Fantasy Football: One Wide Receiver to Target in Each Round of Your Draft
Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh Steelers
ADP: 1.05 (WR1)
If you're looking for a receiver in the first round of your PPR draft and Antonio Brown is available, you take Antonio Brown.
That's that.
Brown has put up mind-boggling numbers over the past five seasons.
| Season | Catches | Yards | Touchdowns | WR PPR Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 110 | 1,499 | 8 | 3rd |
| 2014 | 129 | 1,698 | 13 | 1st |
| 2015 | 136 | 1,834 | 10 | 1st |
| 2016 | 106 | 1,284 | 12 | 1st |
| 2017 | 101 | 1,533 | 9 | 1st |
He posted a silly-good line of 101 catches, 1,533 yards and 9 scores last season in just 14 games, leading the league with 109.5 yards per game. For reference, Adam Thielen, a very good player who finished 2017 as the PPR WR8, had more than 109 yards in just 3 of 16 games last season. Brown eclipsed that mark in eight games a year ago.
The other two wideouts going in the first round, DeAndre Hopkins (1.09) and Odell Beckham (1.11), are special players in their own right, but no receiver can match Brown's weekly floor. Our PPR projections -- you can tweak the settings in our draft kit to see projections catered to your league -- peg him to once again be the top wideout in PPR formats.
