Offensive Line

2008 Passing

2008 Rushing

#

Name

Team

Pos

Age

Exp

Pass Blocking

Yds

TD

INT

Yds

TD

FPTS

Reward

Risk

Tier 1

1

Tom Brady

NEP

QB

31

9

Same

4300

34

12

100

1

355

High

Medium

10 QBs have had a season of over 350 fantasy pts with passing stats alone and none managed to do it in two consecutive seasons. The average decrease in points is 22% and is 25% for QBs with similar TD/Comp ratios.

2

Drew Brees

NOS

QB

29

8

Slightly Worse

4300

30

15

50

0

325

Medium

Low

He would have been 2nd best QB if it weren't for his first 4 horrible games, the loss of Faine will hurt slightly in pass protection but the return of Meachem and addition of Shockey will help a lot

3

Peyton Manning

IND

QB

32

11

Same

4200

30

12

25

2

333

Medium

Medium

Has been very consistent but the knee injury is a slight concern and most importantly the injury to Jeff Saturday is a big concern. Saturday is in charge of making all the adjustments on the Colts offensive line and had missed only two games in eight seasons.

4

Tony Romo

DAL

QB

28

5

Same

4200

30

18

100

1

328

Medium

Medium

Some may argue that he has not proven enough yet but he's been consistantly good in his 28 NFL starts. He lacks a #2 WR and Owens is getting old but he should be solid again this year.

Tier 2

5

Jay Cutler

DEN

QB

25

3

Slightly Better

3700

22

15

200

1

284

High

Medium

Of the 17 2nd or 3rd year QBs that had 200 to 300 fantasy pts in their 1st yr as full-time starter; 3 decreased by 10+ %, 6 increased by 10+ %. He did not know he was playing with diabetes last year so should improve.

6

David Garrard

JAC

QB

30

7

Slightly Better

3500

24

10

250

1

292

Medium

Medium

8 of the 13 QBs who had a breakout season between 27 and 31 yrs old and remained starter the following year continued to improve. His line is better and has good depth but Garrard has to show he can play 16 games.

7

Donovan McNabb

PHI

QB

32

10

Slightly Better

4100

24

10

200

1

317

Low

High

He is a top 5 QB when healthy but has not played all 16 games since 2003. DeSean Jackson and a healthy L.J. Smith should both help but make sure you get a very good backup if you draft McNabb.

8

Derek Anderson

CLE

QB

25

4

Same

3900

27

20

75

2

303

Medium

High

Of the 12 QBs who had a big breakout season in their first 4 NFL seasons, only 2 had a drop in performance by more than 10%, 3 improved by more than 10%; Stallworth should help. Remember Romo last year.

9

Carson Palmer

CIN

QB

29

6

Same

3900

24

17

30

0

277

High

Medium

His stats have been slowly decreasing, LT Jones and WR Johnson both asked for a trade. His pass attempts were higher last year because of the poor running game.

10

Brett Favre

NYJ

QB

39

18

Better

3600

24

18

25

0

261

High

Low

We don't want to get too excited just yet about this offense but when you add three Pro Bowlers to an aleady decent offense it is never a bad thing.

11

Matt Schaub

HOU

QB

27

5

Same

3900

21

18

100

0

271

High

Medium

Schaub battled injuries all season but his stats for the 8 full games he played would project to 4,200 yards, 18 TDs and 14 INTs over 16 games. The running game will be better, expect big things but he is an injury risk.

12

Ben Roethlisberger

PIT

QB

26

5

Same

3600

26

14

125

2

295

Medium

High

He has shown consistent improvement but has never played 16 games in a season and could lose some TDs to Mendenhall in the red zone.

Tier 3

13