It was wild off-season for player movement at the wide receiver position with players with Antonio Brown and Odell Beckham Jr finding new homes. These moves have made the 2019 WR Rankings interesting.
| Rank | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Thomas | New Orleans Saints |
| 2 | Davante Adams | Green Bay Packers |
| 3 | Odell Beckham | Cleveland Browns |
| 4 | Julio Jones | Atlanta Falcons |
| 5 | DeAndre Hopkins | Houston Texans |
| 6 | JuJu Smith-Schuster | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 7 | Mike Evans | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 8 | Keenan Allen | Los Angeles Chargers |
| 9 | TY Hilton | Indianapolis Colts |
| 10 | Antonio Brown | Oakland Raiders |
| 11 | Adam Thielen | Minnesota Vikings |
| 12 | Stefon Diggs | Minnesota Vikings |
| 13 | Robert Woods | Los Angeles Rams |
| 14 | Amari Cooper | Dallas Cowboys |
| 15 | AJ Green | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 16 | Kenny Golladay | Detroit Lions |
| 17 | Cooper Kupp | Los Angeles Rams |
| 18 | DJ Moore | Carolina Panthers |
| 19 | Brandin Cooks | Los Angeles Rams |
| 20 | Jarvis Landry | Cleveland Browns |
| 21 | Tyler Lockett | Seattle Seahawks |
| 22 | Chris Godwin | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 23 | Courtland Sutton | Denver Broncos |
| 24 | Julian Edleman | New England Patriots |
| 25 | Golden Tate | New York Giants |
| 26 | Sterling Shepard | New York Giants |
| 27 | Sammy Watkins | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 28 | Mike Williams | Los Angeles Chargers |
| 29 | Tyler Boyd | Cincinatti Bengals |
| 30 | Allen Robinson | Chicago Bears |
| 31 | Will Fuller | Houston Texans |
| 32 | Calvin Ridley | Atlanta Falcons |
| 33 | Marvin Jones | Detroit Lions |
| 34 | Christian Kirk | Arizona Cardinals |
| 35 | Emmanuel Sanders | Denver Broncos |
| 36 | James Washington | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 37 | Corey Davis | Tennessee Titans |
| 38 | Dante Pettis | San Francisco 49ers |
| 39 | Alshon Jeffery | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 40 | Doug Baldwin | Seattle Seahawks |
| 41 | Curtis Samuel | Carolina Panthers |
| 42 | Anthony Miller | Chicago Bears |
| 43 | Tre'Quan Smith | New Orleans Saints |
| 44 | John Brown | Buffalo Bills |
| 45 | Robby Anderson | New York Jets |
| 46 | Michael Gallup | Dallas Cowboys |
| 47 | N'Keal Harry | FA |
| 48 | Dede Westbrook | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 49 | Antonio Callaway | Cleveland Browns |
| 50 | Robert Foster | Buffalo Bills |
| 51 | Tyrell Williams | Oakland Raiders |
| 52 | EQ St. Brown | Green Bay Packers |
| 53 | Adam Humphries | Tennessee Titans |
| 54 | Hakeem Butler | FA |
| 55 | Marquez Valdez-Scantling | Green Bay Packers |
| 56 | Daesean Hamilton | Denver Broncos |
| 57 | Kelvin Harmon | FA |
| 58 | Donte Moncrief | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 59 | Larry Fitzgerald | Arizona Cardinals |
| 60 | Kenny Stills | Miami Dolphins |
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Antonio Brown is out in Pittsburgh but who steps in?
Over the last 3 seasons, Antonio Brown has averaged 161 targets. With that volume now in Oakland, the question is where does that production go? Obviously this should lock in Juju Smith-Schuster into the 160 plus targets he saw a season ago. Vance McDonald should also see a nice uptick in production which can be seen in his rank at the position.
The biggest winner in terms of volume should be James Washington. The second WR from Oklahoma State has the potential to vault to a top 30 or so WR. He only saw 38 targets or 5% of Ben Roethlisberger’s targets in in 2018. That should easily double and and potentially approach 100 target in 2019.
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Donte Moncrief was brought in by Pittsburgh to help fill some of the void left by Brown. While he hasn’t become player some thought he could be coming out of Ole Miss, he still has found ways to be fantasy relevant at times. There should be room in this offense for him to have a role in this offense.
Pittsburgh could and likely will address WR in 2019 NFL Draft. That could throw a wrinkle into the long-term plans for the Steelers WRs from a dynasty lens but for this season its hard to imagine a rookie coming in and taking a massive share of targets.
