2019 Fantasy Football: 2nd Rankings: Position - Wide Receivers

Wide receiver is extremely deep and that provides a catch-22. There are a lot of good options, but there is also a lot of variance in the passing game and you get past the first tier I could make a case for any player from 6 on to be a league winner and a wasted pick. Wide receiver also highlights my use of my own projections a bit more this time around. I used them to help me shape my tiers and to differentiate large tiers and that’s certainly something to notice as you consume these rankings.

Rank	Player	Team	Tar	Yards	TD	ADP	Pos. ADP
Elite Tier (1-5)
WR1	Devante Adams	GB	165	1221	10	8	2
WR2	Julio Jones	ATL	162	1588	7	9	3
WR3	DeAndre Hopkins	HOU	140	1158	8	5	1
WR4	Michael Thomas	NO	150	1362	7	10	4
WR5	Odell Beckham Jr	CLE	122	1141	8	12	5
Very Good Tier (6-10)
WR6	JuJu Smith-Schuster	PIT	178	1578	9	16	7
WR7	Tyreek Hill	KC	132	1261	9	14	6
WR8	Mike Evans	TB	135	1152	8	21	8
WR9	Adam Thielen	MIN	145	1350	6	24	10
WR10	Stefon Diggs	MIN	145	1150	8	34	14
Very Good with Questions (11-16)
WR11	T.Y. Hilton	IND	124	1147	7	29	12
WR12	Julian Edelman	NE	129	931	6	38	15
WR13	Brandin Cooks	LAR	113	1065	7	39	16
WR14	Keenan Allen	LAC	127	1072	7	25	11
WR15	Cooper Kupp	LAR	113	1088	8	51	21
WR16	Antonio Brown	OAK	125	1099	7	22	9
Solid 1s, Upside 2s (17-33)
WR17	Amari Cooper	DAL	121	1008	8	32	13
WR18	Tyler Lockett	SEA	99	955	6	49	20
WR19	DJ Moore	CAR	96	898	5	60	25
WR20	Robert Woods	LAR	113	898	5	41	17
WR21	Kenny Golladay	DET	117	1031	6	45	18
WR22	Marvin Jones	DET	101	885	7	95	38
WR23	Chris Godwin	TB	120	1063	6	48	19
WR24	Sterling Shephard	NYG	106	819	6	91	37
WR25	A.J. Green	CIN	112	927	5	58	24
WR26	Kenny Stills	MIA	100	928	7	189	63
WR27	Calvin Ridley	ATL	92	805	5	54	22
WR28	Tyler Boyd	CIN	121	955	6	57	23
WR29	Allen Robinson	CHI	96	725	7	72	29
WR30	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	122	922	5	90	36
WR31	Dede Westbrook	JAC	106	769	5	96	39
WR32	Marqise Lee	JAC	105	763	5	241	75
WR33	Corey Davis	TEN	117	883	5	87	34
Gosh WR is Really Deep This Year Tier (34-59)
WR34	Christian Kirk	ARI	91	758	5	80	32
WR35	Alshon Jeffery	PHI	105	876	6	63	26
WR36	Jarvis Landry	CLE	100	697	4	64	27
WR37	John Brown	BUF	100	700	5	158	56
WR38	Robby Anderson	NYJ	91	725	6	73	30
WR39	Josh Gordon	NE	84	774	5	135	50
WR40	Will Fuller	HOU	76	636	6	78	31
WR41	Dante Pettis	SF	72	665	7	89	35
WR42	Sammy Watkins	KC	70	624	5	83	33
WR43	Courtland Sutton	DEN	92	774	5	100	41
WR44	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	GB	85	677	6	109	43
WR45	Curtis Samuel	CAR	85	710	3	99	40
WR46	Josh Doctson	WAS	86	627	6	259	80
WR47	Mike Williams	LAC	75	640	5	66	28
WR48	Anthony Miller	CHI	80	598	5	144	53
WR49	Marquise Brown	BAL	68	663	2	185	61
WR50	DK Metcalf	SEA	66	617	4	130	49
WR51	Michael Gallup	DAL	88	682	5	151	54
WR52	Emmanuel Sanders	DEN	74	587	3	105	42
WR53	Nelson Agholor	PHI	91	642	4	259	80
WR54	Golden Tate	NYG	83	666	3	139	51
WR55	Geronimo Allison	GB	76	589	5	114	44
WR56	Jamison Crowder	NYJ	74	591	4	160	58
WR57	Willie Snead	BAL	82	680	5	259	80
WR58	Mohamed Sanu	ATL	95	751	4	179	60
WR59	Tyrell Williams	OAK	76	671	6	140	52
High End 3s, and 2s with a lot of Questions (60-89)
WR60	Rashard Higgins	CLE	69	575	4	259	80
WR61	Donte Moncrief	PIT	72	490	4	123	46
WR62	Deon Cain	IND	65	571	5	259	80
WR63	Marquise Goodwin	SF	65	536	4	216	69
WR64	Ryan Switzer	PIT	65	374	3	259	80
WR65	Chad Beebe	MIN	51	483	4	259	80
WR66	Desean Jackson	PHI	59	573	3	121	45
WR67	Quincy Enunwa	NYJ	67	496	3	259	80
WR68	Hunter Renfrow	OAK	55	410	4	259	80
WR69	DaeSean Hamilton	DEN	65	438	3	229	73
WR70	Cole Beasley	BUF	76	513	2	244	77
WR71	Devante Parker	MIA	75	594	2	214	68
WR72	Chris Moore	BAL	75	690	2	217	70
WR73	Danny Amendola	DET	82	549	2	259	80
WR74	Andy Isabella	ARI	54	432	4	259	80
WR75	Zay Jones	BUF	78	449	3	221	71
WR76	Albert Wilson	MIA	71	590	3	196	65
WR77	Preston Williams	MIA	57	527	3	259	80
WR78	Devin Funchess	IND	72	528	4	159	57
WR79	John Ross	CIN	74	518	4	259	80
WR80	Ted Ginn Jr	NO	55	421	4	236	74
WR81	Adam Humphries	TEN	62	464	3	194	64
WR82	Justin Watson	TB	56	481	3	259	80
WR83	Randall Cobb	DAL	52	416	4	243	76
WR84	David Moore	SEA	59	493	3	259	80
WR85	Paul Richardson	WAS	53	416	4	259	80
WR86	DJ Chark	JAC	81	567	0	259	80
WR87	Robert Foster	BUF	57	428	4	224	72
WR88	Trey Quinn	WAS	53	383	3	259	80
WR89	Taylor Gabriel	CHI	59	471	2	259	80
A Whole Bunch of Variance Tier (90-113)
WR90	Keke Coutee	HOU	48	384	2	129	48
WR91	Tre'Quan Smith	NO	40	360	4	199	67
WR92	Deebo Samuel	SF	46	407	2	197	66
WR93	Phillip Dorsett	NE	39	305	1	259	80
WR94	A.J. Brown	TEN	29	292	2	245	78
WR95	Mecole Hardman	KC	40	354	4	187	62
WR96	James Washington	PIT	58	333	2	125	47
WR97	Parris Campbell	IND	47	378	3	176	59
WR98	Jakeem Grant	MIA	43	356	2	259	80
WR99	Diontae Johnson	PIT	48	415	1	259	80
WR100	Demarucs Robinson	KC	47	343	2	259	80
WR101	KeeSean Johnson	ARI	45	349	2	259	80
WR102	Keith Kirkwood	NO	31	287	3	259	80
WR103	Trent Taylor	SF	51	357	3	259	80
WR104	Terry McLaurin	WAS	41	378	4	259	80
WR105	Travis Benjamin	LAC	48	391	2	259	80
WR106	Jaron Brown	SEA	48	362	2	259	80
WR107	Josh Reynolds	LAR	44	286	3	259	80
WR108	Jake Kumerow	GB	50	417	3	259	80
WR109	Jarius Wright	CAR	45	387	2	259	80
WR110	Chris Hogan	CAR	42	355	2	259	80
WR111	JJ Arcega-Whiteside	PHI	29	242	4	259	80
WR112	Taywan Taylor	TEN	45	413	3	259	80
WR113	Scott Miller	TB	35	292	2	259	80
Players Not in my Top 7 Tiers but in ADP
WR115	N'Keal Harry	NE	27	238	1	152	55

Five Notable Things

So there are far more differences between me and ADP at WR that’s due to a lot players in the receiver pool and just overall variance when you have to factor in 3-5 players per team that matter at WR and about a dozen per team still currently on a roster. All five notable things look at known or highly draft players and intriguing camp battles. We start in the ‘Burgh with James Washington. I’m 49 spots lower on Washington than ADP and admittedly 96 seems low, but I have him on 58 targets, 333 yards, and a couple touchdowns which is a 50% bump in targets and yards. For many though these aren’t the increases we expected as we exited last season. This offseason Pittsburgh brought in Donte Moncrief, we know what Moncreif is, and so far in camp that’s better and more reliable than Washington. In fact, Washington is fighting with Diontae Johnson, a route running maven from Toledo, for the third outside receiver spot and slot receiver Ryan Switzer for the third most targeted Steeler heading into the season. For those reasons I’ve found it hard to project Washington for much more than a solid but unspectacular bump in numbers and rank this season. Let’s switch to the positive side of things and go to that hot bed of fantasy points, Jacksonville. Nick Foles replaces the irreplaceable Blake Bortles and the passing game should be, if nothing else, more efficient. Dede Westbrook is going to play a major role in that passing game, but I think he’s the co-lead in that passing game with Marqise Lee. Lee came off PUP recently and certainly will need some time to get up the speed but he’s the most talented player and provides a possession option to compliment the speed of Westbrook and sophomore DJ Chark. A return to 2017, and 2016, form (105 tar., 763 yards, 5 TDs) makes him well worth the risk as a WR3/4 and especially where he’s going during drafts (241^st overall, 75^th among WRs). I love Keke Coutee and thus I am sad. I have Coutee 42 spots below his ADP and although I hate it Coutee dealt with soft tissue injuries at Texas Tech, and in year one with the Texans including the last five games of 2018. He’ll win you weeks if you catch lightning in a bottle, or play best ball, but much like Fredo Corleone he’s breaking my heart. Let’s go with my last negative notable and talk about Parris Campbell. Another player I love but a rookie with hamstring problems in camp who needs all the reps he can get means I’m staying away from Campbell as a rookie even as I stay bullish on him long-term. Because I clearly can’t count, I’m lumping the last two together. Stills and Doctson, are…. Different challenges. Both are the nominal ones on their teams, both have little support in the fantasy community and that’s where the comparison ends. Stills had 553 yards on 40 less targets than 2017 and had the same amount of touchdowns and although regression is certain to come in that department regression towards the previous two seasons target total suggests he should be able to and make him a viable WR3/4 option instead of a WR5/6 option. Doctson has had back to back 78 target seasons, and slightly more consistent QB play this season isn’t going to make him a stud but that level of work makes him a useable player and a fine 5^th option on your team.