Kevin Szafraniec uses RotoViz’s Advanced Stats Explorer to uncover under-the-radar trends at the wide receiver position from the first 12 weeks of the 2025 NFL season.
All the way back in Week 2, I examined Wan’Dale Robinson’s evolving role in the Giants’ offense. Since then, a lot has changed around him — the season-ending injury to Malik Nabers, the elevation of Jaxson Dart into the starting role, and the firing of Brian Daboll — yet Robinson has continued to trudge along on his journey to becoming a complete NFL wide receiver.
After putting up the best performance of his career against the Lions on Sunday, Robinson now sits at PPR WR11 for the season. Is there a chance that he can hold onto this lofty ranking for the rest of the season, or is Robinson bound to see some regression from here on out?
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 fit into a typical 12-team fantasy league, they will be referenced throughout the article.
Our current sample of wide receivers to earn a target in 2025 rose to 211 in Week 12, up from 205 in Week 11.
