Fantasy Football Draft Advice: Who Should Be Paired With Your No. 1 Wide Receiver?

For those of you who are new to the PPR Report, this will be a weekly report during the regular season where I will highlight some of the top targeted receivers from the previous week's NFL games and highlight some trends that I see that could benefit those of you in PPR, or Points Per Reception, leagues.

Today I will take a look at the bye week schedule for the Top 20 Wide Receivers, according to Mike Gallagher's Wide Receiver Rankings, and provide you with two receivers you might want to draft to "pair" with your WR1 and your WR2 choices later in your fantasy drafts.

Let's take a look at the two receivers I recommend pairing with your WR1 and WR2, along with their bye week opponents:

This table can be useful on draft day when deciding what backup receivers you will draft in rounds 8-12 as your WR3, WR4 or WR5. I usually don't look at bye weeks when drafting backups, but it is important as you don't want to be left with guys on the waiver wire who won't be getting many targets in 2012.

What I did was look at the teams that gave up the most passing touchdowns in 2011, and selected receivers who will be playing against these teams during the bye weeks of the Top 20 Wide Receivers. I am making an assumption here that these defenses did not improve in the offseason and will, again, be below average against the pass in 2012.

In my analysis, I did exclude one team that was one of the worst against the pass in 2011, and that team is the Buffalo Bills. The Bills added Mario Williams and a few others this offseason, so I am making an assumption that their pass D will improve in 2012.

A couple guys I like, and will probably target in my drafts are Nate Washington, Titus Young and DeSean Jackson.

Washington was a Top 20 wide receiver in 2011 and should get plenty of targers from the young Jake Locker this season. I can see him putting up eight to 10 touchdowns along with 1,000+ yards on 70-80 pass receptions.

Lions WR Titus Young is a popular sleeper this offseason, and he could very well be a very productive receiver in the wide open Lions' offense. Quarterback Matt Stafford attempted the most pass attempts last season, and I don't see that changing this season. Young could put up 70+ catches, 900 yards and seven to nine touchdowns this season.

Jackson had a down year in 2011, and is ready for a solid bounce back season in 2012 now that his contract situation is behind him. He is two years removed from a 9-touchdown, 1,167-yard season, and could easily top that if he can stay healthy in 2012.