Justin Jefferson fantasy football news and podcast insights

Justin Jefferson running the Randy Moss deep option route Also, interesting tidbit about KOC wanting to call the play at the line. Some coaches outside of MINN felt like he didn’t simplify the offense for McCarthy enough. [Quoted](

You're on the clock... Amon-Ra St. Brown or Justin Jefferson? 🤔

After examining stand-out Vegas expectations with @​SmolaDS and digging into the schedule (plus @​CoachspeakIndex notes) for every team with @​DanSchneierNFL, I made the following 2026 Fantasy Football rankings adjustments: 📈Kyler Murray / Justin Jefferson 📈Josh Downs / Tyler Warren 📈Jayden Daniels / Terry McLaurin 📉Bill 📈Rachaad White 📈Parker Washington/Brenton Strange 📉BTJ 📉Bhayshul Tuten 📈Derrick Henry 📈Chase Brown 📈Saquon Barkley 📈Kenneth Walker 📉Courtland Sutton 📈Jayden Ree...

Jordan Addison is WR8 in Fantasy points scored in the red zone over the past two seasons Ahead of Justin Jefferson

Most receiving yards before turning: 27 years old - Justin Jefferson 26 years old - Justin Jefferson 25 years old - Justin Jefferson 24 years old - Justin Jefferson 23 years old - Justin Jefferson

Someone offers you this trade for Justin Jefferson, would you accept it?

.@​MatthewBerryTMR's first-round rankings (0.5 PPR) 👀 1. Bijan Robinson 2. Jahmyr Gibbs 3. Puka Nacua 4. Ja'Marr Chase 5. Jaxon Smith-Njigba 6. Christian McCaffrey 7. Amon-Ra St. Brown 8. Jonathan Taylor 9. Justin Jefferson 10. James Cook 11. CeeDee Lamb 12. Ashton Jeanty

.@​MatthewBerryTMR's first-round 0.5 PPR rankings: 1. Bijan Robinson 2. Jahmyr Gibbs 3. Puka Nacua 4. Ja'Marr Chase 5. Jaxon Smith-Njigba 6. Christian McCaffrey 7. Amon-Ra St. Brown 8. Jonathan Taylor 9. Justin Jefferson 10. James Cook 11. CeeDee Lamb 12. Ashton Jeanty

.@​CBSSports ranked all 1st round draft picks since 2020: 1 - Joe Burrow 2 - Drake Maye 3 - Justin Jefferson 4 - Jaxon Smith-Njigba 5 - Jordan Love 6 - Justin Herbert 7 - Jayden Daniels 8 - Micah Parsons 9 - Tristan Wirfs 10 - CeeDee Lamb 11 - Jared Verse 12 - Ja’Marr Chase *the rankings are from a team point of view of that draft selection*

Since 2016, only 7 WRs haves scored over 169 (nice) points over the back half of the NFL season. Ja'Marr Chase Puka Nacua CeeDee Lamb Cooper Kupp Justin Jefferson Davante Adams Michael Wilson Big Gulps eh? Alright, see ya later

.@​MattOkada's Top 7 fantasy WR values: 1. Josh Downs (125.1) 2. Jaylen Waddle (46.2) 3. Ricky Pearsall (99.8) 4. DJ Moore (59.3) 5. Justin Jefferson (12.4) 6. Tee Higgins (35.5) 7. KC Concepcion (143.2) (ADP via Sleeper)

How Justin Jefferson is looking at me on the turn in fantasy drafts.

.@​JameyEisenberg's first-round PPR rankings: 1. Jahmyr Gibbs 2. Bijan Robinson 3. Ja'Marr Chase 4. Puka Nacua 5. Jaxon Smith-Njigba 6. Amon-Ra St. Brown 7. Jonathan Taylor 8. James Cook 9. Christian McCaffrey 10. CeeDee Lamb 11. Justin Jefferson 12. Rashee Rice

.@​TheAthletic's projected first round of fantasy drafts (PPR) 1. Bijan Robinson 2. Jahmyr Gibbs 3. Puka Nacua 4. Jaxon Smith-Njigba 5. Ja'Marr Chase 6. Christian McCaffrey 7. Jonathan Taylor 8. Amon-Ra St. Brown 9. Justin Jefferson 10. James Cook 11. Chase Brown 12. A.J. Brown

Justin Jefferson on which CB gives him the best battles, via @​ESPNNFL: "If I had somebody that really played me true man-to-man all game, then I can answer that question. But I haven't had a true 1-on-1 game for a long time now."

Justin Jefferson on who is the best CB that he’s gone against: "If I had somebody that really played me true man-to-man all game, then I can answer that question. But I haven't had a true 1-on-1 game for a long time now." 🥶 (@​ESPNNFL)

We talked with @​MatthewColler about Justin Jefferson this year if Kyler Murray becomes the starting QB We know Murray loves focusing on his main receiver; Hopkins, Kirk, McBride 🎥 <https://t.ly/kvMXP> 🎧 <https://t.ly/aRz-T> Here's part of what Matthew had to say⤵️

Widest Range of Outcomes in each round R1: Justin Jefferson R2: Jeremiyah Love R3: Travis Etienne R4: TreVeyon Henderson R5: Bhaysul Tuten R6: Jadarian Price R7: RJ Harvey R8: Parker Washington I would not want more than 2 of these guys on any single team

Calculated a volume-adjusted efficiency score from 2025, which is essentially just a split rank of yards per route run and target share. This score/metric is more correlated to following year FP/G (0.333 r-squared) than both YPRR (0.285) and target share (0.307) individually. Here's the top 12 in this metric (and their positional ADP in parentheses): 1. JSN (WR3) 2. Puka (WR2) 3. Amon-Ra (WR4) ***4. ZAY FLOWERS (WR14)*** 5. Ja'Marr Chase (WR1) 6. Drake London (WR8) 7. Ceedee Lamb (WR5) 8. Ras...

.@​TheDan_Parr ranks his fantasy WRs for the 2026 season: 1 - Ja’Marr Chase 2 - Puka Nacua 3 - Jaxon Smith-Njigba 4 - Amon-Ra St. Brown 5 - AJ Brown 6 - CeeDee Lamb 7 - Justin Jefferson 8 - George Pickens 9 - Drake London 10 - Nico Collins 11 - Rashee Rice 12 - Chris Olave

.@​BleacherReport ranks the top NFL players to build a franchise around: 1 - Drake Maye 2 - Jayden Daniels 3 - Jalen Hurts 4 - Justin Herbert 5 - Trevor Lawrence 6 - Brock Purdy 7 - Jordan Love 8 - Will Anderson Jr. 9 - Tristan Wirfs 10 - Penei Sewell 11 - JSN 12 - Ja’Marr Chase 13 - Justin Jefferson (This list only includes players under 28 + on team they were drafted by)

NFL coaches/execs/scouts rank their Top 10 WRs: 1 - Ja’Marr Chase 2 - Justin Jefferson 3 - Jaxon Smith-Njigba 4 - Puka Nacua 5 - Amon-Ra St. Brown 6 - CeeDee Lamb 7 - George Pickens 8 - Nico Collins 9 - AJ Brown 10 - Davante Adams (@​JFowlerESPN)

2025 catchable target rate for notable top wide receivers vs. what their new QB posted to their wide receivers last season (screens removed). Example: Justin Jefferson 60.7% catchable target rate last season. Kyler Murray had a 69.6% catchable target rate to WRs last season.

2025 catchable target rate for notable top wide receivers vs. what their new QB posted to their wide receivers last season. Example: Justin Jefferson had a 65.7% catchable target rate last season. Kyler Murray had a 74.2% catchable target rate to wide receivers last season.

Top-level WR debates with @​JamesDKoh 👀 Round 1: Justin Jefferson vs. CeeDee Lamb Round 2: Nico Collins vs. Drake London Round 3: Ladd McConkey vs. Emeka Egbuka Watch and subscribe: <https://youtu.be/1F2pt5NPCxg> [Retweeted](

DeVonta Smith and Nico Collins are the only players to rank top-15 in yards per first-read target in each of the past three seasons (Source: @​FantasyPtsData) Yards per first-read target leaders - past three seasons: 11.5 - Jameson Williams 11.0 - Nico Collins 10.9 - Zay Flowers 10.8 - George Pickens 10.5 - Puka Nacua 10.4 - DeVonta Smith 10.4 - Jaxon Smith-Njigba 10.0 - Justin Jefferson

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Who would you rather draft in fantasy this season? CeeDee Lamb Justin Jefferson

Top-level WR debates with @​JamesDKoh 👀 Round 1: Justin Jefferson vs. CeeDee Lamb Round 2: Nico Collins vs. Drake London Round 3: Ladd McConkey vs. Emeka Egbuka Watch and subscribe: <https://youtu.be/1F2pt5NPCxg>

Highest-rated WRs in Madden 27: 99 - Ja’Marr Chase 99 - J. Smith-Njigba 98 - Puka Nacua 95 - Amon-Ra St. Brown 94 - Justin Jefferson 93 - CeeDee Lamb — 92 - DeVonta Smith 92 - Drake London 91 - Mike Evans 91 - Terry McLaurin 90 - Davante Adams 90 - Nico Collins (@​MUTLeaksXXVII)

How Justin Jefferson is looking at Nine rn: [Quoted](

I compared @​RecepPerception success rates, @​FantasyPtsData separation scores, and 2024-25 production data to find: 12 receivers who can win vs. any coverage type Some of the WRs might surprise you! Ja’Marr Chase CeeDee Lamb Jaxon Smith-Njigba Amon-Ra St. Brown Puka Nacua Justin Jefferson Chris Olave Nico Collins Zay Flowers DeVonta Smith Jaylen Waddle Josh Downs <https://youtu.be/R4XDBxFdNgI?is=frLyHlq6En9JFfT0>

.@​FanSided ranked the top WR duos in the NFL: 1) CeeDee Lamb/George Pickens 2) Ja’Marr Chase/Tee Higgins 3) Puka Nacua/Davante Adams 4) Amon-Ra/Jameson Williams 5) Justin Jefferson/Jordan Addison 6) Jaylen Waddle/Courtland Sutton 7) AJ Brown/Romeo Doubs 8) Christian Watson/Reed

Justin Jefferson is currently the WR6 in fantasy drafts. Is that… TOO HIGH TOO LOW JUST RIGHT

.@​HaydenWinks Top 10 Fantasy WRs for 2026: 1) Ja’Marr Chase 2) Puka Nacua 3) Jaxon Smith-Njigba 4) Amon-Ra St. Brown 5) Justin Jefferson 6) CeeDee Lamb 7) Drake London 8) Nico Collins 9) AJ Brown 10) George Pickens

There have been 69 (nice) instances of a player having 15+ end zone targets in a single season over the last decade. Only two times did that player only manage to convert *2* of those targets into scores: -2017 Julio Jones (2/19, had 8 TD in 2018) -2025 Justin Jefferson (2/16)

Woke up this morning, took the dogs out, made some coffee, looked myself in the mirror, and moved Justin Jefferson ahead of CeeDee Lamb in the fantasy football ranks

Most routes run last regular season without an actual pass attempt... Trey McBride/Ladd McConkey 95 Travis Kelce 93 Quentin Johnston 89 Justin Jefferson 87 Wan'Dale Robinson/Michael Wilson/Tre Tucker 85 Zay Flowers 83 Deebo Samuel 82 Jerry Jeudy/Hunter Henry 81 Chris Olave 78 [Retweeted](

Which of these WRs has the best chance to finish as the overall WR1?