Week 14: Fantasy Playoffs Are Here!
By Jason Lisk
Today, I’m going to focus on QB and RB. Rather than just ranking, I’m going to put them in tiers, and their opponent in parentheses. I will also say that these are also not based on weather yet, and if we start getting reports of high wind in any of these games, I would bump a guy down a tier for QB:
Quarterback
Tier 1 – Michael Vick (DAL), Nils Lofgren (NJ)
Tier 2 – Aaron Rodgers (DET), Peyton Manning (TEN), Drew Brees (STL), Philip Rivers (KC), Joe Flacco (HOU)
Tier 3 – Kyle Orton (ARI), Jay Cutler (NE), Tom Brady (CHI), Josh Freeman (WAS), Ben Roethlisberger (CIN)
Tier 4 – Ryan Fitzpatrick (CLE), Eli Manning (MIN), Jon Kitna (PHI), Matt Schaub (BAL), Matt Ryan (CAR), David Garrard (OAK)
Tier 5 – Alex Smith (SEA), Carson Palmer (PIT), Matt Hasselbeck (SF), Chad Henne (NYJ)
Tier 6- Matt Cassel (SD), Jason Campbell (JAC), Mark Sanchez (MIA), Sam Bradford (NO), Donovan McNabb (TB), Cleveland QB (BUF)
Running Back
Tier 1 – Peyton Hillis (BUF), Michael Turner (CAR)
Tier 2 – Knowshown Moreno (ARI), Maurice Jones-Drew (OAK), Arian Foster (BAL)
Tier 3- Chris Johnson (IND), Darren McFadden (JAC), Adrian Peterson (NYG), Jamaal Charles (SD), LeSean McCoy (DAL), Rashard Mendenhall (CIN)
Tier 4- LeGarrette Blount (WAS), Matt Forte (NE), Steven Jackson (NO), Tashard Choice (PHI), Ray Rice (HOU)
Tier 5- Brian Westbrook (SEA), Ryan Torain (TB), Chris Ivory (STL), Benjarvus Green-Ellis (CHI), Fred Jackson (CLE)
Tier 6- Ahmad Bradshaw & Brandon Jacobs (MIN), Tim Hightower (DEN), Johnathan Stewart (ATL), LaDainian Tomlinson (MIA), Mike Tolbert (KC)
Tier 7- Jason Snelling (CAR), Felix Jones (PHI), James Starks and Brandon Jackson (DET), Michael Bush (JAC), Beanie Wells (DEN)
Tier 8- Danny Woodhead (CHI), Thomas Jones (SD), Jahvid Best (GB), Javon Ringer (IND), Shonne Greene (MIA), Marshawn Lynch (SF), Ryan Mathews (KC), Cedric Benson (CIN), Ronnie Brown (NYJ), Mike Goodson (ATL)