RankingsJuly 15, 2008


2008 Cafe Redraft Rankings

By Adam Lewis

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 BacksAvg RankdeeDanAFFBGBSwipeMadas
LaDainian Tomlinson1.2111112
Adrian Peterson1.8222221
Brian Westbrook3.8445334
Steven Jackson4.0334563
Joseph Addai4.5653445
Clinton Portis6.7568957
Frank Gore7.7889786
Marion Barber III8.511966712
Willis McGahee8.87137899
Larry Johnson10.010713101010
Marshawn Lynch10.791010111311
Ryan Grant12.214121414118
Jamal Lewis13.3131112131417
Maurice Jones-Drew14.8121515221213
Ronnie Brown16.3162116121716
Brandon Jacobs16.7151418152018
Reggie Bush17.2181721171515
Earnest Graham18.7191917191919
Michael Turner18.7221822201614
Willie Parker19.0201611212125
Laurence Maroney20.7172023231823
Edgerrin James22.3242519162228
Thomas Jones23.5212424262521
Darren McFadden25.3282727242620
Rudi Johnson26.8263120312726
Jonathan Stewart27.2232631312329
Selvin Young27.5272331252831
LenDale White27.7303026183032
Julius Jones27.7292228282930
Matt Forte28.3312831273122
Fred Taylor28.5253131292431
DeAngelo Williams30.0323125303131
Kevin Smith30.0312931313127
Rashard Mendenhall30.2333131313124
Ladell Betts30.7313129313131
Ahmad Bradshaw30.8313130313131
Ryan Torain31.0313131313131
Chris Brown31.0313131313131
Warrick Dunn31.5343131313131
Chris Johnson31.7353131313131
Ahman Green31.8363131313131
Justin Fargas32.0373131313131

Wide ReceiversAvg RankD
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Randy Moss1.0111111
Reggie Wayne2.5242232
Terrell Owens3.7623524
Braylon Edwards3.8334373
Andre Johnson5.7566467
Steve Smith6.54710756
Larry Fitzgerald7.2757699
TJ Houshmandzadeh8.291088410
Marques Colston8.58891385
Chad Johnson10.21111516108
Plaxico Burress11.210913111212
Torry Holt12.5121214101116
Brandon Marshall13.2161611121311
Santonio Holmes14.813171692014
Anquan Boldin15.0151415141418
Roy Williams16.2141518181913
Wes Welker17.3202019151515
Greg Jennings17.3191317191620
Dwayne Bowe20.0181823221821
Lee Evans21.0172722261717
Roddy White21.3231926172122
Calvin Johnson21.8212227202219
Hines Ward25.5222128322327
Laveranues Coles26.5262530272724
Chris Chambers26.8272432252528
Jerricho Cotchery27.8303025242929
Marvin Harrison28.5252812512431
Joey Galloway28.8242340232835
Santana Moss29.3293124333326
Donald Driver30.8282651312623
Kevin Curtis31.7333431213041
Nate Burleson33.2402938283925
Javon Walker33.3313321513133
Bobby Engram36.0364235303637
Reggie Brown36.3353736293744
Anthony Gonzalez37.0324029513832
Bernard Berrian38.2413237513236
Donte Stallworth39.5373539514134
Vincent Jackson39.5343933514238
Derrick Mason41.2383844513442
Jerry Porter44.2425151514030
Isaac Bruce44.7444350513545
Patrick Crayton45.5434747514540
Sidney Rice46.5404149514751
Ronald Curry46.8484551514343
Dj Hackett47.0395144514849
Bryant Johnson47.3463651515050
Darrell Jackson47.5505143515139
Mark Clayton49.2455151514651
Deion Branch49.3515141515151
Roydell Williams49.5515142515151
Reggie Williams49.7475151515147
James Hardy49.7495051515146
Muhsin Muhammad49.8514451515151
Drew Bennett49.8515151514451
Jabar Gaffney50.0515145515151
Amani Toomer50.2514651515151
Chris Henry50.2515146515151
Ted Ginn Jr.50.2515148514951
Justin Gage50.5515151515148
Marty Booker50.7514951515151

QuarterbacksAvg RankD
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Tom Brady1.2211111
Peyton Manning2.0122322
Tony Romo2.8333233
Drew Brees4.8455645
Carson Palmer5.3544766
Ben Roethlisberger5.7677554
Matt Hasselbeck7.2888478
Derek Anderson7.57661187
Jay Cutler10.01011108912
Donovan McNabb11.2121012101211
Marc Bulger11.3991120109
Eli Manning12.313121391116
David Garrard14.0161314131513
Philip Rivers15.015179151420
Jake Delhomme15.3111618191315
Matt Schaub15.7141915181810
Jon Kitna17.0171516162018
Vince Young17.0182017121619
Aaron Rodgers17.3191822141714
Jason Campbell20.0251421172221
Jeff Garcia21.3212119221926
Matt Leinart21.5222220252317
Trent Edwards23.2202523232622
Tarvaris Jackson24.0242624212425
Alex Smith24.5232625262126
JaMarcus Russell24.5262326242523
Brodie Croyle25.3262426262624
Kellen Clemens26.0262626262626

Tight EndsAvg RankD
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Jason Witten1.7142111
Antonio Gates1.8211232
Kellen Winslow II2.8333323
Tony Gonzalez4.2424546
Chris Cooley5.5657474
Dallas Clark5.7565855
Jeremy Shockey7.2776698
Todd Heap8.710891069
Vernon Davis9.8815811107
Owen Daniels11.09101091414
Heath Miller11.71191115816
Tony Scheffler12.215161471110
Alge Crumpler12.7121113121216
Ben Watson12.8131312131313
Greg Olsen13.8141215141612
LJ Smith15.7161416161616
Donald Lee15.8161616161615

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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