Fantasy Football Rankings 2012: Top 100 Cheat Sheet For Standard Leagues

Welcome to Part II of our Fantasy Football cheat sheet ranking the Top 100 fantasy prospects. Part I gave a cheat sheet for PPR leagues. Part II deals with standard format drafts.

Again, keep in mind that SB Nation Fantasy has multiple fantasy writers and sometimes our opinions differ. Therefore, check out our positional rankings to get a full picture of what different experts think.

You can see Part I where I list some notes to clue you in regarding rankings where I stray a bit from my cohorts here and on other websites. Those differences stay true to form for the most part, but I give a few more notes here.

1. Unlike the PPR rankings where Ray Rice was rated No. 1, in standard formats I give Arian Foster the edge. You won't go wrong with Rice, but Foster has more upside. I think it is 50/50 which back ends with more points, but Foster has the better chance to absolutely dominate.

2. The players who drop the most transferring from PPR to standard include: Matt Forte, Reggie Bush and Darren Sproles at running back, and Percy Harvin and Wes Welker at WR. These are guys who rack up a ton of points through their receptions as opposed to breaking free for bunches of rushing yards or long bombs.

3. In Part I, I noted that I have not dropped Larry Fitzgerald nearly as much as most have due to the Arizona mess at QB and offensive line. However, in standard leagues, I do drop him a little more as part of his value is how consistently he hauls in catches, something not as important in a non-PPR league.

4. A lot of experts have Adrian Peterson dropping into the third round in both PPR and standard leagues. I just can't do that. Many of the same experts have him below Marshawn Lynch, who still could be suspended -- although that seems less likely lately -- and Jamaal Charles, coming off a major injury himself and competing with Peyton Hillis. I'd rather roll the dice with Peterson, who, if fully healthy by Game 4 or so, will give you first-round production for the bulk of the season.

5. As in Part I, I have tried to be helpful here by ranking players according to a drafting strategy that keeps in mind the value of the next available player at that position. So, a player may be ranked highly in part because there is a huge difference between that player and the next likely available player at that position.

Here are my Top 100 standard-format player rankings: