Mattek passed on Michael Wilson despite already building an Arizona stack, explaining that he doesn’t "believe in Kyler Murray’s ability to generate that much value." In his view, Week 17 touchdowns are more likely to funnel to Marvin Harrison Jr. and James Conner, leaving Wilson with little best-ball upside. The advice is to fade Wilson at current prices whenever you’re betting on Cardinals production coming from their star rookie and bell-cow back.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound advised passing on Michael Wilson in Underdog’s Sprint contest because the second–year Cardinal does not profile as a tournament-winning ceiling play. Pat reminded viewers that you need multiple 18-plus-point games to survive the three-week playoff gauntlet and, as he put it, ‘I don’t know if Michael Wilson has ever scored an 18-point game before.’ Instead of burning a late pick on a low-volatility perimeter receiver, Pat said he would rather click Alec Pierce—someone he believes can rip off the two-touchdown spike weeks required to advance. Bottom line: Wilson’s steady-but-small target share might be fine for season-long formats, but in a sprint you need eruption potential, not a 10-point median outcome.

Tyler Knaeble said drafters should start mixing Michael Wilson into their late-round best-ball portfolios because the post-draft depth chart in Arizona is shockingly thin behind Marvin Harrison Jr. and Trey McBride. The Cardinals added zero veteran wideouts, and the rest of the room is Greg Dortch, Xavier Weaver, and Simi Fehoko—players Knaeble called “way worse than Wilson.” He reminded listeners that Kyler Murray publicly labeled Wilson a future 1,000-yard receiver, and noted that if either Harrison or McBride misses time, the target tree becomes ultra-condensed. Even without an injury, Wilson is penciled in for every-down perimeter snaps on a team projected to trail often, giving him weekly spike-week potential that is not priced into his current Round-18 ADP.

Eric Luttrell flagged Michael Wilson as the better pick than Jalen Tolbert when both are on the board, noting Wilson routinely slips to Rounds 17-18 despite having almost no target competition beyond Marvin Harrison Jr. and Trey McBride. Wilson turned 56 targets into 565 yards (10.1 yards per target) as a rookie while running a route on 78 % of Kyler Murray dropbacks post-injury. Eric emphasized that Arizona didn’t add a veteran WR2 in free agency and projects to finish top-10 in pass attempts under OC Drew Petzing’s uptempo system. He thinks the combination of a full Murray offseason and Wilson’s jump to Year-3 health gives him multiple spike-week paths and urged drafters to scoop him any time they need an 18th-round “chaperone” receiver.