Fantasy football 2012 | Early quarterback rankings
January 29th, 2012 --- Written by ep
It’s too early to set anything in stone. The 2012 NFL schedule hasn’t been released. The 2012 NFL Draft is months away. The offseason free agency/trading period has yet to happen.
However, it doesn’t hurt to daydream ahead a couple months to August when we’ll be selecting our 2012 fantasy championship teams.
The following list was done on gut. I asked myself, “who would I pick first?” Then I looked up some stats and facts to help back up my opinions.
NOTE: My opinions will change violently depending on what day of the week it is.
Top 30 quarterbacks for 2012
| Rk | Name | Tm | Notes | |
| 1 | Rodgers, Aaron | NO | Running ability makes him an easy top choice | |
| 2 | Brees, Drew | GB | Coming off career year or he’d be No. 1 | |
| 3 | Brady, Tom | NEP | Getting older but still producing | |
| 4 | Stafford, Matthew | DET | Gets serious bump in dynasty leagues | |
| 5 | Newton, Cam | CAR | Potential for best run/pass combo in NFL history | |
| 6 | Manning, Eli | NYG | With those weapons, maybe should rank higher | |
| 7 | Romo, Tony | DAL | Like Eli, Romo has mad weapons | |
| 8 | Vick, Michael | PHI | Mad weapons, ability. 2011 raised questions | |
| 9 | Rivers, Philip | SD | With full-power Gates, Rivers blows up this rank | |
| 10 | Ryan, Matt | ATL | Still waiting for him to take next step | |
| 11 | Roethlisberger, Ben | PIT | Like every QB so far, weapons everywhere | |
| 12 | Schaub, Matt | HOU | Run-first O, but Andre Johnson makes up for it | |
| 13 | Manning, Peyton | IND/FA | Health, team questions costly in early rankings | |
| 14 | Locker, Jake | TEN | Remember Hasselbeck early? Britt returns in 2012 | |
| 15 | Dalton, Andy | CIN | A.J. Green is kind of receiver that makes QB careers | |
| 16 | Palmer, Carson | OAK | Last 3 wks of 2011: Top 5, outscored Newton, Eli, Rodgers, Rivers | |
| 17 | Tebow, Tim | DEN | Run ability=high ceiling; pass ability=low floor | |
| 18 | Flacco, Joe | BAL | No 300 games after week 9, must take step forward | |
| 19 | Skelton, John | ARI | 6 of last 8 games in 2011 18.45+ fantasy points. | |
| 20 | Sanchez, Mark | NYJ | Threw for 300 only once in final 13 games. | |
| 21 | Freeman, Josh | TBB | Was 2011 a mirage? Or was it 2010? | |
| 22 | Fitzpatrick, Ryan | BUF | One of the most inconsistent quarterbacks in 2011 | |
| 23 | Smith, Alex | SFO | Needs to have confidence in targets other than Davis | |
| 24 | Cutler, Jay | CHI | Would somebody draft Cutler a real WR? | |
| 25 | Bradford, Sam | STL | Full offseason with WR corps. On the move up? | |
| 26 | McCoy, Colt | CLE | Greg Little, please step up | |
| 27 | Hasselbeck, Matt | TEN | I say again, remember Hass when he was throwing to Britt early? | |
| 28 | Ponder, Christian | MIN | AP recovering; no weapons to target | |
| 29 | Orton, Kyle | KC/FA | Win over GB probably earned him chance somewhere | |
| 30 | Cassel, Matt | KC | Orton’s better option, but KC is paying Cassel too much $$ |
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