FANTASY PLAYOFFS
Week 15 fantasy football rankings: In it to win it
Dec 12, 2019, 10:40 am
FANTASY PLAYOFFS
These are my very early ranks, so keep in mind I post these on Thursday. Make sure you check the injury report on Sunday for players that have missed practice. If it doesn't look like a player will play this week, I typically won't rank him. Keep in mind, these are PPR rankings, and don't forget to set your lineup for Thursday Night Football.
If you have any questions, feel free to hit me up on Twitter. Be sure to check out my show MoneyLine with Jerry Bo on ESPN 97.5 FM. We're on every Sunday morning from 10-noon, and we'll talk a lot of fantasy football and NFL gambling getting you ready for kickoff every Sunday.
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1 Lamar Jackson
2 Drew Brees
3 Patrick Mahomes
4 Deshaun Watson
5 Ryan Tannehill
6 Jimmy Garoppolo
7 Russell Wilson
8 Jared Goff
9 Dak Prescott
10 Aaron Rodgers
11 Jameis Winston
12 Derek Carr
13 Kyler Murray
14 Kirk Cousins
15 Matt Ryan
1 Christian McCaffrey
2 Chris Carson
3 Ezekiel Elliott
4 Dalvin Cook
5 Derrick Henry
6 Leonard Fournette
7 Saquon Barkley
8 Alvin Kamara
9 Austin Ekeler
10 DeAndre Washington *This will change if Jacobs plays.
11 Nick Chubb
12 Melvin Gordon
13 Aaron Jones
14 Todd Gurley
15 Mark Ingram
16 James White
17 Phillip Lindsay
18 Miles Sanders
19 Joe Mixon
20 Raheem Mostert
21 Devin Singletary
22 Kareem Hunt
23 David Montgomery
24 Le'Veon Bell
25 Devonta Freeman
26 Marlon Mack
27 Kenyan Drake
28 Patrick Laird
29 Adrian Peterson
30 Duke Johnson
1 Michael Thomas
2 DeAndre Hopkins
3 Julian Edelman
4 Julio Jones
5 Tyreek Hill
6 Robert Woods
7 Chris Godwin
8 D.J. Moore
9 Davante Adams
10 Keenan Allen
11 Allen Robinson
12 Kenny Golladay
13 Stefon Diggs
14 Cooper Kupp
15 Jarvis Landry
16 Amari Cooper
17 Courtland Sutton
18 Michael Gallup
19 Emmanuel Sanders
20 A.J. Brown
21 Dede Westbrook
22 Odell Beckham
23 Deebo Samuel
24 Darius Slayton
25 Christian Kirk
26 D.K. Metcalf
27 Tyler Lockett
28 Mike Williams
29 John Brown
30 Zach Pascal
31 Tyler Boyd
32 Sterling Shepard
33 Terry McLaurin
34 Marquise Brown
35 Cole Beasley
36 Curtis Samuel
1 Travis Kelce
2 Zach Ertz
3 George Kittle
4 Darren Waller
5 Hunter Henry
6 Austin Hooper
7 OJ Howard
8 Tyler Higbee
9 Ian Thomas
10 Jack Doyle
11 Mike Gesicki
12 Jacob Hollister
1 Ravens
2 Patriots
3 Steelers
4 49ers
5 Bills
6 Chiefs
7 Packers
8 Seahawks
9 Saints
10 Vikings
11 Chargers
12 Bears
1 Justin Tucker
2 Wil Lutz
3 Greg Zuerlein
4 Harrison Butker
5 Robbie Gould
6 Mason Crosby
7 Matt Gay
8 Jake Elliott
9 Jason Myers
10 Ka'imi Fairbairn
11 Younghoe Koo
12 Michael Badgley
That will do it. Good luck this week and when in doubt, start your studs.
Major League Baseball will consider going back to having players wear their team uniforms for the All-Star Game.
Club uniforms were used by the American League from 1933-2019 and by the National League from 1934-2019. When the game resumed in 2021 following the pandemic-related cancellation in 2020, MLB had started a uniform contract with Nike and Fanatics, and All-Stars were outfitted in specially designed league uniforms that drew criticism from traditionalists.
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This year's AL uniforms had a sandy base with red sleeves and lettering and the NL had a navy base with light blue sleeves and lettering.
“I’m aware of the sentiment on this issue,” Manfred told the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Tuesday. "I think where my head is on it, it’s something we’re going to have a conversation about coming out of the All-Star Game. We've got a lot of uniform things going on. And, obviously, the conversations have to involve the players first and foremost but Nike, some of our partners. But I am aware of the sentiment, and I do know why people kind of like that tradition."
MLB and Nike were criticized for club uniforms this year and said in May that 2025 club outfits will have larger lettering on the back of jerseys and individual pant customization. Players complained this year that white pants worn by some teams are see-through enough to show tucked-in jersey tops.
Manfred said a national steaming package of local television broadcasts is a future possibility.
“I could see a situation where we grow into a 30-club model. It might start on the digital side, where you have 14 or 15 clubs, and, you start with a digital product there as your first alternative,” he said.
“I was in Sun Valley last week and I did the whole speed-dating thing with everybody who’s ever streamed anything. When you talk to people in the streaming business, they’re not really interested in buying the state of Wisconsin and two counties in Michigan," Manfred added. "They want to be able to stream quite frankly, all over the U.S. and Canada but more broadly internationally. So I think those conversations are a product of owners saying, holy cow, the RSN business is really deteriorating. We know the future’s going to be streaming. What we’re hearing from the streamers is they want a more national product, and we need to be responsive to what people want to buy.”
MLB took over production of Arizona and San Diego local television broadcasts last year following the bankruptcy of Diamond Sports’ Bally networks and said MLB will be available as an option for teams looking for new deals. He said Padres game are approaching 40,000 subscribers, which he called a good figure.
“Having said that, from a revenue perspective it is not generating what the RSNs did," Manfred said. "The RSNs were a great business. Lots of people paid for programing they didn’t necessarily want. And it’s hard to replicate that kind of revenue absent that kind of bundling concept.”
While offense is near half-century lows, it has picked up from early in the season.
“The decline in offense is something that we’re paying a lot of attention to and we’ll continue to monitor to make a decision as to whether we think we need to do something. You do hear a lot of chatter about the dominance of pitching in the game. That’s absolutely true.”
After the success of the June 20 game between San Francisco and St. Louis at Rickwood Field, Manfred said MLB will return to the ballpark in Birmingham, Alabama, but the “exact form” had not been determined.