Top 200 Big Board, Half-Point PPR: Version 2.0

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Top 200 Big Board, Half-Point PPR: Version 2.0
Preseason Matchup Analysis
8/25/17; Updated: 9/1/17

PPR | .5 PPR | Non-PPR

Remember how I said last week my overall Big Boards were not going to change significantly over the remainder of the preseason barring injuries?

Yeah, so last weekend happened. (Yet another reminder as to why it is foolish to sink more than a few dollars into this hobby until after the third full week of the preseason has finished.) Three fairly high-profile fantasy players (Spencer Ware, Julian Edelman and Cameron Meredith) going down in a matter of a few days stirs the pot for a lot of big changes on the NFL teams they play for and a slew of minor changes in the overall rankings.

If you are somehow unfamiliar with my color-coding system, allow me to explain it before we start:

Red – For lower-level players, a red matchup means they should not be used in fantasy that week. For a second- or third-tier player, drop your expectations for them at least one grade that week (i.e. from WR2 to WR3). For elite players, expect them to perform one level lower than their usual status (i.e. RB1 performs like a RB2).

Yellow – For lower-level players, he 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.

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

Green – For non-elite players, the stage is basically set for said player to exploit the matchup. For the elite player, this matchup should produce special numbers

Two other items require an explanation:

1) Success Score Index (SSI) - This score is an apples-to-oranges number I reach after meticulously grading and assigning certain weights to several unique attributes to each position that I feel are critical to fantasy success.

2) Please note the different colors to the “Pos” column below; I am taking this step to allow owners to delineate where one tier ends (regardless of position) and where another one begins, essentially using the same concept NFL teams do with a horizontal board during the NFL Draft. The fact each tier is a different color is merely to easily separate tiers; nothing more or nothing less.

Here is the scoring system that I used to rank the players in the Half-Point PPR format:

Half-Point PPR Big Board - Top 200
Rank	Pos	Player	Tm	Age	SSI	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1	RB1	David Johnson	ARI	25	1097.5
2	RB2	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	25	1088.8
3	WR1	Antonio Brown	PIT	29	1079.7
4	RB3	Devonta Freeman	ATL	25	1067.0
5	WR2	Julio Jones	ATL	28	1063.6
6	WR3	Odell Beckham Jr.	NYG	24	1063.3
7	WR4	Jordy Nelson	GB	32	1054.3
8	WR5	Mike Evans	TB	24	1045.6
9	RB4	Melvin Gordon	LAC	24	1033.8
10	RB5	Jay Ajayi	MIA	24	1033.0
11	RB6	DeMarco Murray	TEN	29	1031.3
12	WR6	Michael Thomas	NO	23	1027.0
13	RB7	Todd Gurley	LAR	23	1023.8
14	WR7	A.J. Green	CIN	29	1022.2
15	RB8	Jordan Howard	CHI	22	1017.0
16	RB9	LeSean McCoy	BUF	29	1016.8
17	WR8	Doug Baldwin	SEA	28	1006.8
18	WR9	Brandin Cooks	NE	23	1001.0
19	RB10	Kareem Hunt	KC	22	985.3
20	TE1	Rob Gronkowski	NE	28	974.5
21	WR10	Dez Bryant	DAL	28	973.9
22	QB1	Tom Brady	NE	40	968.5
23	QB2	Aaron Rodgers	GB	33	968.5
24	WR11	Amari Cooper	OAK	23	965.6
25	RB11	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	24	965.3
26	RB12	Dalvin Cook	MIN	22	964.8
27	RB13	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	22	961.3
28	RB14	Lamar Miller	HOU	26	960.5
29	RB15	Leonard Fournette	JAC	22	960.3
30	RB16	Christian McCaffrey	CAR	21	956.0
31	WR12	Kelvin Benjamin	CAR	26	954.8
32	WR13	DeAndre Hopkins	HOU	25	948.0
33	WR14	Michael Crabtree	OAK	29	948.0
34	WR15	Martavis Bryant	PIT	25	946.3
35	WR16	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	34	945.8
36	WR17	Keenan Allen	LAC	25	945.4
37	RB17	Ty Montgomery	GB	24	940.3
38	WR18	T.Y. Hilton	IND	27	940.0
39	WR19	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	29	937.9
40	WR20	Tyreek Hill	KC	23	935.0
41	RB18	Carlos Hyde	SF	25	930.8
42	RB19	Mark Ingram	NO	27	925.5
43	WR21	Allen Robinson	JAC	24	924.1
44	RB20	Joe Mixon	CIN	21	921.3
45	TE2	Jimmy Graham	SEA	30	919.1
46	WR22	Davante Adams	GB	24	918.8
47	WR23	DeVante Parker	MIA	24	918.8
48	QB3	Drew Brees	NO	38	918.5
49	RB21	Doug Martin	TB	28	917.0
50	WR24	Terrelle Pryor	WAS	28	916.9
51	RB22	Ameer Abdullah	DET	24	915.5
52	RB23	Marshawn Lynch	OAK	31	914.5
53	TE3	Travis Kelce	KC	27	914.5
54	WR25	Emmanuel Sanders	DEN	30	910.1
55	RB24	Rob Kelley	WAS	24	908.5
56	RB25	Danny Woodhead	BAL	32	908.3
57	QB4	Russell Wilson	SEA	28	907.5
58	WR26	Stefon Diggs	MIN	23	900.1
59	WR27	Jeremy Maclin	BAL	29	900.1
60	RB26	Tevin Coleman	ATL	24	900.0
61	RB27	Adrian Peterson	NO	32	900.0
62	WR28	Jamison Crowder	WAS	24	896.8
63	WR29	Golden Tate	DET	29	894.8
64	WR30	Pierre Garcon	SF	31	894.4
65	TE4	Greg Olsen	CAR	32	892.8
66	TE5	Jordan Reed	WAS	27	891.8
67	RB28	Mike Gillislee	NE	26	891.5
68	QB5	Matt Ryan	ATL	32	890.5
69	RB29	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	30	888.8
70	RB30	Bilal Powell	NYJ	28	888.5
71	WR31	Sammy Watkins	LAR	24	886.3
72	TE6	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	27	881.6
73	WR32	Willie Snead	NO	24	880.6
74	WR33	Alshon Jeffery	PHI	27	880.4
75	WR34	Brandon Marshall	NYG	33	878.8
76	TE7	Martellus Bennett	GB	30	876.3
77	RB31	Frank Gore	IND	34	874.3
78	TE8	Tyler Eifert	CIN	26	873.8
79	RB32	Duke Johnson	CLE	23	871.8
80	QB6	Cam Newton	CAR	28	870.5
81	TE9	Hunter Henry	LAC	22	865.0
82	RB33	Theo Riddick	DET	26	863.3
83	WR35	Jarvis Landry	MIA	24	863.1
84	WR36	John Brown	ARI	27	861.8
85	RB34	Derrick Henry	TEN	23	861.8
86	RB35	Darren McFadden	DAL	30	860.5
87	QB7	Philip Rivers	LAC	35	858.5
88	QB8	Jameis Winston	TB	23	856.5
89	WR37	DeSean Jackson	TB	30	856.5
90	QB9	Dak Prescott	DAL	24	854.5
91	WR38	Adam Thielen	MIN	27	853.8
92	WR39	Tyrell Williams	LAC	25	848.5
93	WR40	Corey Coleman	CLE	23	847.3
94	WR41	Donte Moncrief	IND	24	845.3
95	QB10	Kirk Cousins	WAS	29	844.5
96	WR42	Mike Wallace	BAL	31	844.0
97	RB36	C.J. Anderson	DEN	26	843.8
98	QB11	Marcus Mariota	TEN	23	843.5
99	RB37	Terrance West	BAL	26	840.8
100	WR43	Randall Cobb	GB	27	833.4
101	WR44	Chris Hogan	NE	28	831.8
102	QB12	Matthew Stafford	DET	29	829.5
103	QB13	Andrew Luck	IND	27	827.5
104	QB14	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	35	826.5
105	QB15	Andy Dalton	CIN	29	826.5
106	WR45	Kevin White	CHI	25	826.3
107	WR46	Marvin Jones	DET	27	823.1
108	RB38	Darren Sproles	PHI	34	821.5
109	QB16	Derek Carr	OAK	26	819.0
110	WR47	Ted Ginn Jr.	NO	32	814.8
111	WR48	Rishard Matthews	TEN	27	814.6
112	WR49	Kenny Britt	CLE	28	814.2
113	RB39	LeGarrette Blount	PHI	30	814.0
114	RB40	Jamaal Williams	GB	22	811.3
115	TE10	Zach Ertz	PHI	26	810.8
116	WR50	Travis Benjamin	LAC	27	808.5
117	WR51	Robby Anderson	NYJ	24	808.4
118	WR52	Cole Beasley	DAL	28	806.9
119	RB41	DeAndre Washington	OAK	24	805.8
120	RB42	Matt Forte	NYJ	31	805.0
121	RB43	Rex Burkhead	NE	27	803.5
122	QB17	Carson Palmer	ARI	37	803.0
123	QB18	Eli Manning	NYG	36	802.5
124	RB44	Jalen Richard	OAK	23	802.3
125	WR53	Eric Decker	TEN	30	798.9
126	RB45	James White	NE	25	797.8
127	RB46	Chris Thompson	WAS	26	797.5
128	RB47	Jonathan Williams	BUF	23	797.0
129	QB19	Carson Wentz	PHI	24	792.0
130	RB48	Jeremy Hill	CIN	24	787.8
131	TE11	Austin Hooper	ATL	22	780.4
132	WR54	Sterling Shepard	NYG	24	779.2
133	WR55	Zay Jones	BUF	22	778.9
134	TE12	Delanie Walker	TEN	33	777.6
135	QB20	Tyrod Taylor	BUF	28	775.5
136	RB49	Charles Sims	TB	26	772.3
137	RB50	James Conner	PIT	22	772.0
138	WR56	Corey Davis	TEN	22	771.4
139	RB51	D'Onta Foreman	HOU	21	771.0
140	RB52	Thomas Rawls	SEA	24	769.0
141	RB53	Paul Perkins	NYG	22	765.0
142	RB54	C.J. Prosise	SEA	23	764.8
143	RB55	Latavius Murray	MIN	27	764.0
144	RB56	Devontae Booker	DEN	25	763.3
145	TE13	Julius Thomas	MIA	29	762.5
146	WR57	Cooper Kupp	LAR	24	760.5
147	RB57	Alvin Kamara	NO	31	760.0
148	RB58	Samaje Perine	WAS	21	760.0
149	TE14	Jack Doyle	IND	27	758.8
150	WR58	Kenny Golladay	DET	23	758.3
151	TE15	Eric Ebron	DET	24	755.8
152	QB21	Sam Bradford	MIN	29	755.5
153	WR59	Jordan Matthews	BUF	25	754.6
154	RB59	Jacquizz Rodgers	TB	27	754.3
155	RB60	Kyle Juszczyk	SF	26	753.0
156	WR60	Devin Funchess	CAR	23	752.5
157	QB22	Jay Cutler	MIA	34	751.0
158	WR61	Kenny Stills	MIA	25	750.6
159	RB61	Tarik Cohen	CHI	22	750.5
160	RB62	Jamaal Charles	DEN	30	750.5
161	RB63	Christopher Carson	SEA	22	750.3
162	RB64	Eddie Lacy	SEA	27	749.0
163	RB65	Shane Vereen	NYG	28	748.3
164	RB66	Marlon Mack	IND	21	747.5
165	RB67	Giovani Bernard	CIN	25	745.3
166	TE16	Cameron Brate	TB	26	740.9
167	RB68	Robert Turbin	IND	27	738.5
168	RB69	T.J. Yeldon	JAC	23	736.0
169	RB70	Dion Lewis	NE	26	735.8
170	RB71	Donnel Pumphrey	PHI	22	735.5
171	TE17	Evan Engram	NYG	22	733.3
172	WR62	Breshad Perriman	BAL	23	733.1
173	WR63	Curtis Samuel	CAR	21	727.5
174	WR64	Brandon LaFell	CIN	30	726.1
175	RB72	De'Angelo Henderson	DEN	24	724.0
176	RB73	Wayne Gallman	NYG	22	722.8
177	WR65	Marquise Goodwin	SF	26	718.8
178	WR66	Mohamed Sanu	ATL	27	718.4
179	RB74	Wendell Smallwood	PHI	23	718.3
180	TE18	Jason Witten	DAL	35	717.3
181	WR67	Marqise Lee	JAC	25	716.8
182	TE19	Zach Miller	CHI	32	716.5
183	QB23	Jared Goff	LAR	22	712.5
184	RB75	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	25	712.0
185	WR68	Kendall Wright	CHI	27	709.3
186	WR69	Torrey Smith	PHI	28	708.8
187	WR70	Josh Doctson	WAS	24	707.2
188	RB76	Matt Breida	SF	22	704.3
189	WR71	Paul Richardson	SEA	25	701.3
190	TE20	Coby Fleener	NO	28	701.1
191	WR72	J.J. Nelson	ARI	25	700.0
192	WR73	Nelson Agholor	PHI	24	697.9
193	TE21	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	NYJ	24	695.7
194	QB24	Alex Smith	KC	33	695.0
195	RB77	Branden Oliver	LAC	26	694.5
196	QB25	Joe Flacco	BAL	32	692.5
197	RB78	Elijah McGuire	NYJ	23	692.3
198	TE22	Antonio Gates	LAC	37	689.6
199	RB79	Charcandrick West	KC	26	684.8
200	QB26	DeShone Kizer	CLE	21	680.0

Be aware these rankings are for 0.5 PPR leagues which award six points for all touchdowns and start one quarterback, two running backs, two receivers and one tight end along with a flex.

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Doug Orth has written for FF Today since 2006 and been featured in USA Today’s Fantasy Football Preview magazine since 2010. He hosted USA Today’s hour-long, pre-kickoff fantasy football internet chat every Sunday in 2012-13 and appears as a guest analyst on a number of national sports radio shows, including Sirius XM’s “Fantasy Drive”. Doug is also a member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association.

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