Lineup Fantasy Football Show - Top 24 WR Rankings & Tiers (League Winning Sleepers) | Dynasty Fantasy Football 2026

Episode Date: May 29, 2026

Our complete Top 24 Wide Receiver Rankings and Tiers for 2026 Dynasty Fantasy Football. Whether you're in a startup draft, rebuilding your dynasty roster, or just trying to figure out if your WR could... be a league winner... this is the episode you need before your next trade offer hits Timestamps: 0:00 - Dynasty Fantasy Football WR Rankings 0:25 - Ja'Marr Chase 1:07 - Puka Nacua 2:33 - Jaxon Smith-Njigba 3:51 - Amon-Ra St. Brown 4:56 - Justin Jefferson 6:25 - Malik Nabers 7:56 - CeeDee Lamb 8:50 - Drake London 10:05 - Tetairoa McMillan 11:12 - Emeka Egbuka 12:42 - Nico Collins 13:54 - Ladd McConkey 14:44 - Carnell Tate 15:34 - George Pickens 17:05 - Garrett Wilson 18:35 - Rashee Rice 20:35 - Chris Olave 22:14 - Makai Lemon 23:30 - Rome Odunze 24:32 - Devonta Smith 25:51 - Jordyn Tyson 26:37 - Zay Flowers 27:55 - Luther Burden III 28:50 - Tee Higgins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Who is this year's JSN that will break fantasy football? And who's this year's Brian Thomas Jr. that will break your heart? Today, we're breaking down the top 24th Dynasty Fantasy Football, including one guy who, at his current price, could be the reason you win your league. Welcome into the lineup Fantasy Football Show. I'm Mitch Anderson. I'm Justin Mello. And we are not going to waste anybody's time here, Mello.
Starting point is 00:00:20 We have got... We're going to stick to consensus on number one here. We've got to. Yeah, this is easy-peasy. It's Chimar Chase. It's Chimar Chase. Nothing to complain about with. him. He's an elite receiver, has an elite quarterback on a team with a putrid defense that just
Starting point is 00:00:35 supports the offense's fantasy output. He's still in his prime. He's my top dynasty asset in one quarterback formats. I think he should be the 1.1 in startups for one quarterback leagues. Easy for me. Yeah, he's my number one non-quarterback. This was so obvious. He's best friends with the best pocket passing quarterback in the NFL. Last time, both them were healthy. Put up video game numbers. Let's run it back. On to number two. This is the one where people start kind of debating between two guys. And I was actually on the flip side of this to start the off season. But we're going to go with Pookanakua at number two.
Starting point is 00:01:09 25 years old, you talk about your darling Pukunakua. He is my darling. He has my heart. My heart tells me he's number one, but my brain beats my heart on that one for Jamar. The off-the-field stuff is starting to get a little bit concerning. Like, you're having like Antonio Brown flashbacks. But it really doesn't deter me that much. Like, he's made some stupid mistakes, but I think he'll be fine with
Starting point is 00:01:30 the off-the-field stuff. I think he's going to continue to be an NFL player and a very good one at that. I've been on record saying I think he's the best wide receiver in the league, and I will stand on business that I think he is the best real-life wide receiver in the league. He's got the best offensive coach in the league. Sign me up for the long haul. I mean, it's hard to argue. I side with Jamar, but it's so close. And like we just talked about, but like Pooka Nakua and the guy below this, they were neck and neck in my rankings. I've flipped them since March. The one interesting note here I'll just add is like with the Ty Simpson pick, we actually do have a little bit clearer of an idea of what the future looks like for Pukinakuwa.
Starting point is 00:02:08 And like seeing them spend first round draft capital on a quarterback, like gave me that little bit of like, okay, we're not going to get some weird bridge year, gap year where we don't really know what we're doing a QB in Shaw McVe's offense. Ty Simpson's going to get some time to learn. So that really excited me. Outside of the three blue tent trips a game, there's nothing better than watching Pooka on your fantasy squad. It's what bell said.
Starting point is 00:02:27 on to number three the guy originally had it too and have flipped on that is jsn aka the emerald city route artist aka the defensive player of the year according to the nfl and last year's wide receiver two 24 years old he's going to be a demon for years to come yeah i love jsn too that emerald city route artist just kills me every single time he's never escaping that nickname no it's literally never escaping it. It ironically became his unironic nickname. Yeah. If I'm being like nitpicky, I will admit I'm a tad worried about Coupiac leaving town. Yeah. You convinced me on that. We shouldn't just assume this office is going to pick up where it left off. But I'm not worried enough to like Faye JSN or rank him any lower than three. He's he's too good to rank any lower than
Starting point is 00:03:18 this. And it helps that we know Darnold's there for the long term. Donald's a good quarterback. They already have phenomenal chemistry between them. So that marriage long term is something I want a piece of. Yeah, it's very funny. We did a hindsight's 2025 episode where one of my takeaways was not to just discount a regime change on the offense. And then literally a week later, I was debating with you why the Kubiak thing isn't as important for JSN.
Starting point is 00:03:42 I felt like a parent giving their kid advice and then not following it themselves. So here we are and I have Pukunakua ranked higher. Yeah, what the hell, dad? Come on. All right, on to number four. One of the most consistent guys in fantasy football. I'm in Ross St. Brown, 26 from the Detroit Lions. Break it down for me.
Starting point is 00:04:00 We've said the stat before, but it's just the most fun stat. It's so fun. He was the wide receiver three each of the last three years. Wide receiver three, three. The safest bet to be the wide receiver three. And I would say like one of the safest bets, if not the safest bet, to be a high to mid-range wide receiver one year in and year out. just 26 years old.
Starting point is 00:04:19 Also something worth noting for Dynasty, his skill set lends itself to being able to have a long career. Like he doesn't rely on the lead speeder explosiveness. He's a refined route runner. He's a very complete receiver. He could play for a very long time.
Starting point is 00:04:36 I have nothing to add. I just, I can't make sense of how bored people have gotten with Amin Ra. Like, he is such a phenomenal value. And we're talking about him at four. I still think he's a phenomenal value. I keep in best ball drafts.
Starting point is 00:04:47 they keep grabbing him like four picks out of ADP. Yeah. Don't blame him. On to number five, we actually differed a little bit on this guy. Like only like three spots, but when you're this high, like three spots is pretty meaningful. And that's Justin Jefferson. You are the JJ guy of the podcast, 26 years old, playing for the Minnesota Vikings.
Starting point is 00:05:05 You break it down first because he's your guy. Yeah, I'm definitely higher than you. I'm definitely higher than consensus. But I just believe in Justin Jefferson. I believe he is at worst, a top three wide receiver in the NFL in terms of real life NFL football. And I just think J.J. McCarthy was so impossibly bad that almost nobody can be worse. Like, yeah. You can just throw out last year.
Starting point is 00:05:30 We used that term a lot. But I really think you can because of how bad J.J. McCarthy was. Justin Jefferson still just 26. He's the same age as these other guys were talking about. Like, I'm in Ross St. Brown and even Jemar Chase. Like, they're both 26 years old. Just throw out last year. and he's an elite receiver like these other guys we're talking about.
Starting point is 00:05:47 Let's ride. I'm so in on Justin Jefferson. I mean, you say it's crazy to say the throw out the tape thing, but like imagine if you were like, I have Justin Jefferson as my wide receiver 5 in Dynasty last year, and everyone would be like, okay. Like, it's not that crazy to say, like. Everyone would say you have them too low.
Starting point is 00:06:05 You have them too low, yeah, exactly. And so I'm with you. I think maybe the reason I'm lower is the recency bias and watching nine. And like, like you said, it could be Kyler and Merrim. It could be Carson Wentz. It could be anybody. It's going to be better for Justin Jefferson this year. And so I think we have him pretty appropriately ranked here, either like five or six. But on to our number six, that is Jackson Darts wide receiver one. Malik Neighbors, 22 years old, I hop resident. I'll just talk about the news quickly, like coming off this like second surgery that just came out. And so I think some people are off of him. And it couldn't make me happier. It lets me scoop up Malik Neighbors for a more. discounted price. I've been saying a lot of people online saying that Malik Neighbors' Rookie
Starting point is 00:06:48 Year wasn't even that impressive. He was number one in Target Share in 2024 at 34.9.91%, which is outrageous, second highest in the past four years behind only JSN last year. And the revisionist history of it all is driving me absolutely insane. He was producing last year before he got hurt with Russell Wilson, and now we get to pair him with Jackson Dart. I think this is a match made in heaven. Yeah, hot take, but Malik Neighbors is good at football. I, yeah. I feel like I'm going crazy. I'm taking crazy pills seeing these tweets. No, you're not crazy at all.
Starting point is 00:07:21 We haven't seen like the full breakout come yet, but it's coming. I mean, we all know it's coming. Even last year, like we talked about the rookie year, but even last year, I know it's a minuscule sample, but in the three games he played with freaking Russell Wilson
Starting point is 00:07:35 before the knee injury, he was the wide receiver seven, and he actually was the wide receiver one after week two. So, I mean, we have seen it in a small sample size, and I think we're going to see it really come to fruition next year. I couldn't agree more.
Starting point is 00:07:53 At number seven, 27 years old on the Dallas Cowboys, C.D. Lamb. Yeah, CD is such a weird one for me, because we've already seen him finish as the wide receiver one overall, just a few years ago. He's 27 now, so a few years older, but certainly not old, especially for wide receivers, that they can play longer than like running backs for example.
Starting point is 00:08:15 He's still on the same offense with a great pocket passing quarterback. I think one of the biggest variables here is whether George Pickens stays in Dallas long term. I think that will greatly dictate CED's value. I can't imagine Pickens is there long term. I think he probably is there in 2026 on the tag.
Starting point is 00:08:32 I think there's a chance he's even traded, but I don't think he will be. But it goes without saying Cid Lamb is far more valuable without George Pickens in town. Yeah, we talk so much about buys and sells on the show. I'm like, I think he's just like priced perfectly. I think we're right in line with consensus on this one. Yeah,
Starting point is 00:08:50 agreed. On to number 8, Drake London, 24 years old from the Atlanta Falcons. I think we're both on the same page here that the biggest issue with him is the QB play. Yeah, it is. That's the one thing holding him back. Although we've talked about in the show, I won't go through it again
Starting point is 00:09:07 and I'll save all of you my rambling. But long story short, his splits with and without cousin, he's phenomenal without Kurt Cousins. Like, so much better when Kurt Cousins is not his quarterback. And the good news is, Kurt Cousins is no longer his quarterback. So there is reason to be optimistic, although with that said, I'm not going to sit here and say, well, now he's got Tom Brady because I'm not excited about Michael Pennix or Tua, really, long term. When you said Kurt Cousins isn't there, I was like, but wait, it's worse. Yeah, at least statistically it's not worse, or at least it hasn't been historically.
Starting point is 00:09:42 But yeah, it is the quarterback thing that does scare me. Yeah, I couldn't agree more. That's the only thing holding me back. He was the Y receiver 9 in points per game last year and he's 24 years old. Like, man, you gave this guy a half decent quarterback. The sky would be the limit for him. He's just so talented. In at number 9, I was so neck and neck with this guy and who we have a 10.
Starting point is 00:10:04 And that is T-Mack. Tedaroa McMillan, 23 years old for the Carolina Panthers. I don't have a ton to say besides, like, we just saw this guy produce all year long. He's the reason we have enough faith in Bryce Young to even have him in our top 24 quarterbacks that we talked about a few episodes ago. So, like, I'm just really excited to see this guy next season. And to me, it's like you can talk about a few of these other second year receivers, but it's boring.
Starting point is 00:10:29 This is the safe pick. This is the safe pick to be the best receiver from last year's class. It is. He was the highest drafted. I mean, I guess unless you count Travis Hunter, but he was the highest drafted of these receivers. Yeah, the cornerback. He was the offensive rookie of the year.
Starting point is 00:10:45 Every metric he passed with flying colors. Like, everything is there. There really aren't many, if any, red flags at all for TMAC long term. I envision him having, like we just talked about Drake London. I think he could have that kind of start to his career. Long term, a guy like Mike Evans, I think those are career arcs I envision for Tedderall and McMellon and who knows, maybe even better. Absolutely.
Starting point is 00:11:10 On to number 10, the guy had neck and neck, a mecca abuka, 23 years old from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. You start here. We get really hot and bothered when we talk about. A hot under the collar right now talking about Abuka. I love talking to him Abuka. It is hard. I mean, I love T-Mack, but you're right. Like, it's almost hard to not put him above T-Mack because we love him so much.
Starting point is 00:11:33 one of our favorites here at the lineup. Throw out the back half of last year when Abuka had the hamstring injury he was playing through and Baker was hurt and this whole team was a mess. Just forget about it. He's going to be the wide receiver one in this offense for years to come.
Starting point is 00:11:47 And I think we see production much closer to what we saw at the beginning of last year going forward. Not saying that he's going to go nuclear every single week of every single season for the next decade, but I think he's going to be very, very good. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:12:02 And so I've heard, a lot of people talking about like the like who cares that Mike Evans is out like he missed a lot of last year with the injury. I think it's very different for Abuka to have an entire offseason working with Baker as his number one receiver. And like I, as long as they stay healthy, like, there is a, there is a chance that we're ranking him above T-Mac at the end of next year. I know I just said that he's the safer pick. But like, there's insane upside right here. And so like, I'm really excited for him, but I will admit his price is start. Everyone's starting to get a little too in on this and the price is getting a little bit.
Starting point is 00:12:33 hand. Should we stop talking about him? Maybe we should stop talking about them for the listeners. Don't draft a Bucca if you're listening to the show. Yeah. All right. On to number 11, Nico Collins from the Houston Texans, 27 years old. And I'll let you get into things first year. I love Nico, as I know you do too. I think we've probably already seen him at his best.
Starting point is 00:12:58 But his best is very, very good. And I think he should continue to stay there. Like, I don't think he's going to hit the decline yet. I do project a bounce back from this Houston offense. I've talked about it a little bit on this show. And Collins is going to continue to be a volume king. He has been a volume king. And he can also stretch the field.
Starting point is 00:13:17 He has this unique ability of being able to demand volume while stretching the field. He was 15th in targets last year, while also having the 15th highest A-DOT in the NFL among all wide receivers with at least 50 targets. That's a really rare combination. Yeah, and we've been mentioning. it. We mentioned it in the quarterback's episode with Stroud, but like they've really put this offense in a position to perform better this year with all the offensive line improvements. And even as bad as it was, he finished as the wide receiver seven last year. So sign me back up. I'm in on Nico Collins. Oh, yeah. In at 12, a guy who didn't have as strong of the last year, but we are so excited for here in 2020. And that is post-hyped sleeper, Ladd McConkey, 24 years old. Mello, just talking about Lab McConkey, can't you see the little sparkle in my eye? I do. I just, I love him. so much. Only 24 years old in this new Mike McDaniel offense with the offensive line back healthy to protect Justin Herbert. He is the poster child for a post type sleeper. Yeah, another one of
Starting point is 00:14:14 our favorites here at the lineup. I think he's going to absolutely feast in this Mike McDaniel offense like you talked about. He'll be the clear cut number one, just 24 years old. If there's anything that could rain on my parade, it's if Keenan Allen ends up signing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, which they're starting to be rewards. Yeah, I'm really sick of Keenan Allen. But if that doesn't happen, oh boy, the lad is going to have not only a good 2026, but a good career beyond that. Absolutely. On to number 13, a guy we haven't seen anything from yet, but we're so excited for it. And that's Carnell Tate, the fourth overall pick to the Tennessee Titans, 21 years old.
Starting point is 00:14:50 I see we both have this written here, but the top four draft capital changed a lot for me for a guy who was already our number one wide receiver in the draft. like it just showed how much of a plan this team has for him and how much they were willing to give up to get him to make sure that they got cam ward a number one weapon and so i'm high on cam ward as well i think this could be a duo of the future Yeah. And the other thing about that draft capital is like, it confirms he's going to be the centerpiece of this offense. You don't grab a guy that high without making him the centerpiece. And I also just refuse to ever fade Ohio State receivers unless their dad was a Hall of Famer. That's like the one exception. Besides that, I want Ohio State receivers. Unless he's happy Gilmore too. Yeah. All right. On to number 14, George Pickens, 25 years old for the Dallas Cowboys. We were lower than consensus, but for how many times we've mentioned. him as a cell this off season. I don't think we were that offensive. No. I feel like we actually have him pretty close. I think he's robbed a little bit in the last couple months, though, too. Yeah. Okay. That's probably fair because we haven't mentioned him as a cell that recently. No. But the reason we're low is, I think the reason some other people are as well, it's just
Starting point is 00:16:03 the uncertainty around his future. The situation quite literally can never be as good as it was for him in 2025 with the Cowboys. Like, it was a fantasy goldmine situation with the quarterback and the lack of weapons around him. Cossidi was hurt and the defense. Like, you're never going to get that ecstasy of a situation again. Yeah. But with that said, he was the wide receiver five last year, which does speak to his talent,
Starting point is 00:16:29 and he's just 25 years old. So that is worth a lot. I know. It feels blasphemous to put the wide receiver five who's 25 at your 14th wide receiver. But like you said, the stars all aligned last year. and like, it's not going to be that good again. We have our crow on back order for us to eat if that happens, but I feel pretty safe.
Starting point is 00:16:48 I'm going to say that they can keep that on the dark web. I've been trying to quit crow, so I really need to, I need him to not do that. On a number 15, I just mentioned this guy as a cell a few episodes ago now. Actually, that same episode with Corey from Fantasy Stock Exchange. That was Garrett Wilson, 25 years old. We love him. I think he's so talented, but he's came down with an awful case of the New York Jets.
Starting point is 00:17:13 Yeah, horrible. He's contagious too. He's the one guy, it's very dangerous, it can be fatal. He's the one guy I would argue right now in the NFL has been somewhat QB proofs, like, through his career. And what scares me is that I do not believe in a player being QB proof. And it feels to me that the shoe has to drop off the other foot. I mean, see Justin Jefferson fantasy season, comma, 2025, when you want to talk QB proof. and the Jets are a team that cannot figure out quarterbacks.
Starting point is 00:17:40 So when does Garrett get a real QB? He may be on the back end of his prime by then, and so I love his talent, but I think I have a hard time valuing him around here, or at least any higher than this. Yeah, I think the Jets scare us in the case of Garrett Wilson more than most. Yeah. I actually, like last year, was kind of a little bullish on him
Starting point is 00:18:00 just because of the volume I thought he'd get, which he did get before he got hurt. I mean, he was a volume king. but the stupid damn New York Jets took that away from us too. They spent not one but two first round picks on pass catchers and now I'm just like, all right,
Starting point is 00:18:14 it's the Jets, bad quarterbacks, now more mouths defeat long term. I have a hard time talking myself into him. But he is so good and he is so young that we kind of have to like, we can't put him much lower this. You can't. He's so talented at 25.
Starting point is 00:18:31 Yeah, exactly. All right, Mello, put on the boxing gloves. Number 16, Rishi Rice, 26 years old. Let's, let's lay it all out here. All right, you know what? I'm going to save my full rant for an episode we have coming up where we're going to debate. So I'll save my full pant. But this POS, it makes it very hard for me to defend him and to stay a truther.
Starting point is 00:19:00 I do believe in Rishi Rice as a talent, as somebody who is in this beautiful situation for the long term, if he can stay on the damn field and out of a damn prison cell. But if we're being positive, just like his recent drug test was, he has been elite in fantasy whenever he's on the field with Patrick Mahomes. And I don't just mean good. I mean elite. He has been an elite, elite, elite fantasy receiver anytime he's on the field with Patrick Mahomes. He just needs to stay on the field.
Starting point is 00:19:30 I know I'm going to get killed for this. Like, he's our biggest rankings difference, by the way, if any player in any of our top 24 rankings, I want to say it was like 11 spots apart. I am three spots higher before he got arrested. Okay, so eight spots apart? Actually, then I moved him three down. I had him, we were more apart before he got arrested.
Starting point is 00:19:48 Oh my God. So we were like 14 spots apart. Yeah. I don't make it crushed in the comments for this. I don't think Rishi Rice is as talented or this seems as as committed to him as everyone else seems to. And I'm going to plant my flag. on that. I think what he's done has been like so much of the volume and competing for targets with
Starting point is 00:20:06 a wide receiver room of Taekwon Thornton, Hollywood Brown, and Juju Shit Dumpster. And so tack on the off the field stuff. And I just, I don't know how long his leash is with this team. Honestly, I don't have a problem with most things you just said because I think his fantasy production is better than his actual real life talent. But guess what? I'm not in the business of identifying the best real life receivers. I want fantasy points, and he gets you those. Get ready to learn Jeff Caldwell, buddy. On to number 17. Chris Olave, 25 years old from the New Orleans Saints.
Starting point is 00:20:40 I loved Olave as a buy, and they massacred my boy. They drafted Jordan Tyson. I'll let you go here. This made me so sad when it happened. Don't you just feel like he is also Garrett Wilson? Yeah, that's not bad. I mean, I like Tyler Shuck a lot more than Gino Smith. Fair, but there are so many other parallels.
Starting point is 00:21:03 Like, they're both Ohio State receivers who went super high. They're at St. Vraft, too. 2022. They were high first round picks out of the same school. And I just hate the situations for both of them. I mean, I'm more excited about the Saints, I guess, than the Jets. And I think Olabe could continue to see better volume in the short term. But the long term is more ambiguous because Jordan Tyson,
Starting point is 00:21:27 is incredible and I don't know how heavily he's going to cut into Alave's workload long term. Yeah, like, and we've talked about this a little bit, but I don't think like year one, like I don't think 2026 Jordan Tyson comes in and starts like taking Alave's entire target share and like all of a sudden everything's up in flames for Alave managers. But I think the long term is we probably see it towards the end of the year that the targets start ticking up and Jordan Tyson breaks into the workload of a guy that frankly, as much as I love him, so much of his production relies on volume, which is the exact critique that I just gave Rishi Rice, but it's a very similar situation for Alavi.
Starting point is 00:22:04 Abacrit. This is me not taking my own advice again. On to number 18, Jalen Hertz's newest weapon, Mackay Lemon, 22 years old, my rookie of the year pick, I'll let you go first here. We're Lemonheads, baby. We're Lemonheads on this show. We declare it within three. enthusiasm. He is what the Eagles needed so badly. Someone who can win over the field, short and
Starting point is 00:22:32 intermediate routes. That's what Jalen Hertz has struggled with. But that's, I think, in part, because they didn't have somebody who really had that skill set. So he's going to play that role. He's super NFL ready. Like day one is ready to be a contributor. I'm definitely more excited about him than most people are. And I think you are too. I love what you just said. Like, absolutely love it. because we've gotten us like a ton of Reddit comments about this about how, yeah, well, J.L. and Hertz can't it anybody in the middle of the field? And that's like, who is he going to throw it to, A.J. Brown? Like, this guy, we've talked about before, pro football focuses number one receiver amongst draft eligible receivers and receiving grade in 2025.
Starting point is 00:23:13 This guy is like, he eats up zone coverage. He's an absolute flag plant for me. I wouldn't be shocked if he, like, moves up this board a little bit more for me before the end of the off season. Agreed. 100%. On to number 19. Another guy that we were like relatively far apart on, but like nothing of like crazy note. And that's just Roma Dunezay. I was just like egregiously high on him, but he's another flag plant guy for me, someone that's kind of getting into that like my guy territory, 24 years old out of Chicago.
Starting point is 00:23:43 I think in general, maybe I'm just crazy bullish on the bears. I won't go on the crazy speech again, but Y Receiver 3 through 4 weeks before sustaining a stress fracture last year. and I project him to be the main beneficiary of DJ Moore's departure in those vacated targets. Yeah, I think I'm slightly higher than him on consensus right around there, but I think higher. You are much higher, though. You are very, very bullish on him. And I understand why, because he does have a path to be the number one offense on a Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams offense, which is so exciting, just 24 years old. It's not a lock to happen, which I think is why some people are a little bit more nervous than you are. but the path is there for him to be like an elite wide receiver one for the next eight years.
Starting point is 00:24:31 Absolutely. On to number 20. This one's complicated. Devonta Smith, 27 years old, it felt a whole lot less complicated before the draft. Yeah, I was really talking myself into Devonta before they took Mikhail M. who we just talked about. Like we both really like him too. I think at this point in Devontas' career, the upset is probably pretty,
Starting point is 00:24:53 pretty severely limited. We just talked about a guy like Badunze who could fail, but the ceiling is so high. Like, I think DeMontas is sort of the opposite where it's a very safe kind of pick, safe bet to be a nice asset for the next four or five years. He's been a top 30 receiver every single year of his career, which is pretty impressive.
Starting point is 00:25:12 And especially when you consider the fact that he's done it surrounded by other elite talents, pretty much his whole career aside from, I guess maybe his rookie year, there weren't a lot of other mouse defeat in Philadelphia. but the thing is that's not going to stop. There's still elite
Starting point is 00:25:26 talents around him, still a lot of mouths to feed. He'll still contribute, but he doesn't really have like wide receiver one upside anymore. Yeah, I had written it's like if there was ever going to be a year, it's maybe here in 2026,
Starting point is 00:25:38 but with how highly we project Mackay Lemon and also like Eli Stowers, like you just can't possibly think that Devontz Smith is going to have that like high of a ceiling moving forward. Yeah, agreed. All right, on to Jordan Tyson, the other New Orleans saint here at number 21, also 21 years old.
Starting point is 00:25:58 I mean, if this guy stays healthy, he could be an absolute machine in a pass happy saints offense. Big playability. We talked about some of the volume, like, coming from Chris Oliva. Like, I think he could be an impact guy with not that much volume pretty quickly. Yeah, you said it right off the rip if he can stay healthy. I mean, my lord, he is so talented. We already talked about it a lot about it with a lot. about it with Olave.
Starting point is 00:26:22 I don't know how much they're going to cannibalize each other, which kind of scares me. But honestly, talent trumps all in fantasy, even over a situation, and he's super talented. 100%. On to number 22, a guy that we love,
Starting point is 00:26:37 we've talked about him as our boring league winner. Zay Flowers, 25 years old. We've talked about him extensively, but like, and I'm going to let you get into some of the numbers, but I want Lamar Jackson's number one option at 25 years.
Starting point is 00:26:50 old that's consistently produced and like quietly everyone hates him and calls him inconsistent and I just think that's like not true at all. No, it's weird. Like he's like boring in fantasy like you said, but it's funny because he's electric in real life and he produces in real life and he's a very good real life receiver who's just 25 years old. He's still Lamar Jackson's number one weapon and nobody wants to admit or acknowledge it. But he was the wide receiver seven last year, even with Lamar missing significant time, and even with him only scoring four touchdowns. Four touchdowns, wide receiver seven, that's absurd.
Starting point is 00:27:29 Yeah, for the entire crowd that wants to call Zay Flowers inconsistent, he had three games under double-digit points last year. I think people remember the one game that he scored 0.6 points. And are they like, oh, he's inconsistent. This guy to me is like such a value. We have him higher than consensus, and part of me thinks we don't have him high enough. 100%.
Starting point is 00:27:49 On to number 23, a guy we are lower on than consensus that I'm almost wondering if we're end up being lower on than this. That's Luther Burton 22 years old. He's the antithesis of my Roma Dunezay argument. But I'm going to talk nicely about him, Mello, something that I haven't done on this show as the resident of Dunesay head. Because I do think the potential's there. He was third in the NFL in 2025 and yards per outrun, showed flashes with the blow-up spots
Starting point is 00:28:15 we all know about the game in San Francisco, and he's 22 years old and a Ben Johnson offense with DJ Morgan. And so I completely understand the argument for him. I just think we let the hype get so out of control this offseason and in the process have just diminished the roles of Roma Dunzee and Colson Loveland way too much. Yeah, I honestly don't have much to add there. You said it super well. I think the case for Adunzei is similar to Burden. He could just be the number one in this awesome offense, but some people are projecting that, which I think we might getting a little bit ahead of ourselves on. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:28:49 All right. On to number 24. T. Higgins, 27 years old. I'll let you start here. We've mentioned him as a cell earlier this off season. Yeah, T's tough. He's been, honestly, I don't even think this is like a hot take or even a subjective take.
Starting point is 00:29:04 I think it's just kind of factual to say he's been overvalued throughout his career. He just, he really has been. But most of that has had to do with his lack of availability because he always seems to be hurt. I am slightly lower on him than consensus, but it's hard for me to push him much lower than I have him because he is so extremely talented and he is tied to Joe Burrow. Like there is so much to love there. It's just it hasn't always come to fruition on a season long basis.
Starting point is 00:29:35 I'm also slightly lower than consensus on him, but he's still in his prime. He's tied to Joe Burrow. I think sometimes there's some name value inflation with him, which is kind of the thing you're saying of like, he hasn't necessarily put it together on a season long basis all that much, and yet people are thinking about like the blow-up spots and going nuclear on a game-by-game basis. But I think he's properly ranked here.
Starting point is 00:29:56 I would feel wrong taking him out of the top 24 wide receivers. Yeah, I think he does belong in the top 24, even if barely. And that is our top 24 wide receivers. Let us know down below if there's anybody we missed on this list, anybody who's too high or too low, And Mello, do we miss anybody? We forgot to say Parker at one. Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:30:18 I was ready to make that joke. All right, right, back. Number one, Parker, Washington. We'll catch you guys next episode.

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