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[h=1]Fantasy football flex rankings for Week 15[/h]
Eric Karabell
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Welcome to Week 15 of fantasy football and the latest incarnation of the flex rankings, as we combine the best of the best at running back, wide receiver and tight end and seek to aid fantasy managers in their decisions. One of the things that amazes me about this season is how so much can change from week to week. Some of it is about injuries and suspensions, but new names come from seemingly nowhere sans notice, and fantasy managers need to adjust. Just look at Week 14: The top scorer was a wide receiver who was traded this season. Next up was a running back who had yet to reach 60 rushing yards in a game this season. Who will be the stars of Week 15? Let us flex!<offer style="box-sizing: border-box;"></offer>
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PPR: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST
Non-PPR: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST
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</aside>1. Todd Gurley II, RB, Los Angeles Rams: He cost me a playoff matchup in Week 14 with his lowest output of the season, and I did not need much more. Then again, I do not make the playoffs without him in that league. He should run all over the Eagles this weekend, a week too late for many.
2. Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Dallas Cowboys: He just got through running all over the Eagles. He has been torching every defense for more than a month.
3. Saquon Barkley, RB, New York Giants: Tough matchup with the Titans, but you cannot even consider sitting Barkley, like, ever.
4. Christian McCaffrey, RB, Carolina Panthers: Saints are tough to run on, but McCaffrey is on his way to 100 receptions, too.
5. Alvin Kamara, RB, New Orleans Saints: Four consecutive games sans a rushing touchdown or 20 PPR points has people worried. The Panthers are losing but not giving up a ton to running backs on the ground.
6. Keenan Allen, WR, Los Angeles Chargers: Cannot recall him leading the wide receivers before, but the matchup with the Chiefs works for all.
7. Julio Jones, WR, Atlanta Falcons: The man who could never score touchdowns reached the end zone twice in Week 14 and has five scores in six games.
8. Michael Thomas, WR, New Orleans Saints: The Saints will likely have more success against Carolina through the air.
9. DeAndre Hopkins, WR, Houston Texans
10. Antonio Brown, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers
11. Joe Mixon, RB, Cincinnati Bengals
12. Leonard Fournette, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars: I'm starting to wonder if it is a home/road thing with the Jaguars. How else to explain such divergent results lately?
13. Davante Adams, WR, Green Bay Packers
14. Tyreek Hill, WR, Kansas City Chiefs: Hardly 100 percent with a heel injury, but rumor is he is going to play, and he is hard to stop.
15. Nick Chubb, RB, Cleveland Browns: Barely played the first two months, but now if he averages 80 rushing yards in the next three games, he gets to 1,000 for the season.
16. Phillip Lindsay, RB, Denver Broncos: He will get to 1,000 rushing yards this week. Only needs 33. What a solid season for someone most thought was inferior to Royce Freeman.
17. Adam Thielen, WR, Minnesota Vikings: Quiet Monday night until the final drive, and now there is a new offensive coordinator in charge. One assumes the change will help.
18. JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers
19. Odell Beckham Jr., WR, New York Giants: Figure he finds a way to suit up, but no guarantee to finish the game, either.
20. Aaron Jones, RB, Green Bay Packers: Perhaps things have not changed so much with this coaching change.
21. David Johnson, RB, Arizona Cardinals: Low ranking for him, but in this awful offense, things are not easy.
22. Dalvin Cook, RB, Minnesota Vikings: We are still waiting for his first rushing touchdown. I realize he missed games but still, it is Week 15.
23. T.Y. Hilton, WR, Indianapolis Colts: The Cowboys are stopping wide receiver production, but the way Hilton and Andrew Luck have played, they should get their stats.
24. Amari Cooper, WR, Dallas Cowboys: Unstoppable, all of a sudden.
25. Travis Kelce, TE, Kansas City Chiefs
26. Robert Woods, WR, Los Angeles Rams: Facing the Eagles' secondary, as opposed to the Bears', is so, so different. Jared Goff need not worry.
27. Brandin Cooks, WR, Los Angeles Rams
28. Mark Ingram II, RB, New Orleans Saints
29. Lamar Miller, RB, Houston Texans: On his way to his third 1,000-yard rushing season. D'Onta Foreman still has nary a rush.
30. Spencer Ware, RB, Kansas City Chiefs: Some might be disappointed, but compare him to other RB2 choices, not top-five overall ones. He is fine.
31. Stefon Diggs, WR, Minnesota Vikings
32. Mike Evans, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: He is not the top Buccaneers wide receiver in PPR scoring for the past three games. Just sayin'.
33. George Kittle, TE, San Francisco 49ers: Really? He could not catch any passes in the second half Sunday so he could break the record for tight end receiving yards in a game? Yeah, I was a bit disappointed, actually.
34. Zach Ertz, TE, Philadelphia Eagles
35. Julian Edelman, WR, New England Patriots: Well, Tom Bradylooked fine in Week 14. He is not the problem and neither are his wide receivers.
36. Josh Gordon, WR, New England Patriots
37. DJ Moore, WR, Carolina Panthers
38. Tarik Cohen, RB, Chicago Bears: From 14 targets to four. We will never know from week to week.
39. Sony Michel, RB, New England Patriots
40. Chris Carson, RB, Seattle Seahawks: Glad he stayed healthy long enough to have this nice season, but the rookie is the team's backfield future.
41. Gus Edwards, RB, Baltimore Ravens: Amazing that he literally never gets a pass thrown his way. Makes him riskier than others.
42. Corey Davis, WR, Tennessee Titans
43. Jarvis Landry, WR, Cleveland Browns: Browns got him involved last week, but of course, that is simply not predictive.
44. Kenyan Drake, RB, Miami Dolphins: Anyone else lose a playoff matchup because he scored that miracle touchdown. Yep, I did. That is fantasy. Just incredible, though.
45. Jeff Wilson Jr., RB, San Francisco 49ers: Not an easy matchup ahead, but he is their top option the rest of the month.
46. Justin Jackson, RB, Los Angeles Chargers: Somewhat low ranking for the next man standing in this backfield, but these teams will be throwing a lot.
47. Adam Humphries, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Yep, he has 44.7 PPR points the past three games. Evans has 39 PPR points.
48. Chris Godwin, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: And a third Bucs WR has 31.6 PPR points. Jameis Winston throws a lot.
49. Tyler Lockett, WR, Seattle Seahawks
50. Tyler Boyd, WR, Cincinnati Bengals
51. James White, RB, New England Patriots: Single digits in PPR scoring in three of four games. Not saying to sit him, but be aware.
52. Dion Lewis, RB, Tennessee Titans: Yep, he remains the top Titans RB to roster and activate, as crazy as it might seem. It was one game.
53. Derrick Henry, RB, Tennessee Titans: Setting up so many fantasy managers for utter disappointment this weekend.
54. Jordan Howard, RB, Chicago Bears
55. Courtland Sutton, WR, Denver Broncos
56. Eric Ebron, TE, Indianapolis Colts: I find myself somewhat rooting for him to lead the NFL in receiving touchdowns, because it would have been ridiculous predicting that in August.
57. Jared Cook, TE, Oakland Raiders
58. Rob Gronkowski, TE, New England Patriots: A better tight end than defensive back. I blame him for the Drake touchdown. Thanks, Rob.
59. Allen Robinson, WR, Chicago Bears
60. Josh Reynolds, WR, Los Angeles Rams: All Rams receivers look OK against Philly's secondary.
61. Tevin Coleman, RB, Atlanta Falcons: Has scored 7.2 PPR points total the past two games and last topped 12 points in Week 9. Playing the Cardinals, however, so this could be the week!
62. Kenneth Dixon, RB, Baltimore Ravens: He is better than Edwards, you know. Dixon is good, he catches passes, and I am warning you he is going to matter in fantasy.
63. Marlon Mack, RB, Indianapolis Colts
64. Larry Fitzgerald, WR, Arizona Cardinals: And he plays the Falcons. Everyone on offense wins.
65. Dante Pettis, WR, San Francisco 49ers
66. Kenny Stills, WR, Miami Dolphins
67. Curtis Samuel, WR, Carolina Panthers
68. Kenny Golladay, WR, Detroit Lions: Look at his numbers lately and tell me he is still a WR2 choice. The individual matchups are not getting easier for him.
69. Peyton Barber, RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
70. Jalen Richard, RB, Oakland Raiders: Quiet of late, but the Bengals have played some awful defense recently.
71. Doug Martin, RB, Oakland Raiders
72. Jaylen Samuels, RB, Pittsburgh Steelers: Kind of disappointing in Week 14, eh?
73. Alshon Jeffery, WR, Philadelphia Eagles: Caught a touchdown in Dallas, but the last time he surpassed 50 receiving yards the next guy was still a Lion.
74. Golden Tate, WR, Philadelphia Eagles: What a waste of talent.
75. Josh Adams, RB, Philadelphia Eagles: Him too. Nice work, Eagles playcallers.
76. Theo Riddick, RB, Detroit Lions: I did not rank Kerryon Johnsonbecause I don't think he is going to play. If he does, I would rank him a bit better than this, but not too much.
77. Randall Cobb, WR, Green Bay Packers
78. Calvin Ridley, WR, Atlanta Falcons
79. Doug Baldwin, WR, Seattle Seahawks: Missed the Monday game, but things are apparently looking better for this week. Still, if choosing, go with Lockett.
80. Sterling Shepard, WR, New York Giants: Moves way up if Beckham sits again.
81. DaeSean Hamilton, WR, Denver Broncos
82. T.J. Yeldon, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars
83. Adrian Peterson, RB, Washington Redskins: Quarterback play is a problem for this team, which creates a problem for everyone else.
84. Elijah McGuire, RB, New York Jets: I think his time-share partner below could sit, which would make McGuire a decent flex play.
85. Isaiah Crowell, RB, New York Jets
86. Frank Gore, RB, Miami Dolphins: Not likely to reach 1,000 rushing yards, but can we get this guy a rushing touchdown, please?
87. Dede Westbrook, WR, Jacksonville Jaguars: Dede and Cody Kesslerare making things happen!
88. Mohamed Sanu, WR, Atlanta Falcons
89. Demaryius Thomas, WR, Houston Texans: Those who drafted Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders did not get what they needed.
90. LeSean McCoy, RB, Buffalo Bills: Yeah, I think now is a fair time to give up on him.
91. Matt Breida, RB, San Francisco 49ers
92. Chris Thompson, RB, Washington Redskins
93. Rashaad Penny, RB, Seattle Seahawks: He looks like a player.
94. Jimmy Graham, TE, Green Bay Packers: He looks like an injured player.
95. Austin Hooper, TE, Atlanta Falcons
96. Tim Patrick, WR, Denver Broncos
97. Zay Jones, WR, Buffalo Bills
98. Jordy Nelson, WR, Oakland Raiders: It is a nice matchup, at least. Two bad teams.
99. Taylor Gabriel, WR, Chicago Bears: Kind of tough to trust Mitchell Trubisky now.


100. Damien Williams, RB, Kansas City Chiefs: Easy to see how he matters the final weeks.
Others: Michael Crabtree, WR, Baltimore Ravens; John Brown, WR, Baltimore Ravens; Tyrell Williams, WR, Los Angeles Chargers; Latavius Murray, RB, Minnesota Vikings; Nyheim Hines, RB, Indianapolis Colts; Robert Foster, WR, Buffalo Bills; Mike Williams, WR, Los Angeles Chargers; Ito Smith, RB, Atlanta Falcons; Alfred Blue, RB, Houston Texans; Chris Ivory, RB, Buffalo Bills; Robby Anderson, WR, New York Jets.
 

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