SI.com - Fantasy - NFL Player Value Ranking - Thursday September 2, 2004 9:24AM

We ranked the NFL's skill-position players and kickers from 1 to 425, based on our projections of their statistical production this season. The categories considered were scoring (touchdowns, field goals, extra points), long scoring plays (25 yards or more), big-game potential (300 yards passing or 100 yards rushing or receiving) and passing efficiency. We also took into account each player's statistics from previous seasons, as well as his role on his current team, his potential for improvement and his injury history. Below are our ratings by position along with each PVR.


Quarterbacks
Rank	Player	PVR
1.	Peyton Manning	9
2.	Steve McNair	13
3.	Daunte Culpepper	14
4.	Michael Vick	24
5.	Brett Favre	29
6.	Donovan McNabb	30
7.	Trent Green	35
8.	Matt Hasselbeck	37
9.	Tom Brady	39
10.	Chad Pennington	46
11.	Marc Bulger	50
12.	Aaron Brooks	54
13.	Jake Delhomme	59
14.	Carson Palmer	64
15.	Rich Gannon	74
16.	Brad Johnson	81
17.	Joey Harrington	82
18.	Jake Plummer	83
19.	Josh McCown	84
20.	Drew Bledsoe	91
21.	Jeff Garcia	97
22.	Kyle Boller	98
23.	Mark Brunell	105
24.	Rex Grossman	114
25.	David Carr	120
26.	Byron Leftwich	121
27.	Eli Manning	133
28.	Ben Roethlisberger	136
29.	Vinny Testaverde	152
30.	Jay Fiedler	160
31.	Kurt Warner	168
32.	Tim Rattay	181
33.	Tommy Maddox	182
34.	Drew Brees	187
35.	Chris Chandler	235
36.	A.J. Feeley	262
37.	Ken Dorsey	266
38.	Kerry Collins	279
39.	Tim Hasselbeck	284
40.	Trent Dilfer	294
41.	Jon Kitna	295
42.	Chris Simms	296
43.	Phillip Rivers	297
44.	Kordell Stewart	298
45.	Todd Bouman	303
46.	Matt Schaub	319
47.	Drew Henson	338
48.	Gus Frerotte	350
49.	Jeff Blake	351
50.	Kelly Holcombe	352
51.	Tony Banks	354
52.	Billy Volek	355
53.	David Garrard	356
54.	Patrick Ramsey	358
55.	Travis Brown	359
56.	Mike McMahon	360
57.	Todd Collins	363
58.	Jim Miller	364
59.	Quincy Carter	365
60.	Cory Sauter	367
61.	Danny Kanell	386
62.	Chris Weinke	396
63.	Doug Pederson	397
64.	Rodney Peete	399
65.	Tim Couch	400
66.	Brian Griese	401
67.	Koy Detmer	402
68.	Jason Gesser	403
69.	Shaun King	404
70.	Dave Ragone	405
71.	Rick Mirer	406
72.	Doug Flutie	407
73.	Craig Krenzel	408
74.	Tony Romo	409
75.	Jonathan Quinn	411
76.	Brooks Bollinger	412
77.	Ty Detmer	414
78.	John Navarre	415
79.	Luke McCown	416
80.	Jeff Smoker	417
81.	Ricky Ray	422


Wide Receivers
Rank	Player	PVR
1.	Randy Moss	8
2.	Marvin Harrison	15
3.	Torry Holt	16
4.	Terrell Owens	17
5.	Chad Johnson	25
6.	Derrick Mason	31
7.	Laveraneus Coles	32
8.	Santana Moss	34
9.	Keyshawn Johnson	44
10.	Eric Moulds	47
11.	Hines Ward	49
12.	Joe Horn	51
13.	Chris Chambers	52
14.	Steve Smith	55
15.	Amani Toomer	60
16.	Javon Walker	61
17.	Charles Rogers	62
18.	Deion Branch	66
19.	Larry Fitzgerald	67
20.	Darrell Jackson	68
21.	Isaac Bruce	69
22.	Andre Johnson	70
23.	Jimmy Smith	71
24.	Plaxico Burress	72
25.	Peerless Price	75
26.	Peter Warrick	76
27.	Rod Smith	77
28.	Reggie Wayne	78
29.	Jerry Rice	79
30.	Muhsin Muhammad	88
31.	Dante Hall	89
32.	Kevin Johnson	90
33.	Anquan Boldin	93
34.	Donald Driver	94
35.	Jerry Porter	103
36.	Quincy Morgan	104
37.	Robert Ferguson	118
38.	Ashlie Lelie	119
39.	Justin McCareins	122
40.	Ike Hilliard	123
41.	Tim Brown	124
42.	Bobby Engram	125
43.	David Givens	127
44.	Nate Burleson	128
45.	Donte' Stallworth	129
46.	Dez White	130
47.	Marcus Robinson	134
48.	Koren Robinson	137
49.	Terry Glenn	138
50.	Cedrick Wilson	139
51.	Marty Booker	142
52.	Bryant Johnson	146
53.	Roy Williams	147
54.	Rod Gardner	148
55.	Andre Davis	149
56.	Travis Taylor	150
57.	Lee Evans	151
58.	David Terrell	154
59.	Eric Parker	155
60.	Johnnie Morton	158
61.	Dennis Northcutt	161
62.	Eddie Kennison	169
63.	Joey Galloway	170
64.	Tyrone Calico	177
65.	Drew Bennett	178
66.	Corey Bradford	179
67.	Reggie Williams	180
68.	Brandon Lloyd	186
69.	Todd Pinkston	191
70.	Troy Brown	192
71.	Michael Clayton	195
72.	T.J. Houshmandzadeh	196
73.	Kelly Campbell	200
74.	Brandon Stokley	201
75.	Josh Reed	202
76.	Kevin Dyson	209
77.	Derrius Thompson	212
78.	Antwaan Randle El	213
79.	Doug Gabriel	216
80.	Rashuan Woods	217
81.	Darius Watts	218
82.	Freddie Mitchell	222
83.	Tim Dwight	224
84.	Tai Streets	228
85.	Devard Darling	234
86.	Antonio Bryant	236
87.	Bobby Wade	237
88.	Keary Colbert	239
89.	Jerricho Cotchery	240
90.	Troy Edwards	241
91.	Devery Henderson	242
92.	Wayne Chrebet	243
93.	James Thrash	245
94.	Brian Finneran	246
95.	Bobby Shaw	273
96.	Tim Carter	280
97.	Kelley Washington	299
98.	Bethel Johnson	302
99.	Shaun McDonald	305
100.	Donald Lee	327
101.	Justin Gage	340
102.	Jerome Pathon	370
103.	Ricky Proehl	371
104.	Dane Looker	372
105.	Karl Williams	373
106.	Aaron Moorehead	374
107.	Az-Zahir Hakim	375
108.	David Tyree	376
109.	Arnaz Battle	377
110.	Alex Bannister	378
111.	Ahmed Merritt	379
112.	Andre King	380
113.	P.K. Sam	381
114.	Darnarian McCants	382
115.	Billy McMullen	383
116.	Reche Caldwell	384
117.	Jabar Gaffney	385
118.	Jake Schifino	387
119.	Lee Mays	388
120.	Ronald Curry	389
121.	Curtis Conway	390
122.	Randy Hymes	391
123.	Bill Schroeder	392
124.	Michael Jenkins	394
125.	Antonio Freeman	395
126.	Terrence Edwards	418


Running Backs
Rank	Player	PVR
1.	Priest Holmes	1
2.	LaDainian Tomlinson	2
3.	Clinton Portis	3
4.	Ahman Green	4
5.	Shaun Alexander	5
6.	Edgerrin James	6
7.	Jamal Lewis	7
8.	Deuce McAllister	10
9.	Rudi Johnson	11
10.	Corey Dillon	12
11.	Marshall Faulk	19
12.	Fred Taylor	20
13.	Chris Brown	21
14.	Stephen Davis	22
15.	Duce Staley	23
16.	Travis Henry	26
17.	Kevan Barlow	27
18.	Quentin Griffin	28
19.	Michael Bennett	38
20.	Tiki Barber	40
21.	Domanick Davis	41
22.	Curtis Martin	42
23.	Kevin Jones	43
24.	Brian Westbrook	48
25.	Lee Suggs	53
26.	Thomas Jones	56
27.	Warrick Dunn	57
28.	Willis McGahee	58
29.	Tyrone Wheatley	65
30.	Eddie George	80
31.	Charlie Garner	92
32.	Ron Dayne	95
33.	T.J. Duckett	100
34.	Fred Beasley	101
35.	Emmitt Smith	102
36.	William Green	107
37.	Julius Jones	109
38.	Mewelde Moore	111
39.	Travis Minor	115
40.	Steven Jackson	116
41.	Tatum Bell	117
42.	Greg Jones	131
43.	Mike Alstott	135
44.	Anthony Thomas	140
45.	Antowain Smith	141
46.	Najeh Davenport	143
47.	Jerome Bettis	145
48.	Kevin Faulk	159
49.	Richie Anderson	162
50.	Artose Pinner	163
51.	DeShaun Foster	171
52.	Tony Richardson	174
53.	Rob Konrad	175
54.	Reno Mahe	176
55.	James Mungro	183
56.	Derrick Blaylock	189
57.	Justin Fargas	193
58.	Musa Smith	204
59.	Chris Perry	205
60.	Moe Williams	206
61.	Sammy Morris	208
62.	Michael Pittman	219
63.	LaBrandon Toefield	220
64.	Tony Hollings	231
65.	Jesse Chatman	232
66.	Garrison Hearst	244
67.	Reuben Droughns	248
68.	Larry Johnson	249
69.	Josh Scobey	251
70.	Jerald Sowell	256
71.	Mack Strong	258
72.	Zack Crockett	263
73.	Lorenzo Neal	264
74.	Maurice Morris	271
75.	Jeremi Johnson	272
76.	Jonathan Reese	274
77.	William Henderson	275
78.	Jonathan Wells	276
79.	Amos Zereoue	277
80.	Brad Hoover	278
81.	Dominic Rhodes	282
82.	Alan Ricard	293
83.	Eric McCoo	300
84.	Ladell Betts	301
85.	Chris Fumatu-Ma'afala	304
86.	Chester Taylor	306
87.	James Jackson	307
88.	Marc Edwards	308
89.	ReShard Lee	309
90.	Cory Schlesinger	310
91.	Dorsey Levens	311
92.	Fred McCrary	312
93.	Robert Holcombe	313
94.	Aaron Stecker	314
95.	Rock Cartwright	316
96.	J.R. Redmond	317
97.	LaMont Jordan	318
98.	Justin Griffith	320
99.	Jon Ritchie	321
100.	Terrelle Smith	323
101.	Shawn Bryson	324
102.	Dan Kreider	325
103.	Chad Morton	335
104.	Matt Cushing	339
105.	Obafemi Ayanbadejo	347
106.	Lamar Gordon	348
107.	Jim Finn	349
108.	Patrick Pass	353
109.	Mike Karney	357
110.	Moran Norris	361
111.	Bryan Johnson	362
112.	Daimon Shelton	368
113.	Tony Fisher	369
114.	Brian Mitchell	393
115.	Joey Goodspeed	398
116.	Kyle Johnson	410
117.	James Hodgins	419
118.	Jarrod Baxter	420
119.	Rod Smart	421
120.	Charles Stackhouse	423
121.	Chris Massey	424
122.	Greg Comella	425


Tight Ends
Rank	Player	PVR
1.	Tony Gonzalez	18
2.	Todd Heap	33
3.	Jeremy Shockey	36
4.	Kellen Winslow	45
5.	Marcus Pollard	63
6.	Bubba Franks	73
7.	Alge Crumpler	85
8.	Anthony Becht	86
9.	Randy McMichael	87
10.	Freddie Jones	106
11.	Boo Williams	110
12.	Antonio Gates	112
13.	Chad Lewis	126
14.	Eric Johnson	153
15.	Daniel Graham	164
16.	Dallas Clark	185
17.	Jed Weaver	190
18.	Erron Kinney	194
19.	Jim Kleinsasser	197
20.	Itula Mili	198
21.	Desmond Clark	199
22.	L.J. Smith	210
23.	Jason Witten	211
24.	Ernie Conwell	214
25.	Byron Chamberlain	221
26.	Mark Campbell	226
27.	Matt Schobel	227
28.	Jay Riemersma	233
29.	Brandon Manumaleuna	238
30.	Kyle Brady	250
31.	Billy Miller	252
32.	Jerramy Stevens	253
33.	Dan Campbell	254
34.	Reggie Kelly	261
35.	Ken Dilger	267
36.	Roland Williams	268
37.	Shad Meier	270
38.	Brian Kozlowski	283
39.	Jermaine Wiggins	285
40.	Stephen Alexander	286
41.	Terry Jones	287
42.	Dustin Lyman	288
43.	Christian Fauria	290
44.	Kris Mangum	291
45.	Ben Watson	315
46.	Ben Troupe	322
47.	Chris Baker	326
48.	Walter Rasby	328
49.	Cam Cleeland	329
50.	Mark Bruener	330
51.	Visante Shiancoe	331
52.	Jason Dunn	332
53.	David Martin	333
54.	Mikhael Ricks	334
55.	Casey Fitzsimmons	336
56.	Ricky Dudley	337
57.	Darnell Sanders	341
58.	Doug Jolley	342
59.	Bennie Joppru	343
60.	Todd Yoder	344
61.	Justin Pelle	345
62.	Mike Seidman	346
63.	Eric Beverly	413


Kickers
Rank	Player	PVR
1.	Mike Vanderjagt	96
2.	Jeff Wilkins	99
3.	David Akers	108
4.	Adam Vinatieri	113
5.	Jason Elam	132
6.	Ryan Longwell	144
7.	Matt Stover	156
8.	John Kasay	157
9.	Sebastian Janikowski	165
10.	Jay Feely	166
11.	Jason Hanson	167
12.	John Carney	172
13.	Joe Nedney	173
14.	John Hall	184
15.	Shayne Graham	188
16.	Jeff Reed	203
17.	Josh Brown	207
18.	Martin Gramatica	215
19.	Aaron Elling	223
20.	Doug Brien	225
21.	Phil Dawson	229
22.	Kris Brown	230
23.	Olindo Mare	247
24.	Neil Rackers	255
25.	Billy Cundiff	257
26.	Paul Edinger	259
27.	Morten Andersen	260
28.	Todd Peterson	265
29.	Rian Lindell	269
30.	Steve Christie	281
31.	Bill Gramatica	289
32.	Nate Kaeding	292
33.	Josh Scobee	366

Issue date: September 6, 2003


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