0:00All right, we have all the Thursday practice reports, so it's now time to submit some official wide receiver rankings for the week. S tier, we
0:07already know Pukanua and JSN. They're in your lineup. There's not much to discuss. I will say with JSN, he's not in his own tier this week because
0:15they're not going to have Sam Darnold and instead it is an injured Drew Lock, but it doesn't matter. Jackson Smith and
0:22Jigba is averaging almost 28 fantasy points per game. You start this dude every week regardless. CD Lamb, Jamar Chase, and Aon Ross St. Brown are all
0:30slams as well. The one thing that will be an interesting note here is Amanra was limited in practice on Wednesday and
0:38Thursday with the rib injury. But I mean, if you go through and look at what he has done through his entire NFL
0:43career. I mean, this man played 17 games, 16 games, 16 games, 17 games, 17 games. He doesn't sit out. He plays
0:51through these injuries and he scores a lot of fantasy points while doing so.
0:55Now, moving over to the Btier. These are also must start wide receivers obviously with Drake London. I completely get that he sucked this past week, but this is a
1:06really strong matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals where the overunder this game is like 52 points. And if we look at London, without a hurricane, and
1:16without Cooper Russian at quarterback, he has had 285 1912 19 fantasy points.
1:23Again, with good weather and Michael Penn. That should be the setup this week. T. Higgins is also in that phenomenal game environment. T. Higgins
1:32has actually averaged more fantasy points per game than Jamar Chase so far this season. Now, obviously, that's going to be a little bit skewed because
1:39Jamar Chase got knocked out of that game early with the concussion, but regardless, both these guys are absolutely slams as top 10 receivers.
1:47Chris Ave is going to be in an interesting spot. Now, it's not the best matchup in the world against the Cleveland Browns because typically when
1:54you play against Cleveland, it's not going to be a super highscoring game environment, but this should be Jordan Tyson's first week back. And as I am so
2:04excited for it, I don't expect Jordan Tyson to come in and be the wide receiver one immediately here. That's not happening. and also with Chris Olive
2:12as well. Um, if the Saints get back their left tackle, hell, I mean, this is going to be a better offense than what
2:19you normally have. So, expect Jordan Tyson to slowly get worked in here. I hope I'm wrong. I am having to play
2:26against Chris Lav and I hope he repeats what he's done over the past like three weeks. Over the past three weeks, he's
2:31averaging like 12 fantasy points a game.
2:34Now, Malik Neighbors did not practice on Thursday, which I will say it is weird for neighbors to be sitting out a
2:41Thursday practice coming off the buy.
2:43That's not necessarily the best thing you want to see. But, he did already say that he's going to be good to go. So, I
2:49don't want to raise the red flags too early here. Again, neighbors mispractice on Thursday will be something to monitor going into Friday, but it seems like he
2:57should be fine. And then the last wide receiver in this tier is going to be Justin Jefferson. I for one was rooting
3:04for Kyler Murray this season, but at the same time with how Kyler has played, I think that it is a positive for
3:14Jefferson to get Carson Wentz here under center. This is a really strong matchup that you have going up against the Buffalo Bills where the Bills have one
3:22of the worst defenses in the league. And at the same time, the Bills are going to be one of the very few teams that can
3:28put up a ton of points against this Vikings defense and force the Vikings to throw the ball. So, I think that this is
3:35a good setup for Jefferson. Now, I personally have Justin Jefferson on my own fantasy team, so maybe you want to just ignore me here and say that I'm
3:43biased, which I would understand. Now, moving over to our C tier. These will be the wide receivers that you still need
3:49to start, but lowered expectations with Christian Watson. He is on my own fantasy team. He did get in the limited practice on Wednesday. Obviously, the
3:58man last Thursday night cracked a few ribs, um spitting up blood, went to the hospital, managed to come back. It was
4:05the most badass thing that I had ever seen. And I am very much going to be rooting for him playing in New England.
4:12Though the Green Bay Packers do project to score slightly fewer points than they normally do. Then moving to Matthew Golden. Matthew Golden is actually out
4:21targeting Christian Watson so far this season. And again, with Christian Watson being limited in the Wednesday and Thursday practices, I wouldn't fault you
4:30at all if you wanted to put Golden ahead of Watson. Just as somebody who's biased with Christian Watson on his own fantasy
4:37team, damn, it's going to be tough for me to get away from him with how he uh put our team on his back coming back
4:43from the hospital last week. Now, Nico Collins is a very interesting profile because Nico Collins has not had 10 targets in a game since week one. Coming
4:54out of the by-week, it wouldn't be the most surprising thing in the world if Marvin Harrison was actually a little bit more involved in this offense. And
5:02obviously, Nico is seeing target competition regardless. This is a weird game environment where you are playing in Los Angeles and we know that the
5:12Chargers offense is so bad that Houston probably not going to get into a shootout here. They're probably not going to be forced to throw the ball
5:21over and over again. Then moving to Luther Burton. Luther Burton is a first half demon. I mean, when they can script
5:30out these plays for the first drive of the game, there is nobody that looks better than Luther Burton in fantasy.
5:38Then the second half gets here, then all of a sudden, uh, they no longer have their scripted plays and Luther Burden
5:44doesn't score nearly as many points. But kind of regardless, this is somebody that you need to be jamming in as since
5:51we've had Caleb Williams come back into this offense. The past three weeks, Luther Burton's been the wide receiver.
5:5714, wide receiver seven and wide receiver eight. And I know the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had a great defense against Carolina and Atlanta. But the
6:05Chicago Bears with markets currently are 6 and a half point favorites and they project to score what a total of 27
6:14points in this game. Like this is a game in which markets have the Bears with a 72% chance of winning. Again, like I
6:22said, six and a half point spread. I am not going to be worried about the Bucks defense at all in this spot. And if you
6:27are playing the Bucks DST in your own league, I would honestly advise that you probably get away from it, even if
6:33they've scored a ton of points the past two weeks. Now, obviously, if you want to say, "Mason, you're an idiot. The
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6:58Available in every state outside of Nevada. Now, going to Rashi Rice.
7:03Rasheed Rice got in the full practice on Thursday. So, it looks like you shouldn't be worried whatsoever about the injury stuff anymore. And the Kansas
7:12City Chiefs project to be one of the best offenses in the NFL here against the New York Jets. They should be able
7:18to score the ball at will. Tedo McMillan is in a tough matchup going up against the Denver Broncos. We've seen a ton of
7:26regression from Bryce Young over the past few weeks. So, I do think you have to be slightly concerned about the offense and the matchup, but I mean, Ted
7:33McMillan is just such a damn good player. Now, going to George Pickkins.
7:39The Pickins setup is interesting because this game has an overunder of like 50 plus points. like you should see this being a very high-scoring contest even
7:50if the Indianapolis Colts are falling apart. Now, the problem that you would maybe have of course is that Pickkins
8:00has very much been an up and down, up and down, up and down player. Like the target volume isn't anything crazy here.
8:07So, the floor is very low, but the ceiling is so high you have to start him every week. And then the last wide
8:13receiver in this tier that you just have to start every single week is going to be Parker Washington. I have to play
8:19against the Jags DST tonight. So I am hoping the Ravens will be able to put points up on the board. But with the
8:27Ravens having a third string quarterback, I am concerned that what we end up seeing is we end up seeing the Baltimore Ravens unable to move the ball
8:38down the field, allowing the Jacksonville Jaguars to just do what they did last week, limit the amount of drop backs that Trevor Lawrence has, and
8:47run the ball over and over and over again. Now, moving to our D tier, these are the wide receivers that you could
8:54begin to consider benching. I would say the majority of y'all should have them in your lineup unless you're in a very
8:59shallow format. Jameson Williams has been phenomenal as of late, right?
9:04Jameson Williams over the past four games um contributed to me winning the past four weeks in my own league with
9:1216, 18, 26, and 17 points. But also over the past three games, Jameson Williams has had five touchdowns. And if you look
9:21at the long career average with his touchdown rate, typically JMO is going to be a receiver that gets a touchdown on one of every 13-ish targets. It's not
9:32like he is some massive red zone threat.
9:34So I think he is running a little bit hot with the touchdowns. And I'm a little concerned that when you're playing against the Miami Dolphins, not
9:41many wide receivers have scored a ton of points against Miami because Miami is not able to turn the game into a
9:47shootout like you typically want. Now, Michael Wilson was a must-start wide receiver in our rankings last week. But with that being said, last week they
9:57were going up against the Dallas Cowboys. This week they are going up against the Seattle Seahawks where the Cardinals are eight and a half point
10:06dogs. I don't think Gardenner Mchu is that good if I'm going to be honest with you. And lastly, Michael Wilson has been
10:12in the non-cont jersey the first two days of practice. So, I'm a little bit concerned that the broken ribs may limit
10:22him just a bit and it's the worst matchup ever. And now, Gardenner Mchu is your starting quarterback. And Mchu looked good against Dallas last week,
10:30but everybody will look good against Dallas. Now, our next receiver is Jaylen Coker. Jaylen Coker, I think, has proven that he does not belong in the same tier
10:39as Tedo McMillan. He has maybe vaulted up a little bit too high at the beginning of the season off limited volume. obviously saved his week this
10:47past week with the receiving touchdown.
10:49Um it's a tough matchup against Denver and Bryce Young looks much worse than he previously did. Now going to Z Flowers.
10:58Zay Flowers is going to be much higher than this in our rankings rest of season. But right now for this week,
11:05while the Baltimore Ravens have a third string quarterback of a guy that I don't even know who he is, they project to be the lowest scoring
11:14offense in the NFL. And I think that this is a spot where if you could just play like Luther Burden instead, play
11:21Parker Washington instead, play Jameson Williams instead, you can very easily make an argument to bench Flowers and a garbage, garbage offense. Now, of
11:31course, once we end up getting Jacobe Brassette next week and beyond, then Z Flowers will go right back to being somebody that's a top 12 option. Now, DJ
11:40Moore did get in a limited practice on Thursday. Looks like he is not fully healthy, though. Obviously, he was dealing with a shoulder injury and he
11:49had the knee scare this past week. He had the receiving touchdown, the big play as well against the Baltimore Ravens for the Buffalo Bills last week.
11:58But I don't think he's a mustart name because one, it's an older wide receiver that's dealing with a multitude of injuries. And two, this is about the
12:06worst matchup that you could possibly have where you are having to go to play at Minnesota against arguably the best defense in the NFL. And then lastly,
12:15Stefon Diggs still isn't fully healthy.
12:18Obviously, this past week, he scored the touchdown, which kind of saved his fantasy day. Crazy as status, Stefon Diggs has not had 50 receiving yards in
12:26a game since week one. Like the big play upside here isn't isn't here for Diggs.
12:32Also, he's just too old to be an every down player. Like his snaps are capped at about 65% for this offense. But
12:39against the Los Angeles Rams, you should expect the Commanders to be forced to throw the ball a little bit more than
12:45what we saw last week where obviously last week they were able to lean on the run playing against the Philadelphia Eagles who can't put points on the
12:52board. Now moving over to our Etier, these are players that again are flex consideration. Starting with Amecha Eggbuka, who is a wide receiver that I
13:02am starting. Now I will be honest, I don't know if this dude's going to play.
13:06And the problem a lot of y'all may run into is this is going to be the Sunday night game. Ibuka missed practice on
13:13Wednesday. He was working off to the side with the trainers. He got in what was reportedly, I believe, a full practice on Thursday. Let me just go
13:23ahead and triple um check this. Yes, a full practice on Thursday for Ibuka. I think does give him a little bit of hope
13:31to end up playing against the Chicago Bears. Clearly, this team has limited the passing attempts for Baker Mayfield, but that's just been due to uh frankly
13:43them blowing out the Panthers and blowing out the Atlanta Falcons. This will be a team that throws the ball when they're forced to throw and playing
13:51against the Chicago Bears, they're going to be forced to throw. They are six and a half point dogs. Now, moving over to
13:58Jaylen Waddle. Waddle scores the touchdown this past week, but Jaylen Waddle has had one game this season with 50 or more receiving yards. It's not a
14:08great offense. It's going to be a lowercing game environment playing against the Carolina Panthers. So, I think it'd be tough to get super excited
14:15and call Waddle a must option. Now, Malik Washington is very interesting where Malik Washington had the receiving touchdown this past week. I mean, he's
14:25still seeing the majority of the targets in this wide receiver core. Averaging about six and a half targets per game.
14:32Long-term, I don't think he's the wide receiver one. Long term, I think the wide receiver one is Caleb Douglas. But for this week, it's the best matchup you
14:40could ask for playing against the Detroit Lions. Typically, the Miami Dolphins project to be a bottom three offense in the league, right around like
14:4817 total points. But this week, they're projected out for about 22. They project to score more points than the Buccaneers. They project to score like a
14:57touchdown more than the Ravens. They project to score more than the Panthers than I mean they project to score way more than the Arizona Cardinals. So the
15:07offense should be fine average because they get to play against a garbage defense. I still think Malik Washington is the wide receiver one. Now Keenan
15:16Allen is in a similar setup where Keenan Allen gets a beautiful matchup against the Dallas Cowboys. Typically, Indie is going to be a team that's thrown in the
15:26flag on the season. They have nothing to play for. They're going to score a bottom three amount every single week going forward besides this one because
15:34when you get to play at home against Dallas, you have the Indianapolis Colts projected to score 23 points. That's more than the Commanders. That's the
15:43same as the Broncos. Again, more than those teams we just talked about with the Bucks, with the Panthers. It's the same as the Texans. Now, Tyler Warren
15:52being back is obviously going to eat into what you have with the target volume for Keenan. Adani Mitchell, I am ranking here under the assumption that
16:01you have no Garrett Wilson. Garrett Wilson missed practice on Wednesday and Garrett Wilson missed practice on Thursday with the concussion. Now, if
16:11Wilson were to end up playing, then I would say Adani Mitchell and Omar Cooper will be names that you probably just
16:17can't afford to get in your lineup. But if Garrett Wilson misses, then Adani Mitchell's probably the wide receiver one here in a game in which they're
16:25gonna have to throw against the Kansas City Chiefs. It's going to be a bad offense regardless. But again, they will have to wrap up the pass attempts
16:31because they're nine and a half point dogs.
16:34Lad Mcconi, I don't know what to do with this dude.
16:40every single week besides this past week against the Los Angeles Rams is garbage if you were looking at the stat line
16:48because Lad Mcconkey played the first five weeks this season in and out of the games with injuries like at no point was
16:54he healthy. So we have one game from Lad last week where he looked like yeah he's the solidified wide receiver one but
17:01he's the solidified wide receiver one for the least efficient offense in the NFL. And while the Houston Texans defense, they've been bad so far this
17:10season, I don't know if that's going to be guaranteed to be the case forever to be honest with you. Now, Casey
17:16Conception will be our last wide receiver here. It is a concern in my opinion for Conception as well as Denzel Boston now that you are starting to see
17:28Harold Fannon finally show signs of life. The hope that you would need to have for Casey Conception and the hope that you would need to have for Denzel
17:37Boston is they just take over as the two dominant target forces in this offense.
17:42But if you are getting signs of life from Harold Fannon and all of a sudden the targets are split between three guys
17:48here, it does become a lot tougher. Now moving to our F tier, these are the wide receivers I would hope that are on your
17:57bench.
17:59Mai Lemon, I'm going to rank under the assumption that you have no Devonte Smith, that you have no Dantavian Wixs.
18:07They've obviously missed time up until this point. While at the same time, we are now on the third string quarterback here for the Philadelphia Eagles.
18:17Somebody that's a big play threat at the quarterback position, but not known for his accuracy or short area um game. And that's kind of what
18:27Mai Lemon needs. So I don't know if it's a good fit for Lemon. The offense is garbage. Obviously if Devontto Smith
18:33plays or Dante Wix plays, you lower him even further than this. Roma Dunce averaging nine fantasy points per game.
18:40I mean at this point you know who Rome is. He's the wide receiver too behind Luther Burden. Coulson Loveland is coming on strong as well. The only
18:48saving grace for him is he plays in such a good offense that maybe just maybe he locks himself into a touchdown which he
18:54hasn't been able to do so far this year.
18:57Now, Omar Cooper gave you the goose egg last week, but if Garrett Wilson misses this week, all of a sudden, I do think
19:05that Omar Cooper, very similar to Adai Mitchell, could be startable. Now, Deario Douglas last week only had three targets and that was in a game with no
19:16AJ Brown and a game with no Romeo Doss.
19:19Maybe you make the argument, oh no, actually the guy you want here is going to be Effam Chisum.
19:25I would say the only wide receiver that I would feel comfortable starting in New England would be Demario Douglas. Again, AJ Brown missed practice on Thursday. I
19:34think the expectation will be we probably don't get AJ Brown back into this offense anytime soon. Now, once we do get him, then we could potentially
19:42re-evaluate, but for now, I think you're just starting Deario Douglas if you're desperate. Trey Tucker is in a very weird game environment in which the
19:52Raiders are nine and a half point dogs.
19:55So, they should have to throw the ball over and over again, but at the same time, they're just a bad offense. Now,
20:03Antonio Williams did look to be the number one target earner for the Commanders this past week. I don't believe that's going to be the case
20:11forever, though. I still think if I had to bet on one of Antonio Williams or a Stefon Diggs, I would go Diggs until
20:18maybe Antonio Williams puts us up for two, three weeks straight. Is I mean, even this past week with Antonio Williams having seven targets, he still
20:26only had 10 fantasy points and has yet to have a game with 20 fantasy points this year, but clearly he is trending in
20:33the right direction with no Terry McLaren. He looked very good this past week. Now, Josh DS, very good matchup against the Dallas Cowboys. I mean,
20:42maybe they go out there and they try to get him a touchdown again to see if there's any way that the Colts can
20:48squeeze a little more value out of Josh DS, but it's a good matchup, so you can consider him. Denzel Boston again, it
20:56looks like he's the wide receiver, too, behind Casey Conception. And now Harold Fannon getting involved does hurt.
21:02Jacobe Meyers. I just hate the game environment because I don't think this is going to be a shootout here against Baltimore. And then Khalil Shakir as our
21:09last guy here. He scored the touchdown last week, but it's a very tough matchup having to play in Minnesota. I don't
21:14have high expectations for the Bills.
21:16And then the guys that I definitely wouldn't start. I personally have Jordan Tyson on my own fantasy team and I am so
21:24excited to see him this week. He was limited in practice Wednesday, limited in practice on Thursday. Now I'm going to be honest. Um, this is copium from
21:33me. Ignore me. Roll your eyes. Skip forward 10 seconds. But I will say that the beat reporter that is the most on
21:42top of the New Orleans Saints stuff, he said that Jordan Tyson didn't look limited. He said Jordan Tyson looked like he practiced in full on Thursday.
21:51So, I'm assuming Tyson's going to play.
21:53I am so damn excited to see him as well.
21:56I just wouldn't trust them week one because again, I think they slowly roll him into this offense. But as somebody that's excited about his long-term
22:03upside and also who has to play against Chris Ave this week, oh dear God, I would love a Jordan Tyson master class.
22:11Now Caleb Douglas, you can look at the target volume last week was better. He had six targets, but I mean really it's
22:21just a super limited sample for a wide receiver. Ident love the prospect profile love. He's had flashes though and it is a great matchup against the
22:30Detroit Lions. So you can look at Caleb Douglas. Jordan Addison maybe show signs of life with Carson Wentz. It's good matchup. Devon Veillay at this point I
22:40think he's done and dusted with Jordan Tyson coming in. Ryan Florenoi if you needed to send up a prayer that you get
22:45a random touchdown. Marvin Harrison maybe he expands his role coming out of the buy. Xavier worthy is kind of done and dusted now that you have Rasheed
22:54Rice back in. Courtland Sutton is is I don't know if he scored 10 points in a game this year. Yeah, he hasn't scored
23:0010 points in a game this year. He maybe should even be behind these guys like Keon Coleman and Chris Godwin. I will
23:06say though, if you have Ibuka on your team, if he is not clear to go by tomorrow, I would pick up Godwin just in
23:16case Ibuka misses and you need to make a pivot. Like again, I have Ibuka on my own team. I picked up Chris Godwin off
23:23the waiverwire just in case I'm planning on going with Ibuka on Sunday night. He misses, then we can play Godwin. Godwin
23:30has sucked. But just I think that this is going to be a team that's going to have to throw the ball more now that
23:36they're not going to be able to boat race opponents like the Carolina Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons when you're playing in Chicago. Now, I think
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