Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Updated Rankings: Week Five

Here’s my Week 5 wide receiver rankings. Keep in mind that Miami, New England, Pittsburgh, and Seattle are on bye. I updated the rankings because of the Randy Moss trade to Minnesota.

1. Andre Johnson vs. New York Giants

2. Reggie Wayne vs. Kansas City

3. Roddy White vs. Cleveland

4. Miles Austin vs. Tennessee

5. Calvin Johnson vs. St. Louis

6. Hakeem Nicks @ Houston

7. Marques Colston @ Arizona

8. Austin Collie vs. Kansas City

9. Anquan Boldin vs. Denver

10. Chad Ochocinco vs. Atlanta

11. DeSean Jackson @ San Francisco

12. Larry Fitzgerald vs. New Orleans

13. Terrell Owens vs. Atlanta

14. Mark Clayton @ Detroit

15. Randy Moss @ New York Jets

16. Donald Driver @ Washington

17. Brandon Lloyd @ Baltimore

18. Greg Jennings @ Washington

19. Kevin Walter vs. New York Giants

20. Johnny Knox @ Carolina

21. Louis Murphy vs. San Diego

22. Malcom Floyd @ Oakland

23. Steve Smith (NYG) @ Houston

24. Jeremy Maclin @ San Francisco

25. Braylon Edwards vs. Minnesota

26. Eddie Royal @ Baltimore

27. Santana Moss vs. Green Bay

28. Michael Crabtree vs. Philadelphia

29. Percy Harvin @ New York Jets

30. Mario Manningham @ Houston

31. Lance Moore @ Arizona

32. Legedu Naanee @ Oakland

33. Mike Sims-Walker vs. Buffalo

34. Dwayne Bowe @ Indianapolis

35. Devin Hester @ Carolina

36. Kenny Britt @ Dallas

37. Danny Amendola vs. Detroit

38. Roy Williams vs. Tennessee

39. Steve Johnson @ Jacksonville

40. Dez Bryant vs. Tennessee

Inside the numbers:

Andre Johnson took last week off to get healthy. That should pay major dividends against the Giants.
Austin Collie leads all WRs with 5 TDs. He’s the only one to have a score each week.
DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin slid down the rankings with Kevin Kolb in as the starter. Until he proves he can get the ball to his WRs, their value takes a hit.
Brandon Lloyd is just two yards shy of Reggie Wayne for the league high. Denver’s number one passing offense faces Baltimore’s number one passing defense. Something has to give.
Greg Jennings is tied for the team lead with Donald Driver and Jermichael Finley with 26 targets, but only has 12 catches. Driver has become the safer play.
Lance Moore has three TDs in the past two weeks.
Steve Johnson has a TD in his last two games and is facing Jacksonville who has allowed the most passing TDs (9) on the year.

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