Week 1 Fantasy Rankings

NFL Week 1 Rankings

With a strange and sometimes perplexing NFL offseason finally over, many fantasy football lineups are looking, well, strange and perplexing. Rosters everywhere are dotted with question marks, from Clinton Portis' shoulder to Ben Roethlisberger's appendix. Will Carson Palmer's knee hold up? Steve Smith's hamstring? Terrell Owens' head? Who's Denver's running back? Chicago's? Is Chester Taylor any good? Who's Wali Lundy, and where'd the other letters in his name go? Those and many other questions may not be answered for a while, but there's good news: It doesn't matter that much this week. The opener's the perfect time to roll the dice on a relatively unknown situation because even if it backfires and you lose, you're only one game back and get first dibs on the Week 2 free agent free-for-all.

Give your coaching staff some muscle and add Wager On Football's Fantasy Football content and articles to your sideline. This is also a wise thing to do before tackling an NFL sportsbook. Our Fantasy Football Edge provides you with all you need to be competitive this fantasy football season, and in our NFL sportsbooks. It's time for us to begin ranking players in an effort to give you an edge on the competition. Every week during the 2005/06 Fantasy Football season we here at Wager On Football will do everything we can in terms of giving you our loyal friends as much Fantasy Football insight as we can. Need help making those tough lineup decisions? Our Fantasy football Lineup Rankings can help you make the right call. We provide you with our best possible starters, based on overall Fantasy Football value and each player's upcoming NFL weekly matchup.

The Wager On Football Sportsbook Review fantasy rankings are based on a performance scoring system where a player gets a bonus for yards and six points for touchdowns. Each week, our Wager On Football Fantasy Football experts get together and review all NFL matchups from a Fantasy perspective as the basis for these rankings. We provide you with a listing of the top 20 quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers plus tight ends, and defenses. We do not rank KICKERS on purpose ok??

Several factors are considered, including strength of opponent, recent performances, individual matchups and all the intangibles that encompass an NFL matchup. Such as rivalries, weather, team moral, and playing against a former team. Injuries, experience and the possibility of splitting playing time are also a factor. In some cases, certain players are must-starts every week and rarely drop below the top spots or are removed unless they are injured. At running back, LaDainian Tomlinson will always be ranked near the top, McNabb and Manning as well, and Moss, Harrison and now Holt regardless of matchups. After all of the weekly games are finished be sure to check our waiver wire, studs and duds, a who's hot, and who's not report plus more in our fantasy football guide.

So without any further time wasting, here are the Week 1 Fantasy Rankings for the NFL games going on this week (Week 1). Good Luck!!!

Fantasy Notes	NFL FANTASY RUNNING BACKS RANKINGS - NFL WEEK 1 GAMES
Alexander will run all over the Lions LJ is picked to be #1 based on TD's this week, not rushing yardage. Edge should have a decent outing versus a suspect 49ers defense minus a big play threat.	PLAYER OPPONENT 1. Larry Johnson CIN 2. Shaun Alexander @DET 3. LaDainian Tomlinson @OAK 4. Rudi Johnson @KC 5. Tiki Barber IND 6. LaMont Jordan SD 7. Steven Jackson DEN 8. Edgerrin James SF 9. Carnell Williams BAL 10. Willis McGahee @NE 11. Ronnie Brown @PIT 12. DeShaun Foster ATL 13. Reuben Droughns NO 14. Warrick Dunn @CAR 15. Frank Gore @ARI 20. Thomas Jones @GB 17. Reggie Bush @CLE 18. Brian Westbrook @HOU 19. Chester Taylor @WAS 16. Kevin Jones SEA
Fantasy Notes	NFL FANTASY QUARTERBACKS RANKINGS - NFL WEEK 1 GAMES
Watch the Manning Bowl carefully, this is a springboard to better things for whichever brother gets his season off to a winning start.	PLAYER OPPONENT 1. Peyton Manning @NYG 2. Carson Palmer @KC 3. Tom Brady BUF 4. Matt Hasselbeck @DET 5. Eli Manning IND 6. Kurt Warner SF 7. Marc Bulger DEN 8. Donovan McNabb @HOU 9. Jake Plummer @STL 10. Trent Green CIN 11. Jake Delhomme ATL 12. Drew Brees @CLE 13. Drew Bledsoe @JAX 14. Daunte Culpepper @PIT 15. Aaron Brooks SD 16. Jon Kitna SEA 17. Steve McNair @TB 18. Brett Favre CHI 19. Byron Leftwich DAL 20. Michael Vick @CAR
Fantasy Notes	NFL FANTASY WIDE RECEIVERS RANKINGS - NFL WEEK 1 GAMES
Steve Smith (Car) is doubtful this week Darrell Jackson (Sea) is back at practice for Seattle but I don't think he'll have a huge impact this week.	PLAYER OPPONENT 1. Larry Fitzgerald SF 2. Marvin Harrison @NYG 3. Chad Johnson @KC 4. Anquan Boldin SF 5. Torry Holt DEN 6. Terrell Owens @JAX 7. Randy Moss SD 8. Plaxico Burress IND 9. Roy Williams SEA 10. Santana Moss MIN 11. Chris Chambers @PIT 12. T.J. Houshmandzadeh @KC 13. Reggie Wayne @NYG 14. Joe Horn @CLE 15. Nate Burleson @DET 16. Donald Driver CHI 17. Terry Glenn @JAX 18. Derrick Mason @TB 19. Joey Galloway BAL 20. Lee Evans @NE
Fantasy Notes	NFL FANTASY TIGHT ENDS RANKINGS - NFL WEEK 1 GAMES
Gates, Shockey, Heap, Gonzalez are all studs, with TG the worst of the 4 in my opinion, due to his increased roll in the blocking game. Cooley, Watson, and Winslow should have brakeout years.	PLAYER OPPONENT 1. Antonio Gates OAK 2. Jeremy Shockey IND 3. Benjamin Watson BUF 4. Tony Gonzalez CIN 5. Todd Heap @TB 6. Alge Crumpler @CAR 7. Chris Cooley MIN 8. Jason Witten @JAX 9. L.J. Smith @HOU 10. Kellen Winslow NO
Fantasy Notes	NFL FANTASY DEFENSES AND SPECIAL TEAMS (DST) RANKINGS - NFL WEEK 1 GAMES
The Bears, Seahawks, and Eagles have great matchups to start their seasons.	NFL TEAM VS OPPONENT 1. Chicago at GB 2. Philadelphia at HOU 3. Seattle at DET 4. Pittsburgh vs. MIA 5. Tampa Bay vs. BAL 6. Dallas at JAC 7. Baltimore at TB 8. Carolina vs. ATL 9. Washington vs. MIN 10. Miami at PIT

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