Week 13 Fantasy Rankings: Ranking the Top WRs

The Detroit Lions' Calvin Johnson is not my No. 1 fantasy wide receiver in Week 13. 

Stunner—I know. 

It was close between him and New England's Wes Welker, but I decided to give the little terror the top spot this week. 

Here's why, and the rest of the top wideouts for this weekends action. 

Wes Welker 

The Patriots are playing the 0-11 Colts. Opposing quarterbacks have averaged a 108.6 QB rating against Indianapolis this year. You think Tom Brady is going to go off?

I do.

While he's shown more love for Aaron Hernandez of late and has demonstrated all season long that Rob Gronkowski is one of his go-to guys, Welker continues to put up major numbers. 

He caught eight passes for 115 yards with two scores last week against the Eagles. 

Even if they get a huge lead, does Bill Belichick slow down? 

I'm not so sure. 

Calvin Johnson

Johnson could be in for the type of game we saw from him earlier in the season.

The Saints pose a huge threat to the Detroit defense. When playing in New Orleans, it seems like the only way to stick with Drew Brees and company is to not leave one play in the playbook. 

The Saints' defensive backfield was torched on a few long passes from Eli Manning on Monday Night Football this week. Expect Matthew Stafford to look to take the top off the defense often with Megatron, who none of New Orleans' secondary are a match for. 

Steve Smith

Although he's experienced a drastic drop off in production over the last three games, not accumulating more than 68 receiving yards in any of those contests, Smith is still ninth in the NFL in targets (98) and averages 18 yards per catch.

It looks like the Panthers will look to establish the run against a vulnerable Buccaneers defense, but Cam Newton will take his shots downfield and should re-connect with Smith at the frequency at which we saw earlier in the season.