RB
1) Marshawn Lynch, Seattle
2) Doug Martin, Tampa Bay
3) Alfred Morris, Washington
4) Arian Foster, Houston
5) Adrian Peterson, Minnesota
6) CJ Spiller, Buffalo
7) Matt Forte, Chicago
8) Chris Johnson, Tennessee
9) DeMarco Murray, Dallas
10) Frank Gore, San Francisco
11) Reggie Bush, Detroit (Questionable)
12) Stevan Ridley, New England
13) Joique Bell, Detroit
14) Lamar Miller, Miami
15) Darren McFadden, Oakland
16) DeAngelo Williams, Carolina
17) Bernard Pierce, Baltimore
18) Daryl Richardson, St. Louis
19) Knowshon Moreno, Denver
20) David Wilson, NY Giants
21) Darren Sproles, New Orleans
22) Rashard Mendenhall, Arizona
23) Trent Richardson, Indianapolis
24) Ryan Mathews, San Diego
25) James Starks, Green Bay
26) BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Cincinnati
27) Fred Jackson, Buffalo
28) Bilal Powell, NY Jets
29) Ben Tate, Houston
30) Ray Rice (Doubtful)
31) Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville
32) Jason Snelling, Atlanta
33) Giovani Bernard, Cincinnati
34) Ahmad Bradshaw, Indianapolis
35) Chris Ivory, NY Jets
36) Jacquizz Rodgers, Atlanta
37) Andre Ellington, Arizona
38) Danny Woodhead, San Diego
39) Robert Turbin, Seattle
40) Pierre Thomas, New Orleans
If Reggie Bush is inactive, slide Joique Bell right into Bush's #11 slot and move Mikel Leshoure into the #40 slot. Leshoure is worth a look tomorrow ONLY if Bush is inactive. If Bush is active, I like Bush and Bell as Top 15 plays against the NFL's worst defense.
If Ray Rice is somehow active tomorrow, I am not playing him, but his ranking at 30 is more of a dig at MJD and his terrible set up for tomorrow. If you haven't done your work during the week to find a replacement for MJD, get ready for a 5 point performance in your starting lineup. Rice is likely inactive, and Bernard Pierce, even in a tough matchup with Houston, is a Top 20 RB with the full workload in a good offense.
I like Jason Snelling over Jacquizz Rodgers in Atlanta's matchup with Miami. Snelling managed 10 yards per touch last week and is a big back with a chance to penetrate the strong Miami front 7. I like Rodgers for more total touches, but I think if either of them gets in the end zone, it's Snelling.
Stash Andre Ellington. His time will come sooner than you think.
WR
1) Calvin Johnson, Detroit
2) AJ Green, Cincinnati
3) Victor Cruz, NY Giants
4) Demaryius Thomas, Denver
5) Julio Jones, Atlanta
6) Dez Bryant, Dallas
7) Randall Cobb, Green Bay
8) Brandon Marshall, Chicago
9) Pierre Garcon, Washington
10) Vincent Jackson, Tampa Bay
11) Steve Smith, Carolina
12) Wes Welker, Denver
13) Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona
14) Marques Colston, New Orleans
15) Andre Johnson, Houston
16) Jordy Nelson, Green Bay
17) Julian Edelman, New England
18) Anquan Boldin, San Francisco
19) Hakeem Nicks, NY Giants
20) Roddy White, Atlanta (Questionable)
21) Eddie Royal, San Diego
22) James Jones, Green Bay
23) Mike Wallace, Miami
24) Reggie Wayne, Indianapolis
25) Torrey Smith, Baltimore
26) DeAndre Hopkins, Houston
27) Chris Givens, St. Louis
28) Mike Williams, Tampa Bay
29) Stevie Johnson, Buffalo
30) Miles Austin, Dallas
31) Cecil Shorts, Jacksonville
32) Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh
33) Eric Decker, Denver
34) Lance Moore, New Orleans
35) Denarius Moore, Oakland
36) Andre Roberts, Arizona
37) Tavon Austin, St. Louis
38) Greg Jennings, Minnesota
39) Josh Gordon, Cleveland
40) Michael Floyd, Arizona
41) Nate Burleson, Detroit
42) Golden Tate, Seattle
43) TY Hilton, Indianapolis
44) Brian Hartline, Miami
45) Rueben Randle, NY Giants
46) Kendall Wright, Tennessee
47) Stephen Hill, NY Jets
48) Doug Baldwin, Seattle
49) Vincent Brown, San Diego
50) Jerome Simpson, Minnesota
Roddy White is listed as Questionable, but is supposed to play. I'll tweet my official stance on Roddy tomorrow morning. His #20 rank is indicative of what I think he can do tomorrow against a below average Miami secondary. I have Roddy in two leagues. I'm sitting him in both as of right now, but that is because I have options ranked 21-30 who I not only think can step in and put up good numbers, but also play a full game without injury concerns. Tread lightly on Roddy for now...he has 2 games after this week in Prime Time and then a bye week.
The sort of blowout set up brewing in Seattle has me really liking Doug Baldwin. These types of games are typically run dominated, and I can see 1-2 big plays with Baldwin on the receiving end. Sidney Rice has been a ghost so far and Golden Tate is getting dropped left and right for his disappointing start.
Josh Gordon is back this week for Cleveland and he comes back to quite the mess. No running game and a new "quarterback" running the offense. I'm hesitating on playing Gordon this week just to see what Brian Hoyer is capable of. I think Jordan Cameron is the only usable Brown this week.
QB
1) Peyton Manning, Denver
2) Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay
3) Matthew Stafford, Detroit
4) Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco
5) Matt Ryan, Atlanta
6) Drew Brees, New Orleans
7) Robert Griffin III, Washington
8) Cam Newton, Carolina
9) Tony Romo, Dallas
10) Eli Manning, NY Giants
11) Tom Brady, New England
12) Philip Rivers, San Diego
13) Carson Palmer, Arizona
14) Matt Schaub, Houston
15) Andrew Luck, Indianapolis
16) Andy Dalton, Cincinnati
17) Russell Wilson, Seattle
18) Joe Flacco, Baltimore
19) Jay Cutler, Chicago
20) Sam Bradford, St. Louis
21) Ryan Tannehill, Miami
22) Josh Freeman, Tampa Bay
23) Terrelle Pryor, Oakland
24) Jake Locker, Tennessee
25) Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh
Tom Brady falls out of my Top 10 because we're still looking at no Gronk and no Amendola. We've got the Bucs and Darrelle Revis coming to town, fresh off of forcing 2 picks out of Drew Brees and holding him to only 1 touchdown pass with a MUCH better supporting cast. We've also got an 80% chance of rain in Foxborough for tomorrow's game. Brady is going to stay behind Romo and Eli Manning for the time being until he gets some guys back in the lineup who can stretch the field AND catch the ball when targeted.
I think I'm too low on Sam Bradford. He's currently 8th among QBs in passing yardage (including 2 players who have already played, so coming into Week 3, he was Top 6), he has more TD passes then turnovers at this point and, coming into Week 3, was the #5 overall scorer at QB. The Rams offense has looked good at times, and I think a date with a beat up Dallas Defense is a recipe for a high scoring game. I've quietly tagged this as my Non-Obvious, High Scoring Game of the week.
Ben Roethlisberger jumps back into my Top 25 because I'm no longer ranking Thursday night players, there are 2 rookie starting QBs, and the trio of Ponder, Hoyer & Henne. Would you rather have Big Ben or one of these saps? Don't start Big Ben....just know he's better then these rookies and also ran QBs.
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