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What's up RotoBallers. Week 10 is complete and we hope you managed to secure the win! To celebrate, today we are bringing you our Week 11 fantasy football rankings to help prepare you for your Week 10 matchups.
Below you will find both PPR rankings and standard league rankings for Week 11, brought to you by Zach Wilkens (@LopsidedTrades) and Edward Gorelik (@EdwardGorelik). Lead fantasy football columnist Edward Gorelik also highlights some rankings analysis for Week 11, broken out by position, and draws some matchup conclusions. He tells you who he likes, who he doesn't, and most importantly who he thinks you should be starting in Week 11.
You can also check out our 2015 fantasy football ranking dashboard, for more in depth rankings analysis on all positions including rookies and dynasty leagues.
Rankings are subject to change leading up to the games.
Week 11 Fantasy Football Rankings - All Positions
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Week 11 Quarterback (QB) Rankings Analysis
By Edward Gorelik (@Edward Gorelik)
It's hard to imagine what's going to happen to Tom Brady with both Dion Lewis and Julian Edelman now missing from the lineup. I'm not saying he's going to fall out from the top fantasy QBs, but i'm moving him off the #1 spot he's been at all season long and replacing him with Cam Newton this week.
Newton's up against a weak Washington secondary that just had an easy blowout against the Saints and although i'm not a fan of these kinds of stretch narratives, something about that makes me feel like they're going to take this game a little easier than they should. Newton's scoring touchdowns like a madman through the air and ground right now and should be looking at least two more opportunities to offend everyone with his dancing this weekend.
I'm all in on Blake Bortles and his #1 receiver this Thursday night. The Titans just placed their #1 corner Jason McCourty on IR for the season and that makes an already struggling Titans team even worse. Whether Hurns plays or not, it seems incredibly unlikely for the Titans to be able to do anything about the Robinson/Bortles connection.
This week has a double header of revenge games as both Ryan Fitzpatrick and Jay Cutler face their former teams. If Fitzpatrick is healthy enough to play, he faces the team that most recently threw him out- the Texans. They may be starting TJ Yates which opens up a huge opportunity for a 30 point blowout by the Jets. Fitzpatrick has had at least two touchdowns in every game except one this year and offers a decent streaming option if necessary.
Then we have Jay Cutler, being coached by John Fox and Adam Gase, all going against their former team. This is pure revenge in the making. The Broncos defense is still considerably good (even with a bad game last week, one game does not ruin a defenses season) which is why Cutler is only in the middle of the pack for my QB rankings right now- but Cutlers been on a hot streak ever since the return of Jeffery.
Week 11 Running Back (RB) Rankings Analysis
By Edward Gorelik (@Edward Gorelik)
After a monster week against the Broncos, Charcandrick West feels like a good bet to keep up this momentum against a weak Chargers defense. The Chargers rank 32nd in defensive DVOA and have given up the most fantasy points to RBs across the season, averaging 24 FP per game allowed. That's ridiculous.
Darren McFadden enters the top 8 for the first time this week. It might sound crazy, but the return of Romo should do wonders for this offense, especially as they face a weak Miami defense. The Dolphins are actually right behind the Chargers in fantasy points allowed to running backs, while also being horrible overall as a defense- ranking 25th in DVOA. There's a solid chance that the return of Romo reinvigorates this offense into the well oiled machine it was expected to be.
I have LeGarrette Blount currently ranked just outside of the RB1s- but his ranking is subject to change as this week goes along. With players on the Bills defensive line currently unsure of their status, it's hard to figure out what the outlook will be for Blount- who only had 2 carries the last time he faced the Bills in a blowout. It's clear that he is the main back in this offense as neither James White or Brandon Bolden has done anything well so far but there's no promise that the Patriots don't go into another 60 passes kind of day for Brady, just as they did in week 6 against the Jets.
Andre Ellington is sneakily climbing up the rankings this week. He's far off from a play unless you're desperate but I have to mention him. Ellington has slowly seen the field more and more over the season, now reaching 36 snaps in the Cardinals latest game against the Seahawks. He still a good amount away from starter Chris Johnson, who played 50 snaps, but that big game ending run might help his momentum with seeing the field a little more often.
Week 11 Wide Receiver (WR) Rankings Analysis
By Edward Gorelik (@Edward Gorelik)
So I mentioned the return of Tony Romo. I can't imagine how frustrated Romo has been sitting on the sidelines watching Brandon Weeden and Matt Cassel struggle to hit routine plays. I imagine Dez Bryant's pretty frustrated too. However, I don't need to imagine that Miami has been allowing 85 yards per game on average to opposing WR1s, which is the 7th highest in the league. I expect Bryant to feast.
Revis Island was once a feared place. Although Revis still isn't giving up a lot of yards or touchdowns to opposing receivers, the film of each game is showing that he's becoming slightly easier to beat than in years past. QB's still aren't willing to test him- but some QBs aren't all that smart. TJ Yates might be one of those QBs. I'm putting Hopkins into the low end of the WR1 pool, but i still expect him to manage a decent game just because Yates will likely force it to him. Plus, as mentinoed, Revis has been getting beaten by WRs, just not thrown at.
AJ Green's season has been suffering as Andy Dalton spreads the ball around to other targets. It's unfortunate for someone this talented to be a less focused piece in this offense, but at least you know on any given week he can put up big points for you. This might not be that week however, as the Bengals will travel to Arizona to face the Cardinals. They're allowing only 53 yards per game to opposing WR1s and have a very strong matchup for AJ Green in the name of Patrick Peterson.
Danny Amendola has a very high ranking right now that's operating with the assumption that he's taking over Julian Edelman's role. The stats may not show it- but Amendola is getting open pretty often and isn't playing particularly poorly. With Buffalo's defensive strength being it's two outside corners (who are both allowing average or below average yardage to outside WRs) their slot CB is left wide open, and that's where Amendola has worked out of the most. As news comes out about Amendola, this ranking is subject to change but it's where we're at right now.
Week 11 Tight End (TE) Rankings Analysis
By Edward Gorelik (@Edward Gorelik)
The San Diego Chargers defense is horrendous from top to bottom, so I'm really expecting that both West and Travis Kelce can have big games against them. I know Kelce hasn't been the fantasy god that many expected (including me) but it's not a shortage of talent or ability that's causing this.
I still see him as someone worth believing in, and the Chargers below average tight end defense despite facing many tight ends that are far less talented than Kelce bodes well for his chances. It helps that they've allowed the 10th most points to tight ends on the season, and 5th most in the last four weeks.
It wasn't that long ago that Oakland was the mecca for Tight End points. In their last few weeks that has managed to slow down but that also comes off playing some pretty weak tight ends, including the Jets and Vikings groups. Now, they're going to be facing Eric Ebron- a huge athlete who's having a quiet breakout as he slowly reaches his way into TE1 status.
The Raiders have only bettered themselves from second worst against Tight Ends (for the season) to 13th worst (for the last 4 weeks) but, as already mentioned- that came off weak competition. I'm expecting a good performance from Ebron.
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