Predictions for the top five fantasy football players in the skill positions

Let’s face it fantasy football fans, the two weeks between Championship Weekend and the Super Bowl are not the most exciting (unless you are Tom Brady and Bill Belichick and are trying to deflate situations that get out of control).  Free agency has not started yet, we are not yet to the draft, and there are no trades going down so things are a little boring unless you enjoy watching Marshawn Lynch at Super Bowl Media Days.  

So, in the absence of any off-season news, I decided to make a couple predictions that I am sure will totally doom the following players.  To keep it simple, I am predicting who I think the top five fantasy players will be at quarterback, running back, wide receiver, and tight end in 2015.

I highly encourage people to tweet me back at whom they think the top five will be at each position.  What is fun right now is that it is all a guessing game.  You can agree with me, or think I am crazy.  There is no science to my predictions, just a fun look ahead at what I think will shake out this upcoming season before free agency and the draft.  So send me a tweet @bignoahd05, and tell me who I got right and wrong, and who you think will make the top five.

These predictions are in the order that I feel these players will finish in 2015 fantasy points.

Quarterback
1. Aaron Rodgers
2. Andrew Luck
3. Russell Wilson
4. Ben Roethlisberger
5. Tony Romo
Sleeper to make top 5 – Matt Ryan

Running Back
1. LeVeon Bell
2. Adrian Peterson
3. Jeremy Hill
4. CJ Anderson
5. Melvin Gordon
Sleeper to make top 5 – Joique Bell

Wide Receiver
1. Antonio Brown
2. Odell Beckham Jr.
3. Dez Bryant
4. Demaryious Thomas
5. Julio Jones
Sleeper to make top 5 – Alshon Jeffery

Tight End
1. Rob Gronkowski
2. Travis Kelce
3. Jimmy Graham
4. Greg Olsen
5. Dwayne Allen
Sleeper to make top 5 – Vernon Davis

This column was written by Ryan Thyer. Follow him on Twitter: @BigNoahD05