Fantasy Football Rankings - Week 2

Last week I released my initial fantasy football rankings, and the results were pretty good at most positions. Five of the top 10 fantasy quarterbacks last week were in my top 10, and 8 were in my top 15. At running back I had 16 of the top 25 in my top 25, the best I did at any position. 9 of the top 25 wide receivers were in my top 25, which was lower than I had hoped, and I had only 3 of the top 10 tight ends in my top 10, but 6 in my top 15. Only 2 of my top 10 kickers ended up in the top 10, along with 4 defenses, but these numbers should all increase throughout the season as more current data becomes available, since a lot of last week's rankings were based on data from 2014. Here are my position-by-position rankings for this week:

Rank	Quarterback	Team
1	Matt Ryan	ATL
2	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT
3	Tony Romo	DAL
4	Drew Brees	NO
5	Colin Kaepernick	SF
6	Russell Wilson	SEA
7	Eli Manning	NYG
8	Teddy Bridgewater	MIN
9	Joe Flacco	BAL
10	Andrew Luck	IND
11	Jay Cutler	CHI
12	Nick Foles	STL
13	Cam Newton	CAR
14	Carson Palmer	AZ
15	Philip Rivers	SD
16	Matthew Stafford	DET
17	Sam Bradford	PHI
18	Ryan Tannehill	MIA
19	Jameis Winston	TB
20	Andy Dalton	CIN

Matt Ryan is going up against the Giants' defense this week, which gave up 356 yards and 3 touchdowns to Tony Romo last week, even with Dez Bryant missing a chunk of the game due to injury. With Julio Jones in his arsenal, Ryan should go off this week.

Rank	Running Back	Team	Flex
1	DeAngelo Williams	PIT	3
2	Lamar Miller	MIA	4
3	Marshawn Lynch	SEA	6
4	CJ Anderson	DEN	7
5	Jeremy Hill	CIN	8
6	Doug Martin	TB	9
7	Joseph Randle	DAL	10
8	DeMarco Murray	PHI	11
9	Justin Forsett	BAL	12
10	Matt Forte	CHI	15
11	Alfred Morris	WAS	16
12	Carlos Hyde	SF	17
13	Ameer Abdullah	DET	18
14	Rashad Jennings	NYG	21
15	TJ Yeldon	JAX	23
16	Eddie Lacy	GB	29
17	Danny Woodhead	SD	34
18	Chris Johnson	AZ	37
19	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	38
20	Jamaal Charles	KC	39
21	Joique Bell	DET	41
22	Bishop Sankey	TEN	42
23	Chris Ivory	NYJ	45
24	Giovani Bernard	CIN	56
25	LeSean McCoy	BUF	58
26	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	59
27	Mark Ingram	NO	61
28	Shane Vereen	NYG	63
29	Tre Mason	STL	64
30	Latavius Murray	OAK	65
31	Adrian Peterson	MIN	69
32	Frank Gore	IND	73
33	David Johnson	AZ	76
34	Melvin Gordon	SD	77
35	Ronnie Hillman	DEN	85
36	Darren Sproles	PHI
37	Charles Sims	TB
38	LeGarrette Blount	NE
39	Denard Robinson	JAX
40	Lorenzo Taliaferro	BAL

DeAngelo Williams is in his final week as the featured back in Pittsburgh, and after 127 yards against New England, he should be able to do some damage against San Francisco, even after their strong performance last week.

Rank	Wide Receiver	Team	Flex
1	Antonio Brown	PIT	1
2	Julio Jones	ATL	2
3	Odell Beckham Jr.	NYG	5
4	Terrance Williams	DAL	13
5	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	14
6	Emmanuel Sanders	DEN	20
7	Brian Quick	STL	22
8	Roddy White	ATL	24
9	Mike Wallace	MIN	25
10	Charles Johnson	MIN	26
11	Cole Beasley	DAL	27
12	Sammy Watkins	BUF	28
13	Rueben Randle	NYG	30
14	Brandin Cooks	NO	31
15	Steve Smith Sr.	BAL	32
16	AJ Green	CIN	36
17	Keenan Allen	SD	40
18	Allen Robinson	JAX	43
19	Alshon Jeffery	CHI	44
20	Tavon Austin	STL	46
21	Kenny Britt	STL	47
22	Brandon Coleman	NO	48
23	Donte Moncrief	IND	50
24	Andre Johnson	IND	51
25	Amari Cooper	OAK	52
26	Torrey Smith	SF	55
27	Mike Evans	TB	60
28	Brandon Marshall	NYJ	62
29	John Brown	AZ	66
30	Larry Fitzgerald	AZ	67
31	Jordan Matthews	PHI	68
32	Calvin Johnson	DET	70
33	Marques Colston	NO	71
34	Kendall Wright	TEN	72
35	Preston Parker	NYG	78
36	Malcom Floyd	SD	79
37	Vincent Jackson	TB	80
38	Markus Wheaton	PIT	81
39	Anquan Boldin	SF	82
40	Randall Cobb	GB	84

Antonio Brown had 133 yards and a touchdown in week one, and though San Francisco hasn't allowed a touchdown this season, they'll struggle to keep Brown from the end zone.

Rank	Tight End	Team	Flex
1	Travis Kelce	KC	19
2	Heath Miller	PIT	33
3	Martellus Bennett	CHI	35
4	Jimmy Graham	SEA	49
5	Rob Gronkowski	NE	53
6	Tyler Eifert	CIN	54
7	Jared Cook	STL	57
8	Greg Olsen	CAR	74
9	Gary Barnidge	CLE	75
10	Ladarius Green	SD	83
11	Benjamin Watson	NO
12	Dwayne Allen	IND
13	Coby Fleener	IND
14	Eric Ebron	DET
15	Crockett Gilmore	BAL

Travis Kelce had 106 yards and two touchdowns in week one, and Denver has always given up a lot of fantasy points to tight ends. It also helps that Kelce is by far the best receiving weapon for Kansas City, which does not score points from the wide receiver position.

Rank	Kicker	Team
1	Brandon McManus	DEN
2	Josh Brown	NYG
3	Sebastian Janikowski	OAK
4	Matt Bryant	ATL
5	Dan Carpenter	BUF
6	Mike Nugent	CIN
7	Cody Parkey	PHI
8	Dan Bailey	DAL
9	Justin Tucker	BAL
10	Steven Hauschka	SEA

Brandon McManus was not drafted in most fantasy leagues this year, but I put him at #1 last week, and he delivered with 18 fantasy points, including the first game with more than one 56-yard-plus field goal in NFL history. This week he faces a tough Chiefs defense, which means more field goals than touchdowns for the Broncos.

Rank	Team Defense
1	St. Louis
2	Baltimore
3	Carolina
4	Cincinnati
5	Seattle
6	Pittsburgh
7	Denver
8	NY Jets
9	NY Giants
10	Houston

The Rams defense played well last week against the Seattle Seahawks, although they gave up some points late in the game, but this week they face the Redskins, who have a weak offense that gives up a lot of turnovers.