Fantasy Football 2016: Rookie Rankings and Top Team Names for Young Stars

For Fantasy football owners, it seems like there are fewer options at skill positions in 2016 when it comes to rookies.

So it goes when the 2015 class was one of the most loaded of the past decade. Not only did Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota provide insurance at quarterback behind starters, Amari Cooper, Todd Gurley and Melvin Gordon provided solid production, so long as owners could avoid landmines such as Kevin White and DeVante Parker.

This year, the situation is much tougher to figure out. Here’s a look at rookie rankings based on standard scoring leagues:

It’s not hard to see why this is so difficult. The best quarterback is Jared Goff of the Los Angeles Rams, which isn’t an inspiring situation, Gurley or not. The best running back, Ezekiel Elliott of the Dallas Cowboys, will post surefire production if he can stay healthy—but he’s already run into his first injury issue and it’s the first week of August.

Wideout is much more encouraging, but guys like Corey Coleman and Laquon Treadwell have so-so quarterback situations, while guys like Josh Doctson, Sterling Shepard and Michael Thomas, for now at least, find themselves buried on depth charts.

But rookies normally are simple depth picks, and these guys fill the role well. They do even better in dynasty and keeper leagues but offer plenty of value in the later rounds of standard formats, too, though the gap between Elliott and the rest is gigantic.

Top Team Names for Young Stars LaQuantum Physics

With the way Laquon Treadwell measures out, one would think he’s an experiment under some hard-to-understand tagline created by scientists.

The No. 23 …

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