Best Fantasy Slot Receivers

Wide Receivers - PPR Fantasy Football Rankings (2020) Rankings last updated: December 13, 2020 at 7:00 AM EST These 2020 fantasy football rankings are refreshed live every day based on average draft position data generated by the fantasy football mock drafts. Beasley is one of the best slot receivers in the league, and he’s been open on 77.1% of his targets over the past two years — the best rate in the league. The top three should have distinct roles, as should Isaiah McKenzie, who ranked third in the league with 120 yards on screens last season. He adds the change-of-pace/jet sweep option that. The best sleeper, underrated fantasy football wide receivers to play in your Week 9 lineups. In the slot and the Raiders are one of the most generous teams in the league in terms of allowing. “The slot receiver’s kind of the quarterback of the receivers,” he said in 2015. “More so because the slot receiver has more responsibilities in terms of reading coverages and different adjustments based on what coverages you’re seeing. It’s a lot more complicated. You have to know a lot more. Our Week 13 fantasy WR PPR rankings are missing some key guys despite just two byes, and even more big-name wide receivers are questionable because of injuries and illness. See which sleepers are.

Receptions and targets are always important when putting together fantasy WR rankings, but in PPR leagues, they obviously take extra precedent. That doesn't mean 'possession' receivers are suddenly worth more than big-play, high-touchdown pass-catchers, but they certainly move up sleeper lists and draft cheat sheets in even half-point PPR formats.

Michael Thomas is the easy call as the top-ranked receiver after catching 149 balls last year, but DeAndre Hopkins, who was tied for second with 104 catches, could challenge him even more this year. Arizona's uptempo offense will likely be throwing often, and Hopkins is set to receive the bulk of the targets. But the top tier isn't where most fantasy owners have questions. Even big-play, lower-catch guys like Tyreek Hill and Kenny Golladay will have immense value. It's the second and third tiers where things get more interesting.

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Keenan Allen, D.J. Moore, Allen Robinson, and Robert Woods are among the notable risers from our standard rankings, and while all three showed their PPR bona fides last year, it's important to note that the first three will likely have new quarterbacks throwing to them this year (we're projecting Nick Foles wins the Bears starting job). That's not necessarily a bad thing, especially for Moore and Robinson, but in Allen's case, it could lead to fewer targets and timing issues. That's also true for third-tier risers Julian Edelman and Tyler Boyd, though we expect fellow riser Emmanuel Sanders to flourish even more in New Orleans.

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Some fantasy owners go too far in favoring high-target receivers. While you'll often get more week-to-week consistency with Jamison Crowder or Curtis Samuel as your WR4, you'll miss out on those monster three-catch, 100-yard games from someone like Mecole Hardman or DeSean Jackson. You never know when you'll need a home run hitter, especially during the bye weeks, so don't be shy about drafting one or two big-play guys. You can often find them at a value during your PPR draft.

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We'll continue to update our WR PPR rankings throughout the preseason, so check back for the latest movement. For our standard WR rankings and player analysis, click here.

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The Buffalo Bills didn’t get the last laugh against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 10, but some of their players did help themselves a lot in an individual sense.

For weeks now the Bills have had two players rising the statistical ranks in quarterback Josh Allen and wide receiver Stefon Diggs. Additionally, we’ve kept stringing wideout Cole Beasley along for the ride, too. He’s not far off, but we can only fit so many characters in our headlines, so… sorry, Cole.

But we will get things started off with the playmakers here.

After another solid outing against the Cards which included 10 catches and 93 yards on 11 targets, Diggs is atop the leaderboard. That’s right, he’s leading the NFL in receiving yards with 906. Despite his last-second grab, one of the players that Diggs currently edges out is the Cardinals’ DeAndre Hopkins, who resides in second place.

Here’s the top-five receiving yard leaders in the NFL after Week 10:

Helping Diggs land in the No. 1 spot is another top-flight finish for him. He also leads the NFL in catches with 73. In 2019 with the Vikings, Diggs had 63 catches… all season.

While not among NFL leaders in touchdown catches (Adam Thielen– 9), Diggs did also make his fourth touchdown catch of the season against the Cards as well.

Entering Week 10, Diggs didn’t do much rising the ranks at all. That’s because he already was leading the league in yards and receptions. His 102 targets is also first. Other stats Diggs sits near the top at include his 15 20-plus yard catches (1st), 39 catches for first downs (t-3rd), and 90.6 receiving yards per game (5th).

Onto his pass-catching counterpart, who actually led the Bills in receiving against the Cardinals with 11 catches, 109 yards and a touchdown of his own. Thanks to that, Beasley has a solid standing in the rankings as well, albeit not top-10 finishes… but still pretty good. His 642 receiving yards is good for 17th best in the NFL. If Beasley gets 192 yards over the course of the next six games, he’ll have a new career-best for him. The slot receiver has put up that number thanks to another, his 55 catches. That’s the 11th most of any receiver in the league.

Digging a bit deeper, Beasley is the top-dog if you include one curveball. According to Pro Football Focus, Beasley’s 53 receptions and 631 receiving yards out of the slot both lead the NFL.

While the pair of receivers are making out nicely because of the number of catches they have, that means one other thing.. The duo are benefitting from Allen as well…

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… and some of his league-leading stats.

After his 32-for-49 passing game in Arizona for 284 yards, Allen’s up to 2,871 passing yards in 2020. That leads the NFL:

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After Week 9 vs. the Seahawks, Allen had the third-most passing yards in the league, so unlike his No. 1 receiver, he did do some climbing against the Cards. Allen jumped both Russell Wilson and Matt Ryan in Week 10.

But, Allen did dip slightly in some other stats. His 21 touchdown passes are sixth-most, dropping him one spot, and his completion percentage is now at 68.4, dropping him from sixth to eighth. He did also jump up to seven interceptions, tied for sixth-most.

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All in all, the Bills have a couple of players who have statistics one might not have dreamt of before the season started. We’ll check in next week after Buffalo’s bye to see how much the rest of the NFL has caught up to their totals.

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Oh, and in terms of new career-bests… Allen needs 219 yards over the course of the next six games to establish his best…

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He has surpassed that in eight of 10 games in 2020, for what it’s worth.