Friday, September 4, 2009

Fantasy Football Power Rankings: Quarterbacks

By Alan Fischer

1. Drew Brees - QB - New Orleans Saints: 413/635, 5,069 Yards, 34 TD's, 17 INT's, 10 300 YD Games: Brees is the only QB coming off a 5,000 yard season. He was very effective last year without his best receiver, this year he has Marques Colston back. Brees will once again be the best Fantasy QB.

2. Tom Brady. It was just two seasons ago where Brady established a record-breaking fantasy season. 50 touchdowns thrown by Brady was just remarkable. Moss and Welker are still there, and they've been patiently waiting for his return. Brady will be back to form in 2009.

3. Peyton Manning - QB - Indianapolis Colts: 371/555, 4,002 Yards, 27 TD's, 12 INT's, 4 300 YD Games: Peyton Manning has always been a very consistent QB and also a very consistent Fantasy QB. Manning will once again have another Peyton type year including: 4,000 Yards and 25+ TD's. He is the easy choice for the number 3 QB.

4. Aaron Rodgers: A breakout 2008 season showed the football world that Aaron Rodgers is for real, and cheese-heads have little reason to miss Brett Favre at this point. Rodgers passes the ball a ton, makes big plays, and can even run a little. Look for a lot of TDs out of Rodgers this season.

5. Philip Rivers: With a dangerous arsenal of talented receivers and great running backs, the San Diego Chargers offense is a well oiled machine. Rivers is an extremely talented quarterback and should lead his team to some big victories.

6. Kurt Warner. Who knew the old man still had it? What an amazing 2008 it was for Warner. He has the best two receivers in football by his side, and they do some amazing things - partly because they have such a talented quarterback throwing them the ball. Still, he's a risk to get injured at his age.

7. Tony Romo. The big question on everyone's mind is how Romo will fare without the presence of Terrell Owens and no one really knows yet. Roy Williams should fill in nicely for Owens, and a quarterback this talented will simply find ways to win games.

8. Jay Cutler - QB - Chicago Bears: 384/616, 4,526 Yards, 25 TD's, 18 INT's, 8 300 YD Games: Cutler was very effective last year in a basically pass happy offense. Now he is with the Bears. Last year he had no running game to speak of and now he has an elite runner in Matt Forte. This could help Cutler or hurt him. It could help him by not being so predictable and passing virtually every time they could to being more balanced. Or it could hurt him by Forte taking too much of his workload.

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