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2015 Fantasy Football: Week 2 Wide Receiver Targets

Week 2 saw some names fall off the map while others are first-time entrants. Players such as Greg Olsen and Allen Robinson were welcome sights. Others such as Michael Crabtree may find a way to stay on the target list and veteran Ted Ginn has made it two straight weeks. Under Week 2 in the chart below there are some names with two numbers, this represents how many times they made the list. The first number is week one followed up by week two. Down below are players that made Week 1 and missed Week 2 and those new arrivals to the week two list.

Name Team Week 2 Outlook
Julian Edelman NEP 12, 19 Edelman is a PPR specialist
Calvin Johnson DET 17 From 4 targets to 17
Michael Crabtree OAK 16 Tripled his targets
Steve Smith BAL 16 Will be more of a five-six target player
Julio Jones ATL 11, 15 He is always going to be in this range
Greg Olsen CAR 14 Olsen won’t miss this list very often
Demaryius Thomas DEN 11, 14 A fixture in the top 10
Emmanuel Sanders DEN 12, 14 Like his counterpart a fixture in the top 10
Rob Gronkowski NEP 8, 13 No tight end is better than GRONK
Cecil Shorts Hou 8. 12 As long as he is healthy he will stick here
Allen Robinson JAC 12 His season will be up and down with that Jags offense
Odell Beckham Jr NYG 8, 12 Who is going to stop him?
Eric Decker NYJ 11 May take a hit with injury
Antonio Brown PIT 11. 11 Consistent as always
Leonard Hankerson ATL 11 With him in the slot he should continue to be targeted
Randall Cobb GBY 11 Much more involved this week
DeAndre Hopkins Hou 13. 11 The main man in Houston and talent to be unstopped
Amari Cooper OAK 9, 11 Rookie of the Year
Brandon Marshall NYJ 9, 10 Fitz and Marsh equal targets
Golden Tate DET 10 Don’t expect this PPR guy off this list anytime soon
Jarvis Landry MIA 12, 10 Tannehill and Landry are peas in a pod
Eric Ebron DET 10 Nice to see a TE on the Lions do something
Larry Fitzgerald ARI 8, 9 Showing life in the tank
Ted Ginn CAR 7, 9 Someone has to catch passes right
Dion Lewis NEP 9 Bill Belichick new favorite toy
Jordan Matthews PHI 13, 9 Still the man in Phili
Eddie Royal CHI 8 Stepping up when need too
Nate Washington Hou 11. 8 Three Houston receivers in the top 25
Harry Douglas TEN 8 Got things done this week
Doug Baldwin SEA 9, 8 Proving to be the targeted man
Aaron Dobson NEP 8 Big leap forward this week
Sammy Watkins BUF 8 From zero to hero
Donte Moncrief IND 11, 8 Keeps putting up the numbers
Jason Witten DAL 9, 8 Will be heavily relied on with Bryant out
Shane Vereen NYG 8 Proving to be a solid acquisition
Chris Polk HOU 8 Polk is a skilled he just doesn’t do much with it
Devonta Freeman ATL 8 Freeman will have more opps since Coleman out
Anthony Fasano TEN 7 With Delani Walker out Fasano was the one targeted
Vernon Davis SFO 7 Davis hasn’t scored yet but has 8-109 yards
Kyle Rudolph MIN 7, 7 14 targets in two weeks have gotten him 10-83-1 touchdown
Jonathan Grimes HOU 7 Grimes won’t be on this list next week
Zach Ertz PHI 8, 7 After eight targets last week he looks to be a mainstay
Andre Johnson IND 10, 7 Wont catch touchdowns, but he will be targeted
Jeremy Maclin KCC 9, 7 Can a receiver catch a touchdown in this offense?
Pierre Garcon WAS 8, 7 Valid until DeSean Jackson returns
Torrey Smith SFO 7 two 49ers will be hard to find here every week
Kamar Aiken BAL 7 He will be on and off this list continuously
T.Y. Hilton IND 14, 7 Revis island, and injury doesn’t mix well
Rishard Matthews MIA 7 Matthews will run hot and cold this season
Terrance Williams DAL 8, 7 Williams may make this list as long as Bryant is injured
Brandin Cooks NOS 8, 7 Saints need to get this talent more involved
Fell off  Added
Keenan Allen Steve Smith
Rashad Greene Chris Polk
Tyler Eifert Kamar Aiken
Heath Miller Rishard Matthews
Vincent Jackson Jonathan Grimes
Alshon Jeffery Devonta Freeman
Jordan Reed Shane Vereen
Jermaine Kearse Eric Ebron
Darren Sproles Greg Olsen
Mark Ingram Dion Lewis
Jamaal Charles Lenard Hankerson
Matt Forte Calvin Johnson
Lance Dunbar Allen Robinson
C.J. Anderson Eric Decker
Davante Adams Randall Cobb
Golden Tate
Eddie Royal
Harry Douglas
Aaron Dobson
Sammy Watkins
Anthony Fasano
Vernon Davis
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