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The Big Boards
Preseason Schedule Analysis
8/20/11
For me, there are few times during the year I look forward to more than my money league drafts. Being on the cusp of building a championship team and outwitting your opponents is a feeling hard to describe, but one worth experiencing for the sheer excitement and exhilaration it can produce.

However, that feeling of adrenaline shooting through your veins can come to a quick halt if you don't feel like the most prepared owner in your league on draft day. Even though many fantasy owners play just for bragging rights, the goal for money leaguers and non-money leaguers alike is the same: win. In my experience, winning starts in the offseason with preparation, continues at the draft when you can calmly select value over need, which carries over nicely into the season when it is time to make a trade or two. Ideally, all of this lands you firmly in the playoffs with an above-average chance to claim the league championship.

As I have mentioned many times before over the years, "value" in drafting is key. Need has to outweigh value on occasion, but for the most part, it can't hurt to take the best player left on the board. And it is with both need and value in mind that I present my "Big Board" in an attempt to earn both the respect and envy of your fellow fantasy leaguers in 2011.

Before I get to the boards, though, I would like to remind each of my readers about a couple of key points:

1) my “Big Boards” are not going to look like many other draft boards you see. My method of evaluating fantasy players relies heavily on consistency and schedule, not on overall fantasy point totals. All too often, fantasy owners and even the so-called "experts" get hamstrung by the final numbers. Don't get me wrong, I want all my players to have 300+ points at the end of the season. But as the old saying goes, "It's not about the destination, it's about the journey"; if my RB1 gives me seven spectacular performances along with six duds during the regular season, there's a fairly decent chance I may end up 7-6. I don’t want that and neither should you.

2) I will push a player down my board if feel he is a health risk or if I simply don’t/can’t trust him. If you take the time to break down each position I provide below, you will notice that I don’t follow the point totals or averages to a tee. Outside of trust issues, I will push a player down my board – despite a higher average or overall point total – if I believe he will simply be less consistent throughout the season or if his playoff schedule appears treacherous. No, I don't claim to see the future, but history tells us that defenses like the Jets, Packers and Steelers (this year anyway) will end more fantasy championship dreams than they help.

Note: At least for this first Big Board, I have chosen to stop at 175 players and let you – the fantasy owner – decide at what point you should select your kicker and defense. I have carried over the entire color-coding system from my PSAs to the Big Boards in order to give you an easy reference tool for the entire season.

Let’s revisit the color-coding system before we start:

Red – A very difficult matchup. For lower-level players, a red matchup means they should not be considered in fantasy. For a second- or third-tier player, don’t expect much and drop your expectations for them at least one grade that week (i.e. from WR2 to WR3). For elite players, expect them to perform like an average player at his position.

Yellow – Keep expectations fairly low in this matchup. For lower-level players, a yellow matchup is a borderline start at best. For a second- or third-tier player, they can probably overcome the matchup if things fall right. For the elite players, expect slightly better than average production from them in this matchup.

Grey – Basically, this matchup is one that could go either way. In some cases, I just don’t feel like I have a good feel yet for this defense. Generally speaking, white matchups are winnable matchups for all levels of players.

Green – It doesn’t get much better than this. The stage is basically set for a player with a green matchup to exploit; it’s up to him to take advantage.

Key:
OVR – Overall Rank
PR – Position Rank
FPts – Fantasy points scored
FPts/ G – Fantasy points/game

Here is the scoring system that I used to rank the players:

 PPR Big Board
OVR PR Pos Player Age FPts FPts/G 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 1 RB Arian Foster 25 329 21.9
2 2 RB Ray Rice 24 328 21.9
3 3 RB Jamaal Charles 24 319 21.3
4 4 RB Adrian Peterson 26 310 20.7
5 5 RB Chris Johnson 25 305 20.3
6 6 RB LeSean McCoy 23 288 19.2
7 1 WR Andre Johnson 30 305 20.3
8 1 QB Aaron Rodgers 27 394 26.2
9 2 QB Michael Vick 31 340 26.2
10 7 RB Maurice Jones-Drew 26 269 17.9
11 2 WR Calvin Johnson 25 300 20.0
12 3 WR Larry Fitzgerald 28 302 20.1
13 4 WR Roddy White 29 300 20.0
14 8 RB Jahvid Best 22 296 21.1
15 9 RB Darren McFadden 24 250 20.8
16 10 RB Frank Gore 28 252 19.3
17 11 RB Matt Forte 25 273 18.2
18 12 RB Peyton Hillis 25 256 17.1
19 13 RB Rashard Mendenhall 24 234 15.6
20 5 WR Hakeem Nicks 23 293 19.5
21 6 WR Miles Austin 27 262 17.4
22 7 WR Reggie Wayne 32 261 17.4
23 14 RB Steven Jackson 28 231 15.4
24 8 WR Mike Wallace 25 252 16.8
25 9 WR Vincent Jackson 28 249 16.6
26 15 RB Knowshon Moreno 24 218 15.5
27 16 RB Ahmad Bradshaw 25 231 15.4
28 3 QB Drew Brees 32 351 23.4
29 4 QB Peyton Manning 35 349 23.2
30 17 RB Michael Turner 29 190 14.6
31 18 RB Mark Ingram 21 207 14.8
32 1 TE Antonio Gates 31 256 17.1
33 10 WR Greg Jennings 27 237 15.8
34 11 WR Dwayne Bowe 26 235 15.7
35 5 QB Philip Rivers 29 335 22.3
36 6 QB Tom Brady 34 338 22.6
37 2 TE Jermichael Finley 24 221 17.0
38 19 RB Felix Jones 24 215 15.3
39 12 WR Percy Harvin 23 240 16.0
40 3 TE Dallas Clark 32 216 15.4
41 4 TE Jason Witten 29 227 15.1
42 13 WR Wes Welker 30 218 15.6
43 14 WR Mike Williams - TB 24 233 15.5
44 15 WR Santonio Holmes 27 227 15.1
45 16 WR Dez Bryant 22 223 14.9
46 20 RB DeAngelo Williams 28 216 14.4
47 21 RB Shonn Greene 26 186 13.3
48 17 WR DeSean Jackson 24 204 14.5
49 22 RB LeGarrette Blount 24 191 12.7
50 18 WR Brandon Marshall 27 216 15.4
51 23 RB Daniel Thomas 23 224 14.9
52 5 TE Vernon Davis 27 212 14.1
53 7 QB Tony Romo 31 338 22.5
54 24 RB Joseph Addai 28 205 15.8
55 19 WR Marques Colston 28 167 15.2
56 20 WR Austin Collie 25 212 15.1
57 25 RB Ryan Grant 28 203 13.5
58 21 WR Steve Johnson 25 216 14.4
59 22 WR Mario Manningham 25 205 13.7
60 23 WR Julio Jones 22 207 13.8
61 24 WR Jeremy Maclin (Medical) 23 210 14.0
62 26 RB Fred Jackson 30 197 13.1
63 27 RB Cedric Benson 28 179 11.9
64 25 WR Kenny Britt 22 185 14.2
65 26 WR Anquan Boldin 30 217 14.5
66 28 RB Tim Hightower 25 216 14.4
67 29 RB Ryan Williams 21 188 13.4
68 30 RB Ryan Mathews 24 179 12.8
69 31 RB Mike Tolbert 25 162 10.8
70 32 RB Darren Sproles 28 190 12.6
71 33 RB Reggie Bush 26 169 13.0
72 34 RB Marshawn Lynch 25 178 11.9
73 27 WR Brandon Lloyd 30 208 13.8
74 28 WR Santana Moss 32 198 13.2
75 35 RB Chris Wells 23 143 10.2
76 8 QB Ben Roethlisberger 29 300 20.0
77 9 QB Matt Ryan 26 295 19.7
78 10 QB Matthew Stafford 23 277 19.8
79 11 QB Josh Freeman 23 291 19.4
80 6 TE Owen Daniels 28 168 12.9
81 7 TE Jimmy Graham 24 185 12.3
82 29 WR Chad Ochocinco 33 194 12.9
83 30 WR Pierre Garcon 25 175 12.5
84 31 WR Roy Williams 29 192 12.8
85 32 WR Danny Amendola 25 191 12.7
86 33 WR A.J. Green 23 187 12.4
87 36 RB Danny Woodhead 26 151 10.1
88 37 RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis 26 135 9.6
89 38 RB Jonathan Stewart 24 129 8.6
90 39 RB Brandon Jacobs 29 123 8.2
91 12 QB Eli Manning 30 287 19.1
92 13 QB Matt Schaub 30 279 18.6
93 8 TE Marcedes Lewis 27 176 11.7
94 34 WR Michael Crabtree 23 182 12.1
95 35 WR Steve Smith - CAR 32 176 11.7
96 36 WR Robert Meachem 26 175 11.6
97 37 WR Mike Thomas 24 174 11.6
98 38 WR Nate Burleson 30 176 11.7
99 39 WR Lance Moore 28 165 11.0
100 40 WR Davone Bess 25 160 10.6
101 41 WR Hines Ward 35 158 10.5
102 14 QB Kevin Kolb 27 278 18.5
103 15 QB Joe Flacco 26 273 18.2
104 16 QB Ryan Fitzpatrick 28 243 17.3
105 17 QB Sam Bradford 23 255 17.0
106 9 TE Jared Cook 24 168 11.2
107 10 TE Kellen Winslow 28 164 10.9
108 40 RB Michael Bush 27 142 9.5
109 41 RB Pierre Thomas 26 119 9.2
110 42 WR Jacoby Ford 24 173 11.5
111 43 WR Braylon Edwards 28 171 11.4
112 11 TE Rob Gronkowski 22 156 10.4
113 12 TE Chris Cooley 29 130 11.8
114 13 TE Ben Watson 30 166 11.1
115 14 TE Tony Gonzalez 35 151 10.1
116 15 TE Brent Celek 26 155 10.3
117 16 TE Greg Olsen 26 153 10.2
118 42 RB Jason Snelling 27 131 8.7
119 18 QB Jay Cutler 28 251 16.7
120 19 QB Mark Sanchez 24 247 16.5
121 20 QB Matt Cassel 29 237 15.8
122 43 RB Rashad Jennings 26 121 8.0
123 44 RB Justin Forsett 25 118 7.8
124 45 RB C.J. Spiller 24 129 9.9
125 46 RB Willis McGahee 29 115 7.7
126 47 RB LaDainian Tomlinson 32 106 7.6
127 48 RB Ronnie Brown 30 84 7.0
128 44 WR Lee Evans 30 154 10.2
129 45 WR Sidney Rice 25 149 9.9
130 46 WR Plaxico Burress 34 117 9.8
131 47 WR Jerome Simpson 25 146 9.7
132 48 WR Mike Williams - SEA 27 143 9.5
133 49 RB Marion Barber 31 87 5.8
134 17 TE Todd Heap 23 129 9.9
135 18 TE Tony Moeaki 24 146 9.7
136 19 TE Zach Miller - SEA 25 146 9.7
137 20 TE Jermaine Gresham 23 139 9.3
138 21 TE Kevin Boss 27 132 8.8
139 22 TE Lance Kendricks 23 128 8.5
140 49 WR Steve Breaston 28 135 10.3
141 23 TE Dustin Keller 26 127 8.5
142 50 WR Antonio Brown 23 152 10.1
143 51 WR Malcom Floyd 29 130 9.3
144 21 QB Colt McCoy 24 188 15.6
145 52 WR James Jones 27 142 9.4
146 53 WR Jordy Nelson 26 141 9.4
147 24 TE Brandon Pettigrew 26 121 8.1
148 50 RB DeMarco Murray 23 88 6.7
149 51 RB Montario Hardesty 24 59 6.6
150 52 RB Thomas Jones 33 96 6.4
151 53 RB James Starks 25 58 4.5
152 54 WR Mike Sims-Walker 26 127 9.0
153 55 WR Greg Little 22 162 11.6
154 56 WR Derrick Mason 37 130 8.6
155 57 WR Donald Driver 36 118 8.4
156 58 WR Roscoe Parrish 29 114 11.4
157 25 TE Heath Miller 28 126 8.4
158 59 WR Devin Hester 28 122 8.1
159 60 WR Eric Decker 24 121 8.0
160 61 WR Kevin Walter 29 111 7.4
161 62 WR Jacoby Jones 28 108 7.2
162 63 WR Donald Jones 23 157 10.5
163 26 TE Fred Davis 25 120 8.0
164 54 RB Roy Helu 22 99 8.2
165 55 RB Delone Carter 24 61 4.7
166 56 RB Ricky Williams 34 69 4.6
167 57 RB Jerome Harrison 28 76 5.0
168 22 QB Donovan McNabb 34 209 15.0
169 58 RB Javon Ringer 24 50 3.3
170 59 RB Stevan Ridley 22 41 3.4
171 60 RB Cadillac Williams 29 78 5.2
172 61 RB Mike Goodson 24 73 4.8
173 62 RB Isaac Redman 26 47 3.1
174 23 QB Jason Campbell 29 220 14.7
175 24 QB Kyle Orton 28 155 10.3

And now, the initial non-PPR Big Board…

 Non-PPR Big Board
OVR PR Pos Player Age FPts FPts/G 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 1 RB Arian Foster 25 276 18.4
2 2 RB Jamaal Charles 24 266 17.7
3 3 RB Adrian Peterson 26 261 17.4
4 4 RB Ray Rice 24 259 17.3
5 5 RB Chris Johnson 25 251 16.7
6 1 QB Aaron Rodgers 27 394 26.2
7 6 RB LeSean McCoy 23 223 14.9
8 2 QB Michael Vick 31 340 26.2
9 1 WR Calvin Johnson 25 214 14.3
10 7 RB Matt Forte 25 215 14.3
11 2 WR Larry Fitzgerald 28 202 13.5
12 3 WR Hakeem Nicks 23 202 13.5
13 4 WR Andre Johnson 30 199 13.3
14 8 RB Jahvid Best 22 239 17.0
15 9 RB Darren McFadden 24 200 16.6
16 10 RB Frank Gore 28 198 15.2
17 11 RB Maurice Jones-Drew 26 220 14.7
18 12 RB Rashard Mendenhall 24 206 13.7
19 13 RB Peyton Hillis 25 205 13.7
20 5 WR Roddy White 29 202 13.5
21 14 RB Michael Turner 29 178 13.7
22 3 QB Drew Brees 32 351 23.4
23 4 QB Peyton Manning 35 349 23.2
24 15 RB Mark Ingram 21 187 13.4
25 16 RB Knowshon Moreno 24 183 13.0
26 6 WR Vincent Jackson 28 178 11.9
27 7 WR Reggie Wayne 32 171 11.4
28 8 WR Mike Wallace 25 177 11.8
29 9 WR Miles Austin 27 176 11.7
30 17 RB Ahmad Bradshaw 25 190 12.7
31 18 RB Shonn Greene 26 172 12.3
32 19 RB Steven Jackson 28 183 12.2
33 1 TE Antonio Gates 31 177 11.8
34 10 WR Greg Jennings 27 164 10.9
35 5 QB Philip Rivers 29 335 22.3
36 6 QB Tom Brady 34 338 22.6
37 20 RB DeAngelo Williams 28 187 12.5
38 21 RB Felix Jones 24 169 12.0
39 22 RB Ryan Grant 28 180 12.0
40 23 RB LeGarrette Blount 24 180 12.0
41 7 QB Tony Romo 31 338 22.5
42 11 WR Percy Harvin 23 164 10.9
43 12 WR DeSean Jackson 24 150 10.7
44 2 TE Jermichael Finley 24 148 11.3
45 3 TE Dallas Clark 32 137 9.8
46 13 WR Dwayne Bowe 26 160 10.7
47 14 WR Mike Williams - TB 24 158 10.5
48 15 WR Marques Colston 28 113 10.3
49 16 WR Santonio Holmes 27 150 10.0
50 17 WR Kenny Britt 22 131 10.1
51 18 WR Dez Bryant 22 150 10.0
52 19 WR Brandon Marshall 27 139 9.9
53 20 WR Mario Manningham 25 146 9.7
54 21 WR Julio Jones 22 147 9.8
55 22 WR Steve Johnson 25 145 9.6
56 24 RB Fred Jackson 30 166 11.0
57 25 RB Cedric Benson 28 158 10.5
58 4 TE Jason Witten 29 139 9.2
59 5 TE Vernon Davis 27 136 9.1
60 23 WR Wes Welker 30 131 9.4
61 24 WR Austin Collie 25 131 9.4
62 26 RB Daniel Thomas 23 191 12.7
63 27 RB Joseph Addai 28 163 12.5
64 28 RB Ryan Mathews 24 156 11.1
65 25 WR Anquan Boldin 30 139 9.3
66 26 WR Jeremy Maclin (Medical) 23 136 9.1
67 29 RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis 26 129 9.2
68 27 WR Brandon Lloyd 30 137 9.1
69 28 WR Chad Ochocinco 33 130 8.6
70 8 QB Ben Roethlisberger 29 300 20.0
71 6 TE Owen Daniels 28 108 8.3
72 7 TE Jimmy Graham 24 123 8.2
73 30 RB Marshawn Lynch 25 145 9.7
74 31 RB Chris Wells 23 132 9.4
75 32 RB Mike Tolbert 25 136 9.0
76 9 QB Matt Ryan 26 295 19.7
77 10 QB Matthew Stafford 23 277 19.8
78 29 WR Pierre Garcon 25 123 8.8
79 33 RB Jonathan Stewart 24 120 8.0
80 34 RB Tim Hightower 25 167 11.1
81 35 RB Ryan Williams 21 153 10.9
82 30 WR A.J. Green 23 131 8.7
83 31 WR Roy Williams 29 123 8.2
84 32 WR Santana Moss 32 119 7.9
85 36 RB Brandon Jacobs 29 114 7.6
86 8 TE Marcedes Lewis 27 113 7.5
87 33 WR Michael Crabtree 23 116 7.7
88 34 WR Steve Smith - CAR 32 116 7.7
89 11 QB Josh Freeman 23 291 19.4
90 37 RB Reggie Bush 26 118 9.0
91 38 RB Darren Sproles 28 128 8.5
92 39 RB Pierre Thomas 26 93 7.2
93 40 RB Danny Woodhead 26 110 7.3
94 9 TE Rob Gronkowski 22 108 7.2
95 12 QB Eli Manning 30 287 19.1
96 13 QB Matt Schaub 30 279 18.6
97 35 WR Robert Meachem 26 121 8.0
98 36 WR Braylon Edwards 28 120 8.0
99 10 TE Jared Cook 24 106 7.0
100 11 TE Chris Cooley 29 76 6.9
101 12 TE Kellen Winslow 28 103 6.9
102 37 WR Jacoby Ford 24 115 7.7
103 38 WR Nate Burleson 30 111 7.4
104 39 WR Lee Evans 30 109 7.2
105 40 WR Hines Ward 35 100 6.6
106 41 RB Michael Bush 27 121 8.1
107 14 QB Kevin Kolb 27 278 18.5
108 15 QB Joe Flacco 26 273 18.2
109 42 RB Willis McGahee 29 102 6.8
110 13 TE Ben Watson 30 102 6.8
111 14 TE Brent Celek 26 97 6.5
112 15 TE Todd Heap 23 84 6.5
113 16 TE Greg Olsen 26 94 6.3
114 17 TE Tony Gonzalez 35 91 6.1
115 43 RB Rashad Jennings 26 98 6.5
116 44 RB LaDainian Tomlinson 32 72 5.1
117 41 WR Greg Little 22 109 7.8
118 42 WR Mike Thomas 24 102 6.8
119 43 WR Danny Amendola 25 102 6.8
120 44 WR Sidney Rice 25 100 6.6
121 16 QB Ryan Fitzpatrick 28 243 17.3
122 17 QB Sam Bradford 23 255 17.0
123 18 QB Jay Cutler 28 251 16.7
124 45 WR Lance Moore 28 100 6.7
125 45 RB C.J. Spiller 24 95 7.3
126 18 TE Tony Moeaki 24 91 6.1
127 19 TE Zach Miller - SEA 25 90 6.0
128 46 RB Marion Barber 31 73 4.9
129 46 WR Malcom Floyd 29 90 6.4
130 20 TE Lance Kendricks 23 90 6.0
131 21 TE Jermaine Gresham 23 87 5.8
132 47 WR Jerome Simpson 25 97 6.5
133 48 WR Plaxico Burress 34 75 6.3
134 49 WR Steve Breaston 28 81 6.2
135 50 WR Davone Bess 25 91 6.0
136 47 RB Jason Snelling 27 88 5.8
137 48 RB Ronnie Brown 30 68 5.7
138 49 RB Thomas Jones 33 84 5.6
139 19 QB Mark Sanchez 24 247 16.5
140 20 QB Matt Cassel 29 237 15.8
141 21 QB Colt McCoy 24 188 15.6
142 50 RB James Starks 25 51 3.9
143 51 RB Justin Forsett 25 84 5.6
144 51 WR Antonio Brown 23 105 7.0
145 52 WR James Jones 27 98 6.5
146 53 WR Jordy Nelson 26 89 5.9
147 54 WR Mike Sims-Walker 26 82 5.8
148 55 WR Mike Williams - SEA 27 83 5.5
149 56 WR Donald Driver 36 74 5.3
150 52 RB Ricky Williams 34 60 4.0
151 22 QB Donovan McNabb 34 209 15.0
152 22 TE Fred Davis 25 84 5.6
153 23 TE Kevin Boss 27 83 5.5
154 57 WR Devin Hester 28 81 5.4
155 58 WR Derrick Mason 37 79 5.2
156 24 TE Dustin Keller 26 77 5.1
157 25 TE Brandon Pettigrew 26 77 5.1
158 26 TE Heath Miller 28 72 4.8
159 23 QB Jason Campbell 29 220 14.7
160 53 RB Montario Hardesty 24 53 5.9
161 54 RB Javon Ringer 24 38 2.5
162 24 QB Kyle Orton 28 155 10.3
163 55 RB Jerome Harrison 28 56 3.7
164 56 RB Isaac Redman 26 37 2.5
165 57 RB Ryan Torain 25 38 4.2
166 58 RB Delone Carter 24 52 4.0
167 59 WR Jacoby Jones 28 78 5.2
168 60 WR Deion Branch 32 65 5.0
169 61 WR Eric Decker 24 75 5.0
170 59 RB Stevan Ridley 22 38 3.2
171 60 RB DeMarco Murray 23 62 4.7
172 61 RB Kendall Hunter 22 42 2.8
173 27 TE Visanthe Shiancoe 31 66 4.4
174 28 TE Aaron Hernandez 21 55 3.9
175 62 WR Roscoe Parrish 29 69 6.9

Kickers are people, too…

 Kickers
Pos Player Age Avg Tot XP FG
K Alex Henery 24 9.4 141 45 32
K Jay Feely 35 8.7 130 43 29
K Nate Kaeding 29 8.7 130 35 29
K Neil Rackers 35 8.3 124 40 28
K Garrett Hartley 25 8.1 122 47 25
K Stephen Gostkowski 27 7.9 119 44 25
K Mason Crosby 26 7.7 116 47 23
K Matt Bryant 36 7.7 115 40 25
K Shaun Suisham 29 7.5 113 38 25
K Adam Vinatieri 38 7.3 110 44 22
K Lawrence Tynes 33 7.3 109 40 23
K Jason Hanson 41 7.1 106 40 22
K Billy Cundiff 31 6.9 104 35 23
K Josh Brown 32 6.9 103 28 25
K Mike Nugent 29 6.8 102 27 25
K Nick Folk 26 6.7 101 32 23
K Josh Scobee 29 6.7 101 38 21
K Rob Bironas 33 6.7 101 29 24
K Dan Carpenter 25 6.7 100 25 25
K David Buehler? 24 6.7 100 40 20
K Rian Lindell 34 6.6 99 36 21
K Phil Dawson 36 6.6 99 30 23
K Connor Barth 25 6.6 99 33 22
K Ryan Succop 24 6.5 98 32 22
K Sebastian Janikowski 33 6.3 95 29 22
K Robbie Gould 29 6.3 94 31 21
K Jeff Reed 32 6.1 92 26 22
K Ryan Longwell 37 6.1 91 34 19
K Matt Prater 27 6.1 92 32 20
K Graham Gano 24 6.0 90 24 22
K David Akers 36 5.9 89 29 20
K Olindo Mare 38 5.2 78 33 15

And finally, the defense/special teams rankings…

Key:
FPts – Total fantasy points scored
PA – Actual points allowed
Sk – Sacks
TD – Defensive/special teams touchdowns
Bon – Total bonus for holding opponent under point benchmarks

 Defense/Special Teams
Pos Player Avg Tot PA Sack TO TD Bon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
DST Packers DST 11.0 165 258 46 62 30 27
DST Steelers DST 9.9 148 236 47 52 18 31
DST Eagles DST 9.3 140 328 44 58 30 8
DST Saints DST 9.3 139 275 38 58 24 19
DST Jets DST 9.1 136 233 36 56 12 32
DST Ravens DST 9.1 136 260 36 48 30 22
DST Giants DST 9.0 135 299 46 54 24 11
DST Bears DST 8.9 133 280 40 52 24 17
DST Patriots DST 8.6 129 275 33 58 24 14
DST Chargers DST 8.4 126 307 40 44 30 12
DST Falcons DST 8.3 124 298 36 56 18 14
DST Colts DST 8.1 122 298 34 50 24 14
DST Cardinals DST 7.9 119 318 38 50 24 7
DST Cowboys DST 7.8 117 310 36 46 24 11
DST Chiefs DST 7.8 117 287 34 50 18 15
DST Lions DST 7.7 116 373 37 52 30 -3
DST Rams DST 7.3 110 310 35 48 18 9
DST Dolphins DST 6.9 104 338 34 40 24 6
DST Texans DST 6.9 103 321 32 44 18 9
DST Bucs DST 6.9 103 346 32 48 18 5
DST Broncos DST 6.7 101 347 35 46 18 2
DST Raiders DST 6.8 102 374 38 42 24 -2
DST Vikings DST 6.5 97 396 35 42 24 -4
DST Seahawks DST 6.1 91 360 32 44 12 3
DST Redskins DST 6.1 91 369 31 44 18 -2
DST Bengals DST 5.9 88 339 27 44 12 5
DST Bills DST 5.8 87 387 26 44 24 -7
DST Panthers DST 5.7 86 397 30 48 12 -4
DST 49ers DST 5.6 84 358 29 40 12 3
DST Browns DST 5.5 82 372 28 42 12 0
DST Titans DST 5.2 78 415 26 38 18 -4
DST Jaguars DST 5.2 78 388 23 38 18 -1

Suggestions, comments, musings about the article or fantasy football in general? E-mail me.

Doug Orth has written for FF Today since 2006, appeared in USA Today’s Fantasy Football Preview magazine in each of the last two seasons and served as a weekly fantasy football analyst for 106.7 The Fan in Washington, D.C. this past season. He is also a member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association. You can also follow him on Twitter.




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