An engaging offseason exercise I like to do once rosters are more or less set is to look for who the cheapest WR1s are across the league.

Obviously, players like Justin Jefferson and Ja'Marr Chase are the top options for their respective teams, but who are the No. 1 wideouts on other teams?

Here are three rookie WR sleepers with a path to becoming the WR1 on their respective teams within the next couple of seasons.

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Rookie WR Sleepers With WR1 Upside In Dynasty Fantasy Football

Jack Bech, WR - Raiders

Starting with the highest-ranked player by community consensus, Jack Bech landed with the Raiders with the 58th pick and joined an offense sporting a few key additions.

Geno Smith is set to assume QB1 duties as fellow rookie Ashton Jeanty has the traits to quickly become one of the best RBs in the league.

As far as other pass catchers, Brock Bowers will undoubtedly command the largest target share alongside veteran wideout Jakobi Meyers. However, after those two … there's Bech. No other offensive skill position player has any serious chance of challenging Bowers, Meyers, and Bech for meaningful targets.

Just looking at this season, here are our projections for the Raiders top options.

While it's almost an even split between Bowers and Meyers, you can see we expect Bech to still have a solid season, given the assumption that Jeanty will get all the touches he can handle.

Specifically looking at the wideouts, Meyers (28 years old) is still squarely in his prime and, assuming health, should remain a key part of this offense for several more seasons. Even so, Bech has the draft capital and profile to carve out an above-average role on this team from Year 1.

Earlier this month, Gene Clemons stated:

"A rookie receiver could not have found a more perfect situation to land in than the Raiders … He (Bech) has a chance to receive the third-most targets on the team and establish himself as another reliable option for Smith to get the football to, and that means he has a chance to be viable in fantasy right now and well into the future."

Carrying a dynasty value of WR48, the masses are certainly cognizant of his opportunity purely from a situational standpoint.

From an analytical perspective, Bech checked in at WR8 in our Rookie WR Model. He actually finished in Tier 3 along with Jayden Higgins, Luther Burden, and Tre Harris.

It probably won't happen this season, but depending on how his rookie year unfolds, there's a path for Bech to assume the WR1 role for this team in the near future. That alone makes him an intriguing dynasty asset and one that we should be paying closer attention to.

Kyle Williams, WR - Patriots

The Patriots snagged Kyle Williams with the 69th pick (nice) in the NFL Draft.

A year after drafting both Ja'Lynn Polk and Javon Baker, New England brought over Stefon Diggs and drafted Williams on Day 2.

Diggs is set to be the presumptive No. 1 option for sophomore QB Drake Maye, but even that's not a sure-fire thing.

Diggs is working his way back from an ACL injury that cost him the second half of last season, but he appears to be in great shape during his offseason workouts. However, a closer look at our projections reveals that we're not sold on him running away with the No. 1 role.

We have Diggs and Williams almost tied in every receiving category across the board.

Pete Overzet tabbed Williams as a late-round rookie receiver to target when he said, “Williams is a polished route-runner whose game is expected to translate immediately to the next level.”

Going back a bit further, Thor Nystrom said the following about Williams:

"Williams’ sublime 4.39 YPRR against man-coverage and 88th-percentile PFF separation percentile against single-coverage tell the tale of how down-in, down-out reliable he has become…He’s an efficiency player who can free himself quickly for move-the-chain completions underneath, who has also shown the ability to win downfield when isolated one-on-one."

Williams finished as the WR9 in our Rookie WR Model, one slot (and one tier) below the aforementioned Bech. Williams' current dynasty value of WR50, again just below Bech, is realistic given we don't quite know how big of a step Maye and the Patriots offense will make in Year 1 under Mike Vrabel.

Even so, we expect the promising rookie to push for the team lead in targets right away this season. That bodes well for any hope of taking over this pass-catching room in the future.

Pat Bryant, WR - Broncos

The cheapest player on this list is Pat Bryant, who landed with the Broncos with the 74th selection.

I've written plenty on Bryant this offseason, so I'll keep this one a bit more brief.

I labeled him as a dynasty sleeper back in early May and more recently talked about how the Michael Thomas comparisons were picking up steam in Denver.

Bryant will have an uphill battle to overtake Courtland Sutton for the WR1 role in Year 1, especially since we also project Marvin Mims to edge him out in every key category as well.

The WR11 in our Rookie WR Model, there's a reason his dynasty value is down at WR67. Even so, with Sutton approaching the vaunted age cliff of 30 years old, following the skill set of Bryant and coach-speak from Sean Payton, I don't think it will be long before the talented rookie takes over this receiver room.

Dynasty managers should take advantage of his depressed price relative to the other players going in this range. Bryant profiles as someone who takes a significant step over the second half of his rookie season and carries that momentum into an exceptional Year 2.

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