Fantasy Football Review: Quarterbacks Who Produced in 2010

This past season, 16 quarterbacks scored 200-plus fantasy points in standard scoring leagues. By comparison, only 10 running backs and two wide receivers achieved the same numbers in 2010. Now, let's take a look at which quarterbacks produced to their potential in 2010.

Tom Brady (New England Patriots)

Having to overcome so many obstacles many thought Tom Brady didn’t have the weapons to put together a monstrous campaign In fact, our preseason draft guide had Brady No. 5 among quarterbacks, which was his lowest preseason ranking in all of the years we have operated Bruno Boys.

A month into the 2010 season the team traded away one of his top receivers, Randy Moss, and the other top receiver, Wes Welker, was attempting to come back early from a torn ACL. Also, the offense starting running more two-tight end sets. Through all of this, Brady silenced the critics and had his second-best season of his career. Brady finished with 4,710 yards, 36 touchdowns and just four interceptions.

In the end, a change in offensive philosophy that featured shorter passes and more opportunity for rookie tight ends Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski benefited Brady and the Patriots offense. While most quarterbacks would have taken some time to adjust,

Brady got better and finished the season with 289 fantasy points, which was good for No.3 overall.

Philip Rivers (San Diego Chargers)

Entering the 2010 season, fantasy football owners tread lightly around San Diego Chargers quarterback. After all, his top receiver Vincent Jackson, and the team’s starting left tackle, Marcus McNeill, decided to sit out in protest of new contracts.

Owners who decided to take a slight gamble on Rivers as their QB1 were rewarded. Rivers threw for a career-high 4,710 yards with 30 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He completed a personal best 66.0 percent of his passes and had a whopping 8.7 average yards per attempt. Not only did he do this without Jackson for the majority of the season, but All-Pro tight end Antonio Gates was injured and miss the majority of San Diego’s games down the stretch.

Plus, the Chargers didn’t even have a consistent running game and Rivers still managed to post stellar numbers on a weekly basis.

The numbers support more room for growth for Rivers in 2011, and based on the way he played in 2010 it’s hard to disagree.

 Josh Freeman (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

One of the biggest, and most pleasant, surprises at the quarterback position this season was Josh Freeman of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After a tough rookie season in which he threw 10 touchdowns and 18 interceptions, Freeman threw for 3,451 yards, 25 touchdowns and just six interceptions. He also rushed for 364 yards.

The important signs of growth from his rookie season to 2010 aside from his touchdown-to-interception ratio is that he improved his completion percentage from 54.6 to 61.4 and average yards per attempt from 6.4 to 7.3. Not only are his numbers sustainable, they could get much better in 2011.

Another key contribution of note was that Freeman has developed a tendency to lead Tampa Bay to comeback wins. In just a year and a half as the starter, Freeman has led the Buccaneers to seven fourth-quarter comebacks, which is impressive consider Tampa Bay has won 13 games in which Freeman started.

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