These are Walter’s Sunday Nuggets featuring:
📊 Weekly Poll for You All - A BATTLE between Year 2 WRs + a new question about former superstars
📚 Reading recap from our team from this week - Draft strategy breakdowns, RB breakout candidates, and how you should actually target defenses/kickers
🎥 Highlights from the WalterPicks content team - early round WRs to avoid and Sam names 45 WRs who will outscore Michael Wilson
Weekly Poll 📊
Last week I asked which Year 2 WR will score the most PPR points this season…
Here is how you answered:
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Tetairoa McMillan
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Emeka Egbuka
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ Luther Burden III
The Results:
I’m genuinely shocked with these results! I thought either McMillan or Burden would win this one - with McMillan being propelled by his clear dominant share in that Panthers WR room and his top-10 draft pedigree OR Burden being the trendy upside pick based on per touch metrics that jump off the page.
Egbuka was an incredibly popular pick amongst our audience a season ago, and did get off to an incredible start to 2025. He ultimately flamed out playing through some injuries down the stretch but some of that early season good will may be carrying over into this poll.
Here is how the WalterPicks stacks them up:
Tetairoa McMillan
ADP - WR15
Walter Ranking - WR15
Projected Floor - WR22
Projected Ceiling - WR7
Emeka Egbuka
ADP - WR23
Walter Ranking - WR20
Projected Floor - WR51
Projected Ceiling - WR6
Luther Burden III
ADP - WR27
Walter Ranking - WR18
Projected Floor - WR49
Projected Ceiling - WR4
These direct comparisons are one of the best tools for research when dilemmas like this pop up - try it now with the WalterPicks Mock Draft Tool.
My Take:
As reflected in Walter’s floor predictions, Tetairoa McMillan is the safest pick amongst this bunch. Despite Egbuka actually getting more targets and air yards per game in 2025 (it was very close), McMillan simply has fewer threats to his overall target share. Jalen Coker and Xavier Legette are much less threatening than Chris Godwin, Jalen McMillan, Ted Hurst, Tez Johnson etc.
Burden’s upside is incredibly tantalizing. He was 7th in yards per target, and 3rd in yards per route run amongst all receivers. There were glimpses into what he might look like with a larger snap share late in the year, highlighted by his 27.8 points scored in Week 17 despite playing less than 60% of snaps! DJ Moore is no longer with the Bears, and they should lean on Burden quite a bit more.
Choosing which of these 3 to target is a legitimate dilemma. I’m rolling with the pedigree and safety of McMillan.
This weeks question…
Which player is more likely to rebound to a top-5 positional finish in 2026?
📚 Reading Highlights
Most Clicked Story in the Walter Nuggets last week: Samps’ Hero RB Draft Strategy piece narrowing beat out Joey’s QB Mobility Index.
🎥 WRs to Avoid Rounds 1-5
Round 1: Justin Jefferson
Round 2: ??????????????
Round 3: ??????????????
Round 4: ??????????????
Round 5: ??????????????
@ryjarz WRs to AVOID in rounds 1 through 5 in your fantasy football drafts Justin Jefferson (Round 1): Jefferson's talent is undeniable, but with ... See more
🎥 How Many WRs Outscore Michael Wilson?
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