Build A Fantasy Football Team And We’ll Reveal Your Favorite NFL Team
- by Andrew Brethauer
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It's that time of year again when fantasy football players start to go over their projects and draft lists and get ready to select their fantasy football team for the upcoming season. It's big business and so to is the NFL, the most popular league in the United States. Football has plenty of exception players and for fantasy football lovers, they have the players they love and need to have on their team for the upcoming season, ones that will get into the end zone plenty of times through the year and score them big points.
It can be a difficult time, however, for some players who have favorite teams to also cheer for. Can they really pick a player from a rival team and cheer for them on Sunday afternoon, hoping they get a score, even against their favorite team? It's a tough spot for any football fan to be in, as you want to be the best fantasy player, but you also want your team to win. In this quiz, pick the best players from around the NFL and load up your fantasy roster with who you would want on your team and we'll reveal the team you should be cheering for come Sunday.
Tom Brady
If championships are in your future, then Tom Brady is the starting quarterback for your fantasy team. With five Super Bowl championships to his name, Brady has won more than anyone in NFL history, while he has also played in eight Super Bowls, which means half his career he has played in the Super Bowl.
Todd Gurley
Todd Gurley had a break out season last year and is on top of fantasy football running back lists as the top selection, as he ran for over 1300 yards last season and scored 13 touchdowns on a ground and six more through the air for his best season by far in his first three years with the St. Louis and Los Angeles Rams.
Antonio Brown
When it comes to top wide receivers in the NFL, the line starts behind Antonio Brown, who has put up over 1100 yards six times in eight seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers, as well scoring 10 or more touchdowns three of the last four seasons.
Rob Gronkowski
Rob Gronkowski is a tight end who plays more like a wide receiver because he scores so many touchdowns and catches so many yards. He is one of the top targets in the New England Patriots offence, having won the Super Bowl twice with them while also leading the league in touchdowns with 17 back in 2011.
J.J. Watt
When it comes to defensive players in the NFL, J.J. Watt is in the conversation for best in the league. The Houston Texans defensive end has been an NFL sack leader twice, in 2011 and 2015, and a three-time defensive Player of the Year, having required 76 sacks so far in seven seasons.
Matt Ryan
Matt Ryan has plenty of good receivers to throw to in the Atlanta Falcons offence, which has made him one of the best quarterbacks in the league. He was the NFL’s MVP in 2016, when he took to the Falcons to the Super Bowl, and just signed a contract making him the NFL’s first $30 million a year player and highest paid player in NFL history.
Le’Veon Bell
Le’Veon Bell is near the top of the list for elite running backs in the NFL, as the Pittsburgh Steeler’s running back has rushed for over 1250 yards in three of his last four seasons, while consistently adding around eight touchdowns a year on the ground and few more through the air.
DeAndre Hopkins
DeAndre Hopkins had his best season last year with the Houston Texans where he brought in 13 touchdowns, beating his 2011 best of 11 touchdowns, while also leading the league in touchdowns scored. He also added over 1300 yards last season catching.
Travis Kelce
Travis Kelce is typically considered the second best tight end in the NFL, and over the last couple of seasons, has become one of the best in the game. Last season he caught over 1000 yards through the air and also brought in eight touchdowns.
Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers is one of the best and toughest NFL quarterbacks today, having to play in the freezing cold Lambeau Field for the Green Bay Packers. The 2010 Super Bowl champion and Super Bowl MVP has been a league MVP twice and has passed for over 38,000 yards in his career.
Odell Beckham Jr.
Odell Beckham Jr. is one of the top wide receivers in the NFL today, and is known for his ability to make spectacular one-handed catches. He’s been good since his rookie season, where he became the first player to record more than 75 receptions, 1,100 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Khalil Mack
Khalil Mack is one of the top defensive ends in the NFL for the Oakland Raiders, so good in fact, he was named to the All-Pro team for two different positions in the same year. He has also recorded more than 10 sacks his past three seasons with Oakland.
Zach Ertz
Zach Ertz won his first Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles this past season, where he maintained his over 800 yards receiving that he has established over the past three years, while adding a career high eight touchdowns, double that of his personal best before.
Drew Brees
Drew Brees has passed for over 5000 yards five times in his career, something no other quarterback has done in league history more than one, making him one of the game’s best quarterbacks. He has led the NFL in touchdown passes four times as well, and passing yards seven times.
Ezekiel Elliott
Ezekiel Elliott has only played two seasons in the NFL, but he is already considered one of the league’s top running backs. He led the NFL in rushing in his rookie season, with 1631 yards on the ground, while also adding 15 touchdowns, and one more through the air in 15 games.
Julio Jones
Julio Jones is one of the top wide receivers in the NFL today and is a big reason why the Atlanta Falcons are a pass heavy team. His career average of 95.3 yards per game is the highest in league history, and he led the league in receptions and yards receiving in 2015.
Michael Thomas
Michael Thomas holds the record for the most receptions by a wide receiver in their first two seasons with 196, doing it in the high-powered New Orleans Saints offence. He has also added over 1100 yards each season and scored nine touchdowns his rookie year and five more his second year.
Greg Olsen
Greg Olsen doesn’t get the same elite level status as some tight ends, but he was the first tight end in NFL history to record three seasons with over 1000 yards catching, doing do between 2014 and 2016, before injuries last season cut his year short.
C.J. Mosley
C.J. Mosley has been one of the top linebackers in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens for a few seasons, as last year he recorded 132 combined tackles and a sack, while also scoring a touchdown, forcing three fumbles and picking off two passes.
Alex Smith
When you think of winningest quarterbacks, many pass over Alex Smith, but other than Tom Brady and Russell Wilson, Smith has won more games than anyone else in his time with the Kansas City Chiefs. He played seven seasons with San Francisco and five seasons with the Chiefs before being traded to Washington.
Keenan Allen
Keenan Allen had over 1000 yards in his rookie season with the San Diego Chargers, but then struggled his next three seasons. But last year, after the Chargers moved to Los Angeles, Allen broke out with nearly 1400 yards and six touchdowns.
David Johnson
David Johnson was a huge running back in 2016, as he ran for 1239 yards and 16 touchdowns, while also catching 879 yards and four touchdowns for Arizona. Injuries stopped his season last year, but he is still considered one of the best running backs in the NFL today.
A.J. Green
A.J. Green has been one of the most consistent wide receivers in the NFL, having recorded over 1000 yards receiving in every season he has played, except 2016 where he played in just 10 games and had 964 yards. He has also added 57 touchdowns in seven seasons with Cincinnati.
Jimmy Graham
Jimmy Graham is one of the top tight ends in the NFL, having caught over 1200 yards twice, both with New Orleans, while in three years in Seattle his best season was 920 yards in 2016, and 10 touchdowns last season. In the offseason he signed a $30 million contract with Green Bay.
Luke Kuechly
Luke Kuechly is one of the best defensive players in the league and was the youngest player to ever win the Rookie Defensive Player of the Year award, doing so in 2012. He won the Defensive Player of the Year award the next season and has recorded over 800 tackles in his six-year career with Carolina.
Jared Goff
Jared Goff was selected first overall by the Los Angeles Rams in the 2016 NFL Draft and started seven games in his first season and 15 in his second, starting every game he has appeared in. Last year he tossed for over 3800 yards with 28 touchdowns, leading the Rams back to the playoffs.
Alvin Kamara
Alvin Kamara was drafted in the third round by the New Orleans Saints in 2017 and in his rookie season, he was a Pro Bowl selection, the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and Rookie of the Year, as he rushed for 728 yards and eight touchdowns, adding 826 receiving yards and five touchdowns as well.
Davante Adams
Davante Adams has turned into a popular target for Aaron Rodgers in the Green Bay Packers offence, as he has 997 and 885 yards over his last two season, as well as 12 and 10 touchdowns each year. He was named to his first Pro Bowl last season and just signed a $58 million extension with Green Bay.
Mike Evans
Mike Evans was the seventh pick overall in 2014 by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and has been one of the best wide receivers since his rookie season, as he has caught over 1000 yards each of his first four seasons. He had 12 touchdowns his rookie year and in 2016, and has 32 over his career.
Delanie Walker
Delanie Walker has been a consistent target in the Tennessee Titans offence, catching over 800 yards each of his last four seasons with them, while adding 20 touchdowns in that span. His career started in San Francisco, and in 12 years, he has caught over 5600 yards and 34 touchdowns as a tight end.
Bobby Wagner
Bobby Wagner was a Super Bowl champion with the Seattle Seahawks back in 2013 and he was part of the tough Seahawks defence that made them the best team in the league. Over six seasons with Seattle, Wagner has 778 tackles and 15.5 sacks.
Joey Bosa
Joey Bosa was named the NFL Rookie Defensive Player of the Year in 2016 after getting selected third overall in the 2016 NFL Draft by San Diego. In two seasons he has 111 tackles, 23 sacks and five force fumbles and makes up one half of the best pass rushing linebackers in the league.
Deshaun Watson
Deshaun Watson was selected 12th overall by the Houston Texans and was on pace to have a standout rookie season, as he started six games tossed for 19 touchdowns and nearly 1700 yards, and completed 61.8 percent of his passes until he tore his ACL, ending his season.
Melvin Gordon
Melvin Gordon has turned into a complete running back for the Los Angeles Chargers, as last season he ran for over 1100 yards and eight touchdowns, while also adding 476 receiving yards and four more touchdowns through the air for a 12-touchdown season, match his total from the year before.
T.Y. Hilton
T.Y. Hilton may be small at 5-foot-9, but he has turned into a favorite target of Andrew Luck in Indianapolis. After his breakout year in 2016 where he caught over 1400 yards, Hilton missed 1000 yards for only the second time in his career by just 34 yards.
Doug Baldwin
Doug Baldwin was an undrafted free agent signed by Seattle in 2011 and turned into one of the game’s best wide receivers. His breakout season in 2015 saw him catch over 1000 yards and 14 touchdowns, and over his seven-year career he has over 5900 yards and 44 touchdowns.
Kyle Rudolph
Kyle Rudolph has turned into a consistent touchdown threat from the tight end position for the Minnesota Vikings, as over the past two seasons he has brought in seven and eight touchdown passes. He has over 3100 yards and has been named to the Pro Bowl twice.
Landon Collins
Landon Collins has started every single game so far in his career with the New York Giants since his first season in 2015. The strong safety has over 100 tackles each year, has eight interceptions and one touchdown to his name.
Ben Roethlisberger
Ben Roethlisberger is one of the most accurate quarterbacks in the NFL and has already won two Super Bowl championships with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In his 14-year career, he has only missed the playoffs four times and has thrown for over 51,000 yards and 329 touchdowns.
Dalvin Cook
Dalvin Cook started four games last season for the Minnesota Vikings after going in the second round in the draft. In four games before an injury cost him his season he had 354 yards rushing and two touchdown runs, as well as 90 yards receiving.
Adam Thielen
Adam Thielen was never drafted but has worked his way into becoming one of the top receivers in the NFL. In 2016 he nearly had 1000 yards, but the following year he would break out for over 1200 yards and four touchdowns, becoming the first Viking since 2009 to have over 1000 yards in a season.
Jordan Reed
Jordan Reed was turning into a offensive threat from the tight end position in Washington after posting 952 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2015, and 686 yards and six touchdowns the following year. Injuries cost him most on 2017, where he already had two touchdown catches.
Deion Jones
Deion Jones earned his first Pro Bowl selection last year with Atlanta in just his second year in the league, helping the Falcons to the Super Bowl in his rookie year. Over two years he has 246 tackles, 20 pass deflections, six interceptions and two defensive touchdowns.
Russell Wilson
Russell Wilson was at one time, the highest paid player in the NFL, after leading the Seattle Seahawks to a Super Bowl victory in 2013. He led them back a year later in a losing effort but is still one of the game’s best quarterbacks and has only missed the playoffs once in his career.
Larry Fitzgerald
Larry Fitzgerald will go down as one of the best wide receivers of all-time, as the Arizona Cardinal is currently third all-time in receptions with 1,234, third in receiving yards with 15,545, and eighth in receiving touchdowns with 110, all with one team.
Demaryius Thomas
Demaryius Thomas is currently the longest-tenured Denver Bronco on the team and their top wide receiver, having played all eight seasons in Denver. He had five straight seasons of over 1000 yards, three over 1400, and has caught 57 touchdowns in his career.
Alshon Jeffery
In his first season with the Philadelphia Eagles, Alshon Jeffery helped lead the team to their first Super Bowl as their top wide receiver. He had nine touchdowns and 789 yards during the regular season, and in the Super Bowl he had three catches for 73 yards and the game’s first touchdown.
Jack Doyle
Jack Doyle was an undrafted free agent who ended up on the Indianapolis Colts and has played tight end for them for the past five seasons. Last year had 80 catches for 690 yards and four touchdowns and earned his first Pro Bowl selection at the tight end position.
Carson Wentz
Carson Wentz was selected second overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2016 and has started every game so far he has been able to, until an injury late in 2017 cut his season short, in which the Eagles would go on to win the Super Bowl. But Wentz is still one of the league’s best with 33 touchdown passes last year.
Dak Prescott
An injury to Tony Romo put Dak Prescott under center for the Dallas Cowboys two seasons ago and he didn’t disappoint, earning Offensive Rookie of the Year and Pro Bowl selections. He has passed for over 3300 yards each of his first two seasons and has thrown 45 touchdown passes.
