With most leagues starting up very soon, some of the Cafeholics decided to get together and offer our thoughts on where the players should be ranked going into this season. These rankings should be able to establish a good baseline for your drafting this season.
The rankings are for a redraft league with standard scoring. For those unsure of what “standard scoring” is, ask Treat24 and he will tell you it is “10 rushing and receiving yards per point, 25 passing yards per point, 4 points per passing touchdown, and 6 points for other touchdowns; any other scoring is a deviation from standard scoring.”
There weren’t too many surprises in the rankings, but one thing that stood out to me was that these rankers have anointed a new number 1 tight end. Also, it was good to see the majority keep Steve Smith in top 6 after his down year last season. Finally, the thing I may be most satisfied with about these rankings is where the rookie running backs were ranked. I have seen the rookies being placed much higher than they should be on numerous fantasy sites and mocks I have been involved with. A poster here brought it up as the Adrian Peterson effect and I for one am glad that these rankers have not fallen into that trap.
Running Backs
Avg Rank
d e e
D a n
A F F
B G B
S w i p e
M a d a s
LaDainian Tomlinson
1.2
1
1
1
1
1
2
Adrian Peterson
1.8
2
2
2
2
2
1
Brian Westbrook
3.8
4
4
5
3
3
4
Steven Jackson
4.0
3
3
4
5
6
3
Joseph Addai
4.5
6
5
3
4
4
5
Clinton Portis
6.7
5
6
8
9
5
7
Frank Gore
7.7
8
8
9
7
8
6
Marion Barber III
8.5
11
9
6
6
7
12
Willis McGahee
8.8
7
13
7
8
9
9
Larry Johnson
10.0
10
7
13
10
10
10
Marshawn Lynch
10.7
9
10
10
11
13
11
Ryan Grant
12.2
14
12
14
14
11
8
Jamal Lewis
13.3
13
11
12
13
14
17
Maurice Jones-Drew
14.8
12
15
15
22
12
13
Ronnie Brown
16.3
16
21
16
12
17
16
Brandon Jacobs
16.7
15
14
18
15
20
18
Reggie Bush
17.2
18
17
21
17
15
15
Earnest Graham
18.7
19
19
17
19
19
19
Michael Turner
18.7
22
18
22
20
16
14
Willie Parker
19.0
20
16
11
21
21
25
Laurence Maroney
20.7
17
20
23
23
18
23
Edgerrin James
22.3
24
25
19
16
22
28
Thomas Jones
23.5
21
24
24
26
25
21
Darren McFadden
25.3
28
27
27
24
26
20
Rudi Johnson
26.8
26
31
20
31
27
26
Jonathan Stewart
27.2
23
26
31
31
23
29
Selvin Young
27.5
27
23
31
25
28
31
LenDale White
27.7
30
30
26
18
30
32
Julius Jones
27.7
29
22
28
28
29
30
Matt Forte
28.3
31
28
31
27
31
22
Fred Taylor
28.5
25
31
31
29
24
31
DeAngelo Williams
30.0
32
31
25
30
31
31
Kevin Smith
30.0
31
29
31
31
31
27
Rashard Mendenhall
30.2
33
31
31
31
31
24
Ladell Betts
30.7
31
31
29
31
31
31
Ahmad Bradshaw
30.8
31
31
30
31
31
31
Ryan Torain
31.0
31
31
31
31
31
31
Chris Brown
31.0
31
31
31
31
31
31
Warrick Dunn
31.5
34
31
31
31
31
31
Chris Johnson
31.7
35
31
31
31
31
31
Ahman Green
31.8
36
31
31
31
31
31
Justin Fargas
32.0
37
31
31
31
31
31
Wide Receivers
Avg Rank
D e e
D a n
A F F
B G B
S w i p e
M a d a s
Randy Moss
1.0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Reggie Wayne
2.5
2
4
2
2
3
2
Terrell Owens
3.7
6
2
3
5
2
4
Braylon Edwards
3.8
3
3
4
3
7
3
Andre Johnson
5.7
5
6
6
4
6
7
Steve Smith
6.5
4
7
10
7
5
6
Larry Fitzgerald
7.2
7
5
7
6
9
9
TJ Houshmandzadeh
8.2
9
10
8
8
4
10
Marques Colston
8.5
8
8
9
13
8
5
Chad Johnson
10.2
11
11
5
16
10
8
Plaxico Burress
11.2
10
9
13
11
12
12
Torry Holt
12.5
12
12
14
10
11
16
Brandon Marshall
13.2
16
16
11
12
13
11
Santonio Holmes
14.8
13
17
16
9
20
14
Anquan Boldin
15.0
15
14
15
14
14
18
Roy Williams
16.2
14
15
18
18
19
13
Wes Welker
17.3
20
20
19
15
15
15
Greg Jennings
17.3
19
13
17
19
16
20
Dwayne Bowe
20.0
18
18
23
22
18
21
Lee Evans
21.0
17
27
22
26
17
17
Roddy White
21.3
23
19
26
17
21
22
Calvin Johnson
21.8
21
22
27
20
22
19
Hines Ward
25.5
22
21
28
32
23
27
Laveranues Coles
26.5
26
25
30
27
27
24
Chris Chambers
26.8
27
24
32
25
25
28
Jerricho Cotchery
27.8
30
30
25
24
29
29
Marvin Harrison
28.5
25
28
12
51
24
31
Joey Galloway
28.8
24
23
40
23
28
35
Santana Moss
29.3
29
31
24
33
33
26
Donald Driver
30.8
28
26
51
31
26
23
Kevin Curtis
31.7
33
34
31
21
30
41
Nate Burleson
33.2
40
29
38
28
39
25
Javon Walker
33.3
31
33
21
51
31
33
Bobby Engram
36.0
36
42
35
30
36
37
Reggie Brown
36.3
35
37
36
29
37
44
Anthony Gonzalez
37.0
32
40
29
51
38
32
Bernard Berrian
38.2
41
32
37
51
32
36
Donte Stallworth
39.5
37
35
39
51
41
34
Vincent Jackson
39.5
34
39
33
51
42
38
Derrick Mason
41.2
38
38
44
51
34
42
Jerry Porter
44.2
42
51
51
51
40
30
Isaac Bruce
44.7
44
43
50
51
35
45
Patrick Crayton
45.5
43
47
47
51
45
40
Sidney Rice
46.5
40
41
49
51
47
51
Ronald Curry
46.8
48
45
51
51
43
43
Dj Hackett
47.0
39
51
44
51
48
49
Bryant Johnson
47.3
46
36
51
51
50
50
Darrell Jackson
47.5
50
51
43
51
51
39
Mark Clayton
49.2
45
51
51
51
46
51
Deion Branch
49.3
51
51
41
51
51
51
Roydell Williams
49.5
51
51
42
51
51
51
Reggie Williams
49.7
47
51
51
51
51
47
James Hardy
49.7
49
50
51
51
51
46
Muhsin Muhammad
49.8
51
44
51
51
51
51
Drew Bennett
49.8
51
51
51
51
44
51
Jabar Gaffney
50.0
51
51
45
51
51
51
Amani Toomer
50.2
51
46
51
51
51
51
Chris Henry
50.2
51
51
46
51
51
51
Ted Ginn Jr.
50.2
51
51
48
51
49
51
Justin Gage
50.5
51
51
51
51
51
48
Marty Booker
50.7
51
49
51
51
51
51
Quarterbacks
Avg Rank
D e e
D a n
A F F
B G B
S w i p e
M a d a s
Tom Brady
1.2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Peyton Manning
2.0
1
2
2
3
2
2
Tony Romo
2.8
3
3
3
2
3
3
Drew Brees
4.8
4
5
5
6
4
5
Carson Palmer
5.3
5
4
4
7
6
6
Ben Roethlisberger
5.7
6
7
7
5
5
4
Matt Hasselbeck
7.2
8
8
8
4
7
8
Derek Anderson
7.5
7
6
6
11
8
7
Jay Cutler
10.0
10
11
10
8
9
12
Donovan McNabb
11.2
12
10
12
10
12
11
Marc Bulger
11.3
9
9
11
20
10
9
Eli Manning
12.3
13
12
13
9
11
16
David Garrard
14.0
16
13
14
13
15
13
Philip Rivers
15.0
15
17
9
15
14
20
Jake Delhomme
15.3
11
16
18
19
13
15
Matt Schaub
15.7
14
19
15
18
18
10
Jon Kitna
17.0
17
15
16
16
20
18
Vince Young
17.0
18
20
17
12
16
19
Aaron Rodgers
17.3
19
18
22
14
17
14
Jason Campbell
20.0
25
14
21
17
22
21
Jeff Garcia
21.3
21
21
19
22
19
26
Matt Leinart
21.5
22
22
20
25
23
17
Trent Edwards
23.2
20
25
23
23
26
22
Tarvaris Jackson
24.0
24
26
24
21
24
25
Alex Smith
24.5
23
26
25
26
21
26
JaMarcus Russell
24.5
26
23
26
24
25
23
Brodie Croyle
25.3
26
24
26
26
26
24
Kellen Clemens
26.0
26
26
26
26
26
26
Tight Ends
Avg Rank
D e e
D a n
A F F
B G B
S w i p e
M a d a s
Jason Witten
1.7
1
4
2
1
1
1
Antonio Gates
1.8
2
1
1
2
3
2
Kellen Winslow II
2.8
3
3
3
3
2
3
Tony Gonzalez
4.2
4
2
4
5
4
6
Chris Cooley
5.5
6
5
7
4
7
4
Dallas Clark
5.7
5
6
5
8
5
5
Jeremy Shockey
7.2
7
7
6
6
9
8
Todd Heap
8.7
10
8
9
10
6
9
Vernon Davis
9.8
8
15
8
11
10
7
Owen Daniels
11.0
9
10
10
9
14
14
Heath Miller
11.7
11
9
11
15
8
16
Tony Scheffler
12.2
15
16
14
7
11
10
Alge Crumpler
12.7
12
11
13
12
12
16
Ben Watson
12.8
13
13
12
13
13
13
Greg Olsen
13.8
14
12
15
14
16
12
LJ Smith
15.7
16
14
16
16
16
16
Donald Lee
15.8
16
16
16
16
16
15
I want to thank everyone who helped out with these rankings. Without you guys they would not be possible. Thanks to SwiperNoSwiping, Dan Lambskin, A Fleshner Fantasy, Madaslives911, and BGBootha for taking the time to not only rank the players, but to share them with the whole cafe. Most of you guys are in 1, if not 12 (Swiper), Cafe leagues, which means your opponents have now seen your rankings. Also, a big thank you to Joel Wilbourn for coding all of these rankings so they could be published, and editing my typing because we all know I misspelled about 100 words.
Adam Lewis is one of a growing number of fantasy experts who write for the Cafe. He is currently trying to get Jon Gruden fired from his job. You can catch up with Adam in the Cafe's forums where he posts under the name of deerayfan072.
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