This article is part of our NFL Observations series.
This is an overall list for 12-team PPR leagues as of August 4, 2020. For rankings updated multiple times per day, click here.
Note: Rankings are real, but comments, some of which are tasteless, are not meant to be taken seriously.
Warning: many, if not most, are stupid, though it can't be worse than last year's.
Rank | Player | Pos | Team | Comment |
1 | Christian McCaffrey | RB | CAR | Only ranked this high due to racism |
2 | Saquon Barkley | RB | NYG | Better real-life draft pick than Sam Darnold |
3 | Ezekiel Elliott | RB | DAL | Fortunately no assault allegations this offseason |
4 | Alvin Kamara | RB | NO | Enjoy Taysom Hill's 10 touchdowns |
5 | Michael Thomas | WR | NO | Can't guard Mike because it's too easy to complete five-yard passes |
6 | Clyde Edwards-Helaire | RB | KC | COVID opportunist |
7 | Nick Chubb | RB | CLE | Starting to get excited about his upside |
8 | Derrick Henry | RB | TEN | Shaun Alexander career path |
9 | Dalvin Cook | RB | MIN | Paid like a dishwasher when he's head chef |
10 | Joe Mixon | RB | CIN | Lacks hold-out leverage on perennial non-contender |
11 | Miles Sanders | RB | PHI | New York Scott |
12 | Aaron Jones | RB | GB | Packers' only talented receiver |
13 | DeAndre Hopkins | WR | ARI | Getting traded for David Johnson is rock bottom |
14 | Davante Adams | WR | GB | Slow, inefficient crutch for Aaron Rodgers |
15 | Chris Godwin | WR | TB | Hitler's Law: Once Godwin is picked, draft is over |
16 | Tyreek Hill | WR | KC | Apparently no police involvement this offseason |
17 | Kenyan Drake | RB | ARI | Honeymoon phase expiring soon |
18 | Austin Ekeler | RB | LAC | Could eke out fraction of last year's anomalous breakout |
19 | Josh Jacobs | RB | LV | Poor man's Jeremy Hill |
20 | Odell Beckham | WR | CLE | Only four years since he's been healthy |
21 | Julio Jones | WR | ATL | Despises end zone |
22 | Travis Kelce | TE | KC | System tight end |
23 | Jonathan Taylor | RB | IND | Marlon Mack's backup |
24 | Melvin Gordon | RB | DEN | Locked into bad offense |
25 | James Conner | RB | PIT | Valuable in rare event he's not injured |
26 | George Kittle | TE | SF | Pro bowl left tackle who catches occasional pass |
27 | Allen Robinson | WR | CHI | Life sentence of Bortles, Trubisky and Foles |
28 | Patrick Mahomes | QB | KC | Zero motivation after contract |
29 | Lamar Jackson | QB | BAL | Should have played wide receiver |
30 | Kenny Golladay | WR | DET | Older than you think |
31 | D.J. Moore | WR | CAR | Had hoped for more than Teddy Bridgewater |
32 | Amari Cooper | WR | DAL | CeeDee Lamb already better |
33 | DJ Chark | WR | JAX | Talent wasted in Jacksonville |
34 | Adam Thielen | WR | MIN | Has hamstrings of a 90-year old |
35 | Mike Evans | WR | TB | Irrelevant with grandpa under center |
36 | Terry McLaurin | WR | WAS | Unfairly saddled with Haskins at every level |
37 | JuJu Smith-Schuster | WR | PIT | Found true level without Roethlisberger and Brown |
38 | A.J. Brown | WR | TEN | Useful on rare occasion Titans throw a forward pass |
39 | Calvin Ridley | WR | ATL | Perennial second fiddle |
40 | Mark Andrews | TE | BAL | Someone has to catch Lamar Jackson's passes |
41 | Todd Gurley | RB | ATL | Has knees of a 90-year old |
42 | Courtland Sutton | WR | DEN | QB a lock to drag down stats |
43 | DK Metcalf | WR | SEA | Lateral quickness of a defensive tackle |
44 | Cooper Kupp | WR | LAR | Even slower than Robert Woods |
45 | Le'Veon Bell | RB | NYJ | Franchised by the Steelers > overpaid by the Jets |
46 | Devin Singletary | RB | BUF | Team trusts him so much it drafted Moss |
47 | Leonard Fournette | RB | JAX | Poor man's Trent Richardson |
48 | Zach Ertz | TE | PHI | Jack Doyle with more targets |
49 | DeVante Parker | WR | MIA | Put together his first good half-season |
50 | Marquise Brown | WR | BAL | More brittle DeSean Jackson |
51 | Michael Gallup | WR | DAL | League leader in drops |
52 | Keenan Allen | WR | LAC | Target hog without targets |
53 | Tyler Boyd | WR | CIN | Washed-up carcass of A.J. Green has higher ADP |
54 | Tyler Lockett | WR | SEA | Second fiddle to Metcalf |
55 | David Montgomery | RB | CHI | Elite hype to performance ratio |
56 | Chris Carson | RB | SEA | Poor man's Marion The Barbarian |
57 | Mark Ingram | RB | BAL | Average man could get 5.0 YPC next to Lamar Jackson |
58 | D'Andre Swift | RB | DET | ADP would be 10 spots lower if last name were "Slug" |
59 | Ronald Jones | RB | TB | Will be excoriated by TB12, benched forever after missing blitz pickup |
60 | Robert Woods | WR | LAR | Incapable of scoring touchdowns |
61 | Cam Akers | RB | LAR | Cam Square Feet if stuck in committee |
62 | Darren Waller | TE | LV | Plays for the Raiders |
63 | Dak Prescott | QB | DAL | Not valued by Cowboys |
64 | Kyler Murray | QB | ARI | Should have stuck with baseball |
65 | J.K. Dobbins | RB | BAL | Poor man's J.K. Rowling |
66 | David Johnson | RB | HOU | Worst fantasy ROI in NFL history |
67 | Raheem Mostert | RB | SF | Journeyman special teamer who doesn't catch passes. Leastert |
68 | Kareem Hunt | RB | CLE | Brief stint at kicker cost him SB ring |
69 | Derrius Guice | RB | WAS | Not especially durable |
70 | Russell Wilson | QB | SEA | Never throws forward pass until fourth quarter |
71 | Deshaun Watson | QB | HOU | Andrew Luck career path |
72 | Jordan Howard | RB | MIA | Enjoying journeyman phase |
73 | Darrell Henderson | RB | LAR | Nothing Rams have done suggests they value him |
74 | Stefon Diggs | WR | BUF | So unhappy in Minnesota, he joined league's worst passing team |
75 | T.Y. Hilton | WR | IND | T.Y. Motel Six |
76 | A.J. Green | WR | CIN | Odds he stays healthy are low |
77 | Darius Slayton | WR | NYG | Bizarre both NFL players whose last names start with "Slay" are named "Darius" |
78 | Mike Williams | WR | LAC | Only runs "jump ball" route |
79 | Rob Gronkowski | TE | TB | Failed professional wrestler |
80 | Jarvis Landry | WR | CLE | Mysterious power to command targets far exceeds football talent |
81 | Matt Breida | RB | MIA | Average man could get five YPC in 49ers system. Good luck in Miami! |
82 | Phillip Lindsay | RB | DEN | Not taken seriously as workhorse |
83 | CeeDee Lamb | WR | DAL | Could be slaughtered by opposing defenses |
84 | Duke Johnson | RB | HOU | Doomed to situational role even if last man on earth |
85 | Kerryon Johnson | RB | DET | Damaged during turbulence |
86 | John Brown | WR | BUF | Competing with Diggs for share of off-target passes |
87 | Jerry Jeudy | WR | DEN | Rookie WR with no offseason, trying to get in sync with Drew Lock |
88 | Jalen Reagor | WR | PHI | Next Nelson Agholor |
89 | Anthony Miller | WR | CHI | Dislocated shoulder more times than Martin Riggs |
90 | Jamison Crowder | WR | NYJ | Slow, small, slot man paired with Darnold and Gase |
91 | Diontae Johnson | WR | PIT | Slow, small and for God knows what reason overhyped |
92 | Brandin Cooks | WR | HOU | Proving concussions are not partial to helmet logo |
93 | Tarik Cohen | RB | CHI | Fumbles more than Jameis Winston |
94 | Carson Wentz | QB | PHI | Poor man's Nick Foles |
95 | Matt Ryan | QB | ATL | Vanilla Ice |
96 | Nyheim Hines | RB | IND | Only member of offense in Rivers' shot-put range |
97 | Tony Pollard | RB | DAL | Stuck behind player already immune to COVID |
98 | Julian Edelman | WR | NE | Age is just a number you can't remember when you've been concussed 15 times |
99 | Hunter Renfrow | WR | LV | Skilled at catching five-yard pass |
100 | Marvin Jones | WR | DET | Still playing |
101 | Will Fuller | WR | HOU | NFL's Byron Buxton |
102 | Brandon Aiyuk | WR | SF | Poor man's Deebo Samuel |
103 | Hunter Henry | TE | LAC | Poor man's Ladarius Green |
104 | Jared Cook | TE | NO | Erratic journeyman tight end |
105 | Evan Engram | TE | NYG | More injury prone than Will Fuller |
106 | Josh Allen | QB | BUF | Cam Newton with even less touch and accuracy |
107 | Daniel Jones | QB | NYG | Bakeries create fewer turnovers |
108 | Joe Burrow | QB | CIN | His name describes best course of action behind current O-line |
109 | Baker Mayfield | QB | CLE | Poor man's Johnny Manziel |
110 | Alexander Mattison | RB | MIN | Every day reminds Dalvin Cook he's getting peanuts |
111 | Latavius Murray | RB | NO | The NFL's only Latavius |
112 | Boston Scott | RB | PHI | Kilometers Sanders |
113 | Zack Moss | RB | BUF | Mic Jagger and Keith Richards refuse to draft |
114 | Christian Kirk | WR | ARI | Not Captain of WR corps this year |
115 | Sony Michel | RB | NE | Proof the Pats can't figure out how to cheat the draft |
116 | Justin Jefferson | WR | MIN | Random WR Vikings panic-drafted in Round 1 |
117 | Ke'Shawn Vaughn | RB | TB | Bucs signing LeSean McCoy's decaying remains speaks volumes |
118 | N'Keal Harry | WR | NE | "Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?" |
119 | T.J. Hockenson | TE | DET | Going down Evan Engram career path |
120 | Mike Gesicki | TE | MIA | Aptly named in 2020 |
121 | Hayden Hurst | TE | ATL | Poor man's Austin Hooper |
122 | Deebo Samuel | WR | SF | Already hurt |
123 | James White | RB | NE | Marginal pass-catching back without trusted dink-and-dunk QB |
124 | Tevin Coleman | RB | SF | Backup to career special teamer |
125 | Antonio Gibson | RB | WAS | Couldn't hack it at wide receiver, demoted to RB |
126 | Dallas Goedert | TE | PHI | Waiting for Goedert to get a starting job |
127 | Jonnu Smith | TE | TEN | Poor man's Delanie Walker |
128 | Jerick McKinnon | RB | SF | Anyone with a functional knee can get 5.0 YPC for the Niners |
129 | Cam Newton | QB | NE | So much for Jarrett Stidham era |
130 | Matthew Stafford | QB | DET | Empty stat accumulator on perennial non-contender |
131 | Preston Williams | WR | MIA | Who needs a functional ACL? |
132 | Mecole Hardman | WR | KC | If Chubb can't achieve penetration in close, Browns could trade for Hardman |
133 | Marlon Mack | RB | IND | Team's worst option on downs 1-4 |
134 | Damien Harris | RB | NE | Patriots trust him less than Aaron Dobson |
135 | Devonta Freeman | RB | FA | Someone must need slow, old, concussed back |
136 | Anthony McFarland | RB | PIT | Only Conner's fragility makes him relevant |
137 | Tom Brady | QB | TB | As functional as Grandpa from Texas Chainsaw Massacre these days |
138 | AJ Dillon | RB | GB | Third-stringer who can't catch |
139 | Robby Anderson | WR | CAR | Great landing spot for one-dimensional speedster |
140 | Golden Tate | WR | NYG | Bronze Tate at best |
141 | Sammy Watkins | WR | KC | A+ philosopher, low-end wideout |
142 | Breshad Perriman | WR | NYJ | Less than ideal spot to build on micro breakout |
143 | Sterling Shepard | WR | NYG | Needs to better tend his flock of brain cells |
144 | James Washington | WR | PIT | Not buying Diontae Johnson hype |
145 | DeSean Jackson | WR | PHI | You should see his "Snarky 150" |
146 | Parris Campbell | WR | IND | If only he had football skills |
147 | Henry Ruggs | WR | LV | Poor man's Darrius Heyward-Bey |
148 | Allen Lazard | WR | GB | Lazard person |
149 | Ryan Tannehill | QB | TEN | Nothing about 2020 more off-putting than thinking Tannehill might be good |
150 | Drew Brees | QB | NO | Needs to update his empty platitudes |