Mike Tagliere’s Early 2018 Fantasy Football Rankings
Derrick Henry is someone who’s bound to take a massive leap in 2018
Hello, my name is Mike and I’m an addict. I can remember the first time I consumed fantasy football like it was yesterday. I didn’t even tell my friends that I was playing fantasy football, because I figured they’d make fun of me. We all grew up playing sports and didn’t have time for “fake” fantasy teams. Fast-forward more than a decade, and I’m still here with you.
Ladies and gentleman, if you’re here reading this, you have the sickness. You know, the one that has us looking at rankings that will legitimately not matter in just a few months time. It has us doing mock drafts from February through August, just so we can have a sense of where a player’s average draft position (ADP) is, even though most players won’t wind up close to where they were in February. But even though we know that, we’re here. We’ll be doing plenty of fun things throughout the offseason, so don’t just drift away. Between the NFL Draft and free agency, we’ll have you covered every step of the way. Until then, enjoy my way-too-early 2018 rankings.
*It must also be noted that there are several players who will be going to new teams during the offseason, so I tried to rank them somewhere in the middle of where expectations might be. Once all of the pieces fall into place, we’ll be able to assess the situations with much more clarity.
Quarterbacks
| Rank | Player |
| 1 | Aaron Rodgers |
| 2 | Russell Wilson |
| 3 | Cam Newton |
| 4 | Andrew Luck |
| 5 | Carson Wentz |
| 6 | Deshaun Watson |
| 7 | Dak Prescott |
| 8 | Drew Brees |
| 9 | Tom Brady |
| 10 | Matthew Stafford |
| 11 | Jared Goff |
| 12 | Kirk Cousins |
| 13 | Jimmy Garoppolo |
| 14 | Ben Roethlisberger |
| 15 | Jameis Winston |
| 16 | Philip Rivers |
| 17 | Alex Smith |
| 18 | Matt Ryan |
| 19 | Marcus Mariota |
| 20 | Andy Dalton |
| 21 | Derek Carr |
| 22 | Blake Bortles |
| 23 | Ryan Tannehill |
| 24 | Mitchell Trubisky |
| 25 | Patrick Mahomes |
Running Backs
| Rank | Player | Rank | Player |
| 1 | Le’Veon Bell | 26 | Chris Thompson |
| 2 | Ezekiel Elliott | 27 | Chris Carson |
| 3 | Todd Gurley | 28 | Alex Collins |
| 4 | David Johnson | 29 | Jamaal Williams |
| 5 | Leonard Fournette | 30 | Marlon Mack |
| 6 | Alvin Kamara | 31 | Rex Burkhead |
| 7 | Dalvin Cook | 32 | Ameer Abdullah |
| 8 | Melvin Gordon | 33 | D’Onta Foreman |
| 9 | Kareem Hunt | 34 | Wayne Gallman |
| 10 | Derrick Henry | 35 | Tarik Cohen |
| 11 | Jordan Howard | 36 | Marshawn Lynch |
| 12 | Devonta Freeman | 37 | Ty Montgomery |
| 13 | Mark Ingram | 38 | Doug Martin |
| 14 | LeSean McCoy | 39 | Bilal Powell |
| 15 | Joe Mixon | 40 | Jonathan Stewart |
| 16 | Christian McCaffrey | 41 | Giovani Bernard |
| 17 | Carlos Hyde | 42 | Aaron Jones |
| 18 | Kenyan Drake | 43 | James White |
| 19 | Jay Ajayi | 44 | Theo Riddick |
| 20 | Lamar Miller | 45 | Kenneth Dixon |
| 21 | Samaje Perine | 46 | Isaiah Crowell |
| 22 | Duke Johnson | 47 | Jerick McKinnon |
| 23 | Tevin Coleman | 48 | Spencer Ware |
| 24 | Dion Lewis | 49 | DeMarco Murray |
| 25 | C.J. Anderson | 50 | Mike Gillislee |
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends
| Rank | Player |
| 1 | Rob Gronkowski |
| 2 | Travis Kelce |
| 3 | Zach Ertz |
| 4 | Hunter Henry |
| 5 | Evan Engram |
| 6 | Greg Olsen |
| 7 | Delanie Walker |
| 8 | Jordan Reed |
| 9 | Jimmy Graham |
| 10 | Jack Doyle |
| 11 | O.J. Howard |
| 12 | Kyle Rudolph |
| 13 | Eric Ebron |
| 14 | David Njoku |
| 15 | Tyler Eifert |
| 16 | Jared Cook |
| 17 | George Kittle |
| 18 | Austin Hooper |
| 19 | Adam Shaheen |
| 20 | C.J. Fiedorowicz |
| 21 | Charles Clay |
| 22 | Austin Seferian-Jenkins |
| 23 | Cameron Brate |
| 24 | Jason Witten |
| 25 | Gerald Everett |
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