Fantasy Football: Week 3 RB Rankings

Note: These rankings aren't strictly for this week, they're rankings as of this week.

1. Adrian Peterson (Even)
2. Doug Martin (Up 1)
3. Arian Foster (Down 1)
4. Marshawn Lynch (Even)
5. Jamaal Charles (Even)
6. LeSean McCoy (Up 1)
7. CJ Spiller (Up 1)
8. Matt Forte (Up 2)
9. Ray Rice (Down 3)
10. Alfred Morris (Down 1)
11. Chris Johnson (Up 2)
12. Trent Richardson (Even)
13. Steven Jackson (Even)
14. Maurice Jones-Drew (Down 3)
15. Reggie Bush (Up 1)
16. DeMarco Murray (Up 1)
17. Darren Sproles (Up 2)
18. Frank Gore (Down 3)
19. Ryan Mathews (Up 1)
20. Darren McFadden (Up 2)
21. Stevan Ridley (Down 3)
22. DeAngelo Williams (Up 2)
23. Lamar Miller (Up 2)
24. Eddie Lacy (Down 3)
25. Rashard Mendenhall (Up 1)
26. Daryl Richardson (Down 4)
27. BenJarvus Green-Ellis (Up 1)
28. Giovani Bernard (N/A)
29. Ben Tate (Up 1)
30. Knowshon Moreno (N/A)
31. James Starks (N/A)
32. Chris Ivory (N/A)
33. Fred Jackson (N/A)
34. Bernard Pierce (N/A)
35. Joique Bell (N/A)

Fantasy Football: Week 3 WR Rankings

Note: These rankings aren't strictly for this week, they're rankings as of this week.

1. Calvin Johnson (Even)
2. AJ Green (Even)
3. Brandon Marshall (Even)
4. Demaryius Thomas (Even)
5. Dez Bryant (Even)
6. Victor Cruz (Even)
7. Julio Jones (Even)
8. Andre Johnson (Up 1)
9. Wes Welker (Up 2)
10. Larry Fitzgerald (Down 2)
11. Randall Cobb (Up 2)
12. Jordy Nelson (Up 2)
13. Vincent Jackson (Down 1)
14. Roddy White (Down 4)
15. Reggie Wayne (Even)
16. Marques Colston (Even)
17. Torrey Smith (Up 1)
18. Hakeem Nicks (Up 2)
19. Mike Wallace (Up 4)
20. Pierre Garcon (Up 5)
21. DeSean Jackson (Up 3)
22. Steve Smith (Down 5)
23. Eric Decker (Down 1)
24. Stevie Johnson (Up 3)
25. Danny Amendola (Down 4)
26. Dwayne Bowe (Down 7)
27. Anquan Boldin (Down 1)
28. Julian Edelman (Up 3)
29. James Jones (Down 1)
30. Antonio Brown (Down 1)
31. Brian Hartline (Down 1)
32. TY Hilton (Up 3)
33. Cecil Shorts (Down 1)
34. Miles Austin (Even)
35. DeAndre Hopkins (N/A)
36. Mike Williams (Down 3)
37. Eddie Royal (N/A)
38. Emmanuel Sanders (Even)
39. Greg Jennings (N/A)
40. Marlon Brown (N/A)

Fantasy Football: Week 3 QB Rankings

Note: These rankings aren't strictly for this week, they're rankings as of this week.

1. Aaron Rodgers (Up 1)
2. Drew Brees (Down 1)
3. Peyton Manning (Even)
4. Matt Ryan (Up 1)
5. Tom Brady (Down 1)
6. Robert Griffin (Even)
7. Matt Stafford (Even)
8. Cam Newton (Even)
9. Colin Kaepernick (Even)
10. Tony Romo (Even)
11. Eli Manning (Even)
12. Matt Schaub (Up 2)
13. Andrew Luck (Down 1)
14. Michael Vick (Up 4)
15. Russell Wilson (Down 2)
16. Philip Rivers (Up 1)
17. Joe Flacco (Down 2)
18. Andy Dalton (Up 1)
19. Jay Cutler (Up 2)
20. Sam Bradford (Up 3)
21. Ben Roethlisberger (Down 5)
22. Carson Palmer (Down 2)
23. Alex Smith (Up 2)
24. Ryan Tannehill (Even)
25. EJ Manuel (N/A)

Fantasy Football: Week 2 RB Rankings

Note: These rankings aren't strictly for this week, they're rankings as of this week.

1. Adrian Peterson (Even)
2. Arian Foster (Even)
3. Doug Martin (Even)
4. Marshawn Lynch (Even)
5. Jamaal Charles (Up 1)
6. Ray Rice (Down 1)
7. LeSean McCoy (Even)
8. CJ Spiller (Even)
9. Alfred Morris (Even)
10. Matt Forte (Up 2)
11. Maurice Jones-Drew (Down 1)
12. Trent Richardson (Down 1)
13. Steven Jackson (Up 3)
14. Chris Johnson (Down 1)
15. Frank Gore (Even)
16. Reggie Bush (Up 1)
17. DeMarco Murray (Up 1)
18. Stevan Ridley (Down 4)
19. Darren Sproles (Up 1)
20. Ryan Mathews (Up 1)
21. Eddie Lacy (Up 1)
22. Darren McFadden (Up 3)
23. Daryl Richardson (Up 4)
24. DeAngelo Williams (Up 8)
25. Lamar Miller (Down 6)
26. Rashard Mendenhall (Up 7)
27. Ahmad Bradshaw (Up 3)
28. BenJarvus Green-Ellis (Down 5)
29. Ben Tate (Up 6)
30. Isaac Redman (N/A)

Fantasy Football: Week 2 WR Rankings

Note: These rankings aren't strictly for this week, they're rankings as of this week.

1. Calvin Johnson (Even)
2. AJ Green (Even)
3. Brandon Marshall (Even)
4. Demaryius Thomas (Even)
5. Dez Bryant (Even)
6. Victor Cruz (Up 1)
7. Julio Jones (Up 1)
8. Larry Fitzgerald (Up 3)
9. Andre Johnson (Even)
10. Roddy White (Down 4)
11. Wes Welker (Down 1)
12. Vincent Jackson (Even)
13. Randall Cobb (Even)
14. Jordy Nelson (Even)
15. Reggie Wayne (Up 1)
16. Marques Colston (Up 1)
17. Steve Smith (Up 3)
18. Torrey Smith (Up 1)
19. Dwayne Bowe (Down 4)
20. Hakeem Nicks (Up 6)
21. Danny Amendola (Up 3)
22. Eric Decker (Down 4)
23. Mike Wallace (Down 2)
24. DeSean Jackson (Up 5)
25. Pierre Garcon (Down 3)
26. Anquan Boldin (Up 9)
27. Stevie Johnson (Down 3)
28. James Jones (Down 3)
29. Antonio Brown (Down 2)
30. Brian Hartline (Up 9)
31. Julian Edelman (N/A)
32. Cecil Shorts (Down 2)
33. Mike Williams (Even)
34. Miles Austin (Down 3)
35. TY Hilton (Down 1)
36. Lance Moore (Up 1)
37. Denarius Moore (Up 3)
38. Emmanuel Sanders (N/A)
39. Leonard Hankerson (N/A)
40. Michael Floyd (N/A)

Fantasy Football: Week 2 QB Rankings

Note: These rankings aren't strictly for this week, they're rankings as of this week.

1. Drew Brees (Even)
2. Aaron Rodgers (Even)
3. Peyton Manning (Even)
4. Tom Brady (Even)
5. Matt Ryan (Even)
6. Robert Griffin (Up 1)
7. Matt Stafford (Up 1)
8. Cam Newton (Down 2)
9. Colin Kaepernick (Up 1)
10. Tony Romo (Down 1)
11. Eli Manning (Even)
12. Andrew Luck (Even)
13. Russell Wilson (Even)
14. Matt Schaub (Even)
15. Joe Flacco (Up 1)
16. Ben Roethlisberger (Down 1)
17. Philip Rivers (Even)
18. Michael Vick (Up 2)
19. Andy Dalton (Down 1)
20. Carson Palmer (Up 1)
21. Jay Cutler (Up 1)
22. Josh Freeman (Down 3)
23. Sam Bradford (Even)
24. Ryan Tannehill (Even)
25. Alex Smith (N/A)

Allen Iverson retires a legend

Allen Iverson is a sure first-ballot Hall-of-Famer that has made his mark on the history of the game.  Sure, A.I. may not have ended his career on the note he would have liked to.  However, a superstar status like Iverson truly can’t go a whole career without receiving criticism and making a few poor decisions.

For the majority of his career, Allen Iverson was fantastic, to say the least.  “The Answer” was definitely one-of-a-kind with his lethal combination of blazing speed and scoring ability.  That brings me to an interesting point.

Iverson came into the league as pure a scorer as they get as he averaged 23.5 points per game his rookie season (that’s harder than it sounds).  A lot of great players take a few years to become first-class bucket-makers.  Even rookie LeBron James didn’t quite have the touch to consistently put the ball in the basket like Iverson could (excluding LeBron’s strength to get to the line).

At his peak, A.I. averaged 31 points per game and he did that three different years.  Unfortunately, Iverson wasn’t able to stick around as long as Kobe Bryant as an elite superstar.  Had Iverson been in the same situations as Kobe, maybe he would have.  Regardless, it was almost impossible to make a gameplan to stop both Kobe and Iverson.

Allen Iverson managed to reach the Finals only once and lost in five games to the Kobe & Shaq-led Lakers.  You can’t hold that against him, though.  There were definitely times Iverson could have been more mature in the locker room.  However, all-in-all, Iverson ultimately brought his team to another level (2001 76ers).

It wasn’t only about skill and craftiness for A.I., though.  He had that hunger almost nobody else played with.  His mentality to carry his team and be that guy is what brought him to the top of the NBA.  His swagger and mean attitude to go along with that, Iverson would never go unnoticed by his NBA peers.

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