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    Dontayvion Wicks Fantasy Hub: Wild Card Injury Update, DFS Guidance, Start/Sit Advice, Projections, and More

    Here's the latest Dontayvion Wicks fantasy football news and advice to help you with your lineups, including injury status, start-sit advice, trade insight, and more.

    The Green Bay Packers will face the Philadelphia Eagles on Wild Card Weekend. Here’s the latest fantasy football news and advice to help you with your lineups this week and moving forward, especially regarding WR Dontayvion Wicks.

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    Is Dontayvion Wicks Playing vs. the Eagles?

    Wicks is not listed on the injury report this week, so barring any setbacks, he is on track to play this weekend.

    We’ll continue to monitor the Packers’ injury report. You can also visit and bookmark our NFL Injury Tracker and Fantasy News Tracker for the latest updates.

    Should You Start or Sit Donyatvion Wicks on Wild Card Weekend?

    Wicks was held without a catch when these teams met in Brazil, but the math has changed since.

    Christian Watson (ACL) is done for the season, and that opens up a role that the Packers will need if they are going to pull off an upset that many seem to think is possible. This season, 72.9% of Wicks’ routes have been run alongside Watson, making the scraping of data for the other 27.1% a small sample, but it’s all we have when trying to look at this specific situation.

    With Watson off the field, Wicks’ aDOT has spiked by 26.7%. Those deep looks are his path to success in most matchups, but probably not on Sunday – the Eagles are the best defense against long passes in terms of yards per attempt and yards per completion (over 11% better than the league average in both of those categories).

    That very much caps the upside of Wicks in the Wild Card Round, but it doesn’t completely rule him out. His involvement in the red zone has been much greater with Watson off the field (12.7% of his targets, up from 1.8% with him sharing the perimeter role).

    The target distribution in Green Bay has been close to impossible to forecast weekly this season. Removing one name from the mix gives us a little more clarity, but it’s important to not confuse “more clarity” with “clarity.”

    There are still plenty of names capable of sucking up usage in this offense, and the Packers’ clearest path to success is a heavy dose of Josh Jacobs. I’m not tempting fate by going to this passing game in most of my builds.

    Are you looking for start/sit advice for other players in your lineup? Read our Wild Card Weekend Fantasy Start-Sit Advice Cheat Sheet for every fantasy-relevant player in every game.

    Dontayvion Wicks’ Fantasy Points Projection on Wild Card Weekend

    As of Sunday, Wicks is projected to score 9.4 fantasy points in PPR formats. This includes 2.8 receptions for 38.4 yards and 0.5 touchdowns.

    Check out the free PFN Fantasy Start-Sit Optimizer for the latest projections and advice for your lineups this week.

    Dontayvion Wicks’ Fantasy Ranking

    Our Weekly Consensus PPR Rankings are below — both positional and overall. They were last updated at 11:45 PM ET on Saturday, January 25. 

    Conference Championship WR PPR Rankings

    1) A.J. Brown | PHI (vs. WAS)
    2) Terry McLaurin | WAS (at PHI)
    3) DeVonta Smith | PHI (vs. WAS)
    4) Khalil Shakir | BUF (at KC)
    5) Xavier Worthy | KC (vs. BUF)
    6) Hollywood Brown | KC (vs. BUF)
    7) DeAndre Hopkins | KC (vs. BUF)
    8) Keon Coleman | BUF (at KC)
    9) Dyami Brown | WAS (at PHI)
    10) Mack Hollins | BUF (at KC)
    11) Amari Cooper | BUF (at KC)
    12) Curtis Samuel | BUF (at KC)
    13) Olamide Zaccheaus | WAS (at PHI)
    14) JuJu Smith-Schuster | KC (vs. BUF)
    15) Jahan Dotson | PHI (vs. WAS)
    16) Jamison Crowder | WAS (at PHI)
    17) Luke McCaffrey | WAS (at PHI)
    18) Justin Watson | KC (vs. BUF)
    19) Johnny Wilson | PHI (vs. WAS)
    20) Parris Campbell | PHI (vs. WAS)
    21) Nikko Remigio | KC (vs. BUF)
    22) Ainias Smith | PHI (vs. WAS)

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