Dynasty Leagues

December 05, 2020

Long-term WR rankings

Metcalf looking like next big thing at wide receiver

DK Metcalf keeps racking up big games. If you were starting a dynasty league today, he would probably be the first wide receiver you would select. He’s only 22 years old.

If there are bunch of other great receivers, of course – Davante Adams, DeAndre Hopkins, Tyreek Hill, Keenan Allen, Michael Thomas – but all of those guys are 5-6 years older. If I were drafting today, I’d select Metcalf earlier. He might be better, and he’s definitely younger.

In that group of veterans, I’ve got Allen a little higher than Thomas. They’re both great, of course, but with Allen he’ll be working with Justin Herbert. With Thomas, you’ve got more of a quarterbacking question mark in New Orleans.

With dynasty rankings, you’re looking not only at 2020 but also what likely will happen in the next few years. And when a couple of guys are similar in value, you tend to gravitate to the younger players. Like Metcalf.

On these rankings, I’m assuming PPR scoring.

I’ve got the rookies tagged with black dots, and there are five of them in my top 25: Justin Jefferson, Chase Claypool, Tee Higgins, CeeDee Lamb and Brandon Aiyuk.

I post a dynasty rankings list of some sort each Saturday, rotating between QB-RB-TE-WR. I last weighed in on wide receivers four weeks ago, and those rankings are included here in the final column. To see other previous from previous weeks, so the “past issues” navigation tools on the right side of the page.

Next week: quarterbacks.

DYNASTY LEAGUE WIDE RECEIVERS
Rk	Tm	Player	Age	Prev
1.	SEA	DK Metcalf	22	1
2.	GB	Davante Adams	27	2
3.	ARI	DeAndre Hopkins	28	3
4.	KC	Tyreek Hill	26	5
5.	LAC	Keenan Allen	28	4
6.	NO	Michael Thomas	27	6
7.	WAS	Terry McLaurin	24	8
8.	TEN	A.J. Brown	23	10
9.	MIN	• Justin Jefferson	21	15
10.	PIT	• Chase Claypool	22	11
11.	BUF	Stefon Diggs	27	7
12.	TB	Chris Godwin	24	9
13.	ATL	Calvin Ridley	25	14
14.	SEA	Tyler Lockett	28	13
15.	DAL	Amari Cooper	26	16
16.	TB	Mike Evans	27	18
17.	CIN	• Tee Higgins	21	21
18.	DET	Kenny Golladay	27	12
19.	DAL	• CeeDee Lamb	21	20
20.	LAR	Robert Woods	28	19
21.	SF	Deebo Samuel	24	24
22.	LAR	Cooper Kupp	27	17
23.	SF	• Brandon Aiyuk	22	25
24.	MIN	Adam Thielen	30	26
25.	CHI	Allen Robinson	27	23
26.	JAC	DJ Chark	24	28
27.	MIA	DeVante Parker	27	32
28.	CIN	Tyler Boyd	26	27
29.	PIT	JuJu Smith-Schuster	24	30
30.	CAR	DJ Moore	23	29
31.	PIT	Diontae Johnson	24	37
32.	DEN	Courtland Sutton	25	42
33.	HOU	Will Fuller	26	41
34.	ATL	Julio Jones	31	33
35.	CLE	Jarvis Landry	28	36
36.	DEN	• Jerry Jeudy	21	38
37.	CAR	Robby Anderson	27	35
38.	KC	Mecole Hardman	22	34
39.	BAL	Marquise Brown	23	31
40.	ARI	Christian Kirk	24	48
41.	PHI	• Jalen Reagor	21	39
42.	CAR	Curtis Samuel	24	64
43.	LV	• Henry Ruggs	21	40
44.	CLE	Odell Beckham	28	44
45.	BUF	• Gabriel Davis	21	53
46.	LAC	Mike Williams	26	49
47.	JAC	• Laviska Shenault	22	45
48.	NYJ	• Denzel Mims	23	63
49.	GB	Allen Lazard	25	47
50.	CHI	• Darnell Mooney	23	50
51.	TEN	Corey Davis	25	55
52.	NYG	Darius Slayton	23	46
53.	NYG	Sterling Shepard	26	54
54.	HOU	Brandin Cooks	27	59
55.	IND	• Michael Pittman	23	60
56.	TB	Antonio Brown	32	52
57.	DAL	Michael Gallup	24	51
58.	NYJ	Breshad Perriman	27	83
59.	PHI	Travis Fulgham	25	22
60.	IND	Parris Campbell	23	58
61.	NYJ	Jamison Crowder	27	43
62.	KC	Sammy Watkins	27	57
63.	DET	Marvin Jones	30	56
64.	BAL	• Devin Duvernay	23	71
65.	BUF	Cole Beasley	31	73
66.	CIN	A.J. Green	32	68
67.	NE	Jakobi Meyers	24	81
68.	LV	• Bryan Edwards	22	67
69.	LV	Nelson Agholor	27	94
70.	IND	T.Y. Hilton	31	72
71.	LAR	Josh Reynolds	25	--
72.	NO	Emmanuel Sanders	33	70
73.	BUF	John Brown	30	79
74.	NO	TreQuan Smith	24	65
75.	HOU	Keke Coutee	23	--
76.	GB	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	26	90
77.	LAC	Jalen Guyton	23	62
78.	ARI	Andy Isabella	23	93
79.	LV	Hunter Renfrow	24	75
80.	NE	N'Keal Harry	22	69
81.	LAR	• Van Jefferson	24	80
82.	ATL	Russell Gage	24	82
83.	BAL	Willie Snead	28	--
84.	NE	Julian Edelman	34	88
85.	PIT	James Washington	24	77
86.	DEN	• KJ Hamler	21	85
87.	WAS	Cam Sims	24	78
88.	CHI	Anthony Miller	26	89
89.	TEN	Adam Humphries	27	97
90.	MIA	Preston Williams	23	61
91.	NE	Damiere Byrd	27	76
92.	TB	• Tyler Johnson	22	87
93.	IND	Zach Pascal	25	66
94.	TB	Scotty Miller	23	74
95.	CLE	Rashard Higgins	26	84
96.	JAC	Keelan Cole	27	96
97.	SEA	Josh Gordon	29	--
98.	PHI	Greg Ward	25	95
99.	WAS	Steven Sims	23	78
100.	DET	• Quintez Cephus	22	99

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