If you skimmed over the rest of the guide in search of the PPR section, you're probably not alone. Fantasy caveats such as daily leagues and super-flex positions are the fantasy football community's fastest growing commodities (though I hear some play kick-return leagues, and if you do, please don't tell me about it in the comments).
The fact remains standard scoring just isn't enough in most cases anymore, and because of that we're "stuck" watching Matt Jones in the third quarter of preseason games while attempting to determine whether he's worthy of becoming our RB7 in the 21st round. Needless to say, PPR leagues (or any additional scoring antecedents) require both your roster and knowledge to be deep.
For example:
- Last season, 16 of the top 20 scoring leaders in standard leagues were quarterbacks. With a propensity to favor receptions, PPR leagues tend to inflate those players that, well, receive. It should come as no surprise that only eight of the top 20 in PPR leagues were quarterbacks. On average, a quarterback will contribute only 17 percent of the fantasy points scored among the four skill positions in PPR leagues. And since we take replacement value into account, running back depth and top-tiered receivers still manage to hold the most value towards the top of drafts.
- Two-game suspension be damned, the projections still agree: this is Le'Veon Bell's world and we're all just living in it.
- As I'm sure you'll notice, there's a fair amount of variance between our standard and PPR rankings. 75 percent of this is due to an extra point per reception. The remaining percentage is how much leeway we give in order to spar back and forth with one another until someone is proven correct.
But the questions surrounding the most sought after players in PPR leagues are no exception to those in standard leagues. In fact, with a higher scoring model in place, those questions might be considered more crucial than ever.
Will Andre Ellington return to his 2013 form and once again reign terror by accumulating 5.5 yards per carry, or will the 2014 version rear its ugly head, allowing for David Johnson to steal carries?
Will Marc Trestman continue his propensity to create top-10 PPR running backs with Justin Forsett, or will the soon-to-be 30-year-old crumble under the workload of a possible 90-plus targets?
Will Joe Philbin continue to hate Lamar Miller, or will he finally sit down and realize that A) It's his contract year, so give him all the carries, and B) In the four games he received over 15 carries, Miller was on pace for 1,800 total yards?
Will C.J. Spiller continue to average 5.9 yards per carry indoors now that fantasy owners can finally take advantage of that useless stat?
Is Rashad Jennings really playing special teams at camp, or is this a ploy to overdraft Shane Vereen and watch him falter back to his New England snap count?
Why was Matt Jones mentioned at all?
You thought you were engaging in an entirely new and exciting experience when you decided to join this whole PPR Revolution, but clearly you had no idea what you were getting yourself into. Welcome to the dark side.
P.S.: You are never going back.
(DK: Daniel Kelley; DC: Dan Ciarrocchi; AW: Alex Welch; JD: John Daigle; KA: Kenneth Arthur; SK: Scott Kaliska; MG: Michael Gallagher)
| Rank | Consensus | Team | DK | DC | AW | JD | KA | SK | MG |
| 1 | Le'Veon Bell | PIT | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Jamaal Charles | KAN | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Eddie Lacy | GB | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Adrian Peterson | MIN | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Matt Forte | CHI | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | CJ Anderson | DEN | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| 7 | Marshawn Lynch | SEA | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | DeMarco Murray | PHI | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
| 9 | Jeremy Hill | CIN | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 |
| 10 | LeSean McCoy | BUF | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| 11 | Justin Forsett | BAL | 10 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 9 |
| 12 | Lamar Miller | MIA | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
| 13 | Andre Ellington | ARI | 18 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 15 |
| 14 | Mark Ingram | NO | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 17 |
| 15 | Melvin Gordon | SD | 23 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 13 |
| 16 | Frank Gore | IND | 25 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 16 |
| 17 | Jonathan Stewart | CAR | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 20 |
| 18 | Joseph Randle | DAL | 22 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 18 |
| 19 | Alfred Morris | WAS | 20 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 27 |
| 20 | Latavius Murray | OAK | 19 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 21 |
| 21 | Carlos Hyde | SF | 15 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 28 |
| 22 | CJ Spiller | NO | 37 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 27 | 14 | 31 |
| 23 | Todd Gurley | STL | 21 | 25 | 20 | 28 | 23 | 26 | 19 |
| 24 | TJ Yeldon | JAC | 28 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 25 |
| 25 | Rashad Jennings | NYG | 16 | 38 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 22 |
| 26 | Ameer Abdullah | DET | 32 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 25 | 17 |
| 27 | Joique Bell | DET | 12 | 27 | 32 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 33 |
| 28 | Giovani Bernard | CIN | 30 | 23 | 26 | 37 | 41 | 20 | 24 |
| 29 | Shane Vereen | NYG | 24 | 29 | 29 | 36 | 33 | 29 | 23 |
| 30 | Tevin Coleman | ATL | 38 | 33 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 31 | 30 |
| 31 | LeGarrette Blount | NE | 26 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 39 | 28 | 32 |
| 32 | Isaiah Crowell | CLE | 35 | 34 | 38 | 33 | 30 | 34 | 29 |
| 33 | Doug Martin | TAM | -- | 35 | 35 | 31 | 28 | 32 | 35 |
| 34 | Arian Foster | HOU | 33 | 40 | 37 | 40 | 35 | 39 | 26 |
| 35 | Devonta Freeman | ATL | -- | 31 | 28 | 34 | 40 | 33 | 36 |
| 36 | Chris Ivory | NYJ | 42 | 32 | 34 | 26 | 48 | 35 | 45 |
| 37 | Tre Mason | STL | 29 | 36 | 44 | 35 | 34 | 42 | -- |
| 38 | Danny Woodhead | SD | 31 | 48 | 40 | 39 | 37 | 37 | 46 |
| 39 | Fred Jackson | BUF | 27 | -- | 48 | 42 | 29 | 50 | 34 |
| 40 | Reggie Bush | SF | 39 | 30 | 41 | 47 | -- | 36 | 37 |
| 41 | Duke Johnson | CLE | -- | 47 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 38 | 39 |
| 42 | Darren Sproles | PHI | 40 | 37 | 50 | 43 | 38 | 48 | 38 |
| 43 | Bishop Sankey | TEN | -- | -- | 33 | 32 | 47 | 41 | 47 |
| 44 | Charles Sims | TAM | 50 | 39 | 42 | 41 | 49 | 40 | 42 |
| 45 | Alfred Blue | HOU | 46 | -- | -- | -- | 25 | 44 | 41 |
| 46 | Jerick McKinnon | MIN | 36 | 45 | -- | -- | 31 | -- | 48 |
| 47 | Ryan Mathews | PHI | 48 | 43 | 39 | 46 | 44 | 43 | -- |
| 48 | Roy Helu Jr. | OAK | 41 | 41 | 43 | 45 | -- | 46 | 50 |
| 49 | David Cobb | TEN | 45 | 42 | 47 | 50 | -- | 49 | 43 |
| 50 | Darren McFadden | DAL | 34 | -- | -- | -- | 45 | 47 | 49 |
| -- | Knile Davis | KAN | -- | 44 | 49 | 44 | 43 | -- | |
| -- | David Johnson | ARI | -- | -- | 46 | 48 | 50 | 45 | -- |
| -- | Chris Polk | HOU | -- | -- | -- | 49 | -- | -- | 40 |
| -- | DeAngelo Williams | PIT | -- | 46 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 44 |
| -- | Travaris Cadet | NE | 47 | -- | -- | -- | 46 | -- | -- |
| -- | Dan Herron | IND | 43 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | Denard Robinson | JAC | 44 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | Jay Ajayi | MIA | -- | -- | 45 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | Lance Dunbar | DAL | 49 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | Matt Jones | WAS | -- | 49 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | Montee Ball | DEN | -- | 50 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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