College Football has kicked off, and the NFL preseason is wrapping up. It’s a beautiful time on the calendar as we have nothing but months of football right ahead of us. As we continue to visit everything related to season-long action, we find ourselves looking at receiving projections. Here’s our favorite Underdog Fantasy NFL picks. Let’s build 3 Wide Receiver Combos to Hammer on Underdog Fantasy.
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The Yardage Kings:
Jaxson Smith-Njigba Lower Than 1350.5 Yards
Amon-Ra St. Brown Higher Than 1249.5 Yards
Justin Jefferson Higher Than 1149.5 Yards
Let’s kick it off with the big dogs of receiving yards in the NFL. Straight to three names you know well, but one of them we are going to fade. Jaxson Smith-Njigba hit the lottery in 2025. All the stars aligned; he had a near-perfect season, and his team won the Super Bowl. Can he repeat an almost 1,800-yard performance, though? I think he’ll fall back down closer to where he was in 2024 at 1,130 yards. Give him an extra 200 yards, and he still won’t go higher. It won’t be as easy for Seattle this year with a tough schedule and a new offense.
Amon-Ra St. Brown just has a proven track record of getting it done year after year. The speedy Lions wide receiver has crossed this mark in three straight seasons. The Lions had their struggles last year in a new offense, and it did slow this superstar down. Expect that team to be better in 2026.
For Justin Jefferson, the case is simple. Last year with JJ McCarthy, Carson Wentz, and Max Brosmer throwing him the ball, he still went over 1,000 yards and came just 100 yards short of this mark. Speaking of short, Kyler Murray may be, but he’s a massive upgrade at quarterback position, and he’ll get the ball to Jefferson plenty.
Smith-Njigba + Brown + Jefferson= 6.5x your entry!
Six-Point specialists:
George Kittle Higher Than 5.5 Touchdowns
Jaylen Waddle Higher Than 5.5 Touchdowns
Travis Kelce Higher Than 4.5 Touchdowns
Who will get into the end zone in 2026? Let’s go with two reliable tight end targets and a wide receiver who upgraded his team in the offseason. George Kittle looks to be healthy and ready to rock for Week 1, unlike most of the 49ers wide receiver core. Kittle is a touchdown monster. In just 11 games last season, he scored seven touchdowns through the air. He’s not had fewer than six touchdowns since 2020, which is the only year other than his rookie season in 2017 where he hasn’t crested this mark.
Jaylen Waddle brings some excitement finding a new home with the Denver Broncos and Sean Payton. Some comparisons have been made to Michael Thomas and what he was able to accomplish with Payton. Waddle has hit this projection in three of his five seasons, and every season when he’s played at least 16 games. He’ll be a focal point of what should be a good offense in the red zone this year. Count on that talent to shine through.
Travis Kelce had a busy offseason getting married to the world’s largest pop star and all. But now it’s time to get back to business. The business of touchdown catches is one Kelce thrives in. The 36-year-old tight end has had at least five touchdown catches in 10 of his 12 seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, including last year in a terrible season for the team without Patrick Mahomes for some games. Kelce is as reliable as they come for Patrick Mahomes, and he will target him in the end zone, like he always has.
Kittle + Waddle + Kelce= 5.85x your entry!
Hidden Weapons:
Chris Godwin Higher Than 699.5 Yards
Jacobi Meyers Higher Than 679.5 Yards
Isiah Likely Higher Than 3.5 Touchdowns
We’ve covered the stars; we’ve covered the touchdown scorers. Let’s scroll deep down the list and look for the underrated guys, the hidden weapons! Chris Godwin is the perfect player to lead this category. Everyone seems to forget just how good Godwin is. Over the last two seasons, he hasn’t played as much due to injury, but in seven games in 2024, he already had 576 yards. Now, Mike Evans is out of town, and Emeka Egbuka isn’t 100% healthy. With Baker Mayfield back to full strength. If Godwin can stay healthy, he’ll blow past this projection as he did in the previous six seasons.
Jacobi Meyers might be one of the most underrated wide receivers in NFL history. He didn’t even come close to this protection last season, because he blew it out of the water. He’d had at least 800 yards in five straight seasons, and hit this number in all six years outside of his rookie campaign. He did it last year between the Raiders and Jaguars. Now, in year two of a strong offense with Trevor Lawrence. It’ll be another easy day for Meyers.
Isiah Likely was the next big thing, until he wasn’t. Injuries kept him down last year, and he left Baltimore with John Harbaugh after the team extended Mark Andrews. Likely caught three touchdowns as a rookie, then followed it up with five and six touchdowns in the next two seasons, respectively. Now with the Giants, and what should be an explosive offense and possibly a very good team. Likely to be the featured tight end. Jaxson Dart will look his way plenty.
Godwin + Meyers + Likely= 6.5x your entry!
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