Fantasy football 2021 rest of season WR rankings: Tyreek Hill rises to No. 1, and full tiered rankings moving forward
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Week 1 brought plenty of changes to my WR positional rankings, but it wasn't quite as unpredictable at the WR position as it was at RB. You can find my updated rest of season RB rankings here -- there were multiple changes inside the top 20, along with several big risers into the top 50 that are worth monitoring for DFS and season-long purposes going forward and might be worth adding if you play in leagues with deeper benches.
At the wide receiver position, Week 1's usage provided clarity to several situations that may have seemed ambiguous entering the season. But we also were presented with our fair share of question marks -- Brandon Aiyuk and Terry McLaurin stand out as two particularly difficult players to evaluate after an unpredictable turn of events in Week 1. How should you react to these and other changes at the WR position heading into Week 2?
1. Tyreek Hill (+1)
2. Davante Adams (-1)
Notable changes:
This might seem like an overreaction, but it has more to do with Hill's usage than anything else. The difference between Adams and Hill was never that wide in my mind, and the way we saw Mahomes target him in the opener was enough for him to flip Adams as the most valuable WR in Fantasy. The change had very little to do with Green Bay's Week 1 dud -- do not be surprised if Adams scores three touchdowns against Detroit's man-heavy converge scheme and restores order in Week 1.
But you also shouldn't be surprised if Hill just continues to outscore him.
I wrote about this before the season started: Tyreek Hill has yet to be targeted at a per-route rate that matches his talent, but his splits with Sammy Watkins off the field indicate that change could come in 2021.
And then in Week 1, the Chiefs targeted Hill on 40 percent of his targets -- the third-highest single-game mark of his career.
Mecole Hardman, Demarcus Robinson, and Byron Pringle were afterthoughts; none had more than three targets. The offense ran entirely through Hill, Kelce, and Clyde Edwards-Helaire, as it should.
Hill won't be targeted on 40 percent of his routes going forward, but he does appear poised to easily improve on last year's 22.8 percent TPRR rate. With his per-target efficiency, any notable increase in TPRR rate could realistically result in some of the gaudiest numbers ever posted by a pass-catcher.
Which WRs jumped up the rankings with great Week 1 performances? And which WR falls outside of the top 12 after just one week? ... Join SportsLine here to see Jacob Gibbs' rest of season Fantasy Football Rankings, all from one of the nation's most accurate experts as graded by FantasyPros!
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