When Pigs Fly: Late-Round Fantasy Sleepers Who Could Smash Their ADP- WR Edition

Today we uncover the Wide Receivers who could turn your late-round gamble into a season-winning jackpot.  Players that could be your MVP “when pigs fly”.

WIDE RECEIVER

Chris Godwin (TB):  In his eight years as an NFL starter, Godwin has finished outside of the top 34 WR’s only once.  The one time he fell into WR4 range was last year (2025), after seeing limited time dealing with ankle surgery and a fractured fibula. That recency bias has Godwin dropping to WR40 off the board in 2026. Godwin is healthy this year.  Mike Evans is gone.  His new OC has said he will solely man the slot, where his yards per route run is 2.1 vs 1.49 from the outside where he has been frequently utilized.  He is also due for some positive touchdown regression as his QB was second in the league in red-zone touchdown rate and the man who was second in the league in endzone targets (Evans) is no longer on the team.  This year as he is being drafted as a WR4, but should easily return WR3/WR2 value.  

Wan’Dale Robinson (TEN).  Last year Wan’Dale was drafted around WR63.  He finished the year as WR14.  While that had a lot to do with him taking over the WR1 role after Malik Nabors went down, there were other factors that helped drive that.  Last year Wan’Dale had the sixth most deep targets (beyond 20 yards) in the league.  His 22 deep targets were up from only 5 the year before.  That dispelled the belief that he was only an underneath, low-ceiling chain mover.   And, for the second straight year, he hit 140 targets. Tennessee signed him to a 4 year, $70 million contract, where he will reunite with his Head Coach from New York, Brian Daboll, acting as his new Offensive Coordinator.  In his four years under Daboll, Wan’Dale averaged over 7 targets a game.  That puts him at an expected 112 targets, which again lands him as a top 24WR.  His competition for targets are rookie Carnell Tate, Calvin Ridley, who topped 30 yards in a game only once last year, and two recognized blocking TE’s (Daniel Bellinger and Gunnar Helm).  He currently is being drafted right around WR49 in the ninth round, so even if he doesn’t hit WR24 numbers he will far outperform his draft position.