Chris Godwin and more mispriced WRs

After examining the biggest discrepancies versus consensus in my quarterback and running back rankings, the wide receiver position is next.  

Wide Receivers I like more

Jordyn Tyson (DDD = WR31 vs ECR = WR36)

Tyson is being drafted (and ranked) as the WR36, while Carnell Tate (WR31) typically goes one round earlier. Tyson is unquestionably a bigger health risk, but he seemingly possesses a skill set with more upside while also landing in a much more favorable environment. Tyson broke out at age 18 and produced 47 percent of Arizona State’s receiving yards. He saw the most unrealized air yards among all wide receivers over the last two seasons despite missing games. 

The Saints play indoors and have an offense that ranked first in no-huddle rate and plays per minute during Kellen Moore’s first season in New Orleans. Tyson will battle Chris Olave for targets in 2026, but Rashid Shaheed was a WR2 in expected fantasy points per game in New Orleans last season before getting traded to Seattle.

Tyler Shough averaged a healthy 250.7 passing yards over his nine starts, and he was playing through a significant injury down the stretch. A long-time New Orleans reporter recently posited that Tyson might be the Saints’ best player by Week 12. It doesn’t feel contrarian ranking Tyson over Tate, but the market suggests otherwise. 

Chris Godwin Jr. (DDD = WR32 vs ECR = WR38)

Godwin was fantasy’s WR2 (ppg) in 2024 before suffering a season-ending injury. He struggled after returning from an ankle dislocation and fibula fracture, but he was fantasy’s WR24 with strong underlying peripherals to close the season (Weeks 13-17). 

Godwin unquestionably benefitted from Liam Coen’s system in 2024, but Godwin will also get a boost from Tampa Bay’s new OC; Zac Robinson implements a ton of pre-snap motion, when Godwin has produced the league’s third highest yards per route run rate over the last two years. Mike Evans is gone, and it remains to be seen whether injuries were fully to blame for Emeka Egbuka’s horrible second half.  

Godwin may not be as explosive as he once was, but he looked healthy while impressing throughout OTAs, and he’s crucially the favorite to play the slot. There’s a real chance Godwin finishes as the Buccaneers’ top fantasy wideout, and he goes 50+ picks after Egbuka (although this will soon change after Egbuka recently suffered a toe injury).