Fantasy football rookie rankings
The 2015 NFL Draft is in the books, which means fantasy football owners can’t wait to deploy another exciting wave of rookies entering the league. Although much can change in the next four months, here's our initial ranking of the new offensive skill players, based on talent and situation. Annual reminder: The order in which these players were drafted in real life has on bearing on this exercise: MORE: Draft-day insight on 35 key skill players DRAFT 'EM 1. Melvin Gordon, RB, Chargers . Gordon is tabbed to be an early-down workhorse role in an established, balanced offense, replacing Ryan Mathews . Danny Woodhead will cut into third-down work, but that’s the only real downside. (Draft-day value: RB2) 2. Tevin Coleman, RB, Falcons . Veteran Steven Jackson is gone, and Devonta Freeman is coming off a less-than-meh rookie season. Atlanta didn’t hide how much it loved Coleman and will give the Hoosier a shot at a heavy workload. Matt Ryan and the passing game ensure Coleman wo...