Fantasy Football Cheat Sheets 2009
Fantasy Football Cheat Sheets – High Performance League
When you walk into a fantasy football draft, you’re going to need fantasy football cheat sheets to help you draft players at the right spot. If you’re drafting the first player you come across in the fantasy football magazine, your buddies are going to be laughing at your draft picks all day long.
Printable Fantasy Football Cheat Sheets
For those drafting in fantasy football drafts this weekend, I’ve put together some cheat sheets to use in your draft. As a player is selected, mark through his name with a pencil or use a yellow highlighter to mark their name as “off the board”. When you start to notice one player high up your draft sheet is still available when 5-10 players below have been selected, you know you’re drafting value at that spot.
I’ve put together fantasy football cheat sheets for all the big positions. I want to list these right away, so you can print off the list as is and use it at your draft. Below, you’ll find:
- Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings
- Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings
- Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings
- Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings
- Fantasy Football Team Defense Rankings
- Fantasy Football Field Goal Kicker Rankings
I’m not going to bother ranking field goal kickers. You’ll find two groups: the ones I would draft as my primary kicker, and below that, the desperation field goal kickers.
The following cheat sheet was designed for a high performance league where quarterbacks receive 6 points for a touchdown, 1 point for 25 yards passing and +3 points for 350 yards passing.
On the running back cheat sheet, I’ll put the handcuff runner next to the player (in parentheses) you should draft high. The “handcuff RB” is a backup or complimentary back whom you should make certain to draft, if you draft the starter. This way, if your star running back goes down with injury, you still have a running back to start. Don’t draft the handcuff running back until around the 8th round, when most teams have filled out their starting lineup. Some runners won’t have a handcuff suggestion, because that player doesn’t have a defined backup worthy of the selection.
You might find the running back rankings as a little different from what you’ll find in a fantasy magazine. My rankings factor in what I consider the likelihood of injury for certain players, like Brian Westbrook and Michael Turner (the 370 Curse). The second group of runners (unnumbered) are backups or committee runners who are high value nevertheless. The third group are desperation fantasy draft picks and late, late round draft picks.
Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings
1. Drew Brees
2. Tom Brady
3. Aaron Rodgers
4. Peyton Manning
5. Philip Rivers
6. Tony Romo
7. Donovan McNabb
8. Kurt Warner
9. Matt Schaub
10. Jay Cutler
11. Carson Palmer
12. Matt Hasselbeck
13. Matt Ryan
14. David Garrard
15. Brett Favre
16. Matt Cassel
17. Ben Roethlisberger
18. Shaun Hill
19. Kyle Orton
20. Trent Edwards
21. Eli Manning
22. Joe Flacco
23. Chad Pennington
Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings
1. Adrian Peterson (Chester Taylor)
2. Maurice Jones-Drew
3. Matt Forte (Kevin Jones/later)
4. Chris Johnson (Lendale White)
5. Frank Gore (Glenn Coffee)
6. Steve Slaton
7. Ladainian Tomlinson (Darren Sproles)
8. DeAngelo Williams (James Stewart)
9. Ronnie Brown
10. Michael Turner (Jerious Norwood)
11. Brian Westbrook (LeSean McCoy)
12. Brandon Jacobs (Ahmad Bradshaw)
13. Kevin Smith
14. Clinton Portis (Ladell Betts)
15. Marion Barber (Felix Jones)
16. Steve Jackson
17. Pierre Thomas (Mike Bell)
18. Knowshon Moreno
19. Darren McFadden
20. Derrick Ward
21. Ryan Grant
22. Marshawn Lynch (Fred Jackson)
23. Ray Rice (Willis McGahee)
24. Felix Jones
25. Thomas Jones
26. Reggie Bush
27. Larry Johnson
Chris Wells / Tim Hightower
Donald Brown / Joseph Addai
Bernard Scott / Cedric Benson (Bengals RBs)
Darren Sproles
Jerious Norwood
Glenn Coffee
Rashard Mendenhall
Shonn Greene
Andre Brown (NYG)
Ahmad Bradshaw
Julius Jones
Jamal Lewis / James Davis (Browns RBs)
LeSean McCoy
Chester Taylor
Jamaal Charles
Jonathan Stewart
Lendale White
Leon Washington
Mewelde Moore
Kevin Faulk
Ricky Williams
Le’Ron McClain
Sammy Morris
Willis McGahee
Earnest Graham
Fred Jackson
Correll Buckhalter
Tashard Choice
Maurice Morris
Edgerrin James
Fred Taylor
Jerome Harrison
Laurence Maroney
Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings
1. Larry Fitzgerald
2. Calvin Johnson
3. Andre Johnson
4. Randy Moss
5. Greg Jennings
6. Steve Smith
7. Reggie Wayne
8. Roddy White
9. Marques Colston
10. Anquan Boldin
11. Roy Williams
12. T.J. Houshmandzadeh
13. Terrell Owens
14. Dwayne Bowe
15. Wes Welker
16. Brandon Marshall
17. DeSean Jackson
18. Vincent Jackson
19. Santana Moss
20. Braylon Edwards
21. Antonio Bryant
22. Devin Hester
23. Hines Ward
24. Eddie Royal
25. Laveranues Coles
26. Ted Ginn Jr.
27. Lance Moore
28. Anthony Gonzales
29. Kevin Curtis
30. Derrick Mason
31. Kevin Walter
32. Bernard Berrian
33. Donald Driver
34. Josh Morgan (SF)
34. Earl Bennett (Chicago)
35. Jerricho Cotchery
36. Lee Evans
37. Santonio Holmes
38. Torry Holt
39. Donnie Avery
40. Chad Ocho Cinco (Chad Johnson)
41. Nate Washington
42. Brian Hartline (Miami 2nd)
43. Davone Bess (Miami 3rd)
44. Patrick Crayton
45. Isaac Bruce
46. Steve Smith (NYG)
47. Steve Breaston
48. Chaz Schilens (Raiders)
49. Sidney Rice
50. Chris Henry (Bengals)
51. Troy Williamson (Jaguars)
52. Mike Walker (Jags)
53. Percy Harvin
54. Muhsin Muhammed
55. Deion Branch (Sea)
56. Domenik Hixon (NYG)
57. Ronald Curry (Rams)
58. Miles Austin / Sam Hurd
59. Joe Galloway (Patriots)
60. David Clowney / Chansi Stuckey (Jets)
61. Michael Jenkins
62. Devery Henderson
63. Justin Gage
64. Jeremy Maclin (Eagles)
Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings
1. Jason Witten
2. Antonio Gates
3. Dallas Clark
4. Tony Gonzales
5. Owen Daniels
6. Greg Olsen
7. Chris Cooley
8. Kellen Winslow (Bucs)
9. Zach Miller
10. John Carlson
11. Dustin Keller
12. Brent Celek
13. Kevin Boss
14. Vernon Davis
15. Visanthe Shiancoe
16. Anthony Fasano
17. Jeremy Shockey
18. Tony Scheffler
19. Heath Miller
20. Martellus Bennett
21. Randy McMichael
22. Marcedes Lewis
23. Bo Scaife
24. Brandon Pettigrew
25. Jared Cook
26. Donald Lee
27. L.J. Smith
28. Todd Heap
Fantasy Football Team Defense Rankings
1. Pittsburgh Steelers Team Defense
2. Minnesota Vikings Team Defense
3. New York Giants Team Defense
4. New York Jets Team Defense
5. Philadelphia Eagles Team Defense
6. Baltimore Ravens Team Defense
7. New England Patriots Team Defense (#1 two years ago when Tom Brady was healthy)
8. Dallas Cowboys Team Defense
9. Tennessee Titans Team Defense
10. Miami Dolphins Team Defense
11. San Diego Chargers Team Defense
12. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Team Defense
13. Chicago Bears Team Defense
14. Carolina Panthers Team Defense
15. Indianapolis Colts Team Defense
16. Green Bay Packers Team Defense
17. Arizona Cardinals Team Defense
18. San Francisco 49ers Team Defense
19. Seattle Seahawks Team Defense (#4 2 years ago when Hasselbeck, WR’s were healthy)
20. Buffalo Bills Team Defense
Fantasy Football Field Goal Kicker Rankings
Rob Bironas
Stephen Gostkowski
Kris Brown (Week 10 bye)
Lawrence Tynes (Week 10 bye – Giants K was #3 last year, when Tynes was hurt)
David Akers
Rian Lindell
Jason Elam
Mason Crosby
Robbie Gould
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Nick Folk
Adam Vinatieri (Q for Week 1)
Shayne Graham
Jason Hanson (Knee Surgery)
Nate Kaeding
Joe Nedney
John Kasay
Ryan Longwell
Matt Prater
John Carney
Garrett Hartley (Saints – Suspended 1st 4 games – John Carney fills in)
