10 WR sleepers to target for fantasy football Week 9
By Dustin Baker
8. Diontae Johnson (PIT)
Game: Pittsburgh Steelers at Dallas Cowboys (Sunday, 11/8, 4:25 pm EST)
Here’s the deal: Diontae Johnson does the feast-or-famine thing. For fantasy, yuck, right? Hell, most Steelers WRs do the feasting and famine stuff in 2020. Rookie Chase Claypool does it, JuJu Smith-Schuster assuredly does it, so does Johnson. We’re picking Johnson to eat this week against a nauseating Cowboys defense.
9. Mike Williams (LAC)
Game: Las Vegas Raiders at Los Angeles Chargers (Sunday, 11/8, 4:05 pm EST)
Speaking of feast or famine — Mike Williams, everybody! Williams is a deep-ball maestro, precisely the weapon Justin Herbert will maximize. He does, though, have humongous games followed by teensy-tiny games. It isn’t ideal. We think this will be a big one for Williams. The Raiders are a middle-of-the-pack group in defending wide receivers. Still, we feel good about Williams.
10. Golden Tate (NYG)
Game: New York Giants at Washington Football Team (Sunday, 11/8, 1:00 pm EST)
Tate’s teammate, Darius Slayton, is also a savant at the feast-or-famine club. Therefore, we’re selecting Tate in this spot. Tate nabbed a big touchdown last weekend in the Giants loss to the Buccaneers. This one is bold because Washington is outstanding at defending wide receivers. But, it is a division game, the Giants might be a better team than Washington, and Tate is a quality pass-catcher.