Fantasy football rankings 2017: Wide receivers in standard leagues for NFL Week 16

The SB Nation fantasy football crew rank their top 50 standard league wide receivers heading into Week 16. Positions: QB | RBS | RBP | WRS | WRP | TE | DST

by Jason Marcum

Dec 20, 2017, 1:23 PM UTC

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As the fantasy football playoffs enter the championship round in many leagues, the fantasy landscape is drastically altered with a big injury.

Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro receiver Antonio Brown suffered a partially torn calf muscle in Week 15. He’s expected to miss the final two regular-season games, which means fantasy owners are scrambling to find a replacement for their MVP-caliber receiver.

Brown being out means guys like Juju Smith-Schuster, Martavis Bryant and even Eli Rogers could make a major impact in your league’s championship game.

Another significant injury that took place on Sunday was Davante Adams sustaining a concussion. The Green Bay Packers have a short turnaround this week as they host the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday, so Adams may very well miss your league’s championship game.

Who else is out this week, and who will step up in their place? Let us help you answer all of your fantasy questions with a fresh set of rankings for the top 50 wide receivers in standard leagues.

WR standard rankings, Week 16

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

WR standard rankings, Week 16

Rk	Consensus	Tm	Opp	SK	JG	DG	KB	ZS	JM
1	DeAndre Hopkins	HOU	vs. PIT	1	1	1	1	2	1
2	Julio Jones	ATL	@ NO	5	2	2	2	3	2
3	Keenan Allen	LAC	@ NYJ	3	3	4	3	1	4
4	Tyreek Hill	KC	vs. MIA	6	5	7	5	4	7
5	Adam Thielen	MIN	@ GB	4	7	5	7	8	5
6	A.J. Green	CIN	vs. DET	8	6	6	6	6	6
7	Dez Bryant	DAL	vs. SEA	17	4	3	4	7	3
8	Michael Thomas	NO	vs. ATL	2	8	9	8	5	9
9	Brandin Cooks	NE	vs. BUF	7	9	11	9	9	8
10	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	vs. NYG	9	15	8	10	17	11
11	Alshon Jeffery	PHI	vs. OAK	12	11	13	12	11	12
12	Jarvis Landry	MIA	@ KC	19	10	10	11	13	10
13	JuJu Smith-Schuster	PIT	@ HOU	11	13	14	14	14	14
14	Michael Crabtree	OAK	@ PHI	14	12	12	13	16	13
15	Mike Evans	TB	@ CAR	16	14	15	15	12	16
16	Josh Gordon	CLE	@ CHI	18	16	17	16	18	18
17	Doug Baldwin	SEA	@ DAL	10	21	21	18	15	20
18	Golden Tate	DET	@ CIN	21	17	18	17	28	17
19	Marquise Goodwin	SF	vs. JAC	29	20	22	20	10	21
20	Jamison Crowder	WAS	vs. DEN	30	19	16	19	24	19
21	Martavis Bryant	PIT	@ HOU	24	2	20	21	40	22
22	Marvin Jones	DET	@ CIN	13	31	30	22	19	28
23	T.Y. Hilton	IND	@ BAL	36	18	19	23	36	15
24	Devin Funchess	CAR	vs. TB	15	26	27	28	26	27
25	Robert Woods	LAR	@ TEN	22	24	36	24	21	23
26	Mohamed Sanu	ATL	@ NO	25	25	25	26	25	26
27	Rishard Matthews	TEN	vs. LAR	31	23	24	25	23	32
28	Mike Wallace	BAL	vs. IND	28	27	26	27	27	25
29	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	@ WAS	23	28	28	29	29	29
30	Stefon Diggs	MIN	@ GB	20	36	38	34	22	37
31	Dede Westbrook	JAC	@ SF	26	33	34	32	32	34
32	Corey Coleman	CLE	@ CHI	43	29	29	30	31	31
33	Emmanuel Sanders	DEN	@ WAS	44	30	31	31	30	30
34	Cooper Kupp	LAR	@ TEN	32	32	35	33	33	33
35	DeSean Jackson	TB	@ CAR	46	39	23	35	35	24
36	Sterling Shepard	NYG	@ ARI	27	41	40	36	20	39
37	DeVante Parker	MIA	@ KC	45	35	37	37	34	38
38	Jordy Nelson	GB	vs. MIN	41	34	33	41	48	35
39	Randall Cobb	GB	vs. MIN	37	37	32	42	49	35
40	Robby Anderson	NYJ	vs. LAC	35	42	41	38	37	42
41	Nelson Agholor	PHI	vs. OAK	33	40	43	40	39	40
42	Amari Cooper	OAK	@ PHI	--	38	42	39	38	41
43	Paul Richardson	SEA	@ DAL	40	43	44	43	41	46
44	Chris Hogan	NE	vs. BUF	48	47	39	44	50	43
45	Eric Decker	TEN	vs. LAR	--	44	46	45	43	44
46	Tyler Lockett	SEA	@ DAL	--	46	45	46	42	--
47	Josh Doctson	WAS	vs. DEN	--	45	47	47	44	49
48	Kendall Wright	CHI	vs. CLE	42	49	50	48	47	50
49	Zay Jones	BUF	@ NE	--	48	49	49	46	45
50	Keelan Cole	JAC	@ SF	34	--	--	--	--	--
--	Tyrell Williams	LAC	@ NYJ	38	--	--	--	--	48
--	J.J. Nelson	ARI	vs. NYG	--	50	48	50	45	47
--	Sammy Watkins	LAR	@ TEN	39	--	--	--	--	--
--	Kelvin Benjamin	BUF	@ NE	47	--	--	--	--	--
--	Kenny Stills	MIA	@ KC	49	--	--	--	--	--
--	Danny Amendola	NE	vs. BUF	50	--	--	--	--	--