Fantasy Football Rankings at Week 9: Top 80 WRs for the Rest of 2010

Calvin Johnson’s fantasy stats are finally starting to match his talents. The star Detroit Lions wide receiver made fools out of the Washington Redskins secondary in Week 8, catching three touchdown passes and posting his second 100-yard game in a row.

He now has seven touchdown receptions in the past four weeks alone and is a must-start every week, regardless of matchup.

Moving down this week is Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall. Though Marshall is certainly one of the most physically gifted receivers in the NFL, his fantasy output has to be considered a bit disappointing this season.

Though he hasn’t had any particularly bad games, Marshall has only cracked 100 yards twice this season and has only scored one touchdown in seven games.

He’s certainly the type of player who could break out for a big fantasy game at any time, but he’s going to keep moving down the rankings list if he doesn’t start getting into the end zone.

I can’t believe that Brandon Lloyd is the top fantasy wide receiver so far this season, but that’s where we’re at.

After catching just one pass in Week 7, the Broncos’ top receiver turned it on again in Week 8 as he caught 7 passes for 169 yards and a touchdown—his fifth 100-plus yard game this season.

Though he has only caught four touchdown passes, he is an every-week must start.

The “Randy Moss Factor” may finally be catching up to Wes Welker in New England. Though he was never an amazing fantasy receiver, Welker has had three straight games of five or less fantasy points since Moss left the Patriots.

He hasn’t caught a touchdown pass since Week 2 and might actually be a candidate to sit if he can’t get things going very soon.

One player on a huge fall right now is Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver. Though he has never been a huge-number receiver, his consistency has always been his biggest asset.

He has battled a quadriceps injury over the past few weeks, though, and has turned in back-to-back zero-catch performances.

He will miss this Sunday’s game against the Cowboys as he tries to get healthy, but this could the end of the line for the old guy.

View all of the updated rankings here:
Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Tight Ends

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	PREVIOUS RANK	MOVEMENT
1	Roddy White	ATL	1	0
2	Andre Johnson	HOU	2	0
3	Calvin Johnson	DET	6	3
4	Anquan Boldin	BAL	4	0
5	Reggie Wayne	IND	5	0
6	Hakeem Nicks	NYG	7	1
7	Brandon Marshall	MIA	3	-4
8	Greg Jennings	GB	8	0
9	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	12	3
10	Miles Austin	DAL	10	0
11	Terrell Owens	CIN	16	5
12	Randy Moss	TEN	9	-3
13	Jeremy Maclin	PHI	13	0
14	Mike Wallace	PIT	15	1
15	Brandon Lloyd	DEN	32	17
16	Michael Crabtree	SF	17	1
17	DeSean Jackson	PHI	22	5
18	Steve Smith	NYG	20	2
19	Austin Collie	IND	21	2
20	Hines Ward	PIT	31	11
21	Wes Welker	NE	11	-10
22	Mike Williams	TB	28	6
23	Percy Harvin	MIN	14	-9
24	Pierre Garcon	IND	27	3
25	Marques Colston	NO	26	1
26	Chad Ochocinco	CIN	24	-1
27	Dez Bryant	DAL	30	3
28	Santana Moss	WAS	25	-3
29	Dwayne Bowe	KC	33	4
30	Braylon Edwards	NYJ	19	-11
31	Davone Bess	MIA	48	17
32	Steve Smith	CAR	39	7
33	Mike Thomas	JAC	37	4
34	Malcom Floyd	SD	18	-16
35	Mike Sims-Walker	JAC	47	12
36	Sidney Rice	MIN	40	4
37	Lance Moore	NO	38	1
38	Santonio Holmes	NYJ	34	-4
39	Mike Williams	SEA	44	5
40	Donald Driver	GB	23	-17
41	Eddie Royal	DEN	36	-5
42	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	41	-1
43	Johnny Knox	CHI	42	-1
44	Deion Branch	NE	43	-1
45	Lee Evans	BUF	46	1
46	Jabar Gaffney	DEN	45	-1
47	Steve Johnson	BUF	50	3
48	Roy Williams	DAL	35	-13
49	Derrick Mason	BAL	51	2
50	James Jones	GB	49	-1
51	Mario Manningham	NYG	53	2
52	Kevin Walter	HOU	52	0
53	Brandon Tate	NE	59	6
54	Louis Murphy	OAK	54	0
55	Danny Amendola	STL	55	0
56	T.J. Houshmandzadeh	SEA	57	1
57	Devin Hester	CHI	58	1
58	Kenny Britt	TEN	29	-29
59	Robert Meachem	NO	62	3
60	Josh Cribbs	CLE	61	1
61	Nate Washington	TEN	60	-1
62	Steve Breaston	ARI	63	1
63	Patrick Crayton	SD	-	-
64	Michael Jenkins	ATL	64	0
65	Jacoby Jones	HOU	65	0
66	Mohamed Massaquoi	CLE	69	3
67	Vincent Jackson	SD	67	0
68	Bernard Berrian	MIN	73	5
69	Josh Morgan	SF	66	-3
70	Darrius Heyward-Bey	OAK	-	-
71	Chris Chambers	KC	68	-3
72	Devery Henderson	NO	70	-2
73	Legedu Naanee	SD	56	-17
74	Chaz Schilens	OAK	71	-3
75	Jason Avant	PHI	72	-3
76	Jordy Nelson	GB	74	-2
77	Mardy Gilyard	STL	75	-2
78	Deon Butler	SEA	76	-2
79	Nate Burleson	DET	77	-2
80	Earl Bennett	CHI	78	-2