Fantasy Football: Final Preseason Positional Rankings
By Chris Smith
Need help with preparing for your fantasy football league? The Fantasy Guru is here once again to give you a few tips on how to play the crazy game of fantasy football.
The preseason is here and many of you have your draft days in the next fortnight. Drafts are difficult enough but they can of course be made easier by doing your research which is of course where today’s updated rankings come in. As always, these ranks are for drafting purposes only. Weekly rankings will be available to help with lineup choices and I encourage you to check them out every week. For now, here’s my final ranks to help you draft a championship team.
- Lesean McCoy, PHI – RB1
- Aaron Rodgers, GB – QB1
- Matt Forte, CHI – RB2
- Calvin Johnson, DET – WR1
- Arian Foster, HOU – RB3
- Chris Johnson, TEN – RB4
- Tom Brady, NE – QB2
- Larry Fitzgerald, ARI – WR2
- Ray Rice, BAL – RB5
- Maurice Jones-Drew, JAC – RB6
- DeMarco Murray, DAL – RB7
- Drew Brees, NO – QB3
- Jamaal Charles, KC – RB8
- Darren McFadden, OAK – RB9
- A.J. Green, CIN – WR3
- Michael Vick, PHI – QB4
- Trent Richardson, CLE – RB10
- Steve Smith, CAR – WR4
- Jimmy Graham, NO – TE1
- Wes Welker, NE – WR5
- Julio Jones, ATL – WR6
- Brandon Marshall, CHI – WR7
- Rob Gronkowski, NE – TE2
- Miles Austin, DAL – WR8
- Cam Newton, CAR – QB5
- Steven Jackson, STL – RB11
- Marshawn Lynch, SEA – RB12
- Victor Cruz, NYG – WR9
- Andre Johnson, HOU – WR10
- Greg Jennings, GB – WR11
- Darren Sproles, NO – RB13
- Matthew Stafford, DET – QB6
- Eli Manning, NYG – QB7
- Roddy White, ATL – WR12
- Ahmad Bradshaw, NYG – RB14
- Mike Wallace, PIT – WR13
- Frank Gore, SF – RB15
- Ben Tate, HOU – RB16
- Hakeem Nicks, NYG – WR13
- Reggie Bush, MIA – RB17
- Jeremy Maclin, PHI – WR14
- Jordy Nelson, GB – WR15
- C.J. Spiller, BUF – RB18
- Peyton Manning, DEN – QB8
- Ryan Mathews, SD – RB19
- Marques Colston, NO – WR16
- Demaryius Thomas, DEN – WR17
- Steve Johnson, BUF – WR18
- Antonio Brown, PIT – WR19
- Michael Turner, ATL – RB20
- Eric Decker, DEN – WR20
- Dez Bryant, DAL – WR21
- Fred Jackson, BUF – RB21
- Pierre Garcon, WAS – WR22
- Jason Witten, DAL – TE3
- Vincent Jackson, TB – WR23
- Stevan Ridley, NE – RB22
- Dwayne Bowe, KC – WR24
- DeSean Jackson, PHI – WR25
- Tony Romo, DAL – QB9
- Tim Hightower, WAS – RB23
- Toby Gerhart, MIN – RB24
- Percy Harvin, MIN – WR26
- Kenny Britt, TEN – WR27
- Benjarvus Green-Ellis, CIN – RB25
- Jonathan Stewart, CAR – RB26
- Doug Martin, TB – RB27
- Aaron Hernandez, NE – TE4
- Peyton Hillis, KC – RB28
- Matt Ryan, ATL – QB10
- Ben Roethlisberger, PIT – QB11
- Jermichael Finley, GB – TE5
- Antonio Gates, SD – TE6
- Willis McGahee, DEN – RB29
- Robert Meachem, SD – WR28
- LeGarrette Blount, TB – RB30
- Roy Helu, WAS – RB31
- Randy Moss, SF – WR29
- Lance Moore, NO – WR30
- DeAngelo Williams, CAR – RB32
- LaMichael James, SF – RB33
- Matt Schaub, HOU – QB12
- Philip Rivers, SD – QB13
- Adrian Peterson, MIN – RB34
- Austin Collie, IND – WR31
- Robert Griffin III, WAS – QB14
- Michael Bush, CHI – RB35
- Jacquizz Rodgers, ATL – RB36
- Mario Manningham, SF – WR32
- Anquan Boldin, BAL – WR33
- Jahvid Best, DET – RB37
- Brandon Pettigrew, DET – TE7
- Vernon Davis, SF – TE8
- Danny Amendola, STL – WR34
- Denarius Moore, OAK – WR35
- Donald Brown, IND – RB37
- Shonn Greene, NYJ – RB38
- Malcom Floyd, SD – WR36
- Beanie Wells, ARI – RB39
- Darrius Heyward-Bey, OAK – WR37
- Reggie Wayne, IND – WR38
- Michael Crabtree, SF – WR39
- Fred Davis, WAS – TE9
- Tony Gonzalez, ATL – TE10
- Leonard Hankerson, WAS – WR40
- Isaac Redman, PIT – RB40
- James Starks, GB – RB41
- Mohammed Sanu, CIN – WR41
- Jared Cook, TEN – TE11
- Jacob Tamme, DEN – TE12
- Santonio Holmes, NYJ – WR42
- Andy Dalton, CIN – QB15
- Bernard Pierce, BAL – RB42
- Brandon Lloyd, NE – WR43
- Torrey Smith, BAL – WR44
- Randall Cobb, GB – WR45
- Ronnie Hillman, DEN – RB43
- Jay Cutler, CHI – QB16
- Mark Ingram, NO – RB44
- Greg Little, CLE – WR46
- Jonathan Baldwin, KC – WR47
- Rashad Jennings, JAC – RB45
- Sidney Rice, SEA – WR48
- Jonathan Dwyer, PIT – RB46
- Laurent Robinson, JAC – WR49
- Davone Bess, MIA – WR50
- Pierre Thomas, NO – RB47
- Robert Turbin, SEA – RB48
- Isaiah Pead, STL – RB49
- Ryan Williams, ARI – RB50
- Mikel Leshoure, DET – RB51
- Michael Floyd, ARI – WR51
- Alex Smith, SF – QB17
- Vincent Brown, SD – WR52
- Titus Young, DET – WR53
- Sam Bradford, STL – QB18
- Andrew Luck, IND – QB19
- Mike Williams, TB – WR54
- Santana Moss, WAS – WR55
- Rashard Mendenhall, PIT – RB52
- Justin Blackmon, JAC – WR56
- Stephen Hill, NYJ – WR57
- Mike Goodson, OAK – RB53
- Chris Rainey, PIT – RB54
- Mike Tolbert, CAR – RB55
- Brent Celek, PHI – TE13
- Greg Olsen, CAR – TE14
- Ryan Fitzpatrick, BUF – QB20
- Shane Vereen, NE – RB56
- David Wilson, NYG – RB57
Your fantasy fix for the week isn’t over just yet. Check back with NFL Spin Zone later today for the ever popular fantasy mailbag. I’ve got the questions for this week but if you’d like to be featured on next week’s mailbag just email your question to SZSuperLeague@live.com and you could have your question answered.
Until later, this is the Fantasy Guru signing off.