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NFL Quarterback Rankings

With nothing better to do until the college football season starts, here are our grades for every player in the NFL. We begin with the quarterbacks.

Please note that the grades given are our own. Each player is ranked in order of who we would want as our starting quarterback for the 2008 NFL Season only. We have taken in to account age, production and potential in grading the players below. Only drafted rookies are listed.

Name- Team- Grade- Stats (TD/INT/Yards/Rating)
1. Tom Brady -NE -10 - 50/8/4806/117.2
2. Peyton Manning -IND- 10- 31/14/4040/98.0
3. Drew Brees -NO -9 -28/18/4423/89.4
4. Matt Hasselbeck- SEA- 9- 28/12/3966/91.4
5. Ben Roethlisberger -PIT -8 - 32/11/3154/104.1
6. Carson Palmer -CIN- 8 26/20/4131/86.7
7. Donovan McNabb -PHI- 8 19/7/3324/89.9
8. Tony Romo -DAL -8 -36/19/4211/97.4
9. Derek Anderson- CLE- 8- 29-19-3787-82.5
10. Marc Bulger -STL -8 -11/15/2392/70.3

11. Eli Manning -NYG- 8- 23/20/3336/73.9
12. David Garrard -JAC -7 -18/3/2509/102.2
13. Jake Delhomme- CAR- 7- 8/1/624/111.8
14. Jay Cutler -DEN -7 -20/14/3497/88.1
15. Jeff Garcia - TB- 7- 13/4/2440/94.6
16. Philip Rivers - SD -7 -21/15/3152/82.4
17. Kurt Warner - ARZ- 7- 27/17/3417/89.8
18. Matt Schaub - HOU -7 - 9/9/2241/87.2
19. Jason Campbell- WAS- 7 - 12/11/2700/7736
20. Vince Young -TEN - 7 -9/17/2546/71.1
21. Jon Kitna - DET- 6- 18/20/4068/80.9
22. Aaron Rodgers - GB- 6- 1/0/218/106.0
23. Kyle Boller - BAL - 6 - 9/10/1743/75.2
24. Trent Edwards- BUF- 6- 7/8/1630/70.4
25. Kellen Clemens - NYJ - 6 - 5/10/1529/60.9
26. Matt Leinart - ARZ- 6- 2/4/647/61.9
27. JP Losman - BUF - 6 - 4/6/1204/76.9
28. Quinn Gray - FA- 6- 10/5/986/85.6
29. Chad Pennington- NYJ- 6- 10/9/1765/86.1
30. Tarvaris Jackson - MIN- 6- 9/12/1911/70.8
31. Brady Quinn - CLE - 6 - 0/0/45/56.8
32. Rex Grossman- CHI- 6- 4/7/1411/66.4
33. Daunte Culpepper - FA - 6 - 5/5/1331/78.0
34. Matt Ryan - ATL - 6 - Rookie
35. JaMarcus Russell- OAK- 6- 2/4/373/55.9
36. Alex Smith - SF - 6 - 2/4/914/57.2
37. Chris Simms- TB- 6- None
38. David Carr - NYG - 6 - 3/5/635/58.3
39. Billy Volek - SD- 6- 0/1/6/0.0
40. Michael Vick - ATL - 6 - Suspended
41. Shaun Hill - SF- 5- 5/1/501/101.3
42. Todd Collins - WAS - 5- 5/0/888/106.4
43. Chris Redman - ATL- 5- 10/5/1079/90.4
44. Brian Griese - TB - 5 - 10/12/1803/75.6
45. Joey Harrington - ATL- 5- 7/8/2215/77.2
46. Brodie Croyle - KC - 5 - 6/6/1227/69.9
47. Chad Henne - MIA- 5- Rookie
48. Trent Green - STL - 5 - 5/7/987/72.6
49. Matt Cassell - NE- 5- 0/1/38/32.7
50. Brian Brohm - GB - 5 - Rookie
51. Joe Flacco - BAL- 5- Rookie
52. Damon Huard - KC - 5- 11/13/2257/76.8
53. Brad Johnson - DAL- 5- 0/0/79/85.0
54. Kevin Kolb - PHI - 5 - None
55. John Beck - MIA- 5- 1/3/559/62.0
56. Cleo Lemon -JAC - 5 - 6/6/1773/71.0
57. Josh McCown- MIA- 5- 10/11/1151/69.4
58. Matt Moore - CAR - 5 - 3/5/730/67.0
59. Kyle Orton - CHI- 5- 3/2/478/73.9
60. Troy Smith - BAL - 5 - 2/0/452/79.5
61. Charlie Frye - SEA- 5- 0/1/34/10.0
62. Drew Stanton -DET - 5- None
63. Vinny Testaverde- CAR- 5- 5/6/952/65.8
64. Bryon Leftwich - FA - 5 - 1/2/279/59.5
65. Mark Brunell - NO- 5- None
66. Patrick Ramsey- DEN - 4- 1/1/262/73.4
67. Charlie Batch - PIT- 4- 2/3/232/52.1
68. Sage Rosenfels - HOU - 4 - 15/12/1684/84.8
69. Seneca Wallace - SEA- 4- 2/1/215/99.6
70. Brooks Bollinger - MIN - 4 - 1/1/391/88.0
71. Todd Bouman - JAC- 4- None
72. Erik Ainge - NYJ - 4 - Rookie
73. Kerry Collins- TEN- 4 - 0/0/531/79.9
74. Trent Dilfer - FA - 4 - 7/12/1166/55.1
75. AJ Feeley - PHI- 4- 5/8/681/61.2
76. Gus Frerotte - STL - 4 - 7/12/1014/58.3
77. Bruce Gradkowski- TB- 4- 0/1/130/52.4
78. Matt Gutierrez - NE - 4 - 0/0/15/118.8
79. Kelly Holcomb - MIN- 4- 2/1/515/73.1
80. John David Booty - MIN - 4 - Rookie
81. Luke McCown - TB- 4 - 5/3/1009/91.7
82. Dan Orlovsky - DET - 4 - None
83. Jim Sorgi - IND - 4- 1/0/132/68.3
84. Andrew Walter- OAK- 4- 0/0/38/74.0
85. DJ Shockley - ATL - 4 - None
86. Marques Tuiasosopo- NYJ- 4- None
87. Charlie Whitehurst - SD - 4 - None
88. Anthony Wright - NYG- 4 - 0/0/12/39.6
89. Jared Lorenzen- NYG- 4- 0/0/28/58.3
90. J.T. O’Sullivan -SF - 3 - 1/2/148/48.2
91. Brian St. Pierre - PIT- 3- None
92. Ken Dorsey - CLE - 3 - None
93. Brett Basanez- CAR- 3- None
94. Brock Berlin - STL - 3 - 0/1/153/60.6
95. Shane Boyd - HOU - 3- None
96. Casey Bramlet - MIA- 3 - None
97. Tyler Thigpen - KC- 3- 0/1/41/18.7
98. Cullen Finnerty - BAL - 3 - None
99. Ryan Fitzpatrick - CIN- 3- None
100. David Greene - KC - 3 - None
101. Darrell Hackney - DEN- 3- None
102. Gibran Hamdan - BUF - 3 - None
103. Tim Hasselbeck - ARZ- 3- None
104. Sam Hollenbach - WAS - 3 - None
105. Travis Lulay - SEA - 3- None
106. Jamie Martin - NO- 3- None
107. Craig Nall - GB- 3- 1/0/88/87.6
108. Kevin O’Connell- NE- 3- Rookie
109. Tim Rattay - ARZ- 3- 3/3/164/71.1
110. Lester Ricard- JAC- 3- None
111. Dennis Dixon -PIT - 3 - Rookie
112. Matt Baker - FA - 3- None
113. Josh Johnson - TB- 3- Rookie
114. André Woodson - NYG - 3- Rookie
115. Jared Zabransky - PIT- 3- None
116. Alex Brink - HOU - 3 - Rookie
117. Tyler Palko - NO- 3- None
118. Chris Weinke - SF - 3 - 1/0/104/86.2
119. Jeff Rowe - CIN - 3- None
120. Paul Thompson- TEN- 3- None
121. Matt Flynn - GB - 2 - Rookie
122. Drew Olson - SF- 2- None
123. Josh Betts - IND - 2 - None
124. Ingle Martin- TEN- 2- None
125. Richard Bartel - DAL - 2- None
126. Jordan Palmer - CIN- 2- None
127. Jerry Babb - GB - 2 - None
128. Colt Brennan - WAS- 2- Rookie
129. Dalton Bell - GB - 1 - None
130. Brett Ratliff - NYJ- 1- None

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