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Welcome back to the Rant Sports fantasy football big board. The top 50 players in fantasy football have not added that many new faces, but definitely saw a ton of shifts after a wild and crazy week. Eli Manning, Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks all made huge jumps, and C.J. Spiller went from not on the list at all to my top 10.
That could be an overreaction, but Spiller has been absolutely dominating for the Buffalo Bills.
There is a new top dog, Chris Johnson is on the verge of falling completely out of my top 50 after just 21 yards in his first two games, and there are some injured players who’ve yet to see the field due to injuries that are in danger of being replaced.
Here are my top 50, feel free to comment below if you disagree.
Rank. Player (Last Week).
1. Arian Foster (2)
2. Ray Rice (1)
3. LeSean McCoy (3)
4. Drew Brees (5)
5. Aaron Rodgers (4)
6. Hakeem Nicks (28) – Nicks exploded for 199 yards with a bad foot. He’ll be scary good once healthy.
7. Calvin Johnson (6)
8. Tom Brady (7)
9. Jimmy Graham (9)
10. CJ Spiller (NA) – Spiller has been too explosive to ignore.
11. Matt Forte (10)
12. Victor Cruz (25)
13. Rob Gronkowski (13) – Gronk could get more targets with Aaron Hernandez out.
14. Marshawn Lynch (19)
15. Eli Manning (43) – Hard to ignore 500 yards.
16. A.J. Green (20)
17. Darren McFadden (11)
18. Robert Griffin (NA) – Griffin has scored the most points so far in my Yahoo default league. He’s a monster.
19. Maurice Jones-Drew (14)
20. Julio Jones (16)
21. Andre Johnson (17)
22. Mike Wallace (30)
23. Adrian Peterson (18) – Adrian Peterson didn’t have a terrible day
24. Steve Smith (31)
25. Larry Fitzgerald (12) – Fitzgerald hasn’t looked good in his first two games.
26. Brandon Marshall (15)
27. Cam Newton (22)
28. DeMarcco Murray (23)
29. Roddy White (27)
30. Matt Ryan (44)
31. Tony Romo (45)
32. Matthew Stafford (21) – Stafford seems like he has taken a step back, but the San Francisco 49ers and St. Louis Rams have
good defenses.
33. Trent Richardson (32)
34. Michael Vick (40)
35. Percy Harvin (42)
36. Vernon Davis (NA)
37. Miles Austin (39) – Austin looks like he is going back to being a reliable target for Romo, catching a touchdown in his first two
games.
38. Jamaal Charles (24)
39. Peyton Manning (46)
40. Antonio Brown (41)
41. Brandon Lloyd (37)
42. Jeremy Maclin (38) – Maclin got hurt. Again.
43. Chris Johnson (8) – Johnson has been down right awful so far.
44. Wes Welker (29) – Welker has not seemed himself so far, and now there are talks of trading him.
45. Steven Ridley (48)
46. Steven Jackson (33)
47. Jordy Nelson (34)
48. Greg Jennings (36)
49. Ryan Matthews (26)
50. Doug Martin (49)
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