Each week, Eric Karabell ranks players by position based on their fantasy football value for the rest of the 2024 season. Use the information to optimize the players on your bench for their future potential or to gauge their value in trade. Eric's top 100 can be found below the positions in this column.
Quarterback
Rankings changes: There is minor movement in the top 10. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Baker Mayfield continues to surprise, and fantasy's No. 2 QB scorer -- yep, he passed Jayden Daniels -- moves into the top 5. Hey, we are as shocked as you are. Pittsburgh Steelers starter Justin Fields finally convinced us he needs to break into the top 10. Perhaps his future role remains problematic, but the numbers are there and his team is winning. The numbers have not been there for the Arizona Cardinals' Kyler Murray, who leaves the top 10. He has failed to score 15 PPR points in four of six games.
Later in the rankings, we see rookies Bo Nix of the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots' Drake Maye rise ahead of several underperforming veterans. Nix and Maye were not perfect on Sunday, but fantasy managers cannot count on the Jacksonville Jaguars' Trevor Lawrence (stunning fall from relevance), the Los Angeles Chargers' Justin Herbert (even though he finally passed for more than 180 yards!) and injured New Orleans Saints QB Derek Carr. Time for some young fellows.
Running back
Rankings changes: Healthy Texan Joe Mixon returns to the top 10, while the Chargers' J.K. Dobbins, Tennessee Titans' Tony Pollard and Pittsburgh Steelers' Najee Harris force their way into better RB2 territory. Mixon scored 27.2 PPR points in his first action since Week 2. Dobbins earned a career-high 25 rushing attempts, as there is no timeshare here. Pollard is the lone Titans fantasy choice these days. We shall see about the expected Pittsburgh tandem, now that Jaylen Warren is back playing. Injured Indianapolis Colts RB Jonathan Taylor, underwhelming Green Bay Packers back Josh Jacobs and all-or-little James Conner of the Arizona Cardinals fall.
There is exciting youth to watch at this position as well, with Buccaneers fourth-round selection Bucky Irving reaching double-digit PPR points for the third time in four weeks, New York Giants fifth-rounder Tyrone Tracy Jr. nearly matching his season scoring (over five games) with 22.7 PPR points and San Francisco 49ers fourth-round pick Isaac Guerendo stepping up in relief of Jordan Mason and rushing for 99 yards in brief work. If Mason joins Christian McCaffrey on the sidelines, Guerendo is next man up -- and a valuable one.
Wide receiver
Rankings changes: Buccaneers veteran Chris Godwin delivered 35.5 PPR points in Week 6, scoring his fourth and fifth touchdowns of the young season. Godwin scored five touchdowns the past two seasons combined, but we must believe this surprising production continues. He crashes the overall top 10. The Philadelphia Eagles welcomed back A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith; Brown resumes his WR1 spot, Smith is safely a WR2. Healthy Texan Stefon Diggs rises into stronger WR2 range as injured teammate Nico Collins falls. Three Packers options caught TD passes, and each of them move up. New Jet Davante Adams remains in strong WR2 status, as we assume he is finally healthy enough to return to the field this week.
Tight end
Rankings changes: Chicago Bears starter Cole Kmet becomes the fifth different tight end to earn high-scoring honors in a week, and he moves into the top 10. No, it does not take much. A healthy Jaguars Evan Engram was one of the Jaguars' few bright spots, catching 10 passes for 102 yards, and he is back in TE1 territory. Injured Eagle Dallas Goedert is out. The Las Vegas Raiders' Brock Bowers has seen double-digit targets in consecutive weeks. The Baltimore Ravens' Mark Andrews comes off his top two fantasy efforts of the season. We all want to believe.