I look forward to writing this piece every year, as it's my chance to highlight the players I'll be targeting frequently in my fantasy football drafts (and in my mock drafts, of which there have been close to 50 already this offseason).
The concept of Field's Favorites is not an exercise in highlighting the best overall players in fantasy football this season. My positional and top 160 rankings are available to check out for that content. It's also not my favorite players no one is talking about. We have a sleepers overview on ESPN.com and we'll talk about plenty of them on the "Fantasy Focus" podcast (Monday through Friday at 10 a.m. ET on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts).
This is a blend of it all: star players I happen to have a particular affinity for relative to where my colleagues rank them, established standouts going lower than expected right now based on ADP data, or players on the rise I am optimistic will make a leap this season.
Let's get to it.