Fantasy Football Week 7 Rankings: Miles Austin and WRs Guaranteed to Break out

The wide receiver position is often overlooked when it comes to fantasy football leagues. In most leagues, you are able to start three receivers during a week, or two receivers and a flex player, which could be a running back, receiver or tight end. 

The league is starting to move away from being run-first for a lot of offenses, to a pass-heavy league. 

The pass-heavy trend is benefiting the quarterback position and it is really making the wide receiver position one you must pay attention to as players are putting up huge numbers. 

You can build a great team through receivers nowadays. 

That is why these three receivers are must starts this week, if they happen to be on your roster. 

Miles Austin, Dallas Cowboys

Austin is finally going to have a breakout game like the one he had when the Cowboys played the 49ers earlier this year. That game against the 49ers, Austin was responsible for 32 fantasy points for his team. 

This week against the the winless St. Louis Rams, he will get a chance to run free against an injury-ravaged secondary that the Rams will put on the field on Sunday. 

If you happen to have Austin and Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, you can expect huge numbers from both of them. 

Projected Stats: 9 Receptions, 185 Yards, 3 Touchdowns

Dwayne Bowe, Kansas City Chiefs 

The Chiefs were awful in the beginning of the year in their passing game. However, Bowe still found ways to be a productive fantasy football player, as after a one-point performance in Week 1, Bowe has had no less than 11 points in every week since. 

This week against a very bad Oakland Raiders secondary, Bowe owners can expect the receiver to be a main target of the KC passing game. 

In eight career games against the Raiders, Bowe has caught 36 passes for 542 yards and two touchdowns. 

Projected Stats: 7 Receptions, 150 Yards, 1 Touchdown

Calvin Johnson, Detroit Lions

It’s Calvin Johnson, he has nine touchdowns in six games and is coming into this game off his first week where he didn’t score. 

So, against the Atlanta Falcons, owners of Calvin Johnson should expect the receiver to make up for his lacking of scoring last week, by having a huge day this week.

Projected Stats: 10 Receptions, 177 Yards, 3 Touchdowns

Three receivers that will have monster days; hopefully for you, they aren’t going against you this week. 

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