2007 Compiled Positional Rankings (Updated 8/17, IDP Added)

[ironman]

UPDATE *8-17-07* - I've finally published updates to the lists as well as added IDP rankings. To view the most current version of the rankings go here.











Hey folks. I've done this a couple years now, but I thought I'd toss out an early rough draft of my compiled positional rankings. Later this summer I will post them on my site, but for now I thought I'd just toss them up here and let you take a gander.

Keep in mind that it's early. Real early. So things may not look the greatest just yet.

EDITED 5/29/07

QB
1. Peyton Manning
2. Carson Palmer
3. Tom Brady
4. Drew Brees
5. Marc Bulger
6. Donovan McNabb
7. Michael Vick
8. Matt Hasselbeck
9. Vince Young
10. Tony Romo
11. Matt Leinart
12. Jon Kitna
13. Philip Rivers
14. Eli Manning
15. Brett Favre
16. Jay Cutler
17. Ben Roethlisberger
18. J.P. Losman
19. Chad Pennington
20. Jake Delhomme
21. Alex Smith
22. Steve McNair
23. Jason Campbell
24. Rex Grossman
25. Matt Schaub
26. Trent Green
27. Byron Leftwich
28. Jeff Garcia
29. Damon Huard
30. Tarvaris Jackson

RB
1. LaDainian Tomlinson
2. Steven Jackson
3. Larry Johnson
4. Frank Gore
5. Willie Parker
6. Brian Westbrook
7. Shaun Alexander
8. Joseph Addai
9. Rudi Johnson
10. Reggie Bush
11. Laurence Maroney
12. Willis McGahee
13. Travis Henry
14. Ronnie Brown
15. Maurice Jones-Drew
16. Edgerrin James
17. Clinton Portis
18. Cedric Benson
19. Thomas Jones
20. Deuce McAllister
21. Carnell Williams
22. Marshawn Lynch
23. Ahman Green
24. Jamal Lewis
25. Marion Barber
26. Brandon Jacobs
27. Warrick Dunn
28. DeAngelo Williams
29. Adrian Peterson (MIN)
30. Chester Taylor
31. Fred Taylor
32. Julius Jones
33. LaMont Jordan
34. Ladell Betts
35. Tatum Bell
36. Vernand Morency
37. LenDale White
38. Kevin Jones
39. Brandon Jackson
40. Jerious Norwood
41. DeShaun Foster
42. Reuben Droughns
43. Dominic Rhodes
44. Michael Turner
45. Chris Henry (TEN)
46. Leon Washington
47. Anthony Thomas
48. Mike Bell
49. Michael Pittman
50. Correll Buckhalter

WR
1. Steve Smith
2. Chad Johnson
3. Marvin Harrison
4. Torry Holt
5. Terrell Owens
6. Reggie Wayne
7. Roy Williams
8. Larry Fitzgerald
9. Javon Walker
10. Anquan Boldin
11. Marques Colston
12. Lee Evans
13. Donald Driver
14. T.J. Houshmandzadeh
15. Andre Johnson
16. Plaxico Burress
17. Randy Moss
18. Hines Ward
19. Laveranues Coles
20. Darrell Jackson
21. Reggie Brown
22. Santana Moss
23. Braylon Edwards
24. Deion Branch
25. Joey Galloway
26. Chris Chambers
27. Mark Clayton
28. Terry Glenn
29. Jerricho Cotchery
30. Donte Stallworth
31. Calvin Johnson
32. Bernard Berrian
33. Vincent Jackson
34. Devery Henderson
35. Greg Jennings
36. Eddie Kennison
37. Santonio Holmes
38. D.J. Hackett
39. Muhsin Muhammad
40. Joe Horn
41. Kevin Curtis
42. Isaac Bruce
43. Matt Jones
44. Jerry Porter
45. Drew Bennett
46. Mike Furrey
47. Derrick Mason
48. Ronald Curry
49. Brandon Jones
50. Reggie Williams

TE
1. Antonio Gates
2. Tony Gonzalez
3. Jeremy Shockey
4. Todd Heap
5. Alge Crumpler
6. Kellen Winslow
7. Chris Cooley
8. Vernon Davis
9. Randy McMichael
10. L.J. Smith
11. Benjamin Watson
12. Jason Witten
13. Dallas Clark
14. Heath Miller
15. Owen Daniels
16. Daniel Graham
17. Tony Scheffler
18. Desmond Clark
19. Greg Olsen
20. Marcus Pollard

K
1. Jeff Wilkins
2. Adam Vinatieri
3. Nate Kaeding
4. Shayne Graham
5. Robbie Gould
6. Jason Elam
7. Neil Rackers
8. Matt Stover
9. David Akers
10. Josh Brown
11. Stephen Gostkowski
12. Josh Scobee
13. Joe Nedney
14. Jason Hanson
15. John Kasay
16. Olindo Mare
17. Mike Nugent
18. Jeff Reed
19. Lawrence Tynes
20. Rob Bironas

DEF
1. Baltimore
2. Chicago
3. San Diego
4. New England
5. Jacksonville
6. Pittsburgh
7. Denver
8. Miami
9. Philadelphia
10. Carolina
11. Minnesota
12. Dallas
13. New York Jets
14. Seattle
15. Green Bay
16. Buffalo
17. Kansas City
18. Oakland
19. New York Giants
20. Cincinnati
21. New Orleans
22. Tampa Bay
23. Atlanta
24. Indianapolis
25. San Francisco
26. St. Louis
27. Cleveland
28. Arizona
29. Washington
30. Tennessee
31. Houston
32. Detroit

[Kensat30]

Based on your list, I'll take this lineup:


QB: Kitna (9th)
QB: Leftwich (12th)
RB: Maroney (1st)
RB: Portis (2nd)
RB: Kevin Jones (6th)
RB: Jerious Norwood (7th)
RB: Lorenzo Booker (13th)
WR: Owens (3rd)
WR: Andre Johnson (4th)
WR: Plaxico Burress (5th)
WR: Matt Jones (10th)
WR: DJ Hackett (11th)
TE: Vernon Davis (8th)
K: Akers (14th)
D: Tampa (15th)

[steelerfan04]

Looks pretty good, although I think I'd drop Travis Henry a few and move up Maroney and Ronnie Brown.

[DraftDodger]

First time through, this is looking pretty good. QBs will probably need the most tweaking. You have Steve Smith as the #1 WR but Delhomme isn't a starter in a 12-team league? Is that because of Carr's presence? Whoever gets the nod should be a starter in a 12-team.

A lot of folks on the Cafe have expressed concern over Eli Manning; confidence in him isn't high.

Kitna isn't a 12-team starter?

I know that everyone can't be a fantasy starter; we'll have to see how things look as we near the season.

On TE I'd consider moving Heap up. I can't see him doing worse than 3rd, with a shot at 2nd.

This is a great list to get discussion going, nice job.

[ironman]

Yeah, like I said this is a real rough early draft. Thing's will shape up later this summer.

In the past I would just do a straight up compiled ranking of various sources, but this past season for baseball I went in and added my own tweaks to it as well. I plan on doing that eventually for the football lists.

[Verdun Barbarians]

I like what I see here. I'm surprised to see the importance of Clinton Portis' downfall, but I guess people have lost a lot of confidence in him... ( I jumped on him 17th overall in my last dynasty draft!). And, to stay in the RBs, in find it hard to believe that Travis Henry sits at #10...

For the rest, I feel it's pretty good considering it's way too early to get clear tendecies.

Good work ironman

[JStein]

I think your list is fairly representative of how I would draft come draft day. A few notes from me though:

1. Vince Young. As a fantasy product, I just cannot see Vince out-doing Leinart, Romo, Eli, Kitna, and Rivers.

2. Randy Moss. I think he's a question mark right now, though I would certainly put Andre Johnson and Plaxico Burress as well as Hines Ward and Laveranues Coles ahead of him.

3. Tony Scheffler. Doesn't he seem a little low?

4. DEN DEF seems a bit low to me. I don't like it, but I agree with where Detroit is placed.

Overall, excellent job.

[WickedSmaat]

I love using your rankings for baseball and football. If I remember correct, you fell behind in your football rankings, or I just didn't understand the no updates later in the season Anyways your list is usually always one of the first that I look at. Looking forward to seeing the tweaks in time for my drafts

[ironman]

I love using your rankings for baseball and football. If I remember correct, you fell behind in your football rankings, or I just didn't understand the no updates later in the season Anyways your list is usually always one of the first that I look at. Looking forward to seeing the tweaks in time for my drafts

I don't remember when I stopped updating the football rankings. I probably became too busy to get an update published. Not to mention I always had a hell of a time updating things on my old site. This year I'll probably post the lists on my blog like I did for baseball.

Vince Young. As a fantasy product, I just cannot see Vince out-doing Leinart, Romo, Eli, Kitna, and Rivers.

Randy Moss. I think he's a question mark right now, though I would certainly put Andre Johnson and Plaxico Burress as well as Hines Ward and Laveranues Coles ahead of him.

Tony Scheffler. Doesn't he seem a little low?

I'm kind of with you on Vince. We'll see how it plays out this preseason.

I just updated the list and Moss was taken down a few slots.

I'm guessing the addition of Daniel Graham in Denver is what's affecting Scheffler's ranking.

[knapplc]

You called him "Crew" Brees. That's kind of funny.