Dynasty rankings are tricky. You get into not only what players are doing now and in the near future, but what they might do in future seasons – often with different teams and offenses. Certainly Emmanuel Sanders is better than D.J. Moore today, for example, but Moore is 10 years younger.
I don’t have a fancy formula for these kind of rankings. I do them by hand. I put the guys in order, 1 thru 100, and then I go down the list over and over, moving guys up and down a few spots until it feels right. I’m trying to balance production (with production in 2018 and 2019 being more important than 2020 and beyond) with the player’s age.
I have the rookies tagged with black dots, and I’ll comment on them briefly.
There were two selected in the first round: Calvin Ridley and D.J. Moore. Neither looks like they’re going to make a big impact this year. I don’t think there’s any chance of either them finishing with top-40 receiving numbers. At all. But both seem to be coming along just fine. Both might be top-30 receivers next year, and have a bunch of top-20 receiving seasons in them. So I’ve got both of those guys in my top 30 overall.
There are seven other rookie receivers who seem to be developing just fine, and I’ve got them in my top 60. These guys won’t help you much at all this year, but they look like they’ll develop into NFL starters. That should be good pros.
Definitely Christian Kirk in Arizona. I’m very confident that he’s for real. And I like the look of Courtland Sutton, TreQuan Smith, Anthony Miller, Antonio Callaway, James Washington and Michael Gallup.
None of those receivers will help you much this year, but they all look like they’ll stick around and provide some stats in the future. That’s enough where I think you have to start thinking about putting them ahead the good receivers who are right at the tail ends of their careers – Larry Fitzgerald, Julian Edelman, Demaryius Thomas, etc.
Two big-name wide receivers moved this week, and I’m guessing I’m lower than most on both of them. I’ve got Josh Gordon and Jordan Matthews 70th and 74th.
DYNASTY LEAGUE WIDE RECEIVERS | |||
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Rk | Tm | Player | Age |
1. | HOU | DeAndre Hopkins | 26 |
2. | NO | Michael Thomas | 25 |
3. | NYG | Odell Beckham | 25 |
4. | KC | Tyreek Hill | 24 |
5. | PIT | Antonio Brown | 30 |
6. | GB | Davante Adams | 25 |
7. | TB | Mike Evans | 25 |
8. | PIT | JuJu Smith-Schuster | 21 |
9. | MIN | Stefon Diggs | 24 |
10. | CIN | A.J. Green | 30 |
11. | OAK | Amari Cooper | 24 |
12. | IND | T.Y. Hilton | 28 |
13. | ATL | Julio Jones | 29 |
14. | LAR | Brandin Cooks | 24 |
15. | TEN | Corey Davis | 23 |
16. | LAC | Keenan Allen | 26 |
17. | MIN | Adam Thielen | 28 |
18. | CLE | Jarvis Landry | 25 |
19. | HOU | Will Fuller | 24 |
20. | LAR | Cooper Kupp | 25 |
21. | DET | Kenny Golladay | 24 |
22. | NYG | Sterling Shepard | 24 |
23. | SEA | Doug Baldwin | 30 |
24. | PHI | Nelson Agholor | 25 |
25. | CAR | Devin Funchess | 24 |
26. | LAR | Robert Woods | 26 |
27. | DET | Golden Tate | 30 |
28. | ATL | • Calvin Ridley | 23 |
29. | DET | Marvin Jones | 28 |
30. | CAR | • D.J. Moore | 21 |
31. | DEN | Emmanuel Sanders | 31 |
32. | MIA | Kenny Stills | 26 |
33. | SF | Marquise Goodwin | 27 |
34. | PHI | Alshon Jeffery | 28 |
35. | CHI | Allen Robinson | 25 |
36. | BAL | John Brown | 28 |
37. | LAC | Mike Williams | 23 |
38. | NYJ | Quincy Enunwa | 26 |
39. | GB | Geronimo Allison | 24 |
40. | ARI | • Christian Kirk | 21 |
41. | TB | Chris Godwin | 22 |
42. | JAC | Keelan Cole | 25 |
43. | CLE | • Antonio Calloway | 21 |
44. | KC | Sammy Watkins | 25 |
45. | SEA | Tyler Lockett | 25 |
46. | DEN | • Courtland Sutton | 22 |
47. | NO | • TreQuan Smith | 22 |
48. | CHI | • Anthony Miller | 23 |
49. | NE | Chris Hogan | 29 |
50. | ARI | Larry Fitzgerald | 35 |
51. | NE | Julian Edelman | 32 |
52. | JAC | Dede Westbrook | 24 |
53. | NYJ | Robby Anderson | 25 |
54. | BUF | Kelvin Benjamin | 27 |
55. | PIT | • James Washington | 22 |
56. | CIN | John Ross | 22 |
57. | MIA | DeVante Parker | 25 |
58. | LAC | Tyrell Williams | 26 |
59. | DAL | • Michael Gallup | 22 |
60. | NE | Phillip Dorsett | 25 |
61. | WAS | Paul Richardson | 26 |
62. | DEN | Demaryius Thomas | 30 |
63. | BAL | Michael Crabtree | 31 |
64. | WAS | Jamison Crowder | 25 |
65. | TB | DeSean Jackson | 31 |
66. | GB | Randall Cobb | 28 |
67. | NO | Ted Ginn | 33 |
68. | WAS | Josh Doctson | 25 |
69. | CIN | Tyler Boyd | 23 |
70. | NE | Josh Gordon | 27 |
71. | JAC | Donte Moncrief | 25 |
72. | SF | • Dante Pettis | 22 |
73. | TEN | Taywan Taylor | 23 |
74. | PHI | Jordan Matthews | 26 |
75. | SEA | Brandon Marshall | 34 |
76. | BUF | Zay Jones | 23 |
77. | IND | Ryan Grant | 27 |
78. | TEN | Rishard Matthews | 28 |
79. | CLE | Rashard Higgins | 23 |
80. | MIA | Danny Amendola | 32 |
81. | ATL | Mohamed Sanu | 29 |
82. | HOU | Bruce Ellington | 27 |
83. | SF | Pierre Garcon | 32 |
84. | OAK | Jordy Nelson | 33 |
85. | DAL | Cole Beasley | 29 |
86. | CHI | Taylor Gabriel | 27 |
87. | NYJ | Terrelle Pryor | 29 |
88. | KC | Chris Conley | 25 |
89. | IND | Chester Rogers | 24 |
90. | OAK | Seth Roberts | 27 |
91. | DAL | Allen Hurns | 26 |
92. | MIN | Laquon Treadwell | 23 |
93. | NE | Cordarrelle Patterson | 27 |
94. | BAL | Willie Snead | 25 |
95. | NO | Cameron Meredith | 26 |
96. | MIA | Albert Wilson | 26 |
97. | NYJ | Jermaine Kearse | 28 |
98. | DAL | Tavon Austin | 27 |
99. | TEN | Tajae Sharpe | 23 |
100. | ARI | J.J. Nelson | 26 |
—Ian Allan