Updated Week 7 Fantasy WR Rankings PPR: Who to start, best sleepers, and top bye-week streamers for wide receivers

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Updated Week 7 Fantasy WR Rankings PPR: Who to start, best sleepers, and top bye-week streamers for wide receivers image

With the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills on bye, Week 7 isn't the biggest hit for wide receiver absences, so the focus could turn to the shuffling that's gone on among the top options.

George Pickens has become a fantasy football star while CeeDee Lamb (ankle) is sidelined -- but would that continue if Lamb returns?

Fantasy football managers have welcomed Pickens into a revamped circle of trust that includes many newish names, or players who were hanging merely just outside the periphery.

Injuries to many teams' alphas also give boosts to talented names behind them.

Which wideouts should you start this weekend? Any WRs available as waiver pickups to help you?

Keep reading for our fantasy Week 7 wide receiver rankings.

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Week 7 WR Fantasy Football Rankings (PPR)

These rankings for Week 7 fantasy wide receivers count players in point-per-reception (PPR) leagues.

Rk	Tr	Name	Team	OPP	Week 7 Value
1	1	Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	TB	Elite WR1
2	1	Drake London	ATL	@SF	Elite WR1
3	1	George Pickens	DAL	WAS	Elite WR1
4	1	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	HOU	Elite WR1
5	2	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WAS	WR1
6	2	Quentin Johnston	LAC	IND	WR1
7	2	Courtland Sutton	DEN	NYG	WR1
8	2	Rashee Rice	KC	LV	WR1
9	2	Davante Adams	LAR	@JAX	WR1
10	4	Rome Odunze	CHI	NO	WR1/WR2
11	3	DK Metcalf	PIT	@CIN	WR1/WR2
12	3	Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	PIT	WR1/WR2
13	3	Jaylen Waddle	MIA	@CLE	WR1/WR2
14	3	Ladd McConkey	LAC	IND	WR1/WR2
15	4	Chris Olave	NO	@CHI	Strong WR2
16	4	Nico Collins	HOU	@SEA	Strong WR2
17	4	Justin Jefferson	MIN	PHI	Strong WR2
18	4	Brian Thomas	JAX	LAR	Strong WR2
19	4	Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	@NYJ	Strong WR2
20	4	Emeka Egbuka	TB	@DET	INJ-QUE
21	5	Keenan Allen	LAC	IND	WR2
22	5	Stefon Diggs	NE	@TEN	WR2
23	5	Jordan Addison	MIN	PHI	WR2
24	5	DJ Moore	CHI	NO	WR2
25	5	Kendrick Bourne	SF	ATL	WR2
26	5	A.J. Brown	PHI	@MIN	WR2
27	6	Mike Evans	TB	@DET	INJ-QUE
28	6	Marvin Harrison	ARI	GB	WR2/WR3
29	6	Xavier Worthy	KC	LV	WR2/WR3
30	6	Rashid Shaheed	NO	@CHI	WR2/WR3
31	6	Elic Ayomanor	TEN	NE	WR2/WR3
32	6	Jerry Jeudy	CLE	MIA	WR2/WR3
33	6	Jameson Williams	DET	TB	WR2/WR3
34	6	Romeo Doubs	GB	@ARI	WR2/WR3
35	7	Tre Tucker	LV	@KC	WR2/WR3
36	7	Tee Higgins	CIN	PIT	Strong WR3
37	7	Matthew Golden	GB	@ARI	Strong WR3
38	7	Cooper Kupp	SEA	HOU	Strong WR3
39	8	Michael Pittman	IND	@LAC	WR3
40	8	Wan'Dale Robinson	NYG	@DEN	WR3
41	8	DeVonta Smith	PHI	@MIN	WR3
42	9	Luke McCaffrey	WAS	@DAL	WR3/Flex
43	9	Marvin Mims	DEN	NYG	WR3/Flex
44	9	Kameron Johnson	TB	@DET	WR3/Flex
45	9	Hollywood Brown	KC	LV	WR3/Flex
46	10	Zay Jones	ARI	GB	INJ-QUE
47	10	Adonai Mitchell	IND	@LAC	Flex
48	10	DeMario Douglas	NE	@TEN	Flex
49	10	Kayshon Boutte	NE	@TEN	Flex
50	10	Luther Burden	CHI	NO	Flex
51	10	Isaiah Bond	CLE	MIA	Flex
52	10	Alec Pierce	IND	@LAC	Flex
53	10	Jayden Higgins	HOU	@SEA	Flex
54	11	Chris Moore	WAS	@DAL	Flex/Bench
55	11	Sterling Shepard	TB	@DET	Flex/Bench
56	11	Jalen Coker	CAR	@NYJ	IR-R
57	11	Troy Franklin	DEN	NYG	Flex/Bench
58	11	Tez Johnson	TB	@DET	Flex/Bench
59	11	Jordan Whittington	LAR	@JAX	Flex/Bench
60	11	Tutu Atwell	LAR	@JAX	Flex/Bench
61	11	Ryan Flournoy	DAL	WAS	Flex/Bench
62	11	Michael Wilson	ARI	GB	Flex/Bench
63	12	Van Jefferson	TEN	NE	Bench
64	12	KaVontae Turpin	DAL	WAS	Bench
65	12	Darnell Mooney	ATL	@SF	INJ-QUE
66	12	Travis Hunter	JAX	LAR	Bench
67	12	Xavier Legette	CAR	@NYJ	Bench
68	12	Jauan Jennings	SF	ATL	Bench
69	12	Josh Reynolds	NYJ	CAR	Bench
70	12	Roman Wilson	PIT	@CIN	Bench
71	12	Lil'Jordan Humphrey	NYG	@DEN	Bench
72	13	JuJu Smith-Schuster	KC	LV	Bench
73	13	Tyquan Thornton	KC	LV	Bench
74	13	Xavier Hutchinson	HOU	@SEA	Bench
75	13	Olamide Zaccheaus	CHI	NO	Bench
76	13	Mack Hollins	NE	@TEN	Bench
77	13	Parker Washington	JAX	LAR	Bench
78	13	Tory Horton	SEA	HOU	Bench
79	13	Arian Smith	NYJ	CAR	Bench
80	14	Jalen Tolbert	DAL	WAS	Bench
81	14	Cedrick Wilson	MIA	@CLE	Bench
82	14	Greg Dortch	ARI	GB	Bench
83	14	Andrei Iosivas	CIN	PIT	Bench
84	14	Jaylin Noel	HOU	@SEA	Bench
85	14	Jalen Nailor	MIN	PHI	Bench
86	14	Isaac TeSlaa	DET	TB	Bench
87	14	Savion Williams	GB	@ARI	Bench
88	14	Malik Washington	MIA	@CLE	Bench
89	14	Gage Larvadain	CLE	MIA	Bench
90	14	Jimmy Horn	CAR	@NYJ	Bench
91	14	Brycen Tremayne	CAR	@NYJ	Bench
92	14	Demarcus Robinson	SF	ATL	Bench
93	14	Tyler Johnson	NYJ	CAR	Bench
94	14	Allen Lazard	NYJ	CAR	Bench
95	15	Jaylin Lane	WAS	@DAL	Bench
96	15	Brandin Cooks	NO	@CHI	Bench
97	15	Devaughn Vele	NO	@CHI	Bench
98	15	Chimere Dike	TEN	NE	Bench
99	15	Dyami Brown	JAX	LAR	Bench
100	15	Tim Patrick	JAX	LAR	Bench
101	15	Dontayvion Wicks	GB	@ARI	INJ-QUE
102	15	Jamari Thrash	CLE	MIA	Bench
103	15	Dareke Young	SEA	HOU	Bench
104	16	Tre' Harris	LAC	IND	Bench
105	16	Tyler Lockett	TEN	NE	Bench
106	16	Kalif Raymond	DET	TB	Bench
107	16	Casey Washington	ATL	@SF	Bench
108	16	Dont'e Thornton	LV	@KC	Bench
109	16	Jack Bech	LV	@KC	Bench
110	16	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	SF	ATL	Bench
111	16	Jalin Hyatt	NYG	@DEN	Bench
112	16	Beaux Collins	NYG	@DEN	Bench
113	16	Jahan Dotson	PHI	@MIN	Bench
114	17	Trent Sherfield	DEN	NYG	Bench
115	17	Pat Bryant	DEN	NYG	Bench
116	17	KeAndre Lambert-Smith	LAC	IND	Bench
117	17	Konata Mumpfield	LAR	@JAX	Bench
118	17	Mitchell Tinsley	CIN	PIT	Bench
119	17	Justin Watson	HOU	@SEA	Bench
120	17	Kyle Williams	NE	@TEN	Bench
121	17	Adam Thielen	MIN	PHI	Bench
122	17	David Sills	ATL	@SF	Bench
123	17	John Metchie	PHI	@MIN	Bench
124	18	Tay Martin	WAS	@DAL	Bench
125	18	Ryan Miller	TB	@DET	Bench
126	18	Ben Skowronek	PIT	@CIN	Bench
127	18	Scotty Miller	PIT	@CIN	Bench
128	18	Xavier Weaver	ARI	GB	Bench
129	18	Kevin Austin	NO	@CHI	Bench
130	18	Tai Felton	MIN	PHI	Bench
131	18	Malik Heath	GB	@ARI	Bench
132	18	Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	MIA	@CLE	Bench
133	18	Dee Eskridge	MIA	@CLE	Bench
134	18	Alex Bachman	LV	@KC	Bench
135	18	David Moore	CAR	@NYJ	Bench
136	18	Skyy Moore	SF	ATL	Bench
137	18	Malik Turner	SF	ATL	Bench
138	18	Jake Bobo	SEA	HOU	Bench

INACTIVE	--	Jakobi Meyers	LV	@KC
INACTIVE	--	Hunter Renfrow	CAR	@NYJ
OUT	--	Puka Nacua	LAR	@JAX
OUT	--	Deebo Samuel	WAS	@DAL
OUT	--	Terry McLaurin	WAS	@DAL
OUT	--	Ricky Pearsall	SF	ATL
OUT	--	Chris Godwin	TB	@DET
OUT	--	Josh Downs	IND	@LAC
OUT	--	Christian Kirk	HOU	@SEA
OUT	--	Calvin Ridley	TEN	NE
OUT	--	Calvin Austin	PIT	@CIN
OUT	--	Christian Watson	GB	@ARI
OUT	--	Darius Slayton	NYG	@DEN
OUT	--	Ashton Dulin	IND	@LAC
OUT	--	Ray-Ray McCloud	ATL	@SF
OUT	--	Bryce Oliver	TEN	@DET
OUT	--	Garrett Wilson	NYJ	CAR
IR-R	--	Cedric Tillman	CLE	MIA
IR-R	--	Jayden Reed	GB	@ARI
IR-R	--	Noah Brown	WAS	@DAL
IR	--	Malik Nabers	NYG	@DEN
IR	--	Tyreek Hill	MIA	@CLE

BYE	--	Zay Flowers	BAL	BYE
BYE	--	Khalil Shakir	BUF	BYE
BYE	--	Keon Coleman	BUF	BYE
BYE	--	Devontez Walker	BAL	BYE
BYE	--	DeAndre Hopkins	BAL	BYE
BYE	--	Rashod Bateman	BAL	BYE
BYE	--	Elijah Moore	BUF	BYE
BYE	--	Joshua Palmer	BUF	BYE
BYE	--	Tylan Wallace	BAL	BYE
BYE	--	Tyrell Shavers	BUF	BYE
BYE	--	Curtis Samuel	BUF	BYE

FANTASY LINEUP TIPS: Week 7 Sleepers | Week 7 Waiver Wire

Which fantasy wide receivers have a Week 7 bye?

Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, Josh Palmer: Bills
Zay Flowers, Rashod Bateman, DeAndre Hopkins: Ravens

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Who are the top-ranked fantasy WRs for Week 7?

The Dallas Cowboys may get CeeDee Lamb (ankle) back in Week 7, but if not, George Pickens will occupy the apex of these rankings, given the ultra-favorable matchup with the rival Washington Commanders, who have allowed 33.7 PPR points pre game to wideouts this season.

Drake London's massive Week 6 (10 catches, 158 yards, 1 TD on 16 targets) recirculates him into the top tiers, in fact this week in Tier 1 due to a matchup with the San Francisco 49ers' secondary that let the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' backups pepper them through the air.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba rounds out Tier 1 as an every-week starter against the Houston Texans, who have great cornerbacks but still will struggle to keep up with the Seahawks' underappreciated aerial game.

Now let's consider other strong WR1/WR2 types: Injuries to their teams' respective WR1s push the Los Angeles Rams' Davante Adams and Los Angeles Chargers' Ladd McConkey up the ladder to high-end WR2s or borderline ones.

Which Week 7 fantasy sleeper wide receivers should I target?

Not necessarily a sleeper, but Rashee Rice returns from suspension and should be in all lineups as the Kansas City Chiefs take on the lowly Las Vegas Raiders secondary.

If Terry McLaurin can't return to the Commanders, Luke McCaffrey once again could flash big-play and red-zone utility.

Need to go deeper? The Texans' Jayden Higgins should be more frequently incorporated into the gameplan coming out of the bye, a window when many rookies have "a-ha" moments.