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I'm going to remake all these topics because we got too much shit in the others. This is for going into 2016, who are your top-10 players at each position? Rookies need not apply. (At least for me, not a hard and fast rule, you really love Zeke, then go for it.) First up: Quarterbacks. I want discussion, I want something more than just the list. Make Favre angry and leave A-Rod off entirely if you want. We need something to talk about. 1. Aaron Rodgers : Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood wasn't as happy a place to be last year as the years before. Most people attribute this to Jordy Nelson's year-long visit to the infirmary. Eddie Lacy went to visit Jordy one too many times and ate too many of the snacks over there as well. A-Rod didn't look like himself, that's for sure, but he still had a fantastic TD-INT ratio of 31:8. He posted his first sub-100 QB rating since 2008, (and that was still 92.7). When someone can put up those numbers and the season is considered a disappointment, well. I don't think I need to add anything else to that. 2. Tom Brady : Brady had O-linemen playing for him that came in out of the stands in his final game, (and his center was telegraphing the snap count), and was without a ton of starters. Yet he still lit up the league and probably goes to the Super Bowl if they don't lose to the Dolphins. Or the Eagles. Ugggghhh. Or if Gronk doesn't choke like a weenie in the thin air up in Mile High. Father Time has got to catch this guy at some point, right? 3. Cam Newton : Newton was the best QB in the league last year even without his #1, and this year he's getting back KB. If #CalvinBenjamin returns to form, the Panthers offense could be even more dangerous than last year's #11 ranking. (Don't give me this #1 offense crap, scoring offense is misleading.) The threat he brings to his offense is second-to-none, and only rivaled by Wilson. He's almost unstoppable inside the 2 and last year he took his game to another level, with only one turnover inside the redzone the whole season, including playoffs- and that turnover was an INT that bounced off his receiver's hands. If he continues to play like he did last year, there's really nothing more the Panthers can ask for. 4. Ben Roethlisberger : Big Ben looked set to have one of the most prolific passing offenses in the league in 2016. Martavis Bryant's suspension ended that certainty, but its still a good possibility. When you have the best wideout in the league, (spoilers!) in Antonio Brown to throw to, and the best running back in the league (more spoilers!), to take the pressure off your passing game, you can easily make the case that the Steelers offense is going to score a lot of points this year. Oh, and the fact that their defense looks kinda sucky. They might get involved in quite a few shootouts. 5. Russell Wilson : Man I hate this guy, but man is he good at football. He tore the league up in the second half of 2015, and if he plays like that the whole year in 2016, well he'd be very hard to beat for the MVP. His only real main concern is the Hawks ground game possibly not being all that great. If Rawls' injury has healed up, and he returns to what we saw in limited action in 2015, then that won't be an issue. Of course, there is the glaring failure of the O-line to protect Russ last year, but the Hawks kinda sorta addressed that need in the draft. Let's say the strength of their offensive line is TBD. 6. Drew Brees : Breesy is on the downswing for sure, but he's still putting up eye-popping numbers. Even without Jimmy last year, he still put up a few yards (4,870) and a couple TDs, (32 vs 11 INTs). His cap hit is huge for an aging vet, and the Saints defense just is too bad for Brees to reliably carry this team in ballgames like New Orleans apparently is banking on. 7. Carson Palmer : If you take out his last three games, Palmer had an MVP-like year. The season ending slate against Seattle, Green Bay, and then Carolina made him look like a below average QB- and that's being generous. So what to make of Mr. Palmer? Frankly, I have no idea. If he plays like he did last year, this spot is probably not high enough. But he could also be ranked in the 20s if he regresses. 8. Andy Dalton : Speaking of people who changed the way they played last year... Mr. Dalton used to be considered the "prime meridian" of QBs. If your QB was worse than Dalton, you needed a new one. If he was better, you had a franchise QB. Dalton himself was a major question mark. Except last year he was legitimately in the MVP race until he got injured. I need some more consistency from him to place him higher on the list. 9. Eli Manning : His big brother tied him in rings last year, clearly now Elisha needs to go get his third. Eli actually had a great year last year, with a 62.6 CP, 4436 yards, and 35 TDs against 14 INTs, (needs to cut down on the INTs a bit there). If Victor Cruz can get back in the lineup, and with Sterling Shepard looking good in training camp, the Giants look to have a pretty explosive passing game for Eli to throw to. 10. Blake Bortles : Bortles threw a lot of TDs last year, which is a great thing. He also threw the ball to the wrong team a lot and made some completely boneheaded throws. He's well on his way to joining the ranks of the very good if he can cut back on some of those dumb decisions and I like his chances to do that in 2016. Just missed: Andrew Luck, Tony Romo, Derek Carr.