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Fantasy Football Rankings

This week on The Sportsballers, we previewed the 2018 fantasy football season. Much of our conversation centered on mid-round targets, late-round flyers, and players we intend to avoid of the course of our draft(s).

As will often be the case on our podcast, we agreed on a lot of points. But we’re not afraid to disagree; we enjoy the conversation and, sometimes, debate that results from those differences of opinion. If you want to know which guys we plan to target or avoid, you can download and listen to our podcast on Podomatic or on iTunes.

We opened the show with our consensus top 10 at each offensive position. We glossed over several players, particularly those we all ranked in similar spots on our draft boards. We talked a little more about players we were further apart on.

Since we “rushed” through those rankings, and we only gave you our top 10, we are publishing our consensus top 20 at each position here.

Quarterbacks

Name
Consensus
Cory
Eric
Evan
Aaron Rodgers, GB
1
1
1
1
Russell Wilson, Sea
2
2
2
3
Tom Brady, NE
3
4
3
2
Cam Newton, Car
4
3
5
4
Deshaun Watson, Hou
5
5
6
5
Drew Brees, NO
6
6
4
7
Kirk Cousins, Was
7
8
7
6
Matthew Stafford, Det
8
7
9
9
Matt Ryan, Atl
9
9
13
8
Carson Wentz, Phi
10
10
10
14
Andrew Luck
11
13
8
13
Philip Rivers, LAC
12
15
12
10
Ben Roethlisberger, Pit
13
12
11
17
Jimmy Garoppolo, SF
14
17
15
12
Alex Smith, Was
15
11
20
15
Jared Goff, LAR
16
14
18
16
Marcus Mariota, Ten
17
16
14
19
Patrick Mahomes, KC
18
NR
19
11
Derek Carr, Oak
19
18
16
NR
Dak Prescott, Dal
20
19
17
NR

Running Backs

Name
Consensus
Cory
Eric
Evan
Todd Gurley II, LAR
1
1
2
2
Le’Veon Bell, Pit
2
2
3
1
David Johnson, Ari
3
3
1
3
Ezekiel Elliott, Dal
4
4
4
7
Saquon Barkley, NYG
5
5
6
4
Alvin Kamara, NO
6
6
5
5
Melvin Gordon, LAC
7
7
7
8
Kareem Hunt, KC
8
9
8
6
Leonard Fournette, Jac
9
8
9
11
Dalvin Cook, Min
10
10
12
9
Christian McCaffrey, Car
11
11
11
10
Devonta Freeman, Atl
12
12
10
14
Jordan Howard, Chi
13
14
13
13
Joe Mixon, Cin
14
15
14
18
Jerick McKinnon, SF
15
13
NR
12
Jay Ajayi, Phi
16
17
18
19
Derrick Henry, Ten
T17
NR
16
15
LeSean McCoy, Buf
T17
16
15
NR
Kenyan Drake, Mia
19
18
17
NR
Alex Collins, Bal
20
20
NR
16

Wide Receivers

Name
Consensus
Cory
Eric
Evan
Antonio Brown, Pit
1
1
1
1
DeAndre Hopkins, Hou
2
3
2
2
Odell Beckham Jr., NYG
3
4
3
3
Julio Jones, Atl
4
2
4
7
Keenan Allen, LAC
5
5
6
4
Michael Thomas, NO
6
6
5
5
Davante Adams, GB
7
8
7
6
A.J. Green, Cin
8
7
8
10
Mike Evans, TB
9
9
9
9
Adam Thielen, Min
10
10
12
8
T.Y. Hilton, Ind
11
14
10
11
Larry Fitzgerald, Ari
12
11
14
12
Doug Baldwin, Sea
13
12
11
15
Stefon Diggs, Min
14
13
13
16
Tyreek Hill, KC
15
15
15
14
Demaryius Thomas, Den
16
19
16
13
Jarvis Landry, Cle
17
17
18
20
Amari Cooper, Oak
18
16
17
NR
Golden Tate, Det
19
20
19
18
Allen Robinson, Chi
20
18
NR
19

Tight Ends

Name
Consensus
Cory
Eric
Evan
Rob Gronkowski, NE
1
1
1
1
Zach Ertz, Phi
2
2
2
4
Travis Kelce, KC
3
3
3
3
Greg Olsen, Car
4
6
4
5
Evan Engram, NYG
5
7
7
2
Delanie Walker, Ten
6
4
6
7
Jimmy Graham, GB
7
5
5
9
Kyle Rudolph, Min
8
8
8
6
Trey Burton, Chi
9
10
9
10
David Njoku, Cle
10
12
11
8
Jack Doyle, Ind
11
11
10
11
Jordan Reed, Was
12
9
12
13
George Kittle, SF
13
13
14
12
Charles Clay, Buf
14
15
16
14
Jared Cook, Oak
15
14
19
16
Tyler Eifert, Cin
16
16
15
20
O.J. Howard, TB
17
19
13
NR
Cameron Brate, TB
18
NR
18
15
Eric Ebron, Ind
19
18
17
NR
Austin Hooper, Atl
20
17
NR
19

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-The Sportsballers