2017 NFL Rankings – Tight Ends, Team Defenses, And Kickers.. Oh My!

Chris Sweet - Fantasy Sports Analyst This will be the final part of our preliminary NFL Player Rankings for the preseason and we will be covering the last skill position of Tight End as well as the less glamorous positions of Kicker and Team Defense.   Tight End Rankings We'll start with the Tight Ends. This is a position that is a little more wide open than in the previous years. Gronk is still in his prime, but the injury risk is always there. He has averaged 11 games played per year over the past five years. This is why I'm giving Travis Kelce the #1 spot this year. Kelce finished as the best tight end last year, but Jeremy Maclin being cut is

2017 NFL Player Rankings – Wide Receivers

Chris Sweet - Fantasy Sports Analyst Today we dive into our preliminary Wide Receiver Rankings. Over the past five years wide receivers have completely overtaken running backs as the higher scoring skill position. In some years the WR30 was as good as the RB10. Last year saw a bit of a resurgence of the running backs, at least at the top, and the league as a whole will slowly transition that way I would guess, but I think the WRs are poised for a big bounce back this year. The top 3 WR are the same as last year, and I don't expect any of them to fall off. Antonio Brown is the closest thing we have seen since to Jerry