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Super Bowl LV Player Rankings

Fournette, Darrel (pictured) look like top backs

We previewed each of the two Super Bowl teams the last two days. Now to blend those projections together and look at the individual player rankings. In what figures to be a fairly close, hard-fought Super Bowl with plenty of offense, there's not a huge amount of separation with the top players from each side.

A couple of updates on the teams since the original write-ups:

  • Demarcus Robinson is on the COVID-reserve list due to a close contact, rather than a positive test. He could still be cleared in time for the Super Bowl, but will be negatively affected by the missed practice time. He'll also be negatively affected by being Demarcus Robinson, and arguably the team's 4th-best wide receiver and 5th or 6th in line for targets in the passing game. Anyway. Might not play.

  • Sammy Watkins (calf) says he's optimistic about playing in the Super Bowl; he was able to practice on Monday. Watkins should be the No. 2 wideout (a further negative for Demarcus Robinson), though he's at risk of limited snaps or aggravating the injury. Still, his projection in the rankings assumes he'll be relatively healthy.

  • Antonio Brown (knee) is still uncertain. On Tuesday, Bruce Arians said that Brown and safeties Antoine Winfield and Jordan Whitehead were "still not ready to go" for the game. Brown's ranking is under the belief that he'll be active, but play limited snaps, with Scotty Miller and Tyler Johnson slightly better bets for targets. Should Brown get in a full practice at any point this week, he'll climb above those players, but doesn't look usable at this point.

Rankings below are sorted by PPR scoring, though projected point totals for Standard and TD-only are also shown. First three defensive numbers (left to right) show fumbles, interceptions and sacks rather than pass, receiving and rushing yards. Tampa Bay lower in PPR since it's projected to allow more points (I expect Kansas City to win the game). If not factoring in points allowed, use the Standard rankings (where Kansas City is still slightly ahead).

SUPER BOWL PLAYER RANKINGS
RkPosTmPlayerPassRecRunToTDStdPPRTD
1QBKCPatrick Mahomes312052.5326.326.310.2
2QBTBTom Brady282012.2223.423.49.2
3WRKCTyreek Hill0987.7815.221.84.7
4TEKCTravis Kelce0910.8314.121.05.0
5WRTBMike Evans0730.6511.617.03.9
6WRTBChris Godwin0750.449.815.82.6
7RBTBLeonard Fournette01761.5811.314.03.5
8WRKCSammy Watkins0470.356.811.02.1
9RBKCDarrel Williams01246.367.99.72.1
10TETBCameron Brate0370.215.08.61.3
11WRKCMecole Hardman0322.315.27.51.9
12PKKCHarrison Butker000.007.57.57.5
13RBKCClyde Edwards-Helaire0935.286.17.11.7
14PKTBRyan Succop000.006.66.66.6
15RBTBRonald Jones0340.296.06.51.7
16D/STKCKansas City0.40.82.0.215.85.51.3
17TETBRob Gronkowski0200.273.65.11.6
18WRTBTyler Johnson0230.112.94.6.6
19WRTBScotty Miller0170.152.63.8.9
20WRTBAntonio Brown0141.132.33.7.8
21D/STTBTampa Bay0.50.42.9.135.62.60.8
22WRKCDemarcus Robinson090.081.42.3.5
23RBKCLeVeon Bell035.061.21.6.4
24WRKCByron Pringle060.061.01.5.4
25TEKCNick Keizer040.030.61.0.2
26RBKCAnthony Sherman011.020.4.6.1
27TEKCDeon Yelder020.020.3.5.1
28RBTBLeSean McCoy010.010.2.4.0
29RBTBKeShawn Vaughn011.010.2.3.0
30TETBTanner Hudson010.010.2.3.1
31RBKCDarwin Thompson001.010.2.2.1
32WRTBJaydon Mickens000.020.2.2.1
33QBKCChad Henne200.000.2.2.1
34QBTBBlaine Gabbert200.000.1.1.1

--Andy Richardson

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