Preseason Fantasy Rankings: WRs 11-20

by Skeller on Jul 21, 2009 8:00 AM EDT in Football

Not as exciting as an Erin Andrews peephole video (no, that's not the link to the actual video you pervs), but still pretty exciting.

Rank	Player	Team	Comments
11	Colston, Marques	NO	The heart of the Drew Brees Passing Machine, but he tends to disappear for games at a time. I'm a little bit wary.
12	Welker, Wes	NE	In PPR leagues, he's as steady and reliable as it gets.
13	Houshmandzadeh, TJ	SEA	He was a star playing in a division with the tough Steelers and Ravens. Imagine what he'll do with four games against the St. Louis and San Francisco secondaries.
14	Jackson, DeSean	PHI	Donovan McNabb loves this guy. LOVES him, even more than Chunky Soup. He's going to have a huge season.
15	Bowe, Dwayne	KC	He will love what Matt Cassel does for the offense, but not what the loss of Tony Gonzalez does to the offense.
16	Owens, Terrell	BUF	This is Terrell's team, the rest of the Bills just live in it. He'll be as sporadic as usual, but almost certainly will top last year's totals in receiving yards and touchdowns.
17	Smith, Steve	CAR	The Panthers have decided that they like to run the ball a lot. I'm ranking Smith based on the assumption that they can't run the ball as much as they'd like.
18	Williams, Roy	DAL	He's now the WR1 in Dallas which will mean continuous double-teams.
19	Jackson, Vincent	SD	I have to rank him lower because I think the San Diego offense as a whole takes a step back this season.
20	Edwards, Braylon	CLE	He should be the sole offensive weapon in Cleveland, which means he could put up 1100 receiving yards. I'm not sold on Brady Quinn yet though.

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First off, let me say thanks for posting your rankings. They’re a great reference point for me as I begin to compile my own. It’s obvious you put your time into them and it is much appreciated.

I agree with this segment, with two HUGE exceptions:

Steve Smith is really at 17? He’s arguably a top 5 WR and definitely a consensus top 10. He’s coming off a 1400 yard season (in 14 games) and has at least 6 TD’s in 4 straight years.

DeSean Jackson at 14? You’re really taking DeSean Jackson and his 2 career TD’s over Steve Smith?

by ILLZ on Jul 21, 2009 9:24 AM EDT reply actions

Yup

I like Steve Smith, but I’m not basing it off last year I agree, #17 is probably too low, but his 101.6 yd per game avg last year was a fluke. From 2007 to 2008 he played in fewer games, caught fewer passes, had a lower receptions per game average and had fewer touchdowns. I think he’s trending down.

I REALLY like DeSean Jackson though. 912 yards as a rookie and now he has Jeremy Maclin on the other side. It won’t take much for Jackson to get to 1200 yards.

by Skeller on Jul 22, 2009 11:02 PM EDT reply actions