Friday, October 22, 2010

Week 7 Rankings

Each week I will publish a new weekly ranking for the upcoming NFL games. The rankings will be based on standard non ppr formats but will be helpful in all. The difference in rankings from ppr or non ppr aren't huge and you should be able to determine the difference.

Be sure to check back each week for these rankings as a great guide to help you decide who to start or sit. These rankings will factor in all the components that make up a players value including the opponent, weather conditions, team conditions, and much more. If you ever have any questions I can be reached on here or on twitter @ Pwill12.


QB

1. Arron Rodgers
2. Drew Brees
3. Tony Romo
4. Klye Orton
5. Ben Roethlisberger
6. Tom Brady
7. Phillip River
8. Joe Flacco
9. Eli Manning
10. Matt Ryan
11. Matt Cassell
12. Brett Favre
13. Kevin Kolb
14. Carson Palmer
15. Jay Cutler
16. Josh Freeman
17. Donovan Mcnabb
18. Alex Smith
19. Sam Bradford
20. Chad Henne


RB

1. Ray Rice
2. Chris Johnson
3. Frank Gore
4. Adrian Peterson
5. Rashard Mendenhall
6. Steven Jackson
7. Peyton Hillis
8. Micheal Turner
9. Amhad Bradshaw
10. Maurice Jones-Drew
11. Cedric Benson
12. Jamaal Charles
13. DeAngelo Williams
14. Lesean Mccoy
15. Marshawn Lynch
16. Knowshon Moreno
17. Thomas Jones
18. Matt Forte
19. Ryan Torain
20 BenJarvus Green-Ellis
21. Ryan Mathews
22. Chris Ivory
23. Beanie Wells
24. Darren Mcfadden
25. Brandon Jacobs
26. Felix Jones
27. Johnathan Stewart
28. Danny Woodhead
29. Justin Forsett
30. Micheal Bush


WR

1. Roddy White
2. Miles Austin
3. Randy Moss
4. Anquan Boldin
5. Greg Jennings
6. Larry Fitzgerald
7. Brandon Marshall
8. Hines Ward
9. Dwayne Bowe
10. Brandon LLoyd
11. Terrell Owens
12. Percy Harvin
13. Mike Wallace
14. Jeremy Maclin
15. Marques Colston
16. Hakeem Nicks
17. Santana Moss
18. Chad Ochocinco
19. Wel Welker
20. Roy E. Williams
21. Deion Branch
22. Mike Williams (TB)
23. Steve Smith (Car)
24. Michael Crabtree
25. Steve Smith (NYG)
26. Donald Driver
27. Robert Meechem
28. Johnny Knox
29. Jabar Gafney
30. Patrick Clayton


T.E.

1. Vernon Davis
2. Tony Gonzalez
3. Zach Miller
4. Antonio Gates
5. Arron Hernandez
6. Benjamin Watson
7. Jason Witten
8. Brent Celek
9. Tony Maoeki
10. Kellen Winslow
11. Chris Cooley
12. Heath Miller

Tight End Troubles...

Coming into the 2010 season one position stood above the rest as a very top heavy and deep fantasy football position. That position, which is Tight End, is now very much in flux and has owners across the world clinging to waiver wire hopefuls and overpaying in trades to cope. First it was Jermicheal Finley. Every experts 'sexy' breakout pick, Finley was asserting himself well early on this season. Unfortunately Finley was lost for the year last week going down with a severe knee injury. There's one of the top 4 TE options gone for the year and things were just getting started. A week later it really got ugly.

First owners got a huge scare when fantasy football immortal Antonio Gates went down with what looked like a pretty serious injury. Follow that up with Vernon Davis getting shaken up on a TD reception and Dallas Clark leaving the Sunday night game with a wrist injury. Wow. The undoubtedly , hands down top 4 Fantasy Football TE's all out just like that. Thankfully for some owners, Davis looks OK and should be ready to go this week. Gates remains up in the air but the outlook for this week is not great. Even if he does manage to play in the next game or 2, there's a great chance hes not close to full speed. Clark owners (gulp) have a much more serious problem. After being re-evaluated by wrist specialist in Cleveland, Clark has been declared out for the season. He is safe to drop in all non-keeper formats.

Fortunately, most leagues waiver wire's should still have some viable replacements for the Finley and Clark owners. Some name's that could be available that you should give a serious look at are Kellen Winslow (getting more involved lately), Heath Miller (Ben's Back), Todd Heap, Arron Hernandez, and Browns T.E. Benjamin Watson. Another name to keep in mind and keep an eye on is Owen Daniels. Now 1 year since tearing his ACL Daniels finally looks like he may be ready to go back to the role he had prior to the injury. If he's heavily involved in the Texans offense next week when they come back from their bye, grab him fast. For this week I'd rank the T.E's available in this order: Hernandez, Watson, Winslow, Miller, and Heap.