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Wide Receiver Rankings Week 8

UPDATED 10/27
By: Pete Davidson : October 25, 2012 3:18pm

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Welcome to the Week 8 wide receiver rankings. I’ve done my best to sort out all the options and to give you as many reasonable choices as possible in order to deal with the bye week. I will be back with the tight ends before kickoff tonight and I will be updating all of the rankings on Saturday, so check back if you have lingering questions. We’ll be tweeting late-breaking injury info on Sunday, so sign up to follow us if you haven’t done so already.

      Byes

• A.J. Green
• Torrey Smith
• Andre Johnson
• Anquan Boldin
• Stevie Johnson
• Andrew Hawkins
• Jacoby Jones
• Kevin Walter
• Donald Jones
• Armon Binns
• Keshawn Martin
• T.J. Graham       

Rank	PLAYER	TEAM	Opponent	THE SKINNY
1	Calvin Johnson	DET	SEA	Probable with a banged up knee.
2	Brandon Marshall	CHI	CAR
3	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	NO
4	Victor Cruz	NYG	@DAL
5	Mike Wallace	PIT	WAS
6	Roddy White	ATL	@PHI
7	Marques Colston	NO	@DEN
8	Reggie Wayne	IND	@TEN
9	Eric Decker	DEN	NO
10	James Jones	GB	JAC	Could be the #1 option with Jennings out and Nelson questionable.
11	Randall Cobb	GB	JAC	Jennings now out long term. Randall Cobb is here to stay, folks.
12	Wes Welker	NE	@STL	He’s listed as questionable, but we doubt he’ll sit out. Should see plenty of action with Aaron Hernandez out again.
13	Antonio Brown	PIT	WAS
14	Hakeem Nicks	NYG	@DAL	Getting healthier. Full practice all week. Listed as probable and should be good to go.
15	Jeremy Maclin	PHI	ATL	No longer on injury report. He’s a great play this week.
16	Miles Austin	DAL	NYG
17	Julio Jones	ATL	@PHI
18	Jordy Nelson	GB	JAC	He’s a game time decision. We’ll tweet his status as soon as it’s announced.
19	Steve Smith	CAR	@CHI
20	Dwayne Bowe	KC	OAK
21	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	SF
22	Denarius Moore	OAK	@KC
23	Kenny Britt	TEN	IND	We expect him to bust out soon if he can stay healthy. He is probable this week.
24	Dez Bryant	DAL	NYG
25	Josh Gordon	CLE	SD
26	DeSean Jackson	PHI	ATL
27	Lance Moore	NO	@DEN
28	Malcom Floyd	SD	@CLE
29	Jeremy Kerley	NYJ	MIA
30	Sidney Rice	SEA	@DET
31	Nate Washington	TEN	IND
32	Brian Hartline	MIA	@NYJ
33	Brandon Lloyd	NE	@STL
34	Chris Givens	STL	NE
35	Titus Young	DET	SEA	Burleson is out and Titus is probable (knee.)
36	Santana Moss	WAS	@PIT
37	Darrius Heyward-Bey	OAK	@KC
38	Brandon Gibson	STL	NE
39	Leonard Hankerson	WAS	@PIT
40	Michael Crabtree	SF	@ARI
41	Davone Bess	MIA	@NYJ
42	Greg Little	CLE	SD
43	Donnie Avery	IND	@TEN
44	Andre Roberts	ARI	SF
45	Ryan Broyles	DET	SEA	He’ll step into a big role now with Nate Burleson’s season-ending injury. We love Broyles and we’d be picking him up anywhere that he is available in 12-team formats and even 10-team leagues if you have sufficient bench space.
46	Brandon LaFell	CAR	@CHI
47	Kevin Ogletree	DAL	NYG
48	Brandon Stokley	DEN	NO
49	Stephen Hill	NYJ	MIA
50	Robert Meachem	SD	@CLE
51	Donald Driver	GB	JAC	If Nelson sits, he will have a role this week with so many injuries. He’s got a good chance to score as he and Rodgers have great red zone chemistry. Not the worst desperation flex in deep formats.
52	Kendall Wright	TEN	IND
53	Devin Hester	CHI	CAR
54	Earl Bennett	CHI	CAR
55	T.Y. Hilton	IND	@TEN
56	Golden Tate	SEA	@DET
57	Cecil Shorts	JAC	@GB
58	Julian Edelman	NE	@STL
59	Dexter McCluster	KC	OAK
60	Emmanuel Sanders	PIT	WAS
61	Devery Henderson	NO	@DEN
62	Randy Moss	SF	@ARI
63	Rod Streater	OAK	@KC
64	Mario Manningham	SF	@ARI	Has a shoulder issue. Check status on Sunday. He should play.
65	Justin Blackmon	JAC	@GB
66	Mohamed Massaquoi	CLE	SD	He’s a game time decision and a bad Week 8 option with Gordon and Little starting.
67	Steven Smith	STL	NE
68	Josh Cooper	CLE	SD
69	Domenik Hixon	NYG	@DAL
70	Travis Benjamin	CLE	SD
71	Jonathan Baldwin	KC	OAK
72	Damian Williams	TEN	IND
73	Louis Murphy	CAR	@CHI
74	Chaz Schilens	NYJ	MIA
75	Eddie Royal	SD	@CLE	Has hamstring issue. Avoid.
76	Percy Harvin	MIN	TB	Played Thursday.
77	Jerome Simpson	MIN	TB	Played Thursday.
78	Vincent Jackson	TB	@MIN	Played Thursday.
79	Mike Williams	TB	@MIN	Played Thursday.