The weeks after Christmas/New Years are quite possibly the slowest around these parts since transactions are fewer and far between.  Not to mention a lot of people are dialed into the NFL postseason. 

So I thought it would be fun/interesting/stupid to get a thread going where we simply rank the 2015 QBs who had playing time last season based on our own opinion of who we'd want on our team. 

No need to give reasons for your rankings, but be prepared to defend any of them if questioned by another member.

The only rule is that you must rank ALL of them. 

Let's keep this fun and light-hearted and see where it goes. 

Here's the list based on their 2015 passing yardage:

• Henry Burris
• Bo Levi Mitchell
• Trevor Harris
• Zach Collaros
• Matt Nichols
• Kevin Glenn
• Mike Reilly
• Rakeem Cato
• Jonathan Jennings
• Travis Lulay
• Brett Smith
• Jeff Mathews
• Drew Willy
• James Franklin
• John Beck
• Brian Brohm
• Ricky Ray
• Keith Price
• Robert Marve
• Jonathan Crompton 
• Tanner Marsh 
• Drew Tate 
• Brandon Bridge 
• Tino Sunseri 
• Anthony Boone 
• Dominique Davis 
• Darian Durant 
• Jacory Harris 
• Jeremiah Masoli 
• Danny O'Brien 
• Mitchell Gale 
• Bryant Moniz 
• Greg McGhee 
• Jordan Lynch 
• Adrian MacPherson 
• Thomas DeMarco 
• Dan LeFevour 

I should clarify that we are ranking them based on what you feel is their current stock value in the league, not just career performance.

My Top 12

1. Zach Collaros

2. Bo Levi Mitchell

3. Mike Reilly

4. Henry Burris

5. Ricky Ray

6. Trevor Harris

7. Drew Willy

8. Drew Tate 

9. Darian Durant 

10. Jonathan Jennings

11. Kevin Glenn

12. Travis Lulay

Mine is something like this:

1. Zach Collaros

2. Bo Levi Mitchell

3. Mike Reilly

4. Ricky Ray

5. Drew Willy

6. Trevor Harris

7. Henry Burris

8. Darian Durant

9. Jonathan Jennings

10. Kevin Glenn

11. Matt Nichols

12. Jeff Mathews

13. Travis Lulay

14. Jonathan Crompton

15. James Franklin

16. Drew Tate

17. Brett Smith

18. Rakeem Cato

19. Jeremiah Masoli

20. Jordan Lynch

21. John Beck

22. Danny O'Brien

23. Dan LeFevour

24. Thomas DeMarco

25. Mitchell Gale

26. Adrian MacPherson

27. Jacory Harris

28. Brandon Bridge

29. Dominique Davis

30. Keith Price

31. Brian Brohm

32. Bryant Moniz

33. Anthony Boone

34. Greg McGhee

35. Tino Sunseri

36. Tanner Marsh

3 minutes ago, BigBlue said:

My Top 12

1. Zach Collaros

2. Bo Levi Mitchell

3. Mike Reilly

4. Henry Burris

5. Ricky Ray

6. Trevor Harris

7. Drew Willy

8. Drew Tate 

9. Darian Durant 

10. Jonathan Jennings

11. Kevin Glenn

12. Travis Lulay

Interesting that you have Tate ranked so high. 

Take a stab and try and rank the rest...

1 minute ago, TrueBlue said:

Interesting that you have Tate ranked so high. 

Take a stab and try and rank the rest...

The rest would truly be a blind stab in the dark

9 minutes ago, BigBlue said:

The rest would truly be a blind stab in the dark

Give it a shot. 

44 minutes ago, TrueBlue said:

Mine is something like this:

1. Zach Collaros

    

2. Bo Levi Mitchell

    

3. Mike Reilly

    

4. Ricky Ray

    

5. Drew Willy

    

6. Trevor Harris

    

7. Henry Burris

    

8. Darian Durant

    

9. Jonathan Jennings

    

10. Kevin Glenn

     

11. Matt Nichols

     

12. Jeff Mathews

     

13. Travis Lulay

     

14. Jonathan Crompton

     

15. James Franklin

     

16. Drew Tate

     

17. Brett Smith

     

18. Rakeem Cato

     

19. Jeremiah Masoli

     

20. Jordan Lynch

     

21. John Beck

     

22. Danny O'Brien

     

23. Dan LeFevour

     

24. Thomas DeMarco

     

25. Mitchell Gale

     

26. Adrian MacPherson

     

27. Jacory Harris

     

28. Brandon Bridge

     

29. Dominique Davis

     

30. Keith Price

     

31. Brian Brohm

     

32. Bryant Moniz

     

33. Anthony Boone

     

34. Greg McGhee

     

35. Tino Sunseri

     

36. Tanner Marsh

     

I'd have Lirim Hajrullahu ranked higher than Brohm.

 

1. Mitchell - just because he's durable and good

2. Collaros - Injury issues with this guy for sure but definitely a very good player

3. Reilly- as a QB? not so much but he's a winner, he wins. Honestly, If i'm ranking them in terms of QB play alone, i'm not sure Reilly is this high

4. Willy - Yup. Gonna put him top 5. Only because he made chicken salad out of chicken crap, sure he's got injury concerns 2 but.. He has a bright future

5. Harris - Don't see the hype with him, don't think he's better than any of the top 4 but... he's young and has upside, however his contract demands seem a little ridiculous for a guy who has proven nothing

6. Jennings - Do we see a them here? It's all the young guys first, guys with futures

7. Ray - based on his history and only his history cuz i'm not sure how much more time he has in the CFL

8. Hank/Henry/Frank - See Ray. He ain't getting any younger

 

 

The rest?? Basically, I'd put Glenn and Tate in the same group, I'd put Nichols in the group below them.

 

Lulay if healthy is 9 on my list but... 

 

and the Rest outside of Masoli... They are guys i could easily see gone from the CFL in a couple weeks. 

 

Basically, You got your starters, you got your back up and most teams don't have that solid back up actually... and then you got your guys who get chance after chance after chance (marsh, brohm etc) those types. 

1 - mitchell

2 - Collaros

3 - Burris

4 - Willy

5 - Ray

6 - Reilly

7 - Harris

8 - Durain't

9 - Jennings

10- Glenn

11 - Tate

12 - Nichols

13 - lulay

14 - Cato

15- Crompton

16 - Smith

17 - Masoli

18 - Matthews

19 -  MacPherson

20 - Lynch

This is for the past season, right?

I know there is a lot of Hank hate out there but you can't OBJECTIVELY look at this past season and rank Drew Willy or a lot of these other QB's ahead of him in performance.  Just look at the frickin' numbers, he put on some masterful passing clinics down the stretch and other than Collaros when healthy, Henry had the greatest impact on his team.  Maybe that's why he was nominated and won MOP???

22 minutes ago, Goalie said:

1. Mitchell - just because he's durable and good

2. Collaros - Injury issues with this guy for sure but definitely a very good player

3. Reilly- as a QB? not so much but he's a winner, he wins. Honestly, If i'm ranking them in terms of QB play alone, i'm not sure Reilly is this high

4. Willy - Yup. Gonna put him top 5. Only because he made chicken salad out of chicken crap, sure he's got injury concerns 2 but.. He has a bright future

5. Harris - Don't see the hype with him, don't think he's better than any of the top 4 but... he's young and has upside, however his contract demands seem a little ridiculous for a guy who has proven nothing

6. Jennings - Do we see a them here? It's all the young guys first, guys with futures

7. Ray - based on his history and only his history cuz i'm not sure how much more time he has in the CFL

8. Hank/Henry/Frank - See Ray. He ain't getting any younger

What is interesting is of the top six you have here (Ray and Henry are on the wrong side of 30 and 40), their ages are Jennings (23), Mitchell (25), Collaros (27), Willy (29) , Harris (29), Reilly (30), 

 

I don't even recognize all the names in the OP

People are letting the massive amount of injuries that happened to CFL qbs last season make them play silly buggers with rankings. 

Based on last season CFL QB ratings with half season or more and then the rest plugged in based on games played v. stats

Collaros

Burris

Harris

Jennings

Mitchell

Smith

Willy

Franklin

Cato

Glenn

Reilly

Matthews

Nichols

 

 

 

6 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

People are letting the massive amount of injuries that happened to CFL qbs last season make them play silly buggers with rankings. 

The injury trend is not about to change anytime soon. 

15 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

This is for the past season, right?

I know there is a lot of Hank hate out there but you can't OBJECTIVELY look at this past season and rank Drew Willy or a lot of these other QB's ahead of him in performance.  Just look at the frickin' numbers, he put on some masterful passing clinics down the stretch and other than Collaros when healthy, Henry had the greatest impact on his team.  Maybe that's why he was nominated and won MOP???

My thinking was that this is for who you'd want on your team, whether you're basing that just on last season or on their career.

5 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Based on last season CFL QB ratings with half season or more and then the rest plugged in based on games played v. stats

Collaros

Burris

Harris

Jennings

Mitchell

Smith

Willy

Franklin

Cato

Glenn

Reilly

Matthews

Nichols

 

 

 

My idea was that it wasn't just about stats.  It's supposed to be about your opinion.  Put them on your draft ranking list.  Who would you pick first, second, etc...

19 minutes ago, TrueBlue said:

My thinking was that this is for who you'd want on your team, whether you're basing that just on last season or on their career.

Ya didn't say that in your original post.  Start again.

6 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Ya didn't say that in your original post.  Start again.

I thought the second post right after would have clarified this.  

I'll make the change good sir.

Collaros

Reilly

Burris

Ray

Mitchell

Harris

Willy

Glenn

Jennings

Cato

Tate

Mathews

Masoli

Durant

Lulay

Nichols

Franklin

Smith

Crompton

 

Collaros

Reilly

Mitchell

Willy 

Harris

Burris

Jennings

Ray

Durant

Franklin

Cato

Tate

Glenn

Lulay

Nichols

The group of Crompton, Lefevour, Smith, Mathews and Masoli would all be a better fit pumping gas.

My take:

1. Burris - MOP say no more.

2, Mitchell - Consistent even when everything around him was changing.

3. Collaros - Could have been MOP if he'd stayed healthy

4. Reilly - All he does is win and that's the whole point of the game.

5. Harris - Made the most of his opportunities.

6. Jennings - Young and athletic. Huge upside.

7. Ray - Still throws the best deep ball in the CFL, not sure how much more time he has left.

8. Willy - Injury prone but gets the job done when he's healthy.

9. Glenn - The Rodney Dangerfield of the CFL is still a good QB.

10. Lulay - Not the same since his last injury, but can still get the job done when he's healthy.

11. Franklin - Young and athletic with a big upside.

12. Nichols - Good backup

 

1 hour ago, TrueBlue said:

Give it a shot. 

STOP PUSHING HIM!  Pushy Pusherson.

Actually I'm like Mark H, I don't recognize half of the players, but what you and Goalie put is pretty much the same way I would rank them.

1 hour ago, TrueBlue said:

My thinking was that this is for who you'd want on your team, whether you're basing that just on last season or on their career.

Okay.

1.  Collaros.

2.  Eggs, sausage and Collaros

3. Eggs, sausage, Collaros bake beans and Collaros.

4. Collaros, eggs, sausage, baked beans, Collaros and Collaros....

 

I don't like spam.

14 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Okay.

1.  Collaros.

2.  Eggs, sausage and Collaros

3. Eggs, sausage, Collaros bake beans and Collaros.

4. Collaros, eggs, sausage, baked beans, Collaros and Collaros....

 

I don't like spam.

You forgot number 5.  Collaros, Collaros, Collaros, Collaros, Collaros and Collaros.