2012 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings: Week 12

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Each week during the NFL season, we will rank enough players at each position to appease everyone from those in 8-team leagues to 16-team leagues, those that can start two QBs, two TEs, three RBs and four WRs. We cut out the rest, because if you're looking at who the 50th-best running back or the 17th-best kicker is for that week, you need more help than any Web site can give you.

2012 NFL Week 12 Fantasy Football Rankings — Wide Receivers


Rk	Player	Team	OPPONENT	Notes
1	Calvin Johnson	DET	vs. HOU (Thurs.)	Has 129+ yards in 3 straight games, TDs in 2.
2	A.J. Green	CIN	vs. OAK	Has scored a TD in 9 straight games.
3	Reggie Wayne	IND	vs. BUF	Bills have yielded 19 TD catches to WRs.
4	Victor Cruz	NYG	vs. GB	No TDs in past three games.
5	Roddy White	ATL	at TB	Three straight 100-yard games.
6	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	at KC	Chiefs giving up 13.7 yards per catch.
7	Vincent Jackson	TB	vs. ATL	Leads league with 20.5 ypc.
8	Wes Welker	NE	at NYJ (Thurs.)	Has no TDs and 80 yards or less in last four.
9	Andre Johnson	HOU	at DET (Thurs.)	Exploded for 14-273-1 vs. Jaguars.
10	Brandon Marshall	CHI	vs. MIN	His TD only bright spot vs. 49ers.
11	Percy Harvin	MIN	at CHI	Hoping to play (ankle), watch status.
12	Marques Colston	NO	vs. SF	49ers ranked second in league against pass.
13	Eric Decker	DEN	at KC	Chiefs have yielded fewest rec. (83) to WRs.
14	Randall Cobb	GB	at NYG	Has caught a TD pass in four straight.
15	Jordy Nelson	GB	at NYG	Giants have given up 15 TD rec. to WRs.
16	Steve Smith	CAR	at PHI (Mon.)	Still only 1 TD catch on season.
17	Julio Jones	ATL	at TB	Left game last week w/ ankle injury, watch status.
18	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	vs. STL	Cardinals' QB issues hurting Fitz's production.
19	Dez Bryant	DAL	vs. WAS (Thurs.)	Season-high 145 yards vs. Browns.
20	Hakeem Nicks	NYG	vs. GB	Should be rested, ready to go off of bye.
21	Miles Austin	DAL	vs. WAS (Thurs.)	Redskins allowing fourth-most pts. to WRs.
22	Denarius Moore	OAK	at CIN	Held to one catch for 9 yds. vs. Saints
23	Stevie Johnson	BUF	at IND	Has yet to post 100-yard game.
24	Danny Amendola	STL	at ARI	Injured his foot, but returned vs. Jets.
25	Torrey Smith	BAL	at SD	Only one catch on seven targets vs. Steelers.
26	Mike Wallace	PIT	at CLE	Has only one 100-yard game so far.
27	Dwayne Bowe	KC	vs. DEN	Suffered neck injury last week, watch status.
28	Kenny Britt	TEN	at JAC	Jags gave up 500+ passing yards to Texans.
29	Michael Crabtree	SF	at NO	Has four TD catches over last three games.
30	Malcom Floyd	SD	vs. BAL	Leads Chargers with 43 catches, but just 3 TDs.
31	Brandon Lloyd	NE	at NYJ (Thurs.)	Has caught a TD pass in only 2 of 10 games.
32	DeSean Jackson	PHI	vs. CAR (Mon.)	Caught just 2 passes from Foles last week.
33	James Jones	GB	at NYG	Leads Packers with 8 TD catches.
34	Sidney Rice	SEA	at MIA	Has four TD receptions in last three games.
35	Brian Hartline	MIA	at CHI	Seahawks allowing second-fewest pts. to WRs.
36	Mike Williams	TB	vs. ATL	Falcons have only given up 6 TD catches to WRs.
37	Darrius Heyward-Bey	OAK	at CIN	Played through hamstring issue last week.
38	Cecil Shorts	JAC	vs. TEN	Averaged 27 ypc with a TD vs. Texans.
39	Jeremy Maclin	PHI	vs. CAR (Mon.)	Didn't catch a single pass from Foles last week.
40	Lance Moore	NO	vs. SF	Made most of 2 catches (2 TDs) vs. Raiders.
41	Danario Alexander	SD	vs. BAL	Posted 7-96-2 last week against Broncos.
42	Nate Washington	TEN	at JAC	Has only one game with more than 69 yds.
43	Brandon LaFell	CAR	at PHI (Mon.)	Had season-high 93 yards last week vs. Bucs.
44	T.Y. Hilton	IND	vs. BUF	Stepped up big (6-100-2) in Avery's absence.
45	Justin Blackmon	JAC	vs. TEN	Showed up big (7-236-1) against Texans.
46	Ryan Broyles	DET	vs. HOU (Thurs.)	Should have bigger role with Young suspended.
47	Donnie Avery	IND	vs. BUF	Left game last week w/ concussion, watch status.
48	Kendall Wright	TEN	at JAC	Leads all rookies with 43 receptions.
49	Jeremy Kerley	NYJ	vs. NE (Thurs.)	Averaging 15.2 yards per reception.
50	Anquan Boldin	BAL	at SD	His only TD catch came in Week 1.
51	Davone Bess	MIA	vs. SEA	Caught first TD pass of season last week vs. Bills.
52	Andre Roberts	ARI	vs. STL	Has one TD catch in last six games.
53	Pierre Garcon	WAS	at DAL (Thurs.)	Finally returned from injury, had 3 receptions.
54	Golden Tate	SEA	at MIA	Only 26 receptions, but 6 TDs.
55	Santana Moss	WAS	at DAL (Thurs.)	Caught one pass, but it was 61-yard TD.
56	Emmanuel Sanders	PIT	at CLE	Led Steelers with 82 yards receiving last week.
57	Laurent Robinson	JAC	vs. TEN	No catches last week as Blackmon, Shorts took over.
58	Chris Givens	STL	at ARI	Cardinals are 6th against the pass.
59	Leonard Hankerson	WAS	at DAL (Thurs.)	Has 2 or fewer receptions in 6 of 10 games.
60	Josh Gordon	CLE	vs. PIT	Steelers surrendering fewest fantasy points to WRs.
61	Brandon Stokley	DEN	at KC	Has four catches and a TD in each of past 2 games.
62	Greg Little	CLE	vs. PIT	Just two TD catches on the season.
63	Harry Douglas	ATL	at TB	Has shown he can produce when called on.
64	Donald Jones	BUF	at IND	Colts have yielded 14 TD receptions to WRs.