Let’s continue our tour around the NFL by looking at the Top 50 wide receivers for the coming week.  Who is the most valuable receiver for the New York Giants?  Has Denarius Moore emerged as a must use option?  Who are the receivers we should avoid?  Let’s try to answer these questions and all the rest for Week 11:

1. Calvin Johnson –DetroitLions – vs.Carolina
2. Greg Jennings –Green BayPackers – vs.TampaBay
3. Larry Fitzgerald –ArizonaCardinals – atSan Francisco
4. Wes Welker – New England Patriots – vs.Kansas City
5. Brandon Marshall –MiamiDolphins – vs.Buffalo
6. Roddy White –AtlantaFalcons – vs.Tennessee
7. Steve Smith –CarolinaPanthers – atDetroit
8. Dez Bryant –DallasCowboys – atWashington
9. A.J. Green –CincinnatiBengals – atBaltimore
10. Jordy Nelson –Green BayPackers – vs.TampaBay
11. Vincent Jackson –San DiegoChargers – atChicago
12. Mario Manningham –New YorkGiants – vs.Philadelphia
13. Denarius Moore –OaklandRaiders – atMinnesota
14. Anquan Boldin –BaltimoreRavens – vs.Cincinnati
15. Dwayne Bowe –Kansas CityChiefs – atNew England
16. DeSean Jackson –PhiladelphiaEagles – atNew YorkGiants
17. Julio Jones –AtlantaFalcons – vs.Tennessee
18. Brandon Lloyd –St. LouisRams – vs.Seattle
19. Laurent Robinson –DallasCowboys – atWashington
20. Hakeem Nicks –New YorkGiants – vs.Philadelphia
21. Victor Cruz –New YorkGiants – vs.Philadelphia
22. Santonio Holmes –New YorkJets – atDenver
23. Stevie Johnson –BuffaloBills – atMiami
24. Percy Harvin –MinnesotaVikings – vs.Oakland
25. Michael Crabtree –San Francisco49ers – vs.Arizona
26. Plaxico Burress –New YorkJets – atDenver
27. Damian Williams –TennesseeTitans – atAtlanta
28. Earl Bennett –ChicagoBears – vs.San Diego
29. Vincent Brown –San DiegoChargers – atChicago
30. Steve Breaston –Kansas CityChiefs – atNew England
31. Deion Branch – New England Patriots – vs.Kansas City
32. Sidney Rice –SeattleSeahawks – atSt. Louis
33. Early Doucet –ArizonaCardinals – atSan Francisco
34. Doug Baldwin –SeattleSeahawks – atSt. Louis
35. Eric Decker –DenverBroncos – vs.New YorkJets
36. Mike Williams –TampaBayBuccaneers – atGreen Bay
37. Jason Avant –PhiladelphiaEagles – atNew YorkGiants
38. Harry Douglas –AtlantaFalcons – vs.Tennessee
39. David Nelson –BuffaloBills – atMiami
40. Greg Little –ClevelandBrowns – vs.Jacksonville
41. Jabar Gaffney –WashingtonRedskins – vs.Dallas
42. Arrelious Benn –TampaBayBuccaneers – atGreen Bay
43. Braylon Edwards –San Francisco49ers – vs.Arizona
44. Torrey Smith –BaltimoreRavens – vs.Cincinnati
45. Jerome Simpson –CincinnatiBengals – atBaltimore
46. Jonathan Baldwin –Kansas CityChiefs – atNew England
47. Nate Washington –TennesseeTitans – atAtlanta
48. James Jones –Green BayPackers – vs.TampaBay
49. Nate Burleson –DetroitLions – vs.Carolina
50. Joshua Cribbs –ClevelandBrowns – vs.Jacksonville

Thoughts:

• Larry Fitzgerald has proven that he can produce with John Skelton at QB, scoring 3 TD over his past two games (including a 146 yard performance in Week 10). With the 49ers defense the best against the run and Beanie Wells hurting, you would thinkArizonais going to go a little bit more pass-centric this week. Fitzgerald should be in line for another big day.
• We all know the type of season Wes Welker is having, but he’s now had fewer than 50 receiving yards in three of his past four games. As Rob Gronkowski continues to get more and more involved, it appears to be coming at Welker’s expense. Does that mean we should downgrade him too far? Of course not, because the potential is always there for him to erupt again (136 yards in Week 9, for instance). It’s hard to consider him anything but a mid-level WR1, at worst, and still one of the elite in the game.
• While Dwayne Bowe would’ve been a much better option, the loss of Matt Cassel has to be considered a knock to his value. He still should be able to produce, but he’s no longer one of the elite until he proves otherwise.
• Brandon Lloyd has scored touchdowns in two of his past three games as he continues to develop a rapport with Sam Bradford. With the Seahawks passing defense ranking in the middle of the pack this season (243.0 passing yards/game, 12 TD, 9 INT), Lloyd should be considered a solid WR2. The more he and Bradford play together the better they are going to get.
• With it looking unlikely that Jeremy Maclin plays in Week 11 (which is why he was left off these rankings) the pressure will be on DeSean Jackson to step up and perform. Of course, he has just 8 receptions for 93 yards over his past three games and has five games of fewer than 50 yards on the year. It’s hard to put too much faith in him, leaving him as nothing more than a WR2 with upside.
• DenariusMoorehas clearly become the go to receiver for the Oakland Raiders (at least for now). With a matchup against the Minnesota Vikings, a team allowing 272.8 passing yards per game (as well as 18 TD, tied for second most in the league), Moore is looking like a very good play in all formats with the potential to entrench himself as a WR1 before long.
• Hakeem Nicks tends to get the focus of opposing defenses, which may be limiting his potential to produce but is opening things up for the other receivers. Mario Manningham has a touchdown in three straight games and can be considered the better option for now. However, Nicks, Manningham and Victor Cruz have all entrenched themselves as viable options on a weekly basis even in shallower formats.
• Against the Cincinnati Bengals in 2010 Anquan Boldin managed a total of 7 receptions for 44 yards. However, the loss of Leon Hall should allow Boldin to stay productive. Don’t shy away from him for this week.
• There’s little doubt that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going to have to throw the ball if they want to keep pace with the Packers. Mike Williams has started to show a little bit of something, though not necessarily a lot (8 receptions for 89 yards over the past two weeks), so consider him nothing more than a WR3.

Make sure to check out the rest of our Week 11 articles:

• Top 25 Quarterbacks
• Top 40 Running Backs
• Waiver Worthy
• Quick Hit: The Time Has Come To Try And Shop Stevie Johnson
• Quick Hit: Looking At The Options To Replace Matt Schaub