2008 Quarterback Power Rankings: The Fantasy Football Geek Blog

By Brandon (FFGeekBlog) on Thursday, May 22, 2008. Comment on this post

2008 Quarterback Power Rankings

Here are your quarterback power rankings for the 2008 fantasy football season, with my boy Tom Brady leading the pack...

Bookmark this post, it's updated regularly! Last updated: 08/26/08
Rank	Player	Team	Notes
Tier 1: Tom Brady
1	Brady, Tom	NE	Last time I checked, Wes Welker and Randy Moss were still on the team. Look for big things again this year from Brady (although I wouldn't expect 50 touchdowns again).
Tier 2: Best of the rest
2	Manning, Peyton	IND	Can Anthony Gonzalez step up and become a solid #2 for Manning? If Marvin Harrison continues his dramatic descent into old man territory, he'll have to if Manning wishes to have a good fantasy year.
3	Romo, Tony	DAL	Romo had a solid season last year and look for him to do even better this year with another year of experience under his belt.
4	Roethlisberger, Ben	PIT	Apparently he was the top fantasy producer in a Madden 09 simulation...do you believe a list that has Tatum Bell and Tarvaris Jackson in the top 25 though?
5	Brees, Drew	NO
Tier 3: Solid options if you went with a top RB or WR with your first few picks
6	Anderson, Derek	CLE	That last preseason game made me a bit nervous, with the concussion adding injury to the insult of his poor play up to that point. I expect he'll rebound and come back strong in the regular season, but let's hope he can show something before that in the next few weeks to make me feel better.
7	Palmer, Carson	CIN	I'm still a bit worried about the receiver situation in Cincy, but after some coercion by our readers, I was able to make myself boost Palmer up the ranks a bit. Let's hope that Ocho Cinco is good to go when the season starts though...
8	Hasselbeck, Matt	SEA
9	Favre, Brett	NYJ	Your new starting quarterback for the New York Jets. Finally, with Manny and Favre on new teams, we can get ESPN back from the hostage takers!
10	Manning, Eli	NYG
11	Cutler, Jay	DEN	Should be a lot healthier this season after finding out he has diabetes in the offseason and properly treating it. If WR Brandon Marshall was there to start the year, it be a better though.
12	McNabb, Donovan	PHI	All his receivers keep getting hurt, but he should end up alright in terms of fantasy stats.
Tier 4: Still serviceable options as a QB1...you just better have some solid players at other positions
13	Kitna, Jon	DET	Looking spectacular in preseason..."pre" being the key word.
14	Garrard, David	JAX
15	Schaub, Matt	HOU
16	Delhomme, Jake	CAR	Steve Smith's suspension hurts a bit, but if he can stay healthy, Delhomme could have a top 10 year for quarterbacks.
17	Rivers, Philip	SD	Gates says he'll be good to go at the start of the season and I think Rivers should be improved with another year at the helm.
18	Bulger, Marc	STL	There was a time when I was a huge Bulger fan...but that was years ago. Today he's the quarterback for a team that gives him very little protection, throwing the ball primarily to one receiver, while Steven Jackson does the dirty work. Maybe you can convince me otherwise, but for now, I don't see Bulger making my fantasy roster...at least not as my starter.
Tier 5: You would prefer to have these guys as your backup
19	Campbell, Jason	WAS
20	Rodgers, Aaron	GB	Favre is back...and I have no clue where the hell he or Rodgers fits on this list currently.
21	Garcia, Jeff	TB
22	Young, Vince	TEN	He still has no receivers...but could he throw it to them anyways?
23	Russell, JaMarcus	OAK	Javon Walker's thoughts of retiring doesn't do much to instill optimism in this passing game, but we'll see, I still think Russell will do alright this year.
24	Edwards, Trent	BUF	As a Bills fan, my co-blogger Matt will not appreciate Edwards' rank here, but can you honestly move him up much further? At least he's on the list!
25	Pennington, Chad	MIA

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#1. Matt, 7 months ago

So let's see, you mock my fantasy baseball team, give Tom Brady the obligatory Pats-fan backrub, and rank Edwards two spots lower than JaMarcus Russell... who, if you're keeping track, plays for the F@$#ING RAIDERS. Them's fightin' words.

#2. Josh, 7 months ago

I think Palmer & Vince Young are respectively too low. Palmer will throw 25+ TD's, even if the Bengals suck, and VY will rebound to run 5+ in and throw 15+, making him a top 10ish fantasy QB. Overall though its a good list...

#3. The Advisor, 5 months ago

Carson has to go up some.. I put Brees and Carson above Big Ben on my list, also I think McNabb has something to prove this year. Definite playoff spot for Philly this year.

#4. chris, 4 months ago

You used to put these players into tier 1,2,3...etc. That was very helpful for those of us who are too lazy to do it ourselves...

#5. Matt, 4 months ago

Yeah Brandon, seriously, quit slacking. Slacker.

#6. Brandon, 4 months ago

I was thinking of putting the players into tiers, but I was waiting on our web developer to provide a better looking table where I could incorporate tiers

#7. Brandon, 4 months ago

We got tiers up and running! Check out all the cool colors! Sorry it took so long...hopefully it can still help for a draft or two of yours. All of the lists should be color coded by days end.

#8. chris, 4 months ago

awesome...not in time for the Buffalo Rumblings website draft but good for the UB Alumni draft! Thanks.

#9. Chris, 4 months ago

He's got the receivers, but can he hold off Kurt Warner this year?

Was Chad Pennington trade again.

#10. Brandon, 4 months ago

@Chris: Hah, fixed! Pennington does NOT have the receivers that Kurt Warner would have if he were starting.

#11. Mark, 4 months ago

Brett Favre - GB - only in Packers fans dreams

#12. Brandon, 4 months ago

@Mark: I heard he was traded to the Jets? hah

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