook-Ikhine (TEN): 26% rostered

• Next Opponents: @JAX, HOU
• True value: $1
• Desperate Need: $2
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Westbrook-Ikhine had only two catches for 17 yards Sunday against the Colts, but one of those catches resulted in Westbrook-Ikhine’s ninth touchdown of the season. NWI has been a touchdown machine this year, scoring on 36% of his catches and 19% of his targets. It’s not exactly a “safe” production profile, but Westbrook-Ikhine’s parlor tricks become a little more intriguing than usual this week in a favorable matchup against a bad Jacksonville pass defense.