Fantasy Football: Mid-Preseason Top 150 Update

By Mike Dietrich Published: August 28, 2016

I have made many changes to my original top 150 and this is due to what I have seen and mostly from what I have read for each team’s reporting. This will probably change a few more times before drafts start in the first week of September.

A couple of notes on players moving up and down:

Dallas Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliot: I dropped him a few spots due to the concern over soft tissue injuries. I am curious how he looks this week.
Green Bay Packers RB Eddie Lacy: I have now bought in. He looks like his rookie self, and the Packers seem committed.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Mike Evans: He had the yards last year, but I think a touchdown normalization will make him a top WR2.
Oakland Raiders WR Amari Cooper: It has come out that he played the last eight games last year very injured. Now? He is healthy and ready to go.
Kansas City Chiefs WR Jeremy Maclin: He is as safe a WR2 as there is in the draft.
Cincinnati Bengals RB Jeremy Hill: He has looked good, but my concern is loss of former Bengals Off. Coord. and now Cleveland Browns Head Coach Hue Jackson as well as a job share with RB Giovani Bernard.
San Francisco 49ers RB Carlos Hyde: The 49ers don’t have a strong roster right now, but Hyde is a plus and healthy. It has been proven that Chip Kelly can get numbers out of a RB. So Hyde could be the perfect guy if you go with two WRs early.
New York Jets WR Eric Decker: With QB Ryan Fitzpatrick back, there is no reason he cannot duplicate his stats from last year.
Arizona Cardinals WR Michel Floyd: He is flying under the radar right now, but he was very consistent while being banged up last year. He now seems healthy, and the Cardinals are a team to beat.
New England Patriots WR Julian Edelman: He just does not stay healthy to count on for a WR2 as high as he gets drafted. The suspension of QB Tom Brady is an unavoidable factor as well.
Detroit Lions RB Ameer Abdullah: I’ve got a hunch that he turns into a solid RB2 with a full year of Lions Offensive Coordinator Jim Bob Cooter coming.

Here are my updated rankings;

Rank	Prev Rank	Player		pos	team
1	1	Odell	Beckham	WR	NYG
2	2	Antonio	Brown	WR	PIT
3	7	Julio	Jones	WR	ATL
4	5	Todd	Gurley	RB	LAR
5	10	David	Johnson	RB	ARI
6	11	Lamar	Miller	RB	HOU
7	12	Allen	Robinson	WR	JAC
8	6	DeAndre	Hopkins	WR	HOU
9	21	Devonta	Freeman	RB	ATL
10	4	Ezekiel	Elliott	RB	DAL
11	8	Adrian	Peterson	RB	MIN
12	7	Rob	Gronkowski	TE	NE
13	13	A.J.	Green	WR	CIN
14	9	Le’Veon	Bell	RB	PIT
15	14	Mark	Ingram	RB	NO
16	17	Doug	Martin	RB	TB
17	16	Jamaal	Charles	RB	KC
18	22	Keenan	Allen	WR	SD
19	25	Eddie	Lacy	RB	GB
20	20	Dez	Bryant	WR	DAL
21	28	Mike	Evans	WR	TB
22	29	Amari	Cooper	WR	OAK
23	15	Thomas	Rawls	RB	SEA
24	18	Jordy	Nelson	WR	GB
25	24	LeSean	McCoy	RB	BUF
26	31	Demaryius	Thomas	WR	DEN
27	26	Brandon	Marshall	WR	NYJ
28	23	Alshon	Jeffery	WR	CHI
29	30	Randall	Cobb	WR	GB
30	40	Jeremy	Maclin	WR	KC
31	34	C.J.	Anderson	RB	DEN
32	42	Sammy	Watkins	WR	BUF
33	49	Carlos	Hyde	RB	SF
34	27	T.Y.	Hilton	WR	IND
35	36	Jordan	Reed	TE	WAS
36	47	Latavius	Murray	RB	OAK
37	49	Carlos	Hyde	RB	SF
38	41	Kelvin	Benjamin	WR	CAR
39	33	Jeremy	Hill	RB	CIN
40	46	Jonathan	Stewart	RB	CAR
41	54	Michael	Floyd	WR	ARI
42	69	Eric	Decker	WR	NYJ
43	53	John	Brown	WR	ARI
44	35	Julian	Edelman	WR	NE
45	38	Matt	Forte	RB	NYJ
46	32	DeMarco	Murray	RB	TEN
47	48	Jeremy	Langford	RB	CHI
48	55	Frank	Gore	RB	IND
49	44	Doug	Baldwin	WR	SEA
50	64	Ameer	Abdullah	RB	DET
51	52	Cam	Newton	QB	CAR
52	96	DeAngelo	Williams	RB	PIT
53	45	Jordan	Matthews	WR	PHI
54	56	Duke	Johnson	RB	CLE
55	57	Aaron	Rodgers	QB	GB
56	59	Russell	Wilson	QB	SEA
57	116	Donte	Moncrief	WR	IND
58	77	Emanuel	Sanders	Wr	DEN
59	37	Golden	Tate	WR	DET
60	60	Greg	Olsen	TE	CAR
61	63	Melvin	Gordon	RB	SD
62	65	Drew	Brees	QB	NO
63	67	Jarvis	Landry	WR	MIA
64	68	Coby	Fleener	TE	NO
65	70	Giovani	Bernard	RB	CIN
66	73	Delanie	Walker	TE	TEN
67	50	Matt	Jones	RB	WAS
68	82	Travis	Kelce	TE	KC
69	98	Rashad	Jennings	RB	NYG
70	105	Marvin	Jones	WR	DET
71	76	Michael	Crabtree	WR	OAK
72	167	Josh	Gordon	WR	CLE
73	83	Tyler	Lockett	WR	SEA
74	81	Kevin	White	WR	CHI
75	77	Larry	Fitzgerald	WR	ARI
76	58	Andrew	Luck	QB	IND
77	74	Ben	Roethlisberger	QB	PIT
78	93	Kirk	Cousins	QB	WAS
79	103	Eli	Manning	QB	NYG
80	66	Chris	Ivory	RB	JAC
81	111	Arian	Foster	RB	MIA
82	97	Blake	Bortles	QB	JAC
83	94	Carson	Palmer	QB	ARI
84	79	Javorius	Allen	RB	BAL
85	102	Tom	Brady	QB	NE
86	86	Derrick	Henry	RB	TEN
87	109	LeGarrette	Blount	RB	NE
88	75	DeVante	Parker	WR	MIA
89	80	Travis	Benjamin	WR	SD
90	71	Danny	Woodhead	RB	SD
91	118	Stefon	Diggs	WR	MIN
92	51	Jay	Ajayi	RB	MIA
93	110	Philip	Rivers	QB	SD
94	144	Spencer	Ware	RB	KC
95	72	Allen	Hurns	WR	JAC
96	161	Torrey	Smith	WR	SF
97	84	T.J.	Yeldon	RB	JAC
98	104	Julius	Thomas	TE	JAC
99	95	Devontae	Booker	RB	DEN
100	114	Gary	Barnidge	TE	CLE
101	107	Tavon	Austin	WR	LAR
102	129	Matthew	Stafford	QB	DET
103	127	Derek	Carr	QB	OAK
104	149	Willie	Snead	WR	NO
105	121	Zach	Ertz	TE	PHI
106		Christine	Michael	RB	SEA
107	85	Justin	Forsett	RB	BAL
108	124	Andy	Dalton	QB	CIN
109	125	Tyrod	Taylor	QB	BUF
110	115	DeAndre	Washington	RB	OAK
111	147	Cameron	Artis-Payne	RB	CAR
112	117	Jameis	Winston	QB	TB
113	87	Steve	Smith	WR	BAL
114	119	Mohamed	Sanu	WR	ATL
115	62	Tyler	Eifert	TE	CIN
116	120	Isaiah	Crowell	RB	CLE
117	89	Charles	Sims	RB	TB
118	90	Corey	Coleman	WR	CLE
119	157	Devin	Funchess	WR	CAR
120	91	DeSean	Jackson	WR	WAS
121	92	Sterling	Shepard	WR	NYG
122	100	James	Starks	RB	GB
123		Kamar	Aiken	WR	BAL
124	108	Tevin	Coleman	RB	ATL
125	146	Bilal	Powell	RB	NYJ
126	112	Tim	Hightower	RB	NO
127	113	Kenneth	Dixon	RB	BAL
128		James	White	RB	NE
129	151	Darren	Sproles	RB	PHI
130	140	Markus	Wheaton	WR	PIT
131	122	Charcandrick	West	RB	KC
132	123	Jermaine	Kearse	WR	SEA
133	150	Tyler	Boyd	WR	CIN
134	158	Chris	Hogan	WR	NE
135	143	Jerick	McKinnon	RB	MIN
136	154	Martellus	Bennett	TE	NE
137	138	Jimmy	Graham	TE	SEA
138	142	Michael	Thomas	WR	NO
139	99	C.J.	Prosise	RB	SEA
140	126	Matt	Ryan	QB	ATL
141	139	Austin	Seferian-Jenkins	TE	TB
142		Terrance	West	RB	Bal
143	136	Ryan	Tannehill	QB	MIA
144	128	Jordan	Howard	RB	CHI
145	130	Tony	Romo	QB	DAL
146	131	Laquon	Treadwell	WR	MIN
147	132	Theo	Riddick	RB	DET
148		Tajae	Sharp	WR	TEN
149	133	Jay	Cutler	QB	CHI
150	134	Darren	McFadden	RB	DAL