Fantasy Football is supposed to be fun. Please remember that. When you play the game, you’re playing a game. This is a game we play, just like athletes play on the field. If you feel the need to @ a player on twitter because they lost you a fantasy week, then maybe this game isn’t for you. We will offer you our best advice each week based upon matchups, weather, projections... a number of factors go into why we rank players where we do. I put in just as much work as the ESPN and NFL guys, you just don’t see my face on TV. You can listen to me, not listen to me... but please read the stories and always feel free to @ me on Twitter. Whether you hate what I have to say or love it. I will make every effort to respond.
Each week throughout the season, a weekly rankings will come out late Wednesday and be updated on Saturday. Except when the Saturday games begin, then it’ll be before those games start.. At the end of the day, you choose who you start, not me. You choose who to draft, you choose your team name and what funny antidote to make fun of someone or something. You have the freedom over your team. I have the freedom over these words. Don’t blame me or Aaron Rodgers if he is ranked #1 one week and has a terrible game, things happen. You can be mad that you lost a game… but remember this is just a game. Yea, sure, most of you reading this are playing for money and that adds a little flavor to your toast… but there are more important things in life than fantasy football. Life has taught me that this is a game, the NFL is a game, the High School baseball team that I coach… it’s just a game. Sitting at home watching the Broncos with my family with my daughter on my lap… that’s life. Having a traditional shot of Jameson with my parents and wife before the first Broncos game each year, that’s life.
I’ve made friendships and burned bridges on twitter over fantasy football, but it’s all people I’ve never met and don’t know. The Lion doesn’t worry about the opinions of sheep. I am in no way a Lion, but if you call me an idiot on twitter every week I’m also not going to care.
I really hope you read through your league settings and find out the rules and scoring systems, especially if you’re in a different league or playing with a different group this year. I have ran into it in the past where people come up with questions in Week 7, that are clearly written in the rules but just haven’t come up yet and are upset about it. It’s not your league managers fault that you didn’t read the rules.
I will write my stories and rankings based upon PPR format, which is by far the most popular format on ESPN. If you have non-PPR question please by all means https://twitter.com/KingScally or https://twitter.com/IBNincarcerated. We make every effort to respond to everyone. Bob has hundreds of questions sent his way each day, so you may be better off getting an answer from me, but you may also want his advice and not mine. Whichever is fine. We’re not always on the same page too. He may think one guy is better than another. Just like Field Yates will have different rankings that The Talented Mr. Roto himself. We all have our own opinions, these stories are mine. Please read, enjoy and take everything I write with a grain of scallywag... I’m here for the season, be sure to tip your waitress and tell me how wrong I am on Twitter. I appreciate when readers point out mistakes, because I’m human and they happen. I don’t appreciate being called an idiot for my opinions, but I’m 35, I can handle it. And we can discuss on twitter. I won’t block anyone… but we can debate all day if you want. I welcome it.
With that being said… here is this year's FIRST EDITION (to change at least twice) top 150. And this was written before the Cutler news and depending when published and if Zeke gets suspended that too…
Top 150 overall PPR. I am not including DST or kickers, draft who you want in your last two rounds. I was going to do top 200, but seriously after 150 were just taking a shot in the dark at someone at that point, or you know which sleeper you want, which QB you’re after. In a 10 team league it should be just DST and Kickers left anyways and in 12 team leagues just a bench guy or a flyer. Check out the overall position rankings for further.
1. Leveon Bell
2. Antonio Brown
3. David Johnson
4. Julio Jones
5. Odell Beckham Jr.
6. Ezekiel Elliott(Possible suspension)
7. Mike Evans
8. Jordy Nelson
9. LeSean McCoy
10. A.J. Green
11. Michael Thomas
12. T.Y. Hilton
13. Melvin Gordon
14. Jordan Howard
15. Dez Bryant
16. Devonta Freeman
17. Jay Ajayi
18. Alshon Jeffery
19. Rob Gronkowski
20. Demarco Murray
21. Keenan Allen
22. Demaryius Thomas
23. Amari Cooper
24. Leonard Fournette
25. DeAndre Hopkins
26. Lamar Miller
27. Brandin Cooks
28. Jordan Reed
29. Todd Gurley
30. Doug Baldwin
31. Isaiah Crowell
32. Jarvis Landry
33. Julian Edelman
34. Terrelle Pryor Sr.
35. Marshawn Lynch
36. Sammy Watkins
37. Christian McCaffrey
38. Aaron Rodgers
39. Golden Tate
40. Emmanuel Sanders
41. Travis Kelce
42. Davante Adams
43. Tom Brady
44. Michael Crabtree
45. Bilal Powell
46. Larry Fitzgerald
47. Allen Robinson
48. Carlos Hyde
49. Danny Woodhead
50. Jamison Crowder
51. Joe Mixon
52. Greg Olsen
53. TY Montgomery
54. Drew Brees
55. Tyreek Hill
56. Adrian Peterson
57. Frank Gore
58. Brandon Marshall
59. Dalvin Cook
60. Pierre Garcon
61. Mark Ingram
62. Stefon Diggs
63. Eric Decker
64. Matt Ryan
65. Martavis Bryant
66. Desean Jackson
67. Theo Riddick
68. Spencer Ware
69. Kelvin Benjamin
70. Delanie Walker
71. Andrew Luck
72. Eddie Lacy
73. Willie Snead
74. CJ Anderson
75. Jeremy Maclin
76. Donte Moncrief
77. Mike Gillislee
78. Paul Perkins
79. Ameer Abdullah
80. Kenny Britt
81. Tevin Coleman
82. Mike Wallace
83. Legarrette Blount
84. Tyrell Williams
85. Jordan Matthews
86. Tyler Eifert
87. Kyle Rudolph
88. Russell Wilson
89. Adam Thielen
90. Matt Forte
91. Devante Parker
92. John Brown
93. Duke Johnson Jr.
94. Robert Kelley
95. C.J. Prosise
96. Corey Davis
97. Cameron Meredith
98. Kareem Hunt
99. Terrance West
100. Cam Newton
101. Jimmy Graham
102. Jonathan Stewart
103. Doug Martin
104. Zach Ertz
105. Kirk Cousins
106. Corey Coleman
107. Darren Sproles
108. James White
109. Rishard Matthews
110. Giovani Bernard
111. Dak Prescott
112. Derrick Henry
113. Randall Cobb
114. Jacquizz Rodgers
115. Derek Carr
116. Robert Woods
117. Ted Ginn Jr.
118. Jameis Winston
119. Chris Thompson
120. Samaje Perine
121. Hunter Henry
122. Martellus Bennett
123. Josh Doctson
124. Jack Doyle
125. Tyrod Taylor
126. Jamaal Charles
127. Marcus Mariota
128. Anquan Boldin(will rise up this list)
129. Sterling Shepard
130. Marvin Jones
131. Eric Ebron(Now or never with him)
132. Latavius Murray(Dalvin Cook?)
133. Kevin White
134. Ben Roethlisberger
135. John Ross
136. Kenny Still(will rise up this list)
137. Thomas Rawls
138. Matthew Stafford
139. Philip Rivers
140. Rex Burkhead
141. Tavon Austin
142. Alvin Kamara
143. Marqise Lee
144. Shane Vereen
145. Charles Sims
146. Cole Beasley
147. Dion Lewis
148. DeAndre Washington
149. Jeremy Hill
150. Allen Hurns
I am going to be a huge Jay Cutler fan and the Miami offense will rival New England and Pittsburgh this year.
A lot of this list will change as injuries will happen, depth chart moves and pre-season play. I’ll update after every pre-season week. This is so early, it's August 8th and one pre-season game has been played. People have drafts all the time and they want information. Here is your ever changing information.
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