Week 13 Fantasy Football Position Ranks

Quarterbacks

1. Drew Brees at Seattle
2. Peyton Manning at Kansas City
3. Cam Newton vs. Tampa Bay
4. Andy Dalton at San Diego
5. Josh McCown at Minnesota
6. Matt Ryan at Buffalo
7. Tom Brady at Houston
8. Russell Wilson vs. New Orleans
9. Colin Kaepernick vs. St. Louis
10. Philip Rivers vs. Cincinnati
11. Robert Griffin III vs. NY Giants
12. Nick Foles vs. Arizona
13. Carson Palmer at Philadelphia
14. EJ Manuel vs. Atlanta
15. Case Keenum vs. New England
16. Andrew Luck vs. Tennessee
17. Brandon Weeden vs. Jacksonville
18. Ryan Tannehill at NY Jets
19. Eli Manning at Washington
20. Alex Smith vs. Denver
21. Mike Glennon at Carolina
22. Christian Ponder vs. Chicago
23. Ryan Fitzpatrick at Indianapolis
24. Chad Henne at Cleveland
25. Kellen Clemens at San Francisco

I’m going out on a bit of limb here with Matt Ryan, but they face Buffalo indoors (in Toronto) and I’m hoping that Roddy White is enough of his former self that Ryan has enough options to be successful.

Running Backs

1. Adrian Peterson vs. Chicago
2. Jamaal Charles vs. Denver
3. Matt Forte at Minnesota
4. Marshawn Lynch vs. New Orleans
5. LeSean McCoy vs. Arizona
6. Alfred Morris vs. NY Giants
7. Frank Gore vs. St. Louis
8. Andre Brown at Washington
9. Fred Jackson vs. Atlanta
10. Chris Ivory vs. Miami
11. Chris Johnson at Indianapolis
12. Zac Stacy at San Francisco
13. Knowshon Moreno at Kansas City
14. Giovani Bernard at San Diego
15. Ryan Mathews vs. Cincinnati
16. Stevan Ridley at Houston
17. Donald Brown vs. Tennessee
18. Maurice Jones-Drew at Cleveland
19. Shane Vereen at Houston
20. Ben Tate vs. New England
21. CJ Spiller vs. Atlanta
22. Chris Ogbonnaya vs. Jacksonville
23. Pierre Thomas at Seattle
24. Steven Jackson at Buffalo
25. Bobby Rainey at Carolina
26. Andre Ellington at Philadelphia
27. Danny Woodhead vs. Cincinnati
28. Darren Sproles at Seattle
29. BenJarvus Green-Ellis at San Diego
30. Dennis Johnson vs. New England
31. Lamar Miller at NY Jets
32. Rashard Mendenhall at Philadelphia
33. Montee Ball at Kansas City
34. Mike Tolbert vs. Tampa Bay
35. DeAngelo Williams vs. Tampa Bay
36. Mark Ingram at Seattle
37. Trent Richardson vs. Tennessee
38. Brian Leonard at Carolina
39. Jonathan Stewart vs. Tampa Bay
40. Kendall Hunter vs. St. Louis
41. Willis McGahee vs. Jacksonville
42. Bilal Powell vs. Miami
43. Roy Helu vs. NY Giants
44. Brandon Jacobs at Washington
45. Jacquizz Rodgers at Buffalo
46. LeGarrette Blount at Houston
47. Benny Cunningham at San Francisco
48. Jordan Todman at Cleveland
49. Toby Gerhart vs. Chicago
50. Robert Turbin vs. New Orleans
51. Bryce Brown vs. Arizona
52. Shonn Greene at Indianapolis
53. Knile Davis vs. Denver
54. Michael Bush at Minnesota
55. Justin Forsett at Cleveland
56. Brandon Bolden at Houston
57. Ronnie Hillman at Kansas City
58. Ronnie Brown vs. Cincinnati
59. Jason Snelling at Buffalo
60. Fozzie Whittaker vs. Jacksonville

I’m ranking everyone who’s injured assuming their playing and will update as needed. Oh, and I’m also assuming that the Patriots go back to their normal running back rotation, but that’s far from a sure bet.

Wide Receiver

1. AJ Green at San Diego
2. Brandon Marshall at Minnesota
3. Josh Gordon vs. Jacksonville
4. Pierre Garcon vs. NY Giants
5. Demaryius Thomas at Kansas City
6. Larry Fitzgerald at Philadelphia
7. Alshon Jeffery at Minnesota
8. Wes Welker at Kansas City
9. Keenan Allen vs. Cincinnati
10. Andre Johnson vs. New England
11. DeSean Jackson vs. Arizona
12. Jarrett Boykin at Detroit
13. Vincent Jackson at Carolina
14. Stevie Johnson vs. Atlanta
15. Reuben Randle at Washington
16. Victor Cruz at Washington
17. Dwayne Bowe vs. Denver
18. Harry Douglas at Buffalo
19. Golden Tate vs. New Orleans
20. Mike Wallace at NY Jets
21. Kendall Wright at Indianapolis
22. Anquan Boldin vs. St. Louis
23. Michael Floyd at Philadelphia
24. Danny Amendola at Houston
25. TY Hilton vs. Tennessee
26. Eric Decker at Kansas City
27. Steve Smith vs. Tampa Bay
28. Greg Jennings vs. Chicago
29. Riley Cooper vs. Arizona
30. Robert Woods vs. Atlanta
31. Michael Crabtree vs. St. Louis
32. Marvin Jones at San Diego
33. Roddy White at Buffalo
34. Darius Johnson at Buffalo
35. Tavon Austin at San Francisco
36. Santonio Holmes vs. Miami
37. Marques Colston at Seattle
38. Cecil Shorts at Cleveland
39. Lance Moore at Seattle
40. Donnie Avery vs. Denver
41. Brian Hartline at NY Jets
42. Aldrick Robinson vs. NY Giants
43. Mario Manningham vs. St. Louis
44. Julian Edelman at Houston
45. Mike Brown at Cleveland
46. Kenbrell Thompkins at Houston
47. Tiquan Underwood at Carolina
48. Cordaralle Patterson vs. Chicago
49. David Nelson vs. Miami
50. Kenny Stills at Seattle
51. Brandon LaFell at Tampa Bay
52. Hakeem Nicks at Washington
53. Ted Ginn Jr. vs. Tampa Bay
54. Andre Roberts at Philadelphia
55. Greg Little vs. Jacksonville
56. Darrius Heyward-Bey vs. Tennessee
57. Doug Baldwin vs. New Orleans
58. Justin Hunter at Indianapolis
59. Mohamed Sanu at San Diego
60. Robert Meachem at Seattle

I ended any affiliation with Patriots receivers long ago. I’m pretty happy about it.

Tight Ends

1. Rob Gronkowski at Houston
2. Jimmy Graham at Seattle
3. Vernon Davis vs. St. Louis
4. Julius Thomas at Kansas City
5. Jordan Reed vs. NY Giants
6. Martellus Bennett at Minnesota
7. Greg Olsen vs. Tampa Bay
8. John Carlson vs. Chicago
9. Jordan Cameron vs. Jacksonville
10. Tony Gonzalez at Buffalo
11. Coby Fleener vs. Tennessee
12. Charles Clay at NY Jets
13. Antonio Gates vs. Cincinnati
14. Brent Celek vs. Arizona
15. Ladarius Green vs. Cincinnati
16. Timothy Wright at Carolina
17. Scott Chandler vs. Atlanta
18. Delanie Walker at Indianapolis
19. Rob Housler at Philadelphia
20. Garrett Graham vs. New England
21. Kellen Winslow vs. Miami
22. Jermaine Gresham at San Diego
23. Brandon Myers at Washington
24. Anthony Fasano vs. Denver
25. Tyler Eifert at San Diego

Week 12 was the week of the tight end. Now that they’ve regained some trust, let’s hope they don’t all drop the ball (literally and figuratively) this week.

Kicker

1. Stephen Gostkowski at Houston
2. Nick Novak vs. Cincinnati
3. Blair Walsh vs. Chicago
4. Stephen Hauschka vs. New Orleans
5. Matt Prater at Kansas City
6. Dan Carpenter vs. Atlanta
7. Nick Folk vs. Miami
8. Adam Vinatieri vs. Tennessee
9. Robbie Gould at Minnesota
10. Caleb Sturgis at NY Jets
11. Jay Feely at Philadelphia
12. Graham Gano vs. Tampa Bay
13. Matt Bryant at Buffalo
14. Garrett Hartley at Seattle
15. Ryan Succop vs. Denver
16. Rob Bironas at Indianapolis
17. Alex Henery vs. Arizona
18. Mike Nugent at San Diego
19. Josh Brown at Washington
20. Greg Zuerlein at San Francisco
21. Kai Forbath vs. NY Giants
22. Billy Cundiff vs. Jacksonville
23. Rian Lindell at Carolina
24. Randy Bullock vs. New England
25. Josh Scobee at Cleveland

Weather shouldn’t be much of an issue for the top kickers this week, which will be nice.

Defense

1. Dolphins at NY Jets
2. Panthers vs. Tampa Bay
3. 49ers vs. St. Louis
4. Broncos at Kansas City
5. Jets vs. Miami
6. Bills vs. Atlanta
7. Rams at San Francisco
8. Patriots at Houston
9. Seahawks vs. New Orleans
10. Bucs at Carolina
11. Redskins vs. NY Giants
12. Titans at Indianapolis
13. Chiefs vs. Denver
14. Bears at Minnesota
15. Bengals at San Diego
16. Cardinals at Philadelphia
17. Browns vs. Jacksonville
18. Vikings vs. Chicago
19. Saints at Seattle
20. Eagles vs. Arizona
21. Colts vs. Tennessee
22. Giants at Washington
23. Jaguars at Cleveland
24. Texans vs. New England
25. Chargers vs. Cincinnati

Happy Thanksgiving!