Tuesday, May 6, 2014

2014 Fantasy Football Rankings: May Update

Oh and the Browns.  I'm sure they'll have plenty of busts, too.
The free agency period was a busy one, but now the focus has quickly shifted to the NFL draft.  I say "quickly", but it has been more than 3 months since my first attempt at the 2014 fantasy football rankings.  And now in just a couple of days we'll finally find out who the next Raider draft-day bust will be.  So this felt like as good a time as any to go ahead and update my rankings.  I've made a few notes next to players who have moved around considerably since my initial rankings, but I'm still leaving the rookies off for now.  Once we see where guys like Sammy Watkins and Johnny Football ultimately land, I'll get another update out there.  Until then, let me know what you think of the list!



1. Jamaal Charles
2. LeSean McCoy
3. Adrian Peterson
4. Marshawn Lynch
5. Matt Forte
6. Eddie Lacy
7. Jimmy Graham
8. Calvin Johnson
9. Montee Ball: Biggest jump in my rankings (No Knowshon)
10. Le'Veon Bell
11. Zac Stacy: Moved him up slightly
12. Giovani Bernard: Him too 
13. Aaron Rodgers 
14. Peyton Manning
15. Drew Brees
16. Josh Gordon
17. AJ Green 
18. Demaryius Thomas
19. Alfred Morris: He and Murray fell a few spots
20. DeMarco Murray 
21. Doug Martin
22. Reggie Bush: Down a little due to age of the wheels
23. Dez Bryant
24. Brandon Marshall: Moved above RBs with question marks
25. Arian Foster
26. CJ Spiller
27. Antonio Brown
28. Julio Jones
29. Alshon Jeffery
30. Jordy Nelson
31. Andre Ellington: Should be #1 RB in Arizona
32. Ben Tate: ...and he should be #1 RB in Cleveland
33. Chris Johnson: Went from Titans to Jets, and down for me 
34. Ray Rice: Also way down due to off-field issues 
35. Ryan Mathews
36. Julius Thomas: Decker leaving boosted his value
37. Pierre Garcon
38. Randall Cobb
39. Keenan Allen
40. Vincent Jackson
41. Matthew Stafford: After top 3 QBs, he's worth a look 
42. Andrew Luck: And I think he's the #5 QB
43. Shane Vereen: Had him too low in initial rankings
44. Frank Gore
45. Larry Fitzgerald: Had Fitz & Andre too low too
46. Andre Johnson
47. Rob Gronkowski: Moved up, but only if ready Week 1
48. Knowshon Moreno: Way down with move to MIA
49. Rashad Jennings: Up a little now that he's in NYC 
50. Toby Gerhart: Another HUGE riser on this list
51. DeSean Jackson
52. Wes Welker
53. Torrey Smith
54. Michael Crabtree
55. Roddy White
56. Vernon Davis: Actually just swapped him/Gronk.
57. Trent Richardson
58. Steven Jackson 
59. Stevan Ridley
60. Victor Cruz: Was probably too low on him in beginning
61. Julian Edelman: He needed to be higher too
62. Percy Harvin
63. Kendall Wright
64. Michael Floyd
65. Cordarelle Patterson
66. Tom Brady
67. RGIII: I have faith again.  Blind faith.
68. Matt Ryan
69. Cam Newton: WAY down. Has no receivers!
70. Nick Foles: Moved him down to this QB tier too
71. TY Hilton
72. Eric Decker: Way down going from Broncos to Jets
73. Marques Colston
74. Maurice Jones-Drew: And he fell far going to Oakland
75. Joique Bell: Moved him up slightly  
76. DeAngelo Williams: Him too.  Someone gets CAR touches
77. Fred Jackson 
78. Shonn Greene: Up, but just a draft day placeholder I think
79. Pierre Thomas 
80. Tony Romo
81. Russell Wilson
82. Jordan Cameron
83. Dennis Pitta
84. Golden Tate: Up a lot with move to Detroit 
85. Emmanuel Sanders: Same for him now in Denver 
86. Colin Kaepernick 
87. Mike Wallace
88. Cecil Shorts
89. DeAndre Hopkins
90. Reuben Randle
91. Jason Witten
92. Greg Olsen  
93. Jordan Reed: Added to list.  Fingers crossed for health.
94. Darren McFadden: These next few RBs all down a lot
95. Chris Ivory
96. Lamar Miller 
97. Danny Woodhead
98. Darren Sproles
99. Benjarvis Green-Ellis 
100. Andre Brown
101. Reggie Wayne 
102. Dwayne Bowe
103. Anquan Boldin
104. James Jones: Down considerably leaving GB for OAK 
105. Tavon Austin
106. Justin Blackmon
107. Philip Rivers
108. Jay Cutler
109. Andy Dalton
110. Brian Hartline
111. Steve Smith: Up a little moving to Baltimore
112. Riley Cooper: Up a little with DeSean out. We'll see...
113. Stevie Johnson
114. Terrance Williams: Could be solid #2 WR in Big D
115. Marvin Jones
116. Kyle Rudolph: Needed more TEs in my list
117. Jeremy Maclin
118. Jarrett Boykin: #3 WR with James Jones gone
119. Danny Amendola
120. Khiry Robinson: Could be #3 or even #2 RB w/ no Sproles
121. Bernard Pierce: Moved up with Ray's problems
122. Stepfan Taylor: Solid, young #2 RB in Arizona
123. LeGarrette Blount: Down slightly. Now backup in PIT.
124. David Wilson: He's on the list if healthy
125. Hakeem Nicks
126. Markus Wheaton: Could be #2 WR for the Steelers 
127. Aaron Dobson
128. Greg Jennings
129. Zach Ertz: DeSean leaving could help him get looks
130. Ronnie Hillman: Plenty of balls to go around in Denver
131. Jacquizz Rodgers
132. Roy Helu
133. Ryan Tannehill
134. Ben Roethlisberger
135. Alex Smith
136. Kenny Stills
137. Robert Woods
138. Harry Douglas 
139. Ahmad Bradshaw
140. Dennis Johnson: #2 RB behind injury-prone Arian
141. Jordan Todman
142. Mark Ingram
143. Knile Davis
144. Donald Brown
145. Seahawks DEFENSE 
146. 49ers DEFENSE
147. Panthers DEFENSE
148. Broncos DEFENSE: Lots of positive offseason moves.
149. Rams DEFENSE
150. Bengals DEFENSE
151. Cardinals DEFENSE
152. Chiefs DEFENSE
153. Patriots DEFENSE
154. Ravens DEFENSE
155. Bills DEFENSE
156. Saints DEFENSE  
157. Stephen Gostkowski
158. Justin Tucker
159. Dan Bailey
160. Adam Vinatieri
161. Phil Dawson
162. Matt Bryant
163. Nick Novak
164. Mason Crosby  
165. Shaun Suisham
166. Blair Walsh
167. Robbie Gould
168. Graham Gano                                                                               

Just a quick note on the kickers.  You may have noticed, but I'm 99.9% sure you didn't.  I shuffled them around quite a bit, and the reason is that I really don't like drafting a kicker with an early bye week.  Prater and Hauschka are both good kickers, but they get the dreaded Week 4 bye.  What does that mean for your fantasy team?  Well, if you get an early injury or maybe have some other players with a Week 4 bye, you might have to waive someone you pretty much just drafted in order to pick up a kicker for Week 4.  But what you're even more likely to end up doing is just waiving that kicker to pick up another kicker.  Of course, you're waiting until the last round to draft a kicker anyway, right?  RIGHT......?!?!  Well if you're not, at least don't reach a round or two early for a kicker (ha!) only to then waive them a few weeks later.  It just doesn't make sense.  And for that reason, you won't even see Prater or Hauschka in my rankings.  I know it seems strange, but that's my explanation.  Deal with it.  :)

Cheers,
Bart                                                                                                                                          

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