Just for fun (or maybe because misery loves company) here's a quick look at who the Yahoo fantasy football experts ranked as the best picks at their position in the beginning of the year, and who is actually averaging the most points per game so far this season:
QBs (1 pt for 40 yd pass, 6 per TD, -2 per INT, 1 pt per 10 yd rush)
Projected
#1 Peyton Manning
#2 Carson Palmer
#3 Drew Brees
#4 Donovan McNabb
#5 Marc Bulger
Actual
#1 Tom Brady (ranked 6 preseason)
#2 Tony Romo (ranked 9 preseason)
#3 Derek Anderson (not ranked among the top 32 preseason)
#4 Peyton Manning
#5 Carson Palmer
RBs (1 pt for 10 yd rush, 1 pt for 15 yd catch, 6 per TD, -2 per fumble)Projected
#1 LaDanian Tomlinson
#2 Larry Johnson
#3 Steven Jackson
#4 Shaun Alexander
#5 Frank Gore
Actual
#1 Adrian Peterson (ranked 26 preseason)
#2 LaDanian Tomlinson
#3 Ronnie Brown (ranked 21 preseason)
#4 Brian Westbrook (ranked 6 preseason)
#5 Joseph Addai (ranked 9 preseason)
WRs (1 pt for 10 yd rush, 1 pt for 15 yd catch, 6 per TD, -2 per fumble)
Projected
#1 Chad Johnson
#2 Steve Smith
#3 Marvin Harrison
#4 Larry Fitzgerald
#5 Torry Holt
Actual
#1 Randy Moss (ranked 17 preseason)
#2 T.J. Houshmandzadeh (ranked 12 preseason)
#3 Braylon Edwards (ranked 29 preseason)
#4 Chad Johnson
#5 Steve Smith
Remember that those preseason guides give you a good idea what the popular consensus is, but don't invest too much faith in them.
UPDATE: My apologies to you Giants fans out there -- somehow I missed Plaxico Burress in my rankings the first time. He'd come in at #2 for the season thus far after Monday night's performance, and was ranked 15th by Yahoo's experts in the preseason.
