The NFL schedule is moving along into Week 9 of the season and with fantasy football matchups starting up on Thursday with the Bengals and the Dolphins playing, some of the top wide receiver free agent pickups include Kenny Stills, Marvin Jones, Nate Washington, Aaron Dobson and Percy Harvin as the best players to add.
Jones is coming off one of the best games of the season after catching four touchdown passes against the New York Jets last and Stills is also coming off of a fantastic game and those two players are the best sleeper options at WR for the rest of the season. Jones has been a consistent option for the Bengals alongside AJ Green this season and now Andy Dalton has two very good receivers to work with. One reason that the Bengals offense has been so good is due to the weapons on the roster and players like Jones, Green, Tyler Eifert, Jermaine Gresham and Giovani Bernard has really opened things up for Dalton.
Jones had a breakout game against the Jets on Sunday with four touchdown catches, but he had been breaking out the past few weeks, scoring at least one touchdown in each of the past three weeks. Jones has 12 receptions over the past two weeks and has been targeted even more than that and it's clear that Jones and Dalton are on the same page, as he has not missed on more than two of his targets in the past five weeks and he also has steadily increased his targets and his receptions.
Over the past four games Jones has been putting up better numbers each week and his best performance came against the Jets with eight catches on as many targets with four touchdowns and 122 yards. The previous two weeks he had 57 yards and 71 yards with one touchdown in each game and over the past four weeks the Bengals have not lost a game. The team is now 6-2 on the season and has the biggest division lead in the league and they could be on their way to an AFC North division title.
Kenny Stills is the other big pickup of the week and playing with Drew Brees always seems to make players better and that clearly is the case with Stills. The Saints score like no other team except for the Broncos and he now has scored three touchdowns over his last two games and he has over 150 receiving yards in that span as well. Stills had his best game as a pro last week against the Buffalo Bills with three catches on four targets for 129 yards and two scores and that came after a solid game against the Patriots with three catches for 64 yards and one touchdown.
Nate Washington, Aaron Dobson and Percy Harvin are all solid pickups as well, especially with Sidney Rice now out for the season and Washington should continue to put up solid numbers as he continues to play well and with Jake Locker coming back, he had 10 targets last week and could continue to put up numbers. Jones and Stills are the two best pickups this week with their quarterbacks playing so well and they should be available in most leagues.
