Alex's Fantasy Football Rankings

Yes, I love to refer myself in third person. Like Tosten, my rankings will be in tiers. Unlike Tosten's rankings, mine are accurate. Next to each players name, I will have where I ranked that player in my previous rankings which were combined with Tosten's in our draft kit. Enjoy! QB: 1. Tom Brady (2) 2. Peyton Manning (1) 3. Drew Brees (3) 4. Tony Romo (4) 5. Ben Roethlisberger (5) 6. Matt Hasselbeck (6) 7. Carson Palmer (7) 8. Marc Bulger (8) 9. David Garrard (11) 10. Derek Anderson (9) 11. Donavon McNabb (12) 12. Jay Cutler (10) 13. Brett Favre (35) 14. Jake Delhomme (13) 15. Aaron Rodgers (17) 16. Matt Schaub (14) 17. Eli Manning (16) 18. Matt Leinart (21) 19. Jason Campbell (15) 20. Philip Rivers (18) 21. Trent Edwards (19) 22. Jeff Garcia (20) 23. Jon Kitna (22) 24. JaMarcus Russell (29) 25. Chad Pennington (37) 26. J.T. O'Sullivan (NR) 27. Tarvaris Jackson (24) 28. Vince Young (25) 29. Brodie Croyle (33) 30. Kyle Boller (NR) 31. Luke McCown (30) 32. Alex Smith (28) 33. Matt Ryan (32) 34. Sage Rosenfels (31) 35. Kyle Orton (NR) 36. Kurt Warner (27) 37. Kellen Clemens (23) 38. Brady Quinn (34) 39. Trent Green (NR) 40. Billy Volek (NR) Tier 1 - The two elite QB's. Moved Manning down because of his bursa sac injury. (the name alone sounds painful) I think there's a much greater concern over Manning's injury than Brady's. Tier 2 - A slight notch down from Peyton and Brady, but still excellent #1's with upside. Tier 3 - Hasselbeck and Palmer are very good #1's, but either: don't have a lot of upside like guys ahead of him (Hasselbeck) or have questions surronding his receiving corps (Palmer) Tier 4 - Decent #1's, but none of them are locks to stay that way. Brett Favre is in that mix, but if I talk about him on here anymore, I'm afraid that Sportscenter might do an hour special about it. Tier 5 - Quality backups, fringe starters. A lot of the guys in this tier are improving and have upside. Tier 6 - The best of the bunch before the near undraftable tier. Tier 7 - Guess I already gave it away in Tier 6; a lot of these guys won't get drafted, but I was told to rank 40 QB's.... RB: 1. LT (1 - come on, like he's going anywhere in my rankings) 2. Brian Westbrook (2) 3. Steven Jackson (3) 4. Clinton Portis (5) 5. Larry Johnson (4) 6. Frank Gore (5) 7. Marshawn Lynch (7) 8. Adrian Peterson (9) 9. Willis McGahee (8) 10. Joseph Addai (10) 11. Marion Barber (11) 12. Thomas Jones (13) 13. Ryan Grant (12) 14. Brandon Jacobs (14) 15. Jamal Lewis (17) 16. Laurence Maroney (16) 17. Earnest Graham (15) 18. Micheal Turner (19) 19. Edge James (18) 20. Maurice Jones-Drew (20) 21. Willie Parker (23) 22. LenDale White (17) 23. Jonathan Stewart (22) 24. Reggie Bush (23) 25. Selvin Young (29) 26. Justin Fargas (26) 27. Julius Jones (24) 28. Fred Taylor ( 27) 29. Chestor Taylor (25) 30. Kevin Smith (28) 31. Ricky Williams (36) 32. Darren McFadden (32) 33. Ronnie Brown (21) 34. Rashard Mendenhall (34) 35. Rudi Johnson (31) 36. Matt Forte (33) 37. DeAngelo Williams (35) 38. Chris Brown (40) 39. Jerious Norwood (39) 40. Kenny Watson (38) 41. Chris Johnson (NR - I may or may not have forgotten about him last time) 42. Duece McAllister (42) 43. Fred Jackson (37) 44. Maurice Morris (45) 46. Ray Rice (54) 47. Ladell Betts (46) 48. Dominic Rhodes (49) 49. Steve Slaton (NR) 50. Leon Washington (50) 51. Tatum Bell (NR) 52. Ahmad Bradshaw (44) 53. Chris Perry ( NR) 54. Sammy Morris (41) 55. Warrick Dunn (47) 56. Andre Hall (NR) 57. Kevin Jones (48) 58. Felix Jones ( 58) 59. Antonio Pittman (NR) 60. Tim Hightower (55) 61. Brandon Jackson ( 56) 62. Marcus Mason (NR - Plays for the Redskins) 63. Jason Wright ( 57) 64. Jamaal Charles ( 52) 65. Marcel Shipp (NR) 66. Jalen Parmele (NR - RB for the Dolphins - Ask yourself, how much do you trust Ricky and Ronnie?) 67. Jacob Hester ( NR) 68. Lamont Jordan (NR) 69. Lorenzo Booker (59) 70. Derrick Ward (NR) Tier 1 - LT finally has company in Tier 1. Tier 2 - Watch out Steven Jackson. If your holdout continues, Portis may overtake your spot. No joke, Portis is that good. All the guys in this tier are excellent #1 backs. Tier 3 - Still number one backs in this tier, but with more question marks whether that be health issues (McGahee), unproveness, if that's a real word (Barber) or the multitude of reasons to hate Addai this year including: Relying on touchdowns, dropoff in production in the second half of the season and much, much more! Tier 4 - I'd comfortabley take any of these guys as my #2 back. Tier 5 - Weaker #2 options, great flex guys. Tier 6 - Average flex options. Tier 7 - Some more rookies come into the mix along with the first major handcuff, Chester Taylor. Must have for Peterson owners. Tier 8 - Some upside guys in the first couple of slots. The latter of the tier is mainly handcuffs. Tier 9 - Mostly handcuffs. A few upside rookies though like Parmele. WR: 1. Randy Moss (1) 2. Reggie Wayne (2) 3. Terrell Owens (3) 4. Larry Fitzgerald (4) 5. Torry Holt (5) 6. Braylon Edwards (6) 7. Andre Johnson (7) 8. Marques Colston (8) 9. Chad Johnson (9) 10. T.J. Houshmanzadeh (10) 11. Plaxico Burress (11) 12. Jerricho Cotchery (15) 13. Anquan Boldin (14) 14. Santonio Holmes (23) 15. Wes Welker (16) 16. Brandon Marshall (10) 17. Roddy White (21) 18. Steve Smith (13) 19. Donald Driver (19) 20. Dwayne Bowe (22) 21. Greg Jennings (20) 22. Marvin Harrison (19) 23. Roy Williams (24) 24. Nate Burleson (34) 25. Derrick Mason (29) 26. Laveranues Coles (36) 27. Lee Evans (25) 28. Chris Chambers (26) 29. Hines Ward (30) 30. Joey Galloway (28) 31. Anthony Gonzalez (27) 32. Calvin Johnson (33) 33. Santana Moss (31) 34. Jerry Porter (38) 35. Robert Meachem (54) 36. Bernard Berrian (35) 37. Isaac Bruce (37) 38. Drew Bennett (39) 39. Reggie Brown (43) 40. D.J. Hackett (47) 41. Courtney Taylor (51) 42. Kevin Walter (40) 43. Vincent Jackson (48) 44. Sidney Rice (41) 45. Justin Gage (50) 46. Reggie Williams (46) 47. Devin Hester (NR) 48. Desean Jackson (NR) 49. Ike Hillard (66) 50. Ted Ginn Jr. (44) 51. Darrell Jackson (42) 52. Josh Morgan (NR) 53. Ben Obomanu (NR) 54. Donte Stallworth (52) 55. Steve Smith (NYG - 56) 56. Eddie Royal (NR) 57. Ronald Curry (58) 58. Chris Henry (NR) 59. Sam Hurd (61) 60. Amani Toomer (60) 61. James Hardy (57) 62. Bryant Johnson (NR) 63. Jabar Gaffney (64) 64. Mushin Muhhammad (NR) 65. Steve Breaston (NR) 66. Kevin Curtis (32) 67. Earl Bennett (55) 68. Hank Baskett (NR) 69. Laurent Robinson (NR) 70. James Jones (NR) 71. Limas Sweed (45) 72. Jordan Kent (NR) 73. Marcus Smith (NR) 74. Antwaan Randle El (NR) 75. Kennan Burton (NR) Tier 1 - The two top dogs of the WR's. No worries whatsoever if you daft either of them. Tier 2 - Excellent #1's, just slightly worse than Moss and Wayne. Tier 3 - A couple of high upside choices (Cotchery and Holmes) so you may want to be cautious of having them as your #1 right now. They're better suited as strong #2's. Everyone else on that tier is a solid number one. Tier 4 - The two suspendees fall into this tier. If you take either one of them, make sure you have a Plan B for the first few weeks. Good #2's to be found in this tier. Tier 5 - Some OK #2's; better bench options if you ask me. Tier 6 - Not starter material, but a lot of potential from guys in this tier. Tier 7 - Some sleepers to be found (Morgan, Royal, and Desean Jackson). You can get most of these guys late or scoop them up on the waiver wire. Tier 8 - Some more guys with high upside with a few savy veterans into the mix. TE: 1. Jason Witten (1) 2. Antonio Gates (2) 3. Tony Gonzalez (3) 4. Kellen Winslow Jr. (4) 5. Jeremy Shockey (5) 6. Dallas Clark (6) 7. Chris Cooley (9) 8. Tony Scheffler(9) 9. Heath Miller (8) 10. Todd Heap (11) 11. Vernon Davis (12) 12. Owen Daniels (13) 13. LJ Smith (15) 14. Ben Watson (14) 15. Randy McMicheal (17) 16. Alge Crumpler (7) 17. Ben Utect (20) 18. Zach Miller (21) 19. Donald Lee (16) 20. Kevin Boss (19) 21. Martrez Milner (17) 22. Greg Olsen (23) 23. Leonard Pope (26) 24. Marcedes Lewis (24) 25. Anthony Fasano (23) 26. Dustin Keller (25) 27. John Carlson (27) 28. Dan Campbell (28) 29. Delaine Walker (NR) 30. Desmond Clark (NR) Tier 1 - Witten and Gates, easily the best two TE's in the league. Tier 2 - Either in a high octane offense like Shockey and the Saints or the best receiver on the team like Cooley and the 'Skins. Tier 3 - Average #1 TE's. Most have upside. Tier 4 - Fringe #1 TE's. Health hold some of these guys back. Tier 5 - #2 TE's. Bye week fill ins.