1. Cam Newton, Carolina (1)
2. Drew Brees, New Orleans (2)
3. Peyton Manning, Denver (3)
4. Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay (4)
5. Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco (5)
6. Tom Brady, New England (8)
7. Andrew Luck, Indianapolis (7)
8. Matt Ryan, Atlanta (6)
9. Matthew Stafford, Detroit (9)
10. Eli Manning, NY Giants (10)
11. Jay Cutler, Chicago (11)
12. Tony Romo, Dallas (12)
13. Robert Griffin III, Washington (16)
14. Alex Smith, Kansas City (15)
15. Russell Wilson, Seattle (17)
16. Joe Flacco, Baltimore (13)
17. Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh (14)
18. Andy Dalton, Cincinnati (18)
19. Josh Freeman, Tampa Bay (19)
20. Carson Palmer, Arizona (20)
21. Matt Schaub, Houston (22)
22. Michael Vick, Philadelphia (26)
23. Philip Rivers, San Diego (21)
24. Christian Ponder, Minnesota (23)
25. Ryan Tannehill, Miami (24)
26. Sam Bradford, St. Louis (25)
27. Jake Locker, Tennessee (27)
28. Brandon Weeden, Cleveland (29)
Cam remains my #1 QB, and nothing changes in the Top 5. I flipped Matt Ryan and Tom Brady's positions from my initial rankings because I'm feeling that the machine we have seen in New England over the past few years is simply going to operate with new, younger parts. Brady is being disrespected in most fantasy circles, but let's remember how great he has been over the past 5-6 seasons and his time is not coming to an end any time soon. The Patriot running game and unproven WR corp will force defenses to play honest and you know Belichick still wants to run up the score where possible.
Joe Flacco and Ben Roethlisberger drop down to the high teens because they aren't in systems that will allow them to put up huge numbers without the kind of talent each team has lost. Baltimore traded Anquan Boldin, lost Dennis Pitta and Ed Dickson to injury (Pitta is probably out for the whole season), and are struggling to identify a WR to start alongside Torrey Smith. Expect the Ravens to get as much as they can out of Ray Rice and Bernard Pierce rather than opening up the offense as Flacco's monstrous offseason contract would have suggested. Roethlisberger has lost talent in his offense, the offensive line hasn't improved, and his weapons are garden variety.
Michael Vick jumps up 4 spots to 22 because I believe he will win the Eagles' QB job and he is a great fit for Chip Kelly's read-option offense. He is at least rosterable in comparison to the QBs listed below him. Similar to Vick's rise is the continuous fall of Philip Rivers. I tweeted earlier this week that San Diego is rivaling the Jets as the least attractive fantasy team, and we are probably one injury away far from total wasteland. No one is going to draft Rivers after his fall the last 2 years. He is left with Ryan Mathews, Antonio Gates and Vincent Brown as his primary weapons and should have Malcom Floyd at some point after escaping what looked like an ACL tear during practice Monday. Rivers is really only a viable option in 2 QB leagues as a QB2.
Follow me on Twitter @BernacK6. We're awfully close to the start of the season and it's time to fire up the fantasy chat.
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