Should you start Jaylin Noel, Isaac TeSlaa, Pat Bryant in fantasy football Week 1? John's fantasy outlooks for these rookie wide receivers in 2025.

Rookie wide receivers often have slow starts to their careers, especially if they were selected outside the first two rounds of the NFL Draft. As the saying goes, if you were drafted late, you have to prove that you can play, but if you were drafted early, you have to prove that you can't play.

Houston Texans wide receiver Jaylin Noel , Detroit Lions WR Isaac TeSlaa , and Denver Broncos wideout Pat Bryant were all chosen by their teams in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft, so to some degree, they'll have to slowly earn more playing time as the season goes on.

But due to injuries, being in deeper leagues, and other factors,

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