Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said Dontayvion Wicks is a smash any time he lingers past pick 190. Wicks quietly logged more snaps than Jayden Reed down the stretch and even led the Packers in targets during his largest snap share game (13 looks in Week 13). Pat believes there’s a realistic 20 percent chance Green Bay trades Romeo Doubs, and Christian Watson’s chronic hamstring issues remain unsolved, creating a clear path for Wicks to settle in as Jordan Love’s full-time perimeter WR2. At a 17th-/18th-round ADP you’re paying for a WR5 flier but getting a player who already earned a 16 percent target share as a rookie in a LaFleur offense projected to finish top-10 in pass attempts. Pat urged drafters to bank the free ceiling exposure before any Doubs trade rumors or Watson injury reports push Wicks up a full round.

Murphy grabbed Dontayvion Wicks in the 20th round, saying he "doesn’t think [Wicks] should be here" and noting that the Virginia product could flat-out beat out Romeo Doubs. Even after Green Bay drafted rookie Matthew Golden, Wicks offers 4.44 speed, a 26 % college dominator, and shown trust from Jordan Love late last season (three games with 10+ DK points Weeks 15-18). He’s Murphy’s preferred long-shot piece of a Packers offense projected top-10 in pass volume.

Davis Mattek reversed course on his earlier bearish stance and said he is now actively sprinkling Dontayvion Wicks into Best Ball builds. Mattek noted that Green Bay "rotated a bunch of guys" last season and sees no reason that changes after the draft, especially with the coaching staff still reluctant to give Romeo Doubs a full-time role. Wicks consistently separated on film—Mattek emphasized that "Wicks gets open"—and the Packers seem indifferent to his occasional drops. Given Jordan Love’s expected 600-plus pass attempts and the organization’s historical unwillingness to push any wideout above a 70 % snap rate, Mattek believes Wicks can earn 60–70 targets and multiple spike weeks at a 19th-round cost. He called the former Virginia standout a perfect late correlation piece for Love stacks that everyone else is ignoring.

Davis Mattek labeled Dontayvion Wicks one of the draft’s biggest losers after Green Bay invested Day-2 capital in Matthew Golden. Mattek noted that Wicks functioned strictly as Christian Watson’s backup in 2024—only entering when Watson left the field—and that the front office clearly did not trust him to step into a permanent starting role. Golden profiles as a more explosive version of Wicks while Savion Williams adds another gadget option, leaving Wicks buried as, at best, the WR5. Because Green Bay ran two-WR sets on 64 percent of snaps last year, Mattek doubts Wicks will even clear 40 percent route participation. He moved Wicks outside his top-100 receivers and advised treating him as a last-round emergency flier only in 20-round formats.