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With the drafted players for every team in house, the fantasy guys over at NFL.com went about putting together their updated Top 200 rankings.
The crew of Michael Fabiano, Adam Rank, Alex Gelhar, Marcus Grant, and James Koh put out their individual rankings, which means the Raiders players rankings varied. One thing didn’t vary too much and that was none of them thought Derek Carr was fantasy starter worthy. At least one thought he wasn’t even draftable.
It was Gelhar who didn’t have Carr even ranked in his top 200, with his highest ranking at 123 overall from Koh (who overall seems to like Raiders players better than the other). If we put Carr at 201 in Gelhar’s ranking, Carr’s average rank was 165. And Michael Fabiano has Carr as his 23rd ranked quarterback. In a 12-team league, with every team having two QB’s, that’s barely hanging onto a roster spot on any team in your league.
Carr had a poor 2017 season, by most measures. But his 2016 season was stellar. The question is whether he can return to his 2016 form or if he will stumble again. The fantasy guys appear to believe the latter.
What’s kind of interesting is despite not having a high opinion of drafting Carr, they all seem to really like the Raiders top trio of receivers, with each one of them making the list. Meanwhile Carr is ranked below even Doug Martin.
Here are the Raiders player rankings
Marshawn Lynch
Average ranking: 64
Highest: 55 (Koh)
Lowest: 77 (Rank)
Amari Cooper
Average ranking: 67
Highest: 44 (Koh)
Lowest: 92 (Gelhar)
Jordy Nelson
Average ranking: 104
Highest: 74 (Koh)
Lowest: 125 (Rank)
Martavis Bryant
Average rank: 117
Highest: 68 (Rank)
Lowest: 158 (Grant)
Doug Martin
Average rank: 156
Highest: 73 (Grant)
Lowest: 191 (Gelhar)
Derek Carr
Average rank: 165*
Highest: 123 (Koh)
Lowest: Unranked (Gelhar)
Jared Cook
Average rank: 172*
Highest: 146 (Koh)
Lowest: Unranked (Rank, Grant)
Jalen Richard
Average rank: 197*
Highest: 180 (Grant)
Lowest: Unranked (Fabiano, Rank, Gelhar, Koh)
*All unranked given number 201 in finding average ranking.
Poll
Where do you think Derek Carr should be in the fantasy rankings?
This poll is closed
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34%
Top 25
(1003 votes) -
20%
26-50
(604 votes) -
15%
51-75
(459 votes) -
14%
76-100
(416 votes) -
5%
101-125
(154 votes) -
3%
126-150
(93 votes) -
1%
151-175
(45 votes) -
1%
176-200
(32 votes) -
2%
Unranked
(75 votes)
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