Week 4 Quarterback Ranking Results

Byes: Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers

The Actual Rankings are based my scoring primer. It basically follows ESPNs standard scoring but uses fractional points and slightly devalues passing touchdowns.

Matthew Berry and I both had the best scores (total of 0). Tristan Cockroft had the lowest score of -9.

Biggest Surprises

Kevin Kolb: consensus ranking of 22.4, he finished 10 overall. I’m not a believer. Kolb threw the ball 48 times (opposed to 15 rushing plays), which represented 76% of the offensive plays. If Kolb has to throw the ball that much he’s going to make more mistakes (he threw 2 INTs).

Ryan Fitzpatrick: consensus ranking of 16, he finished 7 overall. I stroke my own ego, I had him the highest at 11 because of the favorable matchup. By favorable I mean I thought the Bills would be down and there would be a lot of junk time. (remember, points gained in junk time are just as good as points in a closely fought game). Fitzpatrick is not a good quarterback; he doesn’t have arm strength and makes too many poor decisions to be a reliable fantasy play.

Andy Dalton: consensus ranking of 17, he finished 9 overall. He is currently the 9th highest best fantasy quarterback. He’s benefited from playing against bad defenses in Cleveland, Washington and Jacksonville. I think his ceiling as a real life quarterback is a borderline top 10 quarterback. His next starts are against Miami, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Denver and the Giants. These are all favorable matchups. He’s a top 10 fantasy option.

Biggest Disappointments

Tony Romo: consensus ranking of 12.4, he finished 22 overall. It is safe to say I did not see this coming. Chicago is a good defense but no way I would consider it dominant. There’s a lot of blame to go around; the lack of a running game, Dez Bryant dropping pass after pass, offensive play calling, and so on.  He’s a buy low. After week 6 he plays against Carolina, the Giants, and Atlanta; all very favorable matchups.