CRFL Keeper Rankings 2/18, Welcome to the Conquistadors

I've recently started to see some off-season keeper/dynasty rankings going up, figured it was time to add our own. Below is a very early list of the Top 50 keepers in fantasy football based purely on my opinion.

Age, talent, production, etc. all come into account with these rankings. Wide Receiver often gets favoritism in dynasty/keeper leagues because they tend to last longer than RBs, and that is evident in these rankings. Here are my observations of the ranked players, CRFL teams, etc. in the first version of this off-season Top 50.

-A shock to nobody in the league, the Gem State Bruins and Kaneohe Ikaika Warriors dominate the Top 20. Expect those two teams to be favorites to win the league again in 2016.

-Todd Gurley: from rookie to #1 RB in fantasy. David Johnson, coming in at 13 went 3.10 overall in last year's fantasy draft. Rookie magic continues to exist.

-New team Range Lonestars went from having a pitiful team to two Top 15 players in less than two weeks on the job.

-Laquon Treadwell and Ezekiel Elliott are the only soon-to-be rookies to crack the Top 50. I think those two are in tier 1 by themselves.

-I was surprised to see how often Brucey's crew came up. That team clearly underperformed at 5-8 last season.

-Jacksonville WR Allen Robinson went from not having a keeper tag going into 2015 to Top 10 in these rankings. His skill set was scoffed at coming out of Penn State. Just goes to show how unpredictable fantasy football can be.

-Rawls at #36 and Lacy #39 are going to be the center of debate all off-season. Lacy was a Top 10 asset this time last year, maybe even Top 5.

-Bortles, Carr, Mariota, and Winston all make my Top 50. The QB youth movement is on.

-LeSean McCoy would be higher on this list if he would quit getting into trouble.

-Only CRFL team to not make this list is the Connell Conquistadors, an early favorite for the #1 pick in 2017. They'll be rebuilding this fall.

1. WR Odell Beckham NYG 

2. WR Antonio Brown PIT

3. WR Julio Jones ATL

4. WR DeAndre Hopkins HOU

5. RB Todd Gurley LA

6. WR Allen Robinson JAC

7. WR Amari Cooper OAK

8. RB Le'Veon Bell PIT

9. TE Rob Gronkowski NE

10. WR Dez Bryant DAL

11. WR Sammy Watkins BUF

12. WR A.J. Green CIN

13. RB David Johnson ARI

14. WR Mike Evans TB

15. QB Cam Newton CAR

16. QB Andrew Luck IND

17. WR Alshon Jeffrey CHI

18. RB Doug Martin TB

19. QB Aaron Rodgers GB

20. WR Keenan Allen SD

21. WR Demaryius Thomas DEN

22. QB Russell Wilson SEA

23. WR Josh Gordon CLE

24. WR Laquon Treadwell 2016 NFL Draft

25. RB Devonta Freeman ATL

26. TE Greg Olsen CAR

27. RB Lamar Miller HOU

28. WR Brandin Cooks NO

29. RB Ezekiel Elliott 2016 NFL Draft

30. WR Jarvis Landry MIA

31. WR Randall Cobb GB

32. WR T.Y. Hilton IND

33. TE Jordan Reed WAS

34. WR Martavis Bryant PIT

35. WR Kelvin Benjamin CAR

36. RB Thomas Rawls SEA

37. QB Blake Bortles JAC

38. RB Adrian Peterson MIN

39. RB Eddie Lacy GB

40. TE Jimmy Graham SEA

41. QB Derek Carr OAK

42. WR Jordy Nelson GB

43. RB Mark Ingram NO

44. RB T.J. Yeldon JAC

45. QB Marcus Mariota TEN

46. WR Brandon Marshall NYJ

47. RB LeSean McCoy BUF

48. WR Michael Floyd ARI

49. WR Dorial Green-Beckham TEN

50. QB Jameis Winston TB


Connell Conquistadors join the CRFL

The final vacant spot in the CRFL has been filled. After being the long-time Vikings, the Connell Conquistadors will take on the difficult task of rebuilding this team.

An ill-advised trade for aging Peyton Manning last off-season leaves the Conquistadors without a 2016 1st round pick, but this team has already made two good trades by shipping out DeMarco Murray and Doug Baldwin to gather more assets and have some roster balance. We're glad to have found a fantasy player excited to take on this challenge.

All spots are now filled in the CRFL.