Fantasy Football Rankings - Week 13

Fantasy football playoffs are approaching fast, so it is more important than ever to set a good lineup to make sure that your team remains in contention. Here are my rankings for the top players at each position for this week:

Rank	Quarterback	Team
1	Cam Newton	CAR
2	Tom Brady	NE
3	Andy Dalton	CIN
4	Aaron Rodgers	GB
5	Derek Carr	OAK
6	Ryan Fitzpatrick	NYJ
7	Ryan Tannehill	MIA
8	Matt Hasselbeck	IND
9	Matt Schaub	BAL
10	Alex Smith	KC
11	Blake Bortles	JAX
12	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT
13	Matt Ryan	ATL
14	Matthew Stafford	DET
15	Jay Cutler	CHI
16	Carson Palmer	AZ
17	Brian Hoyer	HOU
18	Eli Manning	NYG
19	Drew Brees	NO
20	Marcus Mariota	TEN

Cam Newton has been either solid or amazing in every game this season, and this week he faces New Orleans, which gives up more fantasy points to quarterbacks than any other team, so look for a huge game from the Panthers' leader.

Rank	Running Back	Team	Flex
1	Devonta Freeman	ATL	2
2	Todd Gurley	STL	9
3	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	12
4	LeSean McCoy	BUF	13
5	Adrian Peterson	MIN	16
6	Ronnie Hillman	DEN	17
7	Doug Martin	TB	18
8	Matt Forte	CHI	19
9	DeAngelo Williams	PIT	23
10	David Johnson	AZ	25
11	DeMarco Murray	PHI	27
12	Mark Ingram	NO	28
13	Eddie Lacy	GB	29
14	LeGarrette Blount	NE	32
15	Chris Ivory	NYJ	33
16	Giovani Bernard	CIN	34
17	Charcandrick West	KC	40
18	Jeremy Hill	CIN	41
19	Darren McFadden	DAL	44
20	CJ Anderson	DEN	50
21	Jeremy Langford	CHI	51
22	Latavius Murray	OAK	53
23	Danny Woodhead	SD	55
24	Javorius Allen	BAL	58
25	Antonio Andrews	TEN	63
26	Alfred Blue	HOU	67
27	Lamar Miller	MIA	70
28	Alfred Morris	WAS	72
29	Thomas Rawls	SEA	74
30	Melvin Gordon	SD
31	Darren Sproles	PHI
32	Theo Riddick	DET
33	Matt Jones	WAS
34	Charles Sims	TB
35	Shaun Draughn	SF
36	Spencer Ware	KC
37	Duke Johnson	CLE
38	Frank Gore	IND
39	James Starks	GB
40	Rashad Jennings	NYG

Devonta Freeman is back from his concussion this week, and though he hasn't scored a touchdown in 6 weeks, that streak could end against Tampa Bay, since he will likely get a ton of carries with Matt Ryan struggling and Tevin Coleman having a bad case of the fumbles in his absence.

Rank	Wide Receiver	Team	Flex
1	DeAndre Hopkins	HOU	1
2	Antonio Brown	PIT	3
3	Julio Jones	ATL	4
4	Amari Cooper	OAK	5
5	Odell Beckham Jr.	NYG	8
6	Michael Crabtree	OAK	10
7	Allen Robinson	JAX	11
8	Alshon Jeffery	CHI	14
9	Martavis Bryant	PIT	15
10	TY Hilton	IND	20
11	AJ Green	CIN	21
12	Brandon Marshall	NYJ	22
13	Jarvis Landry	MIA	24
14	Donte Moncrief	IND	26
15	Calvin Johnson	DET	31
16	Larry Fitzgerald	AZ	35
17	Eric Decker	NYJ	36
18	Randall Cobb	GB	37
19	Brandon LaFell	NE	38
20	Jeremy Maclin	KC	39
21	Danny Amendola	NE	42
22	Kamar Aiken	BAL	43
23	James Jones	GB	47
24	Emmanuel Sanders	DEN	48
25	Marvin Jones	CIN	49
26	John Brown	AZ	54
27	Jordan Matthews	PHI	56
28	Dez Bryant	DAL	57
29	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	59
30	Travis Benjamin	CLE	60
31	Tavon Austin	STL	61
32	Sammy Watkins	BUF	63
33	Anquan Boldin	SF	65
34	Golden Tate	DET	66
35	Nate Washington	HOU	71
36	Ted Ginn Jr.	CAR	73
37	Doug Baldwin	SEA	75
38	Brandin Cooks	NO
39	Davante Adams	GB
40	Rueben Randle	NYG

Despite having his worst game of the season last week in a dream matchup against New Orleans, there is no reason to consider sitting DeAndre Hopkins, who has been a machine all year and has never had single digits twice in a row.

Rank	Tight End	Team	Flex
1	Greg Olsen	CAR	6
2	Travis Kelce	KC	7
3	Gary Barnidge	CLE	30
4	Tyler Eifert	CIN	45
5	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	46
6	Benjamin Watson	NO	52
7	Scott Chandler	NE	62
8	Heath Miller	PIT	64
9	Antonio Gates	SD	68
10	Delanie Walker	TEN	69
11	Jordan Reed	WAS
12	Julius Thomas	JAX
13	Owen Daniels	DEN
14	Richard Rodgers	GB
15	Coby Fleener	IND

With Gronk probably out with a knee injury, the top spot this week goes to Greg Olsen, the only reliable receiver in Carolina, which is facing the porous New Orleans defense, which should get him a lot of looks.

Rank	Kicker	Team
1	Cairo Santos	KC
2	Stephen Gostkowski	NE
3	Graham Gano	CAR
4	Brandon McManus	DEN
5	Dustin Hopkins	WAS
6	Blair Walsh	MIN
7	Justin Tucker	BAL
8	Randy Bullock	NYJ
9	Chandler Catanzaro	AZ
10	Josh Brown	NYG

Santos has kicked multiple field goals in three straight games, and is going up against Oakland, which gives up a lot of points, especially to kickers, second most of any team in the league.

Rank	Team Defense
1	Denver
2	Seattle
3	Kansas City
4	Philadelphia
5	Jacksonville
6	Carolina
7	Tennessee
8	NY Jets
9	St. Louis
10	San Francisco

Denver's defense has been struggling for the past 4 weeks, but they have still scored the most points of any defense this season, and they are facing a struggling San Diego offense this week, so they have a good chance to get back on track.