Fantasy Football Points Allowed to Wide Receivers 2024-25

How To Read Fantasy Points Allowed To Wide Receiver Page

On this page, you will see the opposing defenses and their overall defensive rating, which comes from a unique Lineups formula. This will start you off before you see how many fantasy points a team has allowed, which can be broken down by totals or per game. You can also see the red zone numbers defenses allow and how that translates to fantasy. Wide receivers that can produce in the red zone are going to have higher fantasy numbers, and the same goes for when teams allow points in the red zone.

The general receiving stats shown on this page will generate fantasy points. This is exclusing targets, although they are a great way of seeing how much volume is going against the defense, and also how much of it is directed towards wide receivers compared to other positions. Fantasy points are broken up into a few different stats, and you can see where each team allows the most. 100+ yard bonuses can be added into scoring formats, so this page shows which defenses allow that mark to be hit the most.

What Factors Into A Defense Allowing More fantasy Points To Wide Receivers

There are a few ways the defense can allow fantasy points to opposing wide receivers. Often volume is going to be the big factor. Teams that see a ton of passing volume are going to allow fantasy points. There are a number of reasons why volume can be on the higher side. Occasionally, talented defenses allow a large number of fantasy points even when their overall pass defense numbers are not that bad.

Scheduling is going to be a factor in how fantasy points allowed play out. A secondary that has to face an above-average passing game that throws at a high volume most weeks is going to allow a lot of fantasy points. The way game scripts play out is important, as if your team is leading through the majority of the game, chances are you're facing offenses that need to throw the ball to keep up.

What Factors Into A Defense Allowing Fewer Fantasy Points To Wide Receivers

Top tier defenses are not going to allow a ton of fantasy points. We have seen some truly great secondaries lock down opposing wide receivers, limiting fantasy point production. Allowing minimal touchdowns against your defense is going to really limit the fantasy potential. Even if you are a "bend don’t break" type of defense, those touchdowns allowed are major in fantasy. In PPR leagues, it is incredibly important to look at which defenses allow more catches than others.

Scheduling is a major factor in fantasy points, as different matchups will yield different results. Volume can also play a major role, as defenses playing a run-first team likely won't give up as many points to wide receivers.

Having a talented secondary correlates with fantasy points against. When you sort through those top defenses that don’t allow fantasy points to wide receivers, you will notice that they have a lot of strong names in the secondary.

How Scoring Formats Factor Into Fantasy Points Allowed For Wide Receivers

Wide receivers have different values in specific fantasy scoring formats, which is also the case for fantasy points allowed. Teams that allow more receptions to opposing wide receivers are going to have a lower rank in fantasy points allowed because receptions provide an easier way to rack up fantasy points in this scoring format. When checking out this page, make sure to have the correct scoring selected. For example, a defense that allows a large number of receptions won’t make a big difference in non-PPR leagues.

Defenses that don’t allow a lot of touchdowns can still rank average to below average in fantasy points allowed if they allow a lot of receptions. A team allowed the 9th most fantasy points to opposing wide receivers, ranked that way in PPR formats. In standard formats, they moved to 15th, so a bit more league average.

How Do Wide Receiver Fantasy Points Allowed Correlate With Tight Ends And Quarterbacks?

You might look through the rankings and wonder why all these fantasy points don’t add up for all the different teams. A defense could be allowing the most fantasy points to an opposing quarterback, but wide receivers' fantasy points allowed is not as high. The overall receiving numbers and touchdowns are going to be split up between running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends. When looking at an offense, you can see which positions are being targeted. The same can be said against a defense, where the strength can be against wide receivers, but struggle against tight ends. That means more production goes towards other positions.

There won’t be any drastic splits between quarterback points and wide receiver points allowed. Generally, they are the ones that make up most of the fantasy points among running backs and tight ends anyway.

If a defense faces a talented stretch of tight end and/or passing catching backs, the amount of fantasy points from wide receivers will likely be lower. If a team is giving up big numbers through the air, just remember it is being divided up between different positions.

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