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Young pass catchers dominate top 10 in revised wide receiver rankings

At this time of year, I get the question a couple of times per week from those in dynasty leagues. “Who should I pick up for 2016?” With that in mind, it makes sense to check in with a look at the overall board, assuming we would be starting from scratch. Today: Wide receivers.

These rankings are based on the scoring system of 6 points for touchdowns and 1 point for every 10 yards. They are not, however, numerically generated rankings, like what you see in the Weekly each week. On those, I’m looking at the offenses and the defenses and crafting an exact stat projection for each player – how many passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, catches and touchdowns each guy will generate.

For the ranking below, the process is to put a ballpark rank on each wide receiver. Then sort them 1 thru 140ish. Then I spent about an hour going over the list. Start at #1 and look at each player and rank, moving him up a few spots or down a few spots, based on his age and who’s above him and below him.

When it finally feels like I’m just playing with my food – that I’m just pushing guys around rather than making the list better – then it’s done.

I’ve got three guys in my top 22 who didn’t even play this year – Jordy Nelson, Kelvin Benjamin and Kevin White.

As usual on this kind of thing, let me know where you think I’ve gone wrong.

I did the quarterbacks and running backs on the weekend of Week 11. I will post tight ends tomorrow.

DYNASTY LEAGUE WIDE RECEIVERS
RkTeamPlayerAge
1.ATLJulio Jones26
2.PITAntonio Brown27
3.HOUDeAndre Hopkins23
4.NYGOdell Beckham Jr.23
5.BUFSammy Watkins22
6.OAKAmari Cooper21
7.CHIAlshon Jeffery25
8.NOBrandin Cooks22
9.TBMike Evans22
10.JACAllen Robinson22
11.CINA.J. Green27
12.DALDez Bryant27
13.INDT.Y. Hilton26
14.DENDemaryius Thomas27
15.KCJeremy Maclin27
16.DENEmmanuel Sanders28
17.DETCalvin Johnson30
18.GBJordy Nelson30
19.MIAJarvis Landry23
20.DETGolden Tate27
21.CARKelvin Benjamin24
22.CHIKevin White22
23.SDKeenan Allen23
24.MINStefon Diggs22
25.GBRandall Cobb25
26.PITMartavis Bryant23
27.NEJulian Edelman29
28.NYJBrandon Marshall31
29.NYJEric Decker28
30.ARIJohn Brown25
31.ARIMichael Floyd26
32.JACAllen Hurns24
33.MIADeVante Parker22
34.INDDonte Moncrief22
35.SEADoug Baldwin27
36.ARILarry Fitzgerald32
37.WASDeSean Jackson29
38.CLETravis Benjamin25
39.OAKMichael Crabtree28
40.STLTavon Austin24
41.PHINelson Agholor22
42.SEATyler Lockett23
43.INDPhillip Dorsett22
44.BALBreshad Perriman22
45.MIARishard Matthews26
46.CARDevin Funchess21
47.PHIJordan Matthews23
48.TENKendall Wright26
49.GBDavante Adams22
50.ATLLeonard Hankerson26
51.TENDorial Green-Beckham22
52.CINMarvin Jones25
53.DALTerrance Williams26
54.NEBrandon LaFell29
55.TBVincent Jackson32
56.NOWillie Snead23
57.BALSteve Smith36
58.SDStevie Johnson29
59.MINMike Wallace29
60.BALKamar Aiken26
61.WASPierre Garcon29
62.JACRashad Greene27
63.SFTorrey Smith26
64.NYGRueben Randle24
65.CHIMarquess Wilson23
66.BUFRobert Woods23
67.PITMarkus Wheaton24
68.STLKenny Britt27
69.KCChris Conley23
70.NEDanny Amendola30
71.SEAJermaine Kearse25
72.HOUJaelen Strong21
73.NYJDevin Smith23
74.CLEBrian Hartline29
75.WASJamison Crowder22
76.PITSammie Coates22
77.CARPhilly Brown23
78.CINMohamed Sanu26
79.HOUCecil Shorts III27
80.BUFChris Hogan27
81.ATLJustin Hardy23
82.CLEAndrew Hawkins29
83.DENBennie Fowler24
84.NEAaron Dobson24
85.MINCharles Johnson26
86.JACBryan Walters28
87.DALCole Beasley26
88.HOUNate Washington32
89.ARIJaron Brown25
90.CHIEddie Royal29
91.CARTed Ginn Jr.30
92.DENCody Latimer23
93.PHIJosh Huff24
94.MIAKenny Stills23
95.NYGVictor Cruz29
96.TENJustin Hunter24
97.NOBrandon Coleman23
98.SFAnquan Boldin35
99.DETCorey Fuller25
100.SDDontrelle Inman26

—Ian Allan

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