Week 8 Rankings: WRs (aka Everyone Stop Panicking)

Everyone chill. I've had a trillion people ask if it was okay to bench Calvin Johnson. Stop it. Just stop. Right now. You didn't draft the guy in the first round to let him hang out on your bench. Don't be stupid. Even if he puts up a 0 this week. It's okay. You know why? BECAUSE YOU SPENT A FIRST-ROUNDER ON HIM. You always start your studs. So, the moral of the story is...

Everyone chill.

Rank	Receiver	Opp	Comments
1	Brandon Marshall	CAR	This year: eighth-most targets, seventh-most receptions, fourth-most redzone targets.
2	Percy Harvin	TB	He's almost 20 total touches ahead of the next WR. Too many opportunities, too many looks.
3	Larry Fitzgerald	SF	I know. I'm a homer. BUT in Week 17 against SF last season, he put up 10/190/2. I'm just saying.
4	Demaryius Thomas	NO	He could easily be the top WR this week thanks to the Saints and their AWFUL defense.
5	Calvin Johnson	SEA	He's still Megatron. Don't be cute. Play him. No matter what. You didn't spend a first-rounder for nothing.
6	Reggie Wayne	@TEN	Tons of targets and he'll have nobody guarding him. Literally.
7	Julio Jones	@PHI	Asomugha tends to get burned by big, leaping, jump-ball WRs.
8	Marques Colston	@DEN	Plenty of looks and it'll be a shootout.
9	Wes Welker	@STL	He won't have Finnegan on him so he'll be golden.
10	Jordy Nelson	JAC	IF he plays (and that's a large, hamstring-sized IF), he's an automatic start.
11	Vincent Jackson	@MIN	Thursday's haven't been kind to offenses, but after last week, and with no shutdown defender, feel good about it.
12	Eric Decker	NO	Who dat? Really, who dat, because it's not any NFL defenders.
13	Victor Cruz	@DAL	Hard to count out the guy leading the league in targets but these are very good CBs.
14	Roddy White	@PHI	He's very hard to bench and Jones will draw away Asomugha.
15	Mike Wallace	WSH	Should be higher, but the few drops last week scare me.
16	Dwayne Bowe	OAK	Oakland's awful and if the Chiefs let Quinn throw at all, it'll be to Bowe.
17	Antonio Brown	WSH	The Redskins give up the most fantasy points to WRs and with Wallace dropping passes, look out for Brown.
18	Dez Bryant	NYG	He's really been building chemistry with Romo and the drops will get fixed eventually. Giants secondary stinks, too.
19	Kenny Britt	IND	He's on his way back to fantasy stardom. Trust me.
20	Miles Austin	NYG	Giants secondary truly is a piñata. They're really awful and the rest of the D will probably stop the run.
21	Josh Gordon	SD	He paid off in a huge way last week and he'll put up similar numbers this week against a very pass-friendly defense.
22	Hakeem Nicks	@DAL	It's tough to sit him but he really only needs one or two plays to be worth playing.
23	Randall Cobb	JAC	He's in for another huge week because of the way the utilize him PLUS Jordy Nelson may not play.
24	Denarius Moore	@KC	He's the top target for Palmer and the defense isn't very good at all.
25	Jeremy Maclin	ATL	Falcons defense is very inconsistent so there's a good chance he has a great game.
26	James Jones	JAC	Similar to Cobb but not as versatile.
27	Brandon Lloyd	@STL	He'll be the only Patriot weapon with a competent defender on him. He's in store for a rough game.
28	DeSean Jackson	ATL	See: Maclin, Jeremy.
29	Lance Moore	@DEN	In this shootout, he's the best Saints WR without Champ Bailey on him.
30	Malcom Floyd	@CLE	He'll have Joe Haden on him, but he's been beaten before.
31	Steve Smith	@CHI	Did you see what the Bears did to Calvin Johnson? Don't play him. You're welcome.
32	Mike Williams	@MIN	Despite the disappointing last week, I stand by what I said about him emerging.
33	Jeremy Kerley	MIA	Sanchez throws his way a lot and Sean Smith is FAR from a shutdown.
34	Nate Washington	IND	He's really been reliable as of late and it wouldn't be shocking if he kept it up.
35	Santana Moss	@PIT	He may not be a starter but he's produced in consecutive games now.
36	Brandon Gibson	NE	They'll have to throw a lot and he's the best WR on the team right now.
37	Brandon Stokley	NO	I wrote about him in this week's Waiver View. He's dependable.
38	Stephen Hill	MIA	See: Kerley, Jeremy. Expect just a little less.
39	Darrius Heyward-Bey	@KC	Huge downfield threat against an undersized secondary.
40	Michael Crabtree	@ARI	I can't expect a lot out of anyone that is being covered by Patrick Peterson.
41	Titus Young	SEA	He's shown production in spurts here and there but nothing consistent.
42	Chris Givens	NE	He's second in the league in catches more than 30 yards downfield, behind just Torrey Smith.
43	Donnie Avery	@TEN	Should get a lot of looks as the Titans only defend the TE well and nothing else.
44	Eddie Royal	@CLE	He's emerged as a dependable guy in Vincent Brown's absence.
45	Cecil Shorts	@GB	He's really the only Jaguars receiver that's done anything.
46	Andre Roberts	SF	It's the Niners but he still gets a solid amount of targets his way.
47	Brian Hartline	@NYJ	Could get it done but Cromartie usually plays well against the Fins.
48	Emmanuel Sanders	WSH	He's the fourth option, but against the abysmal 'Skins secondary, that may might be good enough.
49	Kendall Wright	IND	They're on a WR carousel in Tennessee. I think he's scheduled to be "the guy" next week. Wait, yeah...whatever.
50	Brandon LaFell	@CHI	I think I just needed a 50th person here. Don't bother.