Hey!
4 wide receivers are sitting at the wrong price right now, and the guys you're drafting ahead of them are about to cost you your league.
I went through the situations, the QB upgrades, and the target shares. These 4 receivers are flat-out better bets than the popular names going ahead of them.
Here are the 4 WRs you should be taking instead:
#4 Garrett Wilson > Zay Flowers
Before injury in 2025, Wilson averaged 15.7 points on a 34% target share (2nd). He's cleared 1000 yards every healthy season despite some of the worst QBs in football.
Now he gets Geno Smith, a real upgrade, and his WR competition is Adonai Mitchell, Omar Cooper, and Isaiah Williams.
Meanwhile Zay has had one of the best QBs in the league and still hasn't become a true WR1. The Ravens remain a run-heavy offense and just added multiple redzone receivers in the NFL Draft…
#3 Jaylen Waddle > Rome Odunze
Waddle posted elite per-route numbers in 2025 even with one of the worst QBs in football. Now he's traded to Denver, who gave up a 1st-round pick for him.
Bo Nix threw it 612 times (#1) with 71 deep balls (#3). That’s great news for Waddle, who wins downfield.
Odunze could be a 3rd option in his offense. He’s talented but his role is questionable…
#2 Ricky Pearsall > Makai Lemon
Jauan Jennings is gone (90 targets, 9 TDs). Kittle is coming off an Achilles tear at 33. That leaves a 33-year-old Mike Evans as basically his only serious competition.
Brock Purdy when healthy in 2025 was one of the best QBs in football.
As for Lemon, he’s a rookie in Philly behind DeVonta Smith on a run-first offense. Pearsall provides a higher ceiling and floor…
#1 Jordyn Tyson > Brian Thomas Jr.
Tyson might be the best WR in this entire rookie class. At Arizona State he posted 1101 yards and 10 TDs in 2024 before a hamstring injury in 2025.
He's #1 in percentage of routes with a target since 2021 among non-slot WRs, with an 86% success rate vs zone coverage (#1 in the class) according to Reception Perception.
Chris Olave is a man-beater. Tyson is the perfect zone-beater complement.
Meanwhile, Brian Thomas is walking into a tough target picture: Parker Washington, Brenton Strange, and re-signed Jakobi Meyers all eat into his volume…
— Sal
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