Fantasy Football Week 12 Rankings: Wide Receivers

If you haven't done so yet this season, make it a point to watch an Arizona Cardinals game. Doing so, will allow you the pleasure of witnessing perhaps the greatest wide receiver duo the NFL has ever seen in Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald.

Just last week, the dynamic duo combined for 337 receiving yards, with Boldin going for 186 and Fitz notching 151 against the Seattle Seahawks. The only problem in watching the pair is that they make it look so easy, you wonder why your fantasy wideouts can't do the same.

But take note because one wide receiver, Reggie Wayne, is projected by the Bruno Boys to surpass the Cardinals' duo this week. Where do the rest of the wide receivers rank in Week 12? Just check out the Bruno Boys Fantasy Football Week 12 Wide Receiver Rankings to find out.

1. Reggie Wayne (Indianapolis Colts) @ San Diego 

It may seem crazy to not have Boldin and his 186 receiving yards from week 11 atop this list, especially when Wayne has just one double digit outing in his last 5 games, but Peyton Manning is back to being Payeton Manning, and this match-up with the 32 ranked pass defense of the San Diego Chargers is just too juicy to pass up. Look for Wayne to put up his best outing of the year in this one.

Point Projection: 20 points

2. Anquan Boldin (Arizona Cardinals) vs. New York Giants

13 receptions for 186 yards, but no touchdowns? What happened to Boldin last week? After all, he had caught at least one TD pass in each of his last 6 games. Looks like his owners will just have to put up with that sub-par week 11. In all seriousness, Boldin is a beast and needs to be in your line-up each week that he's on the field. He probably won't get 186 yards in week 12 against a strong Giants' pass defense, but he'll get enough to go along with a TD or two to give him another great week.

Point Projection: 18 points

3. Larry Fitzgerald (Arizona Cardinals) vs. New York Giants 

Watching the Cardinals-Seahawks game, it looked as if Kurt Warner, Anquan Boldin, and Larry Fitzgerald were just playing pitch and catch. Fitz may be occupying the role of a second receiver on his team due to the stellar season Boldin is having, but in going for 10+ points in 8 of 10 games this seasons, he's an obvious WR1 for fantasy purposes.

Point Projection: 16 points

4. Andre Johnson (Houston Texans) @ Cleveland 

After 5 straight double digit performances, Johnson has been held to 6 and 5 points during the last two weeks. However, his owners should sleep easy as those sub-par outings came against two of the better pass defenses in the league in the Ravens and the Steelers. The Texans continue their march through the AFC North in week 12 in a match-up with the Browns. We have no doubt that Johnson will start a new double digit streak against their 22nd ranked pass defense.

Point Projection: 16 points

5. Brandon Marshall (Denver Broncos) vs. Oakland

The Broncos torched the Raiders in the teams' first meeting this season 41 to 14. In that game, Jay Cutler threw for 300 yards and 2 TDs. Sadly, due to a suspension, Brandon Marshall was not on the receiving end of any of that. He'll make up for that in week 12, even if he has to faced arguably the leagues top cover cornerback in Nnamdi Asomugha. 

Point Projection: 16 points

6. Roddy White (Atlanta Falcons) vs. Carolina

Despite racking up his fifth 100 yard receiving game, White will be looking for redemption in week 12 thanks to a crucial drop in the endzone late in the Falcons week 11 loss to the Denver Broncos. A motivated White should lead to good things against a Panthers' defense he already burned for 90 receiving yards back in week 4.

Point Projection: 14 points

7. Steve Smith (Carolina Panthers) @ Atlanta 

The improvement wasn't as drastic as we envisioned for Smith in week 11. Following his 1 catch for 9 yards in week 10, we felt a big day was in store for the wide out against the Lions, but with just 6 catches for 59 yard, Smith didn't live up to expectations. In his defense, though, those 59 yards were 58% of the Jake Delhomme's passing yards. Smith has another strong match-up this week against the 21st ranked pass D of the Falcons, a team in which he put up 15 fantasy points against in week 4, but his performance will once more be dependent on Delhomme, a risk you need to take.

Point Projection: 14 points

To find out where the rest of the wide receivers rank in week 12, click the link below...

Week 12 Wide Receiver Rankings