The wide receiver position is full of ups and downs while being challenging to gauge each week. When drafting a winning team, I aim to create the least number of lineup decisions possible. By rostering two frontline wideouts, I should be able to eliminate playing anyone over these two players all season. If I wait to draft wide receivers, I may end up with five or six options with similar value. The downside of this plan is the high number of wrong decisions throughout the season. The goal when developing your receiving corps is to gain multiple edges.
I listed the ranking for each wideouts’ quarterback instead of ADP due to the wide range of scoring for the position in different formats. A receiver playing in a high-scoring offense tends to have a higher floor and more explosiveness. Half of this group of wideouts have a quarterback that expects to rank in the bottom 16 of the league. Based on the ADPs over the previous month in the National Fantasy Football Championship, here are the wide receivers that rank 13th to 24th:
