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Nothing makes the NFL more fun than fantasy football and few things make fantasy sports more fun than rankings, rankings, and more rankings. WRs are ranked in this post with the ESPN and Yahoo! standard fractional scoring.
Rank | Player | Team | Last Week |
1 | DeAndre Hopkins | Texans | 1 |
2 | Julio Jones | Falcons | 2 |
3 | Odell Beckham Jr. | Giants | 3 |
4 | Antonio Brown* | Steelers | 4 |
5 | Brandon Marshall | Jets | 6 |
6 | Allen Robinson | Jaguars | 12 |
7 | Alshon Jeffery | Bears | 11 |
8 | A.J. Green | Bengals | 5 |
9 | Amari Cooper | Raiders | 9 |
10 | Julian Edelman* | Patriots | 10 |
11 | Calvin Johnson | Lions | 7 |
12 | Larry Fitzgerald | Cardinals | 8 |
13 | Demaryius Thomas | Broncos | 13 |
14 | Randall Cobb* | Packers | 13 |
15 | Dez Bryant* | Cowboys | 16 |
16 | Mike Evans | Buccaneers | 17 |
17 | Allen Hurns | Jaguars | 29 |
18 | Emmanuel Sanders* | Broncos | 19 |
19 | Stefon Diggs* | Vikings | 15 |
20 | Brandon LaFell | Patriots | 27 |
21 | Jarvis Landry* | Dolphins | 32 |
22 | Davante Adams* | Packers | 25 |
23 | John Brown | Cardinals | 28 |
24 | Martavis Bryant | Steelers | 18 |
25 | Michael Floyd | Cardinals | 24 |
26 | Michael Crabtree | Raiders | 35 |
27 | Jordan Matthews* | Eagles | 36 |
28 | Nate Washington | Texans | 38 |
29 | Eric Decker | Jets | 31 |
30 | Rishard Matthews | Dolphins | 23 |
31 | Brandin Cooks* | Saints | 33 |
32 | T.Y. Hilton* | Colts | 20 |
33 | James Jones | Packers | 22 |
34 | Dorial Green-Beckham | Titans | 60 |
35 | Kamar Aiken | Ravens | 30 |
36 | Travis Benjamin | Browns | 26 |
37 | Jeremy Maclin* | Chiefs | 34 |
38 | Marvin Jones | Bengals | 40 |
39 | Willie Snead* | Saints | 37 |
40 | Tavon Austin | Rams | 45 |
41 | Steve Johnson* | Chargers | 44 |
42 | Kendall Wright* | Titans | 41 |
43 | Sammy Watkins | Bills | 43 |
44 | Golden Tate | Lions | 46 |
45 | Donte Moncrief | Colts | 39 |
46 | Pierre Garcon* | Washington | 52 |
47 | Ted Ginn | Panthers | 48 |
48 | Vincent Jackson | Buccaneers | 42 |
49 | Rueben Randle* | Giants | 53 |
50 | Mike Wallace* | Vikings | 49 |
51 | Devin Funchess | Panthers | 67 |
52 | DeSean Jackson | Washington | 57 |
53 | Chris Givens | Ravens | 50 |
54 | Bryan Walters* | Jaguars | --- |
55 | Marquess Wilson | Bears | 47 |
56 | Dontrelle Inman* | Chargers | --- |
57 | Jermaine Kearse | Seahawks | 73 |
58 | Jamison Crowder | Washington | --- |
59 | Danny Amendola | Patriots | --- |
60 | Marques Colston* | Saints | --- |
61 | Lance Moore* | Lions | 65 |
62 | Victor Cruz | Giants | 54 |
63 | Dwayne Harris | Giants | 51 |
64 | Terrance Williams | Cowboys | 63 |
65 | Anquan Boldin* | 49ers | 55 |
66 | Leonard Hankerson | Falcons | 56 |
67 | Tyler Lockett | Seahawks | 58 |
68 | Riley Cooper | Eagles | 61 |
69 | Doug Baldwin* | Seahawks | --- |
70 | Justin Hunter | Titans | 72 |
71 | Breshad Perriman | Ravens | 75 |
72 | Mohamed Sanu | Bengals | --- |
73 | Torrey Smith | 49ers | 62 |
74 | Andre Johnson | Colts | 64 |
75 | Eddie Royal* | Bears | 66 |
* - notable players with increased PPR value |
Notes:
- There is a special bump for the receiver who have had their byes, as they have eight games remaining in their regular seasons against everyone else's seven.
- As we go down the rankings, there is an increase in the weight of strength of schedule. And the better matchups sooner than later because there is sell-high value to come. These are not weekly rankings, but the idea of these rankings is to measure whom we should be owning now over whom. For example, an WR3 with a bad schedule until Week 12 is useless to our rosters compared a below average WR4 with two or three nice matchups in the coming weeks.
- I have zero interest in WRs who don't get the ball enough to elevate above replacement level. I don't care how good they are IRL. Players who are not getting snaps but have upside greater than the Anquan Boldins of the NFL are more worthy of roster spots. If a guy will never enter our lineups, the bench spots are better utilized by stashing players with upside--especially at the WR position where boom potential is greatest.
- DeAndre Hopkins is WR1, simply because there is no WR we can trust to get the ball often more than him. Brian Hoyer looks for him every play, the Texans defense is not allowing them to abandon the pass, and Hopkins is running perfect routes. This is the 2015 version of what Hoyer did for Josh Gordon in 2013.
- Do your research and use rankings cautiously, as they are always a work-in-progress. Rankings are a bad tools to tell us what to do. They are conversation starters, tier setters, value mirrors, and a combination of the scientific explanations of what has happened with the art of predicting what will happen. Feel free to supply contrary evidence to me on Twitter at @AlexSontySBN or in the comments. They will help me help you.