{"id":245711,"date":"2025-09-09T11:41:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=245711"},"modified":"2025-09-09T11:41:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:41:29","slug":"week-2-wide-receiver-rankings-fantasy-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/09\/09\/week-2-wide-receiver-rankings-fantasy-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 2 Wide Receiver Rankings Fantasy Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 1 of the NFL Season is completed. It is time to look ahead to Week 2. Here are the Week 2 wide receiver rankings for fantasy football. A note on injuries: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/xavier-worthy-injury-update-andy-reid-shares-good-news\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xavier Worthy is expected to be out<\/a>, while <a href=\"https:\/\/bloggingdirty.com\/falcons-fans-can-breathe-a-sigh-of-relief-after-drake-london-injury-scare-01k4mz51ngpy\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drake London is questionable with a shoulder injury<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings Week 2<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Tier 1: Superstar WR1s<\/b><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rank<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Player<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opponent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>CeeDee Lamb<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Giants<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Ja\u2019Marr Chase<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Justin Jefferson<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atlanta Falcons<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Nico Collins<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Drake London*<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minnesota Vikings<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Puka Nacua<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tennessee Titans<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Brian Thomas Jr.<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Malik Nabers<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dallas Cowboys<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Amon-Ra St. Brown<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago Bears<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Garrett Wilson<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buffalo Bills<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was a mixed bag of results for the top tier of wide receivers in Week 1. Some are looking for a big bounce back, while others are looking to continue their success:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lamb finished with over 100 receiving yards, but had four big drops. He is the focal point of the offense and will continue to put up big numbers every week. He is the new overall WR1 in the wide receiver rankings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chase had 4.6 fantasy points in Week 1. He only had one single-digit performance all of last season. Expect much better days for Chase starting this week against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/jaguars\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Jaguars<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collins has a great matchup against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/buccaneers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Buccaneers<\/a> defense. I am not concerned after his bad game in Week 1.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wilson jumps into this tier as quarterback Justin Fields and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Jets offense<\/a> were very good in Week 1, with Wilson as the focal point of the passing attack.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Justin Fields and Garrett Wilson PUT ON A SHOW for fantasy managers \ud83d\ude80 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zQnJ2baErN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/zQnJ2baErN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PFF Fantasy (@PFF_Fantasy) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PFF_Fantasy\/status\/1964783249844289574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><b>Tier 2: Proven Solid WR2s<\/b><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Rank<\/td>\n<td>Player<\/td>\n<td>Opponent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td><b>Ladd McConkey<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Las Vegas Raiders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td><b>A.J. Brown<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Kansas City Chiefs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td><b>Mike Evans<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Houston Texans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td><b>Courtland Sutton<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Indianapolis Colts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td><b>Marvin Harrison Jr.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Carolina Panthers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td><b>Tee Higgins<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Jacksonville Jaguars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td><b>Davante Adams<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Tennessee Titans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td><b>Zay Flowers<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Cleveland Browns<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td><b>Jaxon Smith-Njigba<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Pittsburgh Steelers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td><b>DK Metcalf<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Seattle Seahawks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The players in this tier are all must-starts this week and will provide plenty of fantasy value throughout the season:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brown only had one catch for eight yards in the season opener. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Chiefs<\/a> allowed four passing touchdowns in their opener. Expect Brown to get back on track.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flowers was the number one wide receiver in Week 1, scoring 28.1 fantasy points (PPR). Flowers is known for being an up-and-down player, with this being one of his better weeks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quarterback Sam Darnold had 150 passing yards. 124 of them went to JSN. He had <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PFF_Fantasy\/status\/1965086729234497788\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nine of the sixteen completions<\/a> as well. Cooper Kupp was the only other wide receiver to have a target, and he only had three. JSN is Darnold\u2019s go-to guy for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/seahawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Seahawks<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Tier 3: WR3s With Something to Prove<\/b><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rank<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Player<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opponent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Calvin Ridley<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Angeles Rams<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Emeka Egbuka<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston Texans<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">23<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Deebo Samuel<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green Bay Packers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Ricky Pearsall<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Orleans Saints<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Hollywood Brown<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Tyreek Hill<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New England Patriots<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">27<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>DJ Moore<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detroit Lions<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">28<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>George Pickens<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Giants<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">29<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>DeVonta Smith<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Jameson Williams<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago Bears<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This tier of players includes wide receivers who are all borderline WR starts this week, depending on the size of your league:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ridley had a tough matchup in Week 1, being guarded by Pat Surtain. He gets another tough matchup in Week 2, against a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/rams\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Rams<\/a> defense that allowed zero touchdowns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egbuka was amazing in his rookie debut, scoring two touchdowns, including the game-winner. He has a tough matchup against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/texans\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Texans<\/a> in Week 2, but it will be difficult to sit him.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brown gets a massive boost with both Rice and Worthy out for the next few weeks. He saw a whopping 16 targets and caught ten of them for 99 yards. Fire him as a WR3 this week.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The entire <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/dolphins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Dolphins offense<\/a> was dreadful. Hill had four catches for 40 yards. There is a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/09\/07\/breaking-nfl-star-tyreek-hill-could-request-trade-after-disastrous-2025-season-start\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">good chance that Hill will be traded mid-season<\/a> as the Dolphins might have to blow it up.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Tier 4: Potential Flex WRs<\/b><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rank<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Player<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opponent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">31<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Jerry Jeudy<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baltimore Ravens<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">32<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Tetairoa McMillan<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arizona Cardinals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">33<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Terry McLaurin<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green Bay Packers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">34<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Travis Hunter<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">35<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Jakobi Meyers<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Angeles Chargers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">36<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Keon Coleman<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Jets<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">37<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Michael Pittman Jr.<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Denver Broncos<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">38<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Josh Downs<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Denver Broncos<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">39<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Jayden Reed<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Commanders<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Quentin Johnston<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Las Vegas Raiders<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These guys are FLEX options to fill out your starting lineup:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McMillan had a decent rookie debut, catching five of nine targets for 68 yards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McLaurin took a back seat to Samuel, finishing with just two catches for 27 yards. This was expected with him not playing most of training camp. It will take a few weeks for McLaurin to get back on track.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coleman had a career-high 25.2 fantasy points in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Bills<\/a> come-from-behind victory on Sunday Night Football. Almost all of his targets were in the 4th quarter when the Bills were in comeback mode. Don\u2019t think this is sustainable, making Coleman a boom or bust FLEX play.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johnston caught five of seven targets for 79 yards and two touchdowns. Is he back? The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/chargers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Chargers offense<\/a> looked completely different, being pass-first. Johnston\u2019s stock is on the rise entering Week 2.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Main Image: [Matt Marton] &#8211; Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 1 of the NFL Season is completed. It is time to look ahead to Week 2. 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