Fantasy football rankings 2017: Wide receivers in standard leagues for NFL Week 9

The SB Nation fantasy team reveals which wide receivers in standard leagues make up the top 25 heading into Week 9. Positions: QB | RBS | RBP | WRS | WRP | TE | DST

by Jason Marcum

Updated Nov 3, 2017, 12:15 PM UTC

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Editor’s update No. 3: We have updated our rankings.

Editor’s update No. 2: The 49ers are placing Pierre Garçon on injured reserve with a neck injury.

Editor’s update: Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson suffered a torn ACL on Thursday. He is out for the year, and his status for the start of the 2018 season is unclear. For purposes of Week 8, we are working on updating our rankings, but the value of DeAndre Hopkins and Will Fuller takes a hit. Both wide receivers are still worth starting in a lot of leagues, but we have to wait and see how they look with Tom Savage at quarterback.

The NFL Trade Deadline has come and gone. With it came a big shakeup at wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills and Carolina Panthers.

To the surprise of everyone, Carolina traded star receiver Kelvin Benjamin to Buffalo for draft picks. It’s a huge acquisition for Buffalo, which had little to speak of in the pass-catching department before this trade.

As for Carolina, losing Benjamin means that Devin Funchess just became one of the hottest waiver wire pickups, not to mention someone you have to consider starting every week going forward.

Other than that, there weren’t many moves to speak of before the trade deadline that affect receivers you may have on your fantasy team. Now, let’s take a look at our rankings for the top 50 wide receivers in standard leagues for Week 9.

Wide Receiver (standard) rankings, Week 9

(SK: Scott Kaliska; JG: Jeff Goldberg; DG: Derek Gordon; KB: Kyle Bennett; ZS: Zach Senvisky; JM: Jason Marcum)

WR standard rankings, Week 9

Rk	Consensus	Tm	Opp	SK	JG	JM
1	Mike Evans	TB	@ NO	1	1	1
2	Julio Jones	ATL	@ CAR	3	2	2
3	Dez Bryant	DAL	vs. KC	4	4	4
4	Michael Thomas	NO	vs. TB	2	5	6
5	A.J. Green	CIN	@ JAC	8	3	3
6	Doug Baldwin	SEA	vs. WAS	6	7	8
7	Michael Crabtree	OAK	@ MIA	9	6	7
8	DeAndre Hopkins	HOU	vs. IND	5	20	5
9	Golden Tate	DET	@ GB	11	9	11
10	Jarvis Landry	MIA	vs. OAK	12	13	9
11	Tyreek Hill	KC	@ DAL	7	15	12
12	Jordy Nelson	GB	vs. DET	17	8	10
13	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	@ PHI	13	11	13
14	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	@ SF	14	10	15
15	Amari Cooper	OAK	@ MIA	10	16	14
16	T.Y. Hilton	IND	@ HOU	16	14	16
17	Devin Funchess	CAR	vs. ATL	18	21	17
18	DeSean Jackson	TB	@ NO	22	17	21
19	Alshon Jeffery	PHI	vs. DEN	21	18	22
20	Mohamed Sanu	ATL	@ CAR	34	12	18
21	Will Fuller	HOU	vs. IND	20	28	19
22	DeVante Parker	MIA	vs. OAK	19	23	27
23	Marvin Jones	DET	@ GB	15	31	31
24	Robby Anderson	NYJ	vs. BUF	24	35	20
25	Tyler Lockett	SEA	vs. WAS	31	22	26
26	Marqise Lee	JAC	vs. CIN	39	19	23
27	Nelson Agholor	PHI	vs. DEN	32	25	25
28	Emmanuel Sanders	DEN	@ PHI	26	24	32
29	Davante Adams	GB	vs. DET	27	32	24
30	Paul Richardson	SEA	vs. WAS	28	26	29
31	Rishard Matthews	TEN	vs. BAL	29	27	28
32	Ted Ginn Jr.	NO	vs. TB	23	34	35
33	Jeremy Maclin	BAL	@ TEN	30	30	33
34	Cooper Kupp	LAR	@ NYG	33	33	30
35	Sterling Shepard	NYG	vs. LAR	25	41	37
36	Jamison Crowder	WAS	@ SEA	36	36	34
37	Josh Doctson	WAS	@ SEA	44	29	36
38	John Brown	ARI	@ SF	43	37	41
39	Jordan Matthews	BUF	@ NYJ	42	38	43
40	Kenny Stills	MIA	vs. OAK	38	42	45
41	Randall Cobb	GB	vs. DET	45	43	39
42	Sammy Watkins	LAR	@ NYG	35	--	42
43	Bennie Fowler	DEN	@ PHI	--	40	38
44	Allen Hurns	JAC	vs. CIN	41	44	44
45	Brandon LaFell	CIN	@ JAC	--	39	40
46	Robert Woods	LAR	@ NYG	40	45	46
47	Jermaine Kearse	NYJ	vs. BUF	37	47	49
48	Marquise Goodwin	SF	vs. ARI	48	--	47
49	Demarcus Robinson	KC	@ DAL	--	46	50
50	Corey Davis	TEN	vs. BAL	47	49	--
--	Mike Wallace	BAL	@ TEN	46	50	--
--	Terrelle Pryor Sr.	WAS	@ SEA	--	--	48
--	Donte Moncrief	IND	@ HOU	--	48	--
--	Eric Decker	TEN	vs. BAL	49	--	--
--	Brandon Coleman	NO	vs. TB	50	--	--
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