Another week of NFL football and another slew of injuries that could shake up our Week 7 wide receiver rankings. We can all be grateful that none of them were of the season-ending variety, but there were some nervous moments across the country as we watched Puka Nacua rolling around on the turf in the Ravens‘ end zone. Thankfully, the injury looks to be minor, so we just had to deal with one week where Nacua didn’t give us 20+ PPR points. According to early reports, Puka will be day-to-day and looks like he will be ready to roll for this weekend.
Meanwhile, across the league, Marvin Harrison left his game in the second quarter with a concussion, Emeka Egbuka left his game with a hamstring injury, Garret Wilson injured his knee, and Calvin Ridley was knocked out with a hamstring injury of his own. Harrison will have to clear the league’s concussion protocol, and the rest will likely miss a week or two with their respective injuries. Thanks to a light bye week, we will only be missing the mixed bag that has been the Ravens and Bills wide receiver rooms. While some of you may have been starting Khalil Shakir every week, I think we won’t have to look too hard to replace his 3 catches for 33 yards he gave us last week. Let’s take a look at the top ten options at the position for this week.
Week 7 Wide Receiver Rankings
1) Jaxon Smith-Njigba @ Texans
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Houston has been very good defensively this season, as they rank fifth against the pass and fourth overall against the WR position in fantasy. That’s all well and good, but JSN is absolutely matchup-proof right now. Week in and week out, he has been hammering opponents as he currently sits second overall behind Puka in total fantasy points scored. Puka’s injury status has us concerned enough to slide JSN into the top spot in this week’s rankings. Whether he finishes as the top-scoring WR overall this week or not, there isn’t a scenario where you would ever play another player over him right now. He’s as good as it gets in the league right now. Start him every week.
2) Amon Ra St. Brown vs. Bucs
The Sun God had a rough week in K.C. as he seemed stuck in second gear all night long. The volume was there with 12 targets and 9 receptions, but they only managed to get him 45 total yards on the night. While that’s still a respectable 13.5 points in PPR formats, we have come to expect more from the Lions’ top receiver. This week, they return home to take on the Bucs, and my gut says they will be looking to light up the scoreboard similarly to how they did after their only other loss this season. After they dropped the opening game of the season against the Packers in Green Bay, the Lions absolutely boat raced the Bears the next week, 52-21, when they returned home to Ford Field. Well, they just lost to the Chiefs on the Sunday Night prime time game (same as week 1), and now somebody is going to have to pay. In that game against Chicago, Amon Ra totaled 9 grabs for 115 yards and 3 touchdowns. Yeah, we need to get him in this week.
3) Puka Nacua @ Jags (London)
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The ankle injury he sustained last week isn’t deemed serious, but he has yet to participate in practice as of yet this week. It’s definitely a situation we need to keep an eye on. If you own him, pick up Jordan Whittington as insurance, but pray you won’t need to use him (just like real insurance). Since this game is in London, set your alarms for early Sunday morning to avoid getting Warrened like many fantasy owners a few weeks ago when Pittsburgh played across the pond. If he’s able to play, we are going to assume he won’t be limited, and he gets a solid matchup against a Jacksonville defense that ranks 30th against the pass this season. Leave him in your lineups for now, but have a plan B ready.
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