*Tyler’s DSFL Fantasy Rankings

**SensibleDictator**

Welcome to my preseason (hopefully I get it out in time at least) DSFL Fantasy Rankings. This is my first time playing ISFL or DSFL fantasy so this will be a struggle but I figured, why not give it a shot. I will try to do a top 5 for each position and then give a reasoning for this. I’ll also be doing team defense because why not. With all that being said, let’s start with the QBs. Also please do not use me 2x fantasy media on this one. Thank you.

QB
With QBs, it is tough to decide whether you want a team that will air it out or a QB with scrambling upside. I lean the “air it out” side just because that will most likely be more consistent but the rushing upside of QBs could be massive as well.

Puddles O’Duck - Tijuana (250 TPE)
Puddles made an absolute splash in his rookie year with Tijuana. His best weapon in Andre Benn is returning and also Bob Kronkowski has developed into a viable target as well. Tijuana has shown they want to chuck the ball, demonstrating this by only having 1 running back on the roster with Brandon Johnson. Because of the elite weapons and knowing Puddles will be heaving the ball, I personally have him as my QB1.
Bugs - Bondi Beach (250 TPE)
It was between Bugs and Puddles for the best fantasy QB in my eyes. The weapons that Puddles had made me lean towards him but Bugs is no slouch. Bondi Beach also tends to sling it, which I expect them to do again due to having all lower end RBs and having weapons like Meo Stickyhands McGee and Seer Ial waiting to be used. I expect Puddles and Bugs to both be the clear QB1 and 2. However, I think their order could flip based on the strategies that we see in the regular season.
Elijah Dyson - Norfolk (250 TPE)
The QB1 finds himself at my QB3 for this. I’ll be honest, one reason is that it is boring to just go off of last year’s scores and copy them as my rankings. A big reason is his loss of some of his wide receivers, including JJ What. However, you still have to respect what he did last season so I do not expect a massive falloff. I just believe the drop in production will find him sitting at QB3.
Russell Jimmies - Kansas City (250 TPE)
Kansas City has a very unique team build to say the least. Their offensive TPE is quite bad, easily the lowest in the league. Jimmies does not have good weapons at all, at least not at the beginning of the season. Because of their poor offensive TPE, I believe they will rely on Jimmies to carry them. The only maxed player on the team and far and away the highest earner on the offense needs the ball in his hands. They won’t rely on a 55 TPE running back to chug the ball down the field so they are gonna have to pass. Jimmies could have the most volume out of the 3 QBs listed so far which makes his upside very high. By volume alone, I believe he will be the QB3.
Scudl McDiddl - London (250 TPE)
Yet again, I went based off of weapons since I think the rest of these teams will be a rushing offense. Out of the teams left, I believe that London has the best weapons left with Chopper Donquixote (250 TPE) and Hollywood Tez (159 TPE). These 2 weapons should be able to get good fantasy points out of the few times London does decide to pass. Norfolk, Dallas, and Minnesota all have worse receiving weapons or better rushing options so they should be less reliant on the passing game.

RB
This position is going to mostly be looking for workhorse running backs. Obviously these are hard to come by in the DSFL, so a team being reliant on run will be very important as well.

Brandon Johnson - Tijuana (250 TPE)
Here we have it. Tijuana is rank 1 once again. Tijuana is the only one man backfield in the league, making Brandon Johnson the workhorse. If there is a run play, it is going to Brandon without a doubt. That should prove to be super valuable when we hit the regular season. He may not be in the best rushing scheme offense in the league, but being the guaranteed workhorse is more valuable in my eyes.
Soul King Brook - Minnesota (250 TPE)
Soul King Brook returns to Minnesota after a very successful rookie year in the DSFL. They are going to run the ball a lot. Their QB is a low TPE QB and also a rushing build. I would not be shocked if they run the ball 40 times a game. Because of this, I see Soul King Brook getting loads of touches, maybe even more than Brandon Johnson. The only thing holding him back is the fact that Minnesota has 2 other RBs. One of these is the former OL Dominic Reynolds who is also capped at 250 TPE and will take a lot of carries. The other RB is a 140 TPE IA player so that probably won’t affect much but it is important to note. Without these 2 competitors, he would most likely be my RB1.
Dominic Reynolds - Minnesota (250 TPE)
Minnesota back to back running backs??? Yes, as I said before they are about to run the ball so much. This will be pure smash mouth football and it will be hilarious to see it in action. Dominic Reynolds and Soul King Brook splitting carries is not ideal, but the pure volume of carries the team gets should make up for this. I expect Dom to also be a solid receiving threat for their rushing QB who will probably need to rely on check downs. Similar reasoning to Soul King Brook, I think Dominic Reynolds will end up being the RB3 in DSFL Fantasy.
Lane Wilson - London (250 TPE)
The final capped running back finds his way into the RB4. The only thing that worries me is that this offense is not guaranteed to be a rushing offense. Lane could very well do great and outperform both Brandon Johnson, Soul King Brook and Dominic Reynolds, but I am worried that London will be passing the ball with their capped QB and capped WR. They also have Zigzag Zapstep who is earning consistently and will take touches from Lane. It will not be as much of a committee as Minnesota or even Portland, but it is still important to mention this. The fact that I think they will be a passing offense AND he won’t be the workhorse somewhat pulls me away from Lane. I think he will do very well. I am just unsure if he can measure up to the 3 running backs listed above him with competition and probably less touches.
Dazen Guile - Dallas (162 TPE)
Dazen does not have as much TPE as some of the people available to go on this list. However, the only other running back on Dallas’s roster is IA and the DSFL makes you play active players over inactive players. Dallas got massacred on the offensive side due to callups so there is a lot of space to step into for Guile. The loss of Reginald Hammerfall leaves a very heavy running back load left for Guile to work himself into. Dallas loved to use Hammerfall last year, as he was one of the best running backs in the DSFL. Dallas also lost their star QB, Chappy McChapperson, which has left them struggling at the QB position. All these things lean towards Guile getting a lot of touches with good fantasy scoring opportunities for most of the game. Even if they get behind and need to throw, Guile is the 2nd highest earning target and could very well establish himself as a receiving back if needed. However, I see Dallas going back to relying on the run which would get Guile a lot of chances to do something great. There is not much else on the offense so he should be a focal point at the very least.

WR
This is where you really just look for maxed players and hope they have a passing offense. Sometimes, the sim will decide that they stink and you just have to live with that. Because of that, there is not much to go off of other than TPE and prayers.

Andre Benn - Tijuana (250 TPE)
You know when I said there was not much to go off of other than TPE and prayers. Well, that is wrong for this one. Andre Benn is far and away the WR1 and it legit is not even close. The previous DSFL Most Valuable Player returns to bully everybody once again. Benn could also improve because his WR2, Pitter Patter, got called up so the next best weapon is Bob Kronkowski who sims hate to give touchdowns. So, yes, you could expect the reigning league MVP to have improved stats. The man that just broke records could have improved stats. It is safe to say the league is in danger. Benn also maintains that connection with Puddles O’Duck which is very beneficial for him. I expect Tijuana to be a pass heavy team once again, especially since they are now left with only 1 running back and did not draft one in the S48 DSFL Draft. They cannot just continuously hand it off to Brandon Johnson so they will have to pass pretty consistently. This gives Benn plenty of chances to destroy the low earning CBs that this league has. There are plenty of teams who have struggled to fill out a good secondary which means Benn is, yet again, even more likely to dominate. Safe to say that I am scared to death of what this man could do this year.
Chopper Donquixote - London (250 TPE)
I’m not fully sure what London will look like but I expect Chopper Donquixote to perform very well (just not week 1 please). One of the few capped wide receivers in the DSFL who has lots of opportunity to score should do quite well, especially considering most defenses got massacred due to callups. As I stated in Lane Wilson’s writeup, I do think this offense will be balanced, if not leaning towards the passing side of things. This will give Chopper tons of chances to break off an explosive play or even just get a little chunk of fantasy points. His touchdown production will probably fall off a little bit but I still expect him to be a big fantasy performer this year.
Benny Hanna - Norfolk (210 TPE)
Coming off of a very good season fantasy wise last season, I do not expect this production to drop. Hanna will be the WR1 in this Norfolk offense that normally likes to sling it. With no JJ What to take target and being the only veteran presence in the receiver room, I expect Hanna to perform again. Now Hanna might not get 15 touchdowns again, but I would expect the yardage total to be around 1200 again. Like Doc was saying, Hanna was slept on in the DSFL drafts. I did not look into wide receiver early or Hanna would 100% be on my team.
Meo Stickhands McGee - Bondi Beach (230 TPE)
Bondi Beach may not be willing to chuck it as much as some of the other teams on this list, but they have proven they are able to support a very good wide receiver with María Teresa de la Rosa last season. María ended with a very good fantasy season that I believe Meo will be able to follow up, if not outperform. His competition for targets comes in the shape of a quickly earning S48 rookie in Seer Ial. While I think this could lower the ceiling of Meo, I do not think this affects his floor at all. Unless there is a shocking scheme change, I expect Meo to have roughly a floor of 1k receiving yards and 6 receiving touchdowns which, as a floor, is very respectable.
Jonathan Irons - Portland (250 TPE)
Portland is not exactly the best offense for a receiving threat. The Pythons love relying on the run, having 3 running backs on the roster. However, Brad Woof left a lot of yards to pick up and Irons and Higbee are going to have to pick up the slack. They are both the only receiving threats who stayed with the team and will see a large increase in production if Portland passes like they did last season. Brad Woof leaves a wide open wide receiver 1 spot to step into and nearly 1200 yards and 4 touchdowns unaccounted for. Considering the fact that Irons was successful as the 2nd receiving option of the team last season, moving into the one slot is something I think will bring her production up to a top 5 WR fantasy producer. Also, other than Higbee II of course, the only threat to losing targets is a young rookie tight end who is sitting at 75 TPE. As much as I love tight ends, this should not take away much, if any, production with Irons who finds herself in my top 5 WRs.

TE
Look away Kronk. Tight ends is a weird position to handle just because there are not many tight ends in general (8) and also some of them are inactive. We have 2 clear leaders of the pack and then a bunch of guesses at who might be good. I fully expect to get some of the 3-5 tight ends wrong. However, I would be severely disappointed if my top 2 do not end as the top 2 tight ends for fantasy.

Tyler Higbee II - Portland (250 TPE)
This yapping man finds himself as my projected tight end 1 for fantasy. Rumor has it, we will see Higbee II out of the wide receiver 2 spot which is an absolute danger to the league. This will boost his production way past what a tight end normally does. I expect to see similar production to Jonathan Irons last year which would be an elite tight end season. The big red zone threat might even take on a few more touchdowns to that statline. Higbee actually had a solid tight end year last season, especially touchdown wise. From the tight end slot, he led Portland and all tight ends in receiving touchdowns with 5. He also led all tight ends in receiving yards with 523 (sorry again Kronk). Considering he was the clear fantasy tight end 1 last season out of the tight end slot, I can only imagine the points he could put up out of a wide receiver slot and with less target competition from the departure of Brad Woof. Because of all this, I believe Higbee II will be the best tight end for fantasy this season.
Bob Kronkowski - Tijuana (250 TPE)
Kronk will not be very happy with these but I see it more as a 1a 1b instead of a 1 and 2. Kronk is also a max vertical threat tight end. He just has more competition for targets and I have not heard anything about whether he will be playing out of the tight end slot or the wide receiver slot. If he is out of the tight end slot, it is more of a 1 and 2 between Higbee II and Kronk just because of the massive difference that can make in stats. I think Kronk will get into the endzone this year (we can hope) which would really help his fantasy stats. Last year, he was only 1 yard behind Higbee II but Kronk had zero touchdowns which really hurt his fantasy production. He probably will not completely feel Pitter Patter’s shoes but it definitely helps him that he is gone. Very interested to see how well Kronk does.
Kurt Wagner - Portland (75 TPE)
The rest of these will be written after DSFL week 1. I do not feel like going back and changing everything so some things have most definitely changed. It may feel weird having such a low TPE player in the top 3 of a position. However, after watching week 1, this man had opportunities to make plays and normally made the most of it. Now you won’t get a game changing tight end here, but you can get someone who gets enough touches to possibly sneak into the endzone. Higbee II is playing in the WR2 spot so Kurt will basically take over his role from last season where he ended up being the tight end 1. I do not think Kurt will be the tight end 1 by any means, but it is a good sign for his future production. As mentioned earlier, the tight end spot is barren after Higbee and Kronk so you really are just chasing touchdowns. Kurt gets the opportunities to score so I have him as my TE3.
TightEnds ArePeople - Norfolk (BOT)
This is a weird one because obviously you would want users instead of bots. However, this bot scored a touchdown in week one which is a really promising sign. The bot got 4 catches which is tied most out of all the tight ends. I do not fully understand how bots get updated, but the opportunity is there to get touches. All you are looking for in a tight end at this point are touches because the more touches you get, the higher chance you will have a touchdown. Touchdowns are a game changer with tight ends.
GoTo imnegs.net - London (114 TPE)
Negs was in the 2nd tier of receptions for tight ends. Negs had 3 in week 1 while having the most yards out of the remaining tight ends to rank. I also know that Negs will be a max earner which probably helps this ranking. This is really just a dart throw and hope for the best though. After TE2 with Kronk, it really comes down to the unpredictability of touchdowns.

OL
For the offensive line, not giving up sacks seems to be much more important than getting pancakes. However, pancakes also happen much more frequently than giving up sacks. Because of this, I don’t really know what to focus on but I will try my best to balance both

Taylor Swift - Minnesota (168 TPE)
Taylor Swift had a very good first week from the guard position for the Grey Ducks. Taylor had 7 pancakes while giving up no sacks. This is the best pace of any user offensive linemen and the best pace for pancakes of any offensive linemen with no sacks given up. Taylor was already high on boards going into the draft, seemingly becoming active again recently, and proved to be worth it after week 1.
Macho Man - Tijuana (GM Bot)
Macho Man had the same exact week 1 stat line as Taylor Swift. The biggest thing that drops Macho here is the fact that this is a bot and I am assuming that a bot will not out earn a user as long as the user is somewhat active. Because of this belief, Taylor will ultimately become better than Machi as the season goes on.
Tmoney IsMoney - Norfolk (Bot)
Tmoney IsMoney actually has the most pancakes after week 1. However, it kind of worries me that Tmoney already gave up a sack. I am not completely sure on how fluky sacks are, but I would much rather take an offensive lineman who may get less pancakes but does not give up sacks compared to an offensive lineman who gives up sacks while getting slightly more pancakes. This is really just a personal preference.
Gusztav Farkas - Dallas (162 TPE)
Although the week 1 stats may not be up to par for some of the other offensive linemen still left to choose from, I am believing in the talent (TPE) that Farkas brings to the table. He may not have started the season off great from a fantasy perspective, but he is one of the highest earning user offensive linemen in the DSFL and deserves a spot on this list.
Dinosaur Nugget - Tijuana (Bot)
The DSFL really has 2 true and committed user offensive lineman which was quite a disappointment when looking through for some. Both have already been listed so we dip back into the bot pool and back into Tijuana’s offense line. Yet again, I have no clue how or if a bot progresses. All I know is that Dinosaur Nugget is a great name and Nugget did well week 1, getting 6 pancakes and no sacks allowed. That is good enough to sneak into my top 5 offensive linemen even if it is mostly due to the name.

K
Kicker is kind of hard to do a writeup with so this will just be my top 8 with no write ups.

Wynn Jenkins - Bondi Beach (250 TPE)
Cameron Oswald Newton - Minnesota (106 TPE)
Harry Kane - London (Bot)
Daniel Kenny - Tijuana (50 TPE)
Nagini Riddle - Portland (Bot)
Football Kicker - London (Bot)
Ball GoFar - Norfolk (Bot)
Air Bud - Dallas (Bot)

Def
The same thing kind of applies with defense. It is mostly going to be tpe based or off of bias for your team. It may involve the offense for field position but I do not know how much that affects the defense so I will mostly be going off of TPE or users who I know will ultimately earn well.

Minnesota (2321 TPE)
London (1546 TPE)
Dallas (1074 TPE)
Bondi Beach (1048 TPE)
Kansas City (1089 TPE)
Portland (969 TPE)
Norfolk (1005 TPE)
Tijuana (385 TPE)

This concludes my semi preseason semi post week 1 DSFL fantasy rankings. I may try and do another one like post trade deadline to update you all. I hope all 14 other DSFL fantasy members enjoyed that this released after drafts were done.