Kevin Szafraniec uses RotoViz’s Advanced Stats Explorer to uncover under-the-radar trends at the wide receiver position from the first 14 weeks of the 2025 NFL season.
Emeka Egbuka shot out of the gate to start his NFL career, posting three WR1 weeks in his first five games and never falling below double-digit PPR points in that span. Since then, it has been an entirely different story, as Egbuka has only reached those plateaus in his Week 10 matchup against the Patriots.
Unsurprisingly, Egbuka has seen a dramatic decline in his efficiency over the past eight games. After leading the WR position in fantasy points over expectation (FPOE) by more than a point per game through five weeks, Egbuka has descended all the way to the other end of the spectrum, posting the worst FPOE by a significant margin since Week 6.
After Egbuka saw his rookie year go sideways following a historic start, can he turn things back around in time to help fantasy managers bring home championships in 2025?
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 221 in Week 14, up from 215 in Week 13.
