john clayton ranks henne as 25th best starting qb in nfl

[Tepop84]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/preview10/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=5489176

when will dolphin fans open their eyes.  Although, I do think that Henne is better than sanchez. 

[Pappy13]

He also gave him a 45% chance of being an Elite QB someday which is a lot better than a few of the other QB's ranked above him currently.

And I don't know why he lists Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco as Elites when neither of them have really proven they are yet in my opinion.

[Sunstroke]

Clayton has Favre listed at #5 on this list...that should have been clue #1 that this was total rubbish.

[Tepop84]

Clayton has Favre listed at #5 on this list...that should have been clue #1 that this was total rubbish.

he threw for 33 tds against only 7 picks last year.  how is #5 a bad spot for him?

[Sunstroke]

Ahhhh, I didn't see that this was a ranking for last season...my bad.



Brett Favre is 162 years old. He had an anomaly of a season last year. These two items are indisputable facts (though Favre's age might actually only be 156)

He isn't the 5th best QB in the NFL right now, that's for sure.

[fyo]

It seems like Clayton forgot to set a solid premise. The result is a mishmash good, potentially good and good last year. I think it would have been more coherent, had he decided to go just with what he felt they would do THIS season (or how they did last season, or "career" or whatever... just pick one and stick with it).

How can Peyton Manning be trending up?

He's overvaluing Brady, esp. given the injury and performance last year, but we'll see.

Favre played superbly last year, but I doubt he'll be more than mediocre this year. Age, the ankle, the receivers... nothing looks as good as last year. (Only trending "slightly down"? Really?)

Roethlisberger #4? Really? Clear product of a mix-and-match ranking system with no clear premise.

Hassel at #17 may be the biggest reach on the list...

I don't really disagree much with his Henne rating... hard to know what he can do yet and if I only had a quarterback for 1 season, there are certainly many I'd take before Henne.

Looking at the popular opinion (ESPN poll asking you to rank all 32, number indicates "points"):

1 Peyton Manning 405,284  
2 Drew Brees 395,687  
3 Tom Brady 377,372  
4 Aaron Rodgers 359,992  
5 Brett Favre 318,932  
6 Philip Rivers 311,237  
7 Tony Romo 276,642  
8 B. Roethlisberger 270,830  
9 Matt Schaub 254,357  
10 Eli Manning 251,415  
11 Carson Palmer 248,240  
12 Joe Flacco 243,792  
13 Donovan McNabb 241,361  
14 Matt Ryan 230,624  
15 Jay Cutler 177,124  
16 Vince Young 151,934  
17 Kevin Kolb 147,912  
18 Matt Hasselbeck 145,148  
19 Kyle Orton 145,125  
20 Mark Sanchez 136,809  
21 Chad Henne 129,950  
22 Matt Cassel 126,638  
23 Matthew Stafford 122,358  
24 David Garrard 113,299  
25 Jason Campbell 110,838  
26 Alex Smith 102,628  
27 Sam Bradford 95,111  
28 Jake Delhomme 89,392  
29 Matt Moore 75,511  
30 Josh Freeman 72,823  
31 Derek Anderson 71,276  
32 Trent Edwards 69,125  
33 Byron Leftwich 65,257  
34 Matt Leinart 56,533

[tits muldoon]

Tru-dat!!! Henne ain't no damn good. How long has he been playing q.b.? NO TOUCH (never had it and never will) Big, tough, s.o.b., leadership skills and a cannon. Afraid he will never be better than a average n.f.l. starter. Matt Ryan will be elite very soon how i wish we would have paid him.

[Denver_Bronco]

Brett Favre is 162 years old.

LMAO

[Dave Gray]

I'm fine with Henne at 25.  It seems pretty accurate, from what we've seen so far.  It doesn't mean that he will always stay at 25.

[bsmooth]

Where would Bradshaw, Montana, Young and other qb's been rated after their first season?