07-12-2021, 06:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-13-2021, 03:32 PM by allbetsonjames.)
Alright alright settle down, here they are. Much lower effort than last season so I'd like to absolve myself of some blame beforehand if these end up being terrible. Use these as a rough guide and adjust based on your own thoughts. Once again I've sorted players into tiers with decent sized gaps between them, so basically I think any of the players in the same tier are reasonable choices if those are the options left.
QUARTERBACK
Tier 1
1. Mike Boss Jr.
2. Colby Jack
3. Mattathias Caliban
4. Suleiman Ramza
Tier 2
5. Charlemagne Cortez
6. Nicholas Kaepercolin
Potential Waiver Breakout: Ryan Negs
RUNNING BACK
Tier 1
1. Danny King Jr.
2. Jamar Lackson
3. Zoe Watts
4. Tatsu Nakamura
5. Cobra Kai
6. Goat Tank
This is a huge Tier 1 compared to previous seasons so it deserves a bit of a comment. Tatsu is not the slam dunk 1oa pick he's been in the past as he's dropped in TPE below "backup" RB Deadly Memes (formerly Runner Turbsin Gunner Thorbjornsson). He will still get the bulk of the carries but the Outlaws are much more likely to be using a real committee approach to running this season. While Tatsu and Arizona's run game in general are still effective, the carries won't be split 325-24 in Tatsu's favor again like last season, and he probably won't get all but 2 of the rushing touchdowns on the season either. Meanwhile you have some great-but-regressing options without solid backups in King Jr and Lackson, an overall great RB in Watts whose team is coming off a tough season and hasn't seemed to be able to effectively use her to her full potential (and her backup is quite good as well), and two up-and-comers with question marks in Cobra Kai (whose team is projected to be near if not at the bottom of the league) and Goat Tank (whose team loves to pass the ball rather than run it). I don't really know how to rank those 6 but I'm quite confident these are the top 6.
Tier 2
7. Captain Rogers
8. Richard Gilbert
9. Busch Goose
10. Chizuru Ichinose
Tier 3
11. Mike Rotchburns
12. Madison Hayes
13. Deadly Memes
Tier 5
14. Lonnie Jackson
15. Jay Cue Jr.
Potential Waiver Breakout: Jim the Vampire
WIDE RECEIVER
Tier 1
1. William Lim
2. Jackson Kingston
3. Kai Sakura
Tier 2
4. Taro Raimon
5. Videl-San
6. Garfield Despacito Jr.
7. Joshua Campbell
Tier 3
8. Eleven Kendrick-Watts
9. Tychondrius Hood
Other Good Receivers (Totally unordered)
Luca Scabbia
Tugg Speedman
Killian Chambers
Cmon Skiuuup
Darren Pama
Tre'Darius J'Vathon
Mark Walker
Other Okay Receivers
Ed Barker
Cole Maxwell
Owen Holloway
Honestly I have no idea with wide receiver, I find it the hardest position group to predict and that's no easier this season. Realistically any of the "Other Good Receivers" have the potential to end up finishing in the top few tiers, so even the Tier 2 / 3 delineations are not that clear cut. Follow this rough guide on who might be viable and just go with who you like and which teams you personally think are going to pass the most successfully. Then be ready to play the waiver game with whoever you get.
Note: Just because there's a big mess at WR in the lower tiers doesn't mean you should try and target two top receivers early. I think it's too important to get two of the top tier RBs to go after two WRs in the first two to three rounds.
Potential Waiver Breakout: Literally any WR, but in particular I think Tsuyu Asui has some really really high upside this season.
TIGHT END
Tier 1
1. Zee Rechs
2. James Angler
3. James Lewandowski
Tier 2
4. Ragnar Krashwagen
5. Adam Spencer
6. Clark Boyd
7. Borgo San Lorenzo
Potential Waiver Breakout: James Wilkinson , yet again. Just can't quit you.
OFFENSIVE LINE
Tier 1
1. Adam Mellott
2. Jaja Ding Dong
3. Bob Roberts (Zayn still stinky tho)
4. Bruce Buckley
Tier 2
5. Alexander Franklin
6. Mo Magic
7. Calvin Golladay
Potential Waiver Breakout: STUMPY JONES
KICKER
Tier 1
1. Jacob Small
2. Cade York
3. Danny King Sr. (HO please force him to make this name change)
Tier 2
4. Jean-Jacques Leroy
5. Jake Fencik
6. Taipan Pete
7. Matthew McDairmid
Potential Waiver Breakout: Lux Opal but don't use waiver priority on a kicker.
DEFENSE
Tier 1
1. SAR
2. COL
Tier 2
3. NYS
4. BER
5. AUS
Tier 3
6. YKW
7. ARI
Potential Waiver Breakout: PHI
QUARTERBACK
Tier 1
1. Mike Boss Jr.
2. Colby Jack
3. Mattathias Caliban
4. Suleiman Ramza
Tier 2
5. Charlemagne Cortez
6. Nicholas Kaepercolin
Potential Waiver Breakout: Ryan Negs
RUNNING BACK
Tier 1
1. Danny King Jr.
2. Jamar Lackson
3. Zoe Watts
4. Tatsu Nakamura
5. Cobra Kai
6. Goat Tank
This is a huge Tier 1 compared to previous seasons so it deserves a bit of a comment. Tatsu is not the slam dunk 1oa pick he's been in the past as he's dropped in TPE below "backup" RB Deadly Memes (formerly Runner Turbsin Gunner Thorbjornsson). He will still get the bulk of the carries but the Outlaws are much more likely to be using a real committee approach to running this season. While Tatsu and Arizona's run game in general are still effective, the carries won't be split 325-24 in Tatsu's favor again like last season, and he probably won't get all but 2 of the rushing touchdowns on the season either. Meanwhile you have some great-but-regressing options without solid backups in King Jr and Lackson, an overall great RB in Watts whose team is coming off a tough season and hasn't seemed to be able to effectively use her to her full potential (and her backup is quite good as well), and two up-and-comers with question marks in Cobra Kai (whose team is projected to be near if not at the bottom of the league) and Goat Tank (whose team loves to pass the ball rather than run it). I don't really know how to rank those 6 but I'm quite confident these are the top 6.
Tier 2
7. Captain Rogers
8. Richard Gilbert
9. Busch Goose
10. Chizuru Ichinose
Tier 3
11. Mike Rotchburns
12. Madison Hayes
13. Deadly Memes
Tier 5
14. Lonnie Jackson
15. Jay Cue Jr.
Potential Waiver Breakout: Jim the Vampire
WIDE RECEIVER
Tier 1
1. William Lim
2. Jackson Kingston
3. Kai Sakura
Tier 2
4. Taro Raimon
5. Videl-San
6. Garfield Despacito Jr.
7. Joshua Campbell
Tier 3
8. Eleven Kendrick-Watts
9. Tychondrius Hood
Other Good Receivers (Totally unordered)
Luca Scabbia
Tugg Speedman
Killian Chambers
Cmon Skiuuup
Darren Pama
Tre'Darius J'Vathon
Mark Walker
Other Okay Receivers
Ed Barker
Cole Maxwell
Owen Holloway
Honestly I have no idea with wide receiver, I find it the hardest position group to predict and that's no easier this season. Realistically any of the "Other Good Receivers" have the potential to end up finishing in the top few tiers, so even the Tier 2 / 3 delineations are not that clear cut. Follow this rough guide on who might be viable and just go with who you like and which teams you personally think are going to pass the most successfully. Then be ready to play the waiver game with whoever you get.
Note: Just because there's a big mess at WR in the lower tiers doesn't mean you should try and target two top receivers early. I think it's too important to get two of the top tier RBs to go after two WRs in the first two to three rounds.
Potential Waiver Breakout: Literally any WR, but in particular I think Tsuyu Asui has some really really high upside this season.
TIGHT END
Tier 1
1. Zee Rechs
2. James Angler
3. James Lewandowski
Tier 2
4. Ragnar Krashwagen
5. Adam Spencer
6. Clark Boyd
7. Borgo San Lorenzo
Potential Waiver Breakout: James Wilkinson , yet again. Just can't quit you.
OFFENSIVE LINE
Tier 1
1. Adam Mellott
2. Jaja Ding Dong
3. Bob Roberts (Zayn still stinky tho)
4. Bruce Buckley
Tier 2
5. Alexander Franklin
6. Mo Magic
7. Calvin Golladay
Potential Waiver Breakout: STUMPY JONES
KICKER
Tier 1
1. Jacob Small
2. Cade York
3. Danny King Sr. (HO please force him to make this name change)
Tier 2
4. Jean-Jacques Leroy
5. Jake Fencik
6. Taipan Pete
7. Matthew McDairmid
Potential Waiver Breakout: Lux Opal but don't use waiver priority on a kicker.
DEFENSE
Tier 1
1. SAR
2. COL
Tier 2
3. NYS
4. BER
5. AUS
Tier 3
6. YKW
7. ARI
Potential Waiver Breakout: PHI