Bills Wide Receivers Get Troubling Rankings in Fantasy Football

The Buffalo Bills will likely feature a potent passing attack in 2024, and they’ll have to do it without a proven WR1 in the mix.

After trading away Stefon Diggs and refusing to re-sign Gabe Davis, the Bills have seemingly chosen to subscribe to the theory that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. While this has proven capable of being an effective strategy, it certainly won’t help the fantasy football value of Buffalo’s individual receivers.

Running back James Cook’s ability to play receiver and the presence of tight ends Dalton Kincaid and Dawson Knox only diminish the Bills’ fantasy draft stock for wideouts. Sports IllustratedThe initial position-by-position player rankings weren’t exactly favorable to Buffalo’s receiving corps. In fact, the Bills don’t have a Top 45 player at the position, according to SI Fantasy guru Michael Fabiano’s list.

Rookie Keon Coleman ranks first (47th overall) among fantasy WR options on the Bills’ roster. The big target led the ACC in touchdown receptions (11) last year.

Free agent addition Curtis Samuel, who could potentially thrive under offensive coordinator Joe Brady, landed at 54th. Samuel, soon to be 28, totaled 1,051 yards from scrimmage in his lone season in Brady’s program with the 2020 Carolina Panthers.

Third-year pro Khalil Shakir, the only current Bills WR to catch a pass from quarterback Josh Allen in an NFL game, sits at No. 70 overall, which translates to a player of bench in 12-team fantasy leagues.

Fabiano also ranked the top WR prospects in 12 tiers with CeeDee Lamb,
Tyreek Hill, Justin Jefferson, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Ja’Marr Chase including “Tier 1 – The Elite”.

For the Bills, Coleman found himself in the “Tier 10 — High WR4s” followed by Samuel in the “Tier 11 — Mid WR4s.”