Keepers are in. 26 players ready to lead their teams to a championship team.

CATEGORY ONE KEEPERS | RANKED

When it comes to naming my top keepers (in whatever category), it’s not necessarily the players who I think will score the most points, but it’s points plus the round they are being kept in.

1. Jeremy Hill, RB CIN (Rich C, Rd 5) 2. Eddie Lacy, RB GB (Matt, Rd 4) 3. Le’Veon Bell (Bob, Rd 2) 4. T.Y. Hilton, WR IND (Molly, Rd 5) 5. Jamaal Charles, RB KC (Jeff, Rd 1) 6. Marshawn Lynch, RB SEA (Rob M, Rd 1) 7. Matt Forte, RB CHI (Rich B, Rd 1)  8. Tom Brady, QB NE (Eric, Rd 5)

CATEGORY TWO KEEPERS | RANKED

1. C.J. Anderson, RB DEN (Jeff, Rd 6) 2. Mike Evans, WR TB (Colby, Rd 8) 3. Carlos Hyde, RB SF (Rich C, Rd 6) 4. Lamar Miller (Bob, Rd 9) 5. Russell Wilson, QB SEA (Molly, Rd 10) 6. Mark Ingram, RB NO (Rob M, Rd 10) 7. Sammy Watkins, WR BUF (Eric, Rd 10) 8. Philip Rivers, QB SD (Matt, Rd 10)  9. Jordan Mathews, WR PHI (Don, Rd 7) 10. Devonta Freeman, RB ATL (Robio, Rd 7)

CATEGORY THREE KEEPERS | RANKED

1. Odell Beckham, WR NYG (Griff, Rd 14) 2. DeAndre Hopkins, WR HOU (Rich B, Rd 13) 3. Alshon Jeffery, WR CHI (Colby, Rd 15) 4. Chris Ivory, RB NYJ (Rob M, Rd 13) 5. Jonathan Stewart, RB CAR (Rich C, Rd 12) 6. Jeremy Maclin, WR PHI (Robio, Rd 13) 7. Brandon LaFell, WR NE (Eric, Rd 14) 8. James Starks, RB GB (Matt, Rd 14)

TOP-TEN POTENTIAL MISSES: 

Keepers teams might wish they hadn’t passed on (and keeping in mind who they ended up keeping or could be drafting).

“Why, oh why would Burrier not keep me, the sixth best back in football last year?!”

1. Justin Forsett, RB BAL (Rich B, Rd 6) Hard to believe Burrier kept no one over this guy, an All-Robio RB in 2014.

2. Latavius Murray, RB OAK (Griff, Rd 6) Popular sleeper, who averaged 5.2 yards per carry in limited duty last year.

3. Martavis Bryant, WR PIT (Griff, Rd 7) He’s just a year or two away from being a stud receiver.

4. Frank Gore, RB IND (Jeff, Rd 4) I don’t care how old he is, he’ll get the bulk of the carries and goal line touches in a high-powered, run-friendly offense.

5. LeGarrett Blount, RB NE (Molly, Rd 12)  In a league with no keepers, Blount gets drafted ahead of Martellus Bennett.

6. DeMarco Murray, RB PHI (Colby, Rd 1)  Colby will still land someone solid with his pick in the first-round, but a running back as good as Murray?

7. Alfred Blue, RB HOU (Matt, Rd 6)  Keep Blue, draft Foster later in the draft and you’re gold. Oh well.

8. Rob Gronkowski, TE NE (Bob, Rd 4) Bob keeps Le’Veon Bell, so he’ll be alright. However, a healthy Gronk is sooooooooo much better than any other tight end.

9. Ryan Tannehill, QB MIA (Don, Rd 10) Is he about to enter into Aaron Rodgers territory?

10. Cam Newton, QB CAR (Eric, Rd 10)  Completely beat up last year, but he still put up good numbers. With him on the roster, Eric would have had great trade bait when Brady came back from his suspension.

KEEPERS BY TEAM:

These are not ranked. They are in order based on this season’s draft.

ROBIO MURRAY

KEEPERS: Devonta Freeman, RB ATL (7B), Jeremy Maclin, WR PHI (13B)

THOUGHTS: A tough season is followed up by some tough keeper options. I kept a ton of failed running backs in category one, hoping a situation would change in the offseason, but all remained the same, so I’m keeping no one in category one. In cat two, I had planned on keeping Josh Gordon for the next three years, but he went ahead and got suspended again.

Jonas Gray had a nice preseason game, but I’ll never trust a Patriot back. So I’m going with Devonta Freeman, although I’m not hopeful. He couldn’t win the job last year and the Falcons went out and drafted another running back in the third round (who is going higher in the CBS average draft position). If Freeman gets declared the starter before we draft, I’ll continue to keep Freeman. However, if he’s not, I will probably cut him loose and keep no one in cat two.

Lastly, I have Maclin in round 13. If he remained in Philly, I’d be psyched. However, he’s now in Kansas City, playing with Alex Smith, a quarterback who has never produced a 1,000-yard receiver.

JEFF GREENBLATT

KEEPERS: Jamaal Charles, RB KC (1C), C.J. Anderson, RB DEN (6B)

Let’s hope CJ Anderson pays off, since it was the Bell trade that handed Bob his fourth league title.

THOUGHTS: Just like last year (when he passed on Le’Veon Bell), I don’t understand why Jeff is keeping Charles. He has the second pick in the draft. Why would you use the second pick in the draft to keep a player, especially when he’s no better or no worse than a trio of backs who would also be available if Charles was taken first? The fact is, if Jeff pulls out a solid season, he can kiss keeping Charles late in the first next year, because his eligibility will be gone.

I personally would have kept Frank Gore in the fourth round. No, Gore isn’t sexy and yes, he’s older (32), but he’s had four straight 1,100-yard seasons, averaging over four yards per carry. Better yet, he’s going to a high octane offense in Indianapolis where he has very little competition for the job, playing with the kind of quarterback teams won’t be able to stack the line against. Right now, Gore is going in the third round in the ADP.

In category two, Jeff got C.J. Anderson in the Le’Veon Bell dump trade and this could prove to be the golden ticket. He was the best back in football in the season’s final five weeks last year and now he has a head coach with a history of turning good backs into great ones (look what Justin Forsett did last year). The only issue is that Denver has a ton of depth at running back, plus Peyton Manning still calling the plays, so how many touches does Anderson get?

In the final category, Jeff didn’t have many options. Maybe he could have kept the Ravens DST in round 14, but no big deal. I don’t see a lot of sites who have them in the top-10 right now.

ERIC VOZZOLA

KEEPERS: Tom Brady, QB NE (5B), Sammy Watkins, WR BUF (10B), Brandon LaFell, WR NE (14B)

THOUGHTS:  With Tom Brady’s suspension, Eric will have to waste a draft pick on another quarterback, but Brady is still a solid pick in the fifth round. Sure he’s only going in the sixth round in ADP, but that’s in normal leagues. In our league, quarterbacks still mean a little more.

Later, Eric is keeping a pair of wide receivers, Sammy Watkins in the 10th and Brandon LaFell in the fourteenth. I’m not sure LaFell can be trusted to be a starter, but he has great value deep in the draft. Sammy Watkins had some fantastic moments last year and just needs to prove that he can be a consistent target on the outside. Still, he’s going in the 5th round in the ADP, so amazing value getting him in the 10th.

DON VOZZOLA

KEEPERS: Jordan Mathews, WR PHI (7B)

THOUGHTS:  Once again, it looks like Don will be starting from scratch. None of his category one options were pretty, which helps explains why he missed the playoffs again. In category two, Denard Robinson looked like a steal after a solid 2014 season, but then Jacksonville drafted T.J. Yeldon. Ryan Tannehill we’re told is going to have a breakout year in Miami and could have been kept in round ten, but Don opted for Jordan Matthews. The Eagles wideout looked good late last season and is projected to be the top receiving option in Chip Kelly’s offense.

In category three, Antonio Gates would have been a solid sleeper keeper options in round thirteen, but thanks to a four-game suspension, Don didn’t think last year’s fifth best TE was worth a 13th pick.

RICH CALDERON

KEEPERS: Jeremy Hill, RB CIN (5B), Carlos Hyde, RB SF (6A), Jonathan Stewart, RB CAR (12B)

Screw Gio, this guy averaged 258 PPG in final nine games of 2014.

THOUGHTS: Last year I was shocked when the Bengals drafted Jeremy Hill after the promise Gio Bernard showed as a rookie. I was stunned when Calderon “wasted” a fifth-round pick on him, but once Gio got hurt, we all saw how good Hill could be and now he looks like an absolute steal in the fifth-round.

In category two, Carlos Hyde finally gets to show what he can do with Frank Gore out of the way. If I had the 49ers back as a keeper, I’d be excited and along side Hill, Calderon could easily have the best backfield even before the draft, yet…there’s always a yet. Hyde hasn’t proved anything yet. He’s a one-cut runner who struggled to block last year. Who says he’s not the next Monte Ball? Luckily for him, outside of Reggie Bush, there isn’t a ton of competition in the SF backfield.

In category three, Rich keeps a third back for a second straight season. Stewart is a popular sleeper pick, thanks to a less crowded backfield in Carolina. However, he’s 28 years old and produced just one 1,000-yard season. He’s a solid backup option for Hill/Hyde, but do we really expect him to finally stay healthy and put it all together now?

ROB MASTERSON

KEEPERS: Marshawn Lynch, RB SEA (1B), Mark Ingram, RB NO (10), Chris Ivory, RB NYJ (13B)

THOUGHTS: Like Calderon above, Masterson is keeping three running backs. Marshawn Lynch continues to be in beast mode and has shown no signs of slowing down despite getting 300+ touches for four straight seasons. He’ll cost Rob a first-round pick, but you have to believe that the Seahawks running back would be the third or fourth pick in draft in he wasn’t kept.

In category two, sixth-round pick Brandin Cooks is expected to become Drew Brees’ favorite target down in the Big Easy, but Rob elected to go with the Saints’ running back, Mark Ingram. Now Ingram had his best season last year, almost reaching 1,000 yards. However, he really just had a solid six-week run, where he produced four 100-yard games. The issue in New Orleans remains touches. They still like to pass a lot and now a crowded backfield got more crowded with the addition of C.J. Spiller.

In the final category, Rob goes homer with Chris Ivory, although this homer could pay off. With Chris Johnson being replaced with Steven Ridley, Ivory should get over 200 carries for the first time in his career, which means he could earn up to 1,200 yards and could prove to be a more reliable RB2 than Mark Ingram.

RICHARD BURRIER

KEEPERS: Matt Forte, RB CHI (1B), DeAndre Hopkins, WR HOU (13B)

THOUGHTS: Listen, I have no issue with Matt Forte being kept in round one. Sure the Bears have a new head coach and new offensive coordinator, but it’s hard to believe Forte won’t remain the top fantasy option in Chicago. Also, deep in category two, DeAndre Hopkins could be one of the steals of the draft. With Andre Johnson gone, Hopkins is expected to become a legit WR1, with All-Robio potential.

Yet, my beef with Burrier’s decision making is in category two, where he decided to not keep Justin Forsett. The Ravens running back came out of nowhere in 2014 and earned a third-team All-Robio award. He was the biggest reason why Burrier turned an 0-3 start into a playoff team. Except for a new offensive coordinator, the situation is exactly the same in Baltimore. Why in the world would Rich not use a sixth-round pick on an All-Robio running back?

COLBY HALL

KEEPERS: Mike Evans, WR TB (8B), Alshon Jeffery, WR CHI (15C*)

Pounders pass on 2014 Robioland MVP, keeping no one in category one.

THOUGHTS: You can’t talk about Colby’s keepers without first discussing the guy he left off. Picking 8th overall in the 2015, Colby decided to not keep DeMarco Murray, last year’s top rusher and league MVP. Now DeMarco does have injury issues and he left Dallas for Philadelphia, but it’s not like the Eagles O-line are pushovers. Look at most offensive line rankings and Philly’s always ends up in the top-10 (despite replacing two guards). Plus, not sure we can’t give some credit to Murray for his own success last year. Yes, he had the league’s top line blocking for him, but don’t forget, Murray led the league in yards after contact, too. Barring trading up, it’s hard to see Murray falling to the 8th pick in this year’s draft.

While I think Colby might have made a mistake in category one, there is no doubt he’s rock solid in categories two and three. In the former, Colby had a ton of options, from Carolina’s top target, Kelvin Benjamin to starting running backs, Isaiah Crowell and Rashad Jennings. Of course Benjamin got hurt (which wouldn’t have hurt Colby if he had kept him, because he would have been allowed to replace him after having a season-ending injury), but I can’t blame him for passing on his running backs. Both Jennings and Crowell are starters now, but the key word is…now. Both are expected to share the load and neither is expected to be the starters at season’s end.

Luckily for Colby, his decision was made easier by also having Mike Evans. Despite having shit at the quarterback spot, the Buccaneers rookie WR exploded onto the seen in the second half of last year. Even with a rookie QB this season, there is no reason to believe he won’t continue to get better.

Then in category three, for the final time, Colby gets to keep former Eric reject, Alshon Jeffery. While his numbers dipped last season, he still finished 13th among receivers, despite the fact his quarterback is probably still throwing interceptions. I expect Jeffery to creep back into WR1 territory, which means Mr. Hall will probably enter the draft with a pair of WR1’s in his back pocket.

GRIFF COOMER

KEEPERS: Odell Beckham, WR (14B)

THOUGHTS: Without a doubt, Griff has 2015’s best keeper. Odell Beckham was the league’s best wide receiver when he finally started to play after week five. In fact, it wasn’t even close. With a healthy Victor Cruz on the other side, things can only get better for Beckham. I’m jealous not to have him.

In category one, there was no one worth keeping, but I have to ask about category two…what the fuck was Griff thinking? Griff could have kept either Latavius Murray in round six or Martavis Bryant in round seven. The latter only played four games last year, but man did he look good with Big Ben. He had six touchdowns in those games, breaking 200 fantasy points three times. With Antonio Brown taking on the opponent’s best corners, Bryant could have a breakout year.

Murray ended up passing MJD and Darren McFadden for the starting job in Oakland last year and looked solid until he got hurt. Yes, he’s unproven, but he’s the clear starter in Oakland. What? Trent “never seen a hole I like to run through” Richardson is going to take carries away from him? With a new coordinator who knows how to get stats out of running backs, right now, Murray is going late in the third-round of CBS’s draft averages and Griff could have had him in the sixth round.

MOLLY COOMER

KEEPERS: T.Y. Hilton, WR IND (5B), Russell Wilson, QB SEA (10B)

THOUGHTS: Molly had a trio of solid receivers to pick from in category one. In fact, all three finished top-eight among all wide receivers. Picking Hilton, the top target in a high-powered offense, at the price of only a fifth-round pick is the smart decision. In category two, Russell Wilson in round ten is an obvious choice. With Jimmy Graham now in Seattle, Wilson’s passing numbers can only go up.

In category three, she gets to keep Martellus Bennett, who finally looked like the elite tight end Dallas thought they were getting when they drafted him. He’ll have a new offensive coordinator dictating the plays, so that can make someone nervous, but this is a guy who scored just 56 points less than Jimmy Graham last year. Still, passing on LeGarrett Blount might proved to be a bad decision. While a bit inconsistent, Blount was the clear starter once he joined New England and his toughest competition for time in the backfield (Vereen, Ridley) are on New York teams now.

MATT NEATOCK

KEEPERS: Eddie Lacy, RB GB (4C), Philip Rivers, QB SD (B), James Starks, RB GB (14B)

THOUGHTS: Matt was picking between Eddie Lacy for one more year in round four versus Arian Foster in round two for two more seasons. Even before Foster got hurt, he had sort of picked Lacy already, but with Foster going down, now he can at least feel good about the decision.

In category two, Matt had a handful of so-so options. Alfred Blue, projected to be the top back in Houston until Foster returns (around week ten), could have been a smart pick in round six. Zach Ertz was a sexy keeper option until he got hurt. In the end, Matt plays it safe and gets a solid arm with Philip Rivers in the tenth round.

In category three, Matt had just one option, Lacy’s handcuff and he smartly kept him.

BOB CASTRONE

KEEPERS: Le’Veon Bell (2), Lamar Miller (9)

THOUGHTS: Stud. Solid. That’s how you can describe Bob’s keepers, even if Bell ends up missing two game due to suspension. The fact is, the defending champ gets to defend that title with his starting backfield already decided. At least Bell will cost him a second-round pick. That would be a scary thought if he got to keep those two players and have both the 12th and 13th pick in the draft.