2012 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings: Week 7

Author:
Athlon Sports
Publish date:
Oct 18, 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.

Atlanta, Denver, Kansas City, Miami, Philadelphia and San Diego are all on bye.

2012 NFL Week 7 Fantasy Football Rankings — Wide Receivers


Rk	Player	Team	OPPONENT	Notes
1	A.J. Green	CIN	vs. PIT	Leads NFL in yards, tied for 2nd in TD catches with 6.
2	Calvin Johnson	DET	at CHI (Mon.)	Second in ypg, 4th in catches, but only one TD so far.
3	Percy Harvin	MIN	vs. ARI	Leads league in receptions with 49.
4	Victor Cruz	NYG	vs. WAS	Tied for second with Green in touchdown catches.
5	Brandon Marshall	CHI	vs. DET (Mon.)	Put up 8-138-1 vs. Cowboys on MNF in Week 4.
6	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	at MIN	Hasn't made any big plays yet, longest catch is 37 yards.
7	Marques Colston	NO	at TB	All four TDs have come in last two games.
8	Wes Welker	NE	vs. NYJ	One of few bright spots for Pats' offense in Seattle.
9	Vincent Jackson	TB	vs. NO	Has 10 catches, 166 yards and 3 TDs over last two games.
10	Reggie Wayne	IND	vs. CLE	Jets held him to just 87 yards last week.
11	Mike Wallace	PIT	at CIN	Just 21 catches so far, but 4 TDs.
12	Dez Bryant	DAL	at CAR	Put up best numbers (13-95-2) in a while against Ravens.
13	Jordy Nelson	GB	at STL	Posted second career 3-TD game vs. Houston.
14	Hakeem Nicks	NYG	vs. WAS	Played for first time since Week 2, caught three passes.
15	Stevie Johnson	BUF	vs. TEN	Has only 3 catches of 20+ yards.
16	Andre Johnson	HOU	vs. BAL	His eight catches vs. Packers were most this season.
17	Steve Smith	CAR	vs. DAL	Cowboys' secondary has been tough on WRs.
18	Miles Austin	DAL	at CAR	Coming off just two catches for 31 yards vs. Ravens.
19	Antonio Brown	PIT	at CIN
20	James Jones	GB	at STL	Second in the NFL in touchdowns with 7.
21	Denarius Moore	OAK	vs. JAC	Posted first 100-yard game since last season vs. Falcons.
22	Torrey Smith	BAL	at HOU	Only four catches combined over past two weeks.
23	Anquan Boldin	BAL	at HOU	Has been Ravens' main receiver past few weeks.
24	Kenny Britt	TEN	at BUF	Scored first TD last week, may finally be over ankle issue.
25	Brandon Lloyd	NE	vs. NYJ	Injured shoulder last week, probably want to monitor him.
26	Mike Williams	TB	vs. NO	Caught 62-yard TD pass vs. Chiefs last week.
27	Michael Crabtree	SF	vs. SEA (Thurs.)
28	Randall Cobb	GB	at STL	Has carved out nice little niche in Packers' attack.
29	Lance Moore	NO	at TB
30	Kendall Wright	TEN	at BUF	Rookie becoming Hasselbeck's favorite target.
31	Jeremy Kerley	NYJ	at NE
32	Brandon Gibson	STL	vs. GB	Has replaced injured Amendola as Rams' top receiver.
33	Nate Washington	TEN	at BUF
34	Domenik Hixon	NYG	vs. WAS
35	Andre Roberts	ARI	at MIN
36	Josh Gordon	CLE	at IND	Three TDs last two weeks, doing it with big plays.
37	Andrew Hawkins	CIN	vs. PIT
38	Nate Burleson	DET	at CHI (Mon.)
39	Donnie Avery	IND	vs. CLE
40	Sidney Rice	SEA	at SF (Thurs.)	Connected with Wilson for game-winning TD vs. Pats.
41	Santana Moss	WAS	at NYG	Has stepped up in Garcon's prolonged absence.
42	Darrius Heyward-Bey	OAK	vs. JAC	Returned from concussion and contributed.
43	Brandon LaFell	CAR	vs. DAL
44	Stephen Hill	NYJ	at NE	Returned from hamstring injury and caught TD.
45	Devery Henderson	NO	at TB
46	Mario Manningham	SF	vs. SEA (Thurs.)
47	Chris Givens	STL	vs. GB	Has shown he can make the big plays.
48	Justin Blackmon	JAC	at OAK	Rookie slowly showing signs of progress, development.
49	Pierre Garcon	WAS	at NYG	Foot injury just won't go away.
50	T.Y. Hilton	IND	vs. CLE
51	Leonard Hankerson	WAS	at NYG
52	Kevin Walter	HOU	vs. BAL
53	Doug Baldwin	SEA	at SF (Thurs.)	Hooked up with Wilson for TD last week vs. Patriots.
54	Titus Young	DET	at CHI (Mon.)
55	Cecil Shorts	JAC	at OAK
56	Devin Hester	CHI	vs. DET (Mon.)
57	Kevin Ogletree	DAL	at CAR	Hasn't done much of anything since huge Week 1 game.
58	Michael Jenknins	MIN	vs. ARI	Stepped up in Jerome Simpson's absence last week.
59	Randy Moss	SF	vs. SEA (Thurs.)
60	Donald Jones	BUF	vs. TEN
61	Emmanuel Sanders	PIT	at CIN
62	Greg Little	CLE	at IND
63	Golden Tate	SEA	at SF (Thurs.)
64	Greg Jennings	GB	at STL	Groin injury will likely keep him out again this week.