2019 Fantasy Football Rookie Dynasty Rankings: Miles Sanders and Darwin Thompson rising in the preseason

Heath Cummings says Miles Sanders and Darwin Thompson have improved their status since his last rankings.

By Heath Cummings

Aug 22, 2019 at 11:47 am ET • 3 min read

Training camp and the preseason shouldn't have too much impact on your redraft rankings. They should have even less effect on your Dynasty rankings. That doesn't mean they should have no impact.

Coming into the 2019 NFL Draft, a popular sentiment was that this draft class might be short on Fantasy stars but long on depth. I still believe that's true, but there are a couple of running backs who are starting to make me question it a bit.

Miles Sanders had the pedigree, but I was originally very concerned about his landing spot in Philadelphia. After all, they'd just traded for Jordan Howard and Doug Pederson has done everything he could as a head coach to signal his affinity for the committee. But ever since Sanders beat a balky hamstring, he's made waves. Virtually everyone who observed camp commented on how much better Sanders was than his competition, and then he showed us in preseason Week 2. I'm beginning to think he might just change Pederson's mind.

Darwin Thompson didn't moved up the depth chart quite as quickly, but he has wowed in preseason action and now reportedly usurped Carlos Hyde. All that stands between Thompson and the revered "Andy Reid feature role" is Damien Williams, who has never held up to a feature role in his life. I believe either of these backs could be a Fantasy star in this role, but only one of them is available in rookie drafts. I wouldn't fault you for considering Thompson at the end of Round 1.

Here is the final preseason update to my Dynasty Rookie Rankings:

Rank	Player	Team	Age	Position
1	David Montgomery	CHI	22	RB
2	Josh Jacobs	OAK	21	RB
3	Miles Sanders	PHI	22	RB
4	D.K. Metcalf	SEA	21	WR
5	N'Keal Harry	NE	21	WR
6	Darrell Henderson	LAR	22	RB
7	Deebo Samuel	SF	23	WR
8	Marquise Brown	BAL	22	WR
9	Miles Boykin	BAL	22	WR
10	T.J. Hockenson	DET	22	TE
11	Noah Fant	DEN	21	TE
12	Kyler Murray	ARI	21	QB
13	A.J. Brown	TEN	22	WR
14	Alexander Mattison	MIN	21	RB
15	Devin Singletary	BUF	22	RB
16	Darwin Thompson	KC	23	RB
17	Justice Hill	BAL	21	RB
18	Damien Harris	NE	22	RB
19	Parris Campbell	IND	22	WR
20	Andy Isabella	ARI	22	WR
21	Mecole Hardman	KC	21	WR
22	Irv Smith Jr.	MIN	21	TE
23	Jace Sternberger	GB	23	TE
24	Dwayne Haskins	WAS	22	QB
25	Tony Pollard	DAL	22	RB
26	J.J. Arcega-Whiteside	PHI	22	WR
27	Diontae Johnson	PIT	23	WR
28	Hakeem Butler	ARI	23	WR
29	Terry McLaurin	WAS	23	WR
30	Hunter Renfrow	OAK	23	WR
31	Benny Snell Jr.	PIT	21	RB
32	Dexter Williams	GB	22	RB
33	Kelvin Harmon	WAS	22	WR
34	Preston Williams	MIA	22	WR
35	Daniel Jones	NYG	22	QB
36	Rodney Anderson	RB	22	RB
37	Bruce Anderson	TB	22	RB
38	Drew Lock	DEN	22	QB
39	Dawson Knox	BUF	22	TE
40	Ryquell Armstead	JAC	22	RB