FANTASY FOOTBALL PRE-SEASON FEATURES

2005 Player Rankings: Change Tracker - Quarterbacks
Updated: September 5, 2005

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Performance Rankings
Rank		Player	Team	Bye
Tier 1
	1	Peyton Manning	IND	8
	2	Daunte Culpepper	MIN	5
Tier 2
	3	Donovan McNabb	PHI	6
	4	Marc Bulger	STL	9
	5	Brett Favre	GBP	6
	6	Trent Green	KCC	5
	7	Matt Hasselbeck	SEA	8
	8	Carson Palmer	CIN	10
	9	Jake Plummer	DEN	9
	10	Tom Brady	NEP	7
Tier 3
	11	Aaron Brooks	NOS	10
	12	Michael Vick	ATL	8
	13	Drew Brees	SDC	10
	14	Kerry Collins	OAK	5
	15	Byron Leftwich	JAX	7
	16	David Carr	HOU	3
	17	Chad Pennington	NYJ	8
	18	Brian Griese	TBB	7
	19	Jake Delhomme	CAR	7
	20	Kurt Warner	ARI	6
	21	Joey Harrington	DET	3
	22	Steve McNair	TEN	10
	23	Kyle Boller	BAL	3
	24	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	4
Tier 4
	25	Trent Dilfer	CLE	4
	26	Drew Bledsoe	DAL	9
	27	Patrick Ramsey	WAS	3
	28	Eli Manning	NYG	5
	29	J.P. Losman	BUF	9
	30	Gus Frerotte	MIA	4
	31	Tim Rattay	SFO	6
	32	Kyle Orton	CHI	4
	33	Alex Smith	SFO	6
	34	Billy Volek	TEN	10
	35	A.J. Feeley	MIA	4

Player	Change	Was	Now	Date
Jeff Garcia		34	NR	09/03/05
Fracturing a leg bone always gets you dropped from the rankings.
Player	Change	Was	Now	Date
Donovan McNabb		4	3	08/27/05
McNabb gets a tick upwards after looking almost flawless the last two weeks and with an instant connection with Terrell Owens last night in the exhibition game against the Bengals.
Player	Change	Was	Now	Date
Tim Rattay		NR	31	08/25/05
Rattay has been given the starting nod for now and he looks good enough to keep Alex Smith on the bench at least for the starting of the season. No guarantee he keeps the job, but for at least the first few weeks, it appears Rattay will get another chance.
Player	Change	Was	Now	Date
Alex Smith		30	33	08/25/05
Smith has been unimpressive in preseason play and the coaching staff has elevated Rattay into the starting position. Smith should see some playing time this year but at least to start the season - Rattay will be the man.
Player	Change	Was	Now	Date
Joey Harrington		24	21	08/15/05
Harrington looked very polished and sharp in the preseason opener against the Jets when he completed 9 of 9 passes for 100 yards. That's exactly what we want to see and gives hope that he will take advantage of the supercrew of wideouts he now has.
Player	Change	Was	Now	Date
Rex Grossman		30	NR	08/14/05
Grossman - we hardly knew ye (again). He'll be out with a broken ankle for far too long to consider drafting. Just plain snake-bitten really.
Player	Change	Was	Now	Date
Chad Hutchinson		NR	32	08/14/05
Hutchinson moves into the starting spot with Grossman out, but that's hardly any guarantee he will even make the season opener as the starter. He's already proven not to be a true starting-caliber quarterback and the Bears will likely look for other answers. If you play in a league that requires you to draft so many quarterbacks that Hutchinson is actually an option, you should quit the league and just play in The Huddle's MVP Challenge.
Player	Change	Was	Now	Date
Kyle Orton		NR	34	08/14/05
The rookie has looked very good in camp and played well enough so far in the preseason that he's almost a lock to get some playing time this season if not eventually take his turn at what is becoming the annual revolving door for quarterbacks in Chicago. If any quarterback on the current Bears roster ends up worth owning for a fantasy team, it will be Orton. That does not, however, necessarily mean any of them will be worth owning.
Player	Change	Was	Now	Date
Donovan McNabb		3	4	08/11/05
McNabb drops out of Tier 1 with all the dark clouds gathering around Terrell Owens. He may drop farther as the situation in PHI does not appear likely to improve.
Player	Change	Was	Now	Date
Gus Frerotte		34	32	08/11/05
Frerotte played well in the Hall of Fame game and appears to have the upper hand in winning the coveted role of first Miami quarterback to get plastered behind a bad offensive line. He was much more poised and controlled and already is familiar with the new offense.
Player	Change	Was	Now	Date
A.J. Feeley		32	34	08/11/05
Feeley did not play well in the Hall of Fame game and has likely dropped behind Frerotte in the quarterback derby in Miami.