The Best WR in Every Round of Drafts | Fantasy Football 2025

The Best WR in Every Round of Drafts | Fantasy Football 2025

Episode Transcript

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Yes guys, a very anticipated video on the channel.
Today I am taking you through the number one best wide
receiver to target in every round of 2025 fantasy football
drafts. Last year, some guys we

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identified from this exact list,OK, Jackson Smith and Jigba was
my #1 sleeper, my number one late round wide receiver to
target last year. That worked out very well.
Drake London was going a little farther down the Warriors going
in drafts this year. We loved him last year.
He might be on the list this year as well.
And finally, Malik Neighbors, wewere all over him last year.

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So let's just hop right in. Let's go round by round, the
best wide receiver in each round, and I'm also going to
give you an honorable mention incase you miss out on these draft
targets. So right away in round one, no
surprise here guys, the best wide receiver is Jamar Chase.
I could try to get creative. I could try to say that CD Lamb

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where he's going in drafts is a bit of a better value.
But in a vacuum, right, Jamar first CD first the field.
It is Jamar high ceiling of any player in all the fantasy
football last season among wide receivers.
First in receiving yards, first in touchdowns, first in catches,
first in targets. Pretty good weeks 3 through 18

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to the final 1516 games of the season.
He had less than 17 1/2 fantasy points only twice.
Now if we were to extend right to the last 20 games where CD
Lamb had a healthy Dak Prescott and the last 20 games where
Jamar Chase had healthy Joe Burrow, you actually see that CD
Lambs floor for top 12 weekly percentage is actually higher.

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But Jamar Chase without a doubt has the highest ceiling of any
player, any receiver in fantasy.Jamar in the first one O 11-O2
CD Lam in the middle of the round and then Nico Collins in
the back of the round. If you have a late pick in the
1st and you want to go wide receiver, I do prefer Nico to
the majority of those players. If a Monroe St.
Brown is falling right to 14th overall, 13th, 12th, 11th, I

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like him there too. OK, Next up in round two, we'll
actually start getting a little interesting here, but honestly
not really yet. In round two, it is Drake
London. Now, Drake London is a guy that
I really had to come around to. I think he's a little expensive
in drafts, or should I say I think he was.
He was a player that was consistently going top 16.
Him and A.J. Brown, I found they were just a
little too expensive. When I'm getting Lad Mcconkey,

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when I'm getting Jackson Smith and Jigba, OK, in the back half
of that round, maybe even the third.
Drake London's price in drafts has started to approach 20th
overall, 19th, OK, middle of thesecond.
I like that much more. Last season he started three
games, or I should say Michael Pennix started three games.
In those three games, OK, it wasweek 1617 and 18, and mind you,

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in week 18, about half the game was against the Panthers second
stringers, but that was something I was really hung up
on. But when you just look at the
utilization, right, it doesn't really matter who they're
playing. It matters what's happening on
the offense. And I'm about to tell you that
in those three games, and obviously the Panthers game was
a big indicator of this, but 39%target share for Drake London,

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that is out of control. That is 39% target share is like
2 wide receivers worth of targets per game in those three
starts with Pennex. OK, 350 total yards, 22 catches
and two touchdowns. Darnell Mooney is injured, he's
out. He's the wide receiver 2 on the
Falcons. He's currently out right now.
OK, so we really have a scenariohere where Drake London could

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lead all wide receivers and targets in 2025.
Honorable mention here is Lad Mcconkey.
I really like Lad in the second round.
There are talks right now on August 4th here that Keenan
Allen may be signed by the Chargers.
That doesn't bother me one bit. I'm all in on Lad Mcconkey in
the back half of the second. OK, he's the honorable mention
now getting into round 3A. Guy who just shouldn't be in

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round 3 is Tyree Kill. He is the best wide receiver in
round 3 in my opinion. Last year of his three years in
Miami, it was his worst year. Wide receiver 18 overall.
The other two seasons in 2022 and 2023, top 2 wide receiver
both years, wide receiver 2IN both of them.
OK, so maybe there are some reasons why Tyree Kills 2024 was
his worst season as a Dolphin, which by the way was wider Super

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18. And when you consider that he
played 17 games with a wrist injury, pretty serious one.
And six games his quarterback was not playing.
When you consider that wider Super 18 honestly is pretty
impressive. And the utilization was good
even though the fantasy output wasn't what we expected. 37%
area yards. That was top six at the position

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and 11.2 average depth of target.
Also top six at the position last year.
So the utilization was good. Still doing his thing, just
wasn't connecting for whatever reason.
I do believe in 2024 Tyreek willget back on track.
Now the honorable mention in round three, I do have Jackson
Smith and Jigbug guy who's just dropping down the rankings.
Both these guys. JSN is massively slept on.

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Sam Darnold loves to target the slot.
If we couldn't tell from Justin Jefferson's success under
Darnold. Listen, I don't think Darnold is
that much better than Geno Smith.
I don't think Darnold is that much worse than Geno Smith.
I think it's honestly a pretty one for one substitution there
at QB. I'm all over JSN because that

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player similar to Justin Jefferson, similar to a slot
merchant like a Monroe St. Brown.
These type of wide receivers, including JSN elevate their QB.
We saw it with Geno. I think we'll see it with Sam
Darnold. All right, now moving into Round
4, Tedaroa McMillan has been rising in my rankings.
He's a clear top 50 player on the board for me and a clear top

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24 wide receiver. He's the best wide receiver to
draft in Round 4, and that's because the end of last season.
OK Bryce Young, Weeks 12 through18, seventh most pass attempts
among all quarterbacks. So volume, volume, volume.
And he was a top 6 fantasy QB. How do you score fantasy points?
Complete passes, OK, yards, score touchdowns, run a little

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bit. So Bryce was making it happen
and Tet is the best Carolina wide receiver by far.
back-to-back seasons in college with 1300 plus receiving yards
and 130 plus targets. He's a volume receiver who makes
big plays happen. All three of his collegiate
seasons. Guys 15 plus yards per catch and
eight plus touchdowns in every single season.

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So if he's getting 8-9 targets per game, which he probably
will, there's a very good chancehe finishes top 15, dare I say,
top 12 at the position. And honorable mention is DJ
Moore. Now, the DJ Moore discussion
here is about Ben Johnson. Whoever plays that slot role for
Ben Johnson, I believe it will be DJ Moore.
Maybe it will be Luther Burden. It's one of those two guys.
They're going to have a big, bigadvantage, OK, over the other

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wide receivers, over the over the other pass catchers.
Caleb Williams is going to pepper the slot.
I think it's going to be DJ Moore.
So in PPR leagues especially, he's a great value in the fourth
round, late 4th. I mean, I think he's going like
47th and sometimes in the fifth round.
DJ Moore, a lot of people don't like him.
I'm in now in round five. We talk about him.
Seems like just about every episode.
But yes, it's Cortland Sutton because last year after the

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Broncos bye, after Bonex had a chance to adjust the NFL and
have his bye week. OK, 18 plus fantasy points per
game, wide receiver, 7:00 and 9:00 plus targets per game, wide
receiver 9. He's projecting in 2025 for 10
plus targets per game. Every single wide receiver who
hit 10 targets per game last year finished a top 12 wide
receiver. The honorable mention here is

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George Pickens. Just Google the guy's name and
you'll come across 25 or more videos of him just absolutely
dominating, and I mean dominating Cowboys camp.
I think Pickens and Lamb can rival Higgins and Jamar Chase
for the best wide receiver duo in the league in 2025 moving
into round six. Speaking of dominating camp, it

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is Travis Hunter. He is locked in as Liam Cohens,
as Trevor Lawrence's, as the Jaguars wide receiver 2.
There's Brian Thomas junior and then there's Travis Hunter.
He is an absolute freak. The way I watch him play, he
reminds me of Justin Jefferson. I'm not even kidding.
The twitchiness, plucking the ball out of the air, acrobatic,
catches everything. He catches everything scores
everything and when we look at his college career metrics, OK,

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his whole career in college, 63.3 contested catch rate.
Now he's not like this big massive DK Metcalf Megatron guy
right? Kind of has more of a a lean
build and a 63.3 contested catchrate is pretty impressive. 2.3%
drop rate is also very impressive.
The hands are very good and lastyear per game 95 plus receiving
yards and a touchdown. Then he went and played a

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cornerback. So I think that Hunter is going
to get the key reps, the key snaps, the majority of them,
8090% of it the the time he should be on the field as a wide
receiver. I think he will be OK if he goes
and plays cornerback, whatever. If he can do it, who cares?
Go do it, dude. I only care about the wide
receiver portion of this. And it's looking like he is the
clear best wide receiver, even over Brian Thomas, which

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suggests that he'll be the wide receiver 2 for the Jacks.
The honorable mention in this round, in round 6 is Chris
O'lavey. He's going too late.
Tyler Shook is the QB, I believethat's how you say his last
name. I'm not very happy with that.
But again, if Olave can touch 8-9 targets per game in the
sixth round, there are worse flexes you can get for your team

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if you're going wider. Super heavy.
I really like him as a pick there, especially in PPR
leagues. In round seven, another guy we
talk about pretty frequently, wementioned Geno Smith before that
is this guy's new quarterback and he needs him in round seven.
I have the best wide receiver todraft as Jacoby Myers.
Every wide receiver last year with 15 plus games played and 9

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plus targets per game finished as a top 15 fantasy football
wide receiver. Except one of them, yes, Jacoby
Myers. And when you look at the QBs who
was throwing him the ball, it makes a lot of sense why.
All right, Geno Smith just peppered JSN with targets.
I think he fixes Myers gets him right even with Bowers there.
Jacoby really is a mid round PPRmachine.
He's a very good player. An honorable mention here is

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Ricky Pearsall. He's my candidate at the moment
to be the next Jackson Smith andJigba, a guy that's going around
pick 100, pick 90 in drafts, little bit slept on first round
talent very, very good. OK, hasn't really gotten the
chance yet. Injuries, lack of opportunity.
Say what you want, but right now, Joan Jennings dealing with

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a calf strain, Brandon Iuke's not ready to go.
Obviously Mccaffrey's back, Kittle's there.
But who is the wide receiver onefor this team?
I think it's pure saw and I think that he's going to make a
difference. So he is my honorable mention,
best wide receiver in round seven.
Then in round 8. Again, common theme here is
dominating camp a Mecca Egg Buca.
So Chris Godwin had a second undisclosed ankle procedure this

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offseason, so who knows when he'll be ready to play.
They're saying right now he'll be ready for Week 1, but at the
moment he's not practicing and Egg Buca is and he's crushing it
in camp. Baker, we saw last year, he can
support 2, dare I say 3 once Jalen McMillan started getting
cooking. Top 24, top 30 wide receivers,

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the Bucks wide receiver two job is open anytime in the NFL.
It's a ruthless league. Chris Godwin's great, he's done
amazing things for the Bucks. If he's injured and can't do the
job anymore and then Buca can, they're going to go with him and
he is very good. The career OSU Ohio State record
holder for receiving yards and receptions.
This is not just a guy off the street Monster.

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Honorable mention here in round 8 is Josh Downs.
And then guys rounds 9 through 14 just going to go ahead and do
a little bit of rapid fire with you.
So in round 9, the best wide receiver to draft is Keon
Coleman, honorable mention Michael Pittman, Junior.
Round 10 Cooper Cup. Honorable mention Trey Harris.
Round 11 Kyle Williams. Honorable mention Luther Burden.

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Round 12 Cedric Tillman. Honorable mention Christian
Kirk. Round 13 Josh Palmer, honorable
mention Pat Bryant and round 14 Jalen Noel honorable mention
Jack bash. Now, as always, we're going to
hop into a quick mock draft and see what we can do.
What I'd like to do honestly, isgo RB heavy.
So let's just go ahead and startthe draft.

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Random draft slot, we get the 109 and what I want to do is go
RB early and often. Guys, let me go ahead and remove
my face Cam right here. Face Cam border face Cam off so
you guys can see the entire draft board.
All right, I want to go RB earlyand often and then I want to see
what kind of magic we can do at the wider super position.

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So we'll take Ashton Gente at the 109.
We're going to kind of rapid fire through this.
Coming back to us at the 204, A Chan goes right before us.
We have Bucky Irving, Josh Jacobs.
Maybe London's on the board. He is.
So I OK, so Brian Thomas is there.
He should not be there. So just to make it realistic,
let's go Drake London. Now the RB early and often dream
is already out the window because A Chan went and London

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was there and London's on our list.
OK, so we start the draft with Gente in London.
That's a very realistic start and that's a start that's going
to win a lot of leagues this year because you have a wide
receiver, one overall contender,you have a running back, one
overall contender in both of those players.
Now back to us in the third, Garrett Wilson's on the board,
Marvin Harrison, Terry Mclaurin,Mike Evans.
There are some good options. Some players I like there, James

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Cook, Marion Hampton, Alvin Cook, or excuse me, Alvin
Kamara, Ken Walker. Also some players I like there
at the three O 9. Now Walker and Hampton are
moving up to the front of the third round and I'm fine
drafting them there. I'm fine drafting them there.
So it, I think it'd be a little unrealistic to take Hampton and
Walker at the three O 9, Hamptonand or I should say Hampton or
Walker at the three O 9. So at the three O 9, Garrett

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Wilson, I think that's a pretty realistic pick.
We'll take him there. And coming back to us at the
four O 4, we are looking at, we have Adams on the board, Rice,
DJ Moore, Metcalf, Sutton. OK, let's go look at Arby's.
Ken Walker still there. Alvin Kamar is there, let's take
Kamara because again, I think that Walker will be going in a

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OK, we're back up in the 5th at the five O 9.
We're starting to hit the RB dead zone.
Montgomery, Harvey, Pacheco. I like Trevi and Henderson, but

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not here in the in the 5th. Let's take a look at the tight
end position. Laporta and Kelsey are on the
board. It's going to be a Laporta for
me. I always want a tight end 1A set
and forget it. Tight end, Laporta, Hawkinson,
Kelsey, Kittle, Bowers, McBride.I want one of those guys.
Like I said, RB dead zone. So at the six O 4, Travis
Hunter's on the board. Jalen Waddle, Crystal lava.
Talk about a lava in the episode.

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I'll probably go ahead and take Travis Hunter because we talked
about him too and we drafted himin the 6th.
I believe he is going in the 5thaccording to our guide.
Let's take a look. Oh no, we got him in the sixth
round. Great.
So that was consistent with ADP.Like I said, we saw last year
Chris Godwin and Mike Evans be monsters for fantasy football.
Probably because Liam Cohen was the offensive coordinator.

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He's done it everywhere. He's been doing that so with
Trevor Lawrence too. I view Trevor Lawrence's as
talented as Baker Mayfield. I think that that offense is
going to supply 2 fantasy relevant wide receivers.
Now we're up in the 7th, let's take a look at the QB position.
Kyler Murray's on the board. He's a clear tier ahead of Jared
Goff, Herbert, Purdy, Williams, Prescott, and I like a lot of

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those guys, but I view Kyler as up here because even when Kyler
is awful, right, everyone thinksKyler was the worst QB in
fantasy last year and he wasn't great.
He was very inconsistent, still finished QB 10.
His floor is a top ten QB and he's going beyond that in most
drafts. Now looking at the roster before
our 8th pick here in the eighth round, we have Murray, Genti,

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Kamara, London, Wilson, Laporta,Hunter.
That is the starting lineup and it's very, very strong.
Now we have 3 receivers and two running backs.
Let's take a look at the runningback board here.
Jalen Warren's on the board. We're going to take him in the
eighth. He's a guy I'm really warming up
to more and more now. He is taking the first team reps
with the Steelers right now. Caleb Johnson is working in.

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I really like both of those guysto start the season though.
I think Warren is is like actually a good start.
So they have an early bye week in week 5 and the schedule is
very good at Jets, Seattle, New England, Minnesota, these are
all pretty decent teams to run on.
Then you get Cleveland, Cincinnati, Green Bay,
Indianapolis. This is a four-star schedule
according to fantasy pros and Jalen Warren catches passes.

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He's better at pass blocking than Caleb Johnson.
If Johnson can work out the passblocking and things like that,
maybe he his snaps rise. I anticipate them too after the
bye. But Warren is a sneaky RB2 pick
to start the year. And basically guys from this
point on, we have 3 receivers, 3running backs.
We already have our QB, we have our tight end.
We're going to go best pick available at wide receiver Ayuk
Mooney at Bucas on the board. We will take him in the ninth

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round coming back to us here at the ten O 4.
Ty J Spears is on the board. We love him.
Jordan Mason, we love him. He's going 5050 with Aaron
Jones, receivers, nobody crazy. Higgins, Coleman, Shaheed
Harris. I like some of those names, but
we'll just go ahead and draft TyJ Spears, kind of rotate RB and
wide receiver here, and the roster's looking very good.

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It was funny because we didn't come into this draft with much
of A plan, and I really like theteam.
We got to be honest with you. It's looking very, very good
guys. Now back to us in the 11th
round. Tank Bigsby's on the board.
Jayden Blue, Rico Dowdell, like some of those initial names.
Yeah, let's go ahead and take Bigsby.
I think he's splitting with ETN in that backfield and both
running backs. Last year for Liam Cohen, we

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keep talking about him, but bothRashad White and Bucky Irving
were fantasy relevant. OK.
And at the 12 O 4, let's go ahead and draft Kyle Williams
for fun. Now, another name that I didn't
pick there, Christian Kirk, I think he's going to play a lot
like Stefan Diggs did last year when he was healthy for CJ
Stroud. So definitely a sleeper in PPR
leagues as a wide receiver. 2 for the Texans.
Now the final team, very happy with it.

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At QB we have Kyler Murray, at running back Ashton Genti and
Alvin Kamara, then Drake London,Garrett Wilson at the wide
receiver position. At tight end we have San Laporta
and in the flexview of Travis Hunter who will rotate it and
out with in that flex spot with Jaylen Warren, a Mecha Igbuka,
Taije Spears, Tank Bigsby and Kyle Williams.
Guys, I hope you enjoyed the episode today.
Those are the best wide receivers to draft in every

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single round of fantasy footballdrafts.
So write this list down, bring it with you to your drafts.
Target these guys. Target the honorable mentions.
I hope you enjoyed guys.