Updates to player rankings

I have updated all the player rankings based on the happenings of the last week or so. The rankings under "2008 Positional Rankings" have been updated. I am too lazy, uh, I mean busy, to update the team-by-team projections.

I will create another post in the next few days when I update the google spreadsheet with these values. If any of you need it before then, let me know and I'll put it on my priority list.

Here are some of the things I changed:

Kevin Curtis is hurt and looks to miss about half the year. This hurts his ratings and helps DeSean Jackson.

Jason Hill looks to have won the slot position in San Fransisco from Arnaz Battle.

Antonio Gates seems like he is fully healed; my earlier projections had him missing a few games. This helps Gates and Phillip Rivers, and hurts Vince Jackson.

Matt Ryan is starting in Atlanta, which hurts every Falcon receiver.

Drew Carter is out for the year in Oakland. I have no idea who their #3 receiver is going to be now.

Earnest Graham is going to be sharing some time with Warrick Dunn. I had a reasonable split in carries (225-80), but I did not have Dunn down for any catches. So I added 10 catches for Dunn at Graham's expense.

Chad Johnson has a torn labrum, and there is a lot of debate over whether he can play through it this year. I had a high variance on Johnson already due to his summer shenanigans, so he still seems to be at an appropriate point in my ratings.

Rudi Johnson is falling faster than the Dow Industrial Average. Chris Perry and Kenny Watson will take up the slack. It looks like Perry will get the starts early, but expect Watson to be the 3rd down back and expect the brittle Perry to get hurt before too long.

Micheal Bush spent some time at FB with the Raiders this week before being moved back to tailback. This can't bode well for his projected role this season. I took 50 carries away from him and gave them to Darren McFadden. I still have McFadden lower than most sites though, I just don't think his build and his running style will be successful in the NFL.

Willis McGahee is still hurting, there is talk that the Ravens brass is upset at him, and Ray Rice is having a great pre-season. I bumped up Rice at the expense of McGahee. I love Rice as a late-draft pickup.

Finally, Payton Manning looks like he is going to be just fine. I had surreptitiously taken 1 game away from Manning's stats; now I added them back in.