1. Chad Johnson
   
2. Steve Smith
   
3. Marvin Harrison
   
4. Torry Holt
   
5. Terrell Owens
   
6. Reggie Wayne
   
7. Javon Walker
   
8. Andre Johnson
   
9. Lee Evans
   
10. Larry Fitzgerald

1) Marvin Harrison

He's the only guy in the league year in/year out who is putting up 1200+ yards and double digit TDs, and there's really no reason at all to think that's going to change. I'd be willing to say that not having him #1 is just foolish.

2) Terrell Owens

I really, really hate having Owens this high, especially since he hasn't broken 1200 yards since 2002 and I don't really believe in the Tony Romo experiment, but even if he doesn't get as many yards as a CJ, he's likely to score anwhere from 10-15 TDs, and that's just gold.

3) Torry Holt

Whoo boy does it start to get close even as early as #3. I could see Steve Smith, Terrell Owens, Charles Johnson, Reggie Wayne (ridiculous offense), and even Randy Moss waltzing into this spot. I predict BIG things for Moss, but he's way too much of a wild card to go this high. Smith is only takes it if he returns to his 2005 production, and I think he's still too much of a target for that. Reggie Wayne isn't quite the scorer Holt is. CJ is a major yards guy, but the only time he ever had 10 TDs was 4 yers ago. Holt has shown minor signs of decline that give me pause here, but Bulger will get him the ball, Isaac Bruce isn't going to split touches the way he has in the past, and he's just too darn consistent to predict any kind of decline that isn't pretty minor.

4) Chad Johnson

Chad Johnson and Reggie Wayne and Steve Smith are almost identical here for me. In fact, CJ, RW, SS and Holt are almost identical for me in these four spots in terms of what I expect. I like Holt's chances of going double digit TDs more than any of these guys, and RW playing second fiddle to Marvin Harrison in Indy hurt his chances of putting up the consistent gawdiness of a CJ. Lastly, SS is still all they have in Carolina and I expect something more like '06 than '05. CJ just gets too many yards too consistently. He's just got fewer questions than the rest.

5) Reggie Wayne

Reggie Wayne in Indy's offense, even second to Marvin Harrison, will probably put up comparable numbers to a targeted SS in Carolina's offense, and always has a chance to do better. It's tough to put a #2 guy over Steve Smith, but we make exceptions for guys who catch Peyton Manning.

6) Steve Smith

He's the last of the highly predictable exceptional production guys in terms of all yards, touchdowns, and the guy throwing him the ball. 1-6 on this list are the absolute top tier guys in the league as far as I'm concerned, and it's only process of elimination that makes Smith last among them. But i could see him going anywhere 3-6 and it would make perfect sense to me.

7) Randy Moss

As a prediction, I'd actually have him in the top five if risk had nothing to do with it. His Raider years and his attitude make you seriously wonder if you even want to take the risk, but in my opinion he's Randy Moss catching passes from Tom Brady without anybody breathing down his neck. And even in his off years (last year's debacle aside) he still scored at a pretty exceptional rate. For me, this is an easy pick, but I can see myself getting arguments.

8) Donald Driver

One of a few 1200 yard, 5-10 TD guys. But let's put it this way: This is the difference between catching passes from Brett Favre and catching passes from John Kitna or J. P. Losman. Drivers recent history also gives him a bit of an edge. You just can't fight consistency like this.

9) Roy Williams

Let's just put it this way: this is the differenve between catching passes from John kitna, and catching passes from J. P. Losman.

10) Lee Evans

Bet you could have guessed I was going to say this. He's a very strong pick, but you still kind of have to wonder about Losman throwing to anybody.

11) Larry Fitgerald

I think a full year catching passes from just one QB is going to do LF a lot of good. But he'll still be splitting passes with Boldin, he'll still be cathcing passes from a guy with less than a year of NFL experience behind a suspect line, and he'll still have to average 14 yards a game for once in his career to have significant value over anybody who has come earlier on this list.

12) Marques Colston

I don't know how he's going to respond to his frosh success for his sophomore campaign, but how you can't like Colston in that offense without Joe Horn is beyond me. If not for some serious question I have, he could easily be much higher than this.

13) Reggie Brown

Call me crazy, but it looked like Brown was finally putting it together and getting into a pretty good roll with McNabb last year before Dono went down. He'll be the guy this year, McNabb should be healthy, and in only 46 catches last year he had 8 TDs. Because he's the risk that any third year player who's never caught more than 50 balls or gone for 900 yards in a season has to be considered, I can't blame a single person for keeping well out of the top 15. But I have a really good feeling.

14) Javon Walker

Should be higher than Brown, and should probably be higher than a few more guys, and especially with Cutler's cannon of an arm, but Jay's almost definitely going to struggle and the offense there will be able tc crutch on it's run game in a way that it couldn't last year. I just don't have a good feeling for this particular whiny punk.

15) Anquan Boldin

Always a good bet for solid yards with a chance at spectacular, but he has all the same questions as Larry Fitzgerald regarding the guys around him, will still be splitting those touches, and has had difficulty scoring consistently in the past. If it weren't for the scores, I'd rate him much higher, but he's put himself in this position by not putting himself in the endzone more.

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Well, there you go. That was tough, but I think my fantasy teams are going to be, well, fantastic because of it.

Enjoy.

Expect a QB ranking list tomorrow.