Fantasy Football Rankings

Overall Player Ranking in fantasy football is one of the most important tools a fantasy

football owner can have at his/her disposal in preparation for the fantasy football draft. Players at each position are ranked in order of their perceived value for the upcoming season. There are a variety of factors that weigh into how each player is placed on the list. Coaching changes, offensive and defensive philosophies, player personnel changes, injuries ... each of these areas will greatly affect a player's perceived value for the upcoming season and should be factored into the development of an overall player ranking philosophy.

The Quarterback position is one where you can gain a lot of ground on the competition if you are fortunate enough to snag one of the top five fantasy football quarterbacks and bolster your lineup with solid talent. If you are a savvy draftnik, you might overlook the gaudy numbers of Drew Brees or the perrenial touchdown machine that is Peyton Manning and let someone else grab them while you take a premiere running back in the first round of the your fantasy football draft. The right move might then be to target a value pick in the second or third round by taking one of the other premiere passers. However, snagging a top tier quarterback to anchor your team's offensive output is an excellent foundation for fantasy football GOLD. If you can find a way to surround him with a stud fantasy back and some high quality receivers you have the makings of a championship squad. My strategy tends to be to grab a top back in the first round and then follow with a stud QB in the second, because once you solidify your quarterback position early in the draft you can concentrate on other areas of need and attend to your selection of a backup quarterback much later in the draft. In leagues that allow quarterbacks to register seven points for touchdowns instead of four, this strategy becomes even more significant as you now have the potential to leave your competition in the dust when they start Matt Hasselbeck, David Garrard, or Jason Campbell against the Philip Rivers or Matt Schaub you selected in the second round. As you look to draft your quarterback, pay close attention to the league scoring system. Scoring systems that award four points for touchdowns or negative points for interceptions and fumbles should cause you to reevaluate your draft board. The running back-running back philosophy previously employed by fantasy football owners used to work five years ago, but this is a new NFL. The Quarterback position is experiencing a rebirth whereas running back by committee and watered down talent have hurt the significance of the running back position in the NFL.

The Running Back position is the cornerstone of any great fantasy football franchise. Most fantasy football leagues require that you start two running backs, but only one quarterback is usually required to round out a typical fantasy football lineup. Outside of the quarterback position, running backs touch the ball the most out of any offensive position on the field. More touches directly relates to more fantasy football points and by advancing the ball on the ground, through the air, or in goal line situations, running backs have the most potential to score fantasy football points of any position on the field. The offensive philosophy of most NFL franchises requires teams to establish the run if they want to win games. This means that even if the ground game is ineffective, running backs will be fed the ball to try to kick start the rest of the offense.

There are 32 NFL franchises in the league and of these 32 at least half employ a running back by committee situation where multiple running backs might share the load in the ground game. So it becomes a numbers game. Because there are so few single set running backs in the National Football League that are on the field for every down, this makes the stud, three-down, work horse at the running back position the most important position on your fantasy football team. If you can lock up a couple of these workhorse backs, depending on the size of your fantasy football league, you can dominate your competition. Pair two stud running backs with a solid quarterback and hit on a couple of late round wide receivers, and you, my friends, have the makings of a championship squad.

by: edwabvpida

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