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Week 1 rankings: Quarterbacks
Updated: September 9, 2011, 3:54 PM ET
By Fantasy Staff | ESPN.com
[Editor's Note: Rankings updated Friday to reflect latest news and to remove Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints players.]
Top 25 quarterbacks for Week 1
By position: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST | Flex
(Click on ranker to sort)| Rank | Name | Team | Opp. | ![]() Berry | ![]() Harris | ![]() Karabell | ![]() Cockcroft | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philip Rivers | SD | Min | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 2 | Tom Brady | NE | @Mia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 3 | Michael Vick | PHI | @StL | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 4 | Matt Schaub | HOU | Ind | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5.3 |
| 5 | Josh Freeman | TB | Det | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6.0 |
| 6 | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | @Bal | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 7 | Matthew Stafford | DET | @TB | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 8 | Matt Ryan | ATL | @Chi | 8 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 8.0 |
| 9 | Tony Romo | DAL | @NYJ | 6 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 8.5 |
| 10 | Eli Manning | NYG | @Wsh | 14 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9.3 |
| 11 | Kevin Kolb | ARI | Car | 10 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 10.5 |
| 12 | Sam Bradford | STL | Phi | 12 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 13.0 |
| 13 | Kyle Orton | DEN | Oak | 19 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13.8 |
| 14 | Joe Flacco | BAL | Pit | 13 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 14.5 |
| 15 | Mark Sanchez | NYJ | Dal | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 14.5 |
| 16 | Jay Cutler | CHI | Atl | 18 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 15.8 |
| 17 | Matt Cassel | KC | Buf | 16 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 18.0 |
| 18 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | BUF | @KC | 15 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19.3 |
| 19 | Kerry Collins | IND | @Hou | 23 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 20.3 |
| 20 | Colt McCoy | CLE | Cin | 21 | 22 | 23 | 16 | 20.5 |
| 21 | Jason Campbell | OAK | @Den | 20 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 20.5 |
| 22 | Alex Smith | SF | Sea | NR | 23 | 18 | 15 | 20.5 |
| 23 | Donovan McNabb | MIN | @SD | 25 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22.5 |
| 24 | Chad Henne | MIA | NE | 22 | NR | 25 | 20 | 23.3 |
| 25 | Matt Hasselbeck | TEN | @Jac | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23.8 |
These rankings are intended to rate players for Week 1 of the NFL season only. They are a composite of Matthew Berry's, Christopher Harris', Eric Karabell's and Tristan H. Cockcroft's personal rankings for the week. ESPN's official fantasy projections and profiles for Week 1 can be viewed by clicking here.
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