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Week 9 Wide Receiver Rankings: Fitzmagic Makes Evans Reappear

November 1, 2018 by Jacob Trowbridge

Wow. NFL teams weren't messing around with this trade deadline thing, huh? Several high profile players swapped cities on Tuesday -- including a couple of big name wide receivers -- and the fantasy implications could be...unsettling. Just when we thought we knew where guys like Demaryius Thomas and Golden Tate fell in the receiving hierarchy, it all gets turned on its head. Do they get upgraded? How about peripherally impacted players like Kenny Golladay and Keke Coutee? My opinions for the short term are found in this week's wide receiver rankings below. But first...

Target Monsters

You can thank Ryan Fitzpatrick -- or perhaps Jameis Winston's festival of interceptions -- for Mike Evans' return to WR1 status. The Bucs receiver saw a league high 13 targets against the Bengals, amassing 179 yards and a touchdown. 111 of those yards AND the touchdown came from the 3 targets he got from Fitzpatrick, who replaced Winston late in the 3rd quarter. Fitz is a gunslinger, and Evans is about to become one popular hombre.

Larry Fitzgerald received double digit targets (12) for the first time since Week 1. The firing of Mike McCoy has opened up the Arizona offense, once again making Larry and the rest of the Cardinals crew fantasy relevant. And the world rejoices!

Golden Tate also notched 12 targets in his last game of the season as a Detroit Lion, but his trade to the Eagles complicates his target share moving forward. Philly already has a short route monster in Zach Ertz. Will Tate take enough of that work to remain a top receiving option in fantasy? It doesn't look great.

Which pass catcher should you start in San Francisco? Who the hell knows? With Pierre Garçon out of the lineup, sophomore receiver Kendrick Bourne stepped up and delivered 7 receptions for 71 yards on 10 targets. That's a better stat line than Garçon has seen all year. Hopefully the 49ers take the hint and get Bourne more involved. But hope is really all we have at this point.

Jermaine Kearse is back to getting 10 targets...but is he back to fantasy relevance? Miami is a tougher match than you might think, and distribution in New Jersey is tough to predict. For now, I'd stay clear of all Jets receivers if you can.

Rank Player Team Opponent
1 DeAndre Hopkins HOU @DEN
2 Adam Thielen MIN DET
3 Davante Adams GB @NE
4 Michael Thomas NO LAR
5 Tyreek Hill KC @CLE
6 Antonio Brown PIT @BAL
7 Mike Evans TB @CAR
8 Julio Jones ATL @WAS
9 Emmanuel Sanders DEN HOU
10 Stefon Diggs MIN DET
11 Brandin Cooks LAR @NO
12 Robert Woods LAR @NO
13 Keenan Allen LAC @SEA
14 Jarvis Landry CLE KC
15 Kenny Golladay DET @MIN
16 Julian Edelman NE GB
17 John Brown BAL PIT
18 JuJu Smith-Schuster PIT @BAL
19 Marvin Jones DET @MIN
20 Cooper Kupp LAR @NO
21 Josh Gordon NE GB
22 Michael Crabtree BAL PIT
23 DeSean Jackson TB @CAR
24 Tyler Lockett SEA LAC
25 Devin Funchess CAR TB
26 Courtland Sutton DEN HOU
27 D.J. Moore CAR TB
28 Doug Baldwin SEA LAC
29 Corey Davis TEN @DAL
30 Sammy Watkins KC @CLE
31 Jordy Nelson OAK @SF
32 Taylor Gabriel CHI @BUF
33 Chris Godwin TB @CAR
34 Demaryius Thomas HOU @DEN
35 Tre'Quan Smith NO LAR
36 Devante Parker MIA NYJ
37 Calvin Ridley ATL @WAS
38 Marquise Goodwin SF OAK
39 Amari Cooper DAL TEN
40 Danny Amendola MIA NYJ
41 Randall Cobb GB @NE
42 Mohamed Sanu ATL @WAS
43 Tyrell Williams LAC @SEA
44 David Moore SEA LAC
45 Geronimo Allison GB @NE
46 Willie Snead BAL PIT
47 Mike Williams LAC @SEA
48 Allen Robinson CHI @BUF
49 Jermaine Kearse NYJ @MIA
50 Keke Coutee HOU @DEN
51 Chris Hogan NE GB
52 Marquez Valdes-Scantling GB @NE
53 Paul Richardson WAS ATL
54 Kenny Stills MIA NYJ
55 Cole Beasley DAL TEN
56 Jamison Crowder WAS ATL
57 Seth Roberts OAK @SF
58 Kelvin Benjamin BUF CHI
59 Chris Conley KC @CLE
60 Martavis Bryant OAK @SF
61 Josh Doctson WAS ATL
62 Adam Humphries TB @CAR
63 Antonio Callaway CLE KC
64 Michael Gallup DAL TEN
65 Jakeem Grant MIA NYJ
66 Brandon LaFell OAK @SF
67 Allen Hurns DAL TEN
68 TJ Jones DET @MIN
69 Anthony Miller CHI @BUF
70 Josh Reynolds LAR @NO
71 Zay Jones BUF CHI
72 Brandon Powell DET @MIN
73 Taywayn Taylor TEN @DAL
74 Kendrick Bourne SF OAK
75 Cordarelle Patterson NE GB
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