2007 Cafe Keeper Rankings

By Joel Wilbourn, Fantasy Football Cafe Regular

The 2007 Cafe Keeper Rankings have finally arrived! Need help with some last-minute tweaks to your cheat sheets or need to start one from scratch for your keeper leagues? Look no further. Eight Cafe Regulars recently combined their thoughts to give you this season’s Cafe Keeper Rankings.

These rankings are based on the assumption of a standard keeper league with six points for all touchdowns and no points per reception. The highest and lowest ranking for each player was ignored to improve accuracy. Enjoy the rankings and please feel free to post your own rankings, comments, or questions in the Cafe forums.

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Ladainian Tomlinson 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Steven Jackson 2.0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Larry Johnson 3.5 5 3 4 3 3 3 5 3
Frank Gore 3.8 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4
Willie Parker 6.2 10 5 8 5 5 5 8 6
Joseph Addai 6.3 11 8 6 6 7 6 4 5
Shaun Alexander 7.0 6 6 10 7 8 7 7 7
Brian Westbrook 7.5 7 7 7 8 6 8 9 8
Reggie Bush 8.7 3 9 5 12 10 12 6 10
Rudi Johnson 9.2 9 10 9 9 9 9 10 9
Clinton Portis 11.8 19 11 14 13 11 10 11 11
Willis McGahee 12.5 8 13 13 10 12 13 16 14
Laurence Maroney 12.5 18 12 11 11 13 14 12 13
Travis Henry 14.0 16 14 15 15 14 11 14 12
Ronnie Brown 15.0 13 17 12 14 19 18 13 15
Maurice Jones-Drew 16.7 14 16 16 16 17 23 19 16
Edgerrin James 16.8 12 15 21 19 16 17 15 19
Cedric Benson 18.7 28 18 18 18 20 21 17 17
Thomas Jones 18.8 17 20 25 20 15 16 22 18
DeAngelo Williams 21.0 20 27 19 22 18 15 23 24
Brandon Jacobs 22.0 23 22 26 17 23 20 24 20
Deuce McAllister 22.2 21 24 23 23 21 19 25 21
Adrian Peterson, MIN 22.7 30 23 17 24 24 25 18 22
Carnell Williams 23.7 27 19 24 27 22 24 20 25
Marion Barber 24.2 25 21 22 25 28 26 21 26
Marshawn Lynch 24.3 15 26 20 26 25 29 26 23
Ahman Green 27.0 26 31 34 21 27 22 27 29
Jamal Lewis 27.7 22 25 29 28 29 27 30 28
Julius Jones 29.0 24 28 30 29 30 28 29 31
Warrick Dunn 30.5 29 30 33 37 31 30 28 30
Kevin Jones 31.3 31 29 38 30 26 39 33 27
Fred Taylor 32.2 34 33 36 31 32 31 31 32
Brandon Jackson 34.3 32 35 32 34 39 40 32 34
Chester Taylor 35.2 39 32 37 33 34 33 40 35
Tatum Bell 36.7 35 34 41 43 35 32 37 38
LaMont Jordan 37.2 38 37 51 32 37 34 44 33
Ladell Betts 38.0 33 39 39 39 38 42 36 37
DeShaun Foster 38.5 36 38 42 45 36 35 38 41
Jerious Norwood 38.8 43 42 28 36 40 38 41 36
Michael Turner 39.5 46 40 27 35 33 45 42 42
LenDale White 40.7 37 36 31 44 44 47 43 40
Vernand Morency 42.7 48 47 44 40 43 43 35 39
Reuben Droughns 45.0 42 52 46 48 45 41 46 43
Chris Brown 45.2 49 44 50 41 41 37 50 46
Chris Henry 45.5 45 46 43 46 49 48 34 45
Leon Washington 45.8 57 45 45 47 42 49 45 44
Dominic Rhodes 46.2 41 41 52 51 47 44 47 47
Mike Bell 46.2 44 43 48 49 48 46 39 48
Michael Bush 48.2 56 48 35 38 50 51 48 54
Anthony Thomas 49.5 61 49 49 52 46 36 49 52
Kenny Irons 50.3 47 50 40 50 52 59 54 49
Adrian Peterson, CHI 51.8 40 57 55 53 51 50 52 50
Correll Buckhalter 52.5 58 51 47 55 53 52 51 53
Lorenzo Booker 54.5 60 53 60 42 56 54 53 51
Greg Jones 56.3 50 58 54 61 54 53 59 60
Michael Bennett 57.2 55 63 57 60 57 58 55 56
Michael Robinson 57.2 59 62 59 58 55 55 57 55
Wali Lundy 57.2 52 55 53 62 58 56 62 59
Najeh Davenport 57.3 54 59 56 54 60 60 58 57
Brian Leonard 58.7 62 54 62 56 59 57 60 58
Kevan Barlow 60.3 53 60 58 64 62 64 56 62
Ron Dayne 60.7 51 64 61 59 61 61 61 61
Corey Dillon 62.0 63 56 63 57 64 62 64 63
Ricky Williams 63.3 64 61 64 63 63 63 63 64

Wide Receivers Avg Rank D
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Steve Smith 1.0 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1
Torry Holt 2.5 3 2 4 7 2 2 2 2
Chad Johnson 3.5 4 3 2 2 3 5 4 5
Marvin Harrison 4.0 2 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
Reggie Wayne 4.5 5 5 8 1 4 4 5 4
Larry Fitzgerald 5.3 7 4 3 3 6 8 6 6
Terrell Owens 7.2 6 8 6 6 9 7 8 8
Roy Williams 7.7 8 7 9 8 7 9 7 7
Anquan Boldin 8.5 9 9 7 12 8 6 9 9
Javon Walker 10.8 10 10 13 9 11 13 10 11
Andre Johnson 11.5 17 11 12 10 10 11 12 13
TJ Houshmandzadeh 11.8 11 14 17 13 12 10 11 10
Marques Colston 13.2 15 12 10 15 14 12 14 12
Lee Evans 13.3 13 13 14 11 13 14 13 14
Plaxico Burress 16.0 14 15 16 14 18 19 17 16
Randy Moss 16.8 19 16 15 16 15 18 21 17
Donald Driver 17.0 12 19 21 17 19 17 15 15
Hines Ward 17.7 16 17 22 18 17 15 18 20
Laveranues Coles 19.3 18 21 23 19 16 16 19 23
Reggie Brown 20.0 30 20 20 20 22 20 16 18
Santana Moss 22.3 22 25 18 22 21 23 27 21
Darrell Jackson 23.2 29 18 25 32 20 21 20 24
Chris Chambers 23.3 21 24 24 23 25 25 22 22
Braylon Edwards 23.3 28 22 19 21 23 27 29 19
Deion Branch 24.3 23 26 27 24 24 24 23 25
Calvin Johnson 26.3 25 27 11 26 28 29 25 27
Mark Clayton 27.7 24 23 28 30 27 32 31 26
Jerricho Cotchery 28.0 33 30 30 25 26 26 28 28
Joey Galloway 28.3 27 29 29 34 31 22 24 30
Terry Glenn 30.3 26 28 32 33 33 28 32 29
Vincent Jackson 31.2 20 37 33 27 30 30 36 31
Santonio Holmes 33.2 41 32 26 28 35 34 35 35
Donte Stallworth 33.3 35 31 31 31 36 38 26 36
Bernard Berrian 35.0 34 46 35 35 29 31 42 33
Greg Jennings 35.0 36 34 37 42 34 36 33 32
D.J. Hackett 35.5 46 40 36 38 32 33 30 34
Kevin Curtis 36.8 38 35 48 36 38 35 37 37
Matt Jones 39.7 37 33 34 46 42 46 39 40
Muhsin Muhammad 40.0 31 39 45 50 37 39 41 39
Devery Henderson 41.0 42 36 46 56 39 45 34 38
Derrick Mason 42.3 32 42 49 43 41 40 40 48
Drew Bennett 43.3 40 47 50 48 40 37 44 41
Joe Horn 43.5 43 41 51 44 44 41 43 46
Mike Furrey 44.5 39 43 52 47 45 48 38 45
Jerry Porter 45.2 44 56 47 29 43 47 46 44
Brandon Jones 46.2 63 45 39 45 46 44 48 49
Anthony Gonzalez 47.2 54 38 40 40 50 49 50 57
Eddie Kennison 47.3 48 44 54 52 48 43 45 47
Ronald Curry 47.3 50 53 38 37 51 50 56 42
Isaac Bruce 49.0 70 55 53 49 47 42 47 43
Brandon Marshall 53.0 55 52 59 39 49 53 54 55
Joe Jurevicious 53.7 51 48 57 62 52 51 57 54
Reggie Williams 53.8 47 50 58 59 54 52 64 50
Dwayne Bowe 54.8 56 58 42 41 61 62 52 60
Robert Meachem 54.8 57 51 44 51 59 57 55 58
Michael Clayton 55.5 45 59 41 60 64 64 49 56
Marty Booker 56.3 62 54 60 54 55 54 61 51
Steve Smith, NYG 57.2 53 57 56 53 62 63 51 62
Michael Jenkins 57.3 49 61 62 65 53 55 60 53
Troy Williamson 57.5 68 49 43 63 63 65 53 52
Wes Welker 59.2 61 60 61 55 56 61 58 59
Sidney Rice 61.5 52 63 65 64 60 60 59 63
Hank Baskett 61.5 60 66 67 58 57 58 63 64
Drew Carter 62.8 58 65 68 61 58 59 69 66
Ashley Lelie 63.2 64 64 63 67 65 56 62 61
Patrick Crayton 64.7 65 62 64 57 67 66 66 65
David Givens 66.8 66 67 66 68 66 67 67 68
Chris Henry 68.0 59 69 69 70 68 68 65 69
Keary Colbert 68.3 67 68 70 69 69 69 68 67
Keyshawn Johnson 69.2 69 70 55 66 70 70 70 70

Quarterbacks Avg Rank D
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Peyton Manning 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Carson Palmer 2.2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
Drew Brees 3.0 2 3 3 4 3 2 4 3
Tom Brady 4.5 5 4 4 3 5 5 5 4
Marc Bulger 4.5 4 5 6 5 4 4 3 5
Donovan McNabb 6.3 9 6 5 6 6 6 8 6
Matt Hasselbeck 8.0 7 8 9 8 7 8 10 8
Philip Rivers 8.3 6 9 8 14 8 10 6 9
Jon Kitna 10.5 10 17 16 7 9 7 14 7
Matt Leinart 11.0 14 10 11 15 10 11 7 10
Tony Romo 11.5 13 12 10 10 13 12 9 12
Jay Cutler 12.0 11 13 13 13 11 13 11 11
Vince Young 12.5 8 7 7 11 16 16 18 17
Ben Roethlisberger 14.0 12 14 15 12 14 14 15 16
Michael Vick 14.8 19 11 14 9 20 19 12 14
Eli Manning 15.3 17 15 12 19 15 17 13 15
Jake Delhomme 15.8 20 16 17 20 12 9 17 13
Chad Pennington 17.0 16 20 18 16 17 15 16 19
Brett Favre 19.3 21 21 25 17 18 18 20 18
J.P. Losman 19.3 15 19 19 18 19 22 19 22
Alex Smith 21.5 23 18 20 21 23 24 22 20
Rex Grossman 22.0 24 22 21 27 21 20 23 21
Steve McNair 23.3 22 24 26 25 22 23 21 24
Matt Schaub 23.8 18 23 22 24 25 26 24 25
Jason Campbell 24.3 29 27 17 22 24 21 29 23
Trent Green 25.7 31 25 27 23 26 25 25 26
Byron Leftwich 27.7 25 28 28 28 27 29 27 28
Jeff Garcia 27.8 32 29 30 26 28 27 26 27
Tarvaris Jackson 29.3 28 30 29 30 29 31 28 30
Brady Quinn 29.7 27 26 24 33 31 30 32 32
JaMarcus Russell 30.3 26 31 23 34 32 32 30 31
Damon Huard 30.8 33 32 31 32 30 28 31 29
Josh McCown 33.5 37 33 34 29 33 33 34 34
David Garrard 34.0 34 34 32 36 36 34 33 33
Chris Simms 35.0 36 35 33 35 35 35 35 35
Duante Culpepper 35.0 30 36 31 37 34 36 39 36
David Carr 36.2 35 37 35 31 37 37 36 37
Kurt Warner 37.8 38 38 36 38 38 38 37 38
A.J. Feeley 38.8 39 39 37 39 39 39 38 39

Tight Ends Avg Rank D
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Antonio Gates 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Todd Heap 2.7 5 3 6 2 2 2 2 2
Tony Gonzalez 3.5 4 4 5 3 3 3 4 3
Jeremy Shockey 3.8 2 2 3 7 4 5 3 6
Kellen Winslow 4.7 7 5 2 5 5 4 5 4
Alge Crumpler 6.2 3 7 7 6 6 6 8 5
Chris Cooley 6.8 6 8 7 4 8 7 6 7
Vernon Davis 7.7 10 6 4 8 7 8 9 8
Jason Witten 8.8 9 9 8 9 9 9 7 9
LJ Smith 11.0 8 10 12 11 12 11 13 10
Ben Watson 11.2 11 11 9 13 10 12 11 12
Heath Miller 11.3 13 13 11 10 11 10 12 11
Dallas Clark 12.8 14 12 10 15 14 14 10 13
Randy McMichael 13.8 17 14 13 12 13 13 16 14
Daniel Graham 16.8 28 15 18 16 18 15 14 19
Owen Daniels 17.0 18 17 19 14 16 19 17 15
Desmond Clark 17.5 12 16 15 19 19 21 15 21
Tony Scheffler 18.2 24 21 14 17 15 18 21 17
Eric Johnson 19.0 21 22 24 18 17 16 20 16
Ben Troupe 20.2 19 20 17 22 20 22 23 18
Marcus Pollard 21.3 27 23 20 21 22 20 18 22
Greg Olsen 23.2 26 19 16 29 23 29 22 20
David Martin 23.2 25 24 27 20 21 17 25 24
Chris Baker 23.8 20 25 25 24 24 23 24 23
Jerramy Stevens 24.7 22 18 26 25 25 24 26 27
Marcedes Lewis 25.2 29 26 21 23 27 28 19 26
Bo Scaife 26.0 15 29 23 28 26 25 29 25
Zach Miller 27.0 16 28 22 26 30 30 28 28
Leanord Pope 28.0 30 27 29 27 28 27 27 30
Visanthe Shiancoe 29.8 31 30 30 30 29 26 31 29
Dan Campbell 30.3 23 31 28 31 31 31 30 31

Team Defense Avg Rank D
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Baltimore Ravens 1.5 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1
Chicago Bears 2.0 1 3 3 2 1 1 3 2
New England Patriots 3.3 7 2 4 3 3 5 1 3
San Diego Chargers 4.7 6 4 2 5 4 9 5 4
Jacksonville Jaguars 6.0 15 6 7 4 8 6 4 5
Denver Broncos 6.5 8 7 5 6 5 3 13 8
Pittsburgh Steelers 6.8 3 5 10 13 6 4 9 7
Miami Dolphins 8.7 9 9 13 12 7 7 8 6
Philadelphia Eagles 8.8 10 10 6 7 10 10 6 10
Carolina Panthers 9.0 5 8 8 9 11 11 7 11
Dallas Cowboys 9.5 4 11 9 17 9 8 11 9
Green Bay Packers 13.3 11 26 18 10 13 12 12 14
Minnesota Vikings 13.3 13 13 12 11 12 17 19 13
Seattle Seahawks 13.8 14 16 11 18 16 14 10 12
San Fransisco 49ers 15.3 25 12 16 14 14 15 17 16
New York Jets 16.0 26 14 14 20 15 16 16 15
Indianapolis Colts 17.2 21 22 17 15 17 13 15 18
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17.8 27 15 15 19 21 18 14 19
New York Giants 20.0 17 20 19 25 18 19 24 20
Oakland Raiders 20.3 23 18 21 8 20 24 18 22
Kansas City Chiefs 21.2 22 17 23 21 23 25 21 17
Atlanta Falcons 21.3 24 21 22 22 19 20 22 21
New Orleans Saints 23.0 31 19 20 23 24 23 20 28
Cincinatti Bengals 24.2 18 25 31 16 22 26 29 25
St. Louis Rams 25.2 20 23 29 28 26 22 28 24
Buffalo Bills 25.7 19 27 24 26 25 31 23 29
Arizona Cardinals 26.7 16 29 30 24 29 28 27 23
Washington Redskins 27.2 30 28 26 30 27 21 26 26
Tennessee Titans 27.5 12 24 27 27 30 27 30 30
Cleveland Browns 27.7 28 30 25 29 28 29 25 27
Detroit Lions 31.3 29 31 32 32 31 30 32 32
Houston Texans 31.5 32 32 28 31 32 32 31 31

Kickers Avg Rank D
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Adam Vinatieri 1.7 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 1
Nate Kaeding 1.7 2 1 2 1 1 1 5 3
Shayne Graham 3.5 5 3 3 3 2 4 3 5
Jeff Wilkins 3.7 6 4 6 4 4 2 2 2
Robbie Gould 5.5 4 10 4 6 5 5 9 4
Josh Brown 7.0 7 5 8 8 6 6 8 7
Neil Racker 7.2 3 9 5 10 9 8 6 6
David Akers 7.5 10 6 7 7 8 7 4 11
Jason Elam 8.8 9 8 9 5 10 10 7 12
Matt Stover 9.5 8 7 11 9 11 11 10 8
Stephen Gostkowski 10.3 21 11 10 12 7 9 11 9
Olindo Mare 13.5 12 14 16 11 13 14 13 15
John Kasay 13.5 13 13 15 16 12 12 12 16
Josh Scobee 14.2 15 18 14 13 15 13 15 10
Joe Nedney 14.7 16 15 13 15 18 15 14 13
Lawrence Tynes 15.2 14 16 12 17 14 16 17 14
Jason Hanson 17.3 17 19 21 14 16 18 16 18
Mike Nugent 18.0 19 12 18 18 17 19 20 17
Ryan Longwell 18.3 20 20 17 16 19 17 18 19
Jay Feely 19.3 11 17 19 19 20 20 21 21
Rob Bironas 20.2 18 21 20 20 21 21 19 20
Martin Grammatica 22.0 22 22 22 21 22 22 22 22

Legend
Drm - Dream_017
Wic - WickedSmaat
Indy - Indys_Time
Bun - Bungle613
Flot - Flotsamnjetsam
Matt - Mattb47
Eag - Eagles21
TnT - Tn_Titans_05

Special thanks to all of the rankers for their hard work in ranking these players.

Joel Wilbourn is one of a growing number of fantasy experts who write for the Cafe. You can catch up with Joel in the Cafe's forums where he posts under the name of joelamosobadiah.

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