0:00Welcome into the Lineup Fantasy Football Show. I'm Mitch Anderson.
0:03I'm Justin Mello. And if you have any start set questions, trade questions or anything else we can answer to help you
0:09win your week seven matchup and beyond, let us know down below and we'll answer every single comment.
0:14But Mello, it's time for our top 36 receivers here.
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0:26But let's hit our top 36 wide receivers for week seven and then hit our four favorite plays of the week.
0:32at the end. Yeah, let's get into number one.
0:35We said regardless of matchup, we're gonna keep JSN at one, but we're liars.
0:39It's Puka Nakua here. We're liars. We're just lying to our audience.
0:42Listen, things change when Puka Nakua and the Devante Adams Rams are playing the Raiders.
0:47You gotta adjust and you gotta put Puka Nakua number one.
0:50He's averaged over 14 targets over the last three games and that was with Devante Adams who like I mentioned is not
0:56going to be playing until after their bye. He's going to be catching a ton of balls like we saw a couple weeks ago.
1:03The volume is just gonna win out and I'm starting him with more confidence than anyone.
1:08Yeah, he's gonna be catching a lot of balls on Sunday, but let's move on to the guy that we said we
1:14were gonna keep putting at number one. He's still in the S tier.
1:18Jackson Smith and Jigba. I love any chance I get to talk about the Emerald City route artists and Mello.
1:24It's usually you because he's sitting at the number one spot.
1:27So I just want to mention this guy's averaging 5.1 fantasy points per game more than any other wide receiver in the
1:33NFL Puka being second only reason he's at number two here is because of the difference between their two matchups.
1:39Yeah, and we're splitting hairs. Of course both are great as is number three CD lamb at Philadelphia lack Prescott.
1:45He's not even Dak anymore. He's lack Prescott with how much he's lacking.
1:49He's been bad. He's been really really bad, but it hasn't stopped CD lamb from racking up 43 receptions in just three
1:55games including one game where he was hurt and he was in and out of that game didn't really play all that much.
2:02At least in the second half, he only got five in that game yet.
2:06He still is 43 over three games just miraculous Philly's defense has been surprisingly porous and lamb might be just spoon fed
2:12the ball an elite wide receiver one here. Once again, I have the same note when we talk about pickings.
2:18I think Philadelphia is that type of defense that just because of a few years ago, we consider them so stout and
2:24like in reality, they have been pretty porous. I think is a great word for it, but let's finish off the S tier.
2:31We're gonna talk about Jamar Chase. Is it so funny that in a lot of ways, Jamar Chase feels like the forgotten
2:37man right now among elite wide receivers kind of weird.
2:40Yeah. And now he gets Baltimore here in week seven coming off the by the team that Jamar averages 24.3 fancy points per game against in his career.
2:48I'm firing him up with a ton of confidence.
2:51It wouldn't shock me at all. If he finishes the wire receiver one on the slate.
2:55Completely possible. Here's someone who could be the wide receiver three.
2:59We got him at five. It's all man Ross St.
3:01Brown. Mr. Wide receiver three, Mr. Wide receiver three.
3:04Sun God. Fantasy aside, I think this showdown between Detroit and Green Bay is going to be a really fun one.
3:10This division is just incredible. Every win matters in this division.
3:13Green Bay's defense has been playing a little bit better the last couple weeks than they were to start this season, but
3:20they've still been vulnerable to shootouts this year and the Lions are the shootout team.
3:24Every Detroit game is a shootout. Even in a couple of quote unquote down weeks, Amon Ross still has 11 targets in each of his last two games.
3:32And this is a great bounce back spot. Yeah, 100 percent.
3:35Calvin Shepard is just like the king of making fantasy football gods week in and week out.
3:40But on to number six. Let's talk about Christian Watson in that same game taking on the Detroit Lions.
3:46Outside of the brutal drop on Monday Night Football, Christian Watson's start to 2026 has been like as close to perfect as possible.
3:52Wide receiver three on the year. Now he takes on the single worst defense against fancy wide receivers like we were just mentioning.
3:59I think it's possible we have him too low here, but regardless, you should be firing him up with a ton of confidence as your wide receiver one.
4:07Just incredible upside for Christian Watson. And how about Malik Neighbors here at seven at Houston?
4:12I keep talking about targets with a lot of these guys because I think that's just such a sticky stat.
4:18So let me tell you about Malik Neighbors. 35 targets over his last two games.
4:2217 and a half targets per game. The Texans have been hemorrhaging receiver yards to the surprise of just about everyone.
4:28And Neighbors should be able to capitalize regardless of whether it's Winston or 18 throwing him the ball.
4:33Yeah, it's funny. I think when you look on the offense, the biggest surprise has been the Chargers have just been an absolute disaster.
4:40I feel like that's like outshining how much of a disaster the Houston defense has been for how good we thought they'd be.
4:47Mind boggling. But on to number eight, Justin Jefferson taking on the Indianapolis Colts.
4:51I think it's obviously been a slower start than you would have hoped for Jefferson when you look at the season in its entirety.
4:58But he's passed his bye week coming off of a wide receiver 14 finish in week five.
5:03Now he gets the Colts here in Week 7 who should be without Sauce Gardner.
5:07Feels like a great spot to get on a hot streak before an incredible stretch after this of Detroit, Buffalo and Green Bay coming up.
5:14I still love Justin Jefferson rest of season. No question about it.
5:18And I certainly love him here in Week 8.
5:20Week 9, here's something a little bit more ambiguous.
5:23We have Zay Flowers. Now we have him here.
5:26We're baking into this ranking that Lamar is going to be active.
5:29That is far from a guarantee. They're saying he might practice this week.
5:33Even if he does, he might not play with the ankle injury.
5:36If he does play, though, this is a really good shootout spot against the Bengals.
5:41Flowers has averaged over 22 points per game when playing with Lamar this season.
5:45If it's Snoop Huntley again, though, I would knock down Flowers pretty substantially below where we have him now.
5:50If Lamar is playing, though, an incredible wide receiver one option.
5:53Yeah, he almost certainly is out of the A tier and probably like a mid B tier guy.
5:59But let's kick off the B tier. Let's talk about Chris Olave, who has been phenomenal.
6:03Zoffa is a little bit disrespectful to put him in the B tier because he's the wide receiver four on the season.
6:10But there's some red flags to keep an eye on here.
6:13And it's kind of the inverse of Zay Flowers where we're saying, you know, if injuries happen or if injuries keep Lamar
6:19Jackson out, you know, you might have to knock Zay down to the B tier.
6:23If Jordan Tyson is in in Paris, I think that you've got to keep Chris Olave in the B.
6:29And if we don't see Jordan Tyson play, this could be a swap between Flowers and Olave.
6:34Not only that, you look at Pittsburgh's defense. They have been incredibly stingy against opposing wide receivers.
6:39So monitor the situation with Jordan Tyson. It's not a plus matchup to begin with with Pittsburgh.
6:44But if we start to see the rookie get involved and even siphon a few targets away from Olave, I think that limits his upside a lot.
6:52Definitely something to monitor over the next couple of weeks.
6:54Moving on, though, to one of my favorite trade targets right now.
6:58That's Nico Collins at 11. He's playing the Giants.
7:01We've seen both of these teams in the Texans and the Giants in quite a few shootouts this year.
7:06So this is not a bad spot for points at all.
7:09Collins will continue to operate as the clear number one in this offense where CJ Stroud has been playing really well this year.
7:16So this offensive environment feels pretty good to me.
7:18Yeah, I completely agree. I we keep saying it, but like I'm giving CJ Stroud his flowers if nobody else will.
7:25At number 12, let's talk about Matthew Golden, which I had the chance to talk about Christian Watson a minute ago.
7:31Really similar argument. When you have a wide receiver duo this talented that has more yards than any other duo in the
7:37NFL right now, they deserve to both be top 12 receivers, especially when they're taking on the Detroit defense that, like I
7:43mentioned earlier, is allowing the most points and yards to opposing wide receivers of any team in the NFL.
7:49It's just been amazing how great both of those guys are.
7:52Worthy of wide receiver one recognition here in week seven.
7:55Moving on to the wide receiver two territory, though, let's talk about Drake London.
7:59Last week, I felt like Drake London was pretty quiet.
8:02And then I look up and he has 10 targets and he's actually pretty involved.
8:06And it just it went under the radar. He stunningly still has not found the end zone yet this year, but that
8:13obviously will change with how much they like to use him in the red zone with the skill set that he has.
8:19He's a jump ball guy. Really good in tight space.
8:22It is a very tough matchup against San Fran.
8:24They have a very scary defense. They're playing out of their minds this year.
8:29That pushes London down, but still a must start in pretty much any format.
8:33I'm keeping that in my brain. I'm keeping that in the tickler file right now that I think I want to do
8:39a Drake London touchdown on our dabble touchdown slip this weekend.
8:42But on to number 14. Let's talk about Devonta Smith, who I texted you this this weekend, but he is literally the
8:49glass bones and paper skin guy from SpongeBob. And I'm terrified every time I put him in my starting lineup.
8:54But when he's out there, he's been crushing. Saw seven catches off of 14 targets for 75 and a score last week.
9:01Now he gets the Dallas defense that exists solely to create fantasy points for opposing offenses.
9:05I absolutely love Devonta this week as long as he can stay on the field.
9:10That is the big if with Devonta. Let's move on to Ted Arroa McMillan taking on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
9:15I find myself just becoming such a fan and such a believer in Ted Arroa McMillan.
9:20You saw the nuclear explosion he put up a few weeks ago, followed it up with the visually impressive 86 yards against Philly last week.
9:27And Tampa Bay secondary just allowed Aaron Rodgers and a receiver half his age to just tear them apart all game long,
9:34or at least in the second half in particular.
9:36T-Mac should continue to have wide receiver one upside, but is a really good wide receiver two at worst.
9:42Such an unnecessary way of calling him an unk with a receiver half his age.
9:46At number 16, though, speaking of unk, let's talk about Mike Evans taking on Atlanta.
9:50This one's obvious to monitor his health heading into the game.
9:54He's probably going to be a game time decision again.
9:57He's yet another victim in the long line of Achilles tendonitis that's getting passed around like mono in the 49ers locker room.
10:03There's reason to believe, honestly, that they could just put him on ice for a few weeks.
10:08They're 6-0. They've got a buy on the horizon in week 8.
10:11So I think there's a good chance Mike Evans doesn't play.
10:14If he does, it's impossible to rank him outside of the top 16.
10:18Fingers crossed he does play. He is the personification of I hear no bell.
10:22He just refuses to literally band down. It's incredible.
10:25Next, though, we have Garrett Wilson. Last week, he got Christian Gonzalez shadow treatment for most of the week.
10:30But luckily, the Dolphins don't have Christian Gonzalez or anyone even close to him.
10:34I don't know if the Dolphins have any good players.
10:37So the one bad thing for Garrett Wilson will be that the game script is not going to be too great.
10:43I don't know that they'll be throwing the ball late.
10:46I mean, it is the Jets. Maybe we're giving them too much credit.
10:50Maybe it will be a tight one. Aside from that, though, I'm fine with Garrett Wilson in this spot.
10:56I think he's a mid-tier wide receiver, too. I like your analysis.
10:59Do the Dolphins even have quarterbacks? There's no way of knowing, really.
11:03Not that I've seen, Mitchell. Not that I've seen.
11:05Not that I've seen either. On to number 18, though.
11:08AJ Brown. I'm sticking with my guy, AJ. I've talked about him this week.
11:12I swear to God, every episode I'm talking about him.
11:15But I think in all the grossness of last week, it's easy to forget this guy had 10 targets.
11:20Matt Collins on IR now. Romeo Dobbs on IR now.
11:23Plenty of work should be headed AJB's way. And I think this is where the buy low window closes and we just see him dominate on Thursday night.
11:31I certainly hope so. He's a must-start. Yeah, he absolutely is a must-start.
11:35He's a guy I've talked about a lot this week.
11:38Not a buy low, but a buy now on Jalen Coker.
11:41On to number 20. Another guy I've mentioned in trade conversations in the past.
11:45George Pickens taking on the Eagles. The George Pickens experiment hasn't quite looked how it did last year.
11:51And to me, I think the odds are that we see George Pickens in a New Jersey next season.
11:56I think those odds are increasing by the week.
11:59But let's stay in the present and let's focus on this matchup with Philadelphia.
12:03I think we all think of Philly, like I said, as the super impressive defense.
12:07When in reality, to put a number to what you mentioned earlier, they're surrendering the fourth most fantasy points per game to wide receivers.
12:14And I think Pickens is going to have an opportunity to have an absolutely massive game here.
12:19Certainly in the cards, as long as Dak Prescott picks it up.
12:22Let's move on to a different wide receiver two for his team, though.
12:26And that is T. Higgins in that divisional matchup against the Ravens.
12:30It's been a little bit of feast or famine for Higgins so far this year.
12:34And Jamar Chase obviously limits the volume for Higgins, which makes him a little bit shakier of a start.
12:39But that doesn't mean the ceiling is limited. He's had two top eight finishes in just five weeks.
12:45The Ravens pass rush has really struggled to generate any pressure this year, which is obviously great for Burrow.
12:50So that's the type of matchup where he can pick apart an opposing defense if he has time in the pocket.
12:56So because of those reasons, I think Higgins is just a solid wide receiver two.
13:01Yeah, I agree with that. At 22, let's talk about Carnell Tate.
13:04Carnell Tate looked absolutely awesome last week against Indy.
13:07Six catches for 70 yards and his first career touchdown to pair with his first career win.
13:12Nice follow-up matchup here with Cleveland. They're allowing the 11th most fantasy points per game to receivers this season.
13:17I think the rookie's going to continue to get better and better.
13:21He's a startable wide receiver two for me. I'm just so excited because I love this guy in the draft process and
13:27him kind of coming out of his shell and actually looking like a genuinely talented fantasy asset's huge.
13:32He's arrived. He's completely arrived. Let's move on to number 23, Emeka Abuka, taking on the Carolina Panthers.
13:37Is Emeka Abuka heating up? Has he arrived there?
13:40He just hit two shots in Pong. He's heating up.
13:43He's heating up 27 whopping targets from Jalen Daniels over the last two weeks.
13:47And we could see a shootout in Carolina with the way that the Panthers' offense has been playing.
13:52I think Abuka is still hard to fully trust just given the start to the season and the quarterback situation.
13:58But I'm definitely warming up to him as a wide receiver two option.
14:02Yeah, I'm totally with you. And that's a little sneak preview.
14:05We're going to be talking to Emeka Abuka tomorrow with Joe Pizapia.
14:08At number 24, though, let's talk about Michael Wilson taking on the Denver Broncos.
14:12I talked about him earlier this week as one of my favorite buys, but this is not necessarily the greatest matchup for him to get back on track.
14:20I think we're going to see him get a little bit more involved than the seven targets we saw each of the last two weeks.
14:28But obviously, when you play against a defense like Denver, it's going to cap your ceiling.
14:32Volume should be there to help carry him to a wide receiver two-ish finish.
14:36That's why we have him in the low end.
14:39But I'm obviously worried when Denver's allowing the seventh lowest fantasy points per game this year.
14:44Yeah, well said. And moving from that wide receiver two to wide receiver three territory, we have Luther Burden next.
14:49He's playing on Thursday night football against the Patriots.
14:52We're still waiting for the full blow-up spot for Burden, but he's been the clear wide receiver one for the Bears.
14:58And now that Caleb Williams is back, that's obviously a good thing as well.
15:02It feels like a matter of time, but a short week against New England's tough defense may not be the best spot.
15:09But regardless, he probably is a must-start in most formats.
15:11Yeah, that's where I have my hesitancies. I'm actually, I mean, I mentioned him as a buy low a few weeks ago,
15:18and I'm extremely excited about him moving forward. I just, against New England's defense, I have some concerns about the ceiling this week.
15:24At 26, though, let's talk about Rasheed Rice. This is kind of similar to all these guys we've talked about with health concerns.
15:31Obviously monitor the reports leading up to the game, but it looks like there's a chance he could go against Seattle.
15:37I know it's not an inviting matchup. They're a top three defense against wide receivers in fantasy football, but Kansas City is
15:44in desperate need of somebody to throw the ball to.
15:46And right now, unfortunately for Rasheed Rice, he is just that, somebody to throw the ball to.
15:51I'm viewing the whole thing as a Ken Walker revenge game, but there should be enough room for Rasheed to eat as well.
15:58You know I love me some Rasheed. Number 27, Denzel Boston at Tennessee.
16:02Boston had his worst game of the season so far last week against Baltimore.
16:06I wouldn't read too much into that though. The Titans have the second worst pass rush grade and the eighth worst pass coverage grade per pro football focus.
16:14That bodes well for the Browns offense. That bodes well for Denzel Boston.
16:18Just takes one explosive from Boston, which makes him a great flex option.
16:21But the floor is a little bit shakier than a lot of the other options around him.
16:26Yeah, I think that's the big concern with him.
16:29And part of the reason, you know, we've talked about Casey Concepcio and being like kind of a back half guy, him
16:35being the safer guy with the targets, which speaking of which, we want to talk about a guy who's getting a lot
16:42of targets, Jeremy Bernard, who Jeremy Bernard is in our top 30 mellow.
16:45What a time to be alive. He looked absolutely awesome on Sunday.
16:49Obviously the highlight being the game winning touchdown in overtime, but 11 for 87 and a touchdown off of a whopping 12 targets.
16:56And now he gets the Saints defense that Rogers should have no issue carving up.
17:00My dynasty shares are loving some Jeremy Bernard. Let's talk about Jamison Williams, though.
17:04He's our wide receiver 29 this week. Might see some fireworks like we talked about in that Detroit Dome when the Packers take on the Lions.
17:12So part of me thinks we might have Jamison a little bit too low.
17:16It's just really a gamble that he'll be part of those fireworks, even if they do happen.
17:21The Lions have been incredible all year offensively, and Williams still only has one game with at least five receptions and two games with double digit fantasy points.
17:29He's a really big risk at this point, but one that has the potential to pay off in a major, major way.
17:35Jamison Williams is not going to finish the week as the wide receiver 29.
17:39He's either going to finish it as the wide receiver 9 or the wide receiver 49.
17:44Exactly. Yeah. All right. On to our next guy, though.
17:47Let's talk DK Metcalf. We are going to stay in the D tier for this one.
17:51Just talk Jeremy Bernard. Now let's talk about his teammate DK.
17:54I know I said Jeremy Bernard was great and how impressive his 12 targets were.
17:59Let's not forget DK Metcalf just had 15 targets.
18:01No touchdown, but also 11 receptions, 93 yards on the day.
18:04He should be in for another great game here for all the same reasons I mentioned about the Saints defense.
18:10Steelers receivers have been looking good. Unlike Jalen Waddell, our next guy on the list, he belongs in the F tier.
18:16He's in timeout. He might just be in jail at this point.
18:20I don't even know if timeout is it. Fantasy football jail.
18:23I can lock him up if you want me to.
18:26Yeah. I'm going to need you to throw away the key too, or at least just hide it.
18:31You don't have to throw it in the garbage, but just kind of put it somewhere where it's out of reach.
18:37I don't know if Bo Nix is cooked. Is Jalen Waddell cooked?
18:41Are they both cooked? This offense is just so out of whack.
18:44I don't know how they've won four games. I've truly never seen a quarterback work so hard and run around so much for a two-yard checkdown.
18:52And Bo Nix does that like seven times a game.
18:55And I know that's not Jalen Waddell's fault, but it doesn't help Waddell and the offensive environment and what it does in fantasy.
19:01And Waddell himself still hasn't looked all that great just by the eye test, some of the advanced metrics as well.
19:07Arizona theoretically is a good matchup, which is why I still have hope for Waddell as a flex option.
19:13It's just becoming hard to trust. Yeah, I'm totally with you.
19:16On to our next guy. Let's talk about Trey Tucker.
19:19Death taxes and Trey Tucker having some random blow-up game every year.
19:22Wide receiver two on the week in week six.
19:25He'll look to follow it up against this Rams team that desperately needs a bounce-back win here.
19:30He has eight, five, and seven targets over the last few weeks.
19:33So I'm not excited about it, but there's much worse flex starts than Trey Tucker right now.
19:38Completely agreed. Another flex option is Casey Concepcion. We talked about Denzel Boston earlier.
19:42They're playing the Titans. I think we're slowly actually starting to see Concepcion become the Browns' actual wide receiver one, at least in terms of usage and volume.
19:50He has more targets than Denzel Boston in each of the last three games that Concepcion has actually finished.
19:56He obviously had the concussion he left the game early with a couple weeks ago.
20:00So Boston's still a big play threat with, I'd say, more upside than Concepcion, which is why we have him higher.
20:06But Concepcion still deserves flex consideration. Yeah, absolutely. On to our next guy here at number 34.
20:11Let's talk about Devon Vele. And this is very similar to the Chris Alave conversation.
20:16Time will tell if Tyson is back this week and how involved he's going to be in this offense.
20:21But if Tyson misses, this should be a good opportunity to start Vele and get some production out of him before there's
20:27another mouth to feed in this lineup. Been a little slow this past couple of weeks, but the wide receiver 26 on
20:34the year is absolutely startable here if there's no Tyson.
20:37You also could start Demario Douglas, though, on Thursday night football.
20:40I know that might sound crazy, but he's been a top 10 fantasy receiver in each of the last two weeks.
20:46Let that sink in. Top 10, two weeks in a row.
20:49Romeo Dobbs is off to IR, and all of a sudden, Pop Douglas might continue to be a major part of this offense.
20:56Other guys rotate in enough that I'm not fully trusting he's going to be an every-down kind of player, high-volume kind of player.
21:02In fact, he hasn't played 60% of offensive snaps since week one.
21:06But with only three other receivers healthy on this Patriots roster, I think you can reasonably start Demario Douglas.
21:11I'm entirely with you. Let's wrap it up here with Rome Adunze taking on the New England Patriots on Thursday night in that same game.
21:19I think this is more so a bet on the Bears' offense than it is on Roma Adunze's talent right now.
21:25He's becoming a little bit of an afterthought. I think he's very clearly the third man in the pecking order for the passing game.
21:32But I'd be surprised if we don't see them try to get him a little bit more involved against New England.
21:38But, Mello, here we go. Let's hit our Week 7 Mount Catchmore.
21:41It's time to name our four favorite plays, a.k.a.
21:44the Mount Catchmore of guys we think will catch more yards than Dabble has projected.
21:48Of course, we are always presented by Dabble Fantasy.
21:51Use code LINEUP when you sign up and you'll get $20 to put on your Mount Catchmore when you play your first 10.
21:57But give us your first guy. Let's go Justin Jefferson over 72 and a half yards.
22:02He's hit on this line two out of the three games that he's actually started and finished in.
22:07I know he's been banged up. He's left some games early.
22:11But he has been hitting on this line. And the Colts defense is just nothing to really fear.
22:16I like this matchup for him. And I like him to have a big game.
22:20I love that pick. I'm going to go with Jalen Coker.
22:23Over 60 and a half yards. This one's easy to me.
22:26He's crushed it in all four of his healthy games.
22:29134, 138, 66, and 97. I'm buying into this Bryce Young offense is for real.
22:34We're seeing that this guy can get even more targets right now than T-Mac.
22:38I'm going to keep talking up Coker until people wake up.
22:41You're right. That one is very easy. And another easy one to me is Isaiah Likely.
22:46I'm pivoting to a tight end here. Taking his over at 54 and a half yards.
22:50I like that. He's hit on this three weeks in a row.
22:54This Giants offense has been clicking. He's been easily hitting this line three weeks in a row.
22:59Like I said, he's hit four times on the year.
23:01He's getting hyper-targeted as well as Malik Mabers. And they're playing this Houston Texans defense that's really struggled against the pass, surprisingly.
23:08So it's not a bad spot at all. Not at all.
23:11Let's wrap it up with Matthew Golden over 76 and a half yards.
23:15I want anybody who's going up against the Lions defense, let alone a receiver who's broken 100 yards in three of his last four games.
23:22No team in the NFL is giving up more passing yards per game or receiving yards for wide receivers in 2026 than the Detroit Lions.
23:29And Golden should feast in this spot. But those were our top 36 wide receivers for week seven.
23:34Before we get out of here, if you have any questions about your team, whether it be start sits, trades, or anything
23:41in between we can do to help you win your week seven matchup and beyond, let us know down below and we'll answer every single comment.
23:48And before we get out of here, Melo, do we miss anything?
23:52I got nothing. All right. We'll catch you guys next episode.
