These are the starting quarterbacks in a 12-team fantasy football league.
The top five in no particular order:
Drew Brees
Aaron Rodgers
Peyton Manning
Tom Brady
Phillip Rivers
The next five in no particular order:
Ben Roethlisberger
Jay Cutler
Matt Schaub
Michael Vick
Tony Romo
If Michael Vick remains healthy all season AND puts up his usual weekly numbers, he will knock someone out of the top five. Schaub and Roethlisberger could possibly do that, too. These are the top ten. They should all be starters and you should get one at your draft/auction. You might notice that I only mention ten guys for a 12-team league. At least two owners are going to have to make up for QB production elsewhere. More than two if someone ends up with two or more of the top ten QBs and that definitely happens sometimes.
The best of the rest and this is the order I put them in:
Eli Manning
Matt Ryan
Mark Sanchez
Matthew Stafford
Josh Freeman
Sam Bradford
Joe Flacco
Matt Cassel
Carson Palmer*
Kevin Kolb*
Cam Newton-R
Christian Ponder-R
Jake Locker-R
*Palmer is adamant that he will not play for the Bengals this year and the Bengals are equally adamant that he won't play anywhere else. If the Bengals and Palmer kiss and make up or if a trade agreement and contract can be worked out so that he will play this year for someone else, you can move Carson just ahead of Eli Manning.
*Kolb will probably be traded and will become a starter on his team but I won't put him as a top ten prospect this year. He looked pretty good the one time I saw him play but I'd like to see more of him, especially once film study starts catching up with him. If the Eagles keep him, he's a backup on their team. If he's traded, put him below Matt Cassel.
That's only 18 guys, not counting Palmer, Kolb and rookies, for a 12-team league. Some owners are going to end up with not-very-good backups.
53 days until Saints v Packers ... I hope
