Week 1 Ranks: Quarterbacks

Updated: September 7, 2012, 7:59 PM ET

By Fantasy Staff | ESPN.com

Top 25 quarterbacks for Week 1

By position: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST
More rankings: Flex

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Note: Rankings were updated Thursday to account for the latest news and to remove players from Wednesday's Giants/Cowboys game. Latest update: Friday, 8:05 p.m. ET

Rank	Name	Team	Opp.	Berry	Harris	Karabell	Cockcroft	Avg.
1	Drew Brees	NO	Wsh	3	2	1	1	1.8
2	Aaron Rodgers	GB	SF	1	1	5	2	2.3
3	Cam Newton	CAR	@TB	2	5	3	3	3.3
4	Tom Brady	NE	@Ten	4	3	4	4	3.8
5	Matthew Stafford	DET	StL	5	4	2	5	4.0
6	Michael Vick	PHI	@Cle	6	6	6	6	6.0
7	Philip Rivers	SD	@Oak	7	10	7	7	7.8
8	Matt Ryan	ATL	@KC	8	7	8	9	8.0
9	Peyton Manning	DEN	Pit	14	8	11	8	10.3
10	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	@Den	12	12	10	10	11.0
11	Robert Griffin III	WSH	@NO	11	14	9	11	11.3
12	Jay Cutler	CHI	Ind	9	11	12	14	11.5
13	Matt Schaub	HOU	Mia	10	13	14	12	12.3
14	Joe Flacco	BAL	Cin	13	9	16	16	13.5
15	Jake Locker	TEN	NE	16	15	13	21	16.3
16	Josh Freeman	TB	Car	18	17	15	17	16.8
17	Alex Smith	SF	@GB	20	18	17	13	17.0
18	Carson Palmer	OAK	SD	17	19	18	15	17.3
19	Andrew Luck	IND	@Chi	19	16	21	19	18.8
20	Russell Wilson	SEA	@Ari	15	23	23	24	21.3
21	Ryan Fitzpatrick	BUF	@NYJ	21	21	22	22	21.5
22	Sam Bradford	STL	@Det	22	25	20	20	21.8
23	Andy Dalton	CIN	@Bal	23	22	25	18	22.0
24	Mark Sanchez	NYJ	Buf	NR	20	19	NR	22.8
25	Christian Ponder	MIN	Jac	24	24	NR	25	24.8