Fantasy Football: Week 16 Player Rankings

As the NFL continues to become an offensively dominated league, two superstars approach long-standing records as Calvin Johnson seeks to break Jerry Rice’s receiving yards mark and Adrian Peterson chases Eric Dickerson’s rushing yards record.

An adequately appetizing matchup with the Falcons has Johnson atop this week’s Cosby Sweaters wide receiver rankings as AP tops the RB rankings for a second straight week, as the Vikings visit the suddenly run-stopping challenged Texans.

QB

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent
1	Tom Brady	NE	at JAC
2	Aaron Rodgers	GB	TEN
3	Robert Griffin III	WAS	at PHI
4	Cam Newton	CAR	OAK
5	Peyton Manning	DEN	CLE
6	Drew Brees	NO	at DAL
7	Matt Ryan	ATL	at DET
8	Matt Schaub	HOU	MIN
9	Tony Romo	DAL	NO
10	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	CIN
11	Andrew Luck	IND	at KC
12	Russell Wilson	SEA	SF
13	Matthew Stafford	DET	ATL
14	Coin Kaepernick	SF	at SEA
15	Joe Flacco	BAL	NYG
16	Sam Bradford	STL	at TB
17	Eli Manning	NYG	at BAL
18	Jake Locker	TEN	at GB
19	Andy Dalton	CIN	at PIT
20	Jay Cutler	CHI	at ARI

RB

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent
1	Adrian Peterson	MIN	at HOU
2	Ray Rice	BAL	NYG
3	Arian Foster	HOU	MIN
4	Doug Martin	TB	STL
5	Marshawn Lynch	SEA	SF
6	DeMarco Murray	DAL	NO
7	Jamaal Charles	KC	IND
8	C.J. Spiller	BUF	at MIA
9	Darren McFadden	OAK	at CAR
10	Knowshon Moreno	DEN	CLE
11	Stevan Ridley	NE	at JAC
12	Frank Gore	SF	at SEA
13	Matt Forte	CHI	at ARI
14	Chris Johnson	TEN	at GB
15	Alfred Morris	WAS	at PHI
16	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	CIN	at PIT
17	Mikel Leshoure	DET	ATL
18	Trent Richardson	CLE	at DEN
19	Vick Ballard	IND	at KC
20	Reggie Bush	MIA	BUF
21	Michael Turner	ATL	at DET
22	Steven Jackson	STL	at TB
23	DeAngelo Williams	CAR	OAK
24	Darren Sproles	NO	at DAL
25	Shonn Greene	NYJ	SD
26	Beanie Wells	ARI	CHI
27	Jonathan Dwyer	PIT	CIN
28	Ahmad Bradshaw	NYG	at BAL
29	LeSean McCoy	PHI	WAS
30	David Wison	NYG	at BAL
31	Bryce Brown	PHI	WAS
32	Bilal Powel	NYJ	SD
33	Montell Owens	JAC	NE
34	Lamar Miller	MIA	BUF
35	Mark Ingram	NO	at DAL
36	Jacquizz Rodgers	ATL	at DET
37	Felix Jones	DAL	NO
38	Alex Green	GB	TEN
39	Jackie Battle	SD	at NYJ
40	Joique Bell	DET	ATL
41	DuJuan Harris	GB	TEN
42	Ben Tate	HOU	MIN
43	Ronnie Hillman	DEN	CLE
44	Danny Woodhead	NE	at JAC
45	Pierre Thomas	NO	at DAL
46	Isaac Redman	PIT	CIN
47	Shane Vereen	NE	at JAC
48	Mike Goodson	OAK	at CAR
49	Lance Ball	DEN	CLE
50	Maurice Jones-Drew	JAC	NE

WR

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent
1	Calvin Johnson	DET	ATL
2	Brandon Marshall	CHI	at ARI
3	A.J. Green	CIN	at PIT
4	Andre Johnson	HOU	MIN
5	Dez Bryant	DAL	NO
6	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	CLE
7	Julio Jones	ATL	at DET
8	Eric Decker	DEN	CLE
9	Wes Welker	NE	at JAC
10	Vincent Jackson	TB	STL
11	Victor Cruz	NYG	at BAL
12	Roddy White	ATL	at DET
13	Marques Colston	NO	DAL
14	James Jones	GB	TEN
15	Cecil Shorts	JAC	NE
16	Reggie Wayne	IND	at JAC
17	Randall Cobb	GB	TEN
18	Mike Wallace	PIT	CIN
19	Pierre Garcon	WAS	at PHI
20	Stevie Johnson	BUF	at MIA
21	T.Y. Hilton	IND	at KC
22	Michael Crabtree	SF	at SEA
23	Steve Smith	CAR	OAK
24	Brandon Gibson	STL	at TB
25	Miles Austin	DAL	NO
26	Danario Alexander	SD	at NYJ
27	Anquan Boldin	BAL	NYG
28	Lance Moore	NO	at DAL
29	Torrey Smith	BAL	NYG
30	Danny Amendola	STL	at TB
31	Hakeem Nicks	NYG	at BAL
32	Jeremy Maclin	PHI	WAS
33	Mike Williams	TB	STL
34	Brandon Lloyd	NE	at JAC
35	Antonio Brown	PIT	CIN
36	Justin Blackmon	JAC	NE
37	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	CHI
38	Kenny Britt	TEN	at GB
39	Santana Moss	WAS	at PHI
40	Josh Gordon	CLE	at DEN
41	Denarius Moore	OAK	at CAR
42	Greg Jennings	GB	TEN
43	Chris Givens	STL	at TB
44	Golden Tate	SEA	SF
45	Davone Bess	MIA	BUF
46	Sidney Rice	SEA	SF
47	Brian Hartline	MIA	BUF
48	Andrew Hawkins	CIN	at PIT
49	Jeremy Kerley	NYJ	SD
50	Alshon Jeffery	CHI	at ARI

TE

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent
1	Tony Gonzalez	ATL	at DET
2	Aaron Hernandez	NE	at JAC
3	Dennis Pitta	BAL	NYG
4	Heath Miller	PIT	CIN
5	Jimmy Graham	NO	at DAL
6	Jermichael Finley	GB	TEN
7	Brandon Myers	OAK	at CAR
8	Jason Witten	DAL	NO
9	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	at HOU
10	Greg Olsen	CAR	OAK
11	Owen Daniels	HOU	MIN
12	Martellus Bennett	NYG	at BAL
13	Antonio Gates	SD	at NYJ
14	Jermaine Gresham	CIN	at PIT
15	Marcedes Lewis	JAC	NE
16	Brent Celek	PHI	WAS
17	Anthony Fasano	MIA	BUF
18	Jacob Tamme	DEN	CLE
19	Tony Scheffler	DET	ATL
20	Vernon Davis	SD	at SEA

K

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent
1	Matt Bryant	ATL	at DET
2	Stephen Gostkowski	NE	at JAC
3	Lawrence Tynes	NYG	at BAL
4	Dan Bailey	DAL	NO
5	Jason Hanson	DET	ATL
6	Justin Tucker	BAL	NYG
7	Josh Brown	CIN	at PIT
8	Matt Prater	DEN	CLE
9	Graham Gano	CAR	OAK
10	Shayne Graham	HOU	MIN
11	David Akers	SF	at SEA
12	Kai Forbath	WAS	at PHI
13	Connor Barth	TB	STL
14	Alex Henery	PHI	WAS
15	Blair Walsh	MIN	at HOU
16	Sebastian Janikowski	OAK	at CAR
17	Garrett Harley	NO	at DAL
18	Nick Novak	SD	at NYJ
19	Olindo Mare	CHI	at ARI
20	Rob Bironas	TEN	at GB

D

Rank	Team	Opponent
1	Houston Texans	MIN
2	Denver Broncos	CLE
3	Chicago Bears	at ARI
4	New England Patriots	at JAC
5	Cincinnati Bengals	at PIT
6	New York Jets	SD
7	Green Bay Packers	TEN
8	Washington Redskins	at PHI
9	Carolina Panthers	OAK
10	Seattle Seahawks	SF
11	San Diego Chargers	at NYJ
12	Baltimore Ravens	BYG
13	Atlanta Falcons	at DET
14	Dallas Cowboys	NO
15	San Francisco 49ers	at SEA
16	New York Giants	at BAL
17	Indianapolis Colts	at KC
18	Pittsburgh Steelers	CIN
19	Miami Dolphins	BUF
20	Arizona Cardinals	CHI

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