1. Aaron Rodgers
2. Drew Brees
3. Peyton Manning
4. Tom Brady
5. Tony Romo
6. Matt Schaub
7. Jay Cutler
8. Philip Rivers
9. Kevin Kolb
10. Joe Flacco
11. Brett Favre
12. Ben Roethlisberger
13. Eli Manning
14. Matt Ryan
15. Donovan McNabb
16. Matthew Stafford
17. Vince Young
18. Carson Palmer
19. Alex Smith
20. Matt Cassel
21. Chad Henne
22. Matt Moore
23. Kyle Orton
24. David Garrard
25. Jason Campbell
26. Josh Freeman
27. Mark Sanchez
28. Matt Hasselbeck
Rodgers is going to unleash such a rain of ruin on the league this season. But for the fact the Packers have such a great defense, I would say he could mount an assault on 5,000.
Why no love for Henne? Palmer is toast by all accounts.
@DW- 5K indeed
Agreed on Rodgers. Imagine if he had the benefit of playing in a dome. I’m so happy the 49ers passed on the local kid (he’s from Chico, where I graduated college).
Jewru – I could see bumping Henne up four spots, ahead of Palmer, but he’s still mostly an unknown who has to face the Jets, Bills and Pats six times. The addition of Marshall is obviously huge tho. I do like Henne.
And as for Palmer, he appears toast, but what if the team is unable to rely so heavily on the ground game this season (last year it all fell perfectly), and he does have Ocho, Owens and Gresham at his disposal – a huge upgrade from last season.
Yeah, I’m trying my best to support Alex Smith, but watching Rodgers and his crazy success is a painful reminder. Oh, if only they’d been able to trade down and take him…oh well. Maybe in a couple years Nate Davis will have his shit together and be decent.
I absolutely expect the 49ers to win the division this year with Alex Smith starting at QB, but essentially, it’s Oden over Durant, right?