Of course, I take into account the matchups, mainly the good ones, but I'm a believer that if I drafted a guy to start in Week 1, I'll probably let him do so. I'm a bit conservative that way. I find it hard to believe I would have three running backs better than Chris Johnson for Week 1, for example, so even though it's tough to call his matchup against the champion Steelers a good one, it's doubtful I would bench the guy. The surprises from me will be players I think will do better than others.
Anyway, you can see the rankings on our fantasy football page on Wednesdays, and you should know these are for standard leagues. Here are three things that jumped out at me while I was ranking my players:
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