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I’ve been playing Fantasy Football for over 20 years now, and I still have magazines dating back to the early ’90s. Here are the 1992 Fantasy Football Rankings from the 1992 Fantasy Football Index Magazine that I got at a local grocery store back then. I thought I’d start posting these old rankings and cheatsheets …
Think back with me now, as you get ready for your 1997 Fantasy draft, and you’re looking over your 1997 Fantasy Football rankings from whichever magazine you grabbed that month. Think back with me about when you were wondering what the NFL was going to be like with no team in Cleveland or Houston for …
Starting our new position breakdown series, the “Fantasy On 5” Podcast looked at 2018 Fantasy Quarterbacks this week, breaking down some of the more intriguing QBs from a Fantasy Football perspective entering this season. By looking at Average Draft Position and the list of quarterbacks in the rankings on FantasyPros’ Experts Consensus Rankings, we were …
Who better to talk 2018 Fantasy Football rookies than with Garion Thorne, who now writes for DraftKings and SoCalledFantasyExperts? I worked with Garion Thorne at FNTSY Sports Network, and now we’ve teamed up for our own Fantasy Football podcast! He’s an amazing host, keeps the show rolling along and definitely knows his stuff and keeps …
The “Fantasy On 5” Podcast brings in special guest Jake Ciely of RotoExperts.com to share his top 25 Fantasy Football rankings for 2018. These aren’t just any rankings – these are the rankings coming from the guy that was named the No. 1 draft rankings expert by FantasyPros.com in 2017! As I mentioned in the …
A Fantasy Football auction can get your blood flowing and they are much more intense than regular straight drafts. If you haven’t tried one — or if you haven’t done one in a while — get on it! Now, they even have auctions on Fantasy sites like ESPN, MyFantasyLeague.com and CBSSports.com, which we’ll get into. …
The 2015 Quarterback rankings look a little different this season than in years past, but your Fantasy Football league won’t suddenly see more quarterbacks taken in the early rounds. For the most part, it’s business as usual, just with some names swapped out for others. Last summer, just before the 2014 NFL season started, I …
You’re so close to a Fantasy Football championship, you can taste it! Our Week 16 Fantasy Rankings will help you become a champion for the entire Fantasy offseason! While Daily Fantasy Football has become all the rage in the instant gratification world we live in, putting in the time and effort to build a quality …
If you’ve made it this far in your Fantasy playoffs, then you are just a couple more wins away from winning the whole shebang! The Week 15 Fantasy Football Rankings should help you with those very difficult lineup decisions! Most likely, you’re not struggling with who to start at quarterback, tight end or kicker. But …
If you’re reading these Week 14 Fantasy Football rankings, there’s likely only two reasons for it: 1. You beat out half of your league for one of a few coveted playoff spots. 2. You’re in a league that doesn’t have a championship game until Week 17 and you’re sick of people mocking your league because …
The Week 13 Discount Diving post comes with plenty to look forward to. Thanksgiving feast, watching Football while devouring far too much food, monitoring your Fantasy Squads (of course) and their bids to make playoffs, or snag a Bye in the first round, and for some spending the quality time with your family. No matter …
The last week of the Fantasy regular season is upon us and the Week 13 Fantasy Football rankings are chock full of players from all 32 NFL teams for the first time in a long time. Normally, I’d do a chatty writeup about something interesting going on in Fantasy Football right now, but with three …
We had to switch up our Week 12 Fantasy Football rankings a little bit this week, mostly because time was not on my side! But I’m not going to leave you hanging, and with just two weeks left until the Fantasy playoffs arrive, your Fantasy Football lineup is more important than ever. Normally, I go …
Last week by in large was a successful week for Discount Diving. Although the lineup I posted only won in one contest, I did do well in all of my other contests, using many of the same discount players. The big hitters were Justin Forsett, Roddy White, and Jason Witten performing as I projected. Jeremy Hill …
There might be no other Fantasy position that offers as much talent on the waiver wire from one week to the next as wide receivers. Our Week 11 WR rankings show how truly deep the position is, and we’re going to help you plan the future a bit. With just three weeks left in the …
The Week 11 TE rankings are as important as ever, but if you are an astute Fantasy owners smart enough to still be reading articles in Week 11, then you’re probably headed toward the Fantasy playoffs. That means we need to help you start preparing for that, so this week, we’ve been sharing some players …
The Fantasy playoffs are less than one month away – can you believe it? These Week 11 RB Rankings will hopefully get you one step closer to getting into those playoffs. And once you get into the playoffs – well, anything can happen! But if you’re already kicking butt and you’re ready to look ahead …
Six defenses are coming off byes – and that makes 12 defenses coming off byes over the past two weeks. The Week 11 DST rankings are quite mixed. What I mean by that is there are several good defenses dropping out of the top 10 because of matchups, and likewise, there are some mediocre defenses …
Over the past two weeks, 12 teams have gone on bye weeks, which means you’ve had 12 fewer quarterbacks to choose from for your starting lineup. While there are still four more teams going on a bye in Week 11, the Week 11 QB rankings look better stocked than they have in a while. And …
It certainly felt great to get back in the win column on FanDuel in a big way last week after a successful sample lineup, and discount diving post. Hitting on Ryan Tannehill, Jeremy Hill, and getting a decent performance from Rueben Randle helped lead three entries with this lineup to payout and scoring 131 points. …
You’re interested in the Week 10 Kicker rankings, you say? Let me help you out there, with a look at the best kickers in a six-team bye week. With Stephen Gostkowski sitting on a couch this week, along with Adam Vinatieri and Nick Novak, there will be plenty of people scrambling for a good kicker. …
Before we dive into the Week 10 WR rankings, let’s talk about some young players that we could see on the rise in coming weeks. We’re officially into the second half of the season, which means it’s time to start seeing some production out of rookies that struggled early on to the speed of the …
The Week 10 TE rankings are going to be without Fantasy Football studs like Rob Gronkowski and Antonio Gates, along with steady Dwayne Allen and oft-injured-but-talented Jordan Reed. So I thought I’d take a quick look back before we take a short look forward. Rather than just churn out the rankings each week, I usually …
It’s no secret that running backs are the lifeblood of most Fantasy Football teams, and those that went the Zero-Running Back Theory can argue all they want. Our Week 10 RB rankings are the most important rankings, once again, as we enter a six-team bye week. “But the Zero-RB Theory is brilliant,” some may say, …
Man, you picked a bad week for your defense/special teams to go on a bye week! The Week 10 DST rankings show you that any of the likely available Fantasy defenses in your league’s waivers aren’t going to have a great matchup in Week 10. For those that had a DST on a bye week …
Six quarterbacks are coming off of bye weeks and six quarterbacks are going on bye weeks, which means there are difficult decisions to make – and these Week 10 QB rankings prove that to be true. I just wrote my Week 10 Waiver Wire column for SI.com, and I suggested picking up Mark Sanchez, Kyle …
With six teams on byes this week – the Week 9 Fantasy Football rankings are a little thinner than usual. There are plenty of interesting matchups, as well, including Peyton Manning and Tom Brady going at it again. I was on the road this past week in Atlanta to see family, so time became an …
Ahhh, you’ve accidentally clicked on the Week 8 Kicker rankings once again, while your sausage fingers were trying to click on maybe the tight end rankings? Or the defense/special teams rankings? Never mind, it doesn’t matter now. You’re here, you might as well get comfortable and read up on some kickers! It’s like when you …
Each week, around Tuesday, sometimes Thursday, I go on The Fantasy Funhouse radio show on the SiriusXM Fantasy Sports channel with Nando Di Fino. We talk about TV shows, movies, the ‘80s – and we talk about Fantasy Football. We also take some calls from listeners asking questions about their lineups each week, and the …
A good young running back is like gold in Fantasy Football, since you don’t have to worry about too much mileage on their wheels or getting yanked for a younger player. Our Week 8 RB rankings are stocked with good first- and second-year running backs, and I thought I’d take this week to look at …
The tight ends position hasn’t quite been as exciting this season as in past years, considering the absence of Aaron Hernandez, the retirement of Tony Gonzalez and the injuries to Jimmy Graham and Rob Gronkowski. Julius Thomas, Martellus Bennett and Greg Olsen have been great news from the past couple seasons, but the up-and-down efforts …
[cue game show music] Welcome back for another edition of “The Up or Down Game” with the Week 8 QB Rankings! [cue applause] I’m usually playing this game with my blood pressure whenever I talk to the wife! [cue canned laughter] The way this game works is we look at the current Fantasy quarterback rankings …
The Week 8 DST rankings will be missing both the San Francisco 49ers defense and the less valuable N.Y. Giants defense, as both teams are on byes. The smart owner will look ahead at the available defenses for Weeks 9 and 10, also, to find some matchups to exploit – or matchups to avoid with …
Who doesn’t love a great set of Week 7 kicker rankings!?! Look, I know this page comes last on your list for rankings you’re interested in reading about, but it’s a necessary evil! We share some interesting facts and figures about kickers you might never know about had you not landed on this page! We’ll …
The Week 7 WR Rankings are pretty loaded once again, and it seems like you might have some tough decisions to make for either your third wide receiver or your flex position with this week’s matchups. Last week, we shared some interesting numbers that affected Fantasy wide receivers and it seemed to go over pretty …
Sometimes in the middle of the Fantasy season, I like to look back to see which tight ends have popped up out of nowhere to find themselves relevant in our game. These Week 7 TE rankings will have several players that we didn’t care about this past summer. But now, whether it’s due to injury …
We’re just over the halfway mark of the Fantasy Football regular season, so we can take a wide view of what has happened behind us. While the Week 7 RB rankings are certainly important – who doesn’t want to be 7-0!?! – I think we also need to look at the position to see what …
As we enter the one-third mark of the NFL season (and pretty much the halfway mark for the Fantasy Football regular season), we can start to dump the dead weight on our roster and work toward using players that are finally fulfilling potential. As young players start to figure things out, they stop thinking and …
We’re three weeks into the world of bye weeks, which means a lot of us have had to cut defenses we like in order to pick up a defense that’s not on a bye. Our Week 7 DST rankings are just two teams short this week, as the Buccaneers and Eagles will have their bye …
The biggest news for the Week 6 WR rankings came midweek, when A.J. Green re-injured his toe in practice and had to be carted off the field for the Bengals. Cincinnati was already missing Tyler Eifert (elbow) and Marvin Jones (ankle), so Mohamed Sanu suddenly appears to be a player that’s going to see a …
This week, we’re going to look at the “Rest of the Season” rankings from FantasyPros.com, along with our Week 6 Kicker rankings to get a good idea of what Fantasy Football owners should do in the coming weeks, as bye weeks roll along. When we look at “Rest of the Season” rankings for kickers, we …
The good news for Jimmy Graham’s Fantasy owners is that you weren’t going to be able to use him this week in your lineups anyway, since the Saints are on a bye week. So these Week 6 TE rankings don’t change much because of his shoulder injury. However, there is some movement in these rankings, …
Three of the preseason top 25 running backs were injured this past weekend, which makes these Week 6 RB rankings a little thinner than usual. Reggie Bush, Rashad Jennings and Montee Ball all came out of Week 5 a little worse for the wear, which means players like George Winn, Andre Williams and Denver’s Ronnie …
Last week, I was asked to provide my top-five Fantasy quarterbacks for the rest of the season, so I thought I’d share it here before we get into the Week 6 QB rankings. While Andrew Luck has the most Fantasy points, I still considered Peyton Manning to be the top Fantasy QB going forward. He …
Throughout draft prep season, you’re often told to wait on Fantasy DSTs and kickers until late in your drafts. The way things are lining up after five weeks, you would have been much better off if you heeded that advice. While the Week 6 DST rankings should be considered separate from the Fantasy scoring totals …
Kickers. They’re like the little 6-year-old brother to the girl you’re dating. Well, I mean, like back when you were a teenager, you really shouldn’t be dating girls with 6-year-old brothers when your 35 years old. Kickers are like little brothers because they have to go with you everywhere, while you’re trying to score with …
One quarter into the season, we find ourselves looking at plenty of star wide receivers limping around, dealing with tough injuries, which makes us deal with a difficult set of Week 5 WR rankings. Are you ready to make some tough decisions? Both Brandon Marshall and Calvin Johnson have been used as decoys recently, and …
The quarterback and tight end positions always seem so full of talent, there are difficult decisions made each week when we do these Week 5 TE Rankings. Who do we leave outside of the top 12? We’re basically saying they’re not start-worthy. That’s not true, of course, because there are tons of different Fantasy formats …
Now that you’re done playing a fullbacks or a scatback in your second running back spot because of the six teams on byes or injuries or bad waiver-wire luck, you can rest a little easier in Week 5, since the Dolphins and Raiders are the only ones resting this week. The Week 5 RB rankings …
With six teams coming off of bye weeks, you’re going to have a lot more choices among the Week 5 DST rankings, as six defenses return to the field – while just the Dolphins and Raiders defenses take a week off on Week 5 byes. The Bengals, Broncos, Browns, Cardinals, Rams and Seahawks are all …
Did you survive Bye-mageddon, as Bob Harris of FootballDiehards.com called it? Six teams had early byes in Week 4, and teams had to scramble to fill their lineups. Our Week 5 QB rankings brings back Peyton Manning and Russell Wilson into the fold. But then again, with two teams on byes this week, so you’ll …
With six NFL teams on byes this week, the Week 4 WR rankings look much more shallow than in the first three weeks of the season. But in reality, this might be one of the deepest 26-team set of wide receiver rankings in Fantasy Football history. Passing is down a little bit in the NFL, …
We officially have to begin dealing with bye weeks in Week 4, which means you’ll likely have to go dumpster diving in the Week 4 kicker rankings to find a suitable starter among the free agents. Lucky for you, kickers are always all over the place to start the season, which is just one of …
Who doesn’t love a great tight end? The Week 4 TE rankings are mixed up just a bit compared to previous weeks, as we have injuries to keep an eye out for and six teams on by weeks. That tends to change the Fantasy tight ends landscape, fo’ sho’. Two players that continue to skyrocket …
Six teams on bye weeks in the very first week of bye weeks? That’s ripping the Band-Aid off with one quick pull! Our Week 4 RB Rankings will definitely show how thin the position is, and how several teams in your league will be scraping the barrel for running backs this week – especially if …
The Week 4 QB Rankings are a little different than the past three weeks. The NFL bye weeks are officially here, so lineup management becomes crucial as we work our way through these next 10 weeks. And now it gets interesting. Fantasy owners will have to decide for themselves which players to cut every single …
To cut or not to cut? That is the question – when six teams go on byes and you have to fill a DST spot on your roster. You’ll look at these Week 4 Defense rankings and you’ll work to get one of the best available options in your Fantasy Football league. But it’s just …
When I go over the Week 3 WR rankings, I look at the most recent week’s action, consider the upcoming opponents, and wonder how all that shakes out with my yearly rankings. So far, it seems like the wide receiver group has been less impressive – at least at the top of the heap – …
Checking out the Week 3 Kicker rankings, eh? Color me impressed! Looking at these rankings is the equivalent of eating a salad without dressing or going swimming at a beach in Canada. This tells me three things about you as a Fantasy owner. You’re a researcher that likes to get multiple opinions in your head …
Unfortunately, these Week 3 RB rankings are all over the place this week, mostly because the position has been hit with waaay more news stories than Fantasy Football owners would prefer. Whether it’s still dealing with the suspension news surrounding Ray Rice and his lawsuit to get reinstated back into the NFL, or the current …
So far, the tight ends position has worked out pretty much the way we all thought it would have. You have a couple studs near the top that are always scoring, and we do have a couple tight ends we thought were middle-of-the-road in Fantasy, who have skyrocketed upwards. We also have a few no-names …
When you look at the Week 3 Defense rankings, understand that you’re also looking at the Week 3 rankings for pretty much all of the Fantasy Football positions. In other words, if you see a defense ranked real high this week, there’s an awfully good chance you’ll find the quarterback, running backs and wide receivers …
All the talk about Fantasy Football being fun is thrown out the door now, as we are officially into the middle season. The Week 3 QB Rankings take into account the pass defenses for 2014, and looking back at 2013 a little farther back in our rearview mirrors. Over the past few weeks, we’ve lost …
With Adrian Peterson out after being arrested on charges of child injury, the Vikings chose to deactivate him. Our job is to figure out what that means for Week 2 Fantasy rankings, so I updated them accordingly. Both Matt Asiata and rookie running back Jerick McKinnon are expected to see a lot more action this …
The Week 2 Kicker rankings are here! The Week 2 Kicker rankings are here! I know, checking these out sometimes makes you feel like The Jerk. There are just 32 kickers to choose from each week, so it’s not rocket surgery trying to figure out who you should take. But we’ll offer a few tips …
Well, that was interesting. In Week 1, we saw just nine wide receivers post 100-yard receiving games, so where does that leave us with our Week 2 WR rankings? While there are a few changes from last week, there aren’t too many risers and fallers. Matchups certainly dictate where we’re placing a lot of these …
Tight ends, as we’ve mentioned before, are similar to the quarterback position in that there are a lot of pretty good ones. These Week 2 TE rankings will prove that out, too, as you’ll likely see some good ones fall into the 20s one week after the opener. The way tight ends are different than …
We learned an awful lot about the NFL running backs position in Week 1, but we also had just as many new questions arise. Our Week 2 RB Rankings hope to help solve some of those problems for you to either help you get to 2-0 or to help you get your first win … …
Was your league like most Fantasy Football leagues in Week 1, where five of the top six scoring Fantasy Defenses were unowned in the first week of the season? The Vikings, Texans, Titans, Lions and Eagles did their thing as Fantasy free agents, and now you’re wondering – how does this affect Week 2 Defense …
So now you know. Now you know what you thought you knew all preseason. Your knowledge will help you get a win in Week 2, but our Week 2 QB Rankings will be 50-percent offseason knowledge and 50-percent Week 1 knowledge. You knew Carson Palmer was going to have a lot of weapons. You knew …
You've been staring at these unopened gifts for months now, drooling over the prospects of another great Fantasy season. These updated Week 1 Fantasy Football rankings should help set you on your way to success in your Fantasy club's opener. While I won't promise I'll have these by 10:30am ET every Sunday morning, I will …
Listen, I know you’ve been waiting on the Week 1 Kicker rankings, and I promise I hurried as fast as possible. Nothing’s going to kill a Fantasy Football opener more than stinking it up at the kicker position. OK, so maybe I’m overplaying it a bit. But in all seriousness, there has been a lot …
Week 1 is officially here! All that’s left is dominating for 13 weeks, getting a bye week and then storming into your Fantasy league’s championship game – only to lose on an extra point. But still! You had a great year, and it all starts here – with the Week 1 WR Rankings! You’ve heard …
If there’s one thing we all learned during our 2014 Fantasy Football drafts this summer, it’s that the tight ends position is deeper than ever. If you didn’t draft one of the studs, you likely found yourself picking through some very good tight ends, wondering which one will serve you best. In our Week 1 …
Filling out your lineups for Week 1 can be a little tricky – especially at running back. Our Week 1 RB Rankings should help you lock the position down for the NFL Kickoff weekend. One of the tricky parts about the first week is that some of your RB1s and RB2s didn’t get a lot …
While knowing who the best quarterback to play this week or which running backs you should choose is always important, knowing the matchups for defense/special teams is also important. Our Week 1 Defense rankings take into account many different factors. We look at the opponents, obviously, and not only how strong and healthy that offense …
The first week of the NFL season is like a present someone just handed you. There’s no doubt it’s going to be awesome, but will you get exactly what you were hoping for? Our Week 1 QB rankings will help guide you through the first week’s signal-callers. Since most teams only draft one quarterback, it’s …
As we dig into the 2014 Quarterback Rankings for the upcoming season, we’re always reminded of the fact that the NFL has not just become more of a passing game, but they’ve officially hit the turbo button. We’re seeing passing efforts like we’ve never seen before, and it doesn’t look like there’s a slowdown in …
Every draft season, this is one of the most popular pages on my site. The 2014 Fantasy Running Back rankings shouldn’t be any different, as most people believe that running backs are the lifeblood of any championship squad. Sure, you’ll hear arguments that in this day and age, with the NFL leaning more and more …
As I post my 2014 Fantasy Wide Receiver rankings, I think back to the late ‘80s and most of the ‘90s, when 49ers legend Jerry Rice was one of the greatest Fantasy players ever. I don’t just mean he was a great Fantasy pick at wide receiver, I mean he was one of the best …
Are you willing to use a first-round pick on tight end Jimmy Graham? My 2014 Tight End rankings indicate there are several tough questions like this you’ll have to answer. More tough questions include, “Are you willing to use a second- or third-round pick on Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski, who missed time last season with …
Listen, don’t feel bad that you’re checking out our 2014 Fantasy Kicker rankings. At some point, everyone has to take a look to see who will end up being your team’s last pick of the day. It probably makes you feel like you’re wasting your time, but still, this guy is going to take up …
I recently discussed the 2014 Fantasy Defense Rankings in an upcoming column over at SI.com, and now it’s time to share it with my readers on my site. We’ve watched the Seahawks defense wreak havoc over the Fantasy Football world for the past two seasons, and that unit enters 2014 as the top-ranked defense/special teams …
It's National Draft Weekend! You're getting ready to pounce on your buddies like a recently fixed cat hiding behind an ottoman! So I'm delivering to you -- my fully updated 2014 Fantasy Football Overall Player Rankings! Speaking of National Draft Weekend -- if you played SKYLLZONE instant snake drafts last season, you can go there Saturday …
There is no shortage of fantasy football rankings available these days. A simple Google search brings back over twenty million results. As is the case in just about every walk of life, in fantasy football it’s crucially important to know who to trust. When it comes to ranking the rankers, FantasyPros is in a league …
The 2014 WR rankings are a great mix of up-and-coming talents and aging veterans, passing each other on the way up and down the rankings. Over the past few seasons, with the inordinate amount of passing yards each week, we're finding that wide receivers, in some cases, are more valuable than running backs. That's the …
The 2014 RB rankings look deeper than in recent years, but, unfortunately, that's only because there are a lot of veteran running backs that are slowly creeping backwards from 2012 and 2013. Although, I have eight different running backs getting drafted in Round 1 in my early 2014 Fantasy Football Mock Draft. The average shelf …
The dust has barely settled on your 2013 Fantasy Football championship trophy, and you're already looking for 2014 QB rankings!?! You're a sicko. You're demented. You're my kind of Fantasy Football player! So we're looking at several months before we really know where all of the players end up playing in 2014, but there likely …
Two deep and it has been everything you've waited for since last December when your league's championship was won right? Remember it isn't time to give up on some top options. Steven Ridley will turn it around and Roddy White will get going eventually. Cam Newton started slow last season and was the best QB …
Week 1 is in the books, you won, you lost, you might have even notched the rare draw. Regardless, it isn't time to sit on your roster, here are your top Week 2 Waiver Wire Adds. We already looked at some potential additions this weekend, but after the action this week more have emerged. Week …
You wont find Julius Thomas on this list. You saw enough of him Thursday night. Instead here are 5 Week 1 Free Agents to Target, even before we see anymore Week 1 games. It is unlikely that there will be an Alfred Morris type darling sitting around on Monday morning, but currently there are some available …
As I sat down and cranked out these Week 1 lineup rankings I shed a tear. I openly wept for the demise of my offseason rankings, where I dug deep, churned and stressed over. I cried for the multitudes of mock drafts that are meaningless now. I was sullen over the fact that – I …
If you’re checking out the Top 200 Fantasy Football 2013 PPR Rankings, then know that I have much respect for you. This means a lot -- and you should be proud. You are an evolved Fantasy species! By reading these 2013 PPR Rankings, you’re telling me that you are one of the 28 percent of Fantasy Football …
These 2013 Fantasy Football Rankings go 200 players deep, but you need to understand that a Fantasy owner should consider his own team needs from the top 60 or so players, rather than just go with the top-ranked player in these rankings. Or else -- you'll end up with like four quarterbacks. Once an owner …
While many think of PPR wide receiver rankings as essentially the same rankings as non-PPR leagues, there are obviously some subtle differences. In the past, we’d just aim for the slot receivers that were pulled as the team got in scoring position for an extra tight end. Or we’d target players that were on low-scoring …
To say that the 2013 Fantasy Quarterback rankings is a deep and talented pool is like saying Richard Pryor had a good sense of humor. Last year, we entered our Fantasy Football drafts knowing that there were three GREAT quarterbacks in Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees and Tom Brady, and a handful of very good quarterbacks …
In every 10 Fantasy Football leagues, about three of them play in PPR leagues. For that 30 percent, getting good PPR running back rankings is essential! We aim to please this summer, as we take a look at the best PPR running backs in Fantasy. Near the end of the ‘90s, people began to understand …
Do the 2013 Fantasy Running Back Rankings even matter anymore? I mean, we've beaten you over the head recently with quotes on passing statistics, and how the NFL had a record 11 quarterbacks with over 4,000 passing yards last season. So obviously, running backs are about as useful as a Fantasy writer and skinny jeans. …
Fantasy owners in PPR leagues don’t normally change their opinions, too much when they look at 2013 Fantasy Football Tight End PPR Rankings. Or at least, they don’t change their standard rankings as much as PPR Running Back Rankings or PPR Wide Receiver Rankings. Basically, when adjusting your standard rankings to PPR rankings for tight …
As you’ve no doubt been reading over the past few months, the NFL has turned into a mega-passing league, which spills over into the 2013 Fantasy Wide Receiver Rankings. But unlike the quarterbacks position, this vertical explosion has given the wide receiver position depth in the Fantasy third and fourth strings. While the top quarterbacks …
The 2013 Fantasy Tight End Rankings are full of questions and potential and possible disappointment. You have incredible amounts of talent near the top, mixed with plenty of pitfalls and opportunities for busts. NFL offenses have become more prolific in the air than ever before, with 16 different quarterbacks throwing 500 or more pass attempts …
Look at you! Checking out the 2013 Fantasy Kicker Rankings! You should be commended and lauded for your thirst for Fantasy knowledge and your ever-growing need to be on top of your Fantasy game at all times. Now, you must understand that kicker rankings are the easiest/toughest to assemble. We have a great idea of …
There are a few things you should always keep in mind when you start to look at 2013 Fantasy Defense rankings on any site. Scoring systems, more than any other position, affect the rankings of defense/special teams greatly. As a matter of fact, some scoring systems don’t even use special teams in their scoring, or …
To most they're simply Sleeper Picks, but I prefer the Super Sexy Secret Sleeper Pick phrase. So when you add a few 2013 Fantasy Football Sleepers to your roster feel free to add a few extra S words. Believe me, it feels good. Speaking of 2013 Fantasy Football Sleepers, who was in the know on …
Can't get enough Fantasy Football? Sign up for an IDP league and add another dimension to your fake football Sundays. We've got your 2013 IDP DB Rankings to help you out! I already posted my 2013 Overall IDP rankings earlier this week, so check those out, too. And then, I knocked out the 2013 IDP …
Can't get enough Fantasy Football? Sign up for an IDP league and add another dimension to your fake football Sundays. We've got your 2013 IDP LB Rankings to help you out! I already posted my 2013 Overall IDP rankings earlier this week, so check those out, too. And yesterday, I knocked out the 2013 IDP …
Can't get enough Fantasy Football? Sign up for an IDP league and add another dimension to your fake football Sundays. We've got your 2013 IDP DL Rankings to help you out! I also posted my 2013 Overall IDP rankings earlier this week, so check those out, too. Just beware that you may get even further …
Have you decided to dabble on the Dark Side and venture into IDP Fantasy Football? If so, here are your 2013 IDP Rankings, done by position and with a complete 195 Player Overall list. It is a tough go in these IDP Leagues though friends, there really isn't a set standard scoring system and with …
The NFL Draft is behind us, training camps are around the corner, and now we can step back and look at rankings for the top NFL Fantasy Football Rookies for 2013. Last year's set of rookies was one of the best in NFL history, so it's going to be interesting to see what this group …
The 2013 Fantasy Football Rookie WR Rankings aren’t exciting and spectacular, filled with superstar college wide receivers like we had in recent years. In 2012, we were all atwitter over the arrival of Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon joining Jacksonville. And the year before that, we had Georgia’s A.J. Green having us drool with …
Checking the 2013 Fantasy Football Rookie RB Rankings is always a good idea, especially throughout training camp. Unfortunately, most Fantasy Football owners will be looking for a player like Doug Martin and Trent Richardson, only to be disappointed they took a rookie runner higher than the third round in their draft. It’s true, last year’s …
Nearly every year, we end up hearing a lot of hype surrounding some rookie tight end. This year, however, the 2013 Fantasy Football Rookie Tight End rankings are topped off by a player that is joining a team with a pretty good pass-catching tight end already. More on him in a bit! Last year, we …
A few months ago, after a softball game and during several beers at Maguires, our local pub, SI.com’s Eric Mack and I started talking about doing a Fantasy podcast together. After months of putting it off, thinking we’d never get our act together, and thousands of chicken wings, we finally held our first “Fantasy Fatcast” …
When looking through the 2013 Fantasy Football Rookie QB Rankings on your favorite sites, you’ll no doubt be affected by the recent seasons put forth by players like Andy Dalton, Robert Griffin III, Andrew Luck, Cam Newton and Russell Wilson. Unfortunately, having visions of those stellar rookie seasons in your head will do you no …
Everyone knows that a good offensive line makes a world of difference for skill position players, so these 2013 Offensive Line Rankings should help you decipher which QBs, RBs, WRs and TEs are in for good seasons ahead. Remember that a good running back is only as good as the offensive line that blocks for …
Most Fantasy Strength of Schedule (SOS) rankings utilize data points from the previous seasons defensive fantasy points allowed to determine who will have the easy or hard schedule in the upcoming season. This gives you a decent baseline, but obviously you need to apply some human intervention to the purely stat-based rankings to come up …
Who are the top 2013 running back handcuffs? A great question indeed, but with all the running back committees in the league, perhaps the real question is who exactly is a true handcuff these days? You know, the type Michael Turner was in his Lightning Bolt days, or Maurice Morris was behind Shaun Alexander before …
Everyone wants to find the best Fantasy Football rankings. There may be no greater task than compiling your own rankings -- it is tough stuff man. As I've been plugging away on my rankings recently, I thought it'd be a good idea to go out on the road -- or surf the net, if you're …
This fourth installment of the legend of the 3rd year wide receiver breakout looks at a 3rd year wide receiver to avoid in your fantasy football drafts and auctions this draft season. We've already gone through 15 of the best 3rd year wide receiver seasons of recent memory, highlighted the big three 3rd year wide receivers …
This third installment of the legend of the 3rd year wide receiver breakout looks at 3 prime breakout targets to consider in your fantasy football drafts and auctions. We've already gone through 15 of the best 3rd year wide receiver seasons of recent memory and highlighted the big three 3rd year wide receivers in 2013. …
The journey into the legend of the 3rd year wide receiver breakout began with a look at some of the best 3rd year wide receiver seasons of recent memory, from a number of the best wideouts of our generation. A list of 15 large seasons from the likes of Cris Carter in 1989, right through …
The legend of the 3rd year wide receiver breakout has entrenched itself into the fantasy football mindset, like "Bo Knows" entered our vocabulary after Jackson's lead-off bomb in the All-Star Game was immediately followed by Nike's influential ad campaign featuring him and the token phrase. This 3rd year receiver series will touch on 2013's top …
For Fantasy owners, the NFL Draft is usually the audition process for Fantasy Football Rookie running backs that might make their way onto their Sunday lineups. In recent seasons, owners have been able to ride the success of rookies like Doug Martin, Trent Richardson, Alfred Morris, DeMarco Murray, LeGarrette Blount and Ryan Mathews. Last year, …
This past season was a story of big successes and big failures (Larry Fitzgerald's owners need no reminders) by many wide receivers. The 2013 WR Rankings reflect my reactions to the amazing/horrible seasons that some of these guys had. With many leagues now requiring three starting wide receivers or using flex spots, the wide receiver …
My first attempt at doing my 2013 Fantasy Football QB Rankings is interesting. There are several situations that have me a little unsure about locking in my 2013 quarterback rankings. If I were to draft in January, and then again in August, I have a pretty good feeling my rankings will be much different at …
Looking at 2013 Fantasy Football rankings when the 2012 Fantasy season is barely cold is kind of like asking out a hot chick just days after you got dumped by some other hot chick. (Then again, if you won your league, then looking at the Fantasy Football 2013 rankings is more like doubling down and …
From a Fantasy Football standpoint, 2012 was an up year for running backs! These 2013 Fantasy Football RB Rankings are obviously somewhat based on what running backs did this past season. Just like the 2011 season affected the 2012 running back rankings. I know it sounds like I’m talking in circles – but stick with …
This exercise of writing the 2013 Fantasy Football Defense Rankings is a little tougher than all of the other sets of rankings we’ve done since the NFL regular season ended. Since a DST includes an entire defensive unit, along with all of the units on special teams, it’s a completely different animal than the singular …
Man, you really love Fantasy Football if you’re checking out the 2013 Fantasy Football Kicker Rankings this early! Good for you! Unfortunately, this is the one Fantasy position that can change the most from year to year, with superstars dominating one year and becoming afterthoughts the next. (UPDATE: You can find our latest 2013 Fantasy …
It wasn’t long ago that the tight end position was considered super-deep with stars aplenty. But here we are, looking at the 2013 Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings, and we realize that many of the stars have faded quite a bit. Does that mean you can still invest a high draft pick in a tight …
I’d like to start a new thing, where each week, I post my three favorite sports videos for your viewing enjoyment! It really has nothing to do with Fantasy Football or Fantasy Baseball. (If you want that today, check out my 2013 Fantasy Football Rankings and my 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings!) TOM BRADY FOUND FIDO! …
It’s appropriate we’re about to review the Fantasy Football rookies for 2012 in early January of 2013. It’s kind of like when you look back at whatever gifts you got last month, and you assess which ones were winners (authentic NFL helmet signed by Marcus Allen and Bo Jackson) and the which ones were losers …
Robert Griffin III played well in his second-to-last regular season game of his rookie year, one week after he sprained his LCL, but was it enough to help you in your Fantasy Football playoffs? As he continues to rip off one huge game after another, it dawned on me that he has to be approaching …
Running backs are your lifeblood in the Fantasy Football playoffs and since you are either in your championship game or in the final four, you need to confirm your lineup with our Week 16 Fantasy Football RB Rankings. Sure, kickers and defenses are valuable too, yadayadayada. But it's your running backs that you want to …
You're ohhhhhh so close to sitting atop your Fantasy league as the 2012 champion. You're either in the Fantasy Football championship game or you are at least in the Final Four. I guess there's even a possibility you're playing for third place in a consolation game, like I am in one league .... Stupid Dennis …
Heading either into the second round of your playoffs, or into the first week of your playoffs (still doing the Week 17 championship thing, eh?), these are the days that Fantasy Football owners begin to wish they drafted a stud running back in the first round. Many of them still pepper the upper tier of …
Did the injury to Robert Griffin III or Dez Bryant or Percy Harvin ruin your prospects for winning a playoff game in Week 15!?! Let's hope not. Hopefully, you are checking out the Week 15 Fantasy Football Rankings from several different sites. It's always good to get several opinions from people you trust. Also, remember …
The most important weeks of your Fantasy Football lives are happening right now! ... Am I overselling this? From here on out, it's a do or die! It's one and done! It's win or go home! Sooo what I'm getting at is -- we're ready for the playoffs! Running backs are settling down, at least …
It’s Week 14 and you are either preparing for the playoffs, preparing to get into a Week 17-championship set of playoffs, or you are reading for fun while sitting on a bye week! It’s highly doubtful there’s anyone reading this that has already been eliminated for the playoffs … Let’s talk about them! Juuuust kidding. …
The fine gentlemen over at the website DynastyLeagueFootball.com agreed to write a piece for our site that detailed what the first round of the 2013 Fantasy Rookies draft might look like. We know how much the 2012 Fantasy Rookies helped owners out, especially Robert Griffin III, Andrew Luck and Doug Martin. Paymon Shokoohi did a great job …
No more bye weeks! No more bye weeks! Our Week 12 Fantasy Football Rankings are complete once again because there are no more bye weeks! Wake the children! We can finally cut our backup defenses and tight ends! And we survived all of the bye weeks! ... Sometimes I get overexcited. Just two games left …
Just four games left until the end of the regular season! How did this happen!?! It was just yesterday that you thought you were going to go undefeated -- and then Week 1 happened! With a month left, we really have to tighten up! Here are the Week 10 Fantasy Football Rankings to help get …
It's all downhill from here! The second half of the Fantasy Football regular season is upon us and you probably have a very good idea of where you are sitting in your league's standings. You are either dominating, being dominated or somewhere in between. Here are the Week 8 Fantasy Football Rankings to help get …
The Week 7 Fantasy Football RB Rankings are here! The Week 7 Fantasy Football RB Rankings are here! Quick, go tell grandpa! Right now, there is a small percentage of you that are undefeated, and there's a small percentage of you that are winless. Some are flying high at 5-1 and some are dragging bottoms …
We're entering the second half of your Fantasy Football league season once games start this week. You're either very happy with your team so far, happy but you realize you need some help, unhappy but confident you can fix your problems, or completely unhappy and ready to trade the one good player you have for …
Bye weeks continue to wreak havoc on our Fantasy Football lineups. With four more teams off with a bye, the Week 6 Fantasy RB Rankings look pretty thin. On your bench go running backs like Darren Sproles, DeAngelo Williams, Maurice Jones-Drew and Matt Forte. (I doubt you're going to miss Jonathan Stewart and Mark Ingram …
I need you to step into your imagination for just a little bit. I need you to close your eyes and – no, wait! DON’T CLOSE YOUR EYES! You can’t read if your eyes are closed! OK, that was close. I need you to imagine you were stuck on a space station for the past …
Obviously, these rankings are a day or two late, but man, I never realized how much easier it was to do rankings after games are played than it is before! Next week, the rankings will be up on Wednesday and Thursday. Labor Day and the Democratic National Convention will be long gone by then. I …
What an amazing season turned in by Saints TE Jimmy Graham!?! He caught a position-high 99 passes for 1,310 yards, with 11 touchdowns, and an incredible 197 points! He scored more Fantasy points than any other tight end in NFL history, and he has to rank as the best at his position in the 2012 …
Generally, the top 60 overall Fantasy rankings should be a great guide to help you along your first few rounds. Some might want to stick to these rankings by the book, but my suggestion is that you look at them more in a fluid sense, and go off the position rankings more than just the …
When assembling the 2012 Fantasy Running Back Rankings recently, it dawned on me that we’re in a weird era. We don’t have an unquestioned No. 1 guy that has been atop the rankings for three years or so, like we did in the ‘90s with Emmitt Smith and Terrell Davis, or in the ‘00s with …
The passing game has taken over the Fantasy Football world, and the 2012 Fantasy Wide Receiver Rankings should show it. But here’s the thing – it still shouldn’t change much in how you should approach your Fantasy draft. While quarterbacks are blowing up, throwing for more yardage and more touchdown passes, the wide receiver position …
It's safe to say that the 2012 Fantasy quarterback rankings have never looked as strong as they are this year. It's very likely that you're going to see TWO quarterbacks taken in the first round of your draft, and then see three more quarterbacks taken in the second round. We're coming off of the most …
[Last week, Grantland.com held a writing contest to find their next prospective Fantasy Football writer. Basically, you had to write, in 750 words or less, an article about your Top 5 Players, along with one sleeper pick. They wanted some personality, they wanted some stats, they wanted pizzazz! ... They just didn't want me! So here's …
Fanatics. That's what I like to refer to Fantasy Football owners that choose to play in leagues that use Individual Defensive Players (IDP). They are fanatics. So these 2012 IDP Rankings are really for them. But regular Fantasy Football owners can glean some things from these rankings too. It's easy to see that running backs …
Welcome to my Fantasy Football Rankings two-round mock draft! By mid-June, teams have pretty much sorted out who they plan to go to camp with -- and from there they'll figure out who they'll go to war with. We're beyond the NFL Draft, and a lot of the offseason training activities. Fantasy Football owners have …
Peyton Manning’s Fantasy value is highly debatable this offseason. There are so many variables, it’s tough to take a hard stand on where he should land on your Fantasy Football draft cheat sheet. Before injuring his neck, needing multiple surgeries last year, Manning had started every game of his professional career. From a Fantasy perspective, …
Trent Richardson enters the NFL season as the most anticipated rookie running back in Fantasy Football since Darren McFadden came out of Arkansas in 2008. He’s the highest drafted running back (No. 3 overall) since Reggie Bush was taken with the second pick by the Saints in 2006. Running backs can have the biggest Fantasy …
Earlier, I looked at the Average Fantasy Rankings for Quarterbacks, and found a few players that several sites are in disagreement about, including Peyton Manning and Philip Rivers. But running backs – the backbone of any good Fantasy Football team – are usually the most deliberated of positions, and the average Fantasy Football rankings for …
After going over the Fantasy Football rankings for some of the major media sites, like CBSSports.com, ESPN.com and NFL.com, I posted the averages for your viewing pleasure. Several people messaged me to request I do the same, but with some of the other Fantasy Football sites. And I thought – what a great idea! I …
The offseason is slowly passing us by, with Offseason Training Activities in full force and the NFL Draft well behind us. That means that many websites are starting to post their offseason Fantasy Football Rankings at each position and their top 200 players overall. Rather than just look at one site's set of rankings, I …
Just like that – the NFL Draft is behind us and we are left with reshaped rosters and the start of the 2012 Fantasy Football Draft season. But before you draft, consider doing a mock draft, and consider the following update as Fantasy Football rankings for the first two rounds. This actually gets updated throughout …
With the NFL Draft upon us this week, I thought it would be good to take one final pre-draft look at the top 25 players in my Fantasy Football rankings for 2012. Some of this should change a bit after the draft, depending on surprises and trades, but for the most part, this will be …