Dynasty Problem Solving: Wide Receivers

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When addressing your dynasty problem spots, your solution should be proportionate to the size of your problem. At the wide receiver position, there can be three levels of solutions: small measures, half measures, and full measures.

Small Measures

If you have a wide receiver problem on your dynasty team, ask yourself if you actually need to address the position. Our running back article discussed converting wide receiver depth to running back functionality to address both your running back and your flex positions.

If you feel you need a cheap improvement at the wide receiver position, stop and ask yourself if you actually do. Specifically, ask yourself how the roster move will improve the wide receivers in your lineup. If you cannot improve your lineup by multiple points per game by adding a wide receiver, your additional wide receiver is just creating more roster fodder.

As a result, small measures should be cautious at the wide receiver position. Since the hit rate is low on cheap wide receivers, using the waiver wire or taking a specific bet on a specific wide receiver in a trade-down during the rookie draft season is the best option.

If you must take a small measure, your best bet is to try and stream the position during the season.

Medium Measures

If you are looking to make a fix at the wide receiver position, aim to increase your projected targets in your lineup. Too often, dynasty GMs with wide receiver needs aim to fix the position by targeting higher-value wide receivers who do not actually improve their lineup.

Fixing the wide receiver position is doable on the cheap if you are focused on increasing the number of targets in your lineup and not worried about the future market valuation of the players. Veterans with good target shares or roles in the offense are great examples.

There can be a sliding scale for these wide receivers. Good targets include wide receivers who project to outproduce their value over the next two years. Wide receivers on the cheap scale include Mike Evans, Tyler Lockett, Keenan Allen, and Diontae Johnson are all current examples of wide receivers with more than six targets per game in 2022 who are available outside the top 30 wide receivers in startup drafts.

Recent Trades for Veterans

To get a sense of the market, here are some recent actual trades from MyFantasyLeague.com leagues so you can get a sense of the market. Every league is different of course, but these trades in existing real leagues can give you a pretty good feel for the cost and type of trade package it might take to acquire him.