Week 3 Fantasy Football WR Rankings: Who to Trust, Who to Fade & Deep Sleeper Plays (Ep. 2213)
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51 min
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Sep 24, 2026
Published
Thu, September 24, 2026
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Adonai MitchellLuther BurdenMalik NabersDontayvion WicksDrake LondonJalen CokerJosh DownsMatthew GoldenMichael WilsonParker WashingtonPuka NacuaZay Flowers
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Adonai Mitchell
PositiveUsage38:14
Mitchell leads the NFL with a 57% air yard share. Despite 'stone hands' in a rainy Week 2, the source expects a monster game in Week 3 against the Lions, noting that he creates significant separation and will benefit from better weather conditions.
Insight pagePositiveUsage41:31
Adonai Mitchell is a strong start against the Lions. He leads the NFL in air yard share (59.4%) and is currently WR25 in expected fantasy points per game despite ranking 35th in actual scoring, suggesting positive regression is likely.
Insight pageDontayvion Wicks
PositiveProjection44:14
Dontayvion Wicks is a viable waiver wire start for Week 3. He has shown high efficiency, leading all Eagles receivers with 2.8 yards per route run and leading the NFL with 14.7 yards per target. With Dallas Goedert out, Wicks is expected to maintain production despite a flat 16% target share.
Insight pageDrake London
PositiveRole11:51
Drake London is viewed as a strong start with Michael Penix Jr. at quarterback. In 12 games started by Penix, London has averaged 11.1 targets, 6.8 catches, and 96.8 yards, with eight total touchdowns. Analysts advise against benching him despite his slow start to the season.
Insight pageJalen Coker
PositiveUsage24:31
Coker has been highly efficient, catching 16 of 18 targets for 204 yards and two touchdowns (89% catch rate). He operates 44% out of the slot compared to McMillan's 27% and maintains a higher first-read share and passer rating (127.8) when targeted. The source prefers him over Terry McLaurin rest-of-season.
Insight pageJosh Downs
PositiveUsage34:48
Downs is a high-upside WR3. He saw a 27.3% target share in Week 2, doubled his Week 1 volume, and leads the NFL in separation score. While the source acknowledges concerns about the Colts' passing efficiency, his full-time role (83% snaps) and route participation make him a prime candidate for a breakout game against the Texans.
Insight pageLuther Burden
NegativeBust38:58
The source is anti-Burden for Week 3, noting that despite receiving consistent volume over the first two weeks, he has produced 'diddly squat' and failed to capitalize on his opportunities.
Insight pageNegativeUsage40:18
Luther Burden is a fade this week due to poor production despite volume, a tough matchup against the Eagles, and a quarterback change to Case Keenum. Additionally, his snap share dropped to 57% in Week 2, falling behind Khalif Raymond, which is concerning given his late-season breakout trajectory last year.
Insight pageMalik Nabers
NegativeProjection16:18
Malik Nabers' fantasy outlook is clouded by the quarterback change to Jameis Winston following Jackson Dart's injury. While his snap share increased to 74.1% in Week 2, his performance is now tied to Winston's ability to distribute the ball effectively.
Insight pagePositiveProjection20:00
Despite the quarterback uncertainty with Jameis Winston, Nabers remains a high-ceiling play. He played 74% of snaps in Week 2 despite a shoulder/arm injury, confirming his role as the team's alpha. The source notes that Winston's past spot-start performance (350+ yards, 2 TDs) suggests a wide range of outcomes, but a week-winning performance is in play. The source argues against panic-benching him against the Titans, as he has historically produced well without Jackson Dart.
Insight pageMatthew Golden
PositiveUsage31:22
Golden is a strong back-end WR2/flex play. He has lined up outside on 88% of snaps and is tied for eighth in the league with 18 targets. With Falcons cornerback AJ Terrell on IR, Golden's outlook for Week 3 is significantly improved. He is not just a deep threat, maintaining a 10.4-yard average depth of target.
Insight pageMichael Wilson
PositiveSleeper46:47
Michael Wilson is a deep sleeper for Week 3. Despite a quiet Week 2, he has seen a steady target share (up to 24%) and is clearly the Cardinals' WR2. In a negative game script against the 49ers, he is positioned for a high-volume PPR performance.
Insight pageParker Washington
PositiveBreakout6:41
Parker Washington has emerged as a high-end fantasy option with a 35% target share through two weeks. He is seeing significant volume as Trevor Lawrence's primary read, and despite a tough matchup against Christian Gonzalez, analysts view him as a top-12 wide receiver.
Insight pagePuka Nacua
NegativeInjury0:53
The source notes uncertainty regarding Puka Nacua's status for Week 3. While Erickson is willing to start him if active due to his high upside, Fitzy expresses hesitation, suggesting that even if active, Nacua might be on a snap count, leading him to rank Nacua lower than his usual top-tier status.
Insight pageZay Flowers
NegativeInjury0:56
Zay Flowers' status for Week 3 is unknown. Fitzy includes him in his rankings, while Erickson does not. Both analysts agree that if he is active, he should be started at his typical high-end ranking.
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Episode Transcript
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0:09We're going to be talking through some of the adjustments, where these guys are different, couple different plays, try to help you
0:16guys make the best decisions you can for this week.
0:19And if you guys want to follow along with us, go to FantasyPros.com slash rankings.
0:23You can check out all the rankings as they change throughout the week.
0:27And they will, as more experts are going to be putting in their ranks here.
0:32But this is a really good, solid footing we've got for what wide receivers are going to be this week.
0:38Probably going to be a few changes in here.
0:40There's some quarterback changes that are going to have some effects.
0:44We've seen a few of those. So, gentlemen, are you ready to just dive straight into these wide receivers?
0:49Do we have to prep anything? I mean, here's the only negative.
0:53We don't know the status, as we're recording this, of Puka Nakua.
0:56We don't know the status of Zay Flowers. And those are both two super important wide receivers.
1:02Did you guys, actually I'll just ask you this now.
1:05Did you hedge bet both of those players? Or do you feel more confident about one or the other?
1:10Fitzy? Yeah, I don't have Puka in my rankings.
1:13I do have Zay Flowers in my rankings. Okay.
1:16Erickson, did you hedge bet? Because I think Puka actually comes in.
1:19He's kind of hedge bet. When I say that, it's like people are just like they don't want him high.
1:25They're putting him kind of low. They don't know what to do with him.
1:29Do you have a better vibe of who both or neither are going to play this week?
1:35Puka, I have in my rankings. Zay Flowers, I do not have in my rankings.
1:39Oh, so you guys are complete opposite. I mean, we'll all find out together.
1:43Grand old time. If healthy or if active, do they both players go back to where they were?
1:49Or do you have a hesitation based on snaps or anything like that?
1:53Erickson. I'm willing to eat the L if they come back and they're limited because I think the upside for them at
1:59100% is too great to leave on my bench.
2:02I'm willing to take the risk. Okay. So they're going to be close to back to where they would normally be.
2:08So that's that's the easy answer for anybody here.
2:11They just go back to where they were, which is a is a top 12, maybe top 10 Puka top, you know, two or three.
2:18Fitzy, same thing. If active, do they go right back to the rank that you had him or there's a little hesitation because I'll be honest with you.
2:27I like a slight hesitation on Puka specifically. If you were active, I know he's just such a monster, but I feel
2:33like that active could be less of a snap count and like you saw like Terrence Ferguson using some of those routes.
2:40I actually would put I don't think I would I would not start him, but I would have him from a rank perspective a little bit lower.
2:48What would you do with it? These teams have more at stake with these players than we do as fantasy managers.
2:54They are paying them millions of dollars after all.
2:57So generally, I feel like if a team's medical staff clears a player to go, they feel good about him and therefore
3:04I shouldn't worry about him that much. You know what?
3:07Great take great play. Okay, let's talk about the wide receivers and who you guys are gonna be playing this week.
3:13We are going to bring up the big board for the top 12 wide receivers and it starts with Jackson Smith-Njigba coming in at number one.
3:21Amon-Ra St. Brown Brown at two. Jamar Chase at three.
3:24Justin Jefferson is for Chris Olave jumping up. I know Fitzy was getting excited about Olave behind the scenes here coming in at five.
3:31CD Lamb at six. Then the bottom half Devonta Smith, Garrett Wilson, George Pickens, Christian Watson, Parker Washington, and then Drake London at 12.
3:38Slight little effect I suppose if you want to think of like Puka and Zay Flowers out of this maybe that pushed
3:45up London and Washington a tiny bit. But that's what the top 12 looks like.
3:49Most of these are actually really well rated matchups.
3:52The worst is Justin Jefferson, but it's Jefferson and Kyler Murray is back this week.
3:57Everything else is rated out relatively well here. All these guys are starting.
4:01The one guy I wanted to focus on and talk about is Parker Washington because Parker Washington is now kind of broke
4:07this plane of being a weekly top 12. And it's funny in the betting market we were talking about.
4:13I have two straight weeks bet his receptions over and I have smashed it in the first half each week.
4:19So it now looks like week three, like rankers, consensus, probably Vegas.
4:22Like everything is going to kind of have been caught back up with Parker Washington, but it could be a tough matchup this week.
4:30He's going up against New England. So despite the New England matchup, he is a top 12 wide receiver.
4:35You guys both have him high, but not as high as ECR right now.
4:40And Erickson, you actually are the low one. So let's talk about Parker Washington.
4:44You got him at 13. He's just, you know, borderline wide receiver one.
4:48You've obviously been a very, very big pro Parker Washington guys.
4:51A lot of us is, but let's talk about Parker Washington for this week.
4:55Yeah. So first off, Parker Washington has achieved goat status.
4:58It seems like just picking up where he left off last year on this absolute sun run.
5:03It reminds me so much of the Amon Ross St.
5:06Brown rookie season where he just is on fire.
5:09And then there's excuses where, well, he only did it because all the other guys were out of the lineup.
5:15And then two weeks into this season, it's like, oh yeah, no, he's just really freaking good.
5:20I know when I did my rest of season rankings, I had him at wide receiver eight, just looking at all the
5:27names ahead of him and looking at the names behind him.
5:30It was like, this seems like a really good spot for him.
5:34So like our boy Welsh over here, he has achieved the highest status you can.
5:38Welsh is crushing it in the fantasy pros experts platform in terms of where he has achieved Parker Washington status.
5:44Whereas me, when I look at my overall, I am in the Gino Smith tier of the fantasy pros expert profiles.
5:50Yeah. So, and what you're talking about is in the, uh, the cards that we have, I don't know if people know
5:57about this, but you now can have an entire profile built out for you based on your fantasy history.
6:03Fantasypros.com slash profile. Um, it, it's going to tell you just like all of the stats.
6:08That's the best thing about it. Like we love, like you get all the stats, but one person I mentioned this before,
6:14I may or may not have had a little hand in wanting to create the card aspect of it.
6:20So when you go and you go to fantasy, this is like the best part is the shareable piece and I'm proud of it.
6:27I built nothing of it. It was just, I was like, we should do this.
6:32And you go to fantasypros.com slash profile and it'll take in all your sync leagues and then you get your profile and
6:38then you get a card set up. So what Erickson's talking about is somehow I don't have the highest.
6:44I'm one step away, I think from the highest, but I think I have like the highest of all of us for
6:50some reason, but I also think I could play other sports.
6:54I don't know if it did put it in, but I got like a 94 of a hundred and it's kind of
7:00like when you play in Madden or whatever, and you get to see like where you're really good at.
7:06Are you good drafter? Are you good waivers? Your lineups, your record, your championships.
7:10So thank you for the love. I just so happen to have a very high status.
7:15My card looks very nice. And if you guys want to go collect your cards and your fantasy career, fantasypros.com slash profile, I highly suggest to do it.
7:24It is very fun. It's not fun when your profile doesn't look great, but it's maybe more motivation to pump that thing up.
7:30It's motivation like Parker Washington. He didn't get his contract.
7:33So he's ready to catch seven balls every single week.
7:36Yeah. I mean that 94 overall that you got $94 million coming down for Parker Washington in his next contract at least
7:43because they got to get this guy paid back to what he's done so far this season.
7:48I don't know where he is in terms of fantasy points per game.
7:52I imagine he's somewhere in the top five, but in terms of target share, he's trailing only Jackson Smith and Jigba and Amon Ross St.
8:00Brown 35% target share through two weeks. Trevor Lawrence is looking for him first, second, third, fourth read.
8:05And then if he's, if he's not open, then he'll check it up to Brian Thomas Jr.
8:10Probably incomplete. Cause that's what we saw last week against the Denver Broncos.
8:14So, so, but in this particular spot here, only slightly lower on consensus, because I do think that if I'm the Patriots,
8:21I'm sticking Christian Gonzalez on him on every single play, because why did I pay Christian Gonzalez?
8:26If he's not going to try to stop the number one wide receiver.
8:30And it's so clearly obvious who the passing game goes through in Jacksonville.
8:34It is so clearly Parker Washington. So again, that's only why I haven't wide receiver 13.
8:38It's not a, Oh, you got to bench him because also Parker Washington is really good.
8:43He's twitched up and he's going to win his fair share of reps against Gonzalez.
8:48I mean, Gonzalez got beat by Jeremy Bernard last week in certain place.
8:52Now he took DK Metcalf's lunch because Metcalf just one of the most overrated wide receivers in the NFL.
8:57So it's a matchup that I am going to be looking at every single play.
9:02My eyes are going to be glued to the screen between Parker Washington and Gonzalez.
9:06Cause I do think that he's going to match up with him a lot on Sunday.
9:11First read percentages in the NFL. Number one, Jackson Smith and Jigba.
9:15He's pretty good. Number two, a monitor St. Brown.
9:17He's pretty good. Number three, Justin Jefferson. You get it.
9:20Number four, Trey McBride. Number five, Parker Washington. Those are the four.
9:24There's only four players above him that are being seen on first reads more 39.5%.
9:28It is more than every other player in the NFL.
9:31Uh, Parker Washington is goaded and the real goat status of a fantasy pros in this show goes to Pat Fitzmaurice.
9:38So, uh, how about our true goat tells us what his feelings are on Parker Washington?
9:43You do it. I think you have one spot lower than ECR.
9:46You've got him as a wide receiver one though at 12.
9:49It's adorable that Erickson thinks, uh, Christian Gonzalez would be able to handle Parker Washington, especially if he, especially if he travels
9:56into the slot where he doesn't have the sideline to help him out.
10:00And you don't know which way Parker Washington is going.
10:03Not only does Parker Washington have that 35% target share that Erickson talked about 41.7% of the Jaguars receiving yards.
10:09So far 51.5% of the air yards, um, 4.31 yards per route run, which is just insane.
10:14Like this guy, we, we suspected over the off season, he might be a star.
10:19I think we've gotten our validation. Yeah. Well put too.
10:22I like, I like how you put that. Not one of the, we talked about it in the RB episode.
10:28Jonathan Brooks was kind of one of the, you know, the industry plants of like, and people joke about that because there's guys that pop up.
10:35And by the way, the whole idea of, of the people out there that think guys are like industry plants, it's because,
10:42you know, people do like research and they find underlying data.
10:45And then they, then they're like, why do these guys just pop up out of nowhere?
10:50And it's like, well, because people like research guys and they find them out.
10:54And Jonathan Brooks was a huge failure to that.
10:57Parker Washington is the living proof of that. Like everything that was built up, it looks like it's more and it is living through it.
11:05So I thought he was worthwhile talking about. Also, one other guy, this is a little bit more conversation we usually have
11:11than an RB wide receiver ones is Drake London.
11:14Drake London has been, you know, pretty much sat at the kiddie table last week.
11:18I think Erickson, you were putting him in like the twenties.
11:22We're back. We, we have Penix at quarterback. He is ECR 12 on this list and you guys are both higher, but Fitzy, you are the high guy.
11:30This is vintage Drake London. And it's just because Cooper Rush isn't back.
11:34I'd have to imagine, right? You've got him at wide receiver eight versus wide receiver 12 on ECR.
11:39Well, not just is it not Cooper Rush Welsh, but in the 12 games, Michael Penix Jr.
11:44has started for the Falcons in 2024 and 2025.
11:47He is hyper targeted Drake London. London has averaged 11.1 targets in Penix starts, 6.8 catches, 96.8 yards.
11:53And he scored eight touchdowns in those 12 games.
11:55So 82 catches, 1162 yards in Penix starts for London.
11:58Project that over a full season. 116 catches for 1,646 yards.
12:02All is all as well for Drake London. So anyone who's panic benching him in week three, that's a mistake.
12:08Yeah, I definitely agree with that. I feel like there's a little bit of hesitation because of just like Penix being healthy and being out there.
12:15But maybe back to your point you'd said earlier where it's like, well, if they clear him, you're going to feel confident about it.
12:23And you're going to feel confident that like, you know, he's we do know he does like three things.
12:28And luckily, those three things are B. John London and pits and like all of them are kind of revived a little bit.
12:35So Erickson, what do you think about Drake London this week after you literally were almost benching him completely?
12:41He's back into you. You're back into the circle of trust.
12:44You're back in the circle of trust. I retweeted Schefter after we got the Cooper Rush starting Citrake London last week.
12:51And then the minute that the panic snooze came through is like start Drake London this week.
12:56Like, I think that's the move to make. However, I do think that the fact that London has basically been not usable
13:02the first two weeks of the season and the fact that you've seen guys like Watson and Parker Washington really pop off.
13:09Those guys are all back to back to back in ECR.
13:12So I'm curious. They're going to want to ask this to Fitz because Fitz, if someone asks you, I can only start
13:19two of these receivers, London, Watson, Washington. You're going to tell them to bench one of Watson or Washington.
13:24And with Drake London coming back or with Michael Penix making his first start, I get the Packers are not a good deal.
13:31Like that's where I get kind of shaky because I'm like, I want to start Drake London in a vacuum.
13:37But Washington and Watson, those guys have been on fire.
13:40There's no reason to think that they won't continue to be on fire.
13:44I know I talked about the Gonzalez thing, but still like not enough for him like, oh, you can't play Parker Washington.
13:51So that's like my only hesitance with with being all in on Drake London because I definitely want to play him in most spots.
13:58But if you drafted a lot of strong receivers that are breaking out all over the place, is it more of a
14:05safe bet to just give it a week with London?
14:08It's Penix's first game back. And one thing, too, with London, his usage this year has not been entered, not the targets,
14:14but in terms of where he's being deployed, 19 percent slot rate this year.
14:19That's the lowest since his rookie season. So, Kevin Stefanski, are we doing a fake sharp thing here?
14:24Because the offense has looked basically horrible the first two weeks of the season.
14:28And is Penix going to be the savior, especially immediately?
14:31That's like my only pause on where I want to rank him in accordance with Washington and Watson, just as guys that
14:38you could got so much later than London. So, Fitz, what would you say to someone that they asked you that question?
14:44Right now, they're all top 15. I have Watson, the lowest justification is the Packers might as well have the three of
14:51us on the offensive line for as good as their line is right now.
14:55I'd probably be the better offensive lineman if we're being honest here between you guys.
15:00You guys would be liabilities. I might be, they might want to run Welsh side if we're being honest or pass Welsh side.
15:07But okay, that's a good answer. I'm glad you did that because that was kind of like what I was insinuating, I
15:13guess, when I'm like, there's a little hesitation and like what is the offense look like now with Penix in there?
15:19And it really is only applicable if it's a question exactly like Erickson said.
15:24So, well said. All right. We are going to talk about wide receiver twos coming up here in a minute, but this
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16:13All right. Wide receiver twos here. The big board coming in at 13 is Malik Nabors.
16:18Fun fact, yesterday he was 12. He was a top 12.
16:21Now, it might not matter to a lot of people, but the difference between a wide receiver one and two.
16:27Mike Evans comes in at 14. You've got Devonta Adams at 15.
16:31Jalen Waddle, Lad McConkie, Tedaro McMillan, Rasheed Rice, and then your final five from 20 to 24.
16:36T. Higgins, Emeka Egbuka, Zay Flowers, Jalen Coker, and Matthew Golden.
16:39Let's talk about Malik Nabors. Should we be more hesitant?
16:42Jackson Dart looks like he is out for the year.
16:45They are going to be with Jameis Winston. Didn't look great.
16:49Now, they can, with him in the offense, maybe they can install some new stuff, but that was a rough go.
16:55But it was thrust upon him a little bit.
16:58The question is, should we be more hesitant to Malik Nabors?
17:01And I think the answer kind of looks like a little bit yes, especially to you, Fitzy, where you've got him at 17.
17:08And I wonder if he free falls a little bit more now that we have affirmative news on the Jackson Dart stuff.
17:15So talk to us about Malik Nabors in week three for you.
17:18It all comes down to Jameis Welsh. And Jameis was completely dreadful on Monday night.
17:23Does he look better in week three with a full week of practice reps and a week of preparation to be the starter?
17:30Because Jameis has been a rainmaker for his pass catchers at times.
17:33He made Jerry Judy look like a star in Cleveland.
17:36But man, he was just so bad on Monday night.
17:39The one bit of good news for Nabors, he only played 52.2% of the Giants offensive snaps in week one.
17:45His snap share was up to 74.1% in week two.
17:48So they feel better about his health. He's going to be out there a lot.
17:53If we go back to like 350 yards a game Jameis, this could be great for Malik Nabors.
17:58Like I've got him in a couple of leagues and I'm going to start him, but it all comes down to Jameis really.
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20:01So you're like a right around line of consensus.
20:04Do you have more trust? Do you think the new, I don't know if this was a hedge at all either, because
20:10the dark news came down like, like pretty much like right as we were recording this episode.
20:15So any adjustments to that, if you were going to make any isn't out there.
20:20I agree that obviously the future of neighbors value is going to be tied to like how James Winston looks.
20:26But how do you treat that this week? And do you have a trust that they'll install enough this week?
20:32He will get the main targets. Winston can look, I mean, even 10% better will be a plus here.
20:38But what's your take on neighbors this week? Yeah, Winston looked so bad.
20:41I mean, it was horrible how bad he looked against the Rams.
20:45So I think that's what's being baked in here to neighbors rank.
20:49Not the fact that to Fitz's point, he played 74% of the snaps.
20:53And that was despite the fact that he missed time because he was getting work on his shoulder slash arm.
20:59So he probably would have had an even higher snap share had he not banged up his arm during the game.
21:05So he's back to a full time role locked and loaded as the alpha in this passing game.
21:10If you were to pull back the cards of the ECR and people had him at wide receiver five.
21:16And I was like, James Winston is a quarterback.
21:19I'd be like, I can see that. So so like there's still a such a ceiling play with him, because if you
21:25just look at last season in one game against the Lions, I believe James Winston threw for over 350 yards and two
21:32touchdowns in one of his two spot starts. Now, his other spot start was bad.
21:36So it's definitely a wide range of outcomes. But in terms of neighbors delivering a week winning performance, that is very much in play.
21:44And I know that we want to downgrade neighbors because he doesn't have Jackson Dart.
21:48The majority of NFL of his NFL career has not come with Jackson Dart.
21:52All of his production entire rookie year. No Jackson Dart before he got hurt in 2025.
21:57He played one game with Jackson Dart and that's the game he got hurt in.
22:02And we saw him play one more game in full with Jackson Dart.
22:05So it's a shame that we don't get to see these two talented players play together.
22:10But to neighbors credit, he'd been really good without Dart.
22:13So I feel like I want to be higher on neighbors just overall because of the upside case that we do get
22:20James, especially if everybody believes, oh, we're just going to get bad James again.
22:24When full week of install. I don't know exactly what the combination of Matt Nagy and Bill Callahan and Greg Roman are
22:31going to cook up for someone like James Winston.
22:33But I think they got to look and be like, dude, we just got to let him sling it, man.
22:39Like, like, like, like we're going to have any shot at doing any of this stuff.
22:44Just unleash James Winston. I remember seeing on the Monday night broadcast how James Winston after he threw an interception is like
22:51he still like leads the NFL in interception since 2015, because even though he hasn't been a starting quarterback for like the
22:57last four years because he threw so many picks with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
23:02So I think they just got to let sling it.
23:05So I'm like really teasing with the idea of just like screw it.
23:09Moving neighbors up pretty substantially because, dude, I would not.
23:12Is anyone going to be surprised? Oh, yeah, he's a top five wide receiver or he's the number one receiver on the
23:18week because James Winston just went full JMO mode and neighbors just absolutely feasted.
23:22So, I mean, and people are going to be the Titans, too.
23:26It's like, no, this isn't a bad matchup. This is Tennessee Titans.
23:30We're talking about here. So people are going to be panic benching him, too, because of the bad stat line for Monday night.
23:36And that's like you could bench him and he goes for one hundred eighty yards and two touchdowns.
23:42Yeah, my only problem is just James Winston. You guys ever seen the little sass meme where he gets drafted?
23:48James Winston, when he came in and played, he was just like me.
23:52Like it was it was like the most like, oh, are you being serious?
23:56Like I'm coming in. Like, that's how he played.
23:59Like, that's the only thing. He was not ready.
24:01He was not ready. I think they even said on the side, like he was like he was not feeling it.
24:08Yesterday or on Monday night. Yeah. Obviously, if you watch him play, clearly he was not in his element.
24:13But yeah, with the full week leading up to it, I mean, he's going to be he has to be better.
24:20He can't 11 of 27. Well, it's like, oh, my God, you say he has to be better.
24:25It's the Titans. We'll see. Yeah, we'll see. Let's talk about the both of the Panthers wide receivers.
24:31Really interesting here. Teddero McMillan comes in at 18.
24:33You guys have a little bit of a split.
24:36But then Jalen Coker also shows up as a wide receiver, too.
24:40And there's a kind of a rough agreement, I suppose.
24:43But I guess what the key marker here is, is Fitzy, you are the lower man.
24:47So let's start with you. You're low man on both.
24:50So I don't know if for you this is matchup based against Cleveland.
24:54It's actually graded out relatively well. I actually would.
24:57I don't know. I kind of think this might work be beneficial to Jalen Coker, frankly, in the same idea of like
25:04Parker Washington week one playing out of the slot.
25:06But you've got Coker outside of a wide receiver, too.
25:09And you have Teddero McMillan just holding on as a wide receiver to Fitzy.
25:13So down on the Panthers wide receivers. Talk to us about them against the Browns.
25:18I feel bad about having this because I feel like I'm the Teddero McMillan truther.
25:22And I know a lot of people think Jalen Coker is this thorn in his side.
25:27And Coker has thus far put up better numbers than T-Mac.
25:31But like I would contend it does help Teddero McMillan have a good complementary receiver.
25:35I think it's worth noting that McMillan has a bigger air yard share than Coker right now.
25:4039.2% air yards for T-Mac. 27.8% for Coker. I see that as kind of a bellwether where this is going to end
25:47up as far as the fantasy value of Teddero McMillan versus the fantasy value of Jalen Coker.
25:52But this is very much kind of Cleveland related for me.
25:55Welch. Erickson always talks about Ford Field as the core's field of the NFL.
25:59Welch, you are the baseball guy. What field now currently most suppresses run creation in MLB?
26:04Oh, Mariners. What is it? It's the Mariners. It's the Mariners.
26:08I'm not thinking of whatever their home, but it's Seattle.
26:11I know it used to be Oakland with their like three square miles of foul territory in the heavy Bay air.
26:17But yeah, Seattle's got a big park too, right?
26:20Yeah. T-Mobile Park. You guys can call that. It's the T-Mobile Park of the NFL if you want to do that.
26:26That's your run suppression place. Yeah. And Cleveland is the T-Mobile Park of the NFL with its, you know, winds off Lake Erie gusting unpredictably.
26:33It just seems like we get slogs in the dog pond a lot of the times.
26:38That's kind of where this is coming from. And if the wind is blowing like you want a strong armed quarterback who
26:45can like knife spirals through that strong wind. I don't think that's Bryce Young.
26:49Erickson, you're not like pounding the table for these guys, but you're essentially ECR on both.
26:54So Fitzy was just kind of like backtracked on both of these Panthers wide receivers.
26:58You have almost both of them at ECR again.
27:01Ted Rowe is at 18 where you have him.
27:04Jalen Coker is 23. You have met 24, both wide receiver twos.
27:07Both these guys are really good. I think that's like the main takeaway I've seen from the first two weeks of the season.
27:14They have basically combined for 50% of the entire passing game for the Carolina Panthers.
27:19That has low key been one of the highest pass rates in the NFL under their new offensive play caller, Brad Isik.
27:25Like fourth highest pass rate over expectation. So I do want to give the flowers to the Panthers coaching staff to we
27:32don't know if Bryce Young's our franchise quarterback. Let's let him sling it.
27:36Let's figure out if he can be our franchise quarterback.
27:39So whether he sinks or swim so far, he's been swimming and it's been really great.
27:44I think that this is a good litmus test for him because it's not the Falcons.
27:48It's not the Bears. It's going to be the Browns on the road, which is a much tougher matchup.
27:54They play a lot better at home like Fitz alluded to.
27:57But I just I've been so impressed by both of these wide receivers this season in terms of what they've been able to do.
28:05Jalen Coker has been so absurdly efficient. He's got 89% of his passes 16 for 18 for 204 yards and two touchdowns.
28:11So maybe that means, okay, he's going to get hit with regression at some point.
28:16Obviously, if a player had an 89% catch rate all season, that would be absolutely absurd.
28:21But if you look at Coker's career, it's got a really high catch rate.
28:25So this is going to be something that's going to continue to happen.
28:29He's going to continue to be efficient. And then T-Mac still really strong peripheral numbers.
28:33The area chair has been really strong for him.
28:36And among all receivers, he has the most combined red zone targets and zone targets without a touchdown yet this season.
28:42And I do want to talk to about Bryson or excuse me, Tyson Campbell, one of the Browns perimeter cornerbacks is banged up.
28:49So if he doesn't play, it's just Denzel Ward.
28:52They can pick on the slot cornerback for the Cleveland Browns.
28:55I still think that these Panthers receivers are in that wide receiver to conversation because I just think they're both really good.
29:02So and especially if T-Mac hits on some positive touchdown regression, which eventually he is going to find pay dirt.
29:08And it will not be Darren Waller scoring more touchdowns for the third straight week in a row, it seems like.
29:14Yeah. And that's why I like Jalen Coker. Jalen Coker, 44% out of the slot.
29:19Ted Oroa is 27%. Fun fact, you said, and this is a little bit of the thing, like a positive regression point for Ted Oroa McMillan.
29:26You said 89% catch rate essentially for Coker, only 58%, 59% if you round it up for Ted Oroa McMillan.
29:32So there's a lot of unrealized gains there. But Coker, higher first read share than, than McMillan in the offense.
29:38And you're talking about passer rating as well. It's around like a, the passer rating when going to Ted Oroa McMillan, it was 90.
29:46I just went away from it. It was like 96 something, 127.
29:49Here it is 94.2 to McMillan, 127.8 to Coker.
29:52So efficiency has just been there. He's a main target.
29:55Coker's pretty exciting. He's a wide receiver too. I want to pose a question to you guys.
30:00We talked about on the trade show. Would you rather have either of these Panthers wide receivers or Terry McLaurin?
30:06Rest of season. McMillan. I'm going to make people mad.
30:09I would rather have Coker than McMillan. I think.
30:12Dude, it's Coker than McMillan or Coker than McLaurin?
30:14I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Then McLaurin, McLaurin, McLaurin. I'd Coker.
30:17I'd rather have both Panthers receivers than Terry. I would.
30:20Just because he's boomer bus. I don't like the boomer.
30:23I'm not a big like cool. I'm with you guys.
30:26That's why I settle too. I get wide receiver two.
30:29Yeah, you get wide receiver two overall in week one and then you get like three weeks of absolutely nothing and then he goes off again.
30:37That's not my cup of tea without Daniels. Yeah, and Marcus Mariota doesn't stink as a passer, but he's no Jaden Daniels like that.
30:44This is a downgrade for McLaurin. And I think that's a deal you can.
30:49I mean, if you send Terry McCorn to get Jalen Coker, I think that deals getting done.
30:54That's a really good one. I think you can make that.
30:57You look the rest of his rankings. It's got Terry ahead.
31:00I'll bet you the Coker stakeholders are pretty happy right now with the hand there.
31:05That is fair. You're not wrong, but I would bet you if you had 10 offers go out, I'll bet you at least 40% of those.
31:13I have four out of 10 are at least getting accepted.
31:16So I think that's actually worth exploring in leagues.
31:19I like that a lot. All right. Final one here.
31:22Matthew Golden, maybe maybe a surprise for people jumps in as a wide receiver to this week coming in at 24.
31:28That would be when you're talking about target shares of what Golden has been able to do in this offense going up against Atlanta.
31:35You guys are both not quite there, but you're not haters.
31:38You got a more as a wide receiver three this week, but he is a wide receiver to Fitzy.
31:44Why don't you kick us off? You're a little bit lower.
31:47You're 27. So you're a couple spots off of ECR.
31:50But again, still a wide receiver three for you.
31:53Talk to us about Matthew Golden. And I'm still pretty positive.
31:56I might have to come up on him because Golden has lined up outside on 88% of his snaps so far this season.
32:03And AJ Terrell, the Falcons best outside cornerback just went on injured reserve.
32:07And I've not yet accounted for that in my ranking.
32:10Huge. So yeah, Golden's going to come up a little bit.
32:1418 targets so far, as many as Christian Watson.
32:16They're both tied for eighth in the league in targets.
32:19And Golden's average depth of target is what I really like so far.
32:23Only 10.4 yards. Not just a field stretcher. Not just a go-route scarecrow who's meant to open up stuff underneath for Watson and Tucker Craft.
32:31Like, Golden has been good so far. And like, with no AJ Terrell, solid outlook for week three.
32:36Top 15 in the league in target percentage at 25.4 with Watson.
32:40Erickson, what do you think about Matthew Golden? You're 26.
32:43Again, wide receiver three. You're not any haters or anything like that.
32:46You're still advocating in a start. What are your feelings on Matthew Golden this week?
32:51I think that he's a good back-end wide receiver two flex play.
32:54Similar to the reasons that Fitz laid out. He's playing really well.
32:58I mean, similar to Jalen Coker where you have these two top wide receivers that are both guarding the majority of targets in their offense.
33:06Now, the only caveat indifference is Tucker Craft is going to continue to get ramped up.
33:10He played all the snaps last week for the Green Bay Packers.
33:14So, he's going to continue to see volume in this offense.
33:17But if I just look at how the Packers are going to attack the Falcons defense, they can't rush the passers.
33:24I can get their Packers off as a line is not good, but at least they're playing at home.
33:29And I think that's an advantage for them and they just can't run the football.
33:34So, I think this is an opportunity for Jordan Love to cook with his top two receivers with Tucker Craft.
33:40And that obviously means Golden has the opportunity for a spike week, especially with Terrell out.
33:45All right, let's take a look at our wide receiver threes.
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34:03Get started at fantasypros.com slash start sit. Wide receiver threes 25 through 36 for the week.
34:08We've got Puka Nakua coming in at 25. Again, I would point out Zay Flowers is 22.
34:13Puka was 25. I think these are kind of hedge ranks right now.
34:17Jamison Williams comes in at 26. DK Metcalf at 27.
34:20Deebo making top 30 this week at 28. We've got Josh Downs, Romeo Dobbs, Stepon Diggs, Terry McLaurin.
34:25So Diggs over McLaurin for this week. Adonai Mitchell at 33.
34:28Chris Godwin, Luther Burden, and Ontavian Wicks. Josh Downs is a really interesting space here.
34:33Obviously Pierce is out. We've seen separation from Downs.
34:36We just haven't seen like insane volume. You two are split.
34:39ECR is 29. It almost splits the upright for you guys.
34:42Erickson, you are higher fits. You are lower. Erickson, why don't you talk about a positive case here for Josh Downs?
34:49You have met like wide receiver 27. Of the Colts last week with a 27.3 target share, which more than doubled what he saw in week one.
34:57Seven catches for 72 yards, played 83% of snaps, was a team leader and routes run for the second straight week.
35:03This is what we wanted, right? Josh Downs in a full time role in this offense.
35:08I know that the Colts offense from a passing perspective hasn't been all there with Daniel Jones coming off his Achilles injury.
35:14But I just still think that the fact the Colts defense can't stop anybody.
35:19I think that there's going to be a game script where the Colts are going to have to throw at least a decent chunk.
35:26And I think Josh Downs is going to be their guy.
35:29I mean, throughout his entire career, all he has done has been really efficient and commanded targets at a high rate.
35:35And I think we saw that on display in week two.
35:39I think that's just going to continue in week three against the Texans.
35:43I get that they have very strong cornerbacks between Derek Stanley and the rest of the gang, but the Texans defense this
35:49season has also given up a ton of explosive passing plays.
35:52The bills were ripping off big plays last week.
35:55The Bengals were ripping off big plays. So if the Colts offense is going to have any chance of keeping up here
36:02and winning this game, I think it's going to be involving Josh Downs as one of their low key explosive playmakers.
36:08So that's why I like Downs as a wide receiver three this week.
36:12Yeah. And according to fantasy points, fantasy points, he is a number one in separation score.
36:17Average separation score is number one in the NFL.
36:20He's also running more routes than he's ever done before.
36:23Just the ball hasn't gotten to him yet. So I think that's one of those things where you start to look at you like incredible separation numbers.
36:31You know, he's running all the routes. He's out there consistently.
36:34They're not taking him on the field. Got to got to break out soon.
36:38We got to have the Josh Downs game, but it has not happened yet.
36:42Fitzy, your take on Josh Downs this week. You are lower.
36:46You have him at 35. So you still have him as a, again, it's picky here.
36:50You have him as a wide receiver three, but barely.
36:53So quite a bit lower than ECR. I really struggled on where to rank Josh Downs this week.
36:59And Erickson just sort of touched on it. Like the Texans defense has not been elite so far this season.
37:05But they were going against Josh Allen in week one and Joe Burrow in week two.
37:10Allen just completely diced them up and Joe Burrow did a fair amount of business against them.
37:15So the Colts passing game, just not on the level of the Bills or Bengals passing games.
37:20And that's kind of the concern. So I don't know what we're going to get from Downs if it's sort of low
37:26calorie PPR production in this game or if he can actually make some plays downfield.
37:31I do feel good that he is, he's been in the slot like three quarters of the time.
37:36And I worried that with Keenan Allen around, maybe the Colts might have Downs line up outside more often.
37:42And they, they tried some of that in the preseason.
37:45Just didn't seem like it was really working. Like Downs is kind of a little guy and if cornerbacks can get their
37:52hands on him on the snap, it just kind of throws him off.
37:56But like, I wouldn't be surprised if Downs had a high volume, good game against this defense because that's one of the few things that works for them.
38:04Jonathan Taylor, Josh Downs, that's pretty much the indie offense right now.
38:08What has worked pretty well the first couple of weeks has been Adnai Mitchell and Adnai Mitchell is now showing up as
38:14a wide receiver three on this list. Very target heavy last week.
38:18He is 33 and Erickson, you have bumped him up.
38:21You've got him inside of your top 30 here.
38:24So, and just as like a little aside note, I think this is interesting.
38:28You have him higher than Luther Burden for this week.
38:31We're going to talk about Burden in a second.
38:33Or, I mean, you know what? Honestly, let's just kind of throw him into this.
38:38I think he's kind of a fun mixture as like a who'd you rather.
38:42Erickson, you've got Luther Burden at 39 and he is wide receiver 35.
38:46So in ECR, they're two spots out. You have them more than 10 spot difference.
38:51And Fitzy says, hold my beer because it is almost 15 spots higher.
38:54Burden not even in the realm of start ability here.
38:57So you're welcome to kind of intertwine them. Erickson, we'll start with you.
39:01But very pro Adnai Mitchell here and very anti Luther Burden.
39:05If it was not raining in the Jets game last week, Mitchell would have easily gone for over 100 yards against the Green Bay Packers.
39:12But because it was raining and he has what we call stone hands, he did drop a lot of his passes.
39:18So that's why I only caught six of 12 targets for 63 yards.
39:22Garrett Wilson actually outproduced him on less volume. But this is why we chase air yards.
39:27This is why we chase targets and opportunities for the following week.
39:31Because when you look at Mitchell, how he has performed through two weeks of the season, he leads the NFL in air yard share.
39:3857%. Guys, they're playing a forefield. This is where the air show happens for a guy like A.D.
39:43Mitchell. No weather to worry about. He's going to catch at least more than half of his passes this time around against
39:50the Detroit Lions secondary that they can't stop anybody.
39:53Gino Smith is going to cook here. And I think that this could be a monster game for Adonai Mitchell.
39:59I would not surprise him because he goes for over 100 yards if he sees this type of volume again.
40:05We know he can create a ton of separation.
40:07And I don't think that he's going to have as many problems squeezing the football like he did last week.
40:13So I think him and Garrett Wilson are just going to absolutely both feast.
40:18And then on the flip side of it, why are we excited about playing Luther Burden this week?
40:23He's gotten volume the last two games and diddly squat has been the result with Luther Burden.
40:28Really no production to speak of. So at least the defendants of Colson Levin can say, OK, well, he's not getting the rock like that's not his fault.
40:37Whereas Luther Burden has been getting opportunities and has done nothing with them.
40:40You actor in the Eagles matchup. Not good. The quarterback injury.
40:44Not good. I don't think there's a reason why.
40:46Oh, yeah, you got to start Luther Burden this week when a guy like A.D.
40:51Mitchell. I mean, the targets are there. The matchup is their opportunities are there.
40:55And I think Mitchell's a really talented player. Again, you just got to squeeze the football, man.
41:00Yeah, I like the I like the debate. And I actually want I want I'm thinking I just laughing because I'm thinking
41:07of the graphic our social team could do where it's Erickson and Burden and it's Luther Burden diddly squat.
41:13Like the quote I 100 percent expected you to say, like, that's just a great graphic there.
41:18Put it on a shirt. Fitzy, you're not optimistic.
41:20Now, so well, I guess you're on ECR. I shouldn't say that at all.
41:25You are on ECR. I'm at I Mitchell. So you're down.
41:28You're really lower. You're 12 spots lower than ECR and Luther Burden.
41:32So take this however you want into pro at night.
41:35Mitchell negative burden. That's the battle between these two.
41:37And you clearly are on side and I Mitchell.
41:40I'm not starting Luther Burden against the Eagles with Case Keenum at quarterback for the Bears.
41:45And I've got burden on a bunch of teams.
41:47So like I'm putting my money where my mouth is and putting burden on my bench.
41:52Also kind of concerning that burden played for fewer snaps than Khalif Raymond in week two.
41:57Like burden only had a 57 percent snap share weirdness with the weather in Chicago.
42:02Maybe that was it. But it was kind of reminiscent of early last season when burden was routinely getting out snapped by a Lama day's a case.
42:10But burden was a rookie last year and the slow ramp up then made sense.
42:14But like we seem to be getting the Luther Burden breakout late last season.
42:18So why is he playing fewer snaps than Khalif Raymond?
42:21I don't get it. Ben Johnson had a bad game and in week two, like his play calling was terrible and he
42:28made some dumb decisions and he probably cost his team the game.
42:32And I Mitchell, Mr. Erickson here is slandering the frying pan hands of Adonai.
42:36I'll have you know, sir, that a lot of those air yards came on an early deep throw covering nearly 50 yards
42:42where Keyshawn Nixon just completely ran over Adonai Mitchell for a pass interference penalty.
42:47So credit Adonai with getting the Jets almost 50 yards on that play.
42:51But yeah, so crazy stat from our friends at fantasy points.
42:54Adonai Mitchell is like currently wide receiver 25 and expected fantasy points per game.
42:58And he's 35 in half point PPR fantasy scoring.
43:01So like he could be doing even better because of some of the things we talked about.
43:06Yeah, just wild that he is leading the NFL in air yard share with 59.4%.
43:10Garrett Wilson, his air yard share for the Jets 37.5.
43:13That's like a robust air yard share. And Adonai Mitchell is just completely dwarfing him in that category.
43:19And he's going to see. Oh, I was just going to say 80 Mitchell.
43:23So 15 targets to 14 for Garrett Wilson. So yeah, man fire up 80 Mitchell this week against that bad Lions defense.
43:30You ever see those bits they do where they ask a player, they're like build the best, you know, receiver.
43:36And then they do all the parts. And it was like, Adonai Mitchell has so many of the good parts.
43:42It's like the separation, the speed. And then it's like when they got the hands, he accidentally said Vernon Davis.
43:48You know what I mean? Like Vernon Davis is stone hands.
43:51Like that's the thing that he's missing. So please redo that.
43:54The real ones remember when 80 Mitchell was cooking Christian Gonzalez on Thursday night football for the Jets last year.
44:00And he dropped all the passes, even though he was wide open.
44:04Yeah. And then the one, the, the, the famous one that he dropped, unfortunately, after he caught it last one in this group.
44:11And then we'll get a deep play from you guys is Don Tavian Wicks.
44:15He's broken the plane top 36. This is probably very heavily matchup based.
44:19You also have Goddard out buns on the secondary for the bear.
44:22You can just do stuff against the bears. He is 36.
44:26You guys, um, actually, I don't know if I have Fitzsies on here.
44:30I see Erickson at 35. Um, Fitz, I'm not sure where you have him, but Erickson, once you kick us off here,
44:36talk to us about Don Tavian Wicks this week.
44:39He's played two weeks and he has had his two of the best games he's ever had in his career over these first two weeks of the season.
44:47Three of his seven high scoring games have occurred the last two games.
44:51So he's producing. He seems to have a connection with Jalen hurts.
44:55His target share has been pretty flat across the board, 16% through two weeks.
44:59So not overwhelming amounts of targets in the offense, but given the fact that Dallas Goddard is out.
45:04I think that Wicks is going to continue to produce in a positive matchup.
45:09So 2.8 yards per run leads all Eagles receivers.
45:11This season ranks top 10 among all pass catchers, at least 50 routes, 14.7 yards per target leads the NFL.
45:17So he's showing that even on limited volume, which necessarily shouldn't be the case with Sigmund Barkley kind of banged up Dallas Goddard out of the lineup.
45:25I think Don Tavian Wicks is just going to continue to produce.
45:29So I think that if you pick them up off waivers and you need a wide receiver to play this week, I think that he's very viable.
45:37Fitz, where do you have Don Tavian Wicks this week?
45:40I'm a little lower wide receiver 43. And the two things that give me pause here are that in week one, Wicks
45:47played 90.9% of the offensive snaps down to 70.1% in week two, like played one fewer snap than Makai Lemon.
45:53And Darius Cooper also seem to be cutting into Wicks snap share a little bit in week two.
45:58So I don't know if that's an anomaly or a trend.
46:01And the other thing, although the Bears offense or defense is, as Erickson would say, buns, probably the best part of their
46:08defense is the outside cornerback duo of Jalen Johnson and Tyreek Stevenson.
46:12Like those guys are capable. The rest of the defense, terrible.
46:15But, you know, that's who Wicks is probably going to be facing.
46:19Buns counters up to like six or whatever for the episode.
46:22Very good. Final thing in here. Deep play. Let's talk about a deep play outside the top 36 that you guys might be trying to get into lineups.
46:30You guys have both of these players you're going to list inside your top 36 as wide receiver three.
46:36So, Erickson, you can kick it off here. Who is your deep play, deeper play wide receiver that is not top 36 in ECR?
46:43My deep play is Michael Wilson, wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals.
46:47He's actually had a pretty strong target share through two weeks.
46:50It was 19% in week one, actually up to 24% in week two.
46:54So he's seeing volume. It's pretty clear through the first two games that he's the number two option on this Cardinals passing attack where Marvin Harrison Jr.
47:02is just absolutely buried in terms of where Jacoby Brissett is looking to get the ball to.
47:07Last week was tough, obviously, against Seattle Seahawks, just two for seven for 18 yards.
47:12But still, seven targets led the Cardinals in routes run.
47:15So the fact that he's had a 24% target share through the first two games, obviously, it's behind Trey McBride.
47:21But in negative game script against a 49ers defense that isn't nearly as good as the Seahawks defense, I think that Michael
47:27Wilson can get you some decent PPR points. And last year when he played the 49ers, he would almost have 200 receiving yards in that game.
47:35So I think that last week is going to have people sour on Michael Wilson when he's actually been seeing steady volume in an offense.
47:43It's probably going to have to throw 35 or 40 times while playing catch up to the 49ers offense.
47:48Fitzy, you got a wide receiver you're putting at 30, but he does not make this list.
47:53This is a really good sleeper. Who's your sleeper for the week?
47:57Do you guys know who's leading the NFL in routes run at wide receiver so far?
48:02I only do because I know the name you're going to say, and I'm going to have to assume it's him, but you're going to tell us.
48:10Let's hear it. I love it. It's Devon Vele.
48:13Now, granted, part of that was because I think Tyler Shuck dropped back 189 times against the Lions in week one.
48:19But yeah, 89 routes run so far for Devon Vele.
48:22Chris Olave is tied for second in the league in routes run with DK Metcalf, and he's second on his own team in routes run.
48:3012 catches, 133 yards for Devon Vele, one touchdown.
48:32I think he's a viable start this week against the Raiders.
48:36Love it. Great stuff. Top 36, a little bit of deep play action.
48:39Make sure you guys are locked into fantasypros.com slash rankings to check out ECR throughout the week as it changes.
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49:06That is going to do it here for us on the Wide Receiver Ranks episode.
49:10Quarterbacks and tight ends still coming up, so make sure you check that out.
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