2019 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Dynasty Rankings: Josh Gordon and John Brown rising in the preseason

Heath Cummings says Josh Gordon and John Brown have improved their status since his last rankings.

By Heath Cummings

Aug 22, 2019 at 11:47 am ET • 4 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.

One thing you might expect from preseason Dynasty risers is that they are younger guys. That's not always the case, especially at wide receiver in 2019.

The biggest riser is obvious, but he's also still impossible to rank. Josh Gordon showed last year that he has the talent to be one of the best wide receivers in football. Tom Brady was more efficient when targeting Gordon than any other player on the field, and the receiver averaged more than 100 yards per game in the three games Rob Gronkowski missed. If you guaranteed me three uninterrupted years of Gordon in New England he'd be in my top 15. But there are obviously no guarantees with Gordon.

John Brown isn't far behind Gordon in terms of how much he's risen, and I'm not sure he's that far behind in upside either. Brown is an underrate route runner with blazing speed. That should pair perfectly with Josh Allen's monster arm. If Allen improves his accuracy and Brown stays healthy, multiple 1,000-yard seasons should be the expectation. But those are awfully big ifs.

Here is the final preseason update to my Dynasty Wide Receiver Rankings:

Rank	Player	Team	Age
1	DeAndre Hopkins	HOU	27
2	JuJu Smith-Schuster	PIT	22
3	Michael Thomas	NO	26
4	Odell Beckham Jr.	CLE	26
5	Davante Adams	GB	26
6	Mike Evans	TB	26
7	Julio Jones	ATL	30
8	Tyreek Hill	KC	25
9	Keenan Allen	LAC	27
10	Stefon Diggs	MIN	25
11	Brandin Cooks	LAR	25
12	Amari Cooper	DAL	25
13	D.J. Moore	CAR	22
14	Kenny Golladay	DET	25
15	Adam Thielen	MIN	29
16	Antonio Brown	OAK	31
17	A.J. Green	CIN	31
18	Tyler Boyd	CIN	24
19	Calvin Ridley	ATL	24
20	Chris Godwin	TB	23
21	Robert Woods	LAR	27
22	Cooper Kupp	LAR	26
23	T.Y. Hilton	IND	29
24	Tyler Lockett	SEA	26
25	Christian Kirk	ARI	22
26	Corey Davis	TEN	24
27	Mike Williams	LAC	24
28	Dede Westbrook	JAC	25
29	D.K. Metcalf	SEA	21
30	N'Keal Harry	NE	21
31	Dante Pettis	SF	23
32	Sterling Shepard	NYG	26
33	Robby Anderson	NYJ	26
34	Josh Gordon	NE	28
35	Allen Robinson	CHI	26
36	Sammy Watkins	KC	26
37	Jarvis Landry	CLE	26
38	Will Fuller	HOU	25
39	Deebo Samuel	SF	23
40	Alshon Jeffery	PHI	29
41	Curtis Samuel	CAR	24
42	Marquise Brown	BAL	22
43	Miles Boykin	BAL	22
44	Julian Edelman	NE	33
45	Tyrell Williams	OAK	27
46	A.J. Brown	TEN	22
47	Marvin Jones	DET	29
48	John Brown	BUF	29
49	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	GB	24
50	Courtland Sutton	DEN	23
51	Anthony Miller	CHI	24
52	Keke Coutee	HOU	22
53	James Washington	PIT	23
54	Devin Funchess	IND	25
55	Parris Campbell	IND	22
56	Geronimo Allison	GB	25
57	Andy Isabella	ARI	22
58	Mecole Hardman	KC	21
59	Emmanuel Sanders	DEN	32
60	Golden Tate	NYG	31
61	J.J. Arcega-Whiteside	PHI	22
62	Michael Gallup	DAL	23
63	DaeSean Hamilton	DEN	24
64	Diontae Johnson	PIT	23
65	Hakeem Butler	ARI	23
66	Marqise Lee	JAC	27
67	Zay Jones	BUF	24
68	Jamison Crowder	NYJ	26
69	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	36
70	Tre'Quan Smith	NO	23
71	Kenny Stills	MIA	27
72	Albert Wilson	MIA	27
73	Donte Moncrief	PIT	26
74	Devante Parker	MIA	26
75	D.J. Chark	JAC	22
76	Terry McLaurin	WAS	23
77	Trey Quinn	WAS	23
78	Hunter Renfrow	OAK	23
79	Kelvin Harmon	WAS	22
80	Preston Williams	MIA	22