We'll be looking for signs of life from three veteran wide receivers over the final twoweeks of the season. If we don't see it, it's going to be hard to draft them as Fantasy starters in 2024 based on the way they've performed lately.
Adam Thielen will turn 34 years old before he plays a snap in 2024, and is probably the easiest to diagnose. We didn't draft him to be a starter this year, so Fantasy managers will be more likely to believe his slow finish than his surprisingly awesome start. But he did just score 15 Fantasy points in Week 16 and has 12 or more in two of his last three games. If he finishes with a couple of good games he has an outside shot of finishing the year as top-12 receiver by total points, which will be hard to ignore if he has a good role heading into 2024.
DeAndre Hopkins is a little more than a year younger than Thielen but he's also been 1.6 FPPG worse than Thielen this season. He only has four catches and 8.1 PPR Fantasy points in his last two games combined and he only has three games all season with more than five catches. Part of that is because of how bad the passing game has been for the Titans, but it would cost them $7.8 million to cut him so that may not change in 2024.
Davante Adams just turned 31 on Christmas Eve so I would guess Fantasy managers would be more forgiving with him, but not if he stays in Las Vegas with their current quarterback situation. Adams has actually been worse than Thielen this season in terms of Fantasy production. If he limps to the finish line he'll need a trade or a major QB upgrade to be drafted in the first four rounds next season.
You can find more in my weekly projections over at SportsLine. Now here is the rest of the Week 17 WR Preview:
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Numbers to Know
Matchups That Matter
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DFS Plays
Projections
The following players are not being projected to play Week 17 at this time. Here's what it means:
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Numbers to Know
- 9 -- Puka Nacua needs nine more catches to set the rookie reception record.
- 0 -- Aidan O'Connell completed zero passes in the final three quarters on Christmas. That makes Davante Adams tough to trust.
- 8.8 -- Stefon Diggs has topped 8.8 PPR Fantasy points once in his last six games.
- 54.5% -- Terry McLaurin has accounted for 54.5% of Jacoby Brissett's passing yards this season.
- 7 -- Demario Douglas has seen at least seven targets in five of his last six games.
- 7.98 -- Drake London is averaging fewer than eight PPR FPPG outdoors this season.
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My full set of Week 17 Fantasy Football projections for every position are now available on SportsLine. Find out which of my favorite plays are projected to score higher than consensus rankings and which don't live up to their draft hype, at least in Week 17. Projected stats for all starting quarterbacks are available at Sportsline.