Draft day is approaching, the clock is about to start ticking. While those fateful few hours in August are always birmming with optimism, they remain a time to be balanced and calculated as you shape your fantasy football season. Preparation is key, but that does not add up to a championship trophy. You must remain flexible on draft day and take what the room gives you.
Understanding the careful nuances of leagues that come in all shapes in sizes is not something that we can pretend to master here, as you will know the habits and tendencies of your league mates best. What we do understand, is that putting pen to paper (well… something like that) is a fantastic way to find just where both the questions and the values lie. Let’s get to it.
2014 Fantasy Football Top 150
Standard scoring, updated August 18, 2014
| Rank | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LeSean McCoy | PHI |
| 2 | Jamaal Charles | KC |
| 3 | Adrian Peterson | MIN |
| 4 | Matt Forte | CHI |
| 5 | Marshawn Lynch | SEA |
| 6 | Eddie Lacy | GB |
| 7 | Calvin Johnson | DET |
| 8 | Demaryius Thomas | DEN |
| 9 | Dez Bryant | DAL |
| 10 | LeVeon Bell | PIT |
| 11 | A.J. Green | CIN |
| 12 | Aaron Rodgers | GB |
| 13 | Doug Martin | TB |
| 14 | Zac Stacy | STL |
| 15 | Drew Brees | NO |
| 16 | Peyton Manning | DEN |
| 17 | Alshon Jeffery | CHI |
| 18 | Arian Foster | HOU |
| 19 | Montee Ball | DEN |
| 20 | Brandon Marshall | CHI |
| 21 | Jimmy Graham | NO |
| 22 | Giovani Bernard | CIN |
| 23 | Rob Gronkowski | NE |
| 24 | Julio Jones | ATL |
| 25 | C.J. Spiller | BUF |
| 26 | DeMarco Murray | DAL |
| 27 | Alfred Morris | WAS |
| 28 | Pierre Garcon | WAS |
| 29 | Andre Ellington | ARI |
| 30 | Randall Cobb | GB |
| 31 | Ryan Mathews | SD |
| 32 | Jordy Nelson | GB |
| 33 | Victor Cruz | NYG |
| 34 | Roddy White | ATL |
| 35 | Chris Johnson | NYJ |
| 36 | Joique Bell | DET |
| 37 | Antonio Brown | PIT |
| 38 | Maurice Jones-Drew | OAK |
| 39 | Reggie Bush | DET |
| 40 | Ray Rice | BAL |
| 41 | Rashad Jennings | NYG |
| 42 | Shane Vereen | NE |
| 43 | Toby Gerhart | JAX |
| 44 | Cam Newton | CAR |
| 45 | Matthew Stafford | DET |
| 46 | Trent Richardson | IND |
| 47 | Torrey Smith | BAL |
| 48 | Matt Ryan | ATL |
| 49 | Vincent Jackson | TB |
| 50 | Percy Harvin | SEA |
| 51 | Wes Welker | DEN |
| 52 | Julius Thomas | DEN |
| 53 | Keenan Allen | SD |
| 54 | Larry Fitzgerald | ARI |
| 55 | Frank Gore | SF |
| 56 | Stevan Ridley | NE |
| 57 | Tom Brady | NE |
| 58 | Ben Tate | CLE |
| 59 | Ty Hilton | IND |
| 60 | Pierre Thomas | NO |
| 61 | Michael Floyd | ARI |
| 62 | Eric Decker | NYJ |
| 63 | Andrew Luck | IND |
| 64 | Andre Johnson | HOU |
| 65 | Reggie Wayne | IND |
| 66 | Colin Kaepernick | SF |
| 67 | Michael Crabtree | SF |
| 68 | Emmanuel Sanders | DEN |
| 69 | Fred Jackson | BUF |
| 70 | Bishop Sankey | TEN |
| 71 | Tony Romo | DAL |
| 72 | Darren Sproles | PHI |
| 73 | Lamar Miller | MIA |
| 74 | DeSean Jackson | WAS |
| 75 | Cordarrelle Patterson | MIN |
| 76 | Jeremy Maclin | PHI |
| 77 | Steven Jackson | ATL |
| 78 | Robert Griffin III | WAS |
| 79 | Jordan Cameron | CLE |
| 80 | Marques Colston | NO |
| 81 | DeAngelo Williams | CAR |
| 82 | Kendall Wright | TEN |
| 83 | Bernard Pierce | BAL |
| 84 | Russell Wilson | SEA |
| 85 | Vernon Davis | SF |
| 86 | Jay Cutler | CHI |
| 87 | Devonta Freeman | ATL |
| 88 | Jordan Reed | WAS |
| 89 | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT |
| 90 | Knowshon Moreno | MIA |
| 91 | Danny Woodhead | SD |
| 92 | Nick Foles | PHI |
| 93 | Terrance Williams | DAL |
| 94 | Darren McFadden | OAK |
| 95 | Christine Michael | SEA |
| 96 | Roy Helu | WAS |
| 97 | Dwayne Bowe | KC |
| 98 | Julian Edelman | NE |
| 99 | Mike Wallace | MIA |
| 100 | Jordan Matthews | PHI |
| 101 | Andy Dalton | CIN |
| 102 | Christopher Ivory | NYJ |
| 103 | Greg Jennings | MIN |
| 104 | Josh Gordon | CLE |
| 105 | Mark Ingram | NO |
| 106 | Khiry Robinson | NO |
| 107 | Ahmad Bradshaw | IND |
| 108 | DeAndre Hopkins | HOU |
| 109 | Jason Witten | DAL |
| 110 | Donald Brown | SD |
| 111 | Greg Olsen | CAR |
| 112 | Brandin Cooks | NO |
| 113 | Jeremy Hill | CIN |
| 114 | Sammy Watkins | BUF |
| 115 | Kyle Rudolph | MIN |
| 116 | Dennis Pitta | BAL |
| 117 | Justin Hunter | TEN |
| 118 | Terrance West | CLE |
| 119 | Seattle Seahawks | SEA |
| 120 | Ronnie Hillman | DEN |
| 121 | James Starks | GB |
| 122 | Jonathan Stewart | CAR |
| 123 | C.J. Anderson | DEN |
| 124 | Shonn Greene | TEN |
| 125 | Knile Davis | KC |
| 126 | Carlos Hyde | SF |
| 127 | Andre Williams | NYG |
| 128 | Robert Turbin | SEA |
| 129 | Bilal Powell | NYJ |
| 130 | Bobby Rainey | TB |
| 131 | Golden Tate | DET |
| 132 | Mike Evans | TB |
| 133 | Heath Miller | PIT |
| 134 | Zach Ertz | PHI |
| 135 | Andrew Hawkins | CLE |
| 136 | Kansas City Chiefs | KC |
| 137 | Antonio Gates | SD |
| 138 | Markus Wheaton | PIT |
| 139 | Andre Holmes | OAK |
| 140 | Martellus Bennett | CHI |
| 141 | Tyler Eifert | CIN |
| 142 | Ladarius Green | SD |
| 143 | Tim Wright | TB |
| 144 | BenJarvus Green-Ellis | CIN |
| 145 | Jonathan Dwyer | ARI |
| 146 | James Jones | OAK |
| 147 | Bryce Brown | BUF |
| 148 | Tre Mason | STL |
| 149 | Jarrett Boykin | GB |
| 150 | Brian Hartline | MIA |