Falling asleep through another Mid-Summer Classic is a brutal reminder that it has been too long without football. But alas my friends, Opening Kickoff is in exactly 7 weeks!! More importantly for you, that means your fantasy draft is right around the corner! Like always, we’ve got you covered.
We’ll start with the rulers of the NFL roost: The Quarterbacks (if for no other reason than to post an egregious Johnny Football partying picture – so many to choose from).
Composite Rank |
Rage |
Ginger |
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QB1 | Drew Brees | 1 | 1 |
QB2 | Peyton Manning | 2 | 2 |
QB3 | Aaron Rodgers | 3 | 3 |
QB4 | Matthew Stafford | 4 | 4 |
QB5 | Andrew Luck | 5 | 9 |
QB6 | Cam Newton | 8 | 7 |
QB7 | Tom Brady | 10 | 6 |
QB8 | Nick Foles | 6 | 11 |
QB9 | Jay Cutler | 14 | 5 |
QB10 | Colin Kaepernick | 7 | 12 |
QB11 | Matt Ryan | 11 | 8 |
QB12 | Robert Griffin III | 9 | 10 |
QB13 | Russell Wilson | 13 | 13 |
QB14 | Tony Romo | 12 | 16 |
QB15 | Philip Rivers | 17 | 14 |
QB16 | Ben Roethlisberger | 16 | 15 |
QB17 | Andy Dalton | 15 | 17 |
QB18 | Joe Flacco | 19 | 19 |
QB19 | Josh McCown | 20 | 21 |
QB20 | Alex Smith | 22 | 20 |
QB21 | Johnny Manziel | 18 | 25 |
QB22 | Eli Manning | 25 | 18 |
QB23 | Carson Palmer | 21 | 22 |
QB24 | Sam Bradford | 23 | 24 |
QB25 | Ryan Tannehill | 26 | 23 |
QB26 | Geno Smith | 24 | 28 |
QB27 | E.J. Manuel | 28 | 26 |
QB28 | Teddy Bridgewater | 27 | 27 |
QB29 | Michael Vick | 29 | 29 |
A few thoughts:
- If you can score one of the Top 3 QB’s in the fourth round, then jump all over that. If they are gone at that point (likely), then adopt a Late Round QB strategy. Dalton (QB17), Smith (QB20) and Palmer (QB23) are all capable of producing a top twelve performance any given week. You could roster two or three of these types and play the weekly match-up game (don’t worry, we’ll help you with that too).
- Ginger likes his QBs armed with veteran savvy (Cutler-5, Brady-6, Newton-7) while I tend to give the edge to young upside (Luck-5, Foles-6, Kaepernick-7). I think Cam could be a nice value play this year; I think he is being discounted too much for his perceived loss of weapons (a 35 year old Steve Smith and a huh-hums Brandon LaFell & Ted Ginn).
- We don’t have much faith in last years QB crop, Geno Smith (QB26) & EJ Manual (QB27), but if the light goes on for one of these guys they could make for a nice late round flier. Keep an eye on both during the preseason. For what it’s worth, we do like Geno’s chances of winning the “QB battle” with Mike Vick.
- Oh right……………..