Don't do your fantasy football draft without this information! If you have already done your fantasy draft, either your league commissioner doesn't take the fantasy season seriously or they don't know what they're doing! Serious fantasy football players should never have their draft before the last preseason game is over. You have no idea which players will remain healthy and which won't until the last game is over. What if you had drafted J. K. Dobbins already? Bad idea because he tore his ACL on Saturday and is out for the year! Who's to say a starting QB wouldn't have gone down? Thankfully, that didn't happen, but you get my point.
Here are my feelings about fantasy football. I used to play it and have won leagues before, but I found that I had to pull for my players who often belonged to teams that I hated which caused me a lot of grief. So, I haven't played in several years, but I know the players... very well... so a lot of people ask me fantasy football questions, and I'm happy to help them out.
Below, you will find my ranking by position followed by an overall ranking. So, print this out, get a pen to check off players as they are drafted, and beat those people who set their draft on automatic pilot.
Some of you might wonder why I don't have Christian McCaffrey and Dalvin Cook first and second overall. That's because they both had significant injuries last year. I'd take a chance on them after the first couple of picks, but if I'm lucky enough to get one of the top two picks, I want a player who has proven he can stay healthy. That's the same reason Saquon Barkley isn't number one on my list. He would be if I knew he would be healthy at the start of the season.
Good luck!
QB
1. Patrick Mahomes KC
2. Josh Allen BUF
3. Russell Wilson SEA
4. Lamar Jackson BAL
5. Kyler Murray ARI
6. Aaron Rodgers GB
7. Dak Prescott DAL
8. Justin Herbert LAC
9. Ryan Tannehill TEN
10. Tom Brady TB
11. Matt Ryan ATL
12. Matt Stafford LAR
13. Joe Burrow CIN
14. Derek Carr LV
15. Jalen Hurts PHI
16. Ryan Fitzpatrick WAS
After that, pick whomever makes sense to you at quarterback.
RB
1. Alvin Kamara NO
2. Derrick Henry TEN
3. Christian McCaffrey CAR
4. Saquon Barkley NYG
5. Dalvin Cook MIN
6. Aaron Jones GB
7. Ezekiel Elliott DAL
8. Najee Harris PIT
9. Austin Ekeler LAC
10. Nick Chubb CLE
11. Jonathan Taylor IND
12. Chris Carson SEA
13. Josh Jacobs LV
14. Joe Mixon CIN
15. Clyde Edwards-Helaire KC
16. Antonio Gibson WAS
17. James Robinson JAC
18. Gus Edwards BAL
19. D’Andre Swift DET
20. David Montgomery CHI
21. Kareem Hunt CLE
22. Melvin Gordon III DEN
23. Javonte Williams DEN
24. Sony Michel LAR
25. Raheem Mostert SF
26. Ronald Jones II TB
27. Miles Sanders PHI
28. Myles Gaskin MIA
29. Mike Davis ATL
30. Leonard Fournette TB
31. Phillip Lindsay HOU
32. Darrell Henderson Jr. LAR
After that, just pick your favorite players to finish out the position.
WR
1. Davonte Adams GB
2. Stefon Diggs BUF
3. Tyreek Hill KC
4. DeAndre Hopkins ARI
5. Calvin Ridley ATL
6. Justin Jefferson MIN
7. DK Metcalf SEA
8. Keenan Allen LAC
9. A. J. Brown TEN
10. Allen Robinson II CHI
11. CeeDee Lamb DAL
12. Terry McLaurin WAS
13. Mike Evans TB
14. Amari Cooper DAL
15. Robert Woods LAR
16. Julio Jones TEN
17. Michael Thomas NO (injured until October but worth picking here)
18. Adam Thielin MIN
19. Cooper Kupp LAR
20. Diontae Johnson PIT
21. DJ Moore CAR
22. Tyler Lockett SEA
23. Courtland Sutton DEN
24. Tee Higgins CINF
25. Chris Godwin TB
26. Brandon Aiyuk SF
27. Kenny Golladay NYG
28. Chase Claypool PIT
29. Odell Beckham Jr. CLE
30. Corey Davis NYJ
31. Mike Williams LAC
32. Robby Anderson CAR
33. Tyler Boyd CIN
34. Jarvis Landry CLE
35. Deebo Samuel SF
36. Marquez Callaway NO
37. Jerry Jeudy DEN
38. Curtis Samuel WAS
39. William Fuller V MIA
40. Ja’Marr Chase CIN
41. Juju Smith-Schuster PIT
42. Antonio Brown TB
After that, just pick your favorite players to finish out the position.
TE
1. Travis Kelce KC
2. George Kittle SF
3. Darren Waller LV
4. Mark Andrews BAL
5. T. J. Hockerson DET
6. Logan Thomas WAS
7. Kyle Pitts ATL
8. Dallas Goedert PHI
9. Noah Fant DEN
10. Tyler Higbee LAR
11. Austin Hooper CLE
12. Irv Smith Jr. MIN
13. Robert Tonyan GB
14. Evan Ingram NYG
After that, it probably doesn’t much matter who your second string tight end is.
DEF
1. Washington
2. Pittsburgh
3. Tampa Bay
4. Los Angeles Rams
5. San Francisco
6. Baltimore
7. New England
8. Miami
9. Denver
10. Cleveland
11. Buffalo
12. Indianapolis
K
1. Justin Tucker BAL
2. Harrison Butker KC
3. Jason Sanders MIA
4. Matt Gay LAR
5. Younghoe Koo ATL
6. Ryan Succop TB
7. Brandon McManus DEN
8. Tyler Bass BUF
9. Graham Gano NYG
10. Greg Zuerlein DAL
11. Daniel Carlson LV
12. Rodrigo Blankenship IND
Overall
1. Alvin Kamara RB
2. Derrick Henry RB
3. Christian McCaffrey RB
4. Saquon Barkley RB
5. Dalvin Cook RB
6. Aaron Jones RB
7. Ezekiel Elliott RB
8. Davonte Adams WR
9. Stefon Diggs WR
10. Travis Kelce TE
11. Tyreek Hill WR
12. Najee Harris RB
13. DeAndre Hopkins WR
14. Austin Ekeler RB
15. Nick Chubb RB
16. Calvin Ridley WR
17. Jonathan Taylor RB
18. Justin Jefferson WR
19. DK Metcalf WR
20. Keenan Allen WR
21. Patrick Mahomes QB
22. Josh Allen QB
23. A. J. Brown WR
24. George Kittle TE
25. Darren Waller TE
26. Russell Wilson QB
27. Chris Carson RB
28. Allen Robinson II WR
29. CeeDee Lamb WR
30. Terry McLaurin WR
31. Josh Jacobs RB
32. Joe Mixon RB
33. Clyde Edwards-Helaire RB
34. Antonio Gibson RB
35. Mike Evans WR
36. Amari Cooper WR
37. Robert Woods WR
38. Julio Jones WR
39. Michael Thomas WR (injured until October but worth picking here)
40. James Robinson RB
41. Gus Edwards RB
42. D’Andre Swift RB
43. David Montgomery RB
44. Lamar Jackson QB
45. Kyler Murray QB
46. Adam Thielin WR
47. Cooper Kupp WR
48. Dontae Johnson WR
49. DJ Moore WR
50. Tyler Lockett WR
51. Courtland Sutton WR
52. Kareem Hunt RB
53. Aaron Rodgers QB
54. Tee Higgins WR
55. Chris Godwin WR
56. Brandon Aiyuk WR
57. Dak Prescott QB
58. Justin Herbert QB
59. Ryan Tannehill QB
60. Tom Brady QB
61. Kenny Golladay WR
62. Chase Claypool WR
63. Odell Beckham WR
64. Corey Davis WR
65. Mike Williams WR
66. Robby Anderson WR
67. Mark Andrews TE
68. T. J. Hockerson TE
69. Tyler Boyd WR
70. Matt Ryan QB
71. Matt Stafford QB
72. Melvin Gordan III RB
73. Javonte Williams RB
74. Sony Michel RB
75. Raheem Mostert RB
76. Jarvis Landry WR
77. Deebo Samuel WR
78. Logan Thomas TE
79. Kyle Pitts TE
80. Joe Burrow QB
81. Derek Carr QB
82. Marquez Callaway WR
83. Ronald Jones II RB
84. Miles Sanders RB
85. Washington DEF
86. Pittsburgh DEF
87. Tampa Bay DEF
88. Los Angeles Rams DEF
89. Myles Gaskin RB
90. Mike Davis RB
91. Jerry Jeudy WR
92. Curtis Samuel WR
93. William Fuller V WR
94. Dallas Goedert TE
95. Noah Fant TE
96. Leonard Fournette RB
97. Phillip Lindsay RB
98. Darrell Henderson Jr. RB
99. San Francisco DEF
100. Baltimore DEF
101. New England DEF
102. Miami DEF
103. Denver DEF
104. Cleveland DEF
105. Jalen Hurts QB
106. Ryan Fitzpatrick QB
107. Ja’Marr Chase WR
108. Juju Smith-Schuster WR
109. Antonio Brown WR
110. Tyler Higbee TE
111. Austin Hooper TE
112. Buffalo DEF
113. Indianapolis DEF
114. Irv Smith Jr. TE
115. Robert Tonyan TE
116. Evan Engram TE
117. Justin Tucker K
118. Harrison Butker K
119. Jason Sanders K
120. Matt Gay K
121. Younghoe Koo K
122. Ryan Succop K
123. Brandon McManus K
124. Tyler Bass K
125. Graham Gano K
126. Greg Zuerlein K
127. Daniel Carlson K
128. Rodrigo Blankenship K
May God always be your number 1 draft pick!
Draftman Rick