Rejoice, praise the almighty, and hold open every door to build your fantasy karma… Football is officially back! Get ready for Week One with The Wolf’s PPR Fantasy Football rankings. Every week initial rankings will be released Wednesday night, with analysis added throughout the week and weekend until they are locked in Sunday mornings before kickoff.
Note – as compared to draft preparation, the schedule and matchups play a far greater role week-to-week for ranking prep.
Tier One – Elite RB1s who’ll threaten to be Week One’s top scorer
True studs that’ll show why in Week 1.
1. Todd Gurley @ SF
2. David Johnson vs. NE
3. Ezekiel Elliott vs. NYG
4. Lamar Miller vs Chi
Tier Two – RB1 options
Expect some serious 15+ point production from any of the below
5. Devonta Freeman vs. TB
6. LeSean McCoy @ Bal
7. Adrian Peterson @ Ten
8. DeAngelo Williams @Was
9. Eddie Lacy @ Jax
Tier Three – RB2s with RB1 upside
All of these guys offer two TD upside, or run-of the-mill 7-point downside
10. Mark Ingram vs. Oak
11. Doug Martin @ Atl
12. Latavius Murray @ NO
13. C. J. Anderson vs. Car
14. Ryan Mathews vs Cle
15. Spencer Ware vs. SD
16. Matt Forte vs. Cin
17. DeMarco Murray vs. Min
18. Rashad Jennings @ Dal
Tier Four – Middling RB2 options
19. Jeremy Langford @ Hou
20. Melvin Gordon @ KC
21. Jeremy Hill @ NYJ
22. Carlos Hyde vs. LA
23. Frank Gore vs. Det
Tier Five – Potential Flex Plays… If you don’t start a fourth WR in PPR for some unknown reason
24. Danny Woodhead @ KC
25. Duke Johnson @ Phi
26. Darren Sproles vs. Cle
27. Charles Sims @ ATL
28. Christine Michael vs Mia
29. Thomas Rawls vs Mia
30. Giovani Bernard @ NYJ
31. Jonathan Stewart @ Den
32. Matt Jones vs. Pit
33. Ameer Abdullah @ Ind
34. Isiah Crowell @ Phi
35. James White @ Ari
Tier Six – Last names worth a look (shot at a TD or some cheap catches)
36. Derrick Henry vs. Min
37. LeGarrette Blount vs. Ari
38. T.J. Yeldon vs. GB
39. Chris Ivory vs. GB
40. Arian Foster vs. Sea
41. Justin Forsett vs. Buf
42. Bilal Powell vs. Cin
43. Theo Riddick @ Indy
44. Terrance West vs. Buf
45. Chris Thompson vs. Pit
Author
-
Founder of Roto Street Journal. Lover of workhorse backs, target hog wideouts, and Game of Thrones. Aspiring to be the "Brady" and "Leo" of the fantasy universe.