2012 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings: Week 4

Author:
Athlon Sports
Publish date:
Sep 27, 2012

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.

Indianapolis and Pittsburgh are on bye.

2012 NFL Week 4 Fantasy Football Rankings — Wide Receivers


Rk	Player	Team	OPPONENT	Notes
1	Calvin Johnson	DET	vs. MIN
2	A.J. Green	CIN	at JAC	Victimized 'Skins (183 yards) last week.
3	Julio Jones	ATL	vs. CAR
4	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	vs. MIA	Is last week (9-114-1) a sign of things to come?
5	Andre Johnson	HOU	vs. TEN
6	Percy Harvin	MIN	at DET
7	Roddy White	ATL	vs. CAR
8	Greg Jennings	GB	vs. NO	Big target could be taking Lambeau Leap against Saints.
9	Victor Cruz	NYG	at PHI
10	Hakeem Nicks	NYG	at PHI	Should be back after missing Week 3 (foot).
11	Vincent Jackson	TB	vs. WAS	Skins giving up most fantasy points to WRs.
12	Steve Smith	CAR	at ATL	Called out Cam, will it affect chemistry?
13	Brandon Lloyd	NE	at BUF	Carving out role in Patriots' aerial attack.
14	Brandon Marshall	CHI	at DAL (Mon.)
15	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	vs. OAK	Could have big day against Raiders' thin secondary.
16	Miles Austin	DAL	vs. CHI (Mon.)
17	Stevie Johnson	BUF	vs. NE
18	Wes Welker	NE	at BUF	Big part of offensive game plan last week vs. Ravens.
19	Dwayne Bowe	KC	vs. SD
20	Jordy Nelson	GB	vs. NO	Put up big numbers in home games last season.
21	DeSean Jackson	PHI	vs. NYG
22	Eric Decker	DEN	vs. OAK	Had 136 yards in loss to Texans.
23	Torrey Smith	BAL	vs. CLE (Thurs.)
24	Dez Bryant	DAL	vs. CHI (Mon.)	Austin has out-performed Bryant to this point.
25	Marques Colston	NO	at GB	Been slowed by foot injury.
26	Malcom Floyd	SD	at KC	Clearly Rivers' top WR target.
27	Jeremy Maclin	PHI	vs. NYG	Back at practice after missing last week (hip).
28	Santonio Holmes	NYJ	vs. SF
29	Denarius Moore	OAK	at DEN
30	Michael Crabtree	SF	at NYJ	First to try and take advantage of Revis-less Jets.
31	Kenny Britt	TEN	at HOU
32	Lance Moore	NO	at GB
33	Pierre Garcon	WAS	at TB	Foot issue has Garcon questionable for another week.
34	Nate Washington	TEN	at HOU
35	Danny Amendola	STL	vs. SEA	Hawks secondary will be tough test.
36	Nate Burleson	DET	vs. MIN	Continuing to produce as Lions' No. 2.
37	Anquan Boldin	BAL	vs. CLE (Thurs.)	No longer Ravens' No. 1 option.
38	Brandon LaFell	CAR	at ATL
39	Randall Cobb	GB	vs. NO	Returned KO for TD in pro debut in '11 vs. Saints.
40	Mike Williams	TB	vs. WAS
41	Andrew Hawkins	CIN	at JAC	Showing a knack for the big play.
42	Titus Young	DET	vs. MIN	Did not practice Wednesday (knee).
43	Brian Hartline	MIA	at ARI
44	Sidney Rice	SEA	at STL
45	Robert Meachem	SD	at KC
46	Golden Tate	SEA	at STL	Looking to build off of 2-TD effort on MNF.
47	Laurent Robinson	JAC	vs. CIN	Passed concussion tests, should play Sunday.
48	Mario Manningham	SF	at NYJ
49	Greg Little	CLE	at BAL (Thurs.)	Little having big problems bringing in passes.
50	Randy Moss	SF	at NYJ
51	Jerome Simpson	MIN	at DET	Makes season debut after three-game suspension.
52	Kevin Ogletree	DAL	vs. CHI (Mon.)	Hasn't done much since Week 1 coming out party.
53	Andre Roberts	ARI	vs. MIA
54	Davone Bess	MIA	at ARI
55	Kevin Walter	HOU	vs. TEN
56	Kendall Wright	TEN	at HOU	Rookie getting plenty of looks from Locker.
57	Santana Moss	WAS	at TB
58	Jon Baldwin	KC	vs. SD
59	Donald Jones	BUF	vs. NE
60	Cecil Shorts	JAC	vs. CIN	Caught 80-yarder to beat Colts last week.
61	Ramses Barden	NYG	at PHI	Could still produce even as Giants' No. 3.
62	Brandon Gibson	STL	vs. SEA
63	Justin Blackmon	JAC	vs. CIN	Rookie yet to have much of an impact.
64	Jeremy Kerley	NYJ	vs. SF	Been productive with limited opportunities he's gotten.