Which wide receivers will shine in Week 13 for your fantasy football teams? We’ll take a look at all of them in our PPR rankings.
Welcome to Week 13 of the NFL season. Thankfully the stud wide receiver injuries have slowed down a bit and Nico Collins is back in full force! Overall, Week 12 was a resurgence for some good wide receivers, but one that was too late to help many of their fantasy backers. We saw Jordan Addison, Jaylen Waddle, DJ Moore, and Keenan Allen all finish in the top five for fantasy receivers. There are a lot of fantasy teams out there wishing those four players had put those numbers much earlier and often during the season.
Overall, Ja’Marr Chase still holds the top fantasy wide receiver spot despite being on a bye Week 12. And he’s still almost 50 PPR points ahead of second place, Amon Ra St. Brown. Many of the usual suspects populate the fantasy Top-10, but the newest member is Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who has moved up to WR8 on the season. Over his last three games, JSN has caught 23-of-31 targets for 367 yards and three touchdowns. DK Metcalf remains the WR1 in theory, but Smith-Njigba is getting a big bump in usage all over the field, while Tyler Lockett takes a back seat.
Week 13 wide receiver bye weeks
None, but six next week, so be vigilant
Week 13 wide receiver injuries
Josh Downs, Colts
Downs suffered a shoulder injury in Week 12 against the Lions. At this point it looks like he’ll have a tough time getting cleared to play against the Patriots this week. Michael Pittman, Alec Pierce and AD Mitchell should all get a bump in usage if that comes to fruition.
Romeo Doubs, Packers
Doubs suffered a brain injury against the 49ers in Week 12. He won’t be cleared in time to play on Thanksgiving, so Dontayvion Wicks should see an uptick in snaps, while Jayden Reed and Christian Watson have better shots at good usage against the Dolphins on Thursday night.
Kalif Raymond , Lions
Raymond suffered a foot injury against the Colts last week and won’t be ready to go on Thursday against the Bears. His absence could help the other pass catchers, but he doesn’t see enough targets for there to be big changes.
DeVonta Smith, Eagles
Smith sat out last week due to a hamstring injury. The injury apparently was nagging him and instead of continuing to play through it, he got the week off. Hopefully he’ll be able to return this week against the Ravens.
Keon Coleman, Bills
Coleman has missed time due to a wrist injury, but last week’s bye should have helped some. We’ll see if he can get back to practicing fully.
Darnell Mooney, Falcons
Mooney suffered a hamstring injury in Week 11. He did have a bye week to recover during Week 12 and all reports have been positive. I’d expect him to be okay, but check the injury report to be sure.
Week 13 wide receiver sleepers
Michael Pittman, Colts at Patriots
Pittman continues to play through his back injury and hadn’t been doing much for fantasy, but, last week he ended up catching 6-of-7 targets for 96 yards while Josh Down dealt with a shoulder injury. It looks like Downs has a good shot of missing this week, which would set Pittman up as the No. 1 target for Richardson once again.
Darnell Mooney, Falcons vs. Chargers
The Chargers defense has fallen of late, especially against wide receivers. Over the last five weeks they rank fifth-worst in allowing fantasy points to wide receivers. They’ve allowed seven touchdowns and 173.6 yards per game to wide receivers during that span. The Falcons are coming off their bye and get to play at home in the dome.
