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Fantasy Football 2017: Skill-Position Rankings and Top Sleepers

Informed fantasy football participants will discover a bevvy of depth at the skill positions when preparing for drafts.

As the league continues to purchase more aerial real estate, the surplus of strong quarterbacks has deflated the position's demand. While there's no such movement to wait out wide receivers, the pool is also deeper than ever.

A wider distribution of labor dwindles the supply of workhorse running backs, thus weakening the position's top tiers. Yet more rushers will receive opportunities to contribute, so there's less pressure to secure multiple backs in the opening rounds.

Even tight end has more interesting targets than usual.