2007 Player Rankings for Week 13
by Simon McGrother
May 23, 2007
Week 12 completed the process of the earth falling off its axis. Two or three weeks ago you would have got huge odds against: Tampa, New York, Las Vegas, Nashville and (a Lenzie-Jackson-and-Kevin-Ingram-less) LA winning in the same week. In fact I’d have given you very attractive odds 3 days ago. Dallas may have chosen the right week for a bye. Chicago imploded in the absence of Bobby Sippio, Las Vegas started another new QB and Nick Rolovich looked very good. Tony Graziani is back for the Soul, and immediately they win (despite Tony only completing 7 passes) – talisman or what?
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- Chris Griesen, Georgia
- Clint Dolezel, Dallas
- Mark Grieb, San Jose
- Joe Germaine, Utah
- Aaron Garcia, New York
- Sherdrick Bonner, Arizona
- Chad Salisbury, Grand Rapids
- Tony Graziani, Philadelphia
- John Dutton, Colorado
- Matt D'Orazio, Chicago
- Shane Stafford, Orlando
- Sonny Cumbie, Los Angeles
- Andy Kelly, New Orleans
- Raymond Philyaw, Kansas City
- Brett Dietz, Tampa Bay
- Matt Nagy, Columbus (injury watch)
- Jeff Smoker, Nashville
- Nick Rolovich, Las Vegas (BYE)
- Lang Campbell, Austin
- Steve Bellisari, New Orleans
- Scott Dreisbach, Columbus
- Rohan Davey, New York
- Juston Wood, Philadelphia (IR)
- Brian Jones, Las Vegas (BYE)
- John Kaleo, Tampa Bay (IR)
- Stoney Case, Tampa Bay (IR)
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Brett Dietz cemented his reputation with a great outing for the Storm in their win over the Rattlers. 352 yds and 8TDs is a top tier fantasy scoring – but bear in mind that not every opponent has Arizona’s lamentable defense. John Dutton and the Crush continue to improve and look playoff bound. Raymond Philyaw had an immense outing (8 TDs) for the Brigade but it was insufficient to overcome Aaron Garcia (9 TDs) and the Dragons. Despite missing both Ben Nelson and Rodney Wright Mark Grieb managed to score 9 TDs, and didn’t even rely on James Roe. |
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- Siaha Burley, Utah
- Bobby Sippio, Chicago (Injury watch)
- Chris Jackson, Georgia
- Ben Nelson, San Jose (Injury watch)
- Troy Bergeron, Georgia
- Mike Horacek, New York
- Damian Harrell, Colorado
- James Roe, San Jose
- Timon Marshall, Grand Rapids
- Will Pettis, Dallas
- Charles Frederick, Kansas City
- Marcus Nash, Dallas
- Kevin Ingram, Los Angeles (IR)
- Derrick Lewis, Austin
- Derek Lee, Georgia
- Trandon Harvey, Arizona (Injury watch)
- TT Toliver, Tampa Bay
- Damien Groce, Columbus
- Cornelius Bonner, Grand Rapids
- Randy Gatewood, Arizona (IR)
- Kevin Swayne, New York
- Jeremiah Pope, Arizona
- Rodney Wright, San Jose (IR)
- Javarus Dudley, Orlando
- Charles Pauley, Philadelphia
- Brad Pyatt, Colorado
- Jason Geathers, San Jose
- Kenny Higgins, Nashville
- Tyronne Jones, New Orleans
- Rob Mager, Chicago
- Jimmy Fryzel, Orlando
- Etu Molden, Las Vegas (BYE)
- Lawrence Samuels, Tampa Bay
- Thabiti Davis, Las Vegas (BYE)
- Lenzie Jackson, Los Angeles (IR)
- Willie Quinnie, Colorado
- Travis LaTendresse, Las Vegas (BYE)
- Cleannord Saintil, San Jose
- Kenny Henderson, New Orleans (IR)
- Kevin Nickerson, Austin
- Andy McCullough, Chicago
- David Saunders, Columbus (IR)
- DeAndrew Rubin, Orlando (IR)
- Sean Scott, Philadelphia (IR)
- Jerel Myers, Kansas City
- Jason Willis, New York
- Alonzo Nix, Colorado
- Andrae Thurman, Dallas
- Rob Turner, Los Angeles
- Otis Amey, Austin
- Ryan Dennard, Utah
- Sedrick Robinson, Austin
- Rocco Forgione, Grand Rapids
- Robert Quiroga, Los Angeles
- Kevin McKenzie, Free Agent
- Terrance Quattlebaum, Las Vegas (BYE)
- Chris Anthony, New York (IR)
- James Jordan, New Orleans
- Joe Douglass, Las Vegas (BYE) (IR)
- Aaron Boone, Utah (IR)
- Robert Redd, Colorado
- Josh Bush, Columbus
- Kevin Prentiss, Las Vegas (BYE) (IR)
- Jerome Riley, Grand Rapids (IR)
- Marcus Knight, Columbus
- Curtis Fagan, Arizona
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Who knows where San Jose finds them, but somewhere in the Bay Area there is a rich vein of quality receivers. With both Nelson and Wright absent the onus appeared to fall squarely on James Roe, but he only had one of the 9 Mark Grieb TD catches. Jason Geathers and rookie Cleannord Saintil carried the water as the SaberCats pounded the Rampage. The biggest news in the receiving area is the number of injuries to big names. Five or six of the top 15 catchers are either on IR or off it in name only. With so many of the A-list out of commission owners are hoping to find those 4th and 5th choicers who are coming good at the right time. So an abbreviated list of those who might be worth picking up: LaShaun Ward (listed as a DB, but snagged four TDs against Georgia in the absence of Jackson and Ingram), LA’s remaining schedule has a couple of tough games in the next 2 weeks, and then 3 high scoring shootouts at the end, Ingram can only return for the last of those. Travis LaTendresse of the Gladiators, with Rolovich seemingly a QB of note, and with a question mark hanging over Etu Molden’s fitness, Travis could be a big hitter in the last 4 weeks (he’s on bye this week). Jason Willis of New York, filling in for the injured Chris Anthony he comfortably outscored Mike Horacek (that won’t happen every week, but he might still be worth garbbing from the wire). Cornelius Bonner after being cut by the Katz he has joined the much more offensively useful Rampage and may finish the season much stronger than he started it. |
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- Dan Alexander, Nashville
- Lonnie Ford, Los Angeles
- Torrance Marshall, Tampa Bay
- Ja'Mar Toombs, New York (IR)
- Chris Ryan, Grand Rapids
- Harold Wells, Columbus
- Marlon Moye-Moore, Orlando
- Bo Kelly, Arizona (injury watch)
- Josh White, Dallas
- Brian Johnson, San Jose
- Marlion Jackson, Las Vegas (BYE)
- Dawan Moss, Kansas City
- Kevin Nagle, Orlando
- Bob McMillen, Chicago
- Dan Curran, New Orleans
- Robert Thomas, Colorado
- James Lynch, New Orleans
- Josh Rue, Las Vegas (BYE)
- Kevin Nagle, Orlando
- Matt Huebner, Georgia
- Chris Robinson, Utah
- Frank Carter, Utah
- Wes Ours, Philadelphia
- Byron Douzart, Kansas City
- Phil Glover, San Jose
- John Peaua, Colorado
- Bruce McClure, Georgia
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Harold Wells had a second consecutive multi-TD outing for the Destroyers and moves up the rankings particularly with questions over Matt Nagy’s fitness. Chris Ryan also added a week 12 pair to his week 11 brace and he too floats above some of his rivals. A new face on the rankings is an old favorite of mine: Marlion Jackson of the Gladiators. He has negative rushing yards on the season but caught 7 passes for 98 yards and a score in Nick Rolovich’s debut – the start of a beautiful relationship? As expected Dan Alexander had a big day against Chicago’s weak run-defense. But Torrance Marshall drew another blank and maybe his bubble has finally burst. |
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- Rashad Floyd, Colorado
- Eddie Moten, Philadelphia
- Jeroid Johnson, Tampa Bay
- DeJuan Alfonzo, Chicago
- Lin-J Shell, Orlando
- Chris D. Brown, New Orleans
- Clevan Thomas, San Jose
- Hamin Milligan, Georgia
- Nate Coggins, Austin
- Jermaine Jones, Dallas
- Brandon Hefflin, Columbus
- DaShane Dennis, New York
- Dennison Robinson, Chicago
- Jonathan Ordway, Chicago
- Keyuo Craver, Arizona
- Chris Angel, Colorado
- Isaiah Trufant, Kansas City
- Rober' Freeman, Columbus (IR)
- Eddie Canonico, Los Angeles
- Omarr Smith, San Jose
- Jeremy Unertl, Chicago
- BJ Barre, Columbus
- Delmonico “Monty” Montgomery, Free Agent
- Rayshun Reed, Orlando
- Keon Raymond, Nashville
- Ahmad Hawkins, Nashville
- Damen Wheeler, Los Angeles
- Chuck Wesley, Grand Rapids
- William (Roc) Haith, New Orleans
- Damon Mason, Austin
- Terrance Joseph, Los Angeles
- Kahlid Naziruddin, Tampa Bay
- Clarence Lawson, Utah
- Ryan Bowers, Orlando
- Reggie Doster, Georgia
- Willie Gary, Georgia
- Earthwind Moreland, Las Vegas (BYE)
- Bobby Keyes, Dallas
- Kelvin Hunter, New Orleans
- Kenny McEntyre, Kansas City
- Dahnel Singfield, Las Vegas (BYE)
- Johnnie Harris, Grand Rapids
- Billy Parker, New York
- Jerald Brown, Columbus
- Traco Rachal, Tampa Bay
- Calvin Spears, New Orleans
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DeJuan Alfonzo had a second straight week of dizzying offensive numbers to supplement his already worthy defensive stats. Such bi-directional play used to be the hallmark of the AFL but is now sufficiently rare to make DeJuan a fantasy must-have. Ahmad Hawkins was another man to do a little bit of everything in week 12. Eddie Moten tackles less often than usual, but made 2 picks and turned one of those into a TD. Rashad Floyd performed the same feat (the 2 picks) for the Crush, but had a bone-crunching 14 tackles in addition. But this left him as only second best tackler on his team as Chris Angel managed a heady 14.5. |
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- A. J. Haglund, San Jose
- Todd Sievers, Dallas
- Jason Ball, Colorado
- Brian Gowins, Grand Rapids
- Mark Lewis, Austin
- Gary Kral, Kansas City
- Steve Videtich, Utah
- Remy Hamilton, Los Angeles
- Carlos Martinez, Georgia
- Carter Warley, New York
- Dan Frantz, Chicago
- Steve Azar, Las Vegas (BYE)
- Jay Taylor, Orlando
- Todd France, Philadelphia
- Eric Houle, New Orleans
- Seth Marler, Tampa Bay
- Peter Martinez, Columbus
- Jason Witczak, Nashville
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Eric Houle rapidly sinks beneath the horizon as the VooDoo continue their downward spiral. Better news for Steve Azar, who’s Gladiators finally showed some offense against the Blaze. Good week for Jay Taylor of Orlando and further improvement from Remy Hamilton. |
Simon McGrother is a founding member of ArenaFootballOnline.com, the #1 source for Arena Fantasy Football information, and has been following the Arena Football League for 4 years. Contact Simon at smcgrother@arenafootballonline.com
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