Week 12 Rankings
Week 12 Player Rankings
QB
1. Peyton Manning
2. Kurt Warner
3. Aaron Rodgers
4. Drew Brees
5. Tony Romo
6. Jay Cutler
7. Jeff Garcia
8. Jason Campbell
9. Eli Manning
10. Tyler Thigpen
11. Shaun Hill
12. Donovan McNabb
13. Ben Roethlisberger
14. Kyle Orton
15. Matt Cassel
16. Philip Rivers
17. Gus Frerotte
18. Brady Quinn
19. Kerry Collins
20. Chad Pennington
Not making the top 20 - Jake Delhomme - bench him, forever. Matt Ryan - If he had a good week last week he would be in here….too tough of a matchup. Brett Favre - not only for being a woman and constantly changing his mind about retirement the last 4 years, but also because of a very bad matchup with Tennessee where he will probably throw 6 INT’s. Still have a lot of love for Tyler Thigpen even with the rough matchup vs Buffalo. Shaun Hill could be the new Tyler Thigpen. Jason Campbell gets the lucky draw this week against a Seattle Defense who could not stop Mark Rypien if he suited up for Washington this week.
Running Backs
1. Marion Barber
2. Matt Forte
3. Marshawn Lynch
4. LaDainian Tomlinson
5. Adrian Peterson
6. Brandon Jacobs
7. Frank Gore
8. Clinton Portis
9. Joseph Addai
10. Jamal Lewis
11. Maurice Jones-Drew
12. DeAngelo Williams
13. Michael Turner
14. Ronnie Brown
15. Thomas Jones
16. Chris Johnson
17. Steve Slaton
18. Willie Parker
19. Brian Westbrook
20. Ryan Grant
21. Peyton Hillis
22. Warrick Dunn
23. Larry Johnson
24. Kevin Smith
25. Sammy Morris
26. Reggie Bush
27. Justin Fargas
28. Pierre Thomas
29. Cedric Benson
Interesting Notes ( I think they are interesting) - I am being extremely careful with Peyton Hillis. He did rush for 2 TD’s but with Tatum Bell back who knows what Mike Shanahan will do with the running game. If I knew Reggie Bush would be 100% healthy then he would be much higher. I will probably regret this, but I put Marshawn Lynch very high on the list due to his very strong performance last week….same with LDT. Tim Hightower - It is very apparent that Arizona is a passing team.
Wide Receivers
1. Anquan Boldin
2. Larry Fitzgerald
3. Reggie Wayne
4. Brandon Marshall
5. Greg Jennings
6. Terrel Owens
7. Calvin Johnson
8. Santana Moss
9. Antonio Bryant
10. Lee Evans
11. Plaxico Burress
12. Andre Johnson
13. TJ Houshmandzadeh
14. Steve Smith
15. Ted Ginn Jr.
16. Dwayne Bowe
17. Wes Welker
18. Laveranues Coles
19. Marvin Harrison
20. Roddy White
More Interesting Notes - No Randy Moss on this week’s list. Even with his one TD last week it is obvious Matt Cassel has a boner for Wes Welker. Even with a tough matchup TJ Housh gets a nice ranking for his double digit catches last week. Fitzpatrick seems to only be looking for him. Marvin Harrison makes an appearance in the top 20 due to the large expectations I have from Indy’s offense this weekend at San Diego. Also, how can you not rank Anquan and Fitzgerald 1 and 2? Seems crazy not to. That is going to be a great game to watch. I will probably get stuck with the Raider game at home. Can’t wait.
Tight Ends
1. Jason Witten
2. Tony Gonzalez
3. Antonio Gates
4. Vernon Davis
5. Dallas Clark
6. Bo Scaife
7. Kellen Winslow
8. Dustin Keller
9. Chris Cooley
10. Greg Olsen
11. Owen Daniels
12. Zach Miller
13. Jerramy Stevens
Yawn - Ranking these bums kinda bored me to be honest. It was nice to see Vernon Davis at 4. Shaun Hill really seems to look for him. Oh yea, call it going out on a limb or whatever….I think Jason Witten returns to form this weekend. Bounce back game for the Dallas pass game. Hmmm what else, Shockey not on here big surprise, Zach Miller could be bumped up a few spots but I just have no love for anything that has to do with Al Davis. We have all been burned too many times. Lastly, I don’t expect a big game out of Bo Scaife like some people. The last few games teams have put 8 in the box to stop Tennessee’s running game but with Kris Jenkins on the line I think the Jets can afford to use their safety in pass coverage.
Defenses
1. Steelers
2. Buccaneers
3. Bears
4. Titans
5. Jags
6. Cowboys
7. Vikings
8. Dolphins
9. Eagles
10. Broncos
11. Jets
Bla bla Bla - Here is an idea for this week…..whatever team is playing a reallllllly bad team….then that is a good defense. Check out the top 3. That’s all there is to it. Also this might be the only week that the Cowboys defense should be owned, and played.
Questions/Comments on the rankings? Disagree? Think I am in idiot? Email jon@rotodorks.com and I will tell you how wrong you are.