Fantasy football 2015: Top 200 rankings

The league never stops, so why should fantasy?

Football is coming.

To be honest, football is always coming. Even if you ignore free agency, the month of March, just to name a month, and saw two of the league's absolute biggest fantasy names -- Jimmy Graham and LeSean McCoy -- change teams, there are enough other moves around those to keep depth-chart trackers in business for weeks. And that's a month that is just about as far from actual games being played as it gets.

With that in mind, it makes sense to make fantasy rankings close to a year-round process as possible. So, below is a top 200 for 2015 fantasy. It'll be updated every two weeks or so -- hey, I'm not a machine -- with any changes as dictated by new information around the league.

Everything below is "rankings as of the moment." Before the draft, no rookies will be in the rankings, because I don't know where they'll end up for certain, and players I expect to eventually lose their jobs to new draftees still have them. Possible suspensions are still only possible, so players are ranked as though that isn't a concern. Guys who are still free agents as of an update don't get ranked. Any, I don't know, star Minnesota running backs who might switch teams but haven't done so as of the ranking update will still be ranked on their team. (Also, no defenses or kickers, because blech.)

Because the rankings themselves will change fairly regularly over the offseason, I'm not going to give any specific thoughts on why I have guys where I have them here. But direct any questions to the comments, and I'll be sure to respond to all of them. My rationale might not be perfect, but it will exist, dammit.

It might be too early to do this with any real, firm confidence. But at the least, it's good to be thinking ahead. Because the league certainly is.

Rank	Player	Team	Position
1	Eddie Lacy	GB	RB1
2	Jamaal Charles	KC	RB2
3	Aaron Rodgers	GB	QB1
4	Rob Gronkowski	NE	TE1
5	Matt Forte	CHI	RB3
6	Dez Bryant	DAL	WR1
7	Antonio Brown	PIT	WR2
8	Andrew Luck	IND	QB2
9	Arian Foster	HOU	RB4
10	Jordy Nelson	GB	WR3
11	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	RB5
12	Jeremy Hill	CIN	RB6
13	C.J. Anderson	DEN	RB7
14	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	WR4
15	LeSean McCoy	BUF	RB8
16	Joique Bell	DET	RB9
17	Marshawn Lynch	SEA	RB10
18	Calvin Johnson	DET	WR5
19	Julio Jones	ATL	WR6
20	Alshon Jeffery	CHI	WR7
21	A.J. Green	CIN	WR8
22	Odell Beckham Jr.	NYG	WR9
23	Russell Wilson	SEA	QB3
24	DeMarco Murray	PHI	RB11
25	Randall Cobb	GB	WR10
26	T.Y. Hilton	IND	WR11
27	Adrian Peterson	MIN	RB12
28	Justin Forsett	BAL	RB13
29	DeAndre Hopkins	HOU	WR12
30	Emmanuel Sanders	DEN	WR13
31	Mike Evans	TB	WR14
32	Kelvin Benjamin	CAR	WR15
33	Tre Mason	STL	RB14
34	Lamar Miller	MIA	RB15
35	Carlos Hyde	SF	RB16
36	Mark Ingram	NO	RB17
37	Sammy Watkins	BUF	WR16
38	Eli Manning	NYG	QB4
39	Tom Brady	NE	QB5
40	Peyton Manning	DEN	QB6
41	Alfred Morris	WAS	RB18
42	Jimmy Graham	SEA	TE2
43	Keenan Allen	SD	WR17
44	Eric Decker	NYJ	WR18
45	Jeremy Maclin	KC	WR19
46	Brandon Marshall	NYJ	WR20
47	Jordan Matthews	PHI	WR21
48	Victor Cruz	NYG	WR22
49	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	RB19
50	Andre Ellington	ARI	RB20
51	Cam Newton	CAR	QB7
52	Matt Ryan	ATL	QB8
53	Greg Olsen	CAR	TE3
54	Travis Kelce	KC	TE4
55	Stevan Ridley	NYJ	RB21
56	Julian Edelman	NE	WR23
57	DeSean Jackson	WAS	WR24
58	Brandin Cooks	NO	WR25
59	Golden Tate	DET	WR26
60	Rashad Jennings	NYG	RB22
61	Latavius Murray	OAK	RB23
62	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	QB9
63	Drew Brees	NO	QB10
64	Tony Romo	DAL	QB11
65	Frank Gore	IND	RB24
66	Brandon LaFell	NE	WR27
67	LeGarrette Blount	NE	RB25
68	Matthew Stafford	DET	QB12
69	Martellus Bennett	CHI	TE5
70	Julius Thomas	JAC	TE6
71	Kenny Stills	MIA	WR28
72	Roddy White	ATL	WR29
73	Michael Floyd	ARI	WR30
74	Vincent Jackson	TB	WR31
75	Shane Vereen	NYG	RB26
76	Darren McFadden	DAL	RB27
77	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	RB28
78	Owen Daniels	DEN	TE7
79	Branden Oliver	SD	RB29
80	Denard Robinson	JAC	RB30
81	Jarvis Landry	MIA	WR32
82	Chris Ivory	NYJ	RB31
83	Mike Wallace	MIN	WR33
84	Allen Robinson	JAC	WR34
85	Delanie Walker	TEN	TE8
86	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	QB13
87	Robert Griffin III	WAS	QB14
88	Philip Rivers	SD	QB15
89	Doug Baldwin	SEA	WR35
90	Anquan Boldin	SF	WR36
91	Terrance West	CLE	RB32
92	Charles Sims	TB	RB33
93	Jay Cutler	CHI	QB16
94	Coby Fleener	IND	TE9
95	Dwayne Allen	IND	TE10
96	Steve Smith Sr.	BAL	WR37
97	Marquess Wilson	CHI	WR38
98	Andre Johnson	IND	WR39
99	Antonio Gates	SD	TE11
100	Jason Witten	DAL	TE12
101	Charles Clay	BUF	TE13
102	Martavis Bryant	PIT	WR40
103	Devonta Freeman	ATL	RB34
104	C.J. Spiller	NO	RB35
105	Kendall Wright	TEN	WR41
106	James Jones	OAK	WR42
107	Zach Ertz	PHI	TE14
108	Jordan Cameron	MIA	TE15
109	Larry Donnell	NYG	TE16
110	Teddy Bridgewater	MIN	QB17
111	Dan Herron	IND	RB36
112	Ronnie Hillman	DEN	RB37
113	Ryan Mathews	PHI	RB38
114	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	RB39
115	Brian Quick	STL	WR43
116	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	WR44
117	Colin Kaepernick	SF	QB18
118	Cecil Shorts III	HOU	WR45
119	Josh Huff	PHI	WR46
120	Charles Johnson	MIN	WR47
121	Danny Woodhead	SD	RB40
122	DeAngelo Williams	PIT	RB41
123	Joseph Randle	DAL	RB42
124	Giovani Bernard	CIN	RB43
125	Fred Jackson	BUF	RB44
126	Darren Sproles	PHI	RB45
127	Torrey Smith	SF	WR48
128	Andre Holmes	OAK	WR49
129	Andy Dalton	CIN	QB19
130	Ryan Fitzpatrick	NYJ	QB20
131	Sam Bradford	PHI	QB21
132	Josh Hill	NO	TE17
133	Tyler Eifert	CIN	TE18
134	Vernon Davis	SF	TE19
135	Bishop Sankey	TEN	RB46
136	Andrew Hawkins	CLE	WR50
137	Reggie Bush	SF	RB47
138	Marvin Jones	CIN	WR51
139	Kamar Aiken	BAL	WR52
140	Marqise Lee	JAC	WR53
141	Marques Colston	NO	WR54
142	Malcom Floyd	SD	WR55
143	Carson Palmer	ARI	QB22
144	Mike Glennon	TB	QB23
145	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	TE20
146	Eric Ebron	DET	TE21
147	Bobby Rainey	TB	RB48
148	Alfred Blue	HOU	RB49
149	Travaris Cadet	NE	RB50
150	Montee Ball	DEN	RB51
151	Brian Hartline	CLE	WR56
152	Percy Harvin	BUF	WR57
153	Donte Moncrief	IND	WR58
154	Davante Adams	GB	WR59
155	Heath Miller	PIT	TE22
156	Jared Cook	STL	TE23
157	Jordan Reed	WAS	TE24
158	Toby Gerhart	JAC	RB52
159	Theo Riddick	DET	RB53
160	Khiry Robinson	NO	RB54
161	Brian Hoyer	HOU	QB24
162	Alex Smith	KC	QB25
163	Harry Douglas	TEN	WR60
164	Stevie Johnson	SD	WR61
165	Jerricho Cotchery	CAR	WR62
166	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	TB	TE25
167	Jacob Tamme	ATL	TE26
168	James Starks	GB	RB55
169	Matt Asiata	MIN	RB56
170	Derek Carr	OAK	QB26
171	Joe Flacco	BAL	QB27
172	Matt Cassel	BUF	QB28
173	Blake Bortles	JAC	QB29
174	Mychal Rivera	OAK	TE27
175	Roy Helu Jr.	OAK	RB57
176	Dwayne Bowe	CLE	WR63
177	Tim Wright	NE	TE28
178	Cody Latimer	DEN	WR64
179	Andre WIlliams	NYG	RB58
180	Zach Mettenberger	TEN	QB30
181	Danny Amendola	NE	WR65
182	Terrance Williams	DAL	WR66
183	Lance Dunbar	DAL	RB59
184	Nick Foles	STL	QB31
185	Josh McCown	CLE	QB32
186	Pierre Garcon	WAS	WR67
187	Ladarius Green	SD	TE29
188	Albert Wilson	KC	WR68
189	Lorenzo Taliaferro	BAL	RB60
190	Mohamed Sanu	CIN	WR69
191	Eddie Royal	CHI	WR70
192	Allen Hurns	JAC	WR71
193	Mark Sanchez	PHI	QB33
194	Stedman Bailey	STL	WR72
195	Kerwynn Williams	ARI	RB61
196	Luke Willson	SEA	TE30
197	Cordarrelle Patterson	MIN	WR73
198	Rueben Randle	NYG	WR74
199	Benny Cunningham	STL	RB62
200	Knile Davis	KC	RB63

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