Ian Hartitz said WR81 is far too cheap for Dontayvion Wicks after the market overreacted to last season’s mid-year flameout. Wicks flashed ceiling by finishing as the overall WR3 in Week 3, remains only 24 years old, and stays tethered to a Packers offense that ranked top-10 in scoring. Hartitz framed 2024 as the pendulum swinging too high and 2025 as swinging too low, making Wicks a quintessential post-hype target who can beat draft position in both season-long and best-ball formats.

Geoff Ulrich urged managers to stash Dontayvion Wicks. The Packer wideout has nine touchdowns on just 78 career receptions, a score every 8.66 catches with Jordan Love. Ulrich acknowledged target-share volatility but pointed out that Green Bay’s other receivers thrive between the 20s, leaving Wicks as the premier red-zone body. On a roster where Love tossed 32 TDs last season, Wicks needs only 40-50 grabs to crack double-digit scores, making him the perfect last-round dart in touchdown-centric formats.

Davis Mattek said Dontayvian Wicks should remain in best-ball player pools as an 18th-round dart despite the recent camp buzz cooling off. Mattek laid out several realistic paths to fantasy relevance: (1) a Romeo Doubs trade or injury, noting Doubs was even suspended last season for diva behavior; (2) a Christian Watson or Jayden Reed injury opening snaps in 11-personnel; (3) Wicks simply capitalizing on early-season opportunities—Mattek tossed out a hypothetical 4-catch, 64-yard, 1-TD Week 3 line that could force coaches to expand his role. He reminded listeners that Green Bay ranked 31st in Pass Rate Over Expected in 2023, yet Wicks still logged 76 targets to lead the team; if Matt LaFleur pushes the offense toward league-average (Mattek suggested 13th in PROE) the target pie grows. With Jordan Love stacks needing a cheap bring-back and both Doubs and Watson likely gone by 2026, Mattek views Wicks as a correlated upside pick now and a strong dynasty stash for the longer runway.

Davis Mattek said Wicks is still worth an 18th-round dart despite last year’s drops. He outlined several ways the second-year Packer can pay off in Best Ball or dynasty: 1) a Romeo Doubs trade, suspension or injury immediately frees outside snaps; 2) Wicks could simply flash early (Mattek floated a four-catch, 64-yard, 1-TD Week-3 line) and earn more routes; 3) Green Bay was 31st in pass rate over expected last year—if Matt LaFleur bumps that to mid-pack (Mattek guessed 13th) Jordan Love’s volume rises and the target pie grows; 4) both Doubs and Christian Watson may be gone by 2026, giving Wicks long-term starter equity on his rookie deal. Mattek called the talk of Wicks being “Jover” premature and recommended him as a correlated late pick with Love or a cheap dynasty stash.

Davis Mattek reminded listeners that Dontayvion Wicks never opened 2023 as a starter and even shared Family-Night routes with seventh-round rookie Grant DuBose, evidence the coaching staff viewed him as a rotational option rather than a locked-in piece. Mattek also noted Wicks’ ball-tracking issues—“he can’t catch a ball” was the tongue-in-cheek critique circulating in Packers circles last summer—plus the reality that Wicks’ two-TD eruption came in a fill-in role. Those red flags keep Mattek from chasing Wicks aggressively this year, but he still likes sprinkling the second-year wideout in the 19th–20th rounds of DraftKings Best Ball drafts. At that price, drafters get an athletic perimeter receiver tied to Jordan Love without sacrificing meaningful opportunity cost, and any step forward in snap share could turn Wicks into a spike-week WR5 who correlates cleanly with late-round Packers stacks.

Davis Mattek pushed back on the fantasy community’s collective “slappy fatigue” and labeled Dontayvion Wicks one of the best ADP discounts on DraftKings. Mattek noted that Wicks quietly led Green Bay in targets last season despite not opening the year as a starter, posted strong separation metrics, and even popped for a two-touchdown game. He believes drafters are overreacting to the Packers’ selection of rookie Savion Williams and to last year’s social-media hype cycle, letting Wicks slide 30–40 spots later than similar profile receivers. Mattek argued Wicks still has multiple outs: he can win the perimeter Z role outright, earn flexible slot snaps in multi-WR sets, or simply benefit if Christian Watson’s recurring hamstring issues resurface. Given Jordan Love’s willingness to push volume to whoever is open, Mattek views Wicks as a high-leverage final-round pick who could deliver spike weeks and stack correlation without costing meaningful draft capital.

Tyler Knaeble told viewers not to cut Dontayvion Wicks, noting the second-year Packer quietly "earned the most targets on that offense last year." He compared Wicks’ drop issues to the early career struggles of Deontay Johnson and thinks better hands could unlock a sizable role. Because of that target-earning profile and a still-cheap price, Knaeble wants to stash Wicks on season-long rosters rather than dumping him for late-round rookies.

Mattek spotlighted Dontayvion Wicks as a late-round ceiling swing, noting that the second-year wideout quietly led Green Bay in targets for 2024 and posted ‘the best peripheral stats of any receiver in the entire NFL.’ He cited top-of-the-league marks in separation at the catch point, targets per route run and the Fantasy Points Data open-score metrics. The lone red flag is drops, but Mattek framed it as a variance issue—‘what if his drop rate is 0 % in 2025?’ If that happens, Wicks could leapfrog Christian Watson and Romeo Doubs to become Jordan Love’s primary option, offering week-winning spike weeks at a basement price.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound flagged Dontayvion Wicks as a sneaky end-game pick who could pay off in a hurry if the Packers move on from Romeo Doubs. Pat admitted he was “completely off” Wicks last year, but the second-year wideout’s 18.8 % targets-per-route rate and 2.12 yards per route on limited snaps quietly impressed the staff. If a Doubs trade or injury opens 80–90 additional routes, Wicks would slide into Jordan Love’s top three, giving drafters a cheap piece of a passing offense that finished 6th in EPA per play after Week 10. The upside for a Week 17 shoot-out against the Vikings makes him an even cleaner fit for Underdog’s playoff structure.

Billy Jones flagged Dontayvion Wicks as a deep-round arrow-up name. With reports circulating that Romeo Dobbs could be dealt before camp, Jones said any trade would immediately bump Wicks into Green Bay’s top three wideouts. Wicks already stole 20% of Jordan Love’s Weeks 12-18 targets and ranked third league-wide in yards per route run versus zone after Thanksgiving. At a current fringe-undrafted ADP, Jones believes a Dobbs move would trigger a two-round jump overnight and give Wicks spike-week utility in Packers stacks.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound called Dontayvion Wicks a screaming value in the 180s because the only thing suppressing his price is Romeo Doubs still being on the roster. Pat put decent odds on a Doubs trade and noted that Green Bay already deploys near-league-high three-wide sets and aggressively rotates receivers. If Doubs is moved, Wicks would jump from rotational flier to full-time outside starter, but even without the trade Pat likes the pick: "a guy going in the 180s on an offense that plays three wide all day makes no sense." Wicks only needs two or three spike weeks to pay off in the Sprint’s cumulative playoff format, and Pat is already up to 40 percent exposure.

Billy Jones highlighted Dontayvion Wicks as a final-round smash if you’re betting on movement in Green Bay’s receiver room. He believes there’s a “non-zero chance” Romeo Dobbs is shipped out before Week 1, and if that happens Wicks—who already posted a superior 2.08 yards-per-route as a rookie—would immediately slide into a full-time perimeter role opposite Christian Watson. Jones noted that drops sank Wicks’ playoff usage but called that noise rather than signal; Wicks’ contested-catch rate (56%) and slot versatility fit perfectly with Jordan Love’s gunslinger tendencies. Should Dobbs leave, Jones projects a jump from 56 to roughly 80 targets and sees two to three 20-point outings that can flip Best Ball Mania advance rates. Even if nothing happens, he prefers Wicks’ efficiency metrics over Dobbs at cost, making him a no-brainer dart when you need late wide-receiver juice.

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.

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.