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 | Dalvin Cook | RB | MIN | Cook playing 14 games was miracle of biblical proportion |
3 | Ezekiel Elliott | RB | DAL | Late-stage Eddie George had more explosion than 2020 Zeke |
4 | Alvin Kamara | RB | NO | Enjoy Taysom Hill's 12 TDs |
5 | Jonathan Taylor | RB | IND | Early-down complement to Marlon Mack |
6 | Nick Chubb | RB | CLE | Starting to get excited about his upside |
7 | Derrick Henry | RB | TEN | Earl Campbell concerned about Henry's workload |
8 | Saquon Barkley | RB | NYG | Should give your eliminated team boost in November |
9 | Davante Adams | WR | GB | Top-15 real-life receiver |
10 | Aaron Jones | RB | GB | Change of pace for AJ Dillon |
11 | Austin Ekeler | RB | LAC | Poor man's Darren Sproles |
12 | Najee Harris | RB | PIT | Best Najee since "The Dump Truck" |
13 | Tyreek Hill | WR | KC | Would lose race to real cheetah |
14 | DK Metcalf | WR | SEA | Lacks agility |
15 | A.J. Brown | WR | TEN | Titans No. 3 option |
16 | Calvin Ridley | WR | ATL | Finally rid of Julio Jones |
17 | DeAndre Hopkins | WR | ARZ | Questionable for Week 1 after Twitter mob attack |
18 | Antonio Gibson | RB | WAS | Shoulda stayed at WR |
19 | Clyde Edwards-Helaire | RB | KC | Team brought in Lev Bell's carcass last year |
20 | Stefon Diggs | WR | BUF | Handy with a shovel |
21 | Justin Jefferson | WR | MIN | Better than Van Jefferson |
22 | Travis Kelce | TE | KC | Only five months younger than Gronk |
23 | Terry McLaurin | WR | WAS | Excited for upgrade to 38-year old journeyman |
24 | Darren Waller | TE | OAK | Raiders only decent player |
25 | D'Andre Swift | RB | DET | Imposter syndrome risk should he lose a step |
26 | J.K. Dobbins | RB | BAL | JK stands for Just Kidding, LOL your third-round pick |
27 | Joe Mixon | RB | CIN | Modest skills still insufficient to overcome abominable line |
28 | George Kittle | TE | SF | George Brittle |
29 | Patrick Mahomes | QB | KC | Eli > Brady > Mahomes |
30 | CeeDee Lamb | WR | DAL | Team should acquire Sterling Shepard as mentor |
31 | Allen Robinson | WR | CHI | Excited for upgrade to Andy Dalton |
32 | Keenan Allen | WR | LAC | Poor man's Jarvis Landry |
33 | Josh Allen | QB | BUF | Drafted after Darnold |
34 | David Montgomery | RB | CHI | Nelson Agholor found Montgomery's breakout improbable |
35 | Travis Etienne | RB | JAC | Jets shoulda taken him at 1.2 |
36 | Miles Sanders | RB | PHI | Kilometers at best |
37 | Cooper Kupp | WR | LAR | Two receivers, one Kupp |
38 | DJ Moore | WR | CAR | Beside himself after Darnold trade |
39 | Mike Evans | WR | TB | Team's fourth-best target |
40 | Chris Godwin | WR | TB | Hitler's law: When the draft gets to Godwin, it's over |
41 | Kyler Murray | QB | ARZ | Mostly just wiggle |
42 | Amari Cooper | WR | DAL | Team's third-best receiver not including Jarwin |
43 | Robert Woods | WR | LAR | Jet sweeps provide only redeeming value |
44 | Diontae Johnson | WR | PIT | Antonio Brown with cement hands |
45 | Adam Thielen | WR | MIN | Deep into decline phase |
46 | Julio Jones | WR | TEN | Boosted Henry and AJ Brown's TD totals after his signing |
47 | Josh Jacobs | RB | LVS | Plodding early-down back who can't catch |
48 | Darrell Henderson | RB | LAR | Change-of-pace for Xavier Jones |
49 | Myles Gaskin | RB | MIA | Good for 3-4 games tops |
50 | Chris Carson | RB | SEA | Poor man's Marion the Barbarian |
51 | Trey Sermon | RB | SF | Preaching on ills of over-drafting rookie backs |
52 | Tyler Lockett | WR | SEA | Tiny and slow next to DK Beastcalf |
53 | Justin Herbert | QB | LAC | Only here because team doctor stabbed Tyrod Taylor |
54 | Deebo Samuel | WR | SF | Rugged style portends certain injury |
55 | Brandon Aiyuk | WR | SF | 12-foot wingspan on six-foot man |
56 | Tee Higgins | WR | CIN | Bengals so enamored with Higgins, used pick five on Ja'Marr Chase |
57 | Lamar Jackson | QB | BAL | Slower Michael Vick |
58 | Kyle Pitts | TE | ATL | Poor man's OJ Howard |
59 | Dak Prescott | QB | DAL | Getting MRI, but no big deal |
60 | Mark Andrews | TE | BAL | Hopes Lamar Jackson feeds Marquise Brown, literally |
61 | Michael Carter | RB | NYJ | Tragically drafted by Jets |
62 | Javonte Williams | RB | DEN | Melvin Gordon's backup |
63 | Chase Claypool | WR | PIT | Hoping Steelers draft QB in 2022 |
64 | Robby Anderson | WR | CAR | Tried and failed to escape Sam Darnold |
65 | Ja'Marr Chase | WR | CIN | Hasn't played in years |
66 | T.J. Hockenson | TE | DET | Excited for Goff era |
67 | DJ Chark | WR | JAC | No. 3 WR on Jaguars |
68 | Odell Beckham | WR | CLE | Farther from his prime than A.J. Green |
69 | Jerry Jeudy | WR | DEN | Does everything but catch |
70 | Kareem Hunt | RB | CLE | Has put brief stint at kicker behind him |
71 | Mike Davis | RB | ATL | Random scrub atop weak depth chart |
72 | Chase Edmonds | RB | ARZ | Not a serious feature back |
73 | James Robinson | RB | JAC | Rewarded for his unlikely breakout with Etienne pick |
74 | Russell Wilson | QB | SEA | Slated for handoff duty |
75 | Aaron Rodgers | QB | GB | Should have retired when they didn't can GM |
76 | Kenny Golladay | WR | NYG | Picking up where he left off |
77 | Courtland Sutton | WR | DEN | Aghast at QB options |
78 | JuJu Smith-Schuster | WR | PIT | Reliable source of three-yard catches |
79 | Mike Williams | WR | LAC | Health and opportunity are his only negatives |
80 | Jarvis Landry | WR | CLE | Health and opportunity are his only positives |
81 | Curtis Samuel | WR | WAS | Wisely broke north when Panthers signed Darnold |
82 | Brandin Cooks | WR | HOU | Shocked to be playing for same team two years in a row |
83 | Antonio Brown | WR | TB | Brady's played with crazier |
84 | Tyler Boyd | WR | CIN | Generic short pass catcher |
85 | DeVonta Smith | WR | PHI | Makes Marquise Brown look like DK Metcalf |
86 | Melvin Gordon | RB | DEN | Impossible-to-kill plodder exists only to ruin Javonte Williams' value |
87 | Raheem Mostert | RB | SF | Average man would stand better chance of staying healthy |
88 | Mecole Hardman | WR | KC | Super Bowl LVP |
89 | Michael Gallup | WR | DAL | Top speed is a canter |
90 | Ronald Jones | RB | TB | Cannot catch |
91 | Leonard Fournette | RB | TB | Poor man's Marshawn Lynch |
92 | AJ Dillon | RB | GB | Poor man's Christian Okoye |
93 | Jalen Hurts | QB | PHI | Speaks of himself in the third person when injured |
94 | Tom Brady | QB | TB | Eli's bitch |
95 | Laviska Shenault | WR | JAC | Gimmick player no longer needed with Etienne around |
96 | Jaylen Waddle | WR | MIA | Knowing nothing else, you take him or Michael Gallup? |
97 | Trevor Lawrence | QB | JAC | Still shudders to think he might have been a Jet |
98 | Dallas Goedert | TE | PHI | LaDarius Green vibe to Ertz's Antonio Gates |
99 | Noah Fant | TE | DEN | One of many not that special prospects in passing-game wasteland |
100 | James Conner | RB | ARZ | The Terminated |
101 | David Johnson | RB | HOU | At least he won't cost you a first-round pick! |
102 | Devin Singletary | RB | BUF | The Singletarity is when he finishes as RB1 |
103 | Zack Moss | RB | BUF | Not on any of Keith Richards' teams |
104 | Kenyan Drake | RB | LVS | Better suited to scrub role |
105 | Michael Thomas | WR | NO | Last year was his ceiling |
106 | Tre'Quan Smith | WR | NO | Miscast as No. 2, let alone No. 1 |
107 | Matthew Stafford | QB | LAR | Bringing Lions magic to LA |
108 | Ryan Tannehill | QB | TEN | Career resurrection bigger long shot than Aaron Hernandez's |
109 | Rob Gronkowski | TE | TB | Gronk staying healthy last year on par with Moses parting Red Sea |
110 | Tyler Higbee | TE | LAR | Blocking tight end |
111 | Irv Smith | TE | MIN | Real man drafts Irv Smith Sr. |
112 | Will Fuller | WR | MIA | Roids only reason he stayed healthy |
113 | Corey Davis | WR | NYJ | Where careers go to die |
114 | Marquise Brown | WR | BAL | Way too skinny |
115 | Nelson Agholor | WR | NE | Most random breakout in a decade |
116 | Marvin Jones | WR | JAC | Melvin Gordon of wide receivers |
117 | Michael Pittman | WR | IND | Astounded team downgraded from Rivers |
118 | DeVante Parker | WR | MIA | Roughly as durable as Will Fuller |
119 | T.Y. Hilton | WR | IND | T.Y. Ramada Inn |
120 | Nyheim Hines | RB | IND | Only purpose is to undermine Jonathan Taylor |
121 | Damien Harris | RB | NE | Incapable of catching a pass |
122 | Phillip Lindsay | RB | HOU | Poor man's Matt Breida |
123 | Tony Pollard | RB | DAL | Certain to be exposed if Zeke gets hurt |
124 | Jamaal Williams | RB | DET | Change of pace from swift |
125 | Gus Edwards | RB | BAL | Poor man's Le'Ron McClain |
126 | Kenneth Gainwell | RB | PHI | Pressure to live up to name |
127 | Mike Gesicki | TE | MIA | Aptly named in the COVID era |
128 | Latavius Murray | RB | NO | Only Latavius in NFL history |
129 | Giovani Bernard | RB | TB | Only back on roster who can catch |
130 | Xavier Jones | RB | LAR | No idea who this is |
131 | Logan Thomas | TE | WAS | Random player who saw work last year |
132 | Robert Tonyan | TE | GB | Won't score 11 more TDs in career |
133 | Chuba Hubbard | RB | CAR | Poor man's Nick Chubb |
134 | James White | RB | NE | Only listed because of projection; no reason to draft |
135 | J.D. McKissic | RB | WAS | Only person sorry to see Alex Smith go |
136 | Jerick McKinnon | RB | KC | Won't help you, but should destroy CEH team |
137 | Alexander Mattison | RB | MIN | If Cook goes down, he'll be 25% as effective |
138 | Rondale Moore | WR | ARZ | Team's best RB |
139 | Rashaad Penny | RB | SEA | Seahawks starting to think they overdrafted him |
140 | Salvon Ahmed | RB | MIA | Random player listed behind shaky starter |
141 | Gabriel Davis | WR | BUF | Slow |
142 | Christian Kirk | WR | ARZ | Team keeps acquiring other WRs |
143 | Henry Ruggs | WR | LVS | Going down Darrius Heyward-Bey career path |
144 | Elijah Moore | WR | NYJ | Only decent player on Jets, now hurt |
145 | Hunter Henry | TE | NE | Already hurt |
146 | Darnell Mooney | WR | CHI | Significance of role attests to catastrophic lack of depth |
147 | Darrynton Evans | RB | TEN | Half the man Henry is |
148 | Kirk Cousins | QB | MIN | Vows to wear hazmat suit in huddle |
149 | Joe Burrow | QB | CIN | Bengals gonna get him annihilated again |
150 | Matt Ryan | QB | ATL | Vanilla Ice |