Week 8 Fantasy Rankings - Quarterbacks

Projected Fantasy Rankings for Quarterbacks during Week 8 of the NFL season.

1. Peyton Manning (Ind)
2. Kyle Orton (Den)
3. Tom Brady (NE)
4. Phillip Rivers (SD)
5. Matt Schaub (Hou)
6. Ryan Fitzpatrick (Buf)
7. Ben Roethlisberger (Pit)
8. Donovan McNabb (Wsh)
9. Aaron Rodgers (GB)
10. Drew Brees (NO)
11. Matt Cassel (KC)
12. Carson Palmer (Cin)
13. Chad Henne (Mia)
14. Josh Freeman (TB)
15. Mark Sanchez (NYJ)
16. Matt Stafford (Det)
17. Sam Bradford (StL)
18. David Garrard (Jac)
19. Matt Hasselbeck (Sea)
20. Jason Campbell (Oak)
21. Tavaris Jackson (Min)
22. Vince Young (Ten)
23. John Kitna (Dal)
24. Troy Smith (SF)
25. Matt Moore (Car)

Now I feel the need to justify a few of my rankings here so before you ring me off the hook to criticize, you should hear me out.

Ryan Fitzpatrick (Buf) @ KC

Based on ESPN standard scoring settings Ryan Fitzpatrick has outscored some of the Top Tier Quarterbacks on the season (despite not having started some of the games) including the likes of Mark Sanchez, Kevin Kolb, Jay Cutler, Chad Henne, and has the same amount as Houston's Matt Schaub even though Schaub has played every game so far this season.  Fitzpatrick is playing against a Chiefs team, that while much improved, is still lacking avg 13.3 pts per game to Fantasy Quarterbacks giving 1530 yards so far this season. 

Kyle Orton (Den) @ SF

Yeah Yeah, Kyle Orton...Blah Blah, wait, what, ranked #2.  How does that work?  Ohhhhhh...he's playing against the 49ers.  The 49ers have given up 1591 yards passing this season so far, and average 14.1 fantasy points against (according to espn.com standard scoring).  Kyle Orton has already surpassed 2000 yards passing and has the third highest total Fantasy Points amongst Quarterbacks, with 123.  I don't see a better match up for anybody else rivaling this list so there you have it.  (By the Way: Only Phillip Rivers and Aaron Rodgers have more Fantasy Points amongst the Quarterbacks). 

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