The Upsider: Dynasty and Keeper League QB Rankings

Dan Tindal — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:20:37 -0500

Why?

Dynasty and keeper league opinions and rankings have been a very hard thing for me to locate lately. I might not be looking hard enough, or in the right places, but regardless, others must feel my emptiness.

What?

Anyways, here they are: my dynasty and keeper league QB ratings. The numeral value is based on a compilation of statistics including, but not limited to, 2008 performance, team strength, NFL expectations, youth, and position on the depth chart. These are most of the variables that I find myself trying to sort out in my brain when I am offered a trade or I see a tempting wavier wire pickup. (I have only included the QBs that have any sort of value)

OH!

One last thing. The “What If” column is for players who did not get to start all of the team’s games. The column just changes a few stats to guess what the player’s value would have been had they played. Although it can never be perfect, it gives you an interesting number to compare or analyze.

	Starter	Upside	GS	What If?	Yards	TDS	INTS	Years Pro	Draft Round
Jay Cutler	Yes	119.7	14	-	38.5	24	15	3	1
Matt Ryan	Yes	114.1	14	-	31.46	14	9	1	1
Eli Manning	Yes	113.2	14	-	29.38	20	10	5	1
Philip Rivers	Yes	109.1	14	-	35.15	28	11	5	1
Ben Roethlisburger	Yes	106.9	14	-	28.73	15	12	5	1
Joe Flacco	Yes	106.3	14	-	25.25	13	12	1	1
Drew Brees	Yes	105.1	14	-	43.32	28	16	8	2
Matt Cassel	Yes	104.9	13	108.6	32.7	18	11	4	7
Aaron Rodgers	Yes	104.0	14	-	34.7	23	12	4	1
Tony Romo	Yes	102.2	11	115.9	30.13	24	11	6	UND
Peyton Manning	Yes	98.2	14	-	35.43	23	12	11	1
Kurt Warner	Yes	98.2	14	-	42.89	26	13	11	UND
Jason Campbell	Yes	95.4	14	-	29.45	12	6	4	1
Donovan Mcnabb	Yes	92.3	14	-	35.11	21	11	10	1
Kyle Orton	Yes	90.3	13	93.2	25.93	15	10	4	4
Chad Pennington	Yes	86.6	14	-	32.18	14	6	9	1
Jake Delhomme	Yes	85.0	14	-	28.49	14	12	10	UND
Trent Edwards	Yes	84.9	12	90.0	23.78	10	10	2	3
Matt Schaub	Yes	82.6	9	101.8	24.6	13	9	5	3
David Garrard	Yes	75.3	14	-	31.64	13	10	7	4
Kerry Collins	Yes	74.6	13	77.2	24.65	11	7	14	1
JaMarcus Russell	Yes	73.6	13	75.6	20.39	9	7	2	1
Jeff Garcia	Yes	71.3	9	88.7	22.23	10	3	10	UND
Tavaris Jackson	TBA	66.5	3	108.7	5.84	6	1	3	2
Tyler Thigpen	Yes	65.9	9	84.2	20.97	15	9	2	7
Brett Favre	Yes	64.0	14

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