Way-too-early 2017 fantasy football rankings

But really, it's never too early to prep for the next fantasy football season.

With all due respect to playoff fantasy football and the DFS game, the 2016 fantasy football season has come to an end. Time for fantasy owners to get away from the waiver wire and start/sit decisions for a few short months before coming back refreshed and ready to get after another fantasy season.

Of course, we can’t in good conscience send you off into the abyss without some sort of guiding light. After all, the fantasy off-season seems to get shorter every year. The NFL draft is four months away, and as we start assessing which fantasy-relevant rookies found the best landing spots, teams will start mini-camps and OTAs. Shortly thereafter, spring gives way to summer, and training camps, the unofficial starting gun for many fantasy owners, begin. You don’t want to start your draft prep from scratch at that time. You need a jumping-off point months in advance. Let our first set of rankings be the start of your road map to a championship next season.

We’d like to thank you for joining us all season long here on SI.com. We can’t wait to get back with you next year. And to hold you over until then, allow us to present our way-too-early top 100 for 2017.

RANK	PLAYER	POSITION	TEAM
1	Le'Veon Bell	RB	Pittsburgh Steelers
2	David Johnson	RB	Arizona Cardinals
3	Odell Beckham Jr.	WR	New York Giants
4	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	Dallas Cowboys
5	Antonio Brown	WR	Pittsburgh Steelers
6	Mike Evans	WR	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
7	Julio Jones	WR	Atlanta Falcons
8	Jordan Howard	RB	Chicago Bears
9	A.J. Green	WR	Cincinnati Bengals
10	Melvin Gordon	RB	San Diego Chargers
11	LeSean McCoy	RB	Buffalo Bills
12	Jordy Nelson	WR	Green Bay Packers
13	Dez Bryant	WR	Dallas Cowboys
14	T.Y. Hilton	WR	Indianapolis Colts
15	DeMarco Murray	RB	Tennessee Titans
16	Devonta Freeman	RB	Atlanta Falcons
17	Jay Ajayi	RB	Miami Dolphins
18	Sammy Watkins	WR	Buffalo Bills
19	DeAndre Hopkins	WR	Houston Texans
20	Michael Thomas	WR	New Orleans Saints
21	Allen Robinson	WR	Jacksonville Jaguars
22	Brandin Cooks	WR	New Orleans Saints
23	Alshon Jeffery	WR	Chicago Bears
24	Lamar Miller	RB	Houston Texans
25	Todd Gurley	RB	Los Angeles Rams
26	Carlos Hyde	RB	San Francisco 49ers
27	Doug Baldwin	WR	Seattle Seahawks
28	Rob Gronkowski	TE	New England Patriots
29	Mark Ingram	RB	New Orleans Saints
30	Amari Cooper	WR	Oakland Raiders
31	Kenneth Dixon	RB	Baltimore Ravens
32	Demaryius Thomas	WR	Denver Broncos
33	Keenan Allen	WR	San Diego Chargers
34	Adrian Peterson	RB	Minnesota Vikings
35	LeGarrette Blount	RB	New England Patriots
36	Terrelle Pryor	WR	Cleveland Browns
37	Latavius Murray	RB	Oakland Raiders
38	Travis Kelce	TE	Kansas City Chiefs
39	Michael Crabtree	WR	Oakland Raiders
40	Spencer Ware	RB	Kansas City Chiefs
41	Eric Decker	WR	New York Jets
42	C.J. Anderson	RB	Denver Broncos
43	Stefon Diggs	WR	Minnesota Vikings
44	Jordan Reed	TE	Washington Redskins
45	Tevin Coleman	RB	Atlanta Falcons
46	Robert Kelley	RB	Redskins
47	Aaron Rodgers	QB	Green Bay Packers
48	Davante Adams	WR	Green Bay Packers
49	Emmanuel Sanders	WR	Denver Broncos
50	Eddie Lacy	RB	Green Bay Packers
51	Drew Brees	QB	New Orleans Saints
52	Rishard Matthews	WR	Tennessee Titans
53	DeSean Jackson	WR	Washington Redskins
54	Julian Edelman	WR	New England Patriots
55	Dion Lewis	RB	New England Patriots
56	Jonathan Stewart	RB	Carolina Panthers
57	Larry Fitzgerald	WR	Arizona Cardinals
58	Andrew Luck	QB	Indianapolis Colts
59	Russell Wilson	QB	Seattle Seahawks
60	Donte Moncrief	WR	Indianapolis Colts
61	Derrick Henry	RB	Tennessee Titans
62	Tyreek Hill	WR	Kansas City Chiefs
63	Tom Brady	QB	New England Patriots
64	Ben Roethlisberger	QB	Pittsburgh Steelers
65	DeVante Parker	WR	Miami Dolphins
66	Paul Perkins	RB	New York Giants
67	Matt Ryan	QB	Atlanta Falcons
68	Jamison Crowder	WR	Washington Redskins
69	Jamaal Charles	RB	Kansas City Chiefs
70	Jeremy Hill	RB	Cincinnati Bengals
71	Thomas Rawls	RB	Seattle Seahawks
72	Greg Olsen	TE	Carolina Panthers
73	Cam Newton	QB	Carolina Panthers
74	Derek Carr	QB	Oakland Raiders
75	C.J. Prosise	RB	Seattle Seahawks
76	Ameer Abdullah	RB	Detroit Lions
77	Jimmy Graham	TE	Seattle Seahawks
78	Golden Tate	WR	Detroit Lions
79	Brandon Marshall	WR	New York Jets
80	Jarvis Landry	WR	Miami Dolphins
81	Dak Prescott	QB	Dallas Cowboys
82	Matt Forte	RB	New York Jets
83	Corey Coleman	WR	Cleveland Browns
84	Sterling Shepard	WR	New York Giants
85	Giovani Bernard	RB	Cincinnati Bengals
86	Tyler Eifert	TE	Cincinnati Bengals
87	Tyrell Williams	WR	San Diego Chargers
88	Frank Gore	RB	Indianapolis Colts
89	Marcus Mariota	QB	Tennessee Titans
90	Malcolm Mitchell	WR	New England Patriots
91	Ty Montgomery	RB	Green Bay Packers
92	Bilal Powell	RB	New York Jets
93	Kenny Britt	WR	Los Angeles Rams
94	Kirk Cousins	QB	Washington Redskins
95	Isaiah Crowell	RB	Cleveland Browns
96	Jordan Matthews	WR	Philadelphia Eagles
97	Ryan Mathews	RB	Philadelphia Eagles
98	Kelvin Benjamin	WR	Carolina Panthers
99	Theo Riddick	RB	Detroit Lions
100	Danny Woodhead	RB	San Diego Chargers