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Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet The best of ESPN+ content, to go! Eric Karabell's Top 50 PPR Rankings Eric Karabell's "Do Not Draft" List Matt Bowen's Favorite Picks Mike Clay's Ultimate Draft Board Karabell ranks the best of the best Not worth taking at current ADP (as of 9/4) Players Bowen is taking in drafts Recipe for a championship team 1. Christian McCaffrey, CAR RB1 QB Aaron Rodgers, GB 101.6 QB Kyler Murray (QB1) ARI R1 Best RB available 2. Saquon Barkley, NYG RB2 Josh Allen, BUF 104.2 Dak Prescott (QB1) DAL R2 Kenyan Drake (or J. Jacobs/A. Jones/A. Ekeler) 3. Ezekiel Elliott, DAL RB3 Ryan Tannehill, TEN 159.2 Tom Brady (QB1) TB R3 Mike Evans 4. Dalvin Cook, MIN RB4 Baker Mayfield, CLE 160.7 Matthew Stafford (deep leagues) DET R4 Adam Thielen 5. Michael Thomas, NO WR1 RB Todd Gurley II, ATL 36.7 Joe Burrow (deep & 2-QB leagues) CIN R5 Zach Ertz or Tyler Lockett 6. DeAndre Hopkins, ARI WR2 David Johnson, HOU 43.4 Baker Mayfield (2-QB leagues) CLE R6 T.Y. Hilton or Darren Waller 7. Julio Jones, ATL WR3 Le'Veon Bell, NYJ 48.2 Drew Lock (late 2-QB) DEN R7 Kyler Murray 8. Davante Adams, GB WR4 Mark Ingram II, BAL 71.3 Gardner Minshew II (late 2-QB) JAC R8 Jamison Crowder 9. Tyreek Hill, KC WR5 Ronald Jones II, TB 86.1 RB Dalvin Cook (RB1) MIN R9/10 Zack Moss and Darrell Henderson Jr. 10. Alvin Kamara, NO RB5 Phillip Lindsay, DEN 99.1 Nick Chubb (RB1) CLE R11 Noah Fant or Tom Brady 11. Austin Ekeler, LAC RB6 Sony Michel, NE 161.7 David Montgomery (RB2-flex) CHI R12 Preston Williams 12. Derrick Henry, TEN RB7 WR Stefon Diggs, BUF 70.5 Cam Akers (RB2-flex) LAR R13 Parris Campbell or Damien Harris 13. Clyde Edwards-Helaire, KC RB8 A.J. Green, CIN 77.9 Ke'Shawn Vaughn (backup) TB R14-16 High-ceiling insurance/breakout candidates 14. Nick Chubb, CLE RB9 Will Fuller V, HOU 88.2 Jordan Howard (backup-TD vulture) MIA QB fliers Drew Lock, Gardner Minshew II, Joe Burrow 15. Joe Mixon, CIN RB10 Deebo Samuel, SF 95.5 Zack Moss (sleeper-TD vulture) BUF RB fliers Darrynton Evans, Chase Edmonds 16. Josh Jacobs, LV RB11 Sterling Shepard, NYG 111.7 Anthony McFarland Jr. (sleeper) PIT WR fliers Larry Fitzgerald, Alshon Jeffery 17. Miles Sanders, PHI RB12 DeSean Jackson, PHI 149.2 WR Davante Adams (WR1) GB Clay's Players Who Will Score More TDs 18. Aaron Jones, GB RB13 Sammy Watkins, KC 159.9 Kenny Golladay (WR1) DET Expect more trips to the end zone from these players 19. Chris Godwin, TB WR6 Antonio Brown, FA 169.7 Keenan Allen (WR2) LAC RB Le'Veon Bell, NYJ 20. Mike Evans, TB WR7 Alshon Jeffery, PHI 168.5 A.J. Brown (WR2) TEN Alvin Kamara, NO 21. Kenny Golladay, DET WR8 TE Rob Gronkowski, TB 74.7 DJ Chark Jr. (WR2) JAC WR Mike Williams, LAC 22. DJ Moore, CAR WR9 Jared Cook, NO 96.5 DK Metcalf (WR3) SEA Robert Woods, LAR 23. Patrick Mahomes, KC QB1 Eric Karabell's "Do Draft" List Tyler Boyd (WR3) CIN Odell Beckham Jr., CLE 24. Lamar Jackson, BAL QB2 Diontae Johnson (WR3-flex) PIT Danny Amendola, DET Worth taking at current ADP (as of 9/4) 25. Travis Kelce, KC TE1 TE Mark Andrews (TE1) BAL Russell Gage, ATL 26. George Kittle, SF TE2 QB Dak Prescott, DAL 54.8 Rob Gronkowski (TE1) TB TE Darren Waller, LV 27. Allen Robinson II, CHI WR10 Tom Brady, TB 74.2 Tyler Higbee (mid-tier TE1) LAR Tyler Higbee, LAR 28. Adam Thielen, MIN WR11 Matthew Stafford, DET 122.6 Hunter Henry (12-team) LAC Travis Kelce, KC 29. Amari Cooper, DAL WR12 Joe Burrow, CIN 150.7 Noah Fant (fringe TE1) DEN Clay's Players Who Will Score Fewer TDs 30. Courtland Sutton, DEN WR13 Gardner Minshew II, JAC 166.5 Austin Hooper (fringe TE1) CLE Expect fewer trips to the end zone from these players 31. A.J. Brown, TEN WR14 RB Nick Chubb, CLE 13.8 Blake Jarwin (sleeper) DAL RB Derrick Henry, TEN 32. JuJu Smith-Schuster, PIT WR15 Austin Ekeler, LAC 19.8 Jonnu Smith (sleeper) TEN Aaron Jones, GB 33. Odell Beckham Jr., CLE WR16 Melvin Gordon, DEN 50.4 Most Valuable RB Backups Christian McCaffrey, CAR 34. Chris Carson, SEA RB14 Jonathan Taylor, IND 55.4 Backups who could excel if they become starters Mark Ingram II, BAL 35. Melvin Gordon, DEN RB15 D'Andre Swift, DET 71.5 1. Kareem Hunt, CLE Todd Gurley II, ATL 36. Kenyan Drake, ARI RB16 Tarik Cohen, CHI 96.2 2. Latavius Murray, NO Raheem Mostert, SF 37. Le'Veon Bell, NYJ RB17 J.K. Dobbins, BAL 104.4 3. Tony Pollard, DAL WR Cooper Kupp, LAR 38. Jonathan Taylor, IND RB18 James White, NE 107.7 4. Alexander Mattison, MIN A.J. Brown, TEN 39. Devin Singletary, BUF RB19 Boston Scott, PHI 163.1 5. Chase Edmonds, ARI Darius Slayton, NYG 40. D'Andre Swift, DET RB20 WR Courtland Sutton, DEN 42.7 6. Ke'Shawn Vaughn, TB TE Darren Fells, HOU 41. Keenan Allen, LAC WR17 Cooper Kupp, LAR 48.1 7. J.K. Dobbins, BAL Bowen's Skilled Players Who Need Opportunity 42. Robert Woods, LAR WR18 Keenan Allen, LAC 56.4 8. Zack Moss, BUF Talented sleepers needing opportunity 43. James Conner, PIT RB21 DK Metcalf, SEA 56.8 9. Darrynton Evans, TEN Damien Harris, RB NE 44. Kareem Hunt, CLE RB22 T.Y. Hilton, IND 59.2 10. DeAndre Washington, KC Tony Pollard, RB DAL 45. Mark Ingram II, BAL RB23 DJ Chark Jr., JAC 70.0 11. Darrell Henderson Jr., LAR Alexander Mattison, RB MIN 46. Todd Gurley II, ATL RB24 Tyler Boyd, CIN 84.1 12. Phillip Lindsay, DEN Miles Boykin, WR BAL 47. Leonard Fournette, TB RB25 Julian Edelman, NE 89.2 13. Giovani Bernard, CIN Irv Smith Jr., TE MIN 48. David Johnson, HOU RB26 Marvin Jones Jr., DET 94.2 14. Kerryon Johnson, DET Hakeem Butler, WR ARI 49. Cam Akers, LAR RB27 TE Tyler Higbee, LAR 83.9 T15. Tarik Cohen, CHI Justice Hill, RB BAL 50. Calvin Ridley, ATL WR19 Noah Fant, DEN 116.3 T15. Boston Scott, PHI Braxton Berrios, WR NYJ Dallas Goedert, PHI 166.2 T15.Duke Duke Johnson, Johnson, HOU HOU Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet The best of ESPN+ content, to go! 2 of 2 Karabell's Rookie RB Rankings Eric Karabell's RB Tiers Eric Karabell's WR Tiers Mike Clay's Top 50 Dynasty Rankings Ranking first-year running backs' value for 2020 Tier Player, team Round Tier Player, team Round Clay's rankings for keeper and dynasty leagues 1. Clyde Edwards-Helaire KC 1 Christian McCaffrey, CAR 1 1 Michael Thomas, NO 1 1. Christian McCaffrey, CAR RB1 2. D'Andre Swift DET Saquon Barkley, NYG 1 DeAndre Hopkins, ARI 1 2. Saquon Barkley, NYG RB2 3. Jonathan Taylor IND Ezekiel Elliott, DAL 1 Julio Jones, ATL 1 3. Michael Thomas, NO WR1 4. Cam Akers LAR Dalvin Cook, MIN 1 Tyreek Hill, KC 1 4. Ezekiel Elliott, DAL RB3 5. J.K. Dobbins BAL 2 Alvin Kamara, NO 1 Davante Adams, GB 1 5. Dalvin Cook, MIN RB4 6. Ke'Shawn Vaughn TB Austin Ekeler, LAC 1 2 Chris Godwin, TB 2/3 6. Alvin Kamara, NO RB5 7. Zack Moss BUF Derrick Henry, TEN 1 Kenny Golladay, DET 2/3 7. Josh Jacobs, LV RB6 8. Antonio Gibson WAS Clyde Edwards-Helaire, KC 1 Mike Evans, TB 2/3 8. Joe Mixon, CIN RB7 9. Joshua Kelley LAC 3 Nick Chubb, CLE 2 DJ Moore, CAR 2/3 9. Nick Chubb, CLE RB8 10. AJ Dillon GB Joe Mixon, CIN 2 3 Allen Robinson II, CHI 3/4 10. Davante Adams, GB WR2 Field Yates' Second-Year Breakouts Josh Jacobs, LV 2 Adam Thielen, MIN 3/4 11. DeAndre Hopkins, ARI WR3 Look for these players to put up bigger numbers Miles Sanders, PHI 2 Courtland Sutton, DEN 3/4 12. Chris Godwin, TB WR4 in their second season in the NFL Aaron Jones, GB 2 A.J. Brown, TEN 3/4 13. Patrick Mahomes, KC QB1 QB Daniel Jones NYG 4 Chris Carson, SEA 4 JuJu Smith-Schuster, PIT 3/4 14. Miles Sanders, PHI RB9 Drew Lock DEN Melvin Gordon, DEN 4 Odell Beckham Jr., CLE 3/4 15. Clyde Edwards-Helaire, KC RB10 RB Devin Singletary BUF Kenyan Drake, ARI 4 Amari Cooper, DAL 3/4 16. Tyreek Hill, KC WR5 WR Terry McLaurin WAS Le'Veon Bell, NYJ 4 4 Keenan Allen, LAC 5 17. Mike Evans, TB WR6 DK Metcalf SEA 5 Jonathan Taylor, IND 4/5 Robert Woods, LAR 5 18. George Kittle, SF TE1 Marquise Brown BAL Devin Singletary, BUF 4/5 5 DJ Chark Jr., JAC 6 19. Lamar Jackson, BAL QB2 Deebo Samuel SF D'Andre Swift , DET 4/5 Calvin Ridley, ATL 6 20. DJ Moore, CAR WR7 Diontae Johnson PIT 6 Kareem Hunt, CLE 5 Cooper Kupp, LAR 6 21. Kenny Golladay, DET WR8 Preston Williams MIA James Conner, PIT 5 T.Y. Hilton, IND 6 22. JuJu Smith-Schuster, PIT WR9 Darius Slayton NYG Mark Ingram II, BAL 5 DK Metcalf, SEA 6 23. Julio Jones, ATL WR10 Hunter Renfrow LV Todd Gurley II, ATL 5 Tyler Lockett, SEA 6 24. Courtland Sutton, DEN WR11 TE Noah Fant DEN David Johnson, HOU 5 6 Jarvis Landry, CLE 7/8 25.