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Crank Scores
Updated 8/15

Rookie Scouting Portfolio The “Gut Feeling” is often synonymous with a sense of desperation resulting from a lack of preparation. The Gut Check is a huge proponent of studying the numbers, but there’s a point where one can place too much emphasis on the wrong information. This can result in the undervaluing or overlooking a player’s potential. Therefore, The Weekly Gut Check is devoted to examining the frame of reference behind certain number-driven guidelines that fantasy football owners use to make decisions.

Although The Weekly Gut Check doesn’t claim to be psychic, he does believe that he can dispel certain numbers biases and help you make the best choices for your team. We’ll keep a running tally of The Weekly Gut Check’s insights. This way you can gauge his views as something to seriously consider, or at least seriously consider running the opposite way as fast as you can!


Crank Scores will be the focus of a four-part series. Part I provided Crank Scores for standard scoring, 12-team leagues based on 2005 stats. Part II focused on Crank Scores from 2005 stats for 12-team leagues that score 1 point per reception. Part III incorporates a combination of two draft strategies to create projections. Part IV will be a more personalized projection incorporating Crank scores. For a detailed explanation of the Crank Score see Volume 40 and Matt Waldman’s Draft Strategy article in the 2006 edition of Fantasy Pro Forecast now on sale at newsstands near you.

Yours truly is basing his scores off a 12-team league with a lineup of 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, and 1 TE for a standard scoring league system: .1 point per yard rushing/receiving; .05 point per yard passing; 6 points per rushing/receiving touchdown; and 4 points per passing touchdown.

The Gut Check’s 2006 Crank Projections - 8/15
QB Player Crank ADP RB Player Crank ADP WR Player Crank ADP TE Player Crank ADP
1 P. Manning 1.11 73.24 1 L. Johnson 1.01 97.33 1 L. Fitzgerald 2.07 71.12 1 A. Gates 3.03 29.47
2 M. Bulger 6.12 68.20 2 L. Tomlinson 1.02 73.30 2 T. Holt 2.04 59.78 2 T. Heap 5.10 22.40
3 D. McNabb 6.02 55.77 3 S. Alexander 1.02 69.09 3 M. Harrison 2.09 55.92 3 Gonzalez 4.12 17.20
4 K. Warner 7.05 49.94 4 C. Williams 1.11 62.74 4 S. Smith 2.01 54.23 4 Shockey 5.04 15.35
5 T. Brady 4.09 45.45 5 S. Jackson 1.05 57.50 5 C. Johnson 2.07 53.70 5 B. Watson 10.04 13.26
6 D. Culpepper 6.05 40.30 6 R. Brown 1.09 54.69 6 A. Boldin 3.02 49.20 6 McMichael 8.06 12.05
7 C. Palmer 4.10 38.67 7 T. Barber 1.05 53.98 7 C. Chambers 3.06 47.87 7 Crumpler 6.10 11.73
8 E. Manning 5.08 36.87 8 E. James 1.08 51.99 8 J. Horn 5.12 41.05 8 L.J. Smith 9.04 8.73
9 M. Hasselbeck 5.04 34.46 9 L. Jordan 1.07 47.89 9 T. Owens 2.02 39.92 9 J. Witten 7.04 7.78
10 D. Brees 10.02 30.75 10 Westbrook 2.02 43.10 10 S. Moss 4.07 36.64 10 C. Cooley 7.10 7.56
11 M. Vick 8.11 29.42 11 R. Bush 3.08 38.24 11 R. Wayne 3.06 35.04 11 H. Miller 10.04 6.42
12 D. Bledsoe 7.09 28.72 12 R. Johnson 1.10 34.77 12 R. Moss 2.12 31.45 12 B. Troupe 13.04 5.92
13 J. Delhomme 6.02 25.56 13 C. Portis 1.06 33.19 13 T.J Housh 6.02 30.75 13 V. Davis 10.08 5.71
14 S. McNair 11.01 23.94 14 K. Jones 2.11 32.24 14 Galloway 6.03 27.00 14 Winslow 9.12 5.49
15 B. Leftwich 10.08 22.76 15 D. Foster 3.11 31.71 15 D. Mason 5.09 26.39 15 Dal. Clark 11.02 4.49
16 B. Favre 10.02 21.68 16 J. Lewis 3.05 31.11 16 H. Ward 3.11 26.25 16 Des. Clark 4.17
17 M. Brunell 12.02 20.99 17 C. Dillon 4.02 26.96 17 A. Bryant 10.05 25.17 17 A. Smith 15.05 3.89
18 T. Green 8.03 18.09 18 W. McGahee 2.04 26.03 18 P. Burress 4.04 24.43 18 J. Stevens 3.60
19 C. Simms 13.01 17.46 19 J. Addai 5.01 23.86 19 D. Driver 4.07 23.90 19 Z. Hilton 14.11 3.50
20 J. Plummer 8.07 16.94 20 F. Gore 5.08 23.35 20 R. Williams 3.11 23.28 20 L. Pope 3.10
21 A. Brooks 9.06 16.54 21 C. Benson 5.06 22.55 21 D. Jackson 4.06 22.46 21 M. Lewis 2.99
22 B. Johnson 14.10 16.20 22 W. Dunn 3.12 21.67 22 K. McCardell 10.08 22.07 22 J. Putzier 2.60
23 J. Kitna 11.06 15.67 23 W. Parker 3.03 19.67 23 T. Glenn 9.05 21.59 23 J. Wiggins 13.12 2.20
24 Roethlisberger 10.05 14.61 24 J. Jones 3.02 18.60 24 R. Brown 7.06 20.53 24 D. Graham 2.08
25 P. Rivers 12.12 14.42 25 C. Taylor 3.03 17.02 25 E. Kennison 7.04 19.91 25 E. Johnson 1.66
26 D. Carr 12.10 13.97 26 M. Bell 16.93 26 L. Evans 6.10 18.41
27 R. Grossman 9.64 27 F. Taylor 6.01 16.24 27 M. Jones 7.09 17.78
28 B. Volek 14.05 7.95 28 A. Green 5.12 13.43 28 D. Branch 6.08 16.92
29 A. Smith 5.85 29 R. Droughns 3.10 11.52 29 Mi. Clayton 7.02 16.23
30 K. Holcomb 5.34 30 C.Brown 6.12 10.51 30 J. Walker 5.02 15.35
31 C. Frye 4.78 31 T.J. Duckett 9.63 31 R. Smith 6.09 14.75
32 C. Pennington 3.78 32 M. Barber 9.04 9.30 32 N. Burleson 7.09 14.39
33 D. Williams 7.01 8.73 33 Muhammad 7.06 13.88
34 T. Jones 3.12 8.09 34 B. Lloyd 13.04 13.70
35 L. Betts 13.09 7.73 35 A. Johnson 5.01 12.48
36 W. Lundy 36 D. Stallworth 9.07 12.08
37 L. Maroney 6.07 37 D. Bennett 8.03
38 L. White 38 L. Coles 8.05
39 D. Rhodes 5.05 39 E. Wilford 10.03
40 C. Perry 40 D. Givens
41 M. Turner 41 R. White 13.01
42 M. Bennett 42 E. Moulds 11.11
43 M. Morris 43 K. Curtis
44 B. Jacobs 44 Ma. Clayton
45 M. Pittman 45 M. Jenkins
46 K. Barlow 46 P Price
47 R. Moats 47 S. Parker
48 M. Moore 48 B. Engram
49 G. Jones 49 J. Jurevicius 13.11
50 M. Jones-Drew 50 B. Stokely 14.01
51 J. Norwood 51 I. Bruce 11.07
52 S. Gado 52 D. Gabriel
53 N. Davenport 53 R. Caldwell
54 J. Harrison 54 G. Jennings
55 M. Anderson 55 T. Williamson
56 M. Smith 56 T. Taylor
57 JJ Arrington 57 A. Toomer 15.03
58 V. Haynes 58 B. Edwards
59 D. Staley 59 E. Parker
60 T. Bell 4.11 60 B. Berrian
61 R. Dayne 61 M. Booker
62 S. Bryson 62 C. Rogers
63 B. Calhoun 63 M. Robinson
64 A. Peterson 64 C. Henry
65 C. Martin 65 D. Carter
66 C. Houston 66 A. Davis
67 P. Cobbs 67 R. Williams
68 D. Blaylock 68 Chad Jackson
69 C. Fason 69 A. Battle
70 A. Thomas 70 C. Thorpe

 



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