Dontayvion Wicks
Wicks is a camp/preseason storyline more than a proven fantasy piece — a former Packers depth receiver now trying to carve out a real role in Philadelphia after the team's surprising A.J. Brown trade opened up outside-receiver reps.
Role
Currently in a wide-open competition for the No. 2 outside receiver job opposite DeVonta Smith; he's not a lock for regular snaps and would need to beat out Hollywood Brown and rookie Makai Lemon to see consistent targets. Tight end Dallas Goedert and RB Saquon Barkley remain locked into significant target share regardless of how the WR2 battle shakes out, capping the immediate ceiling of whoever wins the job.
He's flashing in practice settings (praised for route running in joint practices with the Patriots), has starting-caliber size and college pedigree, and the post-A.J.-Brown target vacuum means whoever wins the WR2 job has a real path to weekly relevance in Philadelphia's offense.
In three seasons in Green Bay he never finished a season among the top 50 receivers in snaps, routes, or targets, and he now has to leapfrog Hollywood Brown and a well-regarded rookie (Lemon) just to become the nominal No. 2 — with Goedert and Barkley likely to soak up a lot of the vacated volume anyway.
Where analysts split
The real question isn't whether Wicks has talent, it's whether he actually wins the outside WR2 job over Hollywood Brown and Makai Lemon; practice buzz (like the joint-practice route-running praise) is being weighed against his thin production history in Green Bay, and analysts are split on how much stock to put in camp reports versus his track record.
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