Fantasy Football Week 5 Rankings: WR

Many of you might have been surprised to see the Giants' Steve Smith and the Jaguars' Mike Sims-Walker (or MSW, for short) among the top dozen options for Week 4. No-names as No. 1 WRs? Well, those surprised people obviously haven't been keeping up with the action.

After another huge performance by Smith (11 catches, 134 yards, 2 TDs), he now sits atop the pack as the best WR through four weeks. MSW is seventh on the list, and that's not accounting for his zero in Week 1. Take the three-game average, and MSW (along with Smith and Reggie Wayne) is one of the three best WRs in football. How will the pair of overachievers rank this week?

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1. Reggie Wayne, IND at TEN
2. Andre Johnson, HOU at ARI
3. Calvin Johnson, DET vs. PIT
4. DeSean Jackson, PHI vs. TB
5. Steve Smith, NYG vs. OAK
6. Mike Sims-Walker, JAC at SEA
7. Chad Ochocinco, CIN at BAL
8. Larry Fitzgerald, ARI vs. HOU
9. Derrick Mason, BAL vs. CIN
10. Dwayne Bowe, KC vs. DAL
11. Santonio Holmes, PIT at DET
12. Randy Moss, NE at DEN
13. Hines Ward, PIT at DET
14. Nate Burleson, SEA vs. JAC
15. Roddy White, ATL at SF
16. T.J. Houshmandzadeh, SEA vs. JAC
17. Pierre Garcon, IND at TEN
18. Jerricho Cotchery, NYJ at MIA
19. Brandon Marshall, DEN vs. NE
20. Anquan Boldin, ARI vs. HOU
21. Steve Smith, CAR vs. WAS
22. Santana Moss, WAS at CAR
23. Bernard Berrian, MIN at STL
24. Terrell Owens, BUF vs. CLE
25. Patrick Crayton, DAL at KC
26. Percy Harvin, MIN at STL
27. Kevin Walter, HOU at ARI
28. Lee Evans, BUF vs. CLE
29. Antonio Bryant, TB at PHI
30. Mark Clayton, BAL vs. CIN
31. Steve Breaston, ARI vs. HOU
32. Wes Welker, NE at DEN
33. Mario Manningham, NYG vs. OAK
34. Eddie Royal, DEN vs. NE
35. Torry Holt, JAC at SEA
36. Kevin Curtis, PHI vs. TB
37. Miles Austin, DAL at KC
38. Sidney Rice, MIN at STL
39. Nate Washington, TEN vs. IND
40. Austin Collie, IND at TEN
41. Mohamed Massaquoi, CLE at BUF
42. Donnie Avery, STL vs. MIN
43. Josh Morgan, SF vs. ATL
44. Mike Wallace, PIT at DET
45. Braylon Edwards, NYJ at MIA
46. Justin Gage, TEN vs. IND
47. Jeremy Maclin, PHI vs. TB
48. Kelley Washington, BAL vs. CIN
49. Bobby Engram, KC vs. DAL
50. Sam Hurd, DAL at KC
51. Kenny Britt, TEN vs. IND
52. Michael Jenkins, ATL at SF
53. Jason Avant, PHI vs. TB
54. Josh Reed, BUF vs. CLE
55. Bryant Johnson, DET vs. PIT
56. Andre Caldwell, CIN at BAL
57. Hakeem Nicks, NYG vs. OAK
58. Davone Bess, MIA vs. NYJ
59. Laveranues Coles, CIN at BAL
60. Muhsin Muhammad, CAR vs. WAS

• You're darn right I found 60 guys I'd rather start than Ted Ginn, who's up against shutdown cornerback Dwight Lowery this week.

• DeSean Jackson can be boom-or-bust, and while the Tampa Bay secondary has been awful this year, they do get free safety Tanard Jackson back from suspension this week. Still, it's hard not to love the matchup for Jackson, who should break another long TD or two in the game.

• In case you haven't heard me say it, Nate Burleson has the third-most targets in the league (behind the Giants' Smith and Randy Moss). I can stop saying it now? We're all good?

• Gotta love the Buffalo matchup, gotta hate how the Buffalo receivers have performed so far. Until that passing offense shows signs of life, I'm checking my expectations, even against the Browns.

• I love Patrick Crayton and Miles Austin as fill-ins this week. Other available guys with a shot at success: Kevin Curtis, Mike Wallace, Kelley Washington, Bobby Engram, and Sam Hurd.