BillsRockSOMUCH
05-26-2004, 09:11 PM
Sporting News Rated the Fantasy QBs. They out them into pairs.
With the league's recent free-agent shuffling, it seems as if quarterbacks have now become interchangeable parts, even those who have enjoyed such good success in the past. Chalk it up to one of the few negatives of the salary-cap era.
It's getting more difficult to tell who's a viable, winning quarterback anymore, so it's even harder to tell who's a reliable fantasy quarterback. The key is finding out which veterans in decline to avoid and which youngsters on the rise to snag.
Looking at all 32 teams' situations around the league, I discovered 16 different "quarterback types," and it worked out perfectly that there were two QBs for each category. Here's my tier-by-tier pairings:
1. The Elite: Peyton Manning and Daunte Culpepper. If you draft a quarterback in the first round, one of these two must be your choice. Their styles are a bit different -- Manning is pure pocket, Culpepper can run over defenders -- but in addition to starring in cities that end in "apolis", they both play in prolific offenses and friendly domes. And don't forget that each has one of the league's two best receivers (Marvin Harrison, Randy Moss) as his respective go-to-guy.
Culpepper has more potential for rushing scores, but because he runs more than Manning and the Colts have a better offensive line, Manning is a much better bet to play all 16 games.
More... (http://fantasy.sportingnews.com/nfl/voices/vinnie_iyer/20040525.html)
With the league's recent free-agent shuffling, it seems as if quarterbacks have now become interchangeable parts, even those who have enjoyed such good success in the past. Chalk it up to one of the few negatives of the salary-cap era.
It's getting more difficult to tell who's a viable, winning quarterback anymore, so it's even harder to tell who's a reliable fantasy quarterback. The key is finding out which veterans in decline to avoid and which youngsters on the rise to snag.
Looking at all 32 teams' situations around the league, I discovered 16 different "quarterback types," and it worked out perfectly that there were two QBs for each category. Here's my tier-by-tier pairings:
1. The Elite: Peyton Manning and Daunte Culpepper. If you draft a quarterback in the first round, one of these two must be your choice. Their styles are a bit different -- Manning is pure pocket, Culpepper can run over defenders -- but in addition to starring in cities that end in "apolis", they both play in prolific offenses and friendly domes. And don't forget that each has one of the league's two best receivers (Marvin Harrison, Randy Moss) as his respective go-to-guy.
Culpepper has more potential for rushing scores, but because he runs more than Manning and the Colts have a better offensive line, Manning is a much better bet to play all 16 games.
More... (http://fantasy.sportingnews.com/nfl/voices/vinnie_iyer/20040525.html)