Fantasy Rankings

[bwgood77]

Where do you think espn is off?

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Top 20 Defensive Linemen For 2018
PLAYER TEAM BYE MC JM AVG
1. J.J. Watt HOU 10 1 2 1.5
1. Khalil Mack OAK 7 2 1 1.5
3. Joey Bosa LAC 8 3 3 3.0
4. Chandler Jones ARI 9 4 5 4.5
5. DeMarcus Lawrence DAL 8 6 7 6.5
5. Cameron Jordan NO 6 9 4 6.5
7. Trey Flowers NE 11 5 10 7.5
8. Aaron Donald LAR 12 8 9 8.5
8. Calais Campbell JAC 9 11 6 8.5
10. Jadeveon Clowney HOU 10 7 11 9.0
11. Danielle Hunter MIN 10 10 13 11.5
12. Everson Griffen MIN 10 12 12 12.0
13. Myles Garrett CLE 11 13 14 13.5
14. Jason Pierre-Paul TB 5 14 16 15.0
15. Brandon Graham PHI 9 17 15 16.0
16. Ryan Kerrigan WAS 4 16 17 16.5
17. Markus Golden ARI 9 15 20 17.5
18. Cameron Heyward PIT 7 18 21 19.5
19. Carlos Dunlap CIN 9 21 19 20.0
20. Ezekiel Ansah DET 6 26 18 22.0

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Top 20 Linebackers For 2018
PLAYER TEAM BYE MC JM AVG
1. Luke Kuechly CAR 4 2 1 1.5
2. Zach Brown WAS 4 1 3 2.0
3. Bobby Wagner SEA 7 6 2 4.0
4. Blake Martinez GB 7 4 5 4.5
5. Sean Lee DAL 8 3 10 6.5
6. Telvin Smith JAC 9 7 7 7.0
6. Kwon Alexander TB 5 5 9 7.0
6. Deion Jones ATL 8 8 6 7.0
9. Lavonte David TB 5 11 4 7.5
10. C.J. Mosley BAL 10 10 8 9.0
11. Eric Kendricks MIN 10 13 11 12.0
12. Christian Kirksey CLE 11 15 12 13.5
13. Anthony Hitchens KC 12 9 21 15.0
14. Denzel Perryman LAC 8 12 20 16.0
15. Benardrick McKinney HOU 10 16 17 16.5
15. Avery Williamson NYJ 11 18 15 16.5
17. Mark Barron LAR 12 24 13 18.5
18. K.J. Wright SEA 7 19 23 21.0
19. Jarrad Davis DET 6 25 18 21.5
20. Danny Trevathan CHI 5 14 30 22.0

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Top 20 Defensive Backs For 2018
PLAYER TEAM BYE MC JM AVG
1. Landon Collins NYG 9 1 3 2.0
1. Keanu Neal ATL 8 2 2 2.0
1. Reshad Jones MIA 11 3 1 2.0
4. Jordan Poyer BUF 11 5 5 5.0
5. Kevin Byard TEN 8 8 4 6.0
6. Harrison Smith MIN 10 7 8 7.5
7. Barry Church JAC 9 6 10 8.0
8. Budda Baker ARI 9 4 15 9.5
9. Morgan Burnett PIT 7 13 7 10.0
10. Karl Joseph OAK 7 15 6 10.5
10. Tony Jefferson BAL 10 9 12 10.5
12. Justin Simmons DEN 10 10 14 12.0
13. Micah Hyde BUF 11 18 9 13.5
14. Tyrann Mathieu HOU 10 19 11 15.0
15. Daniel Sorensen KC 12 11 20 15.5
15. Jahleel Addae LAC 8 14 17 15.5
17. Justin Evans TB 5 12 21 16.5
18. Lamarcus Joyner LAR 12 16 22 19.0
19. Eric Weddle BAL 10 20 19 19.5
20. D.J. Swearinger WAS 4 17 24 20.5

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Quarterback Rankings
Rank, Player BYE Bowen Karabell Cockcroft Clay Avg
1. Aaron Rodgers, GB 7 1 1 1 1 1.0
2. Tom Brady, NE 11 2 2 5 2 2.8
3. Cam Newton, Car 4 3 4 4 3 3.5
3. Russell Wilson, Sea 7 4 3 2 5 3.5
5. Carson Wentz, Phi QRecent News 9 5 5 3 4 4.3
6. Deshaun Watson, Hou 10 6 6 6 6 6.0
7. Drew Brees, NO 6 7 7 7 11 8.0
7. Kirk Cousins, Min 10 8 8 8 8 8.0
9. Matthew Stafford, Det 6 11 9 9 10 9.8
10. Andrew Luck, IndRecent News 9 10 12 10 9 10.3
11. Ben Roethlisberger, PitRecent News 7 12 13 11 7 10.8
12. Jimmy Garoppolo, SF 11 9 11 14 14 12.0
13. Patrick Mahomes, KCRecent News 12 14 10 12 13 12.3
14. Philip Rivers, LAC 8 13 15 13 12 13.3
15. Alex Smith, Wsh 4 18 14 17 15 16.0
16. Jared Goff, LARBreaking News 12 15 18 15 19 16.8
17. Marcus Mariota, Ten 8 16 20 16 17 17.3
18. Dak Prescott, Dal 8 17 17 18 18 17.5
19. Matt Ryan, Atl 8 19 19 19 16 18.3
20. Mitchell Trubisky, ChiBreaking News 5 20 16 21 20 19.3

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Running Back Rankings
Rank, Player BYE Bowen Karabell Cockcroft Clay Avg
1. Le'Veon Bell, Pit 7 1 1 1 1 1.0
2. Todd Gurley II, LAR 12 2 2 2 2 2.0
3. David Johnson, Ari 9 4 3 4 3 3.5
4. Ezekiel Elliott, Dal 8 3 5 3 4 3.8
5. Alvin Kamara, NO 6 5 4 7 6 5.5
5. Saquon Barkley, NYG 9 6 6 5 5 5.5
7. Kareem Hunt, KC 12 7 7 6 7 6.8
8. Leonard Fournette, Jax 9 8 10 8 8 8.5
9. Melvin Gordon, LAC 8 9 8 10 10 9.3
10. Dalvin Cook, Min QRecent News 10 11 9 9 9 9.5
11. Devonta Freeman, Atl 8 12 12 12 11 11.8
12. LeSean McCoy, Buf 11 10 13 11 14 12.0
13. Jordan Howard, Chi 5 13 11 15 13 13.0
14. Jerick McKinnon, SF 11 15 14 13 15 14.3
15. Christian McCaffrey, CarBreaking News 4 17 16 14 12 14.8
16. Joe Mixon, Cin 9 14 15 16 16 15.3
17. Kenyan Drake, Mia 11 20 17 19 17 18.3
17. Derrius Guice, Wsh 4 18 19 17 19 18.3
19. Rashaad Penny, Sea 7 21 18 22 21 20.5
19. Alex Collins, BalRecent News 10 19 23 18 22 20.5

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Wide Receiver Rankings
Rank, Player BYE Bowen Karabell Cockcroft Clay Avg
1. Antonio Brown, Pit QRecent News 7 1 1 1 1 1.0
2. DeAndre Hopkins, HouRecent News 10 2 2 2 4 2.5
3. Julio Jones, Atl 8 4 4 3 2 3.3
3. Odell Beckham Jr., NYG 9 3 3 4 3 3.3
5. Michael Thomas, NO 6 5 5 5 6 5.3
6. Keenan Allen, LAC 8 7 7 6 5 6.3
7. A.J. Green, Cin 9 8 6 7 7 7.0
8. Davante Adams, GB 7 6 9 9 8 8.0
9. Mike Evans, TBRecent News 5 9 8 8 9 8.5
10. Adam Thielen, Min 10 10 10 11 11 10.5
11. Tyreek Hill, KC 12 11 12 10 15 12.0
11. T.Y. Hilton, Ind 9 13 13 12 10 12.0
13. Doug Baldwin, Sea QRecent News 7 12 14 13 13 13.0
14. Larry Fitzgerald, Ari 9 18 11 17 12 14.5
15. Stefon Diggs, Min 10 16 17 14 14 15.3
16. Demaryius Thomas, Den 10 15 15 15 17 15.5
17. Allen Robinson, Chi 5 17 18 16 16 16.8
18. Alshon Jeffery, Phi O 9 14 27 18 19 19.5
19. Amari Cooper, Oak 7 20 20 20 20 20.0
20. Josh Gordon, Cle OBreaking News 11 19 26 19 18 20.5

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Non-PPR Tight End Rankings
Rank, Player BYE Bowen Karabell Cockcroft Clay Avg
1. Rob Gronkowski, NE 11 1 1 1 1 1.0
2. Travis Kelce, KC 12 2 2 2 2 2.0
3. Zach Ertz, Phi QBreaking News 9 3 3 3 3 3.0
4. Greg Olsen, Car 4 4 4 4 4 4.0
5. Delanie Walker, Ten 8 5 5 5 5 5.0
6. Evan Engram, NYG 9 6 6 6 6 6.0
7. Jimmy Graham, GB 7 7 9 8 7 7.8
8. Kyle Rudolph, MinRecent News 10 8 8 7 9 8.0
9. Trey Burton, Chi 5 9 7 10 10 9.0
10. Jordan Reed, Wsh QBreaking News 4 10 11 12 8 10.3
11. Jack Doyle, Ind 9 11 10 9 13 10.8
12. David Njoku, Cle 11 14 13 13 11 12.8
13. Tyler Eifert, CinRecent News 9 12 17 11 14 13.5
13. Charles Clay, Buf 11 13 14 15 12 13.5
15. George Kittle, SF 11 15 12 14 15 14.0
16. Cameron Brate, TB 5 16 15 18 16 16.3
17. Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Jax 9 19 16 20 17 18.0
18. Jared Cook, Oak 7 17 23 16 20 19.0
19. Vance McDonald, Pit Q 7 21 22 19 19 20.3
20. Austin Hooper, Atl 8 18 18 24 24 21.0

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[Jay 20]

Nothing really stands out to me, but there seems to be a lot of blind faith in some rookie running backs. I'll take them a round or two after their ADP, but to me spending the 5th overall pick on Barkley is too risky.

[Mich3006]

Zach Brown too high, Le´Veon Bell isn´t #1, AJ Green should be top 5...

[Jay 20]

Zach Brown too high, Le´Veon Bell isn´t #1, AJ Green should be top 5...

AJ Green has finished 4th twice in 2012 and 2013. Since then when healthy his best finish is 8th. So to me 7th ranked WR is right where he belongs especially with Dalton as his QB. If he had one of the elites then yes he has the talent to be a top 5 WR.

The #1 running back is a toss up to me. You can't go wrong between Bell, Gurley and Johnson. Elliott might actually become more of a pass catcher since the Cowboys don't really have one with the departure of Dez and Witten.

[Mich3006]

Zach Brown too high, Le´Veon Bell isn´t #1, AJ Green should be top 5...

AJ Green has finished 4th twice in 2012 and 2013. Since then when healthy his best finish is 8th. So to me 7th ranked WR is right where he belongs especially with Dalton as his QB. If he had one of the elites then yes he has the talent to be a top 5 WR.

In that regard, you can´t put Watt on the 1st spot.

Don´t sleep on the Bengals this year... it´s their last shot

[Jay 20]

Zach Brown too high, Le´Veon Bell isn´t #1, AJ Green should be top 5...

AJ Green has finished 4th twice in 2012 and 2013. Since then when healthy his best finish is 8th. So to me 7th ranked WR is right where he belongs especially with Dalton as his QB. If he had one of the elites then yes he has the talent to be a top 5 WR.

In that regard, you can´t put Watt on the 1st spot.

Don´t sleep on the Bengals this year... it´s their last shot

I don't understand what you mean about Watt. I don't play with defenders so in what regard do you mean?

Also I've heard that about the Bengals for 3 years now.

[Mich3006]

AJ Green has finished 4th twice in 2012 and 2013. Since then when healthy his best finish is 8th. So to me 7th ranked WR is right where he belongs especially with Dalton as his QB. If he had one of the elites then yes he has the talent to be a top 5 WR.

In that regard, you can´t put Watt on the 1st spot.

Don´t sleep on the Bengals this year... it´s their last shot

I don't understand what you mean about Watt. I don't play with defenders so in what regard do you mean?

Also I've heard that about the Bengals for 3 years now.

ESPN listed Watt as the #1 DL... and I talked about the positions in general, not only in Fantasy Football.

[Mamba Mentality]

Zach Brown too high, Le´Veon Bell isn´t #1, AJ Green should be top 5...

AJ Green has finished 4th twice in 2012 and 2013. Since then when healthy his best finish is 8th. So to me 7th ranked WR is right where he belongs especially with Dalton as his QB. If he had one of the elites then yes he has the talent to be a top 5 WR.

In that regard, you can´t put Watt on the 1st spot.

Don´t sleep on the Bengals this year... it´s their last shot

Marvin Lewis should have been canned years ago. That team isn't going anywhere...I'm predicting yet another .500 season.

[Jay 20]

AJ Green has finished 4th twice in 2012 and 2013. Since then when healthy his best finish is 8th. So to me 7th ranked WR is right where he belongs especially with Dalton as his QB. If he had one of the elites then yes he has the talent to be a top 5 WR.

In that regard, you can´t put Watt on the 1st spot.

Don´t sleep on the Bengals this year... it´s their last shot

Marvin Lewis should have been canned years ago. That team isn't going anywhere...I'm predicting yet another .500 season.

Exactly. They won't be better than the Steelers so their only hope is a wild card and with AFC South having Luck and Watson healthy again along with the Jags a wild card team is coming from that division. I believe the other wild card team will come from the West.

[bmurph128]

Fantasy rankings are like season predictions. Too much taken into account from last year.

For example: Zeke should be number one. Bell is never going to be a TD machine in that offense, who knows what you're getting with DJ, and the Cardinals might be pretty bad - and Gurley will regress like all the number one scoring RBs do the following season. I understand that those guys have to be the top 4 right now, but I guarantee they will not end up as the top 4 scorers. It would be refreshing to see someone put a Melvin Gordon or Kamara in the top, just taking a shot to see if they can unseat the other guys.

I also think Watson, Roethilsberger and Brees should be higher.

[Mamba Mentality]

Fantasy rankings are like season predictions. Too much taken into account from last year.

For example: Zeke should be number one. Bell is never going to be a TD machine in that offense, who knows what you're getting with DJ, and the Cardinals might be pretty bad - and Gurley will regress like all the number one scoring RBs do the following season. I understand that those guys have to be the top 4 right now, but I guarantee they will not end up as the top 4 scorers. It would be refreshing to see someone put a Melvin Gordon or Kamara in the top, just taking a shot to see if they can unseat the other guys.

I also think Watson, Roethilsberger and Brees should be higher.

Agree with Watson. I don't think last season was a fluke, he'll make a strong push for top fantasy qb. I'm not high on Big Ben, his home/road splits are a little worrisome but he certainly has the talent around him to finish in the top 10. My rankings would look something like this...

1) Aaron Rodgers
2) DeShawn Watson
3) Cam Newton
4) Russell Wilson
5) Tom Brady
6) Carson Wentz
7) Drew Brees
8) Kirk Cousins
9) Matthew Stafford
10) Phillip Rivers/Matt Ryan

[bmurph128]

Fantasy rankings are like season predictions. Too much taken into account from last year.

For example: Zeke should be number one. Bell is never going to be a TD machine in that offense, who knows what you're getting with DJ, and the Cardinals might be pretty bad - and Gurley will regress like all the number one scoring RBs do the following season. I understand that those guys have to be the top 4 right now, but I guarantee they will not end up as the top 4 scorers. It would be refreshing to see someone put a Melvin Gordon or Kamara in the top, just taking a shot to see if they can unseat the other guys.

I also think Watson, Roethilsberger and Brees should be higher.

Agree with Watson. I don't think last season was a fluke, he'll make a strong push for top fantasy qb. I'm not high on Big Ben, his home/road splits are a little worrisome but he certainly has the talent around him to finish in the top 10. My rankings would look something like this...

1) Aaron Rodgers
2) DeShawn Watson
3) Cam Newton
4) Russell Wilson
5) Tom Brady
6) Carson Wentz
7) Drew Brees
8) Kirk Cousins
9) Matthew Stafford
10) Jimmy Garoppolo

Didn't even think about it until now, but IMO Goff will definitely be top 10. Possibly top 5. My top 10 would probably be:

1. Rodgers - I think he comes back with a vengeance
2. Wentz - at least in points per game since he's likely to miss some games
3. Brees - yes, the running game kind of "took over" last year - but I don't think the Saints defense will be that good again and I have Brees having a bigger season
4. Watson - I don't think last year was a fluke either
5. Roethlisberger - I keep putting him up here because of his weapons, and he keeps disappointing - career year for him this year I think though
6. Goff - great weapons, more progression in year 2 under McVay
7. Brady - very low for Tom Terrific, but I think he has a Brees-esque season from last year and they establish a run game
8. Wilson - similar logic to Brady - Seattle makes a conscious effort to get their run game going
9. Newton - I just don't trust him
10. Cousins - wildcard for sure. Could end up higher.