A really good way to doubt yourself is to do fantasy football consensus rankings. When you have a running back ranked 19th overall and more than half of your ranker friends have him No. 1? You start to think about things. You start to wonder if you're the crazy one.
What it does, even if you don't change your mind, is make you do more research. You might form your opinions confidently, but every piece of new information matters. You take all the new information, you combine it with injury news (we'll miss you, Jordy Nelson and Kelvin Benjamin) and you form a new ranking of your top 150. You remain steadfast that Adrian Peterson is overrated coming into the year, but you do bump him up one spot.
The next thing you do is publish that top 150 without the input of your silly co-rankers, so you have no reason to doubt yourself again.
(Kidding. We'll be doing a staff consensus re-rank over the next week. But with so many drafts coming this weekend, the least we could do is have a new top 150 out for Friday. Tune in next week if you like other people's opinions more than mine. Heck, we already got your click.)
Overall Top 150
Rank | Player | Team | Position |
1 | Eddie Lacy | GB | RB1 |
2 | Jamaal Charles | KC | RB2 |
3 | Le'Veon Bell | PIT | RB3 |
4 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | QB1 |
5 | Rob Gronkowski | NE | TE1 |
6 | Andrew Luck | IND | QB2 |
7 | Dez Bryant | DAL | WR1 |
8 | Antonio Brown | PIT | WR2 |
9 | C.J. Anderson | DEN | RB4 |
10 | Julio Jones | ATL | WR3 |
11 | Matt Forte | CHI | RB5 |
12 | Demaryius Thomas | DEN | WR4 |
13 | Jeremy Hill | CIN | RB6 |
14 | Marshawn Lynch | SEA | RB7 |
15 | DeMarco Murray | PHI | RB8 |
16 | Odell Beckham Jr. | NYG | WR5 |
17 | Calvin Johnson | DET | WR6 |
18 | Adrian Peterson | MIN | RB9 |
19 | A.J. Green | CIN | WR7 |
20 | Alshon Jeffery | CHI | WR8 |
21 | Randall Cobb | GB | WR9 |
22 | DeAndre Hopkins | HOU | WR10 |
23 | Carlos Hyde | SF | RB10 |
24 | T.Y. Hilton | IND | WR11 |
25 | Justin Forsett | BAL | RB11 |
26 | LeSean McCoy | BUF | RB12 |
27 | Mark Ingram | NO | RB13 |
28 | Mike Evans | TB | WR12 |
29 | Brandin Cooks | NO | WR13 |
30 | Jeremy Maclin | KC | WR14 |
31 | Emmanuel Sanders | DEN | WR15 |
32 | Lamar Miller | MIA | RB14 |
33 | Alfred Morris | WAS | RB15 |
34 | Eric Decker | NYJ | WR16 |
35 | Jordan Matthers | PHI | WR17 |
36 | Russell Wilson | SEA | QB3 |
37 | Brandon Marshall | NYJ | WR18 |
38 | Allen Robinson | JAC | WR19 |
39 | Jimmy Graham | SEA | TE2 |
40 | Davante Adams | GB | WR20 |
41 | Joique Bell | DET | RB16 |
42 | DeSean Jackson | WAS | WR21 |
43 | Eli Manning | NYG | QB4 |
44 | Rashad Jennings | NYG | RB17 |
45 | Jonathan Stewart | CAR | RB18 |
46 | Joseph Randle | DAL | RB19 |
47 | Latavius Murray | OAK | RB20 |
48 | Melvin Gordon | SD | RB21 |
49 | Julian Edelman | NE | WR22 |
50 | Peyton Manning | DEN | QB5 |
51 | Victor Cruz | NYG | WR23 |
52 | LeGarrette Blount | NE | RB22 |
53 | Greg Olsen | CAR | TE3 |
54 | Travis Kelce | KC | TE4 |
55 | Todd Gurley | STL | RB23 |
56 | Frank Gore | IND | RB24 |
57 | Andre Ellington | ARI | RB25 |
58 | Amari Cooper | OAK | WR24 |
59 | Keenan Allen | SD | WR25 |
60 | Isaiah Crowell | CLE | RB26 |
61 | Chris Ivory | NYJ | RB27 |
62 | Kenny Stills | MIA | WR26 |
63 | Steve Smith Sr. | BAL | WR27 |
64 | T.J. Yeldon | JAC | RB28 |
65 | Golden Tate | DET | WR28 |
66 | Arian Foster | HOU | RB29 |
67 | Ameer Abdullah | DET | RB30 |
68 | Vincent Jackson | TB | WR29 |
69 | Tre Mason | STL | RB31 |
70 | Delanie Walker | TEN | TE5 |
71 | Roddy White | ATL | WR30 |
72 | Devin Funchess | CAR | WR31 |
73 | Andre Johnson | IND | WR32 |
74 | Jarvis Landry | MIA | WR33 |
75 | Marvin Jones | CIN | WR34 |
76 | Shane Vereen | NYG | RB32 |
77 | Fred Jackson | BUF | RB33 |
78 | Tony Romo | DAL | QB6 |
79 | Tevin Coleman | ATL | RB34 |
80 | Sammy Watkins | BUF | WR35 |
81 | David Cobb | TEN | RB35 |
82 | Anquan Boldin | SF | WR36 |
83 | Nelson Agholor | PHI | WR37 |
84 | Matt Ryan | ATL | QB7 |
85 | Danny Woodhead | SD | RB36 |
86 | Eddie Royal | CHI | WR38 |
87 | John Brown | ARI | WR39 |
88 | C.J. Spiller | NO | RB37 |
89 | Giovani Bernard | CIN | RB38 |
90 | Charles Johnson | MIN | WR40 |
91 | Jason Witten | DAL | TE6 |
92 | Owen Daniels | DEN | TE7 |
93 | Cam Newton | CAR | QB8 |
94 | Ryan Mathews | PHI | RB39 |
95 | Duke Johnson | CLE | RB40 |
96 | Brian Quick | STL | WR41 |
97 | DeVante Parker | MIA | WR42 |
98 | Martellus Bennett | CHI | TE8 |
99 | Drew Brees | NO | QB9 |
100 | Ryan Tannehill | MIA | QB10 |
101 | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | QB11 |
102 | Jerick McKinnon | MIN | RB41 |
103 | Darren McFadden | DAL | RB42 |
104 | Jordan Cameron | MIA | TE9 |
105 | Julius Thomas | JAC | TE10 |
106 | Tom Brady | NE | QB12 |
107 | Coby Fleener | IND | TE11 |
108 | Larry Donnell | NYG | TE12 |
109 | Dwayne Allen | IND | TE13 |
110 | Brandon LaFell | NE | WR43 |
111 | Percy Harvin | BUF | WR44 |
112 | Doug Baldwin | SEA | WR45 |
113 | Jeff Janis | GB | WR46 |
114 | Teddy Bridgewater | MIN | QB13 |
115 | Philip Rivers | SD | QB14 |
116 | Matthew Stafford | DET | QB15 |
117 | Antonio Gates | SD | TE14 |
118 | Torrey Smith | SF | WR47 |
119 | Josh Hill | NO | TE15 |
120 | Michael Floyd | ARI | WR48 |
121 | Marques Colston | NO | WR49 |
122 | Dan Herron | IND | RB43 |
123 | Cecil Shorts III | HOU | WR50 |
124 | Lorenzo Taliaferro | BAL | RB44 |
125 | Denard Robinson | JAC | RB45 |
126 | Alfred Blue | HOU | RB46 |
127 | Kendall Wright | TEN | WR51 |
128 | Charles Sims | TB | RB47 |
129 | Larry Fitzgerald | ARI | WR52 |
130 | Andrew Hawkins | CLE | WR53 |
131 | Malcom Floyd | SD | WR54 |
132 | Doug Martin | TB | RB48 |
133 | Reggie Bush | SF | RB49 |
134 | Knile Davis | KC | RB50 |
135 | Colin Kaepernick | SF | QB18 |
136 | Michael Crabtree | OAK | WR55 |
137 | Roy Helu Jr. | OAK | RB51 |
138 | Terrance West | CLE | RB52 |
139 | Chris Polk | HOU | RB53 |
140 | Cody Latimer | DEN | WR56 |
141 | Pierre Garcon | WAS | WR57 |
142 | Tyler Eifert | CIN | TE16 |
143 | Zach Ertz | PHI | TE17 |
144 | DeAngelo Williams | PIT | RB54 |
145 | Charles Clay | BUF | TE18 |
146 | Lance Dunbar | DAL | RB55 |
147 | Darren Sproles | PHI | RB56 |
148 | Devonta Freeman | ATL | RB57 |
149 | Khiry Robinson | NO | RB58 |
150 | Kyle Rudolph | MIN | TE19 |
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