Wow. NFL teams weren't messing around with this trade deadline thing, huh? Several high profile players swapped cities on Tuesday -- including a couple of big name wide receivers -- and the fantasy implications could be...unsettling. Just when we thought we knew where guys like Demaryius Thomas and Golden Tate fell in the receiving hierarchy, it all gets turned on its head. Do they get upgraded? How about peripherally impacted players like Kenny Golladay and Keke Coutee? My opinions for the short term are found in this week's wide receiver rankings below. But first...

Target Monsters

You can thank Ryan Fitzpatrick -- or perhaps Jameis Winston's festival of interceptions -- for Mike Evans' return to WR1 status. The Bucs receiver saw a league high 13 targets against the Bengals, amassing 179 yards and a touchdown. 111 of those yards AND the touchdown came from the 3 targets he got from Fitzpatrick, who replaced Winston late in the 3rd quarter. Fitz is a gunslinger, and Evans is about to become one popular hombre.

Larry Fitzgerald received double digit targets (12) for the first time since Week 1. The firing of Mike McCoy has opened up the Arizona offense, once again making Larry and the rest of the Cardinals crew fantasy relevant. And the world rejoices!

Golden Tate also notched 12 targets in his last game of the season as a Detroit Lion, but his trade to the Eagles complicates his target share moving forward. Philly already has a short route monster in Zach Ertz. Will Tate take enough of that work to remain a top receiving option in fantasy? It doesn't look great.

Which pass catcher should you start in San Francisco? Who the hell knows? With Pierre Garçon out of the lineup, sophomore receiver Kendrick Bourne stepped up and delivered 7 receptions for 71 yards on 10 targets. That's a better stat line than Garçon has seen all year. Hopefully the 49ers take the hint and get Bourne more involved. But hope is really all we have at this point.

Jermaine Kearse is back to getting 10 targets...but is he back to fantasy relevance? Miami is a tougher match than you might think, and distribution in New Jersey is tough to predict. For now, I'd stay clear of all Jets receivers if you can.

Rank Player Team Opponent 1 DeAndre Hopkins HOU @DEN 2 Adam Thielen MIN DET 3 Davante Adams GB @NE 4 Michael Thomas NO LAR 5 Tyreek Hill KC @CLE 6 Antonio Brown PIT @BAL 7 Mike Evans TB @CAR 8 Julio Jones ATL @WAS 9 Emmanuel Sanders DEN HOU 10 Stefon Diggs MIN DET 11 Brandin Cooks LAR @NO 12 Robert Woods LAR @NO 13 Keenan Allen LAC @SEA 14 Jarvis Landry CLE KC 15 Kenny Golladay DET @MIN 16 Julian Edelman NE GB 17 John Brown BAL PIT 18 JuJu Smith-Schuster PIT @BAL 19 Marvin Jones DET @MIN 20 Cooper Kupp LAR @NO 21 Josh Gordon NE GB 22 Michael Crabtree BAL PIT 23 DeSean Jackson TB @CAR 24 Tyler Lockett SEA LAC 25 Devin Funchess CAR TB 26 Courtland Sutton DEN HOU 27 D.J. Moore CAR TB 28 Doug Baldwin SEA LAC 29 Corey Davis TEN @DAL 30 Sammy Watkins KC @CLE 31 Jordy Nelson OAK @SF 32 Taylor Gabriel CHI @BUF 33 Chris Godwin TB @CAR 34 Demaryius Thomas HOU @DEN 35 Tre'Quan Smith NO LAR 36 Devante Parker MIA NYJ 37 Calvin Ridley ATL @WAS 38 Marquise Goodwin SF OAK 39 Amari Cooper DAL TEN 40 Danny Amendola MIA NYJ 41 Randall Cobb GB @NE 42 Mohamed Sanu ATL @WAS 43 Tyrell Williams LAC @SEA 44 David Moore SEA LAC 45 Geronimo Allison GB @NE 46 Willie Snead BAL PIT 47 Mike Williams LAC @SEA 48 Allen Robinson CHI @BUF 49 Jermaine Kearse NYJ @MIA 50 Keke Coutee HOU @DEN 51 Chris Hogan NE GB 52 Marquez Valdes-Scantling GB @NE 53 Paul Richardson WAS ATL 54 Kenny Stills MIA NYJ 55 Cole Beasley DAL TEN 56 Jamison Crowder WAS ATL 57 Seth Roberts OAK @SF 58 Kelvin Benjamin BUF CHI 59 Chris Conley KC @CLE 60 Martavis Bryant OAK @SF 61 Josh Doctson WAS ATL 62 Adam Humphries TB @CAR 63 Antonio Callaway CLE KC 64 Michael Gallup DAL TEN 65 Jakeem Grant MIA NYJ 66 Brandon LaFell OAK @SF 67 Allen Hurns DAL TEN 68 TJ Jones DET @MIN 69 Anthony Miller CHI @BUF 70 Josh Reynolds LAR @NO 71 Zay Jones BUF CHI 72 Brandon Powell DET @MIN 73 Taywayn Taylor TEN @DAL 74 Kendrick Bourne SF OAK 75 Cordarelle Patterson NE GB