Branson: Week 16 Fantasy Football Positional Rankings

By Spence Branson--

(CBS) It's Week 16 of the NFL season, which means it's championship week in most fantasy football leagues. Here are the positional rankings to help you make your tough decisions.

These rankings are constructed with half-point PPR in mind, to balance out those of you in standard leagues and PPR leagues.

Quarterback

1. Cam Newton, CAR (at ATL)
2. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT (at BAL)
3. Blake Bortles, JAC (at NO)
4. Carson Palmer, ARI (vs GB)
5. Russell Wilson, SEA (vs STL)
6. Matthew Stafford, DET (vs SF)
7. Tom Brady, NE (at NYJ)
8. Drew Brees, NO (vs JAC)
9. Aaron Rodgers, GB (at ARI)
10. Ryan Fitzpatrick, NYJ (vs NE)
11. Kirk Cousins, WAS (at PHI)
12. Tyrod Taylor, BUF (vs DAL)
13. Derek Carr, OAK (vs SD)
14. Jay Cutler, CHI (at TB)
15. Philip Rivers, SD (at OAK)
16. Jameis Winston, TB (vs CHI)
17. Teddy Bridgewater, MIN (vs NYG)
18. Ryan Tannehill, MIA (vs IND)
19. Alex Smith, KC (vs CLE)
20. Jimmy Clausen, BAL (vs PIT)
21. Sam Bradford, PHI (vs WAS)
22. Eli Manning, NYG (at MIN)
23. Zach Mettenberger, TEN (vs HOU)
24. Matt Ryan, ATL (vs CAR)
25. Brock Osweiler, DEN (vs CIN)

Running back

1. David Johnson, ARI (vs GB)
2. DeAngelo Williams, PIT (at BAL)
3. Adrian Peterson, MIN (vs NYG)
4. Doug Martin, TB (vs CHI)
5. Latavius Murray, OAK (vs SD)
6. Darren McFadden, DAL (at BUF)
7. Charcandrick West, KC (vs CLE)
8. Matt Forte, CHI (at TB)
9. Devonta Freeman, ATL (vs CAR)
10. James White, NE (at NYJ)
11. Denard Robinson, JAC (at NO)
12. Bilal Powell, NYJ (vs NE)
13. Karlos Williams, BUF (vs DAL)
14. Todd Gurley, STL (at SEA)
15. Danny Woodhead, SD (at OAK)
16. Frank Gore, IND (at MIA)
17. Ameer Abdullah, DET (vs SF)
18. Christine Michael, SEA (vs STL)
19. Cameron Artis-Payne, CAR (at ATL)
20. Giovani Bernard, CIN (at DEN)
21. Tim Hightower, NO (vs JAC)
22. Jeremy Hill, CIN (at DEN)
23. Alfred Blue, HOU (at TEN)
24. Eddie Lacy, GB (at ARI)
25. Chris Ivory, NYJ (vs NE)
26. Rashad Jennings, NYG (at MIN)
27. Ronnie Hillman, DEN (vs CIN)
28. Matt Jones, WAS (at PHI)
29. Jay Ajayi, MIA (vs IND)
30. Shaun Draughn, SF (at DET)
31. Charles Sims, TB (vs CHI)
32. Mike Gillislee, BUF (vs DAL)
33. Joique Bell, DET (vs SF)
34. Ryan Mathews, PHI (vs WAS)
35. Lamar Miller, MIA (vs IND)
36. Shane Vereen, NYG (at MIN)
37. Jeremy Langford, CHI (at TB)
38. Theo Riddick, DET (vs SF)
39. Duke Johnson, CLE (at KC)
40. Donald Brown, SD (at OAK)
41. Antonio Andrews, TEN (vs HOU)
42. Bryce Brown, SEA (vs STL)
43. Alfred Morris, WAS (at PHI)
44. Darren Sproles, PHI (vs WAS)
45. Fred Jackson, SEA  (vs STL)
46. Terrance West, BAL (vs PIT)
47. Brandon Bolden, NE (at NYJ)
48. C.J. Anderson, DEN (vs CIN)
49. Isaiah Crowell, CLE (at KC)
50. Chris Polk, HOU (at TEN)

Receiver

1. Antonio Brown, PIT (at BAL)
2. Allen Robinson, JAC (at NO)
3. DeAndre Hopkins, HOU (at TEN)
4. Doug Baldwin, SEA (vs STL)
5. Mike Evans, TB (vs CHI)
6. Brandin Cooks, NO (vs JAC)
7. Alshon Jeffery, CHI (at TB)
8. Sammy Watkins, BUF (vs DAL)
9. Michael Floyd, ARI (vs GB)
10. Brandon Marshall, NYJ (vs NE)
11. Martavis Bryant, PIT (at BAL)
12. DeSean Jackson, WAS (at PHI)
13. Demaryius Thomas, DEN (vs CIN)
14. Eric Decker, NYJ (vs NE)
15. Julio Jones, ATL (vs CAR)
16. Jeremy Maclin, KC (vs CLE)
17. Emmanuel Sanders, DEN (vs CIN)
18. Tyler Lockett, SEA (vs STL)
19. Allen Hurns, JAC (at NO)
20. John Brown, ARI  (vs GB)
21. Amari Cooper, OAK (vs SD)
22. Kamar Aiken, BAL (vs PIT)
23. T.Y. Hilton, IND (at MIA)
24. Ted Ginn, CAR (at ATL)
25. Jarvis Landry, MIA (vs IND)
26. Calvin Johnson, DET (vs SF)
27. Golden Tate, DET (vs SF)
28. Willie Snead, NO (vs JAC)
29. A.J. Green, CIN (at DEN)
30. Rueben Randle, NYG (at MIN)
31. Jermaine Kearse, SEA (vs STL)
32. Dorial Green-Beckham, TEN (vs HOU)
33. Stefon Diggs, MIN (vs NYG)
34. Dez Bryant, DAL (at BUF)
35. Michael Crabtree, OAK (vs SD)
36. Markus Wheaton, PIT (at BAL)
37. Larry Fitzgerald, ARI (vs GB)
38. Randall Cobb, GB (at ARI)
39. Jordan Matthews, PHI (vs WAS)
40. DeVante Parker, MIA (vs IND)
41. Dontrelle Inman, SD (at OAK)
42. Brandon LaFell, NE (at NYJ)
43. James Jones, GB(at ARI)
44. Donte Moncrief, IND (at MIA)
45. Anquan Boldin, SF (at DET)
46. Travis Benjamin, CLE (at KC)
47. Marvin Jones, CIN (at DEN)
48. Tavon Austin, STL (at SEA)
49. Marques Colston, NO (vs JAC)
50. Jeremy Butler, BAL (vs PIT)

Tight end

1. Rob Gronkowski, NE (at NYJ)
2. Jordan Reed, WAS (at PHI)
3. Greg Olsen, CAR (at ATL)
4. Antonio Gates, SD (at OAK)
5. Delanie Walker, TEN (vs HOU)
6. Julius Thomas, JAC (at NO)
7. Benjamin Watson, NO (vs JAC)
8. Zach Ertz, PHI (vs WAS)
9. Gary Barnidge, CLE (at KC)
10. Will Tye, NYG (at MIN)
11. Zach Miller, CHI (at TB)
12. Travis Kelce, KC (vs CLE)
13. Kyle Rudolph, MIN (vs NYG)
14. Richard Rodgers, GB (at ARI)
15. Heath Miller, PIT (at BAL)
16. Eric Ebron, DET (vs SF)
17. Vance McDonald, SF (at DET)
18. Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TB (vs CHI)
19. Jacob Tamme ATL (vs CAR)
20. Jason Witten, DAL (at BUF)
21. Coby Fleener, IND (at MIA)
22. Vernon Davis, DEN (vs CIN)
23. Clive Walford, OAK (vs SD)
24. Ryan Griffin, HOU (at TEN)
25. Tyler Kroft, CIN (at DEN)

Spence Branson is a fantasy football contributor for 670 The Score and can be heard on "Chicago's Fantasy Football Today" every Sunday during football season from 8-9 a.m. CT on WSCR-670 and 670thescore.com/listen. Follow him on Twitter@SpenceBranson and feel free to ask fantasy questions.

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