{"id":943,"date":"2013-08-14T12:50:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T16:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=943"},"modified":"2013-08-14T12:50:54","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T16:50:54","slug":"2013-fantasy-football-pecking-order-qbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=943","title":{"rendered":"2013 Fantasy Football Pecking Order: QBs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Football is king; the proof is in the ratings-pudding!\u00a0 For the broadcast week-ending August 4, 2013 (BW45), not only was the Dallas Cowboys v. Miami Dolphins HOF Game the top rated sports<\/em>\u00a0broadcast, it was the highest rated program, period.\u00a0 And the pre-game show\/ceremony was the second-rated show for the week!\u00a0 Hey Ryan Braun, LA Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, A-Roid\u00a0and all other MLB storylines: thanks for carrying us through the summer; the big boys have laced them up, we’ll see you guys in April!<\/p>\n

You can bet your ass those ratings consist of a large number of fantasy owners checking to see what veterans have lost a step, scouting late round sleepers, and getting an overall vibe from each team as\u00a0they gear up for fantasy drafts!\u00a0 The Machine\u00a0is running on all cylinders this time of the year.\u00a0 Check out our QB rankings below and check back as we roll out the other skill positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Player<\/td>\nComposite Rank<\/td>\nGinger King<\/td>\nRoid Rage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aaron Rodgers (GBP)<\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Drew Brees (NOS)<\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Brady (NEP)<\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colin Kaepernick (SFO)<\/td>\n4<\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peyton Manning (DEN)<\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matt Ryan (ATL)<\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cam Newton (CAR)<\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\n9<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0\"Cam<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Eli Manning (NYG)<\/td>\n8<\/strong><\/td>\n8<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthew Stafford (DET)<\/td>\n9<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tony Romo (DAL)<\/td>\n10<\/strong><\/td>\n10<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Griffin III (WAS)<\/td>\n11<\/strong><\/td>\n12<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew Luck (IND)<\/td>\n12<\/strong><\/td>\n11<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Russell Wilson (SEA)<\/td>\n13<\/strong><\/td>\n15<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ben Roethlisberger (PIT)<\/td>\n14<\/strong><\/td>\n13<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jay Cutler (CHI)<\/td>\n15<\/strong><\/td>\n16<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Flacco\u00a0(BAL)<\/td>\n16<\/strong><\/td>\n14<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sam Bradford (STL)<\/td>\n17<\/strong><\/td>\n18<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matt Schaub\u00a0(HOU)<\/td>\n18<\/strong><\/td>\n20<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ryan Tannehill (MIA)<\/td>\n19<\/strong><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andy Dalton (CIN)<\/td>\n20<\/strong><\/td>\n17<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philip Rivers (SDC)<\/td>\n21<\/strong><\/td>\n19<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alex Smith (KCC)<\/td>\n22<\/strong><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"BRSM\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Football is king; the proof is in the ratings-pudding!\u00a0 For the broadcast week-ending August 4, 2013 (BW45), not only was the Dallas Cowboys v. Miami Dolphins HOF Game the top rated sports\u00a0broadcast, it was the highest rated program, period.\u00a0 And … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[23,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy-football","category-nfl"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Bp3y-fd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=943"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":952,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions\/952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}