Fantasy Footballs' Top-50 Rankings for PPR Leagues, Part Two

Let’s get to it. If you missed Part One, you can find it here.

22) Chad Johnson

In three of the last four years, he’s put up better numbers in the last half of the season, and in the season he didn’t, both halves were pretty even. Last season, he finished just behind Housh and outscored him in the second half of the season.

Hopefully the offseason drama brings out the best in him.         

23) T.J. Houshmandzadeh

Good:  

               He catches a lot of passes.

            Carson Palmer likes him better then Ocho Cinco.         

            First eight games: 62 REC, 674 YDS, 10 TD

Bad:

            Final eight games: 50 REC, 469 YDS, 2 TD

24) Marshawn Lynch

Other than Kimberly Shpeley (the woman he ran over and left for dead), everyone likes him more then I do. He’s talented, but he only caught 18 passes last year, missed three games, and plays in an offense where defenses will key on him. And he has questions at the quarterback.

You’ll see me laying down $12 to see Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 before I buy tickets for Trent Edwards: Starting NFL Quarterback.

Anytime a player has a history of hitting people with his car, that’s a big red flag, according to my draft manifesto.

(He referred to her as the “dancing woman crossing the street” and says he slowed down to let her pass, but didn’t realize he hit her. I’d think a driver who was fit would notice if he struck a dancing woman in the middle of the street. I’ve never hit anyone without knowing it. Certainly not outside of a crowded club...where everyone knew who I was...not that I recall, anyway.)

25) Wes Welker

He was awesome last year. I don’t think he catches 112 passes again. Gaffney takes some away, but pencil him in for 90-1,000-8.

26) Drew Brees

If I don’t have a QB by the time Brees is taken, I’m going for two out of the Bulger/Schaub/Garrard trio about 50 picks from now.

27) Willis McGahee

I hate drafting RBs on offensively-challenged teams.

28) Jamal Lewis

I refused to draft him the past two seasons. His offensive line is one of the best in football, their passing offense looks strong, and I bet you can’t name his backup, so they really have to give him the ball.

On top of that, late in the season it becomes difficult to pass in the AFC North, so he should be at his best when it matters most. (He was a monster down the stretch.)

29) Earnest Graham

The forgotten man of the draft. He caught 49 passes last year. He only missed one game (to rest before the playoffs), yet he had double-digit carries in just 10 games. He scored 10 touchdowns and five of those were from inside the five, which tells me his 10 scores were no fluke.

I don’t advocate taking him here. In most drafts, he’ll go 10 picks later. Graham is the guy I’m looking for when I need a RB2 in the fourth and early fifth.

Don’t worry about a time-share, his three backfield rivals are all coming into the season battling career-threatening injuries: Williams with his patellar tendon, Bennett with his heart, and Dunn with that severe back injury (from being repeatedly stabbed by a fork).

30) Reggie Bush

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