2012 NFL Fantasy Football Big Board

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The 2012 NFL Fantasy Season is officially here.

Mock drafts abound. Rookie round-ups are complete. Bye week cheat sheets are everywhere. The creative juices are flowing with hysterical team names. And the all-important Athlon Sports 2012 Big Board continues to grow into the best fantasy ranking on the web.

Typically a championship fantasy GM will have his own research, analysis and gut instincts reflected in his or her individually constructed Big Board. But that takes months of time, lots of practice reports and loads of web surfing. So instead of 112 Google searches per day, just let Athlon Sports handle the legwork for you.

New to this list is NFL.com's initial NFL fantasy rankings as we have expanded from seven lists to eight. We also added a "previous ranking" column to indicate the previous ranking. Athlon will continue to broaden and deepen its trademark consensus Big Board all summer long.

Special thanks to the people over at FantasyRundown.com for their support.

CBS:CBSSports.com (Updated: 7/13/12)
PFF: ProFootballFocus.com (Updated: 6/26/12)
ESPN:ESPN (Updated 6/20/12)
FFT:FFToolbox.com (Updated 7/15/12)
Y!: Yahoo! Sports (Updated 6/23/12)
NFL: NFL.com (2012 Debut)
FOX: FoxSports.com (Updated 5/31/12)
AS: Athlon Sports (Updated 7/1/12)

Updated: 3:00 PM CT, July 16, 2012


Rank	Previous	Player:	Team	Pos	\|	CBS	PFF	ESPN	FFTB	Y!	NFL	FOX	AS
1	1	Arian Foster	HOU	RB	\|	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
2	2	Ray Rice	BAL	RB	\|	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2
3	3	LeSean McCoy	PHI	RB	\|	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	3
4	4	Aaron Rodgers	GB	QB	\|	4	5	4	7	6	2	1	4
5	5	Calvin Johnson	DET	WR	\|	7	6	7	4	4	8	6	5
6	6	Maurice Jones-Drew	JAC	RB	\|	6	11	5	6	7	7	7	6
7	8	Ryan Mathews	SD	RB	\|	8	3	12	5	5	9	11	13
8	9	Drew Brees	NO	QB	\|	5	17	8	8	11	6	9	8
9	7	Chris Johnson	TEN	RB	\|	9	7	9	10	8	11	10	9
10	12	Tom Brady	NE	QB	\|	10	25	6	9	12	5	5	7
11	10	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	WR	\|	16	9	10	19	10	12	16	10
12	14	Cam Newton	CAR	QB	\|	14	10	23	11	13	13	8	19
13	17	Andre Johnson	HOU	WR	\|	13	15	11	26	28	15	12	18
14	11	Darren McFadden	OAK	RB	\|	12	27	30	12	16	19	15	14
15	21	Matthew Stafford	DET	QB	\|	15	42	13	24	19	10	13	11
16	18	Roddy White	ATL	WR	\|	19	8	15	32	17	18	23	16
17	15	Matt Forte	CHI	RB	\|	22	33	18	15	15	16	19	12
18	13	Marshawn Lynch	SEA	RB	\|	11	37	17	17	18	27	14	15
19	16	Rob Gronkowski	NE	TE	\|	26	44	14	13	14	14	17	25
20	20	DeMarco Murray	DAL	RB	\|	18	16	21	18	22	25	18	34
21	22	Greg Jennings	GB	WR	\|	23	14	16	36	23	20	22	24
22	26	Wes Welker	NE	WR	\|	24	28	20	25	30	17	24	23
23	19	Jimmy Graham	NO	TE	\|	28	38	22	20	20	21	20	29
24	23	Trent Richardson	CLE	RB	\|	17	29	36	14	9	22	41	33
25	30	Adrian Peterson	MIN	RB	\|	27	19	28	21	21	30	36	22
26	25	Jamaal Charles	KC	RB	\|	49	23	24	16	25	29	28	17
27	24	Steven Jackson	STL	RB	\|	20	21	31	23	37	31	25	36
28	27	AJ Green	CIN	WR	\|	32	31	26	27	24	26	33	26
29	29	Hakeem Nicks	NYG	WR	\|	35	12	25	28	39	33	30	27
30	28	Mike Wallace	PIT	WR	\|	31	39	19	30	29	28	29	28
31	34	Julio Jones	ATL	WR	\|	34	22	33	22	31	23	42	30
32	33	Victor Cruz	NYG	WR	\|	38	26	29	29	26	36	46	32
33	39	Michael Vick	PHI	QB	\|	29	13	32	53	43	41	26	47
34	31	Fred Jackson	BUF	RB	\|	33	52	34	34	32	44	21	38
35	35	Jordy Nelson	GB	WR	\|	30	57	39	37	33	35	44	31
36	37	Steve Smith	CAR	WR	\|	46	43	40	41	34	24	39	40
37	32	Michael Turner	ATL	RB	\|	21	96	37	33	35	43	27	21
38	38	Brandon Marshall	CHI	WR	\|	51	49	35	45	27	34	38	35
39	36	Ahmad Bradshaw	NYG	RB	\|	25	41	44	31	45	45	40	46
40	43	Dez Bryant	DAL	WR	\|	59	32	41	40	47	38	45	37
41	41	Marques Colston	NO	WR	\|	55	24	46	42	44	39	52	39
42	47	Tony Romo	DAL	QB	\|	40	35	45	58	53	40	32	41
43	44	Darren Sproles	NO	RB	\|	41	56	43	35	40	47	47	44
44	46	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	WR	\|	37	20	63	51	41	32	49	60
45	48	Eli Manning	NYG	QB	\|	36	53	27	54	50	63	35	42
46	40	Frank Gore	SF	RB	\|	62	79	38	44	52	42	31	20
47	42	Reggie Bush	MIA	RB	\|	57	47	51	38	42	56	43	45
48	45	Miles Austin	DAL	WR	\|	53	36	48	55	36	48	55	52
49	49	Percy Harvin	MIN	WR	\|	50	46	55	48	48	37	48	56
50	50	Dwayne Bowe	KC	WR	\|	61	34	57	63	51	46	50	57
51	51	Jeremy Maclin	PHI	WR	\|	60	45	59	57	46	49	58	50
52	55	Philip Rivers	SD	QB	\|	44	61	64	75	59	50	37	43
53	52	Vincent Jackson	TB	WR	\|	65	40	53	52	67	57	56	53
54	57	Peyton Manning	DEN	QB	\|	47	48	49	78	58	59	34	73
55	56	Antonio Gates	SD	TE	\|	42	54	56	68	49	53	62	63
56	54	Kenny Britt	TEN	WR	\|	73	18	74	49	54	52	65	74
57	53	Roy Helu	WAS	RB	\|	67	87	42	39	61	61	57	48
58	58	Brandon Lloyd	NE	WR	\|	68	59	47	62	56	51	59	62
59	61	Shonn Greene	NYJ	RB	\|	66	68	58	50	70	58	63	55
60	65	Doug Martin	TB	RB	\|	54	60	83	43	38	54	88	68
61	60	Beanie Wells	ARI	RB	\|	43	94	62	46	77	55	61	58
62	70	Antonio Brown	PIT	WR	\|	75	6	66	77	68	84	53	67
63	59	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	CIN	RB	\|	45	115	52	47	65	60	70	54
64	62	Willis McGahee	DEN	RB	\|	70	73	50	73	79	62	54	49
65	66	Jason Witten	DAL	TE	\|	48	58	69	72	63	72	51	80
66	63	Aaron Hernandez	NE	TE	\|	39	66	93	61	55	70	68	70
67	73	Matt Ryan	ATL	QB	\|	52	64	73	66	76	65	60	81
68	67	Vernon Davis	SF	TE	\|	56	76	61	65	60	77	66	79
69	68	DeSean Jackson	PHI	WR	\|	63	74	71	69	71	78	71	61
70	71	Stevie Johnson	BUF	WR	\|	72	50	60	64	64	67	127	59
71	69	Jermichael Finley	GB	TE	\|	64	72	87	59	57	74	69	83
72	72	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	RB	\|	88	89	54	56	69	68	82	65
73	78	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	QB	\|	58	86	79	80	62	71	64	71
74	75	Torrey Smith	BAL	WR	\|	76	65	82	76	80	76	91	72
75	76	Isaac Redman	PIT	RB	\|	77	117	72	67	73	81	75	64
76	64	Robert Meachem	SD	WR	\|	81	62	77	70	81	73	98	85
77	74	Eric Decker	DEN	WR	\|	80	55	68	104	74	66	85	99
78	84	Jahvid Best	DET	RB	\|	101	75	70	91	85	64	77	69
79	79	Donald Brown	IND	RB	\|	97	63	95	96	82	92	80	75
80	83	Pierre Garcon	WAS	WR	\|	109	71	80	82	84	83	89	82
81	81	Mark Ingram	NO	RB	\|	113	102	78	90	92	69	87	51
82	77	DeAngelo Williams	CAR	RB	\|	100	-	67	74	78	80	72	66
83	82	James Starks	GB	RB	\|	96	81	92	60	90	85	99	88
84	86	Reggie Wayne	IND	WR	\|	78	51	103	94	83	79	106	98
85	85	CJ Spiller	BUF	RB	\|	89	83	81	79	89	88	115	78
86	94	Robert Griffin III	WAS	QB	\|	82	30	101	-	75	82	79	110
87	80	Fred Davis	WAS	TE	\|	83	106	108	71	66	102	78	106
88	87	Anquan Boldin	BAL	WR	\|	90	85	94	99	99	91	84	86
89	93	Denarius Moore	OAK	WR	\|	91	78	84	106	93	86	111	84
90	91	Peyton Hillis	KC	RB	\|	86	99	88	98	88	94	107	90
91	88	Matt Schaub	HOU	QB	\|	69	-	86	85	111	89	67	94
92	92	Sidney Rice	SEA	WR	\|	87	69	98	101	86	134	83	97
93	96	Jay Cutler	CHI	QB	\|	99	127	99	95	72	97	73	101
94	95	Tony Gonzalez	ATL	TE	\|	85	84	105	83	103	103	92	112
95	89	Michael Bush	CHI	RB	\|	95	-	76	84	97	87	86	93
96	90	Brandon Pettigrew	DET	TE	\|	98	98	115	81	98	116	74	92
97	98	Lance Moore	NO	WR	\|	93	90	91	118	109	96	94	87
98	97	Santonio Holmes	NYJ	WR	\|	102	122	89	102	87	90	81	108
99	99	Stevan Ridley	NE	RB	\|	84	123	75	-	101	75	100	76
100	101	Ben Tate	HOU	RB	\|	107	-	65	119	94	95	102	77
101	111	Josh Freeman	TB	QB	\|	128	70	104	116	116	101	97	102
102	106	Darrius Heyward-Bey	OAK	WR	\|	117	82	106	113	95	99	119	105
103	102	Justin Blackmon	JAC	WR	\|	106	134	113	92	108	110	95	96
104	103	Toby Gerhart	MIN	RB	\|	94	-	90	105	117	93	117	89
105	100	LeGarrette Blount	TB	RB	\|	103	109	121	117	119	120	76	100
106	113	Michael Crabtree	SF	WR	\|	111	119	96	120	115	100	114	109
107	109	Jacob Tamme	DEN	TE	\|	121	91	132	86	102	112	96	-
108	104	Malcolm Floyd	SD	WR	\|	112	103	85	112	104	114	116	146
109	110	Titus Young	DET	WR	\|	92	95	112	100	137	119	122	121
110	117	Greg Little	CLE	WR	\|	114	80	-	109	91	104	137	118
111	108	Pierre Thomas	NO	RB	\|	105	107	119	132	107	108	105	130
112	115	David Wilson	NYG	RB	\|	127	125	97	134	105	98	139	91
113	107	Mikel LeShoure	DET	RB	\|	79	-	-	115	96	106	110	116
114	114	Mike Williams	TB	WR	\|	119	105	120	97	100	142	121	123
115	105	Brent Celek	PHI	TE	\|	74	114	140	89	114	-	123	126
116	112	Jermaine Gresham	CIN	TE	\|	71	124	-	87	110	-	108	138
117	119	Andy Dalton	CIN	QB	\|	116	126	110	110	129	113	109	128
118	118	Felix Jones	DAL	RB	\|	110	112	102	-	127	121	113	114
119	130	Carson Palmer	OAK	QB	\|	108	110	126	-	122	111	126	104
120	124	Laurent Robinson	JAC	WR	\|	135	111	118	108	131	130	93	-
121	127	Nate Washington	TEN	WR	\|	126	100	125	-	124	107	131	119
122	121	Joe Flacco	BAL	QB	\|	130	101	122	-	130	133	90	127
123	140	Ryan Fitzpatrick	BUF	QB	\|	143	77	137	-	135	122	103	-
124	128	Owen Daniels	HOU	TE	\|	124	139	134	103	118	-	129	125
125	120	Jared Cook	TEN	TE	\|	134	135	123	93	126	-	141	124
126	125	Dustin Keller	NYJ	TE	\|	-	133		88	128	125	120	134
127	129	49ers	SF	DST	\|	150	-	109	122	146	109	-	95
128	139	Andrew Luck	IND	QB	\|	-	92	138		136	105	112	-
129	123	Michael Floyd	ARI	WR	\|	141	93	131	129	120	-	130	-
130	131	Santana Moss	WAR	WR	\|	104	-	-	-	121	115	144	111
131	116	Daniel Thomas	MIA	RB	\|	131	-	111	-	133	143	101	129
132	122	Mario Manningham	SF	WR	\|	136	-	128	107	144	117	118	-
133	126	Ryan Williams	ARI	RB	\|	115	-	-	136	112	147	128	117
134	133	Shane Vareen	NE	RB	\|	125	-	-	114	123	131	138	133
135	141	Doug Baldwin	SEA	WR	\|	-	116	-	121	134	126	-	122
136	137	Ronnie Hillman	DEN	RB	\|	122	104	-	131	113	-	-	-
137	147	Bernard Scott	CIN	RB	\|	140	121	116	-	-	137	-	115
138	167	Alex Smith	SF	QB	\|	-	120	107	-	-	138	124	-
139	136	Coby Fleener	IND	TE	\|	123	131	-	124	132	136	-	-
140	135	Texans	HOU	DST	\|	-	-	114	128	-	-	-	103
141	138	Vincent Brown	SD	WR	\|	144	-	-	111	138	-	134	120
142	157	Sam Bradford	STL	QB	\|	146	-	130	-	-	124	104	-
143	134	Mike Tolbert	CAR	RB	\|	129	-	127	-	142	-	132	131
144	142	Bears	CHI	DST	\|	-	-	124	150		118	-	132
145	144	Davone Bess	MIA	WR	\|	-	88	-	-	140	-	-	-
146	151	Ravens	BAL	DST	\|	-	-	129	123	-	139	-	141
147	132	Reuben Randle	NYG	WR	\|	-	113	117	-	-	-	-	-
148	156	Randy Moss	SF	WR	\|	118	145	135	-	-	-	136	-
149	162	Austin Collie	IND	WR	\|	148	97	-	147	143	-	-	-
150	143	Eagles	PHI	DST	\|	-	-	142	130	-	-	-	113

The 2012 Athlon Sports Consensus Fantasy Football Big Board:

Next 10:Rashad Mendenhall, RB, PIT, Tim Hightower, RB, WAS, Pittsburgh, DST, Mike Goodson, RB, OAK, Brian Quick, WR, STL, Brandon LaFell, WR, CAR, Jacoby Ford, WR, OAK, Joseph Addai, RB, NE, Matt Flynn, QB, SEA, Jacquizz Rodgers, RB, ATL

2012 Athlon Sports NFL team-by-team schedule analysis: