Yahoo Sports fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and fantasy writer Sal Vetri break down the Buffalo Bills’ best wide receiver options for Week 1. Hear the entire conversation on the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast podcast—and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen.
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Week one: some kind of route distribution, route provisioning.
What do you think this wide receiver room will look like in week one?
We’ll have to see what happens with Curtis Samuel, who is currently battling an injury.
If there are any limitations on him getting back into the game, I expect it to be Khalil Shakur and Kon Coleman in terms of total usage in the first week.
Now, all season long, I like to try Kon Coleman in fantasy drafts if he is drafted in the 1st/10th round.
See what the top looks like.
In some ways, you just have to pass the ball to him more often than usual.
How many vacant targets are there that they spent draft capital on?
But in the first week, Khalil Shakur is my favorite receiver.
He is, he is healthy compared to Curtis Samuel.
He is someone who is currently available in almost 50% of Yahoo leagues.
And this was a guy who, when he was targeted last year, was highly efficient on offense.
He had over 15 ppr points per game and 42% of his games last year and he didn’t even start playing much until Joe Brady took over and now Stefan Diggs is gone.
Now Gabe Davis is gone.
I think he can run 3032 routes in this game and score a total of 27 points for the team.
This is really appealing.
Yes, Koshi here is a good player.
Uh, he was one of my favorite draft sleepers when he came out.
Uh, this year.
In my opinion, he came way too late in the fifth round.
I thought he was more of a third-round pick.
I think he played well, went out there and challenged, and Curtis S was way away.
My favorite Bills receiver this offseason, but since he was a bit injured, I rated him lower and rated Khalil Shakir higher.
So I think Shaki probably leads the team in terms of routes. I would say I’ll run in the first week.
And my other guess is that Matt Collins will run more routes in the first week than people want.
That’s my other prediction for these Bills wide receivers.
But otherwise I agree with much of what you said there.
II, I will say, I’m following Kon Coleman’s role in the first week and, and just how much they’re putting on him.
