Early Fantasy Football Rankings -- TEs

1. Jimmy Graham Is it any wonder that he's #1 on the list? His consistent performance and consistently good numbers have moved Graham into a position where its not too strange to take a TE at the end of the 1st round. I'd be comfortable taking him there or even earlier. 2. Julius Thomas With Eric Decker gone to the Jets, the middle of the field and endzone should be ripe for the picking for either Welker or Orange Julius. 3. Jordan Cameron Cameron is going to be one of the only weapons in Cleveland. With Gordon gone for the year and the rag-tag group of WRs put together by the Browns FO, it may mean that Cameron is a very popular option to go to by either Hoyer or Manziel. 4. Rob Gronkowski Gronk needs to stay healthy. I'm putting him at #4 simply because if he is healthy and can stay that way, he will be a total monster on the field, its just a matter of him staying on the field. 5. Jason Witten Not a sexy pick, but Witten is a constant threat to score points in Dallas. Miles Austin gone, that means Romo is bascially left with Dez as his outside guy and Witten inside. I think his production will increase even more this year.

Early Fantasy Football Rankings -- WR

1. Demaryius Thomas Over the course of the year, Demaryius (Only Winners Get Wings) Thomas was not only productive over the year in terms of overall points, but he was consistent with those points. Compared to other top players from last year, he was one of the most consistent, other than the #2 player on this list. 2. A.J. Green Demaryius Thomas and AJ Green are almost more like a 1 and 1A in terms of both production and consistency. I'll give the leg up to the guy with Peyton Manning throwing the ball though. 3. Calvin Johnson It seems like Megatron is becoming the prime example of a boom/bust player week to week. 5 of 16 weeks he had 5 points or less, and 2 of those weeks he had 0 points. He has performed well over time and maybe the addition of Ebron and Tate will help free him up to be more consistent, but as a guy who was taken in the first round last year, its hard to see the poor production. 4. Brandon Marshall With the emergence of Alshon Jeffery and the return of Jay Cutler, I suspect that Marshall will be an extremely consistent player even more in 2014, even as his age increases. The chemistry between Cutler and Marshall is Fantasy gold. 5. Antonio Brown Yes, the Steelers WR. ADP from what I gather was something about end of the 5th round for most 12 team leagues. He was not only consistent, but he was #6 on the ESPN points list. Not bad for those who were able to pick up what would end up being a top end WR in the 5th round. He shouldn't fall that far this year.

Early Fantasy Football Rankings -- QB

Here's my top 5 QB rankings and reasoning 1. Peyton Manning The field coach will return, and although they will be without Eric Decker, the other weapons will come back and be in full force. I fully expect Peyton to be back in top form and will arguably be one of the most productive QB's in terms of fantasy points. 2. Drew Brees The point scoring QB that he is will produce in bunches, as long as Graham is healthy. There have got to be concerns about whether or not Colston will be able to produce the numbers he has in the past, and if losing Sproles will be impacting the production of Brees. Adding Cooks should help though. 3. Aaron Rodgers The broken collerbone of ARog will have no impact on his play. Although the Packers have lost James Jones, he won't be missed. The emergence of Lacy as a premier feature RB will be a massive help to Rodgers. 4. Andrew Luck While Luck had a very good 2013 in terms of fantasy production, I think he will surpass that number this year. With T.Y. Hilton, Reggie Wayne, and Hakeem Nicks, the passing attack for the Colts will be something to be feared. 5. Matthew Stafford Megatron is still in Detroit. They added a TE that has been compared to Jimmy Graham and signed a possible #2 WR in Tate. The Lions also still have Reggie Bush and Joique Bell. The Lions offense is high powered, and they'll need to be to keep up as their defense is still junk.