Keeper QB Tiered Rankings - Class of '09

Depending on your leagues format, there are only two QBs that I believe to be worth a keeper selection. After that, you would probably be better off keeping RBs and WRs. As you can see, you can wait on a QB in your draft and still find value late. Drew Brees and Tom Brady are ranked above the rest because A) they are in high octane passing offenses B) they are surrounded with proven weapons (Colston, Moore, Bush, Shockey / Moss, Welker, Galloway, Faulk) C) they have had extremely successful fantasy seasons in recent years & D) they both have at least 3 or 4 more years of production left in the tank. I left Manning out of this tier because he has new ?s around him this season, no Harrison, an aging Addai, and most importantly no Tony Dungy. QBs that I see as on the rise are Aaron Rogers and Matt Ryan. I also think Joe Flacco will be joining Matt Ryan in Tier 2 next year. Matt Stafford has an outside chance being Tier 3 this time next season and climbing every year after that.

Tier 1

Drew Brees

Tom Brady

Tier 2

Aaron Rodgers

Peyton Manning

Phillip Rivers

Tier 3

Matt Ryan

Jay Cutler

Tony Romo

Matt Schaub

Tier 4
Ben Roethlisberger

Donovan McNabb

Joe Flacco

Matt Cassel

Tier 5

Carson Palmer

Trent Edwards

Kurt Warner

Eli Manning

Matt Hasselbeck

David Garrard

Brady Quinn

Kyle Orton

Tier 6

Matthew Stafford

Mark Sanchez

JaMarcus Russell

Jake Delhomme

Shaun Hill

Josh Freeman

Jason Campbell

Brett Favre

Tier 7

Chad Pennington

Marc Bulger

Kerry Collins

Derek Anderson

Vince Young

Chad Henne

Michael Vick

Tarvaris Jackson

Tyler Thigpen

Kellen Clemens

Daunte Culpepper

Pat White