Fantasy Football WR Rankings

These will be a little shorter blurbs about each player since I am going 30 deep with these rankings. With WR's, it gets more into a grey area with each one you rank as there is a lot of other factors that related to WR's and to a lesser extent, TE's. But here we go:

1. Larry Fitzgerald (AZ): Is clearly the #1 WR on the list. This is even if Mr. "Haven't Missed a Party since I was a Freshman in High School" somehow takes over at QB".

2. Andre Johnson (Hou): Averaged almost 100 yds a game receiving last year, even with Sage (and I like Sage) as your QB. I will take that every week.

3. Randy Moss (NE): Everyone knows about his talent, no one knows about his desire, well other than his desire to look foolish quite a bit. Brady is back, and we know what he did last time with Brady at QB.

4. Steve Smith (Car): Didn't catch as many TD's last year but the yards and looks were there. Barring any unforeseen (or actually foreseen) attacks on teammates, he should be a top 5 WR.

5. Calvin Johnson (Det): An 0-16 team starting either a rookie QB or the nursing home version of Daunte Culpepper drops him a few notches even if he is the 2nd most talented WR in the league.

6. Roddy White (Atl): Had 1382 yds last season and 7 TD's without absolutely no help in the WR or TE corps. Add Tony Gonzalez into the equations along with an up and coming QB and one of the best running games in the league, and I think all his numbers increase.

7. Greg Jennings (GB): Each year, he has the quietest really good stats of any FF WR. Has a really good QB that hasn't caused any distractions in the past year by retiring and unretiring every 8 minutes.

8. Reggie Wayne (Ind): As long as he is able to remember all 642 audibles that Peyton uses each drive, he should be solid. No more Harrison and a solid Gonzalez and Clark among the receiving corps.

9. Marques Colston (NO): Drew Brees likes to throw the ball, really likes to throw the ball, so you have to have a Saint in your top ten. Colston missed basically 6 1/2 games last year and still put up some good stats when he was healthy, so I think he breaks from the pack as their top WR.

10. Bernard Berrian (MN): Let's just say he had a good year last year with Gus and T-Jack as his QB. I believe Grey Beard and Sage are upgrades.

11. TJ Houshmanzadeh (Sea): Moving from Cincinnati to Seattle is a huge upgrade especially since the Seahawks were devastated by injuries last year. Now assuming everyone stays healthy for the first time since Jim Zorn and Curt Warner were roaming the sidelines, I see a huge year from him.

12. Anquan Boldin (AZ): The first #2 receiver to join this list, but he really isn't a #2 receiver. More like a #5 receiver if you look at how he is being paid.

13. Lee Evans (Buff): This may be a shock to anyone reading this, but Evan's stats were somewhat comparable to TO last year. Now with defense's still thinking TO is an elite receiver, for whatever reason, I think it opens things up for Evans.

14. Vincent Jackson (SD): He quietly had over 1000 yds last year and 7 TD's. Has a great starting QB and plays 6 games against the ghost's of their former pasts: The Bronco's, Raider's and Cheif's. This is my sleeper #2 WR.

15. Lavernues Coles (Cin): Henry and their new kicker have been mentioned as being the primary beneficiaries of having Palmer back (Carson, not Jordan) but I have a hunch it will be Coles. I am pretty sure they will need to throw the ball, a lot.

16. DeSean Jackson (Phil): Rumor has it he spent the whole off season taking college level courses on where the goal line is and when it is OK to drop the ball while running past it. I like this offense, should put up big numbers.

17. Antonio Bryant (TB): Had huge numbers last year but I have no idea who is throwing to him and I don't like the options available. Also, lets throw a malcontent TE into the mix. TB is the one team that could be 4-12 or 12-4 and it wouldn't surprise me.

18. Dwayne Bowe: (KC): An obvious talent, but has started the season in the doghouse, so it drops him a few notches. And since Todd Haley put his best player in the doghouse, it is going to need 52 rooms by the end of the preseason.

19. Wes Welker (NE): You cannot deny the hands on someone who is somehow able to catch 111 passes from Matt Cassel in a year when if you tally up all of his completed passes in games in his career, to get to 111, you might have to go back to middle school.

20. Santonio Holmes (Pit): It is known that the Steelers will be good. But for fantasy purposes, they haven't been that great. Holmes should be solid as long as he doesn't take the route of the last WR to catch a game winning Super Bowl TD. Seriously, if your going to wear sweatpants, put the safety on, everyone knows that.

21. Braylon Edwards (Cle): Not sold on Cleveland's offense at all. If fact, they may have a game where they have negative yards. But he is really their only threat, so he should get some numbers as a #2-3 WR on your roster. (Wow, I just typed something about the Browns without making a joke about Brady Quinn, I am evolving as a writer)

22. Terrell Owens (Buff): Has made the worst off season decisions of anyone I have ever seen. The Superstars, The TO Show, Buffalo? This is a guy starving for attention that needs to realize that he can get that attention by dedicating his off season to learning the art of catching a football.

23. Kevin Walter (Hou): As you have seen by my rankings, I am kinda huge on the Houston offense. Walter has his QB back, Slaton at RB and Johnson and Daniels keeping him from double teams. I like his chances.

24. Eddie Royal (Den): Someone has to do something in this offense that will be down by 20 every game. I bet its Royal.

25. Santana Moss (Wash): In all honesty, should maybe be a little bit higher as he is a #1 receiver. My guess though is Dan Snyder somehow gets in his way, whether it be trading for a bigger name, less talented WR or by physically injuring him since he isn't brash enough.

26. Anthony Gonzalez (Indy): The Colts will pass enough to spread it around and he has shown enough to consider him as your #3 WR or if you inexplicably play in a 26 team league, a #1 WR.

27. Brandon Marshall (Den (for now)): My favorite quote of the year: "I am not even close to learning the playbook". And it was said this week. Tremendous talent. Tremendous moron.

28. Roy Williams (Dal): Could be a good sleeper at this level. If he continues to focus his efforts on improving and not exposing the Romo-Witten love affair, he could be good.

29. Jericho Cotchery (NYJ): Lost his gunslinger as a QB where it didn't matter if he ran the route as the ball would end up 20 yards from him and he would have to go get it and his WR mate. Still, he is basically their only option in the passing game.

30. Chad Ochocinco (Cin): It hurts me just to type that last name. Should be better this year with Carson back and should recover from being a 3rd round draft pick in Fantasy Football last year and being dropped by week 3 and not being picked up again. My guess is he won't be dropped this year.

The next 15 (In no particular order): These could replace any of the last 6-7 depending on your gut feelings: Devin Hester, Steve Breaston, Percy Harvin, Ted Ginn Jr, Derrick Mason, Chris Henry, Donald Driver, Lance Moore, Dominek Hixon, Jeremy Maclin, Hines Ward, Josh Morgan, Donnie Avery, Justin Gage, & Mushin Mohammed.

TE, K and DEF/ST to go.