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Wide Receivers
Written by Derek Brown
Jayden Higgins (WR – HOU): 22% Rostered
- Next Opponents: @IND, @KC, ARI
- True Value: $7
- Desperate Need: $10
- Budget-Minded: $5
Analysis: Last week, Jayden Higgins took another step toward becoming a wide receiver who can be a difference-maker in the final weeks of the fantasy season. He has slowly seen his route share growing, and last week the Texans doused it with Miracle-Gro. Higgins had a 67.7% route share while gobbling up a 30% target share and 38.9% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. He finished the Texans’ Week 12 win over the Bills with 38 receiving yards, a touchdown, two red-zone targets and two deep targets. Since Week 10, Higgins’ per-route metrics have been filthy, with a 33% target per route run rate, 1.93 yards per route run and a 22.9% first-read share. He’s quickly becoming a weekly WR3 for fantasy, who should enjoy some spike weeks to close the season.
Christian Watson (WR – GB): 48% Rostered
- Next Opponents: @DET, CHI, @DEN
- True Value: $6
- Desperate Need: $9
- Budget-Minded: $4
Analysis: In Week 11, Christian Watson was the WR6 in fantasy scoring while seeing a 19.2% target share and a 28.6% air-yard share with 46 receiving yards, 2.00 yards per route run and a team-leading 33.3% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. Watson didn’t have a monster game in Week 12, but he did lead the Packers with a 31.8% target share and 49 receiving yards. Watson has been stepping into the No. 1 WR chair for the Green Bay offense over the last two games. In addition to the volume bump, Watson owns the downfield role for the Packers, which should prove to be fruitful down the stretch. For the remainder of the season, he has two games against the Bears, a meeting with the Ravens and a rematch with the Vikings. All of those defenses sit inside the top eight for deep ball completion rate allowed. Watson could prove to be the weekly WR3 who can put your team over the top.
Kayshon Boutte (WR – NE): 37% Rostered
- Next Opponents: NYG, BYE, BUF
- True Value: $1
- Desperate Need: $2
- Budget-Minded: $0
Analysis: Kayshon Boutte returned from a hamstring injury in Week 12 to rank second among the Patriots’ wide receivers in snaps and first in routes, per Pro Football Focus (PFF). He didn’t do much with the playing time, earning only a 5.7% target share with 15 receiving yards, but when you’re looking to Flex Boutte, you understand that you’ll have some weeks like this. He’s run hotter than the sun for most of the season, tied to Drake Maye as the team’s field-stretcher. If you’re picking up Boutte off the waiver wire, you can Flex him against the Giants or Ravens. Both of these pass defenses rank inside the top 12 in deep ball completion rate allowed, per Fantasy Points Data.
Parker Washington (WR – JAX): 40% Rostered
- Next Opponents: @TEN, IND, NYJ
- True Value: $1
- Desperate Need: $2
- Budget-Minded: $0
Analysis: Parker Washington popped off with another strong game in Week 12, with a 23.3% target share, 71 receiving yards and a touchdown. Since Week 7, Washington has had three games with at least 50 receiving yards and has scored two touchdowns. If Brian Thomas Jr. makes it back this week, that will ding Washington’s fantasy outlook for Week 13 and moving forward. He still has a nice matchup this week, though. Tennessee has allowed the eighth-most fantasy points per game to wide receivers.
Greg Dortch (WR – ARI): 9% Rostered
- Next Opponents: @TB, LAR, @HOU
- True Value: $1
- Desperate Need: $2
- Budget-Minded: $0
Analysis: In Week 11, Greg Dortch finished as the WR12 in fantasy scoring, securing all six of his targets for 66 receiving yards and a score. I chalked up the performance as fool’s gold because Dortch had only a 10.5% target share and 14.3% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. Dortch shoved that in my face in Week 12, with an 18% target share, five receptions, 53 receiving yards and another touchdown. Dortch’s fantasy value is likely to dry up as soon as Marvin Harrison Jr. is back. If Harrison is out for Week 13, Dortch will again hold solid Flex value against a Buccaneers secondary that, since Week 7, has allowed the ninth-most PPR points per target to slot receivers.
Andrei Iosivas (WR – CIN): 20% Rostered
- Next Opponents: @BAL, @BUF, BAL
- True Value: $1
- Desperate Need: $2
- Budget-Minded: $0
Analysis: Andrei Iosivas makes the waiver article this week with a focus on using him in the Flex this week if Tee Higgins is out. Higgins sustained a concussion in Week 12, so his availability is up in the air for Week 13. If he clears the concussion protocol for this week’s game against Baltimore, then feel free to drop Iosivas. But if Higgins is out, the Bengals could lean heavily on him, and Cincinnati might be getting Joe Burrow back from a toe injury. Sunday against the Patriots, Iosivas led the Bengals with an 18.4% target share and 61 receiving yards. Baltimore has allowed the fourth-most schedule-adjusted fantasy points per game to wide receivers, per Fantasy Points Data.
John Metchie (WR – NYJ): 1% Rostered
- Next Opponents: ATL, MIA, @JAX
- True Value: $1
- Desperate Need: $2
- Budget-Minded: $0
Analysis: Week 11 was John Metchie‘s first game as a starter with the Jets, and while he only saw an 11.1% target share and 6.7% first-read share, he made the most of his three receptions with 45 receiving yards and a touchdown. He saw his role in the offense grow even further against the Ravens in Week 12 with a 25% target share, which he turned into 65 receiving yards and another touchdown. Metchie is a viable PPR Flex option moving forward with a juicy matchup against the Dolphins. Since Week 7, Miami has allowed the fourth-most PPR points per target to slot receivers.
Adonai Mitchell (WR – NYJ): 2% Rostered
- Next Opponents: ATL, MIA, @JAX
- True Value: $1
- Desperate Need: $2
- Budget-Minded: $0
Analysis: In Week 11, Adonai Mitchell had a 60.6% route share with a 22.2% target share, a 53.3% air-yard share, a 17.2-yard average depth of target (aDOT), a 40% first-read share and one catch for 10 yards, per Fantasy Points Data. Sunday against the Ravens, Mitchell didn’t drop most of his targets and turned the volume into more production. He had a 25% target share with 42 receiving yards. Yes, I know it’s gross, but Mitchell is a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency Flex play against the Falcons and Jaguars in two of the next three weeks. Since Week 7, Atlanta and Jacksonville have, respectively, allowed the second-most and eighth-most PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers.
Luther Burden III (WR – CHI): 11% Rostered
- Next Opponents: @PHI, @GB, CLE
- True Value: $1
- Desperate Need: $2
- Budget-Minded: $0
Analysis: In Week 11, Luther Burden finally overtook Olamide Zaccheaus to become a starter in the Bears’ offense. He had a 61.1% route share with a 15.6% target share, 27 receiving yards and a 23.8% first-read share (second on the team), per Fantasy Points Data. On Sunday against the Steelers, Burden maintained his starter status with a 60.5% route share, a 14.2% target share, 46 receiving yards and he even got a rushing attempt, which he turned into 15 yards. Burden remains a dynamic Flex wild card moving forward. He could have had a bigger day if Caleb Williams had given him more accurate targets, as he had space to chew up and make some big plays at times. Burden is worth stashing on your bench to see if his role can continue to grow into a featured one in the final weeks of the regular season.
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