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Dynasty Leagues

Long-term receiver rankings

Hopkins leads wave of younger receivers

With only just over a month left in the regular season, many of those in dynasty leagues are concerned less about what will happen this year and how things will play out in 2019 and 2020. Larry Fitzgerald, for example, is a great receiver, but will he even be in the league next season?

I rotate through the positions for dynasty league purposes. Wide receivers are up today, and my top 100 includes only five wide receivers who are older than 30. I’ve got Fitzgerald (who’s 35) at 58th. There are two 32-year-olds on my list: Julian Edelman (52nd) and DeSean Jackson (82nd). They’re nice players; I’m just not sure how much longer they can play at a high level.

There are two 31-year-olds on my list. I’ve got Emmanuel Sanders 32nd; to me, he seems a few years younger. And I’ve got Michael Crabtree 74th

In contrast, there are 18 rookies in my top 100. Catch a rising star; that’s the name of the game.

Rankings assume standard scoring, and that people will be able to hold onto said players for the bulk of their careers.

DYNASTY LEAGUE RANKINGS (wide receivers)
RkTeamNameAge
1.HOUDeAndre Hopkins26
2.KCTyreek Hill24
3.NOMichael Thomas25
4.GBDavante Adams25
5.NYGOdell Beckham26
6.PITJuJu Smith-Schuster22
7.PITAntonio Brown30
8.TBMike Evans25
9.MINAdam Thielen28
10.MINStefon Diggs25
11.INDT.Y. Hilton29
12.DETKenny Golladay25
13.CINA.J. Green30
14.LARBrandin Cooks25
15.ATLJulio Jones29
16.CAR• DJ Moore21
17.LARCooper Kupp25
18.TENCorey Davis23
19.ATL• Calvin Ridley23
20.DALAmari Cooper24
21.LARRobert Woods26
22.PHIAlshon Jeffery28
23.CINTyler Boyd24
24.LACKeenan Allen26
25.CLEJarvis Landry26
26.SEATyler Lockett26
27.DETMarvin Jones28
28.HOUWill Fuller24
29.LACMike Williams24
30.NYGSterling Shepard24
31.ARI• Christian Kirk22
32.DENEmmanuel Sanders31
33.NO• TreQuan Smith22
34.PHIGolden Tate30
35.NEJosh Gordon27
36.CHIAllen Robinson25
37.TBChris Godwin22
38.CLE• Antonio Calloway21
39.NYJRobby Anderson25
40.SEADoug Baldwin30
41.DEN• Courtland Sutton23
42.JACDede Westbrook25
43.LACTyrell Williams26
44.KCSammy Watkins25
45.SEADavid Moore23
46.CHI• Anthony Miller24
47.HOU• Keke Coutee21
48.DAL• Michael Gallup22
49.MIAKenny Stills26
50.BALJohn Brown28
51.NEJulian Edelman32
52.GBGeronimo Allison24
53.NYJQuincy Enunwa26
54.CARCurtis Samuel22
55.SFMarquise Goodwin28
56.TBAdam Humphries25
57.GB• Marquez Valdes-Scantling24
58.ARILarry Fitzgerald35
59.BUFZay Jones23
60.WASPaul Richardson26
61.CLERashard Higgins24
62.CINJohn Ross23
63.WASJosh Doctson25
64.CHITaylor Gabriel27
65.SF• Dante Pettis23
66.PIT• James Washington22
67.TENTajae Sharpe23
68.ATLMohamed Sanu29
69.MIAAlbert Wilson26
70.BALMichael Crabtree31
71.PHINelson Agholor25
72.GB• Equanimeous St. Brown22
73.BALWillie Snead26
74.CARDevin Funchess24
75.BUF• Robert Foster24
76.MIADeVante Parker25
77.KCChris Conley26
78.NO• Keith Kirkwood24
79.HOUDemaryius Thomas30
80.JAC• DJ Chark22
81.WASJamison Crowder25
82.TBDeSean Jackson32
83.BUFKelvin Benjamin27
84.INDChester Rogers24
85.JACDonte Moncrief25
86.TENTaywan Taylor23
87.PITRyan Switzer24
88.WAS• Trey Quinn22
89.SFKendrick Bourne23
90.DALCole Beasley29
91.INDDontrelle Inman29
92.NEPhillip Dorsett25
93.NYGCorey Coleman24
94.MINLaquon Treadwell23
95.NEChris Hogan30
96.OAK• Marcell Ateman24
97.DETBruce Ellington27
98.NOCameron Meredith26
99.PHIJordan Matthews26
100.NECordarrelle Patterson27

Next week: quarterbacks.

—Ian Allan

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