Top 75 WRs: 2012 PPR Wide Receiver Fantasy Football Rankings (Updated 8/30)

The Steelers have had the good fortune of developing mid-round draft picks into viable Pro Bowl weapons over the past few seasons. Mike Wallace is one of the more explosive deep threats in the game and Antonio Brown is one of top up and coming possession receivers around.

While it’s good to hear Wallace is back on the practice field and should be a go for the team's Week 1 game in Denver, fantasy owners need to be cautious in thinking he’s ready to make an impact early on.

Going as a WR3, Wallace has fair value, but I would look to perhaps other receivers to start if you go with three receivers in your lineup Week 1.

On the flip side, you might think Wallace returning to the lineup would hurt Brown, but things couldn’t be further from the truth. With Wallace, defenses now have to respect his deep speed and that will clear out lanes for Brown underneath.

Not only has Brown landed a new contract this summer, but he’s looked terrific in the preseason and it appears he’s ready to take his game to a low-end WR1 level in PPR leagues.

Trending as a fifth-round pick, we should actually target him as more of a late fourth-round pick and a rock-solid  WR2, or WR1 if you wait on receiver until the fourth round.

1	Calvin Johnson
2	Julio Jones
3	A.J. Green
4	Jordy Nelson
5	Andre Johnson
6	Larry Fitzgerald
7	Wes Welker
8	Brandon Marshall
9	Victor Cruz
10	Roddy White
11	Brandon Lloyd
12	Antonio Brown
13	Eric Decker
14	Greg Jennings
15	Hakeem Nicks
16	Demaryius Thomas
17	Dez Bryant
18	Percy Harvin
19	Steve Smith
20	Dwayne Bowe
21	Jeremy Maclin
22	Reggie Wayne
23	Pierre Garcon
24	Marques Colston
25	DeSean Jackson
26	Torrey Smith
27	Stevie Johnson
28	Miles Austin
29	Vincent Jackson
30	Mike Wallace
31	Greg Little
32	Nate Washington
33	Justin Blackmon
34	Titus Young
35	Danny Amendola
36	Steve Smith, Stl
37	Alshon Jeffery
38	Malcom Floyd
39	Mike Williams
40	Michael Crabtree
41	Randy Moss
42	Sidney Rice
43	Brandon LaFell
44	Anquan Boldin
45	Robert Meachem
46	Darrius Heyward-Bey
47	Denarius Moore
48	Kenny Britt
49	Davone Bess
50	Kendall Wright
51	Emmanuel Sanders
52	Earl Bennett
53	Randall Cobb
54	Laurent Robinson
55	Austin Collie
56	Santonio Holmes
57	Jonathan Baldwin
58	Leonard Hankerson
59	Mario Manningham
60	Jerome Simpson
61	Donald Jones
62	Golden Tate
63	Rueben Randle
64	David Nelson
65	Doug Baldwin
66	Brandon Tate
67	Ryan Broyles
68	Lestar Jean
69	Nate Burleson
70	Brian Quick
71	Santana Moss
72	James Jones
73	Keyshawn Martin
74	Juron Criner
75	Armon Binns

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