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Week 15 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Preview

Top Fantasy WRs for Week 15

Let's dig into the reasons you should -- or shouldn't -- play these WRs in Week 15 ...

Dallas Cowboys at Carolina Panthers

CeeDee Lamb, Cowboys

Lamb remains on the injury report with a shoulder, but we expect him to continue playing through it against Carolina. He’s finished at WR36, WR14, WR14, WR60, and WR11 in five starts with Cooper Rush.

Adam Thielen, Panthers

Since returning from a long-term hamstring injury, Thielen's PPR finishes have gone WR39, WR5, and WR14. Meanwhile, Dallas sits bottom 10 in fantasy points per game allowed to WRs over the past five weeks.

Xavier Legette, Panthers

Since Adam Thielen’s return, Legette has garnered target shares of 16%, 21%, and 25%. It’s a promising trend that could continue in a plus matchup vs. Dallas – especially if Carolina remains without Jalen Coker.

Kansas City Chiefs at Cleveland Browns

Jerry Jeudy, Browns

Jeudy has exploded as a WR in recent weeks. Last week was another solid performance, catching five passes for 64 yards and a TD. He had been highly targeted with five catches in every game with Jameis Winston. Cedric Tillman should be back, which could lessen Jeudy’s impact, and the Chiefs also haven’t allowed a 100-yard WR this year. Jeudy should be solid though as a WR2.

Cedric Tillman, Browns

Tillman is expected to be back this week and has had WR1 upside with Jameis Winston. He likely takes a backseat to Jerry Jeudy. The Chiefs defense has been weaker against the pass recently, so Tillman has WR3 appeal with upside.

DeAndre Hopkins, Chiefs

Hopkins nearly had a big game last week with nine targets. He only caught four passes for 32 yards and a TD, but nearly had another TD on a dropped pass. He still isn’t running a full compliment of routes, only on the field for 57.1% of dropbacks last week. He can’t really be trusted week to week and is a high-end WR4 at best.  

Xavier Worthy, Chiefs

Worthy had six targets last week, catching five for 41 yards. The Browns defense has given up the most 20+ yard passes in the league, so it could be a spot for a big Worthy play. Trusting that though may be a bit too much, so Worthy is a boom-or-bust WR4.

Elijah Moore, Browns

Moore has had a few solid games with Jameis Winston, but he only caught three passes to 34 yards. He is hard to rely on with the other Browns receiving options. He is a WR4 whose use in the slot could be beneficial due to the Chiefs weakness against that position.

Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans

Nico Collins, Texans

Collins comes off a bye to face a Miami pass D that's allowed only 8 WR scores all season. Of course, volume keeps the 25-year-old in no-doubt WR1 range.

Tank Dell, Texans

Dell ranks outside the top-50 WRs in PPR points per game. Maybe a Week 14 bye week spurs late-season improvement, but he’s certainly hard to trust at the moment. He draws a Miami defense that supplies a negative matchup for WRs.

Tyreek Hill, Dolphins

Week 14 turned up the type of target distribution we expected entering the season. Hill led the way with a 31% share, with Jaylen Waddle not far behind at 27%. Perhaps Week 14 was an outlier, but either way, Hill showed he retains a high-end upside. 

Jaylen Waddle, Dolphins

Two of Waddle's three most productive games have surfaced over the past three weeks. In fact, both games have produced his two highest target counts. A competitive game should supply plenty of volume on Sunday, especially with Miami leaning on the pass in recent weeks. Since Week 11, they're fourth league-wide in pass rate over expected.

New York Jets at Jacksonville Jaguars

Davante Adams, Jets

After a slow start with the Jets, Adams has averaged 10.8 targets, 6.6 catches, 74 yards, and 0.6 TDs over his last five games. He ranks third among WRs in expected PPR points per game and ninth in actual points per game over that span. Adams should keep rolling in Sunday's pristine matchup against the Jaguars' 28th-ranked WR defense.

Garrett Wilson, Jets

Wilson busted out of a three-game slump last week with a big 7-114-0 line vs. a tough Dolphins secondary. The volume has remained strong all along, though. Wilson has seen 10 targets in two straight games and 8+ in six of seven games with Davante Adams. He's a strong Week 15 start vs. the Jaguars' 28th-ranked WR defense.

Brian Thomas Jr., Jaguars

Thomas has posted 4-76-1 and 8-86-0 receiving lines in two games since Jacksonville's bye week. More importantly, he's racked up 22 targets on a 30% target share in those two outings. He draws a tough Jets secondary this week, but Thomas should deliver nice fantasy production if that type of volume continues.

Washington Commanders at New Orleans Saints

Terry McLaurin, Commanders

McLaurin has rebounded from a three-week span that found him twice getting 3 targets or fewer in a game. The past two contests have delivered receiving lines of 5-102-1 and 8-73-2. This week’s New Orleans defense offers little resistance. And Noah Brown’s likely season-ending injury leaves more targets vacated.

Baltimore Ravens at New York Giants

Malik Nabers, Giants

Nabers played a full game last week catching five of ten targets for 79 yards. This week he gets Tommy DeVito back at QB. The targets are there, but the offense just hasn’t been good enough to push Nabers close to WR1 range. He is a WR2. 

Zay Flowers, Ravens

Flowers hasn’t even had a WR2 week over the past four weeks. But this could be a get right week. Flowers’ WR1 games have come when the Ravens were heavily favored, so this could be another solid spot. But if the Ravens get up too early, we could see more rushing than passing. Don’t count on Flowers to be more than a WR2.

Rashod Bateman, Ravens

Bateman is coming off a knee injury, but he has been a deep field threat for Lamar Jackson. It is doubtful the Ravens will have to push it that far with big plays, so Bateman is more of a WR5 this week. 

Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans

Ja’Marr Chase, Bengals

If last week marked the first time you watched the Bengals, you might think Chase is their only WR. And sometimes, he might as well be.

Tee Higgins, Bengals

We’re all trying not to overreact to Higgins’ near-zero in a favorable matchup with Dallas last week. It was his first single-digit PPR tally since his first game of the season (Week 3). And it following five straight games of at least 14.7 PPR points. Tennessee arrives as just a mid-pack pass defense and tougher against the run.

Calvin Ridley, Titans

Ridley didn’t post big numbers against the Jags last week. But his 12 targets marked his second-most this season. As did the 7 receptions. He should be busy again this week against a Cincinnati team that arrives as a 5-point favorite – and with a defense that ranks eight spots behind Jacksonville in pass DVOA (26th vs. 18th).

New England Patriots at Arizona Cardinals

Marvin Harrison Jr., Cardinals

Harrison’s volatile year continued last week vs. Seattle. He finished as the PPR WR34, giving him seven weekly finishes outside the top-30. Look for shadow coverage from top CB Christian Gonzalez, although his play has also been uneven in 2024. Harrison ultimately shakes out as a fringe WR2.

Michael Wilson, Cardinals

Wilson's hit 50 yards in three straight, but he's done so on thin volume. (Two of those games turned up 3 and 4 targets.) He remains a shaky Flex, despite facing an unthreatening New England pass D.

Demario Douglas, Patriots

Douglas has run 80% of his routes from the slot this year, per PFF. There, he’ll face a slightly positive matchup according to scheduled-adjusted fantasy points allowed. Treat the Patriot as a deep-league PPR Flex.

Indianapolis Colts at Denver Broncos

Courtland Sutton, Broncos

Sutton has been hot posting at least 15 fantasy points in every game since Week 7. Nix and Sutton has found a good rhythm and the Colts are a match-up that can be exploited again. They have given up the third most yards per target to WRs in the league. Trust Sutton as a WR1 again.

Michael Pittman Jr., Colts

Pittman has major downside with Anthony Richardson at QB. He is getting solid targets, but hasn’t been able to do much with them. He hasn’t scored a TD with Richardson passing the ball. Pittman settles a WR4 this week against a tough Broncos pass defense.

Josh Downs, Colts

Downs missed the Colts’ last game with a shoulder injury, but he is less reliable with Anthony Richardson at QB. He gets a solid amount of targets, but faces a tough Broncos defense. It is hard to trust Downs in this offense, so he settles as a WR4 with upside. 

Buffalo Bills at Detroit Lions

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Lions

St. Brown’s just-OK production the past two weeks looks worse when you realize Jared Goff attempted an uncharacteristic 75 passes over those two games. St. Brown’s 13 targets represented just a 17.3% share of those attempts. That’s too small a sample to alter the expectation here, though. And potential shootout conditions could help St. Brown’s opportunities.

Khalil Shakir, Bills

The returns of WR Keon Coleman and TE Dalton Kincaid could challenge Shakir’s target count. But he has seen 7+ in seven straight contests amid revolving supporting casts. Shakir has fallen short of 5 catches just once in that span. And this week finds Buffalo a rare underdog, facing what has been a pass-funnel defense this season (fourth-highest pass rate vs. expectation).

Jameson Williams, Lions

We’re betting Detroit will try to lean more toward the run than it did the past two games, facing a Bills D that ranks just 26th in yards per carry allowed for the season. The matchup doesn’t crush Williams, especially with CB Rasul Douglas and S Taylor Rapp likely out. But he might have trouble extending his streak of three straight 5-catch games.

Amari Cooper, Bills

Cooper racked up season highs in targets (14) and receiving yards (95) in last week’s loss to the Rams. But he ran just third among Bills WRs in routes, also trailing TE Dawson Knox. This week returns WR Keon Coleman and TE Dalton Kincaid. Cooper trailed leader Khalil Shakir by just 8 routes last week and should continue to see similar use. But the target share remains uncertain in a spread-it-around pass offense.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Los Angeles Chargers

Ladd McConkey, Chargers

We're tentatively expecting McConkey back from his knee and shoulder injuries for Sunday's game vs. the Buccaneers. He'd carry elevated risk in fantasy lineups with those ailments. But McConkey was rolling over his last three with 6-123-0, 6-83-0, and 9-117-0 receiving lines. Tampa Bay ranks 24th in adjusted fantasy points allowed to WRs.

Mike Evans, Buccaneers

Evans has averaged 7.7 targets, 5.7 catches, and 85 yards in three games back from his hamstring injury. He gets a Chargers defense this weekend that's been tough against the pass for most of the season. But L.A. ranks just 23rd in adjusted fantasy points allowed to WRs over the last five weeks.

Quentin Johnston, Chargers

Johnston saw seven targets last week but averaged just 4.8 over the previous five games with WR Ladd McConkey. If the rookie returns for Sunday's game vs. the Buccaneers, Johnston will be a shaky fantasy play. There's at least some upside in the matchup against Tampa's 24th-ranked WR defense.

Josh Palmer, Chargers

Palmer took over for Ladd McConkey as Los Angeles' primary slot receiver last week, posting a 6-78-0 line on a season-high nine targets. Palmer had averaged just 3.8 targets across his previous five games with McConkey, though. If the rookie returns for Sunday's game vs. the Buccaneers, Palmer would be a desperation fantasy play.

Sterling Shepard, Buccaneers

Shepard ranks second among Bucs with 20 targets over the last three weeks. He's caught 4, 4, and 5 passes in those outings. There's not much upside here -- Shepard has a 6.2-yard average target depth over the last three -- but you could do worse as a desperation play in PPR leagues.

Jalen McMillan, Buccaneers

McMillan has been a near full-time player over the last two weeks. He popped for a 4-59-2 line on a team-high seven targets last week -- but caught just two of three targets for 25 yards in Week 13. There's a wide range of outcomes here, making McMillan best used in DFS tournaments.

Pittsburgh Steelers at Philadelphia Eagles

A.J. Browns, Eagles

Brown has become a bit of a squeaky wheel asking to get more involved after only catching four passes last week. It’s doubtful the Eagles will turn into a throwing team anytime soon though. He will be facing Joey Porter Jr. this week which is a tough match-up. It’s possible Brown’s complaints get him some targets, but treat him like a WR2 this week. 

DeVonta Smith, Eagles

Smith caught four passes for 37 yards but did find the end zone last week. The passing volume just isn’t there for the Eagles to feel great about starting Smith, and he is running a ton of empty routes. The Steelers are weaker against WR2s than WR1s though, so Smith could get open. Even so, he is a WR4 this week.

Green Bay Packers at Seattle Seahawks

Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Seahawks

Over the past month, JSN has nearly matched D.K. Metcalf in targets (26-29). The second-year man has delivered with two TDs and excellent efficiency over that stretch (92.5% catch rate). While Green Bay supplies a negative matchup for enemy slots, it’s not enough to downgrade JSN beyond WR2 range.

D.K. Metcalf, Seahawks

Since returning from a knee injury, Metcalf’s ranked as the WR26, WR30, WR34, and WR34. Lower volume from Geno Smith hasn’t helped, but Metcalf’s target share has remained in a solid range. He's still a WR2 vs. Green Bay.

Jayden Reed, Packers

Reed was held off the stat sheet in Week 14. He’s now been held under 30 yards in four straight. The floor remains low against an emerging Seattle defense.

Romeo Doubs, Packers

Doubs appears on track to return from a concussion vs. Seattle. He draws a Seahawks pass D that’s surrendered the fifth-fewest PPR points to WRs over the past five weeks.

Christian Watson, Packers

Watson’s coming off a 4-catch, 114-yard outing. That one included a big 33% target share – but note that Romeo Doubs (concussion) should return for Sunday’s matchup at Seattle. A low-volume pass attack continues to give Watson a boom/bust outlook.

Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings

Justin Jefferson, Vikings

Jefferson managed a season-worst 2-27 receiving line on a season-low 5 targets in the first meeting with Chicago. That looks a lot more like an outlier performance for Jefferson, though, than reason to worry that the Bears know how to handle him. They’re down to 18th in total defensive DVOA and 14th against the pass.

D.J. Moore, Bears

Moore has caught 6+ passes in four straight games since the OC change. That span included a 7-106-1 receiving line in the Week 12 OT loss to Minnesota. The Vikings also allowed 310 receiving yards to Atlanta WRs last week.

Jordan Addison, Vikings

Addison delivered a career-high 162 yards in the first meeting with Chicago. The Bears’ unsettled No. 2 corner spot can only help the upside for a WR who has scored in four of the past six games.

Keenan Allen, Bears

Allen racked up season hughes for targets (15), receptions (9), and receiving yards (86) in the first Minnesota meeting three weeks ago. He has averaged 9 targets across four games since the OC change. Expect plenty more passing volume for the Bears in this matchup.

Rome Odunze, Bears

Odunze remains clearly behind D.J. Moore and Keenan Allen in target distribution, which has led to inconsistent results. Caleb Williams’ deep-passing struggles add downside risk to Odunze, who sports the deepest average target depth among the top three Chicago wideouts. The Bears should be a good bet for target volume this week, though, as 7-point road underdogs.

Atlanta Falcons at Las Vegas Raiders

Drake London, Falcons

The Falcons don't have a passing TD over their last four games -- which, of course, has hurt London's fantasy production. But he's averaging 11.5 targets, 6.3 catches, and 79 yards per game during that stretch. Monday night brings a Raiders defense that ranks 12th in adjusted fantasy points allowed to WRs on the season but 31st over the last five weeks.

Jakobi Meyers, Raiders

Meyers kept rolling last week with a 7-catch, 67-yard outing. He's now caught 6+ balls in three straight games and five of his last six. Next up is an Atlanta defense that's now dead last in adjusted fantasy points allowed to WRs. The Falcons have coughed up 20+ PPR points to four different WRs over their last four games.

Darnell Mooney, Falcons

Mooney busted out of a two-game slump with a 142-yard outing last week. He's now topped 85 yards in four of his last six games. Monday night brings a Raiders defense that's been tough against outside WRs for most of the season. But they rank 31st in adjusted fantasy points allowed over the last five weeks, coughing up 19+ PPR points to Tyreek Hill, Courtland Sutton, and Jalen McMillan during that stretch.

Ray-Ray McCloud, Falcons

McCloud has tallied 95 and 98 yards over the last two weeks -- his two biggest totals of the season. The Raiders rank 26th in adjusted fantasy points allowed to slot receivers this year (vs. fourth against outside receivers), so McCloud could be surprisingly involved again on Monday night.

Shane Hallam, Writer

Shane has over 20 years of experience creating content and playing every fantasy football format including redraft, dynasty, devy, IDP, and more. He is a multi-year winner of $500 dynasty leagues on the FFPC and utilizes deep film and scheme study to enhance his fantasy performance.