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The Wide Receiver position is extremely deep in fantasy this year.
But a few stand out above the rest. Here are the 5 WRs who could win you your league in 2026:
#5 DeVonta Smith
Smith is about to be the WR1 in Philadelphia for the first time in his career, assuming AJ Brown is traded after June 1st.
That would mean 131 targets and 1259 receiving yards per season are walking out the door. In 3 games without Brown over the last 2 years, Smith averaged 13.3 points on 9.7 targets per game.
He’s a steal in the 4th round of early fantasy drafts…
#4 Ladd McConkey
McConkey had a brutal 2025, and that's exactly why he's a buy-low now.
From Weeks 5-10 when he and Herbert were both healthy, he averaged 14.5 points per game on a strong 25.5% target share.
Keenan Allen is gone (122 targets, 81 catches vacated) andMike McDaniel is the new OC. The same guy who turned Tyreek into the WR1 overall in 2023.
McConkey is a bounce back candidate in Round 4 of drafts…
#3 Matthew Golden
He’s going after pick 100, the cheapest upside WR on the entire board.
His rookie year was rough, but he had 292 unrealized air yards on just 44 targets. He was getting open, just overthrown often.
Romeo Doubs and Dontayvion Wicks are both gone (131 targets vacated), Christian Watson has missed 18 games in 3 years and Jayden Reed only played 7 games in 2025.
Golden is a former 1st-round pick at ADP 150, there’s plenty of upside here…
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#2 Rashee Rice
He was the WR5 in fantasy points per game last year, but now he's going after pick 20 in early drafts.
In 8 games last season, he averaged 15.5 points on a 28.7% target share and a 46.2% red zone target share (1st in the entire NFL).
Mahomes is trending to be back by Week 1, and Hollywood Brown is gone (204 slot snaps are up for grabs).
Rice in the late 2nd, early 3rd round is a steal right now…
#1 Justin Jefferson
He’s no longer a locked in 1st-round pick in early drafts, and that's the biggest gift fantasy has given us in years.
His 2025 was the worst season of his career, but his 5-year averages are 16.2 points per game, 146 targets, and 1486 yards.
Now Kyler Murray takes over. In 2024 he threw 541 times (9th in the NFL) and turned Trey McBride into a 1146-yard receiver.
Jefferson as a late 1st, early 2nd round pick is a great pick in early fantasy drafts…
— Sal
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