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Thursday, December 5, 2024 |
Hello! Going forward, Thursdays will be a tiered rankings update day. Friday's newsletter will be the advanced matchup notes for the RB position. |
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Week 14 Rankings Update |
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Quarterback |
Tier 1 -- Locked-in |
QB1 - Josh Allen QB2 - Jalen Hurts QB3 - Joe Burrow QB4 - Baker Mayfield QB5 - Kyler Murray |
Tier 2 -- Upside to finish as the top scorer in Fantasy, but there's risk |
QB10 - Justin Herbert QB14 - Caleb Williams |
Tier 3 -- Betting on touchdowns with pocket passers |
QB6 - Jordan Love QB7 - Jared Goff QB8 - Sam Darnold QB9 - Patrick Mahomes QB11 - Russell Wilson QB12 - Tua Tagovailoa QB13 - Brock Purdy QB15 - Geno Smith QB16 - Will Levis QB17 - Jameis Winston QB18 - Matthew Stafford QB19 - Derek Carr QB20 - Aidan O'Connell |
Tier 4 -- Fine to start if needed, I would not want to use these players |
QB21 - Cooper Rush QB22 - Kirk Cousins QB23 - Aaron Rodgers QB24 - Bryce Young QB25 - Mac Jones QB26 - Drew Lock |
Running Backs |
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Tier 1 -- Locked-in |
RB1 - Saquon Barkley RB2 - Chase Brown RB3 - Alvin Kamara RB4 - De'Von Achane RB5 - Bijan Robinson RB6 - Jahmyr Gibbs RB7 - Bucky Irving RB8 - Kyren Williams RB9 - Josh Jacobs RB10 - James Cook RB11 - Kenneth Walker RB12 - David Montgomery RB15 - Aaron Jones RB17 - James Conner RB18 - Najee Harris |
Tier 2 -- Role checks out, but can we trust the offensive environment? |
RB13 - Breece Hall RB14 - Tyrone Tracy RB16 - Tony Pollard RB19 - Rico Dowdle |
Tier 5 -- I have several concerns |
RB20 - Rachaad White RB22 - Chuba Hubbard RB23 - D'Andre Swift RB25 - Jaylen Warren RB26 - Nick Chubb RB27 - Gus Edwards RB28 - Travis Etienne |
Tier 6 -- I also like to live dangerously (we're chasing upside!) |
RB21 - Isaac Guerendo RB24 - Isiah Pacheco RB30 - Kareem Hunt RB37 - Ray Davis RB41 - Blake Corum |
Tier 7 -- Desperation plays |
RB29 - Zach Charbonnet RB31 - Tyjae Spears RB32 - Jonathon Brooks RB33 - Tank Bigsby RB34 - Ameer Abdullah RB35 - Cam Akers RB36 - Sincere McCormick RB38 - Kimani Vidal RB39 - Tyler Allgeier RB40 - Jerome Ford RB42 - Braelon Allen RB43 - Trey Benson RB44 - Israel Abanikanda RB45 - Chris Brooks |
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Wide Receivers |
Tier 1 -- Locked-in |
WR1 - Ja'Marr Chase WR2 - Justin Jefferson WR3 - Mike Evans WR4 - Amon-Ra St. Brown WR5 - Puka Nacua WR6 - George Pickens WR7 - Tee Higgins WR8 - CeeDee Lamb WR9 - A.J. Brown WR10 - Cooper Kupp WR13 - Ladd McConkey WR14 - Jakobi Meyers WR16 - Khalil Shakir |
Tier 2 -- Slightly more risk, but probably gonna deliver a big score |
WR12 - Drake London WR17 - Jayden Reed WR18 - Jerry Jeudy WR19 - Tyreek Hill WR21 - DK Metcalf WR22 - DJ Moore WR23 - Jameson Williams WR24 - Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR25 - Marvin Harrison Jr. WR27 - Jauan Jennings |
Tier 3 -- Offensive environment or matchup concerns keeping them out of Tier 2 |
WR11 - Malik Nabers WR15 - Brian Thomas Jr. WR26 - Garrett Wuksib WR28 - Davante Adams |
Tier 4 -- Super solid projections (even if there's not quite as much blow-up game potential) |
WR29 - Keenan Allen WR30 - Darnell Mooney WR31 - DeAndre Hopkins WR42 - Adam Thielen WR48 - Wan'Dale Robinson WR49 - Sterling Shepard |
Tier 5 -- I have no idea what to expect from this group, but it could be fun! |
WR20 - Calvin Ridley WR32 - Jordan Addison WR33 - Christian Watson WR34 - Elijah Moore WR35 - Jaylen Waddle WR36 - Nick Westbrook-Ikhine WR39 - Amari Cooper WR40 - Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR43 - Dontayvion Wicks WR44 - Xavier Legette WR45 - Xavier Worthy WR46 - Cedric Tillman (still not practicing) WR47 - Parker Washington |
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Tier 6 -- Desperation plays |
WR37 - DeVonta Smith WR38 - Deebo Samuel WR41 - Rome Odunze WR50 - Quentin Johnston |
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Tight Ends |
Tier 1 -- Locked-in |
TE1 - Brock Bowers TE2 - Trey McBride TE3 - Travis Kelce TE4 - George Kittle TE5 - Jonnu Smith TE6 - David Njoku TE7 - T.J. Hockenson TE8 - Evan Engram TE9 - Sam LaPorta TE10 - Tucker Kraft |
Tier 2 -- Don't love the matchup/game set-up |
TE11 - Cade Otton TE12 - Pat Freiermuth |
Tier 3 -- Streamers |
TE13 - Juwan Johnson TE14 - Will Dissly TE15 - Mike Gesicki TE16 - Dawson Knox TE17 - Grant Calcaterra TE18 - Cole Kmet TE19 - Jake FErguson TE20 - Kyle Pitts TE21 - Noah Gray TE22 - Noah Fant TE23 - Chig Okonkwo TE24 - Tommy Tremble TE25 - Daniel Bellinger |
Thank you for reading! And please, do check out Beyond the Boxscore on FFT! Dan and I put a lot of work into that podcast project and aim to make it fun and accessible for any level of NFL fan! |
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