Everything you need to you as you prepare to dominate your fantasy football draft
It's that magical time of year.
The 2020 NFL season is just two weeks away, and your fantasy football draft is looming over the horizon. You might have already set up a calendar event reminder on your phone.
Your friends already might have started rebranding their teams for 2020 with crackerjack names such as Mahomes Is Where the Heart Is, Kittle Corn, Fresh Prince of Helaire, Mayfield of Dreams, It Takes Tua To Make a Thing Go Right, and (Insert city name here) Fantasy Football Team.
It's time for you to prepare for fantasy football domination and earn bragging rights among your circle of league rivals/friends.
Rankings
This is the all-important cheat sheet to study carefully and memorize, or just right click and do a "Open link in new Tab" for your fantasy football draft day needs. Here are the top 200 overall player rankings:
- 1. Christian McCaffrey, RB, Carolina Panthers
- 2. Saquon Barkley, RB, New York Giants
- 3. Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Dallas Cowboys
- 4. Alvin Kamara, RB, New Orleans Saints
- 5. Michael Thomas, WR, New Orleans Saints
- Nos. 6-200
Another important guide to have handy is the position-by-position rankings for those all-important "best player available" draft-day decisions.
- QB: Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
- RB: Christian McCaffrey, Carolina Panthers
- WR: Michael Thomas, New Orleans Saints
- TE: Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs
- K: Justin Tucker, Baltimore Ravens
- Defense: Pittsburgh Steelers
- Complete position-by-position rankings
Public service announcement: Be sure to check out Paste BN Sports each week for updated position-by-position rankings.
Potential breakouts and busts
Being better informed on potential sleepers in the mid-to-late rounds of the draft can be the key to fantasy football glory.
- All-sleeper team: Diamonds in the rough to consider in your draft
- All-breakout team: Bills RB among those poised for second-year surge
- All-value team: Jets WR among consistent producers often overlooked
- All-risk team: Cardinals backfield full of boom-or-bust potential
- All-bust team: Why you should beware of Daniel Jones, David Johnson
- Position-by-position sleepers and busts: QB | RB | WR | TE
- 8 players to target in the late rounds
- One fantasy sleeper for every team
- One fantasy bust for every team
Draft day strategy
There are no preseason games to study for possible rising stars and less information than normal is coming out of training camps this August. The strangest buildup to the NFL season hasn't netted too many clues for astute fantasy drafters.
- Your draft kit for the upcoming season
- WATCH: 5 tips to help you dominate your league
- Step-by-step guide on how to approach your fantasy draft
- 25 RBs and WRs to avoid drafting too high because they are big names
- 7 players to consider not drafting at all
- Hot take: Why you should avoid drafting Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes
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