Don’t have time to do research and your draft is NOW? Don’t panic, we have a simple color-coded cheat sheet to help you in your draft.
Your plan is simple, stick to players in higher tiers to create the best overall roster and give yourself trade bait for later. Focus less on trying to fill out specific positions for your team and instead draft to acquire the most tier 1 players as possible. Using any extra depth that you gain to trade and fill out your team.
| QUARTERBACK | ||||||||||||
| Tier 1: | Andrew Luck | Aaron Rodgers | ||||||||||
| Tier 2: | Russell Wilson | Peyton Manning | Drew Brees | Ben Roethlisberger | ||||||||
| Tier 3: | Matt Ryan | Tony Romo | ||||||||||
| Tier 4: | Ryan Tannehill | Cam Newton | Eli Manning | Matthew Stafford | Philip Rivers | |||||||
| Tier 5: | Tom Brady | Sam Bradford | Colin Kaepernick | Teddy Bridgewater | ||||||||
| Tier 6: | Carson Palmer | Joe Flacco | Jay Cutler | |||||||||
| Tier 7: | Andy Dalton | Alex Smith | ||||||||||
| Tier 8: | Jameis Winston | Marcus Mariota | Kirk Cousins | Derek Carr | ||||||||
| RUNNINGBACK | ||||||||||||
| Tier 1: | Adrian Peterson | Le’Veon Bell | Jamaal Charles | Eddie Lacy | Marshawn Lynch | |||||||
| Tier 2: | C.J. Anderson | Jeremy Hill | Matt Forte | DeMarco Murray | LeSean McCoy | |||||||
| Tier 3: | Justin Forsett | Lamar Miller | Frank Gore | Mark Ingram | Alfred Morris | |||||||
| Tier 4: | Melvin Gordon | Latavius Murray | Jonathan Stewart | Carlos Hyde | ||||||||
| Tier 5: | Andre Ellington | T.J. Yeldon | Joseph Randle | |||||||||
| Tier 6: | Ameer Abdullah | LeGarrette Blount | Todd Gurley | Christopher Ivory | Doug Martin | C.J. Spiller | ||||||
| Tier 7: | Giovani Bernard | Rashad Jennings | Joique Bell | Tevin Coleman | Arian Foster | Isaiah Crowell | ||||||
| Tier 8: | Shane Vereen | Devonta Freeman | ||||||||||
| Tier 9: | Ryan Mathews | Bishop Sankey | Duke Johnson | Tre Mason | ||||||||
| WIDERECEIVER | ||||||||||||
| Tier 1: | Antonio Brown | Dez Bryant | Julio Jones | Demaryius Thomas | Odell Beckham | Calvin Johnson | ||||||
| Tier 2: | A.J. Green | Randall Cobb | Alshon Jeffery | Mike Evans | ||||||||
| Tier 3: | T.Y. Hilton | DeAndre Hopkins | Brandin Cooks | Jordan Matthews | Emmanuel Sanders | |||||||
| Tier 4: | Andre Johnson | Keenan Allen | Amari Cooper | Brandon Marshall | ||||||||
| Tier 5: | Julian Edelman | Golden Tate | DeSean Jackson | Sammy Watkins | Davante Adams | Jeremy Maclin | Allen Robinson | |||||
| Tier 6: | Jarvis Landry | Vincent Jackson | Larry Fitzgerald | Nelson Agholor | Roddy White | Steve Smith | Mike Wallace | Eric Decker | Charles Johnson | Anquan Boldin | John Brown | Martavis Bryant |
| Tier 7: | Torrey Smith | Marques Colston | ||||||||||
| Tier 8: | Brandon LaFell | Michael Floyd | Devin Funchess | Pierre Garcon | Kendall Wright | |||||||
| Tier 9: | Kendall Wright | Victor Cruz | Brian Quick | Breshad Perriman | Eddie Royal | Terrance Williams | Steve Johnson | |||||
| Tier 10: | Markus Wheaton | Kenny Stills | Devante Parker | Rueben Randle | Marvin Jones | Michael Crabtree | ||||||
| Tier 11: | Doug Baldwin | Percy Harvin | Dwayne Bowe | |||||||||
| TIGHTEND | ||||||||||||
| Tier 1: | Rob Gronkowski | Jimmy Graham | Greg Olsen | Travis Kelce | ||||||||
| Tier 2: | Martellus Bennett | |||||||||||
| Tier 3: | Jordan Cameron | Jason Witten | Delanie Walker | Julius Thomas | Zach Ertz | |||||||
| Tier 4: | Tyler Eifert | Kyle Rudolph | Dwayne Allen | Owen Daniels | ||||||||
| Tier 5: | Antonio Gates | Austin Seferian-Jenkins | Larry Donnell | Heath Miller | ||||||||
| Tier 6: | Josh Hill | Vernon Davis | Jordan Reed | Coby Fleener | ||||||||
| Tier 7: | Ladarius Green | Charles Clay |