We hopefully have a squeaky wheel game coming for Garrett Wilson in Week 17 at Buffalo. He’s frustrated over his lack of production in the past two games, and it would be great if Aaron Rodgers feeds him against the Bills.
In his past two outings against Jacksonville and the Rams, Wilson has 13 targets for nine catches, 110 yards and a touchdown. After the loss to the Rams, Wilson said he would “love to be involved, love to make an impact on the game,” but it’s out of his control if “people see it differently.”
Wilson is actually fourth in the NFL in targets with 141, trailing only Malik Nabers (154), CeeDee Lamb (152) and Ja’Marr Chase (146). Wilson is also No. 9 in receptions (90) and No. 12 in receiving yards (987).
Still, he wants more attention from Rodgers, and interim coach Jeff Ulbrich gave us the quote we wanted to read heading into Week 17.
“At the end of the day, we have to find ways to get Garrett the ball more often,” Ulbrich said Monday. “He’s one of the best players on our team — if not one of the best players in this league, especially at his position. The progression, for a lot of different reasons from a coverage standpoint, took (Rodgers) off Garrett. But, at the same time, we have to find ways to get him the ball, for sure.”
I’m nervous about Rodgers as a Fantasy quarterback in this matchup with the Bills, but Wilson and Davante Adams remain must-start receivers. Adams has scored at least 17.6 PPR points in four games in a row with at least 11 targets in each outing and 48 total targets over that span.
Rodgers leaning heavily on Adams is probably part of the frustration for Wilson, who has 33 targets in that same time frame. But Wilson could be the focal point in Week 17.
And he’s done well against the Bills in his career. He had eight catches for 107 yards and a touchdown on 10 targets against Buffalo in Week 6 — without Adams — and Wilson scored at least 13.8 PPR points in three of five career meetings with the Bills.
Let’s hope this is the game Wilson goes off and gets featured again by the Jets. He could reward Fantasy managers in a big way in Week 17.
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