meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score

5 Mid-Round Wide Receivers to Target for 2024 Fantasy Football Season! (06/26 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score

CBS Sports

Sports, Football

4.9721 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Looking to bolster your fantasy football team with mid-round wide receivers? Dive deep into strategy and rankings with our expert panel as we discuss which players offer the best value and potential upside. From breakout candidates to reliable targets, this episode is your guide to drafting smart in 2024.

Get 20% off Fantasy Football Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-football-today%20?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-football-collection

Follow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs.

You can listen to Fantasy Football Today in 5 on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today in 5 podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today in 5 podcast."

Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Skybet, Acker Freeze.

0:03.0

If an absolute screamer or a howler from their keeper has put you in front,

0:09.0

don't let a lively winger on a mazie runs or your bet.

0:13.0

Just freeze a winning score and win a leg of your Acker early with Skybet Acker Freeze.

0:19.0

Skybet for the fans. Minimum 5 selections, pre-match football only. Full-time result market only. Max 820 pounds. Max three freezes per week. Eligibility restrictions and further TNCs apply. 18 plus. Gambleaware.org. This episode is brought to you by Contentful. Marketers, you know that feeling when your creative clicks? When that social post sends engagement

0:38.7

through the roof? When your outside-of-the-box campaign hits ROI positive? When a personalized

0:44.1

homepage turns prospects into customers? It's utter marketing bliss. Contentful helps you create

0:50.5

tailored omni-channel experiences without working overtime. No stress, no limits, only possibilities.

0:57.3

Get the feels at contentful.com.

0:59.8

Let's get some of Jamie's favorite mid-round-wide receivers on fantasy football today in five.

1:07.9

Adam Azor, Jamie Eisenberg.

1:09.5

Mid-round, I like to separate the draft into fours. Early round, I consider one through four. Mid-round five through eight, and then late-round, anything after that. You can do however you want. But let's say rounds five through eight, Jamie, who are some wide receivers? Give me one of your favorites to target there. If George Pickens is not in this range, the next guy that I would typically look for would be Christian Kirk. I think he's going to have a fantastic season for the Jaguars. The loss of Calvin Ridley and Zay Jones, for what that's worth, opens up over 200 targets. And we saw last year that he was having a good season, just not a great season, comparatively to what he did the year before when he was the go-to guy.

1:46.6

And I think he'll be the go-to guy again. Obviously, Evan Ingram's coming off 100-catch season. You know, the addition to Brian Thomas, Gabe Davis, those guys will get their targets as well. But I think Kirk will be the go-to guy for Trevor Lawrence, and he's one of my favorite guys to look for in this range.

1:59.6

Going past Tim, the next

2:01.5

guy I tend to look for, or at least gravitate

2:03.3

toward, is, one of my favorite guys to look for in this range. Going past him, the next guy I tend to look for or at least gravitate toward is Christian Watson. I'm excited about the outlook for him as what I think could be the number one receiver for the Packers. Now, he clearly has to stay healthy, get over his hamstring woes. I won't make the same joke I keep making, but he has to get past his injuries. We've seen the highs. We've definitely seen the lows. The highs have been a lot of great production when he's been healthy. He hasn't exactly shown that when everybody's been there. And what I mean by that is the great production of Jaden Reed, the great production of Don Tavian Wicks and Romeo Dobbs. And I say that, you know, obviously, you know, sort of hedging because they haven't done it all at the same time. But you've seen the flashes. And so can he sort of exceed those other three guys? That's what we're going to have to see this season. But entering year three, hopefully again, healthy. I think he will be the best Packers wide receiver. You want me to keep going or you want to? Well, Watson, I mean, he's not, he's not even a top 40 wide receiver.

2:52.2

So he might even slip into the late rounds. I always probably would expect his ADP to rise as he shows, if he shows some good health in the office in training camp. But no, let me ask you like, do you target any chiefs receivers? It's funny. the next two guys I was going to bring up with Marquis Brown and Ladd-McConkie.

3:08.8

So Marquis Brown, yes yes is somebody that i i like a lot you know we don't know the rashi rice suspension if there is going to be one that will certainly change everything for the chiefs receivers and probably Travis kelsey as well um but anticipating some level of suspension for him for rice then i think marquis brown has the chance to be the best receiver for Kansas City. And we've seen, you know, really the last two years, you know, different guys step up since they moved on from Tyree Kill. Rice was that guy at the end of last year. The year before it was just, you know, a bunch of different guys stepping up throughout the course of the season. But I think you'll see Brown, who we know has had some good years last

3:41.0

year in Baltimore, first year in Arizona. He was a very good fantasy receiver, but this could be the best quarterback from a throwing perspective he's ever played with. So love the setup for him. I wouldn't really worry too much about Xavier Worthy because we know that rookie receivers in this offense takes some time. I think Brown will come in and hit the ground running right away and be a go-to guy for Patrick Mahomes.

3:58.7

And then in terms of Ladd-McConkie,

3:59.7

you know, we talked about this on the Wednesday episode that there's a chance for him to be the number one receiver for the Chargers. So far in minicamp, he stood out. I think this is the type of guy that Justin Herbert will lean on. He'll be the Kien and Allen replacement. Yes, the offense will be different. They're not going to throw the ball as much, at least based on the expectation with Greg Roman and Jim Harbaugh taking over,

4:17.7

Roman being

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CBS Sports, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CBS Sports and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.