Fantasy Football Week Seven Rankings: Quarterbacks

There is big news surrounding the quarterback position this week in the NFL. The biggest, of course, is that Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Tony Romo, has a broken pinkie finger on his throwing hand and could miss up to four weeks, paving the way for backup Brad Johnson.

In Buffalo, starter Trent Edwards, who had suffered a concussion after a taking a vicious hit in Week Five, is back to practice after resting during the bye week.  Buffalo has already gone on record saying he will start.

Then, we have situations like Seattle, Cincinnati and Detroit, where injuries to starters caused for some atrocious play out of the backups, play that we may very well be privy to again in Week Seven. With four good quarterbacks on bye this week and many more injured, check out the Bruno Boys Fantasy Football Week Seven Quarterback Rankings to help you decide who to start and who to sit.

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1. Drew Brees (New Orleans Saints) at Carolina

Brees and the Saints continue to play at a high level despite not having all their starters in place. Reggie Bush is still struggling as a running back, but has become a great receiving threat out of the backfield for Brees and that’s helped open up the offense for New Orleans.

On paper the Carolina defense looks stout, but look at who the Panthers have played so far this season. Out of San Diego, Kansas City, Chicago, Tampa Bay, Atlanta and Minnesota, only the Chargers could be considered an elite offense. Don’t hesitate in playing Brees this week, it should be yet another good game for him.
Point Projection: 24 Points

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2. Peyton Manning (Indianapolis Colts) at Green Bay

Something finally clicked for the Colts in the fourth quarter of their win over the Texans two weeks ago and since then the offense has been on fire. Last week against the Ravens, who entered the game with one of the best defenses in the league, Manning was 19-of-28 for 271 yards and three touchdowns. It was also nice to see Marvin Harrison get back into things, especially considering the stuff that’s going on in his life outside the game.

Looking at this week’s matchup against the Packers, both Manning and counterpart Aaron Rodgers should have good games. But against a defense that ranks 23rd in points allowed and doesn’t cause a lot of turnovers, it will be Manning with the better day.
Point Projection: 22 Points

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3. Jay Cutler (Denver Broncos) at New England

Even when the Broncos don’t score a ton of points, the majority of the scoring is done by Cutler. The last two weeks Denver has scored just 16 and 17 points, respectively, but Cutler went for 222 yards and a touchdown two weeks ago against Tampa Bay and 192 yards and 2 touchdowns last week against Jacksonville.

New England showed last week in the loss to the Chargers that it can be passed against as Philip Rivers went for 306 yards and three touchdowns.
Point Projection: 20 Points

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4. Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers) vs. Indianapolis

The last three weeks Rodgers has accumulated eight total touchdowns against three interceptions, all while playing with some minor nagging injuries. In a win last week over the Seahawks, Rodgers played with a bad shoulder on his throwing arm and still went 21-of-30 for 208 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. This game with the Colts could likely turn into a shootout, so both quarterbacks look like good plays.
Point Projection: 19 Points

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5. Brett Favre (New York Jets) at Oakland

Favre got a little wild last week in the team’s win over the Bengals as he threw two interceptions and lost a fumble that was returned for a touchdown. He also was not asked to do much because the Jets knew they could simply win the game with their running game and did so.

The Raiders are, as usual these days, a mess, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Oakland ranks 26th in passing yards allowed, 24th in total yards allowed and 27th in points allowed. It should be fun watching Favre and the Jets playaction the Raiders to death this week.
Point Projection: 18 Points

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6. Eli Manning (New York Giants) vs. San Francisco

Manning looked a bit like the Manning of old against the Browns, throwing off his back foot too often and tossing three interceptions. But, even the best quarterbacks are entitled to a bad game every now and then and perhaps the Giants were just overlooking the Browns.

This week Manning gets a San Francisco defense that gave up 33 points (seven of the Eagles' 40 points were scored on a return INT) last week so expect Manning to rebound well.
Point Projection: 17 Points

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7. Matt Schaub (Houston Texans) vs. Detroit

Look at Schaub’s season statistics and they’re not that great. But, let’s look at the last two games against his first two. The first two games of the season Schaub passed for a combined 390 yards and had an average yards per attempt of 5.6.

The last two games Schaub has gone over 300 yards each time and upped his average yards per attempt to 8.4, a very good number. Clearly, Schaub is playing much better. This week against the hapless Lions he should continue to do so.
Point Projection: 16 Points

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