2024 FTN NFL Power Rankings Through Week 15: Who Takes Over the Top Spot?
Daniel Kelley
Early fantasy football wide receiver ADP for 2021 is chock full of value all up and down the board thanks not only to the overall depth at the position, but also due to the early-and-often drafting tendencies at running back in this year’s drafts. Given the current fantasy football average draft position data for 2021, here are three wide receivers to target after the first five rounds of your drafts.
Odell Beckham – 6.04 – WR16
I know. I know. But hear me out on this one. Sure, Beckham hasn’t been an elite fantasy option in several years, but we barely have to pay anything for his ceiling in 2021 drafts. All reports out of Cleveland suggests he’s on pace for a Week 1 return, and better yet, he’ll return to a much more stable organization with Kevin Stefanski righting the ship last season. Beckham figures to step right back into his No. 1 role, which could end up vastly exceeding his draft day price tag.
JuJu Smith-Schuster – 7.09 – WR33
Sure, Ben Roethlisberger isn’t the player he once was, but this one is fairly surprising, especially given the fact that Smith-Schuster is going nearly a full round later than Chase Claypool (6.12). Smith-Schuster opted to stick with the Steelers in free agency, and while he didn’t put up massive yardage numbers last year (831), he did catch a healthy 97 balls and scored nine touchdowns. All of that work was good enough for a WR16 finish on the season. At this price point, we’re getting him as a back-end WR3, which is a value even if he has a slight downturn from last season’s production.
Corey Davis – 10.04 – WR46
There’s no reason to love Davis in a Jets uniform, but we also shouldn’t overlook him. The Jets enter the season with a relatively thin wide receiver corps, with Denzel Mims and Jamison Crowder currently penciled in as starters along with rookie Elijah Moore in the mix. Davis figures to be the top target from that bunch. To be fair, he’ll be catching footballs from an unproven rookie signal caller, but Davis does figure to see enough volume to be a sneaky WR3 fantasy option.
