- Stefon Diggs still has upside: Diggs can serve as a capable No. 2 wide receiver on an NFL team.
- Keenan Allen is still efficient: Allen earns targets at a strong clip but isn't as dynamic with the ball in his hands.
- Deebo Samuel is valuable after the catch: Samuel can increase a pocket-passing quarterback’s fantasy-scoring ceiling.
Editor's Note: This article was last updated prior to Samuel's reported signing with the San Francisco 49ers.
NFL free agent wide receivers Stefon Diggs, Keenan Allen and Deebo Samuel will make fantasy-relevant impacts whenever they sign with a new team. While all three could return occasional flex results in best ball formats, landing spot pending, Diggs is likely the only re-draft-relevant player.
Advanced 2025 metrics for Diggs, Allen and Samuel
| Weeks 1-Super Bowl LX Receiving | PFF Receiving Grade | Current Age | Rec./Tgt. – Yards – TDs | Target Rate | Slot-Target Rate | Deep-Target Rate | Yards per Route Run | Average Depth of Target | Missed Tackles Forced | Missed Tackles Forced/Reception | Yards After Catch/Reception | Explosive Pass Plays | First Downs per Route Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stefon Diggs | 82.6 | 32 | 99/120 – 1,123 – 5 | 22.2% | 10.3% | 10.8% | 2.08 | 8.4 | 12 | 0.12 | 4.1 | 25 | 0.56 |
| Keenan Allen | 76.4 | 34 | 84/126 – 802 – 4 | 25.4% | 10.7% | 11.9% | 1.62 | 8.4 | 10 | 0.12 | 2.9 | 11 | 0.61 |
| Deebo Samuel | 70.2 | 30 | 72/99 – 727 – 5 | 22.6% | 14.2% | 6.1% | 1.66 | 5.5 | 17 | 0.24 | 6.5 | 19 | 0.44 |
Among 37 NFL wide receivers with at least 95 targets, all three rank 20th or better in target rate, with Allen taking the No. 8 overall spot. All three also place inside the top 12 in slot-target rate, while none rank inside the top 30 in deep-target rate.
Diggs slots 12th in yards per route run (YPRR), while the other two rank outside the top 20. Both Diggs and Allen are short-to-intermediate target earners at this point.
Diggs can likely still function as a serviceable No. 2 wide receiver and an efficient No. 3. Should he land with a wide receiver-needy team like the Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Commanders, Las Vegas Raiders, New York Giants, Atlanta Falcons or Miami Dolphins, he could return value as a matchup-based flex starter.
Allen remains an efficient target earner, yet he now plays with a catch-and-fall style. He continues to be linked to the Indianapolis Colts, despite the unit’s improving health. All three wide receivers are connected to Indianapolis here.
Should Allen land in Indianapolis or a similar landing spot, he would improve the quarterback’s scoring potential while lowering the skill-position group’s projectable target shares.
Screen pass targets account for 28.3% of Samuel’s target sum (28). He caught 27 screens for 270 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown and earned a qualifying 87.7 PFF receiving grade, ranking third among 14 NFL wide receivers with at least 15 screen pass targets last year.
He possesses a specialized run-after-catch skill set that can boost a pocket passer’s weekly fantasy output. Signing with the Los Angeles Rams makes sense. Samuel would produce usable fantasy stat lines sporadically, though.
Among the three, only Diggs is likely to warrant re-draft consideration on a new team; however, all three are worthwhile best ball picks.
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