Tight Ends

There are a lot of great Tight Ends this year. See my rankings below:

1. Antonio Gates
2. Dallas Clark
3. Jermichael Finley
4. Vernon Davis
5. Tony Gonzalez
6. Jason Witten
7. Brent Celek
8. Kellen Winslow
9. Owen Daniels
10. Chris Cooley
11. Visante Shiancoe
12. Zach Miller
13. John Carlson
14. Heath Miller
15. Greg Olsen
16. Jeremy Shockey
17. Dustin Keller
18. Kevin Boss
19. Tony Scheffler
20. Fred Davis
21. Jermaine Grishem

Don't be in a rush a draft a TE, the top 10 ranked TE's are all great!

Wide Receivers

The first 5 WR's are studs the next10 WR's are pretty impressive and then it becomes a crap shoot. These are my Rankings

1. Andre Johnson


2. Randy Moss


3. Reggie Wayne


4. Miles Austin


5. Larry Fitzgerald


6. Roddy White


7. Calvin Johnson


8. Greg Jennings


9. Brandon Marshall


10. DeSean Jackson


11. Anquan Boldin


12. Marques Colston


13. Steve Smith (CAR)


14. Mike Sims-Walker


15. Dwayne Bowe


16. Chad Ocho-Cinco


17. Steve Smith (NYG)


18. Michael Crabtree


19. Hines Ward


20. Hakeem Nicks


21. Percy Harvin (Reach if his Migraines continue)


22. TJ Houshmandzadeh


23. Donald Driver


24. Pierre Garcon


25. Wes Welker (although coming off ACL injury, he looks good so far and I hope he is back for to his old form)


26. Vincent Jackson (suspended for 3 games and still no contract....if he signs, he will have a great year)


27. Sidney Rice (Hip sugery...Out half the season. Will be great later pick)


28. Mike Wallace


29. Jeremy Maclin


30. Robert Meachem


31. Steve Breaston


32. Braylon Edwards


33. Santana Moss


34. Johnny Knox


35. Lee Evans


36. Malcolm Floyd (with Jackson out, he will step up big for the Chargers)


37. Derrick Mason


38. Jacoby Jones


39. Jabar Gaffney


40. Terrell Owens


41. Devin Aromashodu


42. Early Doucet


43. Kenny Britt


44. Dez Bryant


45. Santonio Holmes (suspended for 6 games or would be ranked higher)


46. Mohamed Massaquoi


47. Dez Bryant


48. Chaz Schillens


49. Devery Henderson


50. Bernard Berrian


51. Nate Burleson


52. Brandon Lafell


53. Josh Morgan


54. Eddie Royal


55. Mike Thomas


56. Mario Manningham


57. Donnie Avery


58. Mike Williams (TB)


59. Kevin Walter


60. Legedu Nanee
61. Chirs Chambers


62. Arrelious Benn


63. Demaryius Thomas


64. Julian Edelman (if Walker is still hurting)


65. Laurent Robinson

WR's are really a toss up in later rounds but a few of my favorites are Malcolm Floyd, Mike Williams (TB), Massaquoi, and Donnie Avery

Watch for injuries and suspensions. I would be very cautious with (rice, jackson, harvin, holmes, dez bryant, fitzgerald)

Running Backs

With a lot of teams going to a 2 RB systems, the teams that still have 1 Primary RB are the key.

1. Chris Johnson
2. Adrian Peterson
3. Maurice Jones-Drew
4. Ray Rice
5. Frank Gore
6. Steven Jackson
7. Michael Turner
8. Rashard Mendenhall
9. Ryan Matthews
10. Shonn Greene
11. D'angelo Williams
12. Ryan Grant
13. Knowshon Moreno
14. Jamaal Charles
15. Pierre Thomas
16. Beanie Wells
17. Cedric Benson
18. LeSean McCoy
19. Felix Jones
20. Clinton Portis
21. Matt Forte
22. Joseph Addai
23. Jonathan Stewart
24. Ronnie Brown (coming off injury. There might be an exact split in carries with Williams and may be a week to week thing based on who is playing better. See both going round 5 -7)
25. Ricky Williams
26. Jahvid Best
27. Jerome Harrison
28. Arian Foster
29. Justin Forsett
30. Ahmed Bradshaw
31. Michael Bush
32. Reggie Bush
33. Brandon Jacobs
34. CJ Spiller
35. Cadillac Williams
36. Darren McFadden
37. Steve Slaton
38. LT
39. Thomas Jones
40. Marion Barber
41. Montario Hardesty
42. Tim Hightower
43. Chester Taylor
44. Darren Sproles
45. Lawrence Maroney
46. Willis McGahee
47. Donald Brown (good Handcuff with addai though Mike Hart may get goal line carries)
48. Correll Buckhalter
49. Fred Jackson (recovering from injury)
50. Marshawn Lynch (not show how situation in BUF will work out so look for late round gamble with Lynch)
51. Kevin Smith (recovering from injury)
52. Toby Gerhart
53. Darrick Ward
54. Bernard Scott
55. Brian Westbrook
56. Rashard Jennings (good handcuff for MJD)
57. Leon Washington
58. Julius Jones
59. Tashard Choice
60. Fred Taylor
61. Javon Ringer
62. Larry Johnson
63. Jerious Norwood

A couple sleepers that should slip to the 4th or 5th round are Matt Forte and Felix Jones.

Bradshaw may slip even later and might not be the starter when the season begins but I think he will get a heavier workload as the season goes on.

I have heard Portis is slipping in drafts and he would be a steal in the 7th or 8th round where I hear he is going, especially with McNabb there to revamp the offense

I like Jamaal Charles a lot but I see him as a late 2nd or early 3rd round pick

Quarterbacks

Below is my list of QB's. I won't give me reason behind all of them but I will write about a few sleepers below.
1 Aaron Rodgers
2 Drew Brees
3 Peyton Manning
4 Tom Brady
5 Tony Romo
6 Matt Schaub
7 Phillip Rivers
8 Kevin Kolb
9 Brett Favre
10 Jay Cutler
11 Eli Manning
12 Matt Ryan
13 Donovan McNabb
14 Joe Flacco
15 Carson Palmer
16 Chad Henne
17 Ben Roethelisberger (suspended frist 4 games, Leftwich or Dixon will be starting....they are good late round pick ups if you get Big Ben)
18 David Gerrard
19 Mark Sanchez
20 Matthew Stafford
21 Matt Leinart
22 Alex Smith
23 Matt Cassell
24 Vince Young

As you get down around QB's 10 -15, they make would make a great 2 QB combo although many have a bye in week 8 (Kolb, Cutler, E. Manning, Flacco, Ryan) but pair them with (Palmer, McNabb, Henne, Big Ben). These QB's should not go until round 6 but should pay off big time for you.

My late round sleeper is Matt Stafford. He has a good crew of receivers and would be great to pair with a top QB (no Schaub, P. Manning)

Waitng for Favre...each week

I was about to post my quaterback's but with the possible Brett Favre retirement, I have decided to hold off. I am expecting Favre to decide each week this season if he is going to retire or not based on how he plays. I think he is still upset about losing Mary to Ted. Mary's a fox! Tune in for the new station, ESPN4...all about Brett Favre, 24 hours a day

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