2007 Cafe Keeper Rankings

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.

Running Backs	Avg Rank	Drm	Wic	Indy	Bun	Flot	Matt	Eag	TnT
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 r m	W i c	I n d y	B u n	F l o t	M a t t	E a g	T n T
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 r m	W i c	I n d y	B u n	F l o t	M a t t	E a g	T n T
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 r m	W i c	I n d y	B u n	F l o t	M a t t	E a g	T n T
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 r m	W i c	I n d y	B u n	F l o t	M a t t	E a g	T n T
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 r m	W i c	I n d y	B u n	F l o t	M a t t	E a g	T n T
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

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