Wide receivers are at the mercy of their quarterbacks to some degree – if the ball isn’t coming your way, it’s hard to make a catch. For fantasy owners, the amount of targeted passes thrown their receiver’s way is one measure of who to play. The odds are if the QB is targeting a WR, he’s probably getting open and making plays. So who’s the most targeted receivers over the last five weeks? ESPN has the answer in their Trend-spotting article. Fantasy darling Mike Sims-Walker is still seeing the ball.
On Target With Fantasy WRs
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↵Chew on this: Since moving into the starting lineup in Week 2, Sims-Walker ranks third in the NFL in terms of targets per game, trailing only Wes Welker and Andre Johnson in that time period.
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