Rosenthal's QB ranking of 2014 reg season

Brackets = previous ranking

1. Aaron Rodgers (5)
2. Tom Brady (4)
3. Ben Roethlisberger (6)
4. Peyton Manning (1)
5. Tony Romo (12)
6. Andrew Luck (7)
7. Philip Rivers (2)
8. Russell Wilson (6)
9. Matt Ryan (11)
10. Drew Brees (3)
11. Joe Flacco (16)
12. Eli Manning (20)
13. Ryan Tannehill (14)
14. Cam Newton (8)
15. Alex Smith (17)
16. Colin Kaepernick (15)
17. Matthew Stafford (13)
18. Teddy Bridgewater (N/A)
19. Andy Dalton (18)
20. Nick Foles, Mark Sanchez (9, N/A)
21. Jay Cutler
22. Kyle Orton
23. Ryan Fitzpatrick (26)
24. Derek Carr
25. Robert Griffin III (21)
26. Geno Smith (33)
27. Shaun Hill
28. Brian Hoyer
29. Josh McCown
30. Blake Bortles
31. Tennessee Titans QB
32. Ryan Lindley

Full article: QB Index: Year-end rankings - NFL.com

I agree with all this except for Eli. I dont understand cramming Foles/Sanchez together but leaving Lindley without Stanton and Palmer to help. Seems like Rosenthal has some personal hatred for Lindley. Whitehurst has played more games for Titans than Lindley has for Cards but his name isnt up there.

If I was to reorganize it:


2. Ben Roethlisberger
3. Tom Brady
...
9. Drew Brees
10. Eli Manning
11. Matt Ryan
12. Alex Smith
13. Joe Flacco
14. Ryan Tannehill
15. Cam Newton
16. Colin Kaepernick
17. Matthew Stafford
18. Andy Dalton
19. Teddy Bridgewater

Yeah, they kept saying the whole offensive scheme was brand new and making excuses for Eli. No clue if there is some legitimacy to that or them just defending his shitty play. But he started getting his shit together with OBJ out there.