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Long-term receiver rankings

Week 1 surprises scramble rankings among wide receivers

Each weekend during the regular season, I’ll switch the focus to dynasty leagues, looking at one position. The most notable movers in Week 1, I thought, were wide receivers, so I’ll start there.

In the top 50, I see eight receivers that really moved up. Four are guys who look like they’re going to be a lot more featured than what I was expecting a few weeks back. Allen Robinson of the Bears looked like more of a No. 1 in his first game than he did last year, when Mitchell Trubisky was spreading things around. The Raiders released Antonio Brown, and it looks like Tyrell Williams is going to parlay that moved into a lot more catches. Jamison Crowder looks like he’s going to catch a zillion passes around the line of scrimmage. And in Buffalo John Brown looks like he’s going to be a lot more than a sporadic deep threat.

I moved Hollywood Brown way up. He’s tiny, but he’s definitely going to hit a lot of big plays with his unusual speed. He’s a 22-year-old DeSean Jackson.

In Kansas City, Sammy Watkins looks healthier and better than he has in years. He looks like he’s going to have a huge year (even more so for the next month-plus, with Tyreek Hill sidelined).

Michael Gallup had a strong preseason and backed that up with a good opener. He’s going to be significantly better than last year.

And Terry McLaurin, Washington’s rookie, looks like he might be his team’s best receiver from the get-go.

Rankings assume PPR scoring, with fantasy teams keeping players indefinitely. So I have tried to factor age into my rankings. I have only two receivers over 30 in my top 40. (Julio Jones is 30, and he’s 13th on my board; I’ve got 31-year-old A.J. Green ranked 34th.)

Rankings are done by hand. These are completely independent of the season-long rankings that go out on Tuesday. Let me know where you think I’ve gone wrong. ·

DYNASTY LEAGUE RECEIVER RANKINGS
RkTmPlayerAge
1.HOUDeAndre Hopkins27
2.PITJuJu Smith-Schuster22
3.GBDavante Adams26
4.NOMichael Thomas26
5.KCTyreek Hill25
6.CLEOdell Beckham26
7.DALAmari Cooper25
8.TBMike Evans26
9.TBChris Godwin23
10.MINAdam Thielen29
11.LACKeenan Allen27
12.KCSammy Watkins26
13.ATLJulio Jones30
14.LARCooper Kupp26
15.SEATyler Lockett26
16.ATLCalvin Ridley24
17.DETKenny Golladay25
18.CHIAllen Robinson26
19.LACMike Williams24
20.INDT.Y. Hilton29
21.LARRobert Woods27
22.DALMichael Gallup23
23.JACDede Westbrook25
24.CARDJ Moore22
25.BAL• Marquise Brown 22
26.MINStefon Diggs25
27.CARCurtis Samuel23
28.SEA• DK Metcalf 21
29.OAKTyrell Williams27
30.LARBrandin Cooks25
31.DENCourtland Sutton23
32.NYJRobby Anderson26
33.NYJJamison Crowder26
34.CINA.J. Green31
35.BUFJohn Brown29
36.NYGSterling Shepard25
37.WAS• Terry McLaurin 23
38.PHIAlshon Jeffery29
39.CINTyler Boyd24
40.CLEJarvis Landry26
41.NEJulian Edelman33
42.ARIChristian Kirk22
43.NEAntonio Brown31
44.PITJames Washington23
45.TENCorey Davis24
46.GBMarquez Valdes-Scantling24
47.DENEmmanuel Sanders32
48.TEN• A.J. Brown 22
49.DETMarvin Jones29
50.IND• Parris Campbell 22
51.BUFCole Beasley30
52.NEJosh Gordon28
53.HOUWill Fuller25
54.NOTreQuan Smith23
55.PHI• J.J. Arcega-Whiteside 22
56.CLERashard Higgins24
57.NYGGolden Tate31
58.MIA• Preston Williams22
59.HOUKenny Stills27
60.JACDJ Chark22
61.SF• Deebo Samuel 23
62.GBGeronimo Allison25
63.KC• Mecole Hardman 21
64.HOUKeke Coutee22
65.ATLMohamed Sanu30
66.ARILarry Fitzgerald36
67.CHIAnthony Miller24
68.PIT• Diontae Johnson 23
69.WASTrey Quinn23
70.SFDante Pettis23
71.JACChris Conley26
72.ARI• KeeSean Johnson 22
73.PHIDeSean Jackson32
74.BAL• Miles Boykin 22
75.DENDaeSean Hamilton24
76.MIAAlbert Wilson27
77.NEPhillip Dorsett26
78.TENAdam Humphries26
79.WASPaul Richardson27
80.BUFZay Jones24
81.CHITaylor Gabriel28
82.CINJohn Ross23
83.MIADeVante Parker26
84.KCDemarcus Robinson24
85.PITDonte Moncrief26
86.OAK• Hunter Renfrow 23
87.PHINelson Agholor26
88.SFTrent Taylor25
89.NOTed Ginn34
90.PITRyan Switzer24
91.LARJosh Reynolds24
92.TBBreshad Perriman26
93.DETDanny Amendola33
94.NE• N'Keal Harry 21
95.INDDeon Cain23
96.NYJDemaryius Thomas31
97.BALWillie Snead26
98.CLEAntonio Calloway22
99.DALRandall Cobb29
100.SEA• John Ursua 25

—Ian Allan

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