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QUARTERBACKS WIDE RECEIVERS Player Team Bye (STANDARD LEAGUES) 1. CAR 7 Player Team Bye 2. GB 4 1. PIT 8 3. Andrew Luck IND 10 2. Odell Beckham Jr. NYG 8 4. NO 5 3. Julio Jones ATL 11 5. SEA 5 4. Allen Robinson JAC 5 6. ARI 9 5. A.J. Green CIN 9 7. NYG 8 6. DeAndre Hopkins HOU 9 8. Blake Bortles JAC 5 7. Mike Evans TB 6 9. Kirk Cousins WAS 9 8. Brandon Marshall NYJ 11 10. Ben Roethlisberger PIT 8 9. NO 5 11. Philip Rivers SD 11 10. T.Y. Hilton IND 10 12. NE 9 11. Keenan Allen SD 11 13. OAK 10 12. Alshon Jeffery CHI 9 14. DET 10 13. DAL 7 15. Tyrod Taylor BUF 10 14. Sammy Watkins BUF 10 16. Jameis Winston TB 6 15. Demaryius Thomas DEN 11 17. TEN 13 16. OAK 10 18. Andy Dalton CIN 9 17. Jordy Nelson GB 4 19. Matt Ryan ATL 11 18. Donte Moncrief IND 10 20. Ryan Fitzpatrick NYJ 11 19. Julian Edelman NE 9 20. Eric Decker NYJ 11 21. Larry Fitzgerald ARI 9 RUNNING BACKS 22. Jeremy Maclin KC 5 (STANDARD LEAGUES) 23. Randall Cobb GB 4 Player Team Bye 24. CAR 7 1. LA 8 25. John Brown ARI 9 2. David Johnson ARI 9 26. Marvin Jones DET 10 3. MIN 6 27. SEA 5 4. DAL 7 28. Emmanuel Sanders DEN 11 5. ATL 11 29. DeVante Parker MIA 8 6. HOU 9 30. PHI 4 7. Eddie Lacy GB 4 31. Golden Tate DET 10 8. KC 5 32. Michael Floyd ARI 9 9. LeSean McCoy BUF 10 33. Allen Hurns JAC 5 10. C.J. Anderson DEN 11 34. OAK 10 11. Le’Veon Bell PIT 8 GOING 35. NO 5 12. Doug Martin TB 6 36. Michael Floyd ARI 9 13. Mark Ingram NO 5 37. Jarvis Landry MIA 8 14. Carlos Hyde SF 8 38. NYG 8 15. Latavius Murray OAK 10 39. Kevin White CHI 9 16. DeMarco Murray TEN 13 40. Doug Baldwin SEA 5 17. CIN 9 41. DeSean Jackson WAS 9 18. IND 10 42. Tavon Austin LA 8 19. Thomas Rawls SEA 5 43. Josh Gordon CLE 13 20. Jeremy Langford CHI 9 44. Torrey Smith SF 8 21. NYJ 11 WIDE 45. Corey Coleman CLE 13 22. Ryan Mathews PHI 4 WIDE RECEIVERS HAVE REPLACED RUNNING BACKS as the trendy picks 46. Tyler Boyd CIN 9 23. Isaiah Crowell CLE 13 47. Chris Hogan NE 9 24. Giovani Bernard CIN 9 atop fantasy football drafts this season, especially after several top backs 48. Stefon Diggs MIN 6 25. SD 11 49. Michael Thomas NO 5 26. Rashad Jennings NYG 8 failed to deliver, suffered injuries or became part of backfield committees 50. IND 10 27. CAR 7 last year. Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown, the ’ Odell 28. Chris Ivory JAC 5 WIDE RECEIVERS 29. DET 10 Beckham Jr. and ’s Julio Jones are the three wideouts going off 30. TEN 13 (PPR LEAGUES) 31. Charles Sims TB 6 the board first in most leagues. Player Team Bye 32. LeGarrette Blount NE 9 1. Antonio Brown PIT 8 33. Matt Jones WAS 9 2. Odell Beckham Jr. NYG 8 34. MIA 8 3. Julio Jones ATL 11 35. Danny Woodhead SD 11 4. A.J. Green CIN 9 36. CLE 13 WHY WIDEOUTS? SO MANY SLEEPERS/BARGAINS 5. DeAndre Hopkins HOU 9 ISSUES AT 37. Tevin Coleman ATL 11 6. Allen Robinson JAC 5 38. DeAngelo Williams PIT 8 If you’re wondering why so 7. Brandin Cooks NO 5 39. Bilal Powell NYJ 11 many wide receivers are going n Philip Rivers, : He 8. Keenan Allen SD 11 40. BAL 8 off the board early in drafts threw for career-high 4,792 yards 9. Mike Evans TB 6 41. SEA 5 this year, take a look at the without WR Keenan Allen last 10. Brandon Marshall NYJ 11 42. MIA 8 number of running backs who year. Think of what he could do if 11. Dez Bryant DAL 7 43. T.J. Yeldon JAC 5 disappointments last season: Allen can stay healthy this year. 12. Alshon Jeffery CHI 9 44. KC 5 n Kirk Cousins, Washington: The 13. T.Y. Hilton IND 10 n DeMarco Murray: After leading 45. DeAndre Washington OAK 10 14. Amari Cooper OAK 10 the NFL in rushing by a wide Skins are deep at WR, have one of 46. DET 10 15. Demaryius Thomas DEN 11 margin in 2014-15 with 1,845 yards the NFL’s best tight ends and are 47. DEN 11 16. Jordy Nelson GB 4 and 13 TDs for Dallas, he was a weak at running the ball. Cousins 48. Shane Vereen NYG 8 San Diego Philip Rivers 17. Sammy Watkins BUF 10 bust in Philly last season with 702 was also the most accurate 49. C.J. Prosise SEA 5 18. Jarvis Landry MIA 8 rushing yards and six TDs. passer in last season. 50. James Starks GB 4 19. Julian Edelman NE 9 n LeSean McCoy: He’s been RUNNING BACKS 20. Donte Moncrief IND 10 considered a top-10 fantasy 21. Randall Cobb GB 4 RUNNING BACKS n LeSean McCoy, Buffalo: His running back for years, but knee 2015 stats were down mainly 22. Jeremy Maclin KC 5 (PPR LEAGUES) and hamstring injuries forced him because he missed four games 23. Marvin Jones DET 10 Player Team Bye to miss four games in his first due to injury. But for a guy who 24. Eric Decker NYJ 11 1. David Johnson ARI 9 year in Buffalo. As a result, he has averaged 81.9 rushing yards 25. Kelvin Benjamin CAR 7 2. Todd Gurley LA 8 failed to surpass 1,000 yards (895) a game since his rookie season 26. Larry Fitzgerald ARI 9 3. Devonta Freeman ATL 11 for only the second time since his and is in a run-first offense, he’s a 27. Emmanuel Sanders DEN 11 4. Lamar Miller HOU 9 rookie season. He also finished worthy third-round pick. 28. Golden Tate DET 10 5. Ezekiel Elliott DAL 7 with only three rushing TDs. 29. Jordan Matthews PHI 4 6. Jamaal Charles KC 5 n Danny Woodhead, San Diego: If n Eddie Lacy: After averaging 30. DeVante Parker MIA 8 you’re in a PPR league, he has to 7. Adrian Peterson MIN 6 1,158 rushing yards and 10 31. DeSean Jackson WAS 9 be on your radar. He finished third 8. Le’Veon Bell PIT 8 rushing TDs in his first two Buffalo running back LeSean McCoy 32. John Brown ARI 9 among RBs in PPR points last 9. Eddie Lacy GB 4 seasons, he came into training 33. Tyler Lockett SEA 5 year, yet is going as late as the 10. C.J. Anderson DEN 11 camp last season overweight 34. Michael Floyd ARI 9 ninth round in some leagues. 11. LeSean McCoy BUF 10 and wasn’t the same player. The 35. Doug Baldwin SEA 5 12. Mark Ingram NO 5 results were downright crushing n Giovani Bernard, Cincinnati: 36. Sterling Shepard NYG 8 13. Doug Martin TB 6 to his owners: 758 rushing yards With the Bengals’ No. 2 and 3 WRs 37. Willie Snead NO 5 14. Matt Forte NYJ 11 (20th) and three TDs. gone via free agency and their 38. Kevin White CHI 9 15. Carlos Hyde SF 8 top TE expected to miss several 39. Corey Coleman CLE 13 16. Latavius Murray OAK 10 games, Bernard is expected to And then there were the running 40. Tyler Boyd CIN 9 17. Giovani Bernard CIN 9 have a bigger role in the passing backs who missed significant 41. Allen Hurns JAC 5 18. Danny Woodhead SD 11 game. Remember that he had a time last season: 42. Michael Crabtree OAK 10 19. DeMarco Murray TEN 13 lot more total yards than Jeremy 43. Torrey Smith SF 8 n Le’Veon Bell, Pittsburgh: He 20. Jeremy Langford CHI 9 Hill last season (1,202 to 873). 44. Tavon Austin LA 8 was suspended for the first two 21. Duke Johnson CLE 13 45. Josh Gordon CLE 13 games, then missed eight games WIDE RECEIVERS 22. Thomas Rawls SEA 5 46. Kamar Aiken BAL 8 23. Ryan Mathews PHI 4 with a torn MCL and PCL in his n Donte Moncrief, Indianapolis: 47. Stefon Diggs MIN 6 knee. This season, he’s suspended 24. Frank Gore IND 10 After sharing playing time last 48. Michael Thomas NO 5 for the first three games. Detroit Marvin Jones 25. Ameer Abdullah DET 10 year, Moncrief moves into a 49. Phillip Dorsett IND 10 26. Jeremy Hill CIN 9 n Jamaal Charles, Kansas City: starting role and is primed to 50. Rishard Matthews TEN 13 27. Charles Sims TB 6 He tore his ACL for the second improve on solid numbers in 2015 28. Melvin Gordon SD 11 time in his career and missed 11 (64-733, 6 TDs). It helps that he TIGHT ENDS 29. Rashad Jennings NYG 8 games. ROOKIES TO WATCH has a healthy Andrew Luck, too. 30. Derrick Henry TEN 13 Player Team Bye n , Seattle: After n Ekekiel Elliott, RB, Dallas n Marvin Jones, Detroit: He’s 1. NE 9 31. Bilal Powell NYJ 11 four straight seasons with at emerged as the Lions’ best deep 2. Jordan Reed WAS 9 32. Chris Ivory JAC 5 least 1,200 rushing yards, there n Sterling Shepard, WR, New York Giants threat and Matthew Stafford’s 3. Greg Olsen CAR 7 33. Jonathan Stewart CAR 7 n Michael Thomas, WR, New Orleans were big expectations for him. favorite target in camp, yet he’s 34. Isaiah Crowell CLE 13 4. TEN 13 He ended up missing nine games n Corey Coleman, WR, Cleveland barely being drafted among the 5. KC 5 35. Theo Riddick DET 10 with an abdomen injury and n Derrick Henry, RB, Tennessee top 100 players. 6. Zach Ertz PHI 4 36. DeAndre Washington OAK 10 retired in February. 37. Jay Ajayi MIA 8 n Tyler Boyd, WR, Cincinnati n Tyler Lockett, Seattle: After 7. Coby Fleener NO 5 n Justin Forsett, Baltimore: He 38. Tevin Coleman ATL 11 n Dak Prescott, QB, Dallas 1,915 all-purpose yards (1,231 on 8. Gary Barnidge CLE 13 wasn’t having that great of a returns) and 8 TDs last year, many 9. Antonio Gates SD 8 39. T.J. Yeldon JAC 5 n DeAndre Washington, RB, Oakland season anyway, and then missed 40. Shane Vereen NYG 8 expect him to take the next step. 10. Julius Thomas JAC 5 the final six games with a broken n Devontae Booker, RB, Denver 41. Matt Jones WAS 9 He’s especially valuable in leagues 11. Vance McDonald SF 8 arm. n C.J. Prosise, RB, Seattle 42. Justin Forsett BAL 8 that give you points for return 12. Martellus Bennett NE 9 43. Arian Foster MIA 8 n Carlos Hyde, San Francisco: He n Josh Doctson, WR, Washington yards. 13. Dwayne Allen IND 10 missed nine games with a foot 14. DAL 7 44. DeAngelo Williams PIT 8 TIGHT END 45. Devontae Booker DEN 11 injury. 15. CIN 9 16. Eric Ebron DET 10 46. C.J. Prosise SEA 5 n Arian Foster, Houston: He Content by JOE KACIK n Vance McDonald, San Francisco: 17. Clive Walford OAK 10 47. PHI 4 missed 12 games with groin and The Virginian-Pilot A relatively weak WR corps and 48. James White NE 9 Achilles injuries and has now ’s history of targeting 18. Jimmy Graham SEA 5 49. Kenneth Dixon BAL 8 missed 23 regular-season games Photography by TEs in the passing game gives 19. Zach Miller CHI 9 20. Jordan Cameron MIA 4 50. Paul Perkins NYG 8 in the past three seasons. The Associated Press McDonald plenty of upside.