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Dynasty rankings - Wide Receivers

Beckham, Evans look like best long-term receivers

I’ve had a couple of requests for dynasty rankings. In some of these leagues, teams are allowed to adjust rosters up until the end of the season, so it makes sense to ponder the value of guys like Martavis Bryant, Josh Gordon and Josh Doctson.

I’ll hit all of the positions before the end of the year. Starting off with the wide receivers today.

I’m assuming standard scoring. For PPR, the usual guys would move up a few spots – Edelman, Landry, Tate.

With these rankings, I’m trying to strike a balance between what a player will do in the near future and what he might develop into in the future. Younger players have more football left, so makes sense to rank them higher. All of the players in the top 10, for example, are no older than 28.

Only four players in the top 50 are in their 30s: Jordy Nelson, Julian Edelman, DeSean Jackson and Brandon Marshall. They would all be ranked higher in a 2017 list.

At the same time, there needs to be a balance. Rankings were built under the assumption that rosters will be churned, with some notable players (not even on this list) getting promoted off practice squads and whatnot.

DYNASTY WIDE RECEIVERS
RkTmPlayerAge
1.NYGOdell Beckham Jr.24
2.TBMike Evans23
3.PITAntonio Brown28
4.ATLJulio Jones27
5.OAKAmari Cooper22
6.INDT.Y. Hilton27
7.GBDavante Adams23
8.HOUDeAndre Hopkins24
9.CINA.J. Green28
10.BUFSammy Watkins23
11.DENDemaryius Thomas28
12.SEADoug Baldwin28
13.DENEmmanuel Sanders29
14.DALDez Bryant28
15.CARKelvin Benjamin25
16.NOMichael Thomas22
17.NEMalcolm Mitchell24
18.MIAJarvis Landry24
19.NOBrandin Cooks23
20.MINStefon Diggs23
21.HOUWill Fuller22
22.GBJordy Nelson31
23.SEATyler Lockett24
24.CHIAlshon Jeffery26
25.NYGSterling Shepard22
26.TENRishard Matthews27
27.DETGolden Tate28
28.PHIJordan Matthews24
29.INDDonte Moncrief23
30.KCTyreek Hill22
31.NEChris Hogan28
32.NEJulian Edelman30
33.OAKMichael Crabtree29
34.CLECorey Coleman22
35.WASJamison Crowder23
36.BALBreshad Perriman23
37.SDKeenan Allen24
38.NOWillie Snead24
39.CLETerrelle Pryor27
40.WASJosh Doctson24
41.JACAllen Robinson23
42.PITMartavis Bryant (susp.)25
43.NYJRobby Anderson23
44.DETMarvin Jones26
45.NYJQuincy Enunwa24
46.SDTyrell Williams24
47.KCJeremy Maclin28
48.WASDeSean Jackson30
49.PHIDorial Green-Beckham23
50.NYJBrandon Marshall32
51.GBRandall Cobb26
52.LAKenny Britt28
53.MIAKenny Stills24
54.NYJEric Decker29
55.ARILarry Fitzgerald33
56.CHIKevin White23
57.JACMarqise Lee25
58.MIADeVante Parker23
59.CINTyler Boyd22
60.MINAdam Thielen26
61.JACAllen Hurns25
62.ATLTaylor Gabriel25
63.TENTajae Sharpe21
64.BALMike Wallace30
65.ARIJ.J. Nelson24
66.PITSammie Coates23
67.CARDevin Funchess22
68.DALCole Beasley27
69.CINBrandon LaFell30
70.INDPhillip Dorsett23
71.KCChris Conley24
72.ARIJohn Brown26
73.BUFRobert Woods24
74.TBAdam Humphries23
75.CHICameron Meredith24
76.SDDontrelle Inman27
77.DALTerrance Williams27
78.HOUBraxton Miller24
79.LATavon Austin25
80.MINLaquon Treadwell21
81.LABrian Quick27
82.CARTed Ginn Jr.31
83.ATLMohamed Sanu27
84.PITEli Rogers23
85.SEATanner McEvoy23
86.SFTorrey Smith27
87.OAKSeth Roberts25
88.BALKamar Aiken27
89.PHINelson Agholor23
90.MIALeonte Carroo22
91.SDTravis Benjamin26
92.TENKendall Wright27
93.CLEJosh Gordon (susp.)25
94.ARIJaron Brown26
95.WASPierre Garcon30
96.NEMichael Floyd27
97.PITMarkus Wheaton25
98.BALSteve Smith Sr.37
99.DETAndre Roberts28
100.DENBennie Fowler25

—Ian Allan

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