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 | |||
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Rk | Team | Player | Age |
1. | ATL | Julio Jones | 26 |
2. | PIT | Antonio Brown | 27 |
3. | HOU | DeAndre Hopkins | 23 |
4. | NYG | Odell Beckham Jr. | 23 |
5. | BUF | Sammy Watkins | 22 |
6. | OAK | Amari Cooper | 21 |
7. | CHI | Alshon Jeffery | 25 |
8. | NO | Brandin Cooks | 22 |
9. | TB | Mike Evans | 22 |
10. | JAC | Allen Robinson | 22 |
11. | CIN | A.J. Green | 27 |
12. | DAL | Dez Bryant | 27 |
13. | IND | T.Y. Hilton | 26 |
14. | DEN | Demaryius Thomas | 27 |
15. | KC | Jeremy Maclin | 27 |
16. | DEN | Emmanuel Sanders | 28 |
17. | DET | Calvin Johnson | 30 |
18. | GB | Jordy Nelson | 30 |
19. | MIA | Jarvis Landry | 23 |
20. | DET | Golden Tate | 27 |
21. | CAR | Kelvin Benjamin | 24 |
22. | CHI | Kevin White | 22 |
23. | SD | Keenan Allen | 23 |
24. | MIN | Stefon Diggs | 22 |
25. | GB | Randall Cobb | 25 |
26. | PIT | Martavis Bryant | 23 |
27. | NE | Julian Edelman | 29 |
28. | NYJ | Brandon Marshall | 31 |
29. | NYJ | Eric Decker | 28 |
30. | ARI | John Brown | 25 |
31. | ARI | Michael Floyd | 26 |
32. | JAC | Allen Hurns | 24 |
33. | MIA | DeVante Parker | 22 |
34. | IND | Donte Moncrief | 22 |
35. | SEA | Doug Baldwin | 27 |
36. | ARI | Larry Fitzgerald | 32 |
37. | WAS | DeSean Jackson | 29 |
38. | CLE | Travis Benjamin | 25 |
39. | OAK | Michael Crabtree | 28 |
40. | STL | Tavon Austin | 24 |
41. | PHI | Nelson Agholor | 22 |
42. | SEA | Tyler Lockett | 23 |
43. | IND | Phillip Dorsett | 22 |
44. | BAL | Breshad Perriman | 22 |
45. | MIA | Rishard Matthews | 26 |
46. | CAR | Devin Funchess | 21 |
47. | PHI | Jordan Matthews | 23 |
48. | TEN | Kendall Wright | 26 |
49. | GB | Davante Adams | 22 |
50. | ATL | Leonard Hankerson | 26 |
51. | TEN | Dorial Green-Beckham | 22 |
52. | CIN | Marvin Jones | 25 |
53. | DAL | Terrance Williams | 26 |
54. | NE | Brandon LaFell | 29 |
55. | TB | Vincent Jackson | 32 |
56. | NO | Willie Snead | 23 |
57. | BAL | Steve Smith | 36 |
58. | SD | Stevie Johnson | 29 |
59. | MIN | Mike Wallace | 29 |
60. | BAL | Kamar Aiken | 26 |
61. | WAS | Pierre Garcon | 29 |
62. | JAC | Rashad Greene | 27 |
63. | SF | Torrey Smith | 26 |
64. | NYG | Rueben Randle | 24 |
65. | CHI | Marquess Wilson | 23 |
66. | BUF | Robert Woods | 23 |
67. | PIT | Markus Wheaton | 24 |
68. | STL | Kenny Britt | 27 |
69. | KC | Chris Conley | 23 |
70. | NE | Danny Amendola | 30 |
71. | SEA | Jermaine Kearse | 25 |
72. | HOU | Jaelen Strong | 21 |
73. | NYJ | Devin Smith | 23 |
74. | CLE | Brian Hartline | 29 |
75. | WAS | Jamison Crowder | 22 |
76. | PIT | Sammie Coates | 22 |
77. | CAR | Philly Brown | 23 |
78. | CIN | Mohamed Sanu | 26 |
79. | HOU | Cecil Shorts III | 27 |
80. | BUF | Chris Hogan | 27 |
81. | ATL | Justin Hardy | 23 |
82. | CLE | Andrew Hawkins | 29 |
83. | DEN | Bennie Fowler | 24 |
84. | NE | Aaron Dobson | 24 |
85. | MIN | Charles Johnson | 26 |
86. | JAC | Bryan Walters | 28 |
87. | DAL | Cole Beasley | 26 |
88. | HOU | Nate Washington | 32 |
89. | ARI | Jaron Brown | 25 |
90. | CHI | Eddie Royal | 29 |
91. | CAR | Ted Ginn Jr. | 30 |
92. | DEN | Cody Latimer | 23 |
93. | PHI | Josh Huff | 24 |
94. | MIA | Kenny Stills | 23 |
95. | NYG | Victor Cruz | 29 |
96. | TEN | Justin Hunter | 24 |
97. | NO | Brandon Coleman | 23 |
98. | SF | Anquan Boldin | 35 |
99. | DET | Corey Fuller | 25 |
100. | SD | Dontrelle Inman | 26 |
—Ian Allan