Wide receiver has been a bit of a snake-bitten position this season in the NFL. We’ve lost some pretty big names like Malik Nabers, Mike Evans, and Tyreek Hill due to normal “football injuries” during games. We’ve also lost players like Travis Hunter to an injury that occurred in practice. When you start losing players like Marvin Harrison Jr. to an emergency appendectomy, then you know that there must be some weird cosmic powers at work. At this point in the season, there isn’t very much left on waiver wires, but you can take a shot at Michael Wilson in Arizona if you’re desperate. He won’t be in this week’s top 10 wide receiver rankings, but let’s take a look at which players are set to lead our teams to fantasy glory.
Week 11 Wide Receiver Rankings
1) Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins vs. Pittsburgh
Cincinnati Bengals
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Chase was drafted at or near the top in every fantasy draft this season, and when Joe Burrow went down in Week 2, many of his owners were worried. Then Jake Browning played three games in relief, and his owners went from worried to sheer panic with many “pundits” advising owners to bench their top pick for players like Quenten Johnston. To be truthful, Chase only had two bad games with Browning under center, but those two games were enough to make some folks say some kooky things when it came to this dude. The Bengals made a trade to add a veteran QB, and it was against these same Steelers that Joe Flacco had his coming-out party and earned the nickname Joe Cool 2.0.
His secret? Throw the ball, all the time, to Ja’Marr Chase. It’s worked great. It’s worked so well that when he got “only” 8 targets in the Bengals’ last game before the bye, his owners were wondering what happened. What happened was that Flacco remembered he actually has two stud receivers, and Tee Higgins had a monster game. I never like putting two players from the same team in my top 10, but this is an exception. Higgins isn’t exactly a “co-#1,” but he very well can finish this week as the overall WR1 against this Steeler secondary that is ranked last in the league against the pass.
2) Jaxon Smith-Njigba (and Cooper Kupp) vs. Rams
Jaxon Smith-Njigba Top Week 11 wide receiver rankings
JSN is the best there is right now and will be a weekly fixture near the top of these wide receiver rankings. The Rams defense isn’t quite as stout against the pass as they are against the run, so I expect Klint Kubiak to plan accordingly with this week’s offensive game plan. I’m not breaking any news by telling you to play Smith-Njigba this week or in any week for that matter. He is an every-week starter, period. While we’re here, though, I’d like to let you know about this guy, Cooper Kupp. He’s an older fella, but he used to be really good. When he was really good, it all happened here in Los Angeles for this Rams team that the Seahawks are playing this weekend. If he’s sitting on your waiver wire, grab him and give him a whirl. If he’s been sitting on your bench, this is the week to use him if it’s ever going to happen. He showed some signs of life last week when he converted his 2 targets into 2 catches for 74 yards, and I can definitely see him scoring in this game. He’s not a top ten option, but I would move him up into the top 40 or so, ahead of somebody like Quenten Johnston.
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