Sport: Fantasy Football Week 12 wide receiver rankings: Making the best of a suddenly-bad situation

All that issues at the QB position of late? It should come as no surprise that they've also harmed the wide receiver position. I saw someone tweet Monday that Tre'Quan Smith was WR18 from Weeks 8 through 11, and while I knew he had played four games while many other WR had played just three in that span, I still expected to see Smith had put up surprisingly good numbers. That wasn't the case -- 48.5 yards per game on 3.8 catches, with two touchdowns. That's aggressively mediocre, and yet it was still good for WR30 in points per game, too!

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And it's really the middle class at wide receiver that has been affected. There are 17 wide receivers averaging at least 15 PPR points over the past four weeks, compared to 20 who did that during the 2020 season; not one for one, but not far off. However, there are just 28 who have averaged at least 12, compared to 41 in 2020. That is a pretty massive difference.

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I'm not sure what the explanation is. Injuries are part of it, but not enough to explain that big of a difference. The drop in overall passing production is obviously a big part of it, but it's curious that it hasn't hit the elite tier at the position quite as hard.

Whatever the explanation, it's created a Fantasy landscape where I really don't feel great about the WR3 range, which is surprising since this was supposed to be the deepest position in Fantasy. However, once I get to the Darnell Mooney/HunterRenfrow/Odell Beckham range of the rankings, I really don't feel all that comfortable with them. There's upside there, but also a lot of weekly risk. It's a surprising place to find ourselves in Week 12, and the likely absence of both CeeDee Lamb and Amari Cooper Thursday isn't going to help.

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Here are my top 48 wide receivers for Week 11. To see the rankings from Jamey Eisenberg, Dave Richard and Heath Cummings, make sure you head here.

Week 12 WR Rankings

1. Davante Adams vs. LAR
2. Cooper Kupp @GB
3. Justin Jefferson @SF
4. Keenan Allen @DEN
5. Deebo Samuel vs. MIN
6. Stefon Diggs @NO
7. Chris Godwin @IND
8. Diontae Johnson @CIN
9. Terry McLaurin vs. SEA
10. Mike Evans @IND
11. Ja'Marr Chase vs. PIT
12. D.K. Metcalf @WAS
13. Tyler Lockett @WAS
14. Marquise Brown vs. CLE
15. D.J. Moore @MIA
16. A.J. Brown @NE
17. Brandin Cooks vs. NYJ
18. Jaylen Waddle vs. CAR
19. Elijah Moore @HOU
20. Jerry Jeudy vs. LAC
21. Michael Pittman vs. TB
22. Adam Thielen @SF
23. Chase Claypool @CIN
24. Tee Higgins vs. PIT
25. Darnell Mooney @DET
26. Hunter Renfrow @DAL
27. Odell Beckham @GB
28. DeVonta Smith @NYG
29. Mike Williams @DEN
30. Brandon Aiyuk vs. MIN
31. Jakobi Meyers vs. TEN
32. Kadarius Toney vs. PHI
33. Jarvis Landry @BAL
34. Jamison Crowder @HOU
35. Cole Beasley @NO
36. Michael Gallup vs. LV
37. Rashod Bateman vs. CLE
38. Corey Davis @HOU
39. Marvin Jones vs. ATL
40. Laviska Shenault  vs. ATL
41. Courtland Sutton vs. LAC
42. Marquez Valdes-Scantling vs. LAR
43. Tyler Boyd vs. PIT
44. Amon-Ra St. Brown vs. CHI
45. Emmanuel Sanders @NO
46. Kenny Golladay vs. PHI
47. Van Jefferson @GB
48. Russell Gage @JAX