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With just a couple weeks left until the Fantasy Football playoffs, there aren’t many opportunities left to pick up players with great schedules during Weeks 14 and 16.
We tracked down a handful of wide receivers that are currently unowned in half of CBS Sports’ Fantasy Football leagues, which means at least a couple of them should be available in your Fantasy league, no matter where you play.
(Last week, we looked at Fantasy DSTs with great Fantasy playoffs schedules!)
I used the stats from CBSSports.com’s Average Fantasy Points Allowed vs. Wide Receivers for 2016. Basically, this is a list of all 32 NFL defenses, and what their Fantasy points per game they’re allowing to opposing Fantasy wide receiver. Then we checked out the NFL schedule for Weeks 14, 15 and 16, and averaged out the rank of each defense vs. Fantasy WRs.
We also happen to come across five NFL teams whose wide receivers are in for a tough stretch between Weeks 14-16.
For instance, from the chart below, you can see the Jaguars, Colts, Ravens, Texans and Bengals have the toughest schedules for wide receivers in the Fantasy playoffs weeks. That means there’s tough sledding ahead for guys like Allen Robinson, T.Y. Hilton, Donte Moncrief and DeAndre Hopkins. You’re still going to start those guys, but you can probably punt on guys like Allen Hurns, Phillip Dorsett, Will Fuller, Mike Wallace, Tyler Boyd and Brandon LaFell.
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5 Fantasy Playoff Wide Receivers to Pick Up For Weeks 14-16
These wide receivers are available in over half of the leagues on CBSSports.com.
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Dontrelle Inman, San Diego Chargers – Owned in 10% of Leagues
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Sure, it would be nice to have Travis Benjamin or Tyrell Williams, but the Chargers’ third wide receiver, Inman, should post great numbers between Weeks 14 and 16. The Chargers offense faces the worst average of three defenses in that period (at Carolina, vs. Oakland and at Cleveland). All three of those defenses rank 23rd or worse against wide receivers.
Inman is coming off a bye week, allowing his ownership percentages to dip, but he did have back-to-back games with nine targets against the Titans and Dolphins. He hasn’t scored since Week 4 against the Saints, but those upcoming defenses each allow an average of one touchdown catch to WRs each week.
The third-year wide receiver ranked as a top-35 WR in PPR leagues between Weeks 8-10 before the bye week, and he should pick up where he left off – after the Week 12 game against Houston.
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Pierre Garcon, Washington Redskins – Owned in 45% of Leagues
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Garcon’s past two weeks have been impressive, totaling 12 catches (on 17 targets) for 197 yards and a touchdown. That’s enough to rank him eighth in PPR scoring since Week 10.
The Redskins face the second-easiest schedule for WRs during the Fantasy playoffs, and he has become QB Kirk Cousins favorite pass-catcher recently.
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Mohamed Sanu, Atlanta Falcons – Owned in 45% of Leagues
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It’s great timing, really, to consider picking up Sanu, considering he’s coming off a two-catch performance (14 yards) against the Eagles in Week 10, then a bye week in Week 12.
Sanu and his Falcons teammates face an average Rams (12th) pass defense in Week 14, but then they face the 49ers (31st) and Panthers (25th) in Weeks 15 and 16.
That’s the best two-week schedule during that time period, which makes Sanu a nice pickup-and-stash for WR3 play in your league’s Final Four.
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Brian Quick, Los Angeles Rams – Owned in 14% of Leagues
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Now we’re starting to dig deep, picking a Rams receiver that has yet to post a 100-yard game this season. But the Rams have handed the reins over to first overall draft pick Jared Goff, which means the offense could shift in its normal directions.
Quick usually gets over a handful of targets each week, and in Weeks 14-16, the Rams face the fourth-easiest schedule for Fantasy wide receivers. He has two big opportunities at home coming in Weeks 14 (ATL, 28th) and 16 (SF, 31st), sandwiched around a tough outing at Seattle (5th).
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Seth Roberts, Oakland Raiders – Owned in 5% of Leagues
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Roberts, the third receiver in Oakland’s offense, will be better used early in the Fantasy playoffs than later. The Raiders’ high-powered offense faces a weak Chiefs (27th) pass defense in Week 14, but then they’ll face two average defenses at San Diego (19th), then at home against the Colts (17th).
He’s someone to consider if your roster has just been destroyed by injuries, or if you’re playing with three starting wide receivers and a flex.
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1/5
Dontrelle Inman, San Diego Chargers – Owned in 10% of Leagues
Sure, it would be nice to have Travis Benjamin or Tyrell Williams, but the Chargers’ third wide receiver, Inman, should post great numbers between Weeks 14 and 16. The Chargers offense faces the worst average of three defenses in that period (at Carolina, vs. Oakland and at Cleveland). All three of those defenses rank 23rd or worse against wide receivers.
Inman is coming off a bye week, allowing his ownership percentages to dip, but he did have back-to-back games with nine targets against the Titans and Dolphins. He hasn’t scored since Week 4 against the Saints, but those upcoming defenses each allow an average of one touchdown catch to WRs each week.
The third-year wide receiver ranked as a top-35 WR in PPR leagues between Weeks 8-10 before the bye week, and he should pick up where he left off – after the Week 12 game against Houston.
Photo Credit: Harry How, Getty Images
2/5
Pierre Garcon, Washington Redskins – Owned in 45% of Leagues
Garcon’s past two weeks have been impressive, totaling 12 catches (on 17 targets) for 197 yards and a touchdown. That’s enough to rank him eighth in PPR scoring since Week 10.
The Redskins face the second-easiest schedule for WRs during the Fantasy playoffs, and he has become QB Kirk Cousins favorite pass-catcher recently.
Photo Credit: Matt Hazlett, Getty Images
3/5
Mohamed Sanu, Atlanta Falcons – Owned in 45% of Leagues
It’s great timing, really, to consider picking up Sanu, considering he’s coming off a two-catch performance (14 yards) against the Eagles in Week 10, then a bye week in Week 12.
Sanu and his Falcons teammates face an average Rams (12th) pass defense in Week 14, but then they face the 49ers (31st) and Panthers (25th) in Weeks 15 and 16.
That’s the best two-week schedule during that time period, which makes Sanu a nice pickup-and-stash for WR3 play in your league’s Final Four.
Photo Credit: Kevin C. Cox, Getty Images
4/5
Brian Quick, Los Angeles Rams – Owned in 14% of Leagues
Now we’re starting to dig deep, picking a Rams receiver that has yet to post a 100-yard game this season. But the Rams have handed the reins over to first overall draft pick Jared Goff, which means the offense could shift in its normal directions.
Quick usually gets over a handful of targets each week, and in Weeks 14-16, the Rams face the fourth-easiest schedule for Fantasy wide receivers. He has two big opportunities at home coming in Weeks 14 (ATL, 28th) and 16 (SF, 31st), sandwiched around a tough outing at Seattle (5th).
Photo Credit: Michael Reaves, Getty Images
5/5
Seth Roberts, Oakland Raiders – Owned in 5% of Leagues
Roberts, the third receiver in Oakland’s offense, will be better used early in the Fantasy playoffs than later. The Raiders’ high-powered offense faces a weak Chiefs (27th) pass defense in Week 14, but then they’ll face two average defenses at San Diego (19th), then at home against the Colts (17th).
He’s someone to consider if your roster has just been destroyed by injuries, or if you’re playing with three starting wide receivers and a flex.
Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood, Getty Images
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