Week 8 Ranks: Wide receivers

Updated: October 27, 2012, 11:20 AM ET

By Fantasy Staff | ESPN.com

Top 50 wide receivers for Week 8

By position: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST
More rankings: Flex

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Byes: Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans
Note: Rankings were updated to account for the latest news and to remove players from Thursday's Bucs-Vikings game.
Last update: Saturday 11:20 a.m. ET

Rank	Name	Team	Opp.	Berry	Harris	Karabell	Cockcroft	Avg.
1	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	NO	4	3	2	1	2.5
2	Victor Cruz	NYG	@Dal	1	1	1	8	2.8
3	Brandon Marshall	CHI	Car	2	7	3	2	3.5
4	Calvin Johnson	DET	Sea	5	2	6	5	4.5
5	Reggie Wayne	IND	@Ten	3	10	4	7	6.0
6	Mike Wallace	PIT	Wsh	7	8	7	4	6.5
7	Marques Colston	NO	@Den	8	9	5	6	7.0
8	Roddy White	ATL	@Phi	6	5	8	13	8.0
9	Julio Jones	ATL	@Phi	9	6	9	11	8.8
10	Eric Decker	DEN	NO	10	11	10	10	10.3
11	Wes Welker	NE	@StL	11	13	11	9	11.0
12	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	SF	15	4	12	17	12.0
13	Jordy Nelson	GB	Jac	18	18	16	3	13.8
14	Miles Austin	DAL	NYG	12	14	18	12	14.0
15	Randall Cobb	GB	Jac	13	12	19	16	15.0
16	Antonio Brown	PIT	Wsh	14	21	14	14	15.8
17	Dez Bryant	DAL	NYG	19	20	15	15	17.3
18	Dwayne Bowe	KC	Oak	17	25	13	22	19.3
19	Hakeem Nicks	NYG	@Dal	16	22	17	23	19.5
20	Jeremy Maclin	PHI	Atl	20	16	25	19	20.0
21	James Jones	GB	Jac	21	15	22	26	21.0
22	Denarius Moore	OAK	@KC	23	24	20	18	21.3
23	DeSean Jackson	PHI	Atl	22	17	23	24	21.5
24	Steve Smith	CAR	@Chi	26	19	21	25	22.8
25	Brandon Lloyd	NE	@StL	24	23	24	29	25.0
26	Kenny Britt	TEN	Ind	30	26	28	20	26.0
27	Lance Moore	NO	@Den	25	28	26	27	26.5
28	Malcom Floyd	SD	@Cle	27	27	29	28	27.8
29	Josh Gordon	CLE	SD	29	33	32	21	28.8
30	Jeremy Kerley	NYJ	Mia	28	29	27	33	29.3
31	Michael Crabtree	SF	@Ari	34	30	31	40	33.8
32	Titus Young	DET	Sea	35	31	34	36	34.0
33	Brandon Gibson	STL	NE	41	32	36	30	34.8
34	Nate Washington	TEN	Ind	40	34	30	37	35.3
35	Chris Givens	STL	NE	32	40	42	32	36.5
36	Brian Hartline	MIA	@NYJ	33	38	41	38	37.5
36	Sidney Rice	SEA	@Det	36	48	35	31	37.5
38	Donnie Avery	IND	@Ten	38	36	43	34	37.8
39	Stephen Hill	NYJ	Mia	39	35	44	39	39.3
40	Darrius Heyward-Bey	OAK	@KC	47	43	33	35	39.5
41	Kendall Wright	TEN	Ind	37	39	37	46	39.8
42	Santana Moss	WSH	@Pit	31	45	47	42	41.3
42	Andre Roberts	ARI	SF	43	37	38	47	41.3
44	Cecil Shorts	JAC	@GB	48	46	40	45	44.8
45	Leonard Hankerson	WSH	@Pit	42	44	50	44	45.0
46	Brandon LaFell	CAR	@Chi	44	42	45	50	45.3
47	Brandon Stokley	DEN	NO	49	NR	39	43	45.5
48	Robert Meachem	SD	@Cle	46	47	46	48	46.8
49	Davone Bess	MIA	@NYJ	45	NR	NR	41	47.0
50	Domenik Hixon	NYG	@Dal	NR	41	NR	NR	48.5