Peyton Manning is consistently a 30+ Touchdown threat, and in most games will not bring you any negative points from interceptions. He is not a rushing threat, by any means, but last year, he did show us that he wasn't afraid to to take in by himself in the redzone if the opportunity was there. Going into his 10th NFL season, Peyton Manning should be the first quarterback taken in any fantasy football draft, and should be gone no later than the 2nd round of a 12 team redraft league.

Projected Passing Stats: 4400 yards passing, 35 passing touchdowns, and 10 interceptions.

Rushing Stats are virtually non existent: 30 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdown.

I think that's fairly accurate. I give him a couple more rushing TD's though.

Hoping to get some complete analysis from you guys on these. My reply here was an example. I want to put some player pages together and use the input from members here.

http://www.sofantasyfootball.com/nfl/t11891/

isnt it a bit early on this stuff? i dont normally get to this until like july.

People are already drafting in July.

Peyton Manning will once again be the in the top three in scoring for fantasy football. Indy offense did not lose a step in the offseason, the Colts were able to get Manning a couple of new weapons on offense.

Passing yards: 4200 yards, 34 TD, 8 int
Rushing Yards: 25 yards, 3 TD

In a redraft league, I'd have to say Peyton's a late 1st rounder to early 2nd rounder. In a 6 pt passing TD league, he's probably going to end up pushing for #1 in the league in scoring, and will be head and shoulders better than any other QB out there coming into this year.

Projected Passing Stats - 3950 yds, 35 TD, 9 int
Projected Rushing Stats - 20 yds, 2 TD

i took peyton near the end of the 1st this year in a 6-per-TD league, first time ive ever gone QB so early, and i ended up disappointed. not like he was a bust, but he wasnt that much better than other guys i wouldve targetted later and wasnt a good help for my team.

i dont think its too realistic to put peyton at 35 or more TDs like most seem to be doing. the guy has only had more than 31 once in his career. i figure he'll be around 4000 and 30 like every other year. he'll certainly be top 3 at worst in my rankings and probably #1. but i wont take him that high. just the way it is.

Good info, keep it coming.

Will add a couple more players to the list tomorrow

Passing
Att: 543
Comp: 347
Pct: 63.9%
Yards: 4,176
YPA: 7.69
TD: 30
INT: 15

Rushing
Att: 29
Yards: 77
Avg: 2.65
TD: 1

Fumbles
Total: 5
Lost: 1

I look for him to fall back towards the pack this year. They have RB that suits the team, that will take away from his passing yards. In addition, the new running game will be used to take some time off the clock because of the subpar defense. I look for 3800 in yards and btwn 25-30 TD's.

They've had an RB that suits the team for a while now, it's just been a couple different RBs. Hasn't messed with Manning's numbers all that much.

These numbers aren't all that different than his usual numbers. Maybe a little short on the TD's though. Like was previously posted, a good RB has never hurt his numbers before, and has actually helped in some cases. Remember that guy named Edgerrin james?

with the defensive hits they took this offseason, and adding Gonzalez, and I think the Colts will pass even more than they usually do.

Passing Yards: 4700
Passing Touchdowns: 40
Interceptions: 11
Rushing Yards: 40
Rushing Touchdowns: 3

I,m predicting a slight downfall this year for Manning and the entire team. Call it a hunch. They'll still win their division with Jacksonville right at their heels.Manning will be a definite first round pick in our league. He'll probably go 10th or 11th in the first round. I don't see anything drastic for Manning, the O line was a top pass line, and the protection of Manning was tantamount to their success. In general I agree with all the above stats on an average. No surprises here.

Ahhh, Peyton. I believe he'll be over drafted this season in expectation of the next big explosion. To tell the truth, his best years are behind him. I am not saying he sucks by any stretch. The Foerhead will continue to kick butt in most league scoring brackets. But I will take Brady before Manning this year without losing any sleep which makes him at best a mid 2nd rounder in my mind for any redraft league owner with vision.

Now comes the logic. I don't care that Randy Moss is a Patriot. Not one bit. My honest concern was the fact that the Colts have absolutly no #3 wr this season. Nobody. Cripes, Brady has a decent #4 and 5. Go with Brady and take another runningback at #3. You'll thank me.