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2005 Player Rankings: Cheat Sheet - Performance
Updated: September 5, 2005

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QUARTERBACKS			Bye
Tier 1
1	Peyton Manning	DEN	9
2	Daunte Culpepper	FA	x
3	Donovan McNabb	FA	x
Tier 2
4	Marc Bulger	FA	x
5	Brett Favre	FA	x
6	Trent Green	FA	x
7	Matt Hasselbeck	IND	8
8	Carson Palmer	ARI	6
9	Jake Plummer	FA	x
10	Tom Brady	NEP	7
11	Aaron Brooks	FA	x
12	Michael Vick	PHI	6
Tier 3
13	Drew Brees	NOS	10
14	Kerry Collins	FA	x
15	Byron Leftwich	PIT	4
16	David Carr	NYG	5
17	Chad Pennington	FA	x
18	Brian Griese	FA	x
19	Jake Delhomme	FA	x
20	Kurt Warner	FA	x
21	Joey Harrington	FA	x
22	Steve McNair	FA	x
23	Kyle Boller	FA	x
24	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	4
Tier 4
25	Trent Dilfer	FA	x
26	Drew Bledsoe	FA	x
27	Patrick Ramsey	FA	x
28	Eli Manning	NYG	5
29	J.P. Losman	FA	x
30	Gus Frerotte	FA	x
31	Tim Rattay	FA	x
32	Kyle Orton	DAL	9
33	Alex Smith	KCC	5
34	Billy Volek	FA	x
35	A.J. Feeley	FA	x

KICKERS			Bye
Tier 1
1	Mike Vanderjagt	FA	x
2	David Akers	DET	3
3	Jason Elam	FA	x
4	Adam Vinatieri	IND	8
5	Matt Stover	FA*
Tier 2
6	Ryan Longwell	SEA	8
7	Jeff Wilkins	FA	x
8	Jeff Reed	FA*
9	Josh Brown	NYG	5
10	Rian Lindell	BUF	9
11	Shayne Graham	CLE	4
12	Nate Kaeding	FA	x
Tier 3
13	John Carney	FA*
14	Sebastian Janikowski	OAK	5
15	Neil Rackers	FA*
16	Jason Hanson	FA	x
17	Mike Nugent	CIN	10
19	John Kasay	FA	x
20	Jay Feely	ARI	6
21	Josh Scobee	JAC	7
22	Kris Brown	FA*
23	Phil Dawson	SFO	6
24	Lawrence Tynes	FA	x
25	Doug Brien	FA	x
26	John Hall	FA	x
27	Matt Bryant	ATL	8
28	Olindo Mare	FA*
29	Joe Nedney	FA	x
30	Jose Cortez	FA	x

DEFENSES		Bye
Tier 1
1	Baltimore	3
2	Buffalo	9
3	New England	7
Tier 2
4	Pittsburgh	4
5	Carolina	7
6	Atlanta	8
7	Indianapolis	8
8	Tampa Bay	7
9	New York Jets	8
10	Philadelphia	6
11	Washington	3
12	Cincinnati	10
13	Minnesota	5
Tier 3
14	Dallas	9
15	Jacksonville	7
16	San Diego	10
17	Chicago	4
18	Denver	9
19	New Orleans	10
20	Arizona	6
21	New York Giants	5
22	Seattle	8
23	Miami	4
24	Houston	3
25	Detroit	3
26	Tennessee	10
27	St. Louis	9
28	Cleveland	4
29	Kansas City	5
30	Green Bay	6

RUNNING BACKS			Bye
Tier 1
1	LaDainian Tomlinson	FA	x
2	Shaun Alexander	FA	x
3	Edgerrin James	FA	x
Tier 2
4	Priest Holmes	FA	x
5	Domanick Williams	FA	x
6	Deuce McAllister	FA*
7	Willis McGahee	FA	x
8	Corey Dillon	FA	x
9	Jamal Lewis	FA	x
10	Kevin Jones	FA	x
11	Clinton Portis	FA	x
Tier 3
12	Julius Jones	FA	x
13	Tiki Barber	FA	x
14	Rudi Johnson	FA	x
14	Ben Tate	HOU	3
15	Curtis Martin	FA	x
16	Ahman Green	FA	x
17	Steven Jackson	ATL	8
18	Lamont Jordan	FA	x
19	Brian Westbrook	FA	x
20	Carnell Williams	FA*
21	J.J. Arrington	FA	x
22	Cedric Benson	FA*
23	Ronnie Brown	SDC	10
24	Chris Brown	FA	x
25	Warrick Dunn	FA*
Tier 4
26	Montario Hardesty	CLE	4
26	Kevan Barlow	FA	x
27	Mike Anderson	FA	x
28	De'shaun Foster	FA*
29	Michael Bennett	FA	x
30	Fred Taylor	FA	x
31	Larry Johnson	FA	x
33	Marshall Faulk	FA	x
34	T.J. Duckett	FA*
35	Thomas Jones	FA	x
36	Lee Suggs	FA	x
37	Tatum Bell	FA	x
38	Mewelde Moore	FA	x
39	Reuben Droughns	FA	x
40	Ryan Moats	FA	x
41	Willie Parker	FA	x
Tier 5
42	Ricky Williams	FA	x
43	Duce Staley	FA	x
44	Travis Henry	FA*
45	Brandon Jacobs	FA	x
46	Stephen Davis	FA	x
47	Michael Pittman	FA	x
49	Nick Goings	FA	x
50	Labrandon Toefield	FA	x
51	Frank Gore	SFO	6
52	Verron Haynes	FA	x
53	Anthony Thomas	FA	x
53	Ryan Neufeld	FA	x
54	Ciatrick Fason	FA	x
55	Alvin Pearman	FA	x
56	Kevin Faulk	FA	x
57	Marion Barber	FA	x
58	Najeh Davenport	FA	x
59	Marcel Shipp	FA	x
61	Vernand Morency	FA	x
62	Chester Taylor	FA	x
63	Dominic Rhodes	FA	x
64	Derrick Blaylock	FA	x
65	Greg Jones	HOU	3
66	Cedric Houston	FA	x
67	Ladell Betts	FA	x
68	Lamar Gordon	FA	x
69	Shawn Bryson	FA	x
70	Tony Fisher	FA	x
71	Justin Griffith	HOU	3
72	Mike Alstott	FA	x
74	Michael Turner	FA*
75	Chris Perry	FA	x
77	Darren Sproles	NOS	10
78	Justin Fargas	FA	x
79	Aaron Stecker	FA	x
80	Ron Dayne	FA	x
81	Maurice Morris	FA	x
82	Travis Minor	FA	x
83	Tony Richardson	FA	x
84	Antowain Smith	FA	x
85	Artose Pinner	FA	x
86	Kenny Watson	FA	x
87	Adrian Peterson	FA	x
88	Musa Smith	FA	x
89	Maurice Hicks	FA	x
90	Shaud Williams	FA	x
91	Rock Cartwright	FA*
92	James Mungro	FA	x
93	Arlen Harris	FA	x

WIDE RECEIVERS			Bye
Tier 1
1	Randy Moss	FA*
2	Torry Holt	FA	x
3	Chad Johnson	FA*
4	Marvin Harrison	FA*
5	Terrell Owens	FA*
5	Andre Roberts	ARI	6
6	Javon Walker	FA	x
7	Joe Horn	FA*
8	Reggie Wayne	IND	8
Tier 2
9	Nate Burleson	DET	3
10	Steve Smith	CAR	7
11	Darrell Jackson	FA	x
12	Armanti Edwards	CAR	7
12	Andre Johnson	HOU	3
13	Roy Williams	FA	x
14	Michael Clayton	FA	x
Tier 3
15	Laveranues Coles	FA	x
16	Anquan Boldin	SFO	6
17	Ashley Lelie	FA	x
18	Hines Ward	FA	x
19	Drew Bennett	FA	x
20	Isaac Bruce	FA	x
21	Donald Driver	FA	x
23	Lee Evans	FA	x
24	Rod Smith	FA	x
25	Deion Branch	FA*
26	Chris Chambers	FA	x
Tier 4
27	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	6
28	Eddie Kennison	FA	x
29	Muhsin Muhammad	FA	x
30	T.J. Houshmandzadeh	FA	x
31	Derrick Mason	FA	x
32	Eric Moulds	FA	x
33	Brandon Stokley	FA*
34	Jerry Porter	FA	x
35	Donte' Stallworth	WAS	3
36	Braylon Edwards	FA*
37	Keary Colbert	FA	x
38	Troy Williamson	FA	x
39	Keyshawn Johnson	FA	x
40	Plaxico Burress	PIT	4
41	David Givens	FA	x
42	Santana Moss	WAS	3
43	Justin McCareins	FA	x
Tier 5
44	Brandon Lloyd	FA*
44	Emmanuel Sanders	PIT	4
45	Reggie Williams	FA	x
46	Charles Rogers	FA	x
48	Bobby Engram	FA*
49	Terry Glenn	FA*
50	Antonio Bryant	FA	x
51	Keenan McCardell	FA	x
52	Amani Toomer	FA	x
53	Travis Taylor	FA	x
54	Reche Caldwell	FA	x
55	Matt Jones	FA	x
56	Greg Lewis	FA	x
57	Mike Williams	FA	x
58	Marty Booker	FA	x
59	Cedrick Wilson	FA	x
60	Joey Galloway	FA	x
61	Reggie Brown	FA	x
62	Samie Parker	FA	x
63	David Patten	FA	x
64	Mark Clayton	FA	x
65	Eric Parker	FA	x
66	Antwaan Randle El	FA	x
67	Andre' Davis	FA	x
69	Kevin Curtis	FA	x
70	Marcus Robinson	FA	x
71	Corey Bradford	FA	x
72	Michael Jenkins	NEP	7
73	Clarence Moore	FA	x
74	Roddy White	ATL	8
75	Az-zahir Hakim	FA	x
76	Shaun McDonald	FA	x
77	Rod Gardner	FA	x
78	Darius Watts	FA	x
79	Justin Gage	FA	x
80	Brandon Jones	FA	x
81	Bryant Johnson	FA	x
82	Brian Finneran	FA	x
83	Mark Bradley	FA	x
84	Patrick Crayton	FA	x
85	Ronald Curry	FA	x
86	Dennis Northcutt	FA	x
87	Ike Hilliard	FA	x
89	Jabar Gaffney	FA*
90	Chris Henry	CIN	10
91	Troy Brown	FA	x
92	Courtney Roby	NOS	10
93	David Boston	FA	x
96	Joe Jurevicius	FA	x
97	Jerome Mathis	FA	x
98	Taylor Jacobs	FA	x
99	Jerricho Cotchery	PIT	4

TIGHT ENDS			Bye
Tier 1
1	Tony Gonzalez	ATL	8
2	Antonio Gates	SDC	10
2	Rob Gronkowski	NEP	7
3	Jason Witten	DAL	9
4	Dallas Clark	FA	x
5	Alge Crumpler	FA	x
Tier 2
6	Todd Heap	FA	x
7	Jeremy Shockey	FA	x
8	Randy McMichael	FA	x
8	Ed Dickson	BAL	3
9	Chris Cooley	FA	x
10	L.J. Smith	FA	x
11	Jermaine Wiggins	FA	x
12	Eric Johnson	FA	x
Tier 3
13	Bubba Franks	FA	x
14	Ben Troupe	FA	x
15	Jerramy Stevens	FA	x
16	Doug Jolley	FA	x
18	Jeb Putzier	FA	x
19	Desmond Clark	FA	x
20	Courtney Anderson	FA	x
21	Ben Watson	NOS	10
22	Heath Miller	PIT	4
24	Daniel Graham	FA	x
25	Matt Schobel	FA	x
26	Stephen Alexander	FA	x
27	Erron Kinney	FA	x
28	Steve Heiden	FA	x
29	Marcus Pollard	ATL	8
30	Mark Campbell	FA	x
31	Anthony Becht	FA	x
33	Todd Yoder	WAS	3
34	Alex Smith	CIN	10
36	Mike Seidman	FA	x
37	Itula Mili	FA	x
38	Christian Fauria	FA	x
40	Kyle Brady	FA	x
41	Chris Baker	FA	x
42	Jim Kleinsasser	FA	x
44	Jason Dunn	FA	x
45	Tony Stewart	FA	x
46	Jerame Tuman	FA	x
48	Casey Fitzsimmons	FA	x
49	Justin Peelle	FA	x
51	Brandon Manumaleuna	FA	x
54	Visanthe Shiancoe	FA	x
56	Jeff Robinson	FA	x
57	George Wrighster	FA	x
58	Donald Lee	FA	x
59	David Martin	FA	x
60	Mark Bruener	FA	x
61	Aaron Walker	FA	x
63	Ben Hartsock	CAR	7

WIDE RECEIVERS			Bye
Tier 5
101	Ricky Proehl	FA	x
102	Doug Gabriel	FA	x
103	Arnaz Battle	FA	x
104	Robert Ferguson	FA	x
105	Bernard Berrian	FA	x
107	Sam Aiken	FA	x
110	Terrance Copper	KCC	5
111	Bobby Wade	FA	x
112	Roydell Williams	FA	x
113	Rasheed Marshall	FA	x
114	Devery Henderson	WAS	3
116	Kelley Washington	FA	x
117	Kassim Osgood	SFO	6
118	Quincy Morgan	FA	x
119	Bethel Johnson	FA	x
120	Lee Mays	FA	x
121	Josh Reed	FA	x
126	Antonio Chatman	FA	x
128	Devard Darling	FA	x
131	Dane Looker	FA	x
134	Dante Hall	FA	x


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