Yahoo Sports Big Board: Football
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The Big Board takes into consideration past returns, current performance and expected future gains in determining who should be included among the top 50 fantasy football players. Essentially, the Big Board is a cheat sheet designed for an owner who is planning to participate in a draft today. Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football default scoring settings are used as the baseline for the Big Board, which is updated on a regular basis.
Big Board 50: Football | |||
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RB | About only negative to throw his way is that schedule is not kind going forward | ||
RB | Avg 23 touches, top fantasy RB in PPG after 1st 3 games under Coach Kelly | ||
RB | As expected under Coach Reid, receiving #'s are spiking (18 rec./TD thru 3 weeks) | ||
RB | 24+ carries per game helping offset surprising lack of work in pass game | ||
RB | Counting postseason, has 30 TDs in past 33 games | ||
QB | Pass options arguably 2nd-to-none - lack of strong backfield benefits Peyton, too | ||
RB | Love his end-game setup (Jags twice , Colts from Weeks 12-15) | ||
WR | Has 3 TD in 1st 3 games - didn't get his 2nd TD until Week 11 in '12 | ||
QB | Top 2 QB every year since replacing Favre ('08-'12) - '13 looks like more of same | ||
10. Drew Brees (NOR) | QB | Has thrown for at least 300 yards in 8 straight regular-season games | |
11. Matt Forte (CHI) | RB | Thanks to Trestman system (19 catches), 4th in total touches | |
RB | Model of consistency: 8+ fantasy points in 10 straight reg.-season games | ||
WR | Rare WR consistency: TD and/or 90+ rec. yards in 14 of past 16 games | ||
14. A.J. Green (CIN) | WR | Go deep: Over 80 passes to AJ since '11 that traveled 20+ yards in air | |
15. Dez Bryant (DAL) | WR | Schedule as friendly as it gets for WR, especially those NFC East secondaries | |
WR | Looking like true Year 3 explosion - top fantasy WR after 1st 3 weeks | ||
RB | After 3 games, 2nd only to McCoy in Yards from Scrimmage (402) | ||
18. Ray Rice (BAL) | RB | Dealing w/ sore hip, and substantial workload infringement by Pierce | |
RB | Hasn't gone wild yet but, given sizeable workload, it'll happen soon enough | ||
TE | To the point that you can write in 1,000 yards and 10 TDs in pen | ||
21. D. Thomas (DEN) | WR | Inc. postseason, has 75+ yards in 20 of past 27 games (16 TDs) | |
WR | Slot stud has excellent rapport w/ Eli - 89 ypg, 22 TDs past 33 reg.-season games | ||
23. Frank Gore (SFO) | RB | You knew SF power run game wouldn't be stuck in mud for long (20/153/1 in W4) | |
WR | Still a PPR beast, but 6 TD in past 27 reg-season games hard to dismiss | ||
RB | The Vick of RBs-- love him when he's healthy, but can't bank on that | ||
WR | Kelly's spread opening up deep shots for D-Jax (leader in catches of 40+ yards w/ 3) | ||
WR | What's not to like? Top 5 among WR in catches, yards after 3 weeks (and 2 TD) | ||
RB | Has handled weak competition, unfortunately sched. gets rough after W4 (WAS) | ||
29. Matt Ryan (ATL) | QB | Has weapons to rival Peyton's - 2 TD passes in each of 1st 3 games | |
QB | Fits dynamic Kelly system like a glove, but ability to stay healthy in it a major concern | ||
WR | No. 4 WR thru 3 weeks almost matchup proof given degree-of-difficulty catch skills | ||
32. Wes Welker (DEN) | WR | Peyton loves his slot weapons, and he's got one of the all-time greats in Welker | |
RB | Excellent fit in ATL offense, but thigh injury slows his roll for a few weeks | ||
RB | Schedule tougher for RB in Indy, and Bradshaw won't be a complete bystander | ||
WR | The way WAS defense is going, garbage time production for Garcon could be steady | ||
RB | Love volume (23 carries per), though brutal sched. up to W8 bye (SF, SEA, KC, NYJ) | ||
37. Cam Newton (CAR) | QB | So far, move to more traditional offense mixed results for Cam's value | |
WR | QB change already ceiling raiser for Fitz, but ARI pass protection still stinks | ||
TE | Likely Week 4 return from back injury about as good as Gronk owners could hope for | ||
40. Eddie Lacy (GNB) | RB | Will likely be back in the saddle of the GB backfield in Week 5 (concussion) | |
QB | SEA may have his #, but he won't see them again until Week 14 | ||
42. Tony Romo (DAL) | QB | Arguably the softest schedule for a fantasy QB the rest of the way | |
RB | Jag offense is beyond awful, and MoJo looking a step slow out of the gates | ||
TE | Has outscored all WRs thru 3 weeks, only TE Graham has more receiving production. | ||
QB | Throwing less passes in '13, so far, but completing them at career-high rate (63.6%) | ||
QB | Garbage time all-star wants to run more, but knee is clearly not close to 100% | ||
WR | Like teammate Graham, 8-10 TDs, 1000+ yards a foregone conclusion | ||
48. Tom Brady (NWE) | QB | On the opposite end of the spectrum from Peyton in terms of supporting cast talent | |
QB | Up/Down fantasy start, but poised for another strong 2nd half w/ Harvin coming soon | ||
RB | No joke: Joique No. 4 RB thru 3 weeks, has healthy 12-15 touch role even w/ Bush | ||
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ON THE BUBBLE:
(QBs) Andrew Luck, Ind
(RBs) Giovani Bernard, Cin; Knowshon Moreno, Den; DeAngelo Williams, Car; Fred Jackson, Buf; Lamar Miller, Mia; Darren Sproles, NO; Le'Veon Bell, Pit
(WRs) Reggie Wayne, Ind; Antonio Brown, Pit; Eric Decker, Den; Anquan Boldin, SF; Torrey Smith, Bal; Vincent Jackson, TB; Josh Gordon, Cle; Steve Johnson, Buf; Cecil Shorts, Jac; Danny Amendola, NE (groin)
(TEs) Jason Witten, Dal; Tony Gonzalez, Atl; Vernon Davis, SF; Julius Thomas, Den
Note: "vs. ECR" compares my rank to the Expert Consensus Rank (ECR) as compiled by FantasyPros.
