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December 04, 2021

Long-term WR rankings

Brown suspension creates opportunity for Tyler Johnson

The league has suspended Antonio Brown for three games, making it appropriate to kick around the idea of Tyler Johnson – not only for the immediate future, but as a possibility for future seasons.

The Bucs drafted Johnson in the fifth round a year ago, and he did some good things as a rookie. When a bunch of other receivers were injured, he caught 4 passes for 61 yards in a Thursday night game at Chicago. He caught a couple of touchdowns. And he was involved in a pair of pivotal plays in the playoffs – a big catch late at New Orleans, and a third-down play with less than 2 minutes left at Lambeau that drew a PI flag, helping them run out the clock on the Packers.

In general, I came out of the 2020 season thinking Johnson would develop into a starter, and that he was a worthy enough guy to be a productive third receiver for Tampa Bay whenever any of their three big guns were sidelined – Brown, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin.

But it hasn’t happened. Johnson has had plenty of opportunities to play, but there hasn’t been much production. He’s been a regular part of that offense for each of their past five games, but he hasn’t put up noteworthy numbers.

Johnson caught 5 passes for 65 yards in the loss at New Orleans, which was reasonable enough. But in each of his last four other games, he’s finished with fewer than 20 yards despite being on the field for over two thirds of their plays in each of those games. That’s remarkably low production, considering the Bucs are averaging 315 yards per game.

TYLER JOHNSON IN STARTER-TYPE ROLE
Opponent	Result	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD
Chicago	W 38-3	2	2	16	0
at New Orleans	L 27-36	6	5	65	0
at Washington	L 19-29	5	3	17	0
N.Y. Giants	W 30-10	3	1	8	0
at Indianapolis	W 38-31	1	1	9	0

I don’t think this is all Johnson’s fault. It’s not as if he’s been getting a lot of opportunities. Only 17 passes have been thrown his way in those games, and he’s caught only 12 of them. I think this is more a case of Tom Brady being more comfortable and having more trust in some of his other pass catchers, with Johnson tending to play more of a decoy role. It’s possible that Johnson’s time will still come in a future season.

But for 2021, I have no interest in Johnson as a fill-in guy for now. (I’ve made that mistake already, using him as a replacement starter I think twice in my many leagues – it didn’t go well.)

And for those in dynasty leagues, I wouldn’t think it would make much sense to stash away Johnson for a future season. Godwin will be a free agent; maybe he’s gone. And perhaps the Bucs are getting tired of Brown (who’ll also be a free agent). But with the lack of much production from Johnson, I would think there are a lot of wide receivers you would pick before you would get down to rostering him with the hope of him moving up in 2022.

I turn my attention to dynasty leagues each Saturday, rotating between the four notable positions. It’s wide receivers today, and those rankings appear below. I’m assuming PPR scoring, and teams allowed to retain a player’s rights indefinitely – so in addition to 2021, you’re looking at 2022 and beyond and trying to account for the player’s age. On the chart, rookies are tagged with black dots.

To see rankings from previous weeks, use the “Past Issues” navigation box.

Last week: tight ends

Next week: quarterbacks

DYNASTY LEAGUE RECEIVERS
Rk	Tm	Player	Age
1.	CIN	• JaMarr Chase	21
2.	MIN	Justin Jefferson	22
3.	DAL	CeeDee Lamb	22
4.	KC	Tyreek Hill	27
5.	LAR	Cooper Kupp	28
6.	SEA	DK Metcalf	23
7.	SF	Deebo Samuel	25
8.	GB	Davante Adams	28
9.	BUF	Stefon Diggs	28
10.	IND	Michael Pittman	24
11.	TEN	A.J. Brown	24
12.	CAR	DJ Moore	24
13.	TB	Chris Godwin	25
14.	WAS	Terry McLaurin	25
15.	TB	Mike Evans	28
16.	PIT	Diontae Johnson	25
17.	PHI	• DeVonta Smith	23
18.	MIA	• Jaylen Waddle	23
19.	DAL	Amari Cooper	27
20.	ARI	DeAndre Hopkins	29
21.	LAC	Keenan Allen	29
22.	CIN	Tee Higgins	22
23.	BAL	Marquise Brown	24
24.	PIT	Chase Claypool	23
25.	NYJ	• Elijah Moore	21
26.	CHI	Darnell Mooney	24
27.	ATL	Calvin Ridley	26
28.	NYG	• Kadarius Toney	22
29.	LAC	Mike Williams	27
30.	SEA	Tyler Lockett	29
31.	SF	Brandon Aiyuk	23
32.	DEN	Jerry Jeudy	22
33.	HOU	Brandin Cooks	28
34.	LAR	Robert Woods	29
35.	NYJ	Corey Davis	26
36.	DAL	Michael Gallup	25
37.	ARI	• Rondale Moore	21
38.	NO	Michael Thomas	28
39.	DEN	Courtland Sutton	26
40.	MIN	Adam Thielen	31
41.	BAL	• Rashod Bateman	22
42.	CLE	Donovan Peoples-Jones	22
43.	LV	Hunter Renfrow	25
44.	DEN	Tim Patrick	28
45.	BUF	Gabriel Davis	22
46.	LAR	Odell Beckham	29
47.	CHI	Allen Robinson	28
48.	NE	Jakobi Meyers	25
49.	NE	Kendrick Bourne	26
50.	ARI	Christian Kirk	25
51.	CIN	Tyler Boyd	27
52.	CLE	Jarvis Landry	29
53.	CAR	• Terrace Marshall	21
54.	NYG	Sterling Shepard	27
55.	JAC	DJ Chark	25
56.	NYG	Kenny Golladay	28
57.	TB	Antonio Brown	33
58.	LAR	Van Jefferson	25
59.	WAS	Curtis Samuel	25
60.	PIT	JuJu Smith-Schuster	25
61.	TEN	Julio Jones	32
62.	CAR	Robby Anderson	28
63.	BUF	Cole Beasley	32
64.	LAC	• Josh Palmer	22
65.	JAC	Laviska Shenault	23
66.	MIA	DeVante Parker	28
67.	LV	Bryan Edwards	23
68.	NO	TreQuan Smith	25
69.	GB	• Amari Rodgers	22
70.	JAC	Marvin Jones	31
71.	PHI	Jalen Reagor	22
72.	KC	Mecole Hardman	23
73.	ARI	A.J. Green	33
74.	KC	Byron Pringle	28
75.	BUF	Emmanuel Sanders	34
76.	WAS	• Dyami Brown	22
77.	IND	Zach Pascal	26
78.	NO	Marquez Callaway	23
79.	ATL	Russell Gage	25
80.	DET	• Amon-Ra St. Brown	22
81.	SEA	• Dee Eskridge	24
82.	GB	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	27
83.	NO	Deonte Harris	24
84.	PHI	Quez Watkins	23
85.	GB	Allen Lazard	26
86.	HOU	• Nico Collins	22
87.	TB	Tyler Johnson	23
88.	TEN	Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	24
89.	NE	Nelson Agholor	28
90.	IND	T.Y. Hilton	32
91.	CLE	• Anthony Schwartz	21
92.	BAL	Devin Duvernay	24
93.	NYJ	Jamison Crowder	28
94.	MIA	Will Fuller	27
95.	LV	DeSean Jackson	35
96.	DAL	Cedrick Wilson	26
97.	WAS	DeAndre Carter	28
98.	NYG	Darius Slayton	24
99.	DET	Kalif Raymond	27
100.	LV	Zay Jones	26

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