Dave Richard’s Final Wide Receiver Tiers: Ladd McConkey moves up to Round 3, Davante Adams to Round 4

The name of the game when it comes to receivers is targets. You can't score or get yardage or receptions without them. Draft receivers who are going to get seven-plus targets per game (eight-plus in the early rounds).

You might think that's something every receiver will do. It's not.

Nineteen qualifying wide receivers averaged at least seven targets per game last year, while 18 averaged between 6.0 and 6.9 targets per game. The seven-plus target number was 29 in 2024 and 2023!

So when you waltz through these Tiers, think about how many targets per game each receiver will get, then think about how many 100-yard games and how many touchdowns they could realistically get. The fewer names who can get all of these wonderful numbers, the more inclined you should be to draft this position early on.

Lastly, the more catches are worth in your scoring, the more you should chase high-volume receivers. In half-PPR, that edge only goes so far — the 10th-best receiver in half-PPR last year on a per-game basis would have ranked 18th among the running backs last year. So the premium you might put on stud receivers in half-PPR might not be as good…

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