NFL: Preseason Fantasy Football Updates – Week One Quarterbacks
With the first week of preseason games in the books it is time to see how the quarterbacks fared. It is tough to gauge how well a lot of starters play given the limited action they see in the first preseason game but here is a breakdown of how each team’s projected starting quarterback fared in their preseason openers.
Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints – Brees completed 6 of 9 passes for 88 yards including a touchdown strike to tight end Jeremy Shockey in about a quarter’s worth of action against the Bengals.
Kurt Warner, Arizona Cardinals – Completed 6 of 10 passes for 53 yards.
Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts – Played just one series completing 1 of 2 pass attempts for 6 yards.
Tom Brady, New England Patriots – Brady was sharp in his first game action since his knee injury completing 10 of 15 throws for 100 yards and a pair of scores. He did throw one pick but played well overall.
Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers – Completed 5 of 10 passes for 102 yards including a 53-yard touchdown strike to Donald Driver.
Phillip Rivers, San Diego Chargers – Rivers was 5 of 8 for 26 yards in limited action.
Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys – Romo completed 4 of 6 passes for 36 yards including a touchdown pitch to tight end Jason Witten.
Donovan McNabb, Philadelphia Eagles – McNabb was solid in his preseason debut completing 11 of 18 passes for 103 yards. No need for concern and he still remains a solid fantasy play for this year.
Carson Palmer, Cincinnati Bengals – Palmer is being bumped up after completing 7 of 11 passes for 133 yards. He is being bumped up mostly due to how well the receivers played this week. Chris Henry really stepped up and Ochocinco looked like the old Ochocinco.
Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers – Completed 4 of 6 passes for 33 yards.
Jay Cutler, Chicago Bears – Struggled in his debut completing just 5 of 10 passes for 64 yards and an interception. Nobody really stood out for the Bears in the passing game this week which is bad news if they think Cutler is going to get them to the next level.
Matt Schaub, Houston Texans – Schaub was sharp in the Texans’ preseason opener completing all seven of his pass attempts for 70 yards.
Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons – Was solid completing 5 of 7 passes for 33 yards.
Kerry Collins, Tennessee Titans – Collins was not sharp for the Titans completing just 4 of 9 passes and throwing a pair of picks against the Bucs.
Matt Cassell, Kansas City Chiefs – Played to mixed reviews completing just 2 of 5 passes for 15 yards. Brodie Croyle was sharp but do not read too much into that as Cassell will have to lose the job rather than Croyle winning it at this point. It just means that Croyle has the edge over Tyler Thigpen for the backup job.
Trent Edwards, Buffalo Bills – Was infinitely better in his second pre season game completing all 10 of his pass attempts for 79 yards even though Terrell Owens was out of the lineup.
Joe Flacco, Baltimore Ravens – With Derrick Mason back in the fold Flacco becomes a safer fantasy play and was relatively sharp against the Redskins completing 9 of 15 passes for 103 yards
Kyle Orton, Denver Broncos – Orton’s Denver debut was a big bust as he completed 9 of 16 passes for 89 yards and got picked off three times. Backup Chris Simms played well completing 11 of 17 passes for 142 yards including a pair of scoring strikes. If Orton does not step it up this week his spot could be in jeopardy if Simms continues to play well.
Matt Hasselbeck, Seattle Seahawks – Completed 3 of 5 passes for 27 yards and came out of the game healthy.
Jason Campbell, Washington Redskins – Played very little completing 3 of 6 passes for 38 yards. Backup Todd Collins, however, was 8 of 11 for 70 yards.
Marc Bulger, St. Louis Rams – Completed all four of his pass attempts for 77 yards.
JaMarcus Russell, Oakland Raiders – Was as good as could be expected completing 6 of 9 passes for 50 yards.
Daunte Culpepper, Detroit Lions – Culpepper started the game for the Lions and completed 5 of 6 passes and 41 yards.
Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions – Completed 7 of 14 passes for 114 yards and a touchdown. He did throw a pick and was victimized by 3 dropped passes by Keary Colbert.
Drew Stanton, Detroit Lions – Stanton is not believed to be in the mix at starting quarterback for the Lions but he put up the best numbers of the three who played against the Falcons. He completed 8 of 13 passes for 114 yards and a touchdown and led the Lions with 59 rushing yards.
Kellen Clemens, New York Jets – Started the game and completed all four of his pass attempts for 24 yards.
Mark Sanchez, New York Jets – Won over Jets fans by completing 3 of 4 passes for 88 yards and is slated to start the Jets next preseason game. If Sanchez kills it against the Ravens look for him to be named the starter.
Erik Ainge, New York Jets – Ainge is not considered to be under consideration for the starting gig in New York but he completed 10 of 17 for 148 yards including a 50-yard scoring strike to David Clowney.
Brady Quinn/Derek Anderson, Cleveland Browns – Quinn was the better of the two completing 7 of 11 for 68 yards while Anderson missed on both of his attempts. Each threw an interception as well.
Byron Leftwitch, Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Was not sharp completing just 6 of 14 passes but he did throw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Brian Clark.
Josh Freeman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers – The rookie completed 5 of 9 passes for 52 yards and an intercepti0n in his preseason debut.
Minnesota Vikings Quarterbacks – Sage Rosenfels started and completed 10 of 13 passes for 91 yards while Tarvaris Jackson was rather unimpressive going 7 of 15 for 39 yards.
Vince Young, Tennessee Titans – Young was sharp for the Titans completing 9 of 14 passes for 131 yards including a 37-yard touchdown throw to rookie Kenny Britt. After this performance the backup job is probably now his to lose.
