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Here are the 80 players that are worth drafting.  This list was made after conducting various drafts and mock drafts.  Anyone not mentioned is either over rated to the point there is no way to draft them at a fair spot, about to get injured, never going to be good this season or ever (in terms of rookies or others getting significant playing time for the first time) or just not any good.

The Fantasy Football Rankings 2010

• 1. Adrian Peterson
• 2. Chris Johnson
• 3. Maurice Jones-Drew
• 4. Ray Rice
• 5. Miles Austin
• 6. Randy Moss
• 7. Larry Fitzgerald
• 8. Calvin Johnson
• 9. Andre Johnson
• 10. Frank Gore
• 11. DeAngelo Williams
• 12. Steven Jackson
• 13. Reggie Wayne
• 14. Peyton Manning
• 15. Tony Romo
• 16. Drew Brees
• 17. Aaron Rodgers
• 18. Ryan Grant
• 19. Jonathan Stewart
• 20. Vernon Davis
• 21. Antonio Gates
• 22. Tom Brady
• 23. Joseph Addai
• 24. Philip Rivers
• 25. Marques Colston
• 26. Roddy White (only as a 2nd wide receiver or later)
• 27. Felix Jones (only as a 2nd running back)(draft Marion Barber too just in case he gets more touches or TD’s)
• 28. Jason Witten
• 29. Dallas Clark
• 30. Pierre Thomas (only as a 2nd running back or later)
• 31. Ronnie Brown (only as a 2nd running back or later)
• 32. Brett Favre
• 33. Matt Schaub (only as a backup not a starter)
• 34. Chad Ochocinco
• 35. Mike Sims-Walker
• 36. Michael Crabtree
• 37. Hines Ward
• 38. Anquan Boldin (only as a 3rd wide receiver or later) (his new offense and quarterback are questionable)
• 39. Reggie Bush (only as a 4th running back or later)
• 40. Kevin Kolb (only as a backup quarterback not a starter)
• 41. Eli Manning (only as a backup quarterback not a starter)
• 42. Ricky Williams  (only as a 3rd running back or later)
• 43. Marion Barber (only as a 3rd running back or later)
• 44. Dez Bryant (only as a 2nd wide receiver or later)
• 45. Carnell Williams (only as a 3rd running back or later)
• 46. Terrell Owens
• 47. Carson Palmer
• 48. Matt Ryan (only as a backup quarterback not a starter)
• 49. Donovan McNabb
• 50. Kellen Winslow
• 51. Matthew Stafford (only as a backup quarterback not a starter)
• 52. Wes Welker (only as a 3rd wide receiver or later)
• 53. Willis McGahee (only as a 3rd running back or later)
• 54. Brandon Marshall (only as a 4th wide reciever or later) (his new offense and quarterback are questionable)
• 55. LaDainian Tomlinson (only as a 4th running back or later)(don’t think he will be force feed stats again)
• 56. Chester Taylor (only as a 4th running back or later)(he might move up the depth chart to the starter)
• 57. Lee Evans (only as a 2nd wide receiver or later)
• 58. Zach Miller (SLEEPER with finally a real quarterback)
• 59. Steve Slaton (only as a 2nd running back or later)
• 60. Steve Breaston (only as a 3rd wide receiver or later)(with Boldin gone he will catch more passes)
• 61. Roy Williams (only as a 3rd wide receiver or later)
• 62. New York Defense
• 63. Antonio Bryant (only as a 3rd wide receiver or later)
• 64. Vince Young (only as a backup quarterback)
• 65. Stephen Gostkowski
• 66. Todd Heap
• 67. Jeremy Shockey
• 68. Chris Chambers (only as a 4th wide receiver or later)
• 69. New York Defense
• 70. Dallas Defense
• 71. Miami Defense
• 72. Byron Leftwich (only as a backup quarterback)
• 73. Sebastian Janikowski
• 74. David Akers
• 75. Mike Bell (only as a 4th running back or later)
• 76. Heath Miller
• 77. Matt Hasselbeck
• 78. Jason Campbell (only as a backup quarterback)
• 79. Ted Ginn Jr. (only as a 5th wide receiver or later)
• 80. Torry Holt (only as a 5th wide receiver or later)

If you look over my rankings carefully you will see if you can’t get one of the top 4 running backs in Adrian Peterson, Chris Johnson, Maurice Jones-Drew or Ray Rice you would be better off drafting two wide receivers with your first two picks.  Then again you might want to consider a wide receiver and than a quarterback.  This is due to not only to those top 4 guys being that good but also due to there being so many good running backs to choose from later on and the fact that there aren’t enough elite wide receivers after your first 2 to 3 picks. 

You could draft an elite tight end in the 3rd through 5th round or wait till the 10th round or even later and pick up some steals in Kellen Winslow, Zach Miller, Todd Heap, Jeremy Shockey and Heath Miller.  Lastly, I would include one of my favorite tight ends of all time, Tony Gonzalez, but his big name will make him get drafted way too high.  I am basing this on last year and in the future the Atlanta Falcons aren’t looking to throw the ball to their tight ends, they are looking for their tight ends to mostly block so there is no need for you to draft Gonzalez early.

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