Fantasy Football 2013 Wide Receiver Rankings

Okay gang. This was a tough group to rank as there are so many. What I did for this group was take the 2 wideouts for each team, and sometimes even the 3rd or 4th wideouts from a team. Though I think San Diego is the only team I took 4 from. But besides that, I went down the list multiple times and kept thinking, "whose the next best receiver left? Who would I take next?" Well this list of 75, yes 75, is how I went about it. Not much explanation needed afterwards. So I'll just get with the list now.

Wide Receiver Rankings of 2013
1. Calvin Johnson-DET 2. Percy Harvin-SEA
3. Larry Fitzgerald-ARZ 4. Brandon Marshall-CHI
5. AJ Green-CIN         6. Roddy White-ATL
7. Dez Bryant-DAL         8. Demaryius Thomas-DEN
9. Andre Johnson-HOU 10. Victor Cruz-NYG
11. Vincent Jackson-TB 12. Mike Wallace-MIA
13. Julio Jones-ATL         14. Jordy Nelson-GB
15. Eric Decker-DEN 16. Reggie Wayne-IND
17. Dwayne Bowe-KC 18. Greg Jennings-MIN
19. Miles Austin-DAL 20. Wes Welker-DEN
21. Danny Amendola-NE         22. Torrey Smith-BAL
22. Steve Smith-CAR 23. James Jones-GB
23. Marques Colston-NO         24. Randall Cobb-GB
25. Pierre Garcon-WAS 26. Antonio Brown-PIT
27. Jeremy Maclin-PHI 28. Danario Alexander-SD
29. Hakeem Nicks-NYG 30. Anquan Boldin-SF
31. DeSean Jackson-PHI         32. Mike Williams-TB
33. Kenny Britt-TEN 34. Stevie Johnson-BUF
35. Cordarrelle Patterson-MIN 36. Sidney Rice-SEA
37. TY Hilton-IND         38. Santonio Holmes-NYJ
39. Emmanuel Sanders-PIT 40. Micheal Floyd-ARZ
41. Johnny Knox-CHI 42. Lance Moore-NO
43. Santana Moss-WAS 44. Tavon Austin-STL
45. Josh Gordon-CLE 46. Julian Edelman-NE
47. Nate Washington-TEN 48. Cecil Shorts-JAX
49. Brandon LaFell-CAR 50. Jacoby Jones-BAL
51. Greg Little-CLE         52. Mike Thomas-DET
53. Rod Streater-OAK 54. Brandon LaFell-CAR
55. Malcolm Floyd-SD 56. Donnie Avery-KC
57. Brian Hartline-MIA 58. Justin Blackmon-JAX
59. Denarius Moore-OAK 60. Robert Meachem-SD
61. Mario Manningham-SF 62. Chris Givens-STL
63. DeAndre Hopkins-HOU 64. Golden Tate-SEA
65. Darrius Heyward-Bey-IND 66. Jeremy Kerley-NYJ
67. Andrew Hawkins-CIN 68. Brian Quick-STL
69. Nate Burleson-DET 70. Leonard Hankerson-WAS
71. Dexter McCluster-KC 72. Davone Bess-CLE
73. Brad Smith-BUF

I realize I had a bit of a goof. And instead of going through and correcting the whole numbers I just listed 22 and 23 twice. The list still contains 75 receivers, just a little out of order. Anyways, of course Calvin Johnson is going to be the 1st wide receiver selected, but from there it actually gets a bit tricky. Percy could be switched with Larry, AJ, Brandon, Roddy, Dez, or Demaryius in my opinion. There is a good crop of receivers out there. So my tip would be draft a running back first. Unless you draft 6th or later and Megatron is still available. Calvin, Larry, and Percy will most likely be taken in the 1st. Everyone else comes later. Now, in my leagues I have a 3 WR set. Most just have 2. So drafting a Rb first is priority, unless I can grab Rodgers or P.Manning (which P.Manning is most likely a 2nd round pick anyways). Now if Percy is still available in the 2nd grab him! Larry Fitzgerald is going to be a monster this season now that he finally has a reliable Qb to throw him passes. Micheal Floyd could also so a big boost. If I had to pick a couple surprises this season, I'd go with, Micheal Floyd, Brandon LaFell, and Antonio Brown. Pierre Garcon is another receiver I have a ton of faith in! Grab him if you can in the 4th or 5th rounds!

Of course there are always cautious picks. Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb, and James Jones to name a few. Because these are great receivers with an even greater Qb, don't expect one to carry the load the whole season. One game Jones might have 150yds an 2tds while the other maybe get 50yds each. Same goes with Demaryius Thomas, Eric Decker, and Wes Welker. If you can handcuff 2 of these guys together you'll be in a terrific state! Especially when these teams face punching-bag opponents. Now I'd grab any one of the Broncos receivers, and Jordy Nelson, but Cobb and Jones, though they are really good, I don't have as much faith in. 

Lastly, I selected Julian Edelman as the #2 receiver for the Patriots. I don't know this to be true, but whoever is the #2 receiver for them either takes his place or would drop a few slots. Couple guys in this list could be tossed around. Problem with evaluating receivers now is training camp hasn't started yet. Don't know who will emerge and who will flop. So this list is concrete. It's far too early to tell, this is just a mock of what I would select in fantasy football now.

Well okay gang, that does it for this list. Stay tuned next week for the Tight End rankings! (Thank god there aren't as many of those to rank!)