It's still really too early to think about fantasy football drafts, but preseason rankings and draft guides are starting to emerge, so it's time for an annual question: How high is too high to take Bucs players in your fantasy league?

Every fan base has the quandary, wondering how much higher than the average rankings you should take players from your team. You can root for players with both team and fantasy loyalties, or of course, have the right to be disappointed on both fronts at the same time.

ESPN rolled out "The 192" rankings (because a 12-team league with 16 players on roster drafts 192 players) and it's oddly clustered by position, but as a conversation starter in June, we'll take it.

The Bucs have six players represented, exactly the league average as one of 32 teams. Here's where the Bucs players rank on the ESPN list, with some observations on each:

MIKE EVANS, WR, No. 23: Quick question: Where do you think Evans ranked last year among NFL receivers in fantasy points? You probably know it was lower than expected, but just how low in a point system so heavily swayed by touchdowns? Evans was tied for 20th among NFL receivers, behind guys like JuJu Smith-Schuster and Robby Anderson.

Here, he's the ninth receiver taken, which accounts for a certain bounce-back season. He's almost certain to improve on his five touchdowns with a healthy Jameis Winston all season. Would bigger years from DeSean Jackson and Chris Godwin threaten his streak of 1,000-yard seasons? Seems unlikely.

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RONALD JONES, RB, No. 50: A big part of fantasy football success this season will be correctly identifying which rookie running backs can put up big numbers. ESPN has Jones as the fifth rookie RB in a span of eight picks in their rankings, behind Seattle's Rashaad Penny, Washington's Derrius Guice, New England's Sony Michel and Denver's Royce Freeman.

ESPN's rankings have 13 running backs in the top 20 picks overall, and that's a serious positional dominance. So while Jones seems high at No. 50 overall, he's actually 24th among running backs, so suddenly there's not a ton of pressure to even perform in the top half of his position.

The idea that your fantasy draft would go through five full rounds without a single quarterback being taken is crazy. ESPN's top quarterback is Aaron Rodgers at No. 64 overall. However they see the numbers playing out, in no way should you be picking your flex RB/WR before your quarterback.

DeSEAN JACKSON, WR, No. 88: Jackson ranked 50th among NFL receivers in fantasy points last year, with just three touchdowns and only 50 catches. You have to balance his overall improvement with how much everyone around him is also improving — if Evans is better, if Chris Godwin is emerging, if O.J. Howard does more in his second year, if the run game is improved, they can't all outperform last year's fantasy numbers.

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JAMEIS WINSTON, QB, No. 148: Winston ranks as the No. 14 quarterback on this list (not quite a starter in a 12-team league) and we'll start by asking if your league deducts points for interceptions and fumbles. He's ahead of Jimmy Garoppolo and Marcus Mariota and Dak Prescott, and it's reasonable to think if he plays a full, healthy season, he's back in 4,000-yard mode with the chance to break the team record of 28 touchdown passes he threw in 2016.

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CAMERON BRATE, TE, No. 155: It's going to be an annual Bucs fantasy question: Will Brate or Howard put up the best fantasy numbers? Brate has 14 touchdowns over the last two seasons, but he's the 15th tight end on this list. Again, he and Howard will split the votes for people wanting a Bucs tight end. If you get six TDs from your tight end, you haven't had a bad season. Howard didn't even make their list, so you might be able to stash one or the other with one of your last picks.

PEYTON BARBER, RB, No. 167: Does Barber have fantasy sleeper potential? For him to register as a real fantasy option, he probably needs to outperform Jones, but if the rookie is slow to pick things up and Barber can open 2018 like he finished 2017, it's possible. If Charles Sims is still the third-down back and Jones is splitting work as well, Barber shouldn't be more than a late-round flier, but if you like a Bucs player on your bench as a good-luck charm, you can do worse.