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Are you in a Keeper league? Wondering how that affects who you should be drafting and where? Should you take Reggie Bush or Laurence Maroney? Don’t worry, 11 Cafe regulars are here to help. Eleven Cafe regulars ranked all categories, except kickers (like you need us for that), for keeper leagues. Wondering if Wayne should finally be picked ahead of Harrison? Which of the big three backs is best for the long haul? We dug deep into our rankings, and took everything into account. Prior to doing your Keeper draft, make sure you check these rankings out, they just may help you go from pretender to contender. These rankings were based on standard Yahoo scoring.

Quarterbacks	Avg Rank	a b e	D e e	b o o z	S u p p a	S 3 9	K n f	B M	O m a h a	G S O E	F M a n	a a a w a
Peyton Manning	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Carson Palmer	2.3	2	2	3	3	2	3	6	2	2	2	2
Tom Brady	3.0	4	6	2	2	3	2	2	4	4	3	3
Eli Manning	4.3	6	3	5	6	6	5	3	3	3	4	4
Matt Hasselbeck	4.8	3	4	6	4	4	6	4	5	5	5	6
Donovan McNabb	5.6	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	7	9	9	5
Marc Bulger	8.0	7	7	7	9	8	7	9	12	7	10	8
Jake Delhomme	8.8	13	8	9	12	9	8	7	10	6	7	9
Daunte Culpepper	9.4	8	9	8	8	7	13	19	6	20	6	7
Drew Bledsoe	11.0	10	12	11	7	10	11	10	15	8	21	12
Drew Brees	12.6	12	15	10	17	15	15	17	9	10	8	10
Trent Green	12.2	11	10	16	10	11	9	11	13	12	16	19
Jake Plummer	13.0	9	14	13	11	13	12	8	20	15	17	13
Ben Roethlisberger	13.4	14	11	14	18	14	18	14	8	14	11	11
Kurt Warner	16.8	15	13	17	15	12	10	12	22		23	22
Michael Vick	17.8	16	23	15	16	16	14	25	18	25	13	17
Aaron Brooks	18.0	23	19	12	13	18	16	26	17	13	22	21
Byron Leftwich	18.6	18	20	20	24	21	21	16	14	19	12	18
Steve McNair	20.4	24	18	19	19	23	20	13		11	24	24
Chris Simms	20.3	17	16	21	25	17	26	18	21	22		14
David Carr	20.2	19	22	22	21	25	22	21	11	21	19	15
Phillip Rivers	20.9	20	27	24	20	19	25	15	23	26	15	16
Brett Favre	21.8		17	18	14	20	17	27	31	18	25	23
Jon Kitna	25.0	26	24	25	26	27	23	20	25	16		29
Mark Brunell	27.0	25	25	23	22	26	19	30			29	28
Alex Smith	27.0	29	32	27	29	24	32	33	16	30	20	20
Matt Leinart	28.1	27	35	28	33	22	29	22	24		14	33
Charlie Frye	28.0	21	21	29	32	33	30	31		24	27	25
Brad Johnson	28.7	28	28	26	27	32	24	28		23		30
Billy Volek	29.3	30	26	30	23	34	27	29		17	33	32
Rex Grossman	29.8	22	29	32	30	31	31	34	28	27		26
Vince Young	30.9	35	34	33	35	29		24	19		18	34
Jay Cutler	33.0					28		23	30		28	36
JP Losman	33.1		31	34					26		31	27
Chad Pennington	30.3	31	30	31	31	30	28	32	27	29	32	31
Aaron Rodgers	34.9								29		34	35
Josh McCown	34.4	32		35	34				35	32	26	37
Kyle Boller	34.8				28				33	34	30	41
Brian Griese	35.0	33					34		34	28		39
Kellen Clemons	34.8		33					35		33
Kelly Holcomb	35.1				32		33					38
Patrick Ramsey	36.0	34					35					44

 

Running Backs	Avg Rank	abe	Dee	booz	Suppa	S39	Knf	BM	Omaha	GSOE	FMan	aaawa
Larry Johnson	1.4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1
LaDainian Tomlinson	1.8	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
Shaun Alexander	2.9	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	3
Clinton Portis	4.0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4
Steven Jackson	5.6	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	6	6	5	9
Tiki Barber	7.9	7	8	6	5	5	9	9	13	4	11	11
LaMont Jordan	8.0	9	7	9	10	9	7	8	5	11	7	6
Ronnie Brown	8.1	10	11	11	8	7	6	6	9	8	6	8
‘Cadillac’ Williams	8.8	11	6	10	11	10	8	7	7	9	10	7
Rudi Johnson	8.8	6	10	8	6	11	11	13	8	7	8	10
Edgerrin James	8.9	8	9	7	9	8	10	10	10	10	9	5
Willis McGahee	13.0	13	12	12	13	12	12	17	20	12	13	13
Brian Westbrook	13.7	12	18	15	12	13	14	12	15	13	12	17
Domanick Davis	14.9	15	15	13	14	14	15	15	16	20	16	14
Julius Jones	15.9	20	16	14	22	15	17	16	12	16	17	12
Kevin Jones	17.2	16	13	16	17	17	16	26	14	23	14	22
Reggie Bush	18.1	22	14	18	26	19	13	11	17	24	15	21
Willie Parker	18.3	18	19	17	15	16	19	18		17	22	19
Reuben Droughns	19.6	19	20	20	23	18	20	14	25	15	23	18
Jamal Lewis	20.7	14	26	19	16	22	18	35		14	21	15
Warrick Dunn	21.9	21	17	23	20	20	25	25	30	19	24	20
Chester Taylor	22.3	17	30	21	19		21	27	18	22	26	16
Cedric Benson	22.4	24	22	22	29	27	22	19	23	18	20	23
Joseph Addai	25.7	26	24	28	35	28	24	22	19	30	25	24
DeShaun Foster	25.8	23	25	27	21	23	27	24	32	21	32	30
Tatum Bell	27.6	31	31	26	28	21	29	32	21	27	29	26
Laurence Maroney	28.7	44	35	34	33	31	23	21	24	29	18	28
Deuce McAllister	28.9	30	27	25	27	26	30	31	28	25	50	36
Thomas Jones	29.7	33	37	24	34	24	26	34	22	31	28	33
Ron Dayne	29.9	27	29	30	24		32	33	33	26	34	25
Corey Dillon	30.1	29	21	29	18	25	31	29		38	37	32
Frank Gore	30.4	25	23	38	25	35		28	29	36	31	27
DeAngelo Williams	30.9	43	34	31		34	28	20	31	28	19	29
Ahman Green	33.6	28	32	35	31	30	34		35	34	36	35
Dominic Rhodes	35.6	35	28	37	30			30	34	35	35	34
LenDale White	35.7	41	33	36			33	23	26	44	27	31
Chris Brown	40.1	36	39	39			35		27	37	30	45
Fred Taylor	41.2	32	36	32		29					33	38
Marion Barber	42.2	38	41	41		32				32	38	40
Curtis Martin	42.4	34	38	33		33				42	41	44
Greg Jones	46.0	39	42	47						33	49	37
Chris Perry	46.0	42	44	42						40	39	46
Ryan Moats	46.2	45	45	43						43	40	39
Samkon Gado	47.2	40	43	40							44	48
Mike Anderson	47.7		47	44	32						45	43
Kevan Barlow	47.7	50	50	45						39	42	42
Cedric Houston	47.9	37	40	50								41
Mewelde Moore	48.1	46	46	46						41	48	47
T.J. Duckett	49.6	49	49	48							46	50
Michael Turner	49.7	47									47
Duce Staley	49.8		48	49								49
Brian Calhoun	50.0										44
Michael Pittman	50.0	48

 

Wide Receivers	Avg Rank	a b e	D e e	b o o z	S u p p a	S 3 9	K n f	B M	O m a h a	G S O E	F M a n	a a a w a
Steve Smith	1.6	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	5	2
Chad Johnson	3.0	4	4	2	4	2	2	4	2	4	1	3
Larry Fitzgerald	3.0	6	2	3	7	3	3	1	1	6	2	1
Torry Holt	3.9	3	3	5	3	5	4	3	7	3	3	6
Terrell Owens	4.4	2	6	4	2	4	6	5	5	2	6	7
Randy Moss	5.8	8	7	6	5	6	5	13	3	7	4	4
Anquan Boldin	7.3	12	5	7	9	7	10	5	8	8	7	5
Marvin Harrison	8.1	5	15	8	6	8	7	8	10	5	9	12
Chris Chambers	9.3	7	10	9	14	9	11	7	9	12	8	9
Reggie Wayne	9.6	9	9	10	12	10	8	11	6	9	12	8
Hines Ward	11.4	10	8	14	10	11	9	10	12	15	13	14
Darrell Jackson	11.7	11	12	11	8	15	12	12	18	10	11	11
Roy Williams	13.7	15	13	13	16	13	13	17	13	13	10	14
Santana Moss	13.8	18	14	12	11	12	14	14	11	16	18	13
Plaxico Burress	14.3	13	11	16	13	14	15	9	19	11	17	23
Andre Johnson	17.2	16	17	18	28	18	17	18	14	21	16	10
Donald Driver	17.3	14	19	15	15	16	18	15	38	20	22	16
Javon Walker	19.6	32	27	17	19	17	16	16	15	14		17
T.J. Houshmandzadeh	20.9	24	16	20	20	19	21	20	20	24	25	20
Derrick Mason	22.3	17	20	21	22	22	19	19	37	19	28	31
Deion Branch	22.9	19	18	19	36	23	23	34	27	22	21	18
Joey Galloway	23.4	21	24	23	17	21	20	21	34	17	30	35
Lee Evans	24.9	31	22	22	26	24	27	29	16	27	20	27
Joe Horn	25.8	22	25	24	18	20	22	40	47	18	33	28
Reggie Brown	26.8	27	23	27	23	28	32	28	29		24	22
Laveranues Coles	28.0	33	21	28	27	27	24	37	24	49	26	26
Donte’ Stallworth	28.9	36	42	29	32	31	28	27	22	31	19	24
Drew Bennett	29.3	34	33	26	29	30	29	43	25	25	29	29
Rod Smith	29.7	23	29	25	25	25	26	22		37	40	37
Michael Clayton	30.2	35	30	33	30	26	36	35	26	26	31	25
Matt Jones	31.2	26	26	32	37	35	39	26	39	23	27	33
Eddie Kennison	33.4	25	32	30	33	34	25	23	40	50	44	38
Jerry Porter	34.0	37	36	31	42		31	33	21	34	32	30
Terry Glenn	36.2	30	37	35	21	36	33	39		35	35	46
Nate Burleson	36.9		39	37	40	29	37		23	46	38	21
Koren Robinson	37.3	20	46	36	34	40	42		30	29	36
Muhsin Muhammad	37.6	44	31	34	31		38	36		39	41	32
Braylon Edwards	38.3		38	48		44	43	24			15	19
Antonio Bryant	39.3	39	35	38	39		35		42		39	36
Ernest Wilford	40.0	41	50	49	41	41	47	25	31	33	43	34
Chad Jackson	40.4		43	50		33		32	44	32	34	42
Keyshawn Johnson	40.6		41	42	35	37	34	38		38		48
Keenan McCardell	41.6	38		43	24	42	30	41		44		50
Santonio Holmes	41.8			50		32		31	43	40		39
Eric Moulds	42.0	29	34	44	38	43	44	45		42	45
Joe Jurevicius	42.4	28		40			41	42		45	42	43
Mark Clayton	42.4	48	45	45	43		49		36	28	23	45
Sinorice Moss	42.9		47			38		30	48	41		40
David Givens	43.3		28	39	45	47	46	48	41	43	37	44
Issac Bruce	44.2			41		46	40	50		30		49
Brandon Lloyd	45.0		40	46	44	49	45	46	28		49
Samie Parker	45.0	50	48	47				45		36

 

Tight Ends	Avg Rank	a b e	D e e	b o o z	S u p p a	S 3 9	K n f	B M	O m a h a	G S O E	F M a n	a a a w a
Antonio Gates	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Jeremy Shockey	2.3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	2
Tony Gonzalez	2.8	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	3
Todd Heap	4.2	4	5	4	4	5	4	3	5	3	5	4
Alge Crumpler	5.2	5	4	5	7	4	5	5	8	5	4	7
Jason Witten	7.6	10	14	6	5	8	6	9	6	6	6	11
Chris Cooley	8.0	12	8	8	6	7	7	8	9	14	7	5
Heath Miller	8.7	9	7	9	8	9	8	12	7	9	12	6
Vernon Davis	9.0	16	6	12	11	10	11	6	3	8	9	8
Randy McMichael	9.4	6	11	7	9	6	10	10	13	10	10	12
L.J. Smith	10.2	8	12	10	10	11	9	11	14	12	8	9
Kellen Winslow	12.7	15	10	11	24	13	13	14	12	7	16	10
Ben Watson	12.8	7	13	15	13	14	12	7	15	15	11	19
Jerramy Stevens	14.1	14	16	13	15	15	14	13	11	13	15	15
Dallas Clark	14.8	11	9	14	12	12	17	19	10	24	17	21
Ben Troupe	16.1	13	15	16	18	17	16	17	19	11	14	20
Jermaine Wiggins	17.9	23	24	18	14	16	15	20	17	16	19	17
Zach Hilton	18.3	17	18	17	17	22	19	21	23	20	13	14
Alex Smith	18.4		17	19	20	20	20	18	16	18	18	13
Marcedes Lewis	19.8	19	19	21	23	18	18	16	24	22	20	18
Jeb Putzier	21.1	18	21	23	21	25	22	23	18	17	21	23
Marcus Pollard	21.6	21		22	16	21	21	25	22	2	22	24
Bubba Franks	22.1	22	23	24	19	23	25	24	21	19	24	16
Erron Kinney	22.4		25	20	22	24	23	22	20	21	23	22
Leonard Pope	22.9	20	20		25	19	24	15	25	23	25	25

 

Team Defense	Avg Rank	a b e	D e e	b o o z	S u p p a	S 3 9	K n f	B M	O m a h a	G S O E	F M a n	a a a w a
Chicago Bears	1.1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Pittsburgh Steelers	2.8	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	5	2	3	5
Carolina Panthers	2.8	4	5	3	3	2	2	1	1	8	2	3
Indianapolis Colts	4.9	3	4	9	5	6	5	4	3	7	7	2
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	5.3	5	3	6	8	5	4	9	8	4	4	4
Baltimore Ravens	6.6	7	11	4	10	4	6	5	4	11	6	6
Washington Redskins	8.6	9	8	5	4	9	9	15	15	9	5	8
Jacksonville Jaguars	8.8	6	7	7	7	8	7	11	11	3	15	18
Atlanta Falcons	10.1	13	6	11	14	10	12	10	10	5	9	10
New York Giants	11.0	20	16	17	15	7	6	6	6	6	19	7
Dallas Cowboys	11.6	11	9	8	12	11	15	22	12	10	12	12
Seattle Seahawks	12.0	15	19	10	6	12	10	13	16	12	11	9
Miami Dolphins	13.3	10	10	15	13	13	16	16	7	17	16	11
New England Patriots	14.4	14	12	12	18	16	13	7	18	19	10	17
Denver Broncos	14.4	8	17	16	24	15	11	21	14	14	8	14
Cincinnati Bengals	15.4	17	14	13	16	14	18	8	17	15	18	15
Philadelphia Eagles	15.7	21	22	14	9	17	14	17	9	23	14	13
Buffalo Bills	17.2	18	15	20	23	18	17	20	13	18	13	16
San Diego Chargers	18.6	12	18	21	22	19	19	19	19	13	17	22
Cleveland Browns	20.1	16	13	22	11	25	20	18	24	25	24	19
Minnesota Vikings	21.0			18	17	23	21	14	21	20	25	21
Arizona Cardinals	21.4	22	25	19	19		22	12	20		20	23
New York Jets	23.1	19	20	23		24	23	25	22	24		24
Kansas City Chiefs	23.1	24	21	24	20	22	24	24	25	22	22	25

Legend abe = onnestabe Dee = Deerayfan booz = Jimboozie Suppa = SuppaSonic S39 = Steelers39 Knf = Knicksfan4ever BM = The Balanced Man Omaha = Omaha Red Sox GSOE = GreatestShowOnEarth FMan = FantasyMan13 aaawa = aaawall91

 
Thanks to the following experts who compiled these rankings Deerayfan072, Jimboozie, TheBalancedMan, GreatestShowOnEarth, OmahaRedSox, Onnestabe, Suppasonic, Steelers39, Knicksfan4ever, Fantasyman13, and aaawall91. You can find these fantasy experts roaming the Cafe.
 

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