Looking at the three easiest fantasy football strength of schedules for the wide receiver position in 2025.
With Ja’Marr Chase looking to be the first overall pick in most fantasy drafts, there is already one less receiver on the board for most fantasy owners looking to strike gold at the WR position. While there is plenty of talent at the position across the first two rounds, the picks that will make your season come in the later rounds of the draft. At those points in fantasy drafts, not only is usage important, but so is the fantasy football strength of schedules. Here are the teams and receivers with the three best fantasy schedules.
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3 Easiest Fantasy Football Strength of Schedules for WRs
San Francisco 49ers (Jauan Jennings, Ricky Pearsall)
Although the San Francisco 49ers are currently eyeing a Week 6 return for receiver Brandon Aiyuk, it’s likely that he’ll need more time than that to get fully up to speed. In the meantime, Jauan Jennings and Ricky Pearsall should be able to absolutely feast on offense. While Pearsall was nothing special if you look at his entire rookie season, he did pop off in the last two weeks of the year, finishing as WR7 and WR14. With a full year of experience under his belt and now fully acclimated in this offense that has the easiest fantasy football strength of schedule for receivers, he should see plenty of volume.
On the other side of Pearsall is Jauan Jennings, who surprised many fantasy owners with a WR25 finish in PPR leagues even as he missed two games. After their bye week in Week 9, Jennings saw 10+ targets in four of nine games and eight or more targets in six of nine games. While he did struggle some weeks to turn those targets into production, and was an incredibly volatile option, his usage at least to start the season should mirror that solid end run he had with the team.
While none of these players are going to give WR2 value on your fantasy teams, Pearsall and Jennings are currently ranked as WR38 and WR41 in average draft position (ADP) currently. With both players having possible WR3 value and currently being drafted in the eighth round, there are few receiving corps that have as much possible value as the 49ers do.
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Seattle Seahawks (Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Cooper Kupp)
Currently, with ADPs of WR12 and WR46, Jaxon Smith-Njigba (JSN) and Cooper Kupp are two more players who give incredible value and have easy schedules. Smith-Njigba finished as WR9 last year and now doesn’t have to worry about competing for targets with DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. Although Kupp is now on the team, he should still see the same amount of targets, if not more, this year. With the second-easiest fantasy football strength of schedule for WRs, Smith-Njigba should be able to replicate last year’s success, which gives him great value just based on his current ADP alone.
After finishing as WR1 in 2021, Cooper Kupp’s durability has become an issue over the past few years. With that being said, Kupp has still been reliable when he’s on the field. In the last two seasons, Kupp has finished as WR40 and WR38 while only playing 12 games in each season. Kupp’s current ADP is lower than he’s finished each year, but 2018 in a season where he was limited to just eight games. Seattle’s passing attack, with a weak offensive line and Sam Darnold under center, can certainly be questioned, but Kupp’s skills cannot.
JSN and Kupp have many similarities in their style of play and skillset, but that won’t take away from the value the Seahawks’ receivers can give. Both are currently valued lower than they finished last season, and both have plenty of reason for optimism. With one of the best fantasy schedules amongst fantasy receivers, JSN and Kupp are both receivers to be aware of in your drafts.
Arizona Cardinals (Marvin Harrison Jr.)
According to FantasyPros, Marvin Harrison Jr. has an ADP of WR18 and is listed as a “Tier 4” receiver this season. As of now, he is a player who is going in the late third round or early fourth round of fantasy drafts. Last year was a pretty big disappointment for fantasy owners who expected him to be the next elite fantasy receiver. Harrison finished as WR30 in PPR leagues and had just five weeks where he finished as WR20 or better, with four of those weeks coming before their Week 11 bye.
The issue with Harrison wasn’t so much a lack of talent, but more on the targets tight end Trey McBride drew and the lack of chemistry with quarterback Kyler Murray. Although there was a lot to nitpick, he did draw eight or more targets in four of the last seven weeks of the season. While those didn’t amount to many fantasy points, he now has a full offseason to get on the same page with Murray and fully adjust to the NFL level. With the Arizona Cardinals playing one of the best fantasy schedules for wide receivers, and there being few players to challenge him for targets, Harrison Jr. has a path to being a reliable WR2 this season.
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