In the Trenches: 2006 Player Rankings

[The Lung]

Michael Fabiano gives Fantasy Football owners a look into next season with his 2006 player rankings

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Updated January 2.

Quarterbacks
1. Peyton Manning, IND 21. Kyle Boller, BAL
2. Carson Palmer, CIN 22. Chad Pennington, NYJ
3. Donovan McNabb, PHI 23. Steve McNair, TEN
4. Tom Brady, NE 24. David Carr, HOU
5. Matt Hasselbeck, SEA 25. Chris Simms, TB
6. Daunte Culpepper, MIN 26. Gus Frerotte, MIA
7. Marc Bulger, STL 27. Aaron Brooks, NO
8. Drew Brees, SD 28. Rex Grossman, CHI
9. Eli Manning, NYG 29. J.P. Losman, BUF
10. Brett Favre, GB 30. Charlie Frye, CLE
11. Jake Delhomme, CAR 31. Alex Smith, SF
12. Michael Vick, ATL 32. Joey Harrington, DET
13. Kurt Warner, ARI 33. Billy Volek, TEN
14. Trent Green, KC 34. David Garrard, JAC
15. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT 35. Philip Rivers, SD
16. Byron Leftwich, JAC 36. Brian Griese, TB
17. Drew Bledsoe, DAL 37. Brad Johnson, MIN
18. Jake Plummer, DEN 38. Kelly Holcomb, BUF
19. Mark Brunell, WAS 39. Jon Kitna, CIN
20. Kerry Collins, OAK 40. Trent Dilfer, CLE


Running backs
1. Larry Johnson, KC 31. Kevin Jones, DET
2. Shaun Alexander, SEA 32. Chris Brown, TEN
3. LaDainian Tomlinson, SD 33. Frank Gore, SF
4. Edgerrin James, IND 34. Tatum Bell, DEN
5. Tiki Barber, NYG 35. Chester Taylor, BAL
6. LaMont Jordan, OAK 36. Travis Henry, TEN
7. Clinton Portis, WAS 37. Mewelde Moore, MIN
8. Rudi Johnson, CIN 38. Michael Bennett, MIN
9. Steven Jackson, STL 39. Marion Barber, DAL
10. Brian Westbrook, PHI 40. Cedric Benson, CHI
11. Willis McGahee, BUF 41. Kevan Barlow, SF
12. Carnell Williams, TB 42. Marcel Shipp, ARI
13. Thomas Jones, CHI 43. Greg Jones, JAC
14. Jamal Lewis, BAL 44. T.J. Duckett, ATL
15. Priest Holmes, KC 45. Chris Perry, CIN
16. Warrick Dunn, ATL 46. Najeh Davenport, GB
17. Corey Dillon, NE 47. Ryan Moats, PHI
18. Deuce McAllister, NO 48. Stephen Davis, CAR
19. Samkon Gado, GB 49. Derrick Blaylock, NYJ
20. Julius Jones, DAL 50. Marshall Faulk, STL
21. Mike Anderson, DEN 51. Dominic Rhodes, IND
22. DeShaun Foster, CAR 52. Ladell Betts, WAS
23. Reuben Droughns, CLE 53. Brandon Jacobs, NYG
24. Willie Parker, PIT 54. Michael Turner, SD
25. Domanick Davis, HOU 55. Kevin Faulk, NE
26. Ricky Williams, MIA 56. Artose Pinner, DET
27. Ronnie Brown, MIA 57. J.J. Arrington, ARI
28. Fred Taylor, JAC 58. Lee Suggs, CLE
29. Curtis Martin, NYJ 59. Jonathan Wells, HOU
30. Ahman Green, GB 60. Maurice Morris, SEA


Wide receivers
1. Terrell Owens, PHI 41. Bobby Engram, SEA
2. Chad Johnson, CIN 42. David Givens, NE
3. Larry Fitzgerald, ARI 43. Brandon Lloyd, SF
4. Steve Smith, CAR 44. Braylon Edwards, CLE
5. Torry Holt, STL 45. Mark Clayton, BAL
6. Anquan Boldin, ARI 46. Justin McCareins, NYJ
7. Marvin Harrison, IND 47. Reggie Brown, PHI
8. Randy Moss, OAK 48. Troy Williamson, MIN
9. Hines Ward, PIT 49. Ernest Wilford, JAC
10. Reggie Wayne, IND 50. Ashley Lelie, DEN
11. Santana Moss, WAS 51. Michael Jenkins, ATL
12. Joey Galloway, TB 52. Mike Williams, DET
13. Chris Chambers, MIA 53. Eric Parker, SD
14. Darrell Jackson, SEA 54. Roddy White, ATL
15. Roy Williams, DET 55. Antwaan Randle-El, PIT
16. Andre Johnson, HOU 56. Samie Parker, KC
17. Javon Walker, GB 57. Nate Burleson, MIN
18. Plaxico Burress, NYG 58. Jabar Gaffney, HOU
19. Donald Driver, GB 59. Greg Lewis, PHI
20. Rod Smith, DEN 60. Marty Booker, MIA
21. T.J. Houshmandzadeh, CIN 61. Brandon Stokley, IND
22. Deion Branch, NE 62. Matt Jones, JAC
23. Jimmy Smith, JAC 63. Arnaz Battle, SF
24. Derrick Mason, BAL 64. Michael Clayton, TB
25. Terry Glenn, DAL 65. Brandon Jones, TEN
26. Donte Stallworth, NO 66. Patrick Crayton, DAL
27. Eddie Kennison, KC 67. Koren Robinson, MIN
28. Laveranues Coles, NYJ 68. Chris Henry, CIN
29. Jerry Porter, OAK 69. Robert Ferguson, GB
30. Keenan McCardell, SD 70. Charles Rogers, DET
31. Joe Horn, NO 71. Marcus Robinson, MIN
32. Eric Moulds, BUF 72. Keary Colbert, CAR
33. Isaac Bruce, STL 73. Roydell Williams, TEN
34. Muhsin Muhammad, CHI 74. Dennis Northcutt, CLE
35. Drew Bennett, TEN 75. Josh Reed, BUF
36. Keyshawn Johnson, DAL 76. Bryant Johnson, ARI
37. Lee Evans, BUF 77. Az-Zahir Hakim, NO
38. Amani Toomer, NYG 78. Doug Gabriel, OAK
39. Antonio Bryant, CLE 79. Corey Bradford, HOU
40. Kevin Curtis, STL 80. Justin Gage, CHI


Tight ends
1. Antonio Gates, SD 17. Jermaine Wiggins, MIN
2. Tony Gonzalez, KC 18. Alex Smith, TB
3. Jeremy Shockey, NYG 19. Doug Jolley, NYJ
4. Todd Heap, BAL 20. Ben Watson, NE
5. Chris Cooley, WAS 21. Courtney Anderson, OAK
6. Alge Crumpler, ATL 22. Marcus Pollard, DET
7. Jason Witten, DAL 23. Jeb Putzier, DEN
8. Randy McMichael, MIA 24. Zach Hilton, NO
9. L.J. Smith, PHI 25. Bubba Franks, GB
10. Kellen Winslow, CLE 26. Chris Baker, NYJ
11. Heath Miller, PIT 27. Desmond Clark, CHI
12. Jerramy Stevens, SEA 28. Steve Heiden, CLE
13. Ben Troupe, TEN 29. Ernie Conwell, NO
14. Eric Johnson, SF 30. Daniel Graham, NE
15. Dallas Clark, IND 31. Kris Mangum, CAR
16. Erron Kinney, TEN 32. Stephen Alexander, DEN


Kickers
1. Neil Rackers, ARI 17. Sebastian Janikowski, OAK
2. Jay Feely, NYG 18. Paul Edinger, MIN
3. Shayne Graham, CIN 19. Rob Bironas, TEN
4. Jason Elam, DEN 20. John Carney, NO
5. David Akers, PHI 21. Josh Scobee, JAC
6. Jeff Wilkins, STL 22. Ryan Longwell, GB
7. Mike Vanderjagt, IND 23. Robbie Gould, CHI
8. Lawrence Tynes, KC 24. Kris Brown, HOU
9. Nate Kaeding, SD 25. Olindo Mare, MIA
10. Jeff Reed, PIT 26. Todd Peterson, ATL
11. Josh Brown, SEA 27. Matt Bryant, TB
12. Adam Vinatieri, NE 28. Joe Nedney, SF
13. John Kasay, CAR 29. Phil Dawson, CLE
14. Rian Lindell, BUF 30. Jason Hanson, DET
15. Mike Nugent, NYJ 31. John Hall, WAS
16. Matt Stover, BAL 32. Shaun Suisham, DAL


Defense/special teams
1. Bears 17. Falcons
2. Colts 18. Redskins
3. Panthers 19. Dolphins
4. Steelers 20. Lions
5. Broncos 21. Chargers
6. Giants 22. Packers
7. Ravens 23. Titans
8. Patriots 24. Cardinals
9. Bills 25. Jets
10. Buccaneers 26. Browns
11. Bengals 27. Chiefs
12. Seahawks 28. 49ers
13. Eagles 29. Rams
14. Jaguars 30. Saints
15. Cowboys 31. Raiders
16. Vikings 32. Texans

[Charlie24]

LT2 at 3?? and how can Larry Johnson be ranked #1 and Priest #15?? I doubt LJ will be the #1 back if Padre is still hanging around taking away a few touches and looks... samkon gado at 19? and Reuben Droughns, who actually had a very nice season, at 23?!? and Domanick DAvis at 25?!! is he assuming the Texans have REggie Bush or what... and how the heck can TO be the best WR is he doesnt even have a team yet... And Moss and Harrison at 7 and 8 is also nuts... Plummer is also ranked too low at 18... I'm tired of reading this

this guy sucks

[CC]

Fabiano is an idiot. TO at #1? I stopped reading after that.

[Cornbread Maxwell]

useless - completely useless. What a waste of time.

[gatorman1122]

2 thumbs down

[mikus]

yes, this is terrible. too many assumptions to make in order to rank players for next year. so many things are going to change this offseason, and these predictions are insane. i could not even imagine putting one of these together right now.

[The Lung]

LOL,

New rule at The Cafe: from now on I will obey THE FABIANO RULE and not post any of his rankings or fantasy advice.

[Cornbread Maxwell]

What is Fabiano's expertise?

I mean - how did he get his job - seriously? Does anyone know his background - was he some sort of fantasy guru before CBS picked him up? Did he have his own website or work for a competitor?

[creamdoorthirtyniner]

Or pull a Millen, and sleep with the Fords?

[terpfan]

There is going to be quite a drop off after the first 8 RBs this year...

And yeah, TO as the best WR? Uhhhhh...