The NFL Preseason has begun, and with it comes the winds of holdouts, health doubts, camp fights, and… frostbite? No doubt that recency bias plays a role when our drafts are held among this chaos, but in dynasty we know to recognize how short term some of these situations are. Melvin Gordon and Ezekiel Elliott are two of the largest fantasy impacts in redraft leagues, and they still offer up some concerns in dynasty. Gordon is a bit more concerning than Elliott due to the fact that he is open to a trade out of his excellent fantasy situation. In one of the weirdest high profile stories in recent memory, Antonio Brown’s obsession with his old helmet combined with his decision to go barefoot in a cryogenic chamber have caused serious concern for how much football he has left to play for dynasty owners. On the QB front, Andrew Luck’s questionable situation has impact that reaches far past his own value, as here we are again, left to speculate on the extent of Luck’s injuries.

These are some pretty big stories, and we also know serious injuries have yet to come. Each case has to be handled differently, and was no doubt considered in these rankings. This top 250 has been evaluated, tweaked, pored over, and tweaked again. They represent the opinions of this author. If you have a comment, question, or hot take, you can comment below, tweet @Mesisca or @dynastyguru , or send questions that may be featured in a future article to dynastymailbag@gmail.com.

The below rankings were made with 12 Team, Single QB, and Full PPR scoring settings in mind. If you want to see other formats, or are curious where a player would land in your leagues custom format, let us know by leaving a comment or tweet.

Now, onto the rankings…

Rank Player Age Pos Rank FA Rookie Rank 1 Saquon Barkley 22.6 RB1 2 Christian McCaffrey 23.3 RB2 3 Alvin Kamara 24.1 RB3 UFA '21 4 Ezekiel Elliott 24.1 RB4 UFA '21 5 Odell Beckham 26.8 WR1 6 DeAndre Hopkins 27.3 WR2 7 JuJu Smith-Schuster 22.8 WR3 UFA '21 8 Michael Thomas 25.1 WR4 *Extended 9 Mike Evans 26.1 WR5 10 Davante Adams 26.7 WR6 11 Joe Mixon 23.1 RB5 UFA '21 12 David Johnson 27.7 RB6 13 Julio Jones 30.6 WR7 UFA '21 14 Nick Chubb 23.7 RB7 15 Dalvin Cook 24.1 RB8 UFA '21 16 Tyreek Hill 25.5 WR8 UFA '20 17 Melvin Gordon 26.4 RB9 UFA '20 18 Todd Gurley 25.1 RB10 19 Le'Veon Bell 27.1 RB11 20 Stefon Diggs 25.8 WR9 21 Travis Kelce 29.9 TE1 22 Kerryon Johnson 22.2 RB12 23 Keenan Allen 27.4 WR10 UFA '21 24 George Kittle 25.9 TE2 UFA '21 25 Amari Cooper 25.2 WR11 UFA '20 26 Zach Ertz 28.8 TE3 27 Patrick Mahomes 24 QB1 28 Brandin Cooks 26 WR12 UFA '21 29 James Conner 24.4 RB13 UFA '21 30 Kenny Golladay 25.9 WR13 UFA '21 31 T.Y. Hilton 29.8 WR14 32 Josh Jacobs 21.6 RB14 1 33 Leonard Fournette 24.6 RB15 34 D.J. Moore 22.4 WR15 35 Antonio Brown 31.2 WR16 36 Marlon Mack 23.5 RB16 UFA '21 37 Aaron Jones 24.8 RB17 UFA '21 38 Adam Thielen 29.1 WR17 39 Chris Godwin 23.5 WR18 UFA '21 40 Calvin Ridley 24.7 WR19 41 Christian Kirk 22.8 WR20 42 Damien Williams 27.4 RB18 UFA '21 43 Robert Woods 27.4 WR21 44 Tyler Boyd 24.8 WR22 *Extended 45 Cooper Kupp 26.2 WR23 UFA '21 46 Devonta Freeman 27.5 RB19 47 Miles Sanders 22.4 RB20 2 48 Derrick Henry 25.2 RB21 UFA '20 49 A.J. Green 31.1 WR24 UFA '20 50 David Montgomery 22.3 RB22 3 51 Sony Michel 24.6 RB23 52 Derrius Guice 22.2 RB24 53 Phillip Lindsay 25.1 RB25 54 Allen Robinson 26 WR25 UFA '21 55 Deshaun Watson 24 QB2 56 Mike Williams 24.9 WR26 57 O.J. Howard 24.8 TE4 58 Evan Engram 25 TE5 59 Baker Mayfield 24.4 QB3 60 Hunter Henry 24.8 TE6 UFA '20 61 Tyler Lockett 27 WR27 62 N'Keal Harry 21.7 WR28 4 63 Tarik Cohen 24.1 RB26 UFA '21 64 Andrew Luck 30 QB4 65 Will Fuller 25.4 WR29 UFA '21 66 Kenyan Drake 25.6 RB27 UFA '20 67 Julian Edelman 33.3 WR30 68 Jarvis Landry 26.8 WR31 69 David Njoku 23.2 TE7 70 Chris Carson 25 RB28 71 Rashaad Penny 23.6 RB29 72 Tevin Coleman 26.4 RB30 UFA '21 73 Aaron Rodgers 35.8 QB5 74 Corey Davis 24.7 WR32 75 Darrell Henderson 22.1 RB31 5 76 Mark Ingram 29.7 RB32 77 Sammy Watkins 26.2 WR33 UFA '21 78 Dante Pettis 23.9 WR34 79 James White 27.6 RB33 UFA '21 80 Courtland Sutton 23.9 WR35 81 A.J. Brown 22.2 WR36 6 82 D.K. Metcalf 21.7 WR37 7 83 Eric Ebron 26.4 TE8 UFA '20 84 Curtis Samuel 23.1 WR38 UFA '21 85 Alshon Jeffery 29.6 WR39 86 Russell Wilson 30.8 QB6 87 TJ Hockenson 22.2 TE9 8 88 Royce Freeman 23.5 RB34 89 Kyler Murray 22.1 QB7 9 90 Noah Fant 21.8 TE10 10 91 Austin Ekeler 24.3 RB35 92 Kareem Hunt 24.1 RB36 93 Dede Westbrook 25.8 WR40 UFA '21 94 Cam Newton 30.3 QB8 UFA '21 95 Ronald Jones 22.1 RB37 96 Robby Anderson 26.3 WR41 UFA '20 97 Marquez Valdes-Scantling 24.9 WR42 98 Sterling Shepard 26.6 WR43 99 Justice Hill 21.8 RB38 11 100 Carson Wentz 26.7 QB9 101 Anthony Miller 24.9 WR44 102 Dallas Goedert 24.7 TE11 103 Devin Singletary 22 RB39 12 104 Lamar Miller 28.4 RB40 UFA '20 105 Matt Ryan 34.3 QB10 106 Marquise Brown 22.3 WR45 13 107 Andy Isabella 22.8 WR46 14 108 Mark Andrews 23 TE12 109 JJ Arcega-Whiteside 22.7 WR47 15 110 Marvin Jones 29.5 WR48 UFA '21 111 Damien Harris 22.6 RB41 16 112 Parris Campbell 22.2 WR49 17 113 Mitchell Trubisky 25.1 QB11 114 Jared Goff 24.9 QB12 UFA '21 115 Lamar Jackson 22.7 QB13 116 Keke Coutee 22.7 WR50 117 Mecole Hardman 21.5 WR51 18 118 Nyheim Hines 22.8 RB42 119 Deebo Samuel 23.7 WR52 19 120 Dak Prescott 26.1 QB14 UFA '20 121 Justin Jackson 23.4 RB43 122 Latavius Murray 29.6 RB44 123 Austin Hooper 24.9 TE13 UFA '20 124 Vance McDonald 29.2 TE14 125 Jordan Reed 29.2 TE15 126 Jared Cook 32.4 TE16 UFA '21 127 Jameis Winston 25.7 QB15 UFA '20 128 Michael Gallup 23.5 WR53 129 Tyrell Williams 27.6 WR54 130 Trey Burton 27.9 TE17 131 Duke Johnson 26 RB45 132 Sam Darnold 22.3 QB16 133 James Washington 23.4 WR55 134 Geronimo Allison 25.6 WR56 UFA '20 135 Golden Tate 31.1 WR57 136 Ito Smith 24 RB46 137 Jimmy Garoppolo 27.9 QB17 138 Jerick McKinnon 27.4 RB47 139 Tre'Quan Smith 23.7 WR58 140 Chris Herndon 23.5 TE18 141 Matt Breida 24.5 RB48 142 Jaylen Samuels 23.1 RB49 143 Philip Rivers 37.8 QB18 UFA '20 144 Kyle Rudolph 29.8 TE19 145 Devin Funchess 25.3 WR59 UFA '20 146 Alexander Mattison 21.2 RB50 20 147 LeSean McCoy 31.2 RB51 UFA '20 148 Jordan Howard 24.9 RB52 UFA '20 149 Mike Gesicki 23.9 TE20 150 Larry Fitzgerald 36 WR60 UFA '20 151 Marquise Goodwin 28.8 WR61 152 Drew Brees 40.7 QB19 UFA '20 153 Darwin Thompson 22.6 RB53 21 154 Tony Pollard 22.4 RB54 155 Carlos Hyde 28 RB55 UFA '20 156 Donte Moncrief 26.1 WR62 UFA '21 157 Kalen Ballage 23.7 RB56 158 Josh Allen 23.3 QB20 159 Benny Snell 21.5 RB57 160 Antonio Callaway 22.7 WR63 161 Giovani Bernard 27.8 RB58 UFA '20 162 D'Onta Foreman 23.4 RB59 UFA '21 163 Emmanuel Sanders 32.5 WR64 UFA '20 164 Dion Lewis 29 RB60 165 Ryquell Armstead 22.9 RB61 22 166 DaeSean Hamilton 24.5 WR65 167 Hakeem Butler 23.3 WR66 23 168 Tom Brady 42.1 QB21 UFA '20 169 Kirk Cousins 31.1 QB22 UFA '21 170 Peyton Barber 25.2 RB62 UFA '20 171 Irv Smith 21.1 TE21 172 Ben Roethlisberger 37.5 QB23 173 John Brown 29.4 WR67 174 D.J. Chark 23 WR68 175 DeVante Parker 26.6 WR69 UFA '21 176 Miles Boykin 22.9 WR70 24 177 Zay Jones 24.5 WR71 UFA '21 178 Terry McLaurin 23.4 WR72 179 Robert Foster 25.3 WR73 180 Jamison Crowder 26.2 WR74 181 Kenny Stills 27.4 WR75 UFA '21 182 Jack Doyle 29.4 TE22 UFA '20 183 Marcus Mariota 25.9 QB24 UFA '20 184 Diontae Johnson 23.2 WR76 25 185 Delanie Walker 35.1 TE23 UFA '21 186 Jamaal Williams 24.4 RB63 UFA '21 187 Bryce Love 22.2 RB64 26 188 Adrian Peterson 34.5 RB65 UFA '21 189 Jace Sternberger 23.2 TE24 27 190 Ian Thomas 24.3 TE25 191 T.J. Yeldon 25.9 RB66 UFA '21 192 Jalen Richard 25.9 RB67 193 Mike Davis 26.6 RB68 UFA '21 194 Dwayne Haskins 22.4 QB25 28 195 Quincy Enunwa 27.3 WR77 196 DeSean Jackson 32.8 WR78 197 Chris Thompson 28.9 RB69 UFA '20 198 Matthew Stafford 31.6 QB26 199 Chase Edmonds 23.4 RB70 200 Josh Gordon 28.4 WR79 UFA '20 201 KeeSean Johnson 23 WR80 29 202 Jimmy Graham 32.8 TE26 UFA '21 203 Greg Olsen 34.5 TE27 UFA '21 204 Mohamed Sanu 30.1 WR81 UFA '21 205 Tyler Eifert 29 TE28 UFA '20 206 Kahale Warring 22.5 TE29 30 207 Gerald Everett 25.2 TE30 UFA '21 208 Jalen Hurd 23.6 WR82 31 209 Derek Carr 28.5 QB27 210 David Moore 24.7 WR83 211 Adam Humphries 26.2 WR84 212 Trayveon Williams 21.9 RB71 32 213 Josh Doctson 26.8 WR85 UFA '20 214 Demarcus Robinson 25 WR86 UFA '20 215 Malcolm Brown 26.3 RB72 UFA '21 216 Darren Waller 27 TE31 UFA '20 217 Gus Edwards 24.4 RB73 218 Andy Dalton 31.9 QB28 UFA '21 219 Albert Wilson 27.2 WR87 UFA '21 220 Trey Quinn 23.8 WR88 221 Nick Foles 30.6 QB29 222 Dexter Williams 22.7 RB74 33 223 Hayden Hurst 26 TE32 224 Preston Williams 22.5 WR89 34 225 Marqise Lee 27.8 WR90 226 Bruce Anderson 22.2 RB75 35 227 John Ross 24.8 WR91 228 Dawson Knox 22.8 TE33 36 229 CJ Anderson 28.6 RB76 230 Rodney Anderson 23 RB77 37 231 Daniel Jones 22.3 QB30 38 232 Jonnu Smith 24.1 TE34 UFA '21 233 Kelvin Harmon 22.7 WR92 39 234 Elijah McGuire 25.3 RB78 UFA '21 235 Riley Ridley 23.1 WR93 40 236 Nelson Agholor 26.3 WR94 UFA '20 237 Brian Hill 23.8 RB79 238 Josh Rosen 22.6 QB31 239 Deon Cain 23.1 WR95 240 Cameron Brate 28.2 TE35 241 Myles Gaskin 22.6 RB80 41 242 Randall Cobb 29.1 WR96 UFA '20 243 Devine Ozigbo 22.9 RB81 42 244 Mike Weber 22 RB82 43 245 Rashard Higgins 24.9 WR97 UFA '20 246 Drew Lock 22.8 QB32 44 247 Chris Conley 26.9 WR98 248 Josh Reynolds 24.6 WR99 UFA '21 249 Cole Beasley 30.5 WR100 250 Frank Gore 36.3 RB83