If you're drafting a fantasy football team this year, odds are you're making a mistake at the wide receiver position.

Because most fantasy drafters are taking the wrong players. I'm seeing it right now in hundreds of drafts this summer. But in this video, I'll walk you through five wide receivers you want to be taking instead so you can actually win your league. And if you're not familiar, I'm Sal Vetri. I've been helping people win their fantasy leagues for nearly eight years now. and I plan to do the same for you in this here video.

And let's start with the Bears wide receiver DJ Moore, who probably had like one of the weirdest and wackiest 1,000-yard seasons last year. He had a disappointing season for the most part, and now he currently goes right here. As the 49th overall player in fantasy drafts, outside the top 20 fantasy receivers, he'll probably sneak in there as Rashi Rice will continue to fall due to that suspension that's looming and by the time you're watching this maybe even out but here's the thing he's currently going after and somewhat well after marvin harrison jr who goes about a round before dj more in around three or so fantasy drafts right now and to me that's a mistake i mean let's break it down you could at this and you could say, okay, DJ Moore averaged 14 fantasy points per game last year, based on where he was drafted as like a top 24 wide receiver, him finishing as the wider receiver 26. Okay, it's a little bit of a disappointment. He obviously didn't help you win your leagues, but if you actually do think about it, this was like a worst case scenario and he still average 14 points

per game. And when you look at his expected fantasy points based off the role that he had, he was supposed to average nearly 17 points per game a top 15 finish. So the role was good. Because he was always on the field. He ran 100% of his team's routes when he was actually healthy for the games and he ran the fourth most routes in the NFL, over 37 routes run per game. So we know that he was seeing a lot of snaps, a lot of opportunities.

When you go over to the actual talk, he ran the fourth most routes in the NFL, over 37 routes run per game. So we know that he was

seeing a lot of snaps, a lot of opportunities. When you go over to the actual targets that DJ Moore was seeing last year, you could see right here, top 10 in the NFL in targets with 8.2 per game, 140 on the season, a 27% target share. I know I'm doing a lot of nerd talk right now throwing out numbers but but earning 27% of your team's targets, that's borderline elite. And the reason why I want to bring this up is because, yeah, he didn't have the greatest fantasy season of all time, but he was able to produce in like one of the worst offensive environments possible. Because DJ Moore's coaching staff was terrible. It was arguably the worst offensive line in football, and he was playing with Caleb Williams, who at the time was a rookie, and during this rookie year, he ranked bottom 10 in a lot of categories. Check this out. He was 40th in passer rating, 25th and true completion percentage, and 40th in accuracy. So DJ Moore was seeing volume, it just wasn't accurate, and the Bears kind of neutered where DJ Moore was earning his targets. Let me explain. As you can see in these stats from player profiler, his yards per reception, the previous seasons was about 14 yards, 14.2 yards. These are with the Chicago Bears right here, 14.2 yards. But here's the issue. Last year, just 9.9 yards. So his yards per reception is dropping by like 50%. What does that mean? If you watch these games, if you're a Bears fan, you know this, if you watch the film or any highlights, DJ Moore was just seeing a ton more screens, short area targets. Part of this was because of terrible play calling. Part of this was because he had a rookie quarterback to try and get him comfortable with a bad offensive line. So you had to get the ball out quick. But now that offensive line should be completely different because the Bears overhauled that they had to this offseason. As you can see right here, this is the team changes tracker. The offseason moves the additions column on the left in green on this year video. You can see they got Jonah Jackson a guard. They get Joe Thuney, Drew Thalman and Free Agency a center, right? They draft the second round tackle on Ozzie Tripilo. So this is on the team changes tracker. It's in the fantasy blueprint. You can check it out if you want to join the blueprint.com limited time or there's a limited spots available for this year. Just to show you how much the offensive line improved, as you can see Ian Hartett's tweet here referencing PFF's offensive line ranks from the end of last season to preseason of 2025. So what does this take into account? Players getting healthier. the draft free free agency. The number one most improved team right now in terms of PFF's rankings, Chicago Bears. They went from finishing last year to 24th to their preseason rank being fourth. So a plus 20 difference, a significant difference, and it makes sense when you see all the things that they specifically did in free agency, a little bit in the draft as well. So I bring this all up to say that the offensive line's going to be better for a year two quarterback and Caleb Williams who have a lot of hopes for, which should help DJ more, especially maybe get more targets downfield. And it should also help when we're talking about Ben Johnson coming in as the head coach here, who is the offensive coordinator for the Lions, passing game coordinator for the Lions in the past few seasons as well. And Ben Johnson just turned the Lions into a top two scoring offense. And let's not forget that he recently called DJ Moore similar to Amonra St. Brown, or at least he sees similarities to St. Brown, his former number one receiver with the Lions. And as you can see these past couple of years, would Ben Johnson there as the passing game coordinator a couple years back, top 10 wide receiver. The offensive coordinator the last two years, top five wide receiver. Now, obviously it's not as easy to just say, okay, let's now plug and play DJ Moore into the Amin-Ross, St. Brown role. They're totally different wide receivers, but they're both elite talents. And maybe if you're number one now DJ Moore for the Bears is going to be led by Ben Johnson. That could mean a lot of good things. And by the way, Ben Johnson just a year ago did this.

In fantasy football, he produced two top 25 wide receivers, a top five running back and a top 10 tight end. And let's not forget, David Montgomery was also very fantasy relevant. So I don't want to hear the argument about the too many mouths to feed in Chicago with the rookies coming in a tight end and receiver and Roma Dunesay being there and whatever you think of the backfield. I don't want to hear it. Because for my money, DJ Moore is still the alpha of this offense.

Yes, Roman Duneze was the top 10. tight end and receiver and Roma Dunesay being there and whatever you think of the backfield, I don't want to hear. Because for my money, D.J. Moore is still the alpha of this offense.

Yes, Roma Dunezay was a top 10 pick and he profiles out as a very talented player. We didn't see it last year as his rookie year. We've seen it for DJ Moore for seasons now. Yes, Luther Burton is a second round rookie dealing with a lot of injuries, mostly just a hamstring in training camp, getting benched early on in training camp, or at least taking off the field, right?

I don't want to hear that these guys are going to be threats to a potential elite target share. mostly just a hamstring in training camp, getting benched early on in training camp, or at least taking off the field, right?

I don't want to hear that these guys are going to be threats to a potential elite target share of 25 plus percent for one DJ Moore. He's the guy here, and when I compare him right now to Marvin Harrison, who goes 10 to 12 picks before him, that's a round before him in fantasy drafts. It's crazy. Because let's just look at this comparison. you're going to take Marvin Harrison a round before DJ Moore when they're both number one receivers for their team. We're hoping that both of their offenses will be improved this year. But at this point right now, you have Marvin Harrison dealing with major offensive line concerns. You're talking about a guy who's going to compete with Trey McBride, who's actually the number one receiver on this team. Trey McBride, the tight end for the Cardinals last season, was up there as like a borderline top five player in overall receptions in the way that he was used in the passing attack. We know James Connor is going to be heavily utilized on the ground as well. So Marvin Harrison, sure, he's going to be a priority in this offense, but how much will it be compared to DJ Moore and his? Especially when there's reason to believe that DJ Moore's role can change, whereas Marvin Harrison, as you can see, Adam Pfeiffer's tweet right here, it says Marvin

Harrison's usage last year was puzzling in his rookie season. If we look at kind of the ways that they were using him, they were using Marvin Harrison, who's not known as like this downfield separator. That's why I didn't even run the 40 time. He's not known for speed. You can see right here, deep targets 26, pre-snap motion targets just once.

So he was never put in motion.

He's just getting put up on the outside and getting told. not known for speed. You can see right here, deep targets, 26, pre-snap motion targets just

once. He's never put in motion. He's just getting put up on the outside and getting told to run go routes. 22 go routes you can see right here, six most in the NFL. And with the same offensive coordinator and most of the same coaching staff and personnel there, like I just don't really know if it's going to change that much entering year too. You would hope they would say, oh yeah that didn't work last year let's change that but there's not as many moving pieces

offensive lines still a concern same quarterback in terms of his that much entering year too. You would hope they would say, oh yeah, that didn't work last year. Let's change that, but there's not as many moving pieces.

Offensive lines still a concern. Same quarterback in terms of his skill set. So will it change?

At least in terms of DJ Moore going around later, I'd rather just take my chances on an

ascending offense with a brand new improved coach. So give me DJ Moore over Marvin Harrison,

Jr., who actually goes around later than him, so you're getting a lot of value. Now let's go to these next guys who go earlier in drafts.

Because I want to talk about Nico Collins, who I love right now.

I mean, he was flat out dominant last year when he's been healthy the last two seasons. He's been dominant in fantasy football. And Nico Collins, you don't even have to spend the first round pick on it most of the time. He goes as the 13th overall pick, which is in the second round for 10-team formats,

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