Fantasy Football: Week 7 Player Rankings

As we venture into the second third of the NFL season, a few WRs have made big moves up the Cosby Sweaters Fantasy Football Player Rankings, especially second-year playmaker A.J. Green of the Cincinnati Bengals. As the top scoring wide receiver in most scoring formats, he finally grabs the #1 spot in Week 7, just edging out the Giants’ Victor Cruz who continues to prove 2011 was no fluke and the do-it-all Percy Harvin.

Two tight ends that also continue to move up are Harvin’s teammate and TD-catching maching Kyle Rudolph along with Owen Daniels of Houston. Without a dynamic Gronkowski or Graham-like performance from any TEs thus far in 2012, the Cosby Sweaters rankings have seen heavy movement in the top 5 all season.

Week 7 Player Rankings:

QB

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent
1	Aaron Rodgers	GB	at STL
2	Drew Brees	NO	at TB
3	Tom Brady	NE	NYJ
4	Robert Griffin III	WAS	at NYG
5	Eli Manning	NYG	WAS
6	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	at CIN
7	Joe Flacco	BAL	at HOU
8	Tony Romo	DAL	at CAR
9	Jay Cutler	CHI	DET
10	Andrew Luck	IND	CLE
11	Cam Newton	CAR	DAL
12	Matthew Stafford	DET	at CHI
13	Ryan Fitzpatrick	BUF	TEN
14	Josh Freeman	TB	NO
15	Matt Schaub	HOU	BAL
16	Carson Palmer	OAK	JAC
17	Christian Ponder	MIN	ARI
18	Brandon Weeden	CLE	at IND
19	Andy Dalton	CIN	PIT
20	Matt Hassebeck	TEN	at BUF

RB

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent
1	Ray Rice	BAL	at HOU
2	Arian Foster	HOU	BAL
3	Trent Richardson	CLE	at IND
4	Adrian Pterson	MIN	ARI
5	Maurice Jones-Drew	JAC	at OAK
6	Darren McFadden	OAK	JAC
7	Alfred Morris	WAS	at NYG
8	Felix Jones	DAL	at CAR
9	Matt Forte	CHI	DET
10	Stevan Ridley	NE	NYJ
11	Ahmad Bradshaw	NYG	WAS
12	Marshawn Lynch	SEA	at SF
13	Frank Gore	SF	SEA
14	C.J. Spiller	BUF	TEN
15	Doug Martin	TB	NO
16	Alex Green	GB	at STL
17	Mikel Leshoure	DET	at CHI
18	Chris Johnson	TEN	at BUF
19	Fred Jackson	BUF	TEN
20	Darren Sproles	NO	at TB
21	Steven Jackson	STL	GB
22	Shonn Greene	NYJ	at NE
23	Vick Ballard	IND	CLE
24	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	CIN	PIT
25	Daryl Richardson	STL	GB
26	William Powell	ARI	at MIN
27	Montario Hardesty	CLE	at IND
28	Pierre Thomas	NO	at TB
29	DeAngelo Williams	CAR	DAL
30	Michael Bush	CHI	DET
31	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	DAL
32	Ben Tate	HOU	BAL
33	Jonathan Dwyer	PIT	at CIN
34	Andre Brown	NYG	WAS
35	Mike Goodson	OAK	JAC
36	Mark Ingram	NO	at TB
37	Danny Woodhead	NE	NYJ
38	Cedric Peerman	CIN	PIT
39	Kendall Hunter	SF	SEA
40	Mike Tolbert	CAR	DAL
41	LaRod Stephens-Howling	ARI	at MIN
42	LeGarrette Blount	TB	NO
43	David Wilson	NYG	WAS
44	James Starks	GB	at STL
45	Phillip Tanner	DAL	at CAR
46	Baron Batch	PIT	at CIN
47	Toby Gerhart	MIN	ARI
48	John Kuhn	GB	at STL
49	Robert Turbin	SEA	at SF
50	Rashad Jennings	JAC	at OAK

WR

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent
1	A.J. Green	CIN	PIT
2	Victor Cruz	NYG	WAS
3	Percy Harvin	MIN	ARI
4	Calvin Johnson	DET	at CHI
5	Brandon Marshall	CHI	DET
6	Wes Welker	NE	NYJ
7	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	at MIN
8	Jordy Nelson	GB	at STL
9	Mike Wallace	PIT	at CIN
10	Reggie Wayne	IND	CLE
11	Marques Colston	NO	at TB
12	Vincent Jackson	TB	NO
13	Hakeem Nicks	NYG	WAS
14	Andre Johnson	HOU	BAL
15	Brandon Lloyd	NE	NYJ
16	Miles Austin	DAL	at CAR
17	Torrey Smith	BAL	at HOU
18	Dez Bryant	DAL	at CAR
19	Steve Smith	CAR	DAL
20	James Jones	GB	at STL
21	Mike Williams	TB	NO
22	Lance Moore	NO	at TB
23	Denarius Moore	OAK	JAC
24	Josh Gordon	CLE	at IND
25	Kenny Britt	TEN	at BUF
26	Randall Cobb	GB	at STL
27	Antonio Brown	PIT	at CIN
28	Steve Johnson	BUF	TEN
29	Michael Crabtree	SF	SEA
30	Jeremy Kerley	NYJ	at NE
31	Sidney Rice	SEA	at SF
32	Anquan Boldin	BAL	at HOU
33	Brandon Gibson	STL	GB
34	Kendall Wright	TEN	at BUF
35	Andre Roberts	ARI	at MIN
36	Nate Washington	TEN	at BUF
37	Donnie Avery	IND	CLE
38	Nate Burleson	DET	at CHI
39	Devery Henderson	NO	at TB
40	Andrew Hawkins	CIN	PIT
41	Domenik Hixon	NYG	WAS
42	Donald Jones	BUF	TEN
43	Jerome Simpson	MIN	ARI
44	Chris Givens	STL	GB
45	Darrius Heyward-Bey	OAK	JAC
46	Leonard Hankerson	WAS	at NYG
47	Santana Moss	WAS	at NYG
48	Brandon LaFell	CAR	DAL
49	Greg Little	CLE	at IND
50	Michael Floyd	ARI	MIN

TE

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent
1	Rob Gronkowski	NE	NYJ
2	Owen Daniels	HOU	BAL
3	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	ARI
4	Vernon Davis	SF	SEA
5	Jason Witten	DAL	at CAR
6	Aaron Hernandez	NE	NYJ
7	Heath Miller	PIT	at CIN
8	Brandon Pettigrew	DET	at CHI
9	Greg Olsen	CAR	DAL
10	Scott Chandler	BUF	TEN
11	Martellus Bennett	NYG	WAS
12	Dennis Pitta	BAL	at HOU
13	Fred Davis	WAS	at NYG
14	Jermaine Gresham	CIN	PIT
15	Jermichael Finley	GB	at STL
16	Lance Kendricks	STL	GB
17	Jared Cook	TEN	at BUF
18	Coby Fleener	IND	CLE
19	Dustin Keller	NYJ	at NE
20	Robert Housler	ARI	at MIN

K

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent
1	David Akers	SF	SEA
2	Robbie Gould	CHI	DET
3	Stephen Gostkowski	NE	NYJ
4	Blair Walsh	MIN	ARI
5	Greg Zuerlein	STL	GB
6	Lawrence Tynes	NYG	WAS
7	Justin Tucker	BAL	at HOU
8	Shayne Graham	HOU	BAL
9	Mason Crosby	GB	at STL
10	Jason Hanson	DET	at CHI
11	Dan Bailey	DAL	at CAR
12	Garrett Hartley	NO	at TB
13	Sebastian Janikowski	OAK	JAC
14	Rob Bironas	TEN	at BUF
15	Adam Vinatieri	IND	CLE
16	Mike Nugent	CIN	PIT
17	Nick Folk	NYJ	at NE
18	Steven Hauschka	SEA	at SF
19	Phil Dawson	CLE	at IND
20	Josh Scobee	JAC	at OAK

D

Rank	Team	Opponent
1	San Francisco 49ers	SEA
2	Chicago Bears	DET
3	New England Patriots	NYJ
4	New York Giants	WAS
5	Green Bay Packers	at STL
6	Houston Texans	BAL
7	Seattle Seahawks	at SF
8	Minnesota Vikings	ARI
9	Dallas Cowboys	at CAR
10	Oakland Raiders	JAC
11	Arizona Cardinals	at MIN
12	Cincinnati Bengals	PIT
13	Buffalo Bills	TEN
14	Baltimore Ravens	at HOU
15	Detroit Lions	at CHI
16	Cleveland Browns	at IND
17	Pittsburgh Steelers	at CIN
18	New Orleans Saints	at TB
19	Washington Redskins	at NYG
20	Tennessee Titans	at BUF

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