Kevin Szafraniec uses RotoViz’s Advanced Stats Explorer to uncover under-the-radar trends at the wide receiver position from the first four weeks of the 2025 NFL season.
When it comes to the NFL, we have to take the sweet with the sour. Week 4 saw Chris Godwin, Xavier Worthy, and Jordan Addison all return to lineups and claim prominent roles right off the bat. Sadly, we also lost Malik Nabers and Tyreek Hill for the year with major knee injuries.
As fantasy managers look to pick up the pieces, let’s see if we can unearth some undervalued WRs who can fill in for our injured stars.
Before we get into the latest information available in the Advanced Stats Explorer, just a few quick reminders about the article.
- Early in the offseason, I updated my deep dive into the past six years of wide receiver data available in the Advanced Stats Explorer and broke it down into four separate articles: Routes and Targets, Intended Air Yards, Yards After the Catch and Evasion, and Catchable Targets, Drops, First Downs, and Touchdowns.
- When working through the six-year sample, I found that the 90th percentile and above generally included most of the top 24 wide receivers for each metric in any given season. The 75th percentile and above included the top 55 to 60 WRs in any given metric per season. Given that these two cohorts easily apply to a normal 12-team fantasy league, they will be referenced often throughout the article.
Our current sample of wide receivers to earn a target in 2025 rose to 163 in Week 4, up from 154 in Week 3.
