The week 7 top 7 board

Kyle Kubiak

Week 7 is pretty much the week when you say … “yeah, all those preseason rankings are worthless now, half of my team is from pick ups or injured.” 

Here is this week’s schedule and the top seven players for each position.

Week 7 Schedule
Thursday, October 16 Time 
NY Jets at New England 8:25 PM
Sunday, October 19 Time 
Atlanta at Baltimore 1:00 PM
Tennessee at Washington 1:00 PM
Seattle at St. Louis 1:00 PM
Cleveland at Jacksonville 1:00 PM
Cincinnati at Indianapolis 1:00 PM
Minnesota at Buffalo 1:00 PM
Miami at Chicago 1:00 PM
New Orleans at Detroit 1:00 PM
Carolina at Green Bay 1:00 PM
Kansas City at San Diego 4:05 PM
Arizona at Oakland 4:25 PM
NY Giants at Dallas 4:25 PM
San Francisco at Denver 8:30 PM
Monday, October 20 Time 
Houston at Pittsburgh 8:30 PM

Top 7 QB’s

1 Peyton Manning, DEN 280 PAS, 3 TD
2 Aaron Rodgers, GB 260 PAS, 3 TD
3 Andrew Luck, IND 300 PAS, 2 TD, 2 INT
4 Philip Rivers, SD 270 PAS, 2 TD, 1 INT
5 Tom Brady, NE 260 PAS, 2 TD, 1 INT
6 Cam Newton, CAR 245 PAS, 50 RUS, 2 TD, 1 INT
7 Jay Cutler, CHI 255 PAS, 2 TD, 2 INT

Sleeper: Carson Palmer (if back from injury)

Top 7 RB’s

1 DeMarco Murray, DAL 185 RUS, 2 TD
2 Arian Foster, HOU 125 RUS, 20 REC, 1 TD
3 Marshawn Lynch, SEA 100 RUS, 30 REC, 1 TD
4 Giovani Bernard, CIN 95 RUS, 45 REC
5 Matt Forte, CHI 70 RUS, 70 REC, 1 TD
6 Jamaal Charles, KC 90 RUS, 25 REC, 2 TD
7 Le’Veon Bell, PIT 130 RUS, 30 REC, 1 TD

Sleeper: Jerick McKinnon

Top 7 WR’s

1 Julio Jones, ATL 120 REC, 1 TD
2 Antonio Brown, PIT 95 REC, 2 TD
3 Brandon Marshall, CHI 85 REC, 1 TD
4 Jordy Nelson, GB 125 REC
5 Dez Bryant, DAL 150 REC, 1 TD
6 Demaryius Thomas, DEN 100 REC, 1 TD
7 Alshon Jeffery, CHI 85 REC

Sleeper: Odel Beckham Jr. (Victor Cruz has a season ending injury, watch out for the rookie wideout to step up.)

Top 7 TE’s

1 Julius Thomas, DEN 50 REC, 1 TD
2 Rob Gronkowski, NE 100 REC, 2 TD
3 Jordan Cameron, CLE 65 REC
4 Greg Olsen, CAR 75 REC
5 Vernon Davis, SF 80 REC
6 Jordan Reed, WAS 80 REC, 1 TD
7 Antonio Gates, SD 60 REC, 1 TD

Sleeper: Owen Daniels

In week seven and from now on, take a good look at match ups before setting up your lineups. Don’t always fall in love with one player at a position. Match ups are going to start to become a huge factor as team’s are having more film study on each team’s defense.