Each year sites like ESPN, CBS Sportsline, and The Huddle provide you with a fantasy rankings longer than Santa?s naughty-and-nice list. My question is ? why do you need a list of the Top 500 projected fantasy football players when a typical league only drafts about 170 players? Actually, the standard twelve-team league with a roster including eight starters and six bench spots drafts 168 players, but I digress. With out further ado, I bring you Andrew Perna?s 2007 Fantasy Football Draft Ranking List. The Top 180 guys are ranked, all you?ll need to win your fantasy football league (plus a little more). I even broke then down into sets of twelve, in case you wanted to turn this into a make-shift Mock Draft, but look for a real one of those next week. 1. LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego RB 2. Steven Jackson, St. Louis RB 3. Frank Gore, San Francisco RB 4. Larry Johnson, Kansas City RB 5. Joseph Addai, Indianapolis RB 6. Shaun Alexander, Seattle RB 7. Rudi Johnson, Cincinnati RB 8. Peyton Manning, Indianapolis QB 9. Willie Parker, Pittsburgh RB 10. Ronnie Brown, Miami RB 11. Willis McGahee, Baltimore RB 12. Brian Westbrook, Philadelphia RB It?s hard to rank anyone above LaDainian Tomlinson this year, but consensus number one?s rarely live up to their top billing. I really like Joseph Addai here at the fifth spot, more than likely you?ll be able to grab him towards the end of the first round. 13. Laurence Maroney, New England RB 14. Steve Smith, Carolina WR 15. Marvin Harrison, Indianapolis WR 16. Carson Palmer, Cincinnati QB 17. Reggie Bush, New Orleans RB 18. Chad Johnson, Cincinnati WR 19. Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville RB 20. Deuce McAllister, New Orleans RB 21. Tom Brady, New England QB 22. Drew Brees, New Orleans QB 23. Reggie Wayne, Indianapolis WR 24. Cedric Benson, Chicago RB There?s a wide variety of players listed in this grouping, with all of the elite running backs off the table at this point. The only question mark here is Benson. Chicago running backs are great on the field, but that success doesn?t usually transfer to the realm of fantasy football. Proceed with caution. 25. Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona WR 26. Thomas Jones, New York Jets RB 27. Terrell Owens, Dallas WR 28. Marc Bulger, St. Louis QB 29. Clinton Portis, Washington RB 30. Edgerrin James, Arizona RB 31. Torry Holt, St. Louis, WR 32. Donovan McNabb, Philadelphia QB 33. Antonio Gates, San Diego TE 34. Marshawn Lynch, Buffalo RB 35. Roy Williams, Detroit WR 36. Travis Henry, Denver RB There are four sure things here: Fitzgerald, Bulger, Holt and Gates. They aren?t the kind of players who are going to strike fear in your opponent, but they?ll get the job done each and every week nonetheless. Lynch and Henry are the question marks in this bunch. Lynch because he?s a rookie, and Henry because he plays for Denver. 37. Lee Evans, Buffalo WR 38. Donald Driver, Green Bay WR 39. Chester Taylor, Minnesota RB 40. Brandon Jacobs, New York Giants RB 41. Anquan Boldin, Arizona WR 42. T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Cincinnati WR 43. Marion Barber, Dallas RB 44. Ahman Green, Houston RB 45. Jamal Lewis, Cleveland RB 46. Randy Moss, New England WR 47. Marques Colston, New Orleans WR 48. Javon Walker, Denver WR Evans is quite possibly the most underrated receiver in all of football, with Driver not all too far behind. I wouldn?t have a problem starting either of the two as my number one wide receiver ? you shouldn?t either. We?re also getting into backs who could be sharing a majority of the carries with someone else. If you?re taking Taylor, Jacobs or Barber you might want to grab Peterson, Droughns and Jones later on. 49. Fred Taylor, Jacksonville RB 50. Andre Johnson, Houston WR 51. LaMont Jordan, Oakland RB 52. Laveranues Coles, New York Jets WR 53. Cadillac Williams, Tampa Bay RB 54. Tony Gonzalez, Kansas City TE 55. Matt Hasselbeck, Seattle QB 56. Plaxico Burress, New York Giants WR 57. DeAngelo Williams, Carolina RB 58. Julius Jones, Dallas RB 59. Adrian Peterson, Minnesota RB 60. Reggie Brown, Philadelphia WR Mr. Taylor, for years fantasy owners avoided you because of your injury history. So what did you do in 2006? You played fifteen games, ran for 1,146 yards and five scores despite sharing the load with super-rookie Maurice Jones-Drew. Now you?re slipping down the charts because of competition instead of a lack of confidence in your health. Does that feel any better? 61. Hines Ward, Pittsburgh WR 62. Ladell Betts, Washington RB 63. Alge Crumpler, Atlanta TE 64. Michael Vick, Atlanta QB 65. Jeremy Shockey, New York TE 66. Warrick Dunn, Atlanta RB 67. Santana Moss, Washington WR 68. Kevin Jones, Detroit RB 69. Jerious Norwood, Atlanta RB 70. DeShaun Foster, Carolina RB 71. Vince Young, Tennessee QB 72. Chris Chambers, Miami WR Beware of Michael Vick?s legal troubles. It?s becoming more and more likely that Roger Goodell is going to suspend the Falcons? quarterback. That wouldn?t just be bad for Atlanta fans, it could sink the early part of your season as well. 73. Philip Rivers, San Diego QB 74. Darrell Jackson, San Francisco WR 75. Todd Heap, Baltimore TE 76. Joey Galloway, Tampa Bay WR 77. Kellen Winslow II, Cleveland TE 78. Deion Branch, Seattle WR 79. Braylon Edwards, Cleveland WR 80. LenDale White, Tennessee RB 81. Vernon Davis, San Francisco TE 82. Donte? Stallworth, New England WR 83. Chris Cooley, Washington TE 84. Tony Romo, Dallas QB There are two players I?ll have my eyes on this season here: Jackson and Stallworth. Both receivers have changed addresses, and figure to improve on their injury-ruined 2006 seasons. 85. L.J. Smith, Philadelphia TE 86. Vincent Jackson, San Diego WR 87. Bernard Berrian, Chicago WR 88. Matt Leinart, Arizona QB 89. D.J. Hackett, Seattle WR 90. Terry Glenn, Dallas WR 91. Mark Clayton, Baltimore WR 92. Jericho Cotchery, New York Jets WR 93. Issac Bruce, St. Louis WR 94. Vernand Morency, Green Bay RB 95. Mike Bell, Denver RB 96. Ben Watson, New England TE Chances are Matt Leinart will be much better than several of the eighty-seven players I ranked above him, but he hasn?t shown it just yet. Although with Fitzgerald and Boldin on either side of him it seems as though it?d be kind of hard to fail. 97. Greg Jennings, Green Bay WR 98. Dominic Rhodes, Oakland RB 99. Calvin Johnson, Detroit WR 100. Chris Henry, Tennessee RB 101. Michael Turner, San Diego RB 102. Eli Manning, New York Giants QB 103. Jerry Porter, Oakland WR 104. Randy McMichael, St. Louis TE 105. Devery Henderson, New Orleans WR 106. Reuben Droughns, New York Giants RB 107. Jason Witten, Dallas TE 108. Muhsin Muhammad, Chicago WR Calvin Johnson might be the biggest impact rookie since?well?Joseph Addai and Reggie Bush. He shouldn?t be counted on as more than a low-second, or top-third option at wide receiver, but given time that could change. Treat Eli with the same caution Giants? fan do: close your eyes every time he throws the ball. 109. Jay Cutler, Denver QB 110. Brandon Stokley, Denver WR 111. Chad Pennington, New York Jets QB 112. Brandon Jackson, Green Bay RB 113. Alex Smith, San Francisco QB 114. Kevin Curtis, Philadelphia, WR 115. Santonio Holmes, Pittsburgh WR 116. Matt Jones, Jacksonville WR 117. Brandon Marshall, Denver WR 118. Mike Furrey, Detroit WR 119. Chicago Bears D/ST 120. Maurice Hicks, San Francisco RB If you took Frank Gore as your top running back, grab Hicks. It only makes sense to have your top player?s back-up. Technically it?s called ?handcuffing,? but you don?t need to worry about the dictionary definition. Just know that if you don?t do it, you can forget about hoisting that trophy. 121. Tatum Bell, Detroit RB 122. Baltimore Ravens D/ST 123. Jon Kitna, Detroit QB 124. New England Patriots D/ST 125. Heath Miller, Pittsburgh TE 126. Derrick Mason, Baltimore WR 127. Brett Favre, Green Bay QB 128. Ronald Curry, Oakland WR 129. Anthony Thomas, Buffalo RB 130. Jake Delhomme, Carolina QB 131. Drew Bennett, St. Louis, WR 132. Daniel Graham, Denver TE The only reason you should be taking Brett Favre as your starting quarterback is if you happen to be a huge cheesehead. Otherwise you?re going to be greatly disappointed. The Packers have a decent wide receiver corps, but question marks abound at running back. Forget exiting the NFL with his dignity, let?s hope he does so intact. 133. Dallas Clark, Indianapolis TE 134. J.P. Losman, Buffalo, QB 135. Joe Horn, Atlanta WR 136. Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh QB 137. Reggie Williams, Jacksonville WR 138. San Diego Chargers D/ST 139. Leon Washington, New York Jets RB 140. Owen Daniels, Houston TE 141. Eddie Kennison, Kansas City WR 142. Joe Jurevcius, Cleveland WR 143. Adrian Peterson, Chicago RB 144. Drew Carter, Carolina WR Don?t mistake number 1-4-3 with the promising rookie out of Oklahoma, this Peterson will probably be playing second fiddle a lot longer than the former Sooner. 145. Ashley Lelie, San Francisco WR 146. Correll Buckhalter, Philadelphia RB 147. Eric Parker, San Diego WR 148. Jacksonville Jaguars D/ST 149. Trent Green, Miami QB 150. Damon Huard, Kansas City QB 151. T.J. Duckett, Detroit RB 152. Jason Campbell, Washington QB 153. Bryant Johnson, Arizona WR 154. Pittsburgh Steelers D/ST 155. Miami Dolphins D/ST 156. Philadelphia Eagles D/ST Bryant Johnson is more than capable of filling in should one of the Cardinals? top receivers go down. He?s proven that in the past; grab him as a promising-third to top-forth option at wide receiver. 157. Tony Hunt, Philadelphia RB 158. Brady Quinn, Cleveland QB 159. JaMarcus Russell, Oakland QB 160. Denver Broncos D/ST 161. Minnesota Vikings D/ST 162. Carolina Panthers D/ST 163. Michael Bush, Oakland RB 164. Byron Leftwich, Jacksonville QB 165. Lorenzo Booker, Miami RB 166. Devin Hester, Chicago WR 167. Rex Grossman, Chicago QB 168. Dwayne Bowe, Kansas City WR There are four rookies listed here, with Bush be the most promising. His fell late into the draft because of an injury, but could supplant LaMont ?The Biggest Bust of 2006? Jordan before long. 169. Robbie Gould, Chicago K 170. Jeff Wilkins, St. Louis K 171. Adam Vinatieri, New England K 172. Jason Elam, Denver K 173. Jay Feeley, Miami K 174. Nate Kaeding, San Diego K 175. Shayne Graham, Cincinnati K 176. David Akers, Philadelphia K 177. Jason Hansen, Detroit K 178. Matt Stover, Baltimore K 179. Neil Rackers, Arizona K 180. Stephen Gostkowski, New England K Kickers, smickers. Final round selections, and final round selections only! ?07 Fantasy Football Archive: A Fantasy Warm-up, and Tips! What kind of things excite you about the upcoming Fantasy Football season? [email protected]