W2Mnet NFL Fantasy Football Position Rankings: Week 1

One of the great things about the NFL season kicking off is that Fantasy Football makes its return as well. Whether you play in one league or twenty, the feeling of drafting a team, hawking the waiver wire and setting your lineups for the first time can be just as special for many, as the first pass thrown in a real game. However, not everyone is a fantasy savant and sometimes they might need help figuring out who’s better. Perhaps they are trying to decide which player to needs to start over another. Hell, maybe one just likes looking at numbers. Whatever the reason might be, we know that rankings are an asset to have in any of these situations. The guys from Fantasy Football 2 the MAX discuss tough decisions on their podcast all the time. So, they figured why not take that into written form and put their knowledge to the test with the W2Mnet NFL Fantasy Football Position Rankings: Week 1.

W2Mnet Staff

Randy Isbelle (Football Co-Senior Editor, Host of Fantasy Football 2 the MAX, Co-Host of Football 2 the MAX).

Michael Mitchell (Football Co-Senior Editor, Co-host of Fantasy Football 2 the MAX).

Gary Vaughan (Football Dept. Head, Co-Host of Football 2 the MAX)

Quarterbacks

Rank	Overall	Randy	Mike	Gary	Average
1	Aaron Rodgers	1	1	1	1.0
2	Andrew Luck	3	2	2	2.3
3	Russell Wilson	2	3	5	3.3
4	Drew Brees	4	4	6	4.6
4	Derek Carr	5	6	3	4.6
6	Eli Manning	6	5	7	6.0
7	Blake Bortles	7	12	4	7.6
8	Ben Roethlisberger	9	7	8	8.0
9	Cam Newton	8	10	11	9.6
10	Tyrod Taylor	13	8	9	10.0
11	Matthew Stafford	11	9	12	10.6
12	Kirk Cousins	10	11	13	11.3
13	Carson Palmer	12	13	14	13.0
13	Jameis Winston	15	14	10	13.0
15	Matt Ryan	14	16	15	15.0
16	Philip Rivers	18	15	16	16.3
17	Marcus Mariota	16	17	18	17.0
18	Dak Prescott	19	18	17	18.0
19	Robert Griffin III	17	20	19	18.6
20	Joe Flacco	NR	19	20	20.0

Running Backs

Rank	Overal	Randy	Mike	Gary	Average
1	Todd Gurley	1	1	1	1.0
2	Lamar Miller	2	2	3	2.3
3	Adrian Peterson	4	3	2	3.0
4	Ezekiel Elliott	5	4	4	4.3
5	David Johnson	3	6	5	4.6
6	DeAngelo Williams	6	5	6	5.6
7	Doug Martin	7	7	8	7.3
8	Eddie Lacy	9	10	7	8.6
9	Spencer Ware	10	11	9	10.0
9	Mark Ingram	8	12	10	10.0
11	LeSean McCoy	12	9	11	10.6
12	Ryan Mathews	13	13	12	12.6
12	Latavius Murray	11	14	13	12.6
12	Devonta Freeman	14	8	16	12.6
15	Frank Gore	15	15	17	15.6
15	Carolos Hyde	16	16	15	15.6
17	Rashad Jennings	17	17	20	18.0
18	Matt Forte	18	20	18	18.6
18	DeMarco Murray	19	18	19	18.6
20	Christine Michael	27	21	14	20.6
21	Jeremy Langford	21	22	22	21.
22	CJ Anderson	22	19	26	22.3
23	Jeremy Hill	20	24	25	23.0
24	Ameer Abdullah	23	26	21	23.3
25	Jonathan Stewart	25	27	24	25.3
26	Arian Foster	32	25	23	26.6
27	Melvin Gordon	28	28	28	28.0
28	Duke Johnson Jr	29	29	27	28.3
29	Danny Woodhead	24	23	39	28.6
30	Chris Ivory	30	33	30	31.0
31	Thomas Rawls	26	36	32	31.3
31	Derrick Henry	31	34	29	31.3
33	Giovani Bernard	34	30	31	31.6
34	Matt Jones	33	31	33	32.3
35	TJ Yeldon	37	35	35	35.6
36	LeGarrette Blount	36	NR	34	37.0
37	Charles Sims	38	38	37	37.6
38	Isaiah Crowell	NR	32	NR	38.0
39	Justin Forsett	35	40	NR	38.6
40	James White	40	37	40	39.0

Wide Receivers

Rank	Overall	Randy	Mike	Gary	Average
1	Antonio Brown	1	1	1	1.0
2	Odell Beckham Jr.	2	2	3	2.3
3	Julio Jones	3	4	4	3.6
3	Amari Cooper	6	3	2	3.6
5	Allen Robinson	4	6	6	5.3
6	Jordy Nelson	7	5	5	5.6
7	DeAndre Hopkins	5	7	8	6.6
8	Mike Evans	12	9	7	9.3
9	Brandon Marshall	8	11	13	10.6
10	TY Hilton	10	12	11	11.0
10	AJ Green	14	10	9	11.0
12	Dez Bryant	11	13	10	11.3
13	Brandin Cooks	9	14	12	11.6
14	Sammy Watkins	15	8	14	12.3
15	Alshon Jeffery	13	15	16	14.6
16	Keenan Allen	16	17	17	16.6
16	Golden Tate	17	18	15	16.6
18	Randall Cobb	18	19	18	18.3
19	Demaryius Thomas	19	20	20	19.6
19	Doug Baldwin	22	16	21	19.6
21	Jeremy Maclin	20	21	19	20.0
22	DeSean Jackson	24	22	23	23.0
23	Eric Decker	21	24	26	24.3
24	Jarvis Landry	23	26	24	24.6
25	Michael Crabtree	29	23	22	26.0
26	Julian Edelman	26	25	27	27.0
27	Marvin Jones	25	31	25	27.6
28	Donte Moncrief	27	27	29	29.3
29	John Brown	32	28	28	29.6
30	Michael Floyd	30	29	30	31.0
31	Jordan Matthews	28	33	32	34.0
32	Larry Fitzgerald	31	30	NR	34.6
33	Kelvin Benjamin	34	37	33	34.6
34	Sterling Shepard	35	35	34	34.6
35	Emmanuel Sanders	33	32	NR	35.3
36	Allen Hurns	36	36	35	35.6
37	Tyler Lockett	37	34	39	36.6
38	Mohamed Sanu	NR	NR	31	37.6
39	Willie Sneed	38	NR	37	38.6
40	Corey Coleman	40	39	38	39

Tight Ends

Rank	Overall	Randy	Mike	Gary	Average
1	Rob Gronkowski	1	2	1	1.3
2	Jordan Reed	3	1	2	2.0
3	Travis Kelce	2	3	3	2.6
4	Greg Olsen	4	5	5	4.6
5	Gary Barnidge	5	6	4	5.0
6	Delanie Walker	6	4	7	5.6
7	Coby Fleener	8	7	6	7.0
8	Zach Ertz	7	8	10	8.3
9	Julius Thomas	9	9	8	8.6
10	Dwayne Allen	10	12	9	10.3
11	Jason Witten	11	11	14	12.0
11	Clive Walford	14	10	12	12.0
13	Eric Ebron	12	14	13	13.0
14	Zach Miller	13	13	15	13.6
15	Jarod Cook	15	16	11	14.0
16	Antonio Gates	16	15	17	16.0
17	Jesse James	NR	17	16	18.0
18	Kyle Rudolph	20	18	18	18.6
19	Jordan Cameron	18	NR	19	19.6
19	Martellus Bennett	19	19	20	19.6

Defenses

Rank	Overall	Randy	Mike	Gary	Average
1	Seattle	2	1	1	1.3
2	Houston	4	2	2	2.6
3	Arizona	1	3	5	3.0
4	Carolina	5	4	3	4.0
5	Los Angeles	3	5	6	4.6
6	Kansas City	7	8	4	6.3
7	Denver	6	7	7	6.6
8	Minnesota	9	9	8	8.6
9	New York Jets	8	11	9	9.3
10	Philadelphia	12	6	14	10.6
11	Buffalo	10	13	10	11.0
12	Green Bay	14	10	11	11.6
13	Cincinnati	11	12	15	12.6
14	New England	13	14	13	13.3
15	Pittsburgh	15	15	NR	17.0
16	Chicago	20	16	17	17.6
17	Washington	NR	NR	12	18.0
17	Tampa Bay	NR	17	16	18.0
19	Baltimore	17	18	NR	18.6
19	Oakland	19	19	18	18.6

Everyone has their criteria for rating and ranking players. Whether you agree or disagree with someone’s ratings here, let the guys know in the comments. Also be sure to listen to Randy and Mike on this week’s Fantasy Football 2 the MAX for their NFL Week 1 Preview.

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