As promised, today marks the very first position rankings on the new God Hates Losers website. When making a draft board, I always run a couple of fantasy football mock drafts to get a feel for when people are going. I also bump up a few of my own sleepers. And more importantly, rather than having one large board of players, I break them up into positions and then schedule my draft with which position I’m going to take in which round. I don't think it’s nearly as complicated as I just made it sound.
Without further confusion, I present to you my 2011 Pre-Draft, Pre-Season Quarterback Position Rankings:
Follow these links to see rankings of other positions:
Quarterback - Running Back - Wide Receiver - Tight End - Kicker/Defense
1. Aaron Rodgers
2. Michael Vick
3. Drew Brees
4. Tom Brady
5. Philip Rivers
6. Peyton Manning
7. Tony Romo
8. Matt Schaub
9. Josh Freeman
10. Matt Ryan
11. Ben Roethlisberger
12. Sam Bradford
13. Matthew Stafford
14. Eli Manning
15. Jay Cutler
16. Joe Flacco
17. Matt Cassel
18. Kevin Kolb
19. Mark Sanchez
20. Ryan Fitzpatrick
21. Donovan McNabb
22. Tim Tebow
23. David Garrard
24. Jason Campbell
25. Kyle Orton
26. Chad Henne
27. Matt Hasselbeck
28. Alex Smith
29. Colt McCoy
30. Cam Newton
Notes:
One and two spots. There will be debating about Rodgers/Vick at number 1 and 2. Rodgers is my number one. Vick is too injury prone and is still missing (at last check) both of his best receivers.
Tom Brady jumping from 7 to 4. This is largely speculative, but remember when it looked like Randy Moss was all but dead in Oakland and then acquired by the Patriots? I can’t help but get a strange feeling of déjà vu, which is why Brady jumps on this list.
Peyton Manning at number 6. Off-season neck surgery and he has yet to participate. Once he starts throwing passes and looks good doing it, he will go back up.
Moving on up. I’ve been disappointed by performances in the past, but apparently I haven’t learned my lesson. Despite injury problems, I have Bradford at 13 (I like the offense), Cutler at 15 (I like the off season acquisitions), and Kolb at 18 (will likely get higher as the preseason goes on).
Denver fiasco. Reading some of the comments about Broncos practices, Orton is far ahead of Tebow. If Tebow starts or Orton is traded, expect Tebow to perform in the bottom third of the league. However, if Orton stays in Denver, expect him to jump somewhere between 10 and 15.
No one is that deep. Unless you are in the deepest league I’ve ever come across. Some kind of terrifying 16-team, 2-QB monstrosity, you really shouldn’t have anyone ranked 20 or lower on your team.
As always, if you have any questions or comments on these rankings, go ahead and post below. All comments will be addressed, because if we didn't talk about them, we wouldn't be the best fantasy football site on the Internet, would we? No. Exactly.
