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FanDuel advice: Wide receivers in Divisional weekend
Injuries play a big role in how this week’s wide receivers shake out.
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Of the four teams playing this weekend that also played last weekend, two of them might not even have their top wide receiver for this weekend’s games. Another will likely be without its second or third best receiving option. It makes picking a wide receiver for the upcoming weekend a bit tricky.
As of Thursday evening, it's still possible any of Antonio Brown, Jeremy Maclin and Davante Adams will play this weekend, but it's also possible all three sit. That means the role of their backups become very interesting.
Each week of the playoffs, I’m ranking the players at each position for FanDuel. That takes FanDuel salaries into account, meaning performances from cheap guys are more helpful than the ones from the expensive guys. The chart is below, with rationales to follow:
Wide receivers
| Rank | Wide Receiver | Team | Opp. | Salary |
| 1 | Martavis Bryant | PIT | @DEN | $7,100 |
| 2 | Julian Edelman | NE | KC | $7,800 |
| 3 | Emmanuel Sanders | DEN | PIT | $7,700 |
| 4 | Demaryius Thomas | DEN | PIT | $8,100 |
| 5 | Jared Abbrederis | GB | @ARI | $4,900 |
| 6 | Doug Baldwin | SEA | @CAR | $7,400 |
| 7 | Markus Wheaton | PIT | @DEN | $6,000 |
| 8 | Michael Floyd | ARI | GB | $6,500 |
| 9 | John Brown | ARI | GB | $6,700 |
| 10 | Randall Cobb | GB | @ARI | $6,600 |
| 11 | James Jones | GB | @ARI | $6,500 |
| 12 | Albert Wilson | KC | @NE | $5,400 |
| 13 | Larry Fitzgerald | ARI | GB | $7,900 |
| 14 | Danny Amendola | NE | KC | $6,200 |
| 15 | Jermaine Kearse | SEA | @CAR | $5,800 |
| 16 | Ted Ginn Jr. | CAR | SEA | $6,500 |
| 17 | Chris Conley | KC | @NE | $4,800 |
| 18 | Tyler Lockett | SEA | @CAR | $6,200 |
| 19 | Devin Funchess | CAR | SEA | $5,300 |
| 20 | Philly Brown | CAR | SEA | $5,400 |
- Martavis Bryant is priced more or less as though Brown plays this weekend, and with that looking unlikely, Bryant could offer a big bargain.
- Here's the situation for the Packers' receivers: James Jones will draw Patrick Peterson. Randall Cobb was shut down last time they played Arizona. And Davante Adams almost certainly won't play. On performance alone, I might not care a lot about Jared Abbrederis this week, but considering he might be the top Green Bay receiver this week and he's priced at only $4,900, using him clears up a lot of money to use elsewhere.
- It's looking increasingly like Jeremy Maclin could play this weekend. And if he does, I want absolutely no part of him. It's virtually impossible he'll be at 100 percent, and I expect more decoy duty than anything.
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