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2004 Top First Half Fantasy Quarterbacks

The  Men Who Were Strong Out of the Gate

Stats that reflect a player's season totals are often misleading.  The NFL season lasts a long time, and players often have impressive stretches of play that get lost in the shuffle.

There are a lot of reasons why certain players have a great first half but tail off later in the year.  Injuries to them or their teammates are often the cause, but other factors like strength of schedule can play a role too.

However, there are also a class of players that are simply known as fast starters.  Year after year they come out strong out of the gate and post gaudy early season numbers before the grind of the season wears them down.  

Identifying and acquiring these players is critical as the outcome of the first 8 games of the year often determines who will make the fantasy playoffs.  A side bonus is you can ride these guys and then trade them off before their scoring declines.

We use the Freaks' standard scoring system and all of the scoring totals are rounded to the nearest whole number. 

So study hard, and come next fantasy draft you'll have the best stocked roster in your league.  

Top First Half Performers

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Kickers

Defense/Special Teams

 

 

 

 

NFLFreaks Stats Index

 10 Yards Rushing/Receiving = 1 pt  |  20 Yards Passing = 1 pt  |  TD = 6 pts

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1 Peyton Manning 27 25 50 23 28 0 36 54 39 46 35 48 39 27 18 31 0 527 282 245
2 Daunte Culpepper 45 27 37 0 53 53 16 21 19 44 29 26 31 23 40 34 31 528 270 259
3 Marc Bulger 20 20 34 16 41 25 28 0 28 19 26 35 2 0 0 18 41 353 212 142
4 Donovan McNabb 42 33 36 18 0 11 46 21 5 43 39 27 53 20 20 8 0 420 211 209
5 Jake Plummer 27 15 27 15 24 29 17 49 36 0 23 20 15 12 24 30 32 394 203 191
6 Brett Favre 13 20 42 12 29 25 25 22 0 36 27 29 7 16 32 36 22 393 188 205
7 Tom Brady 35 23 0 27 16 18 18 26 24 24 22 9 15 25 27 26 24 356 186 170
8 Trent Green 9 11 29 19 0 28 13 37 37 23 32 13 36 30 29 31 25 402 183 219
9 Drew Brees 22 13 17 29 23 18 10 46 37 0 24 33 6 23 10 34 0 345 178 167
10 David Carr 13 31 20 21 39 19 0 21 13 12 18 23 9 16 18 16 15 303 177 126
11 Jake Delhomme 26 27 0 17 21 18 8 26 34 33 20 23 21 17 29 36 29 386 177 209
12 Byron Leftwich 14 13 15 24 31 37 29 12 0 0 0 18 20 25 19 4 12 272 175 97
13 Aaron Brooks 19 32 25 13 19 27 20 0 16 25 26 24 31 20 22 25 18 363 171 191
14 Matt Hasselbeck 18 13 25 0 24 19 16 18 32 10 0 16 42 36 22 0 28 321 167 154
15 Vinny Testaverde 24 22 17 0 12 20 21 37 12 25 6 11 23 8 15 19 20 291 165 126
16 Joey Harrington 16 29 23 0 14 12 24 25 21 6 12 8 18 5 33 11 31 286 162 124
17 Michael Vick 15 26 13 11 13 32 12 36 0 21 28 36 14 10 33 0 9 308 158 150
18 Jeff Garcia 22 7 16 16 21 40 26 0 10 9 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 176 157 19
19 Chad Pennington 23 25 0 7 21 13 16 30 14 0 0 0 21 11 31 19 17 249 149 99
20 Ben Roethlisberger 0 21 14 15 25 22 0 22 22 11 15 7 27 7 22 24 0 254 142 112
21 Tim Rattay 21 0 0 29 38 21 0 0 25 21 8 10 6 0 0 0 0 180 135 45
22 Drew Bledsoe 14 16 0 18 22 17 10 16 17 5 27 20 39 11 16 16 9 272 130 143
23 Carson Palmer 25 7 16 14 0 13 16 12 23 17 20 38 38 24 0 0 0 264 127 136
24 Kurt Warner 10 18 20 18 17 0 20 7 16 16 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 148 125 23
25 Josh McCown 10 10 11 8 31 0 17 11 15 5 0 3 0 18 42 31 6 217 112 105
26 Mark Brunell 6 13 30 11 10 12 0 23 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 109 1
27 Kerry Collins 0 0 17 12 19 7 30 19 12 0 24 42 35 8 50 23 7 304 104 201
28 Jay Fiedler 2 0 0 12 19 14 22 26 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 94 13
29 Kyle Boller 11 8 21 14 4 0 5 18 9 23 25 6 10 37 17 12 15 233 90 143
30 Steve McNair 11 20 9 0 26 20 0 0 0 0 19 32 0 0 0 0 0 136 85 51
31 Brian Griese 0 0 0 0 16 26 14 0 27 21 23 30 13 38 12 34 0 254 83 171
32 Billy Volek 0 0 0 28 0 0 10 23 0 29 0 0 31 48 55 6 15 243 60 183
33 Brad Johnson 8 2 31 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 56 0
34 Rich Gannon 29 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 49 0
35 Rex Grossman 13 13 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 47 0
36 A.J. Feeley 14 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 24 20 35 15 16 15 0 172 39 133
37 Craig Krenzel 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 16 7 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 60 36 24
38 Ken Dorsey 6 10 8 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 28 22 3 15 98 30 68
39 Jonathan Quinn 0 0 0 17 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 30 26 4
40 Patrick Ramsey 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 8 13 27 13 17 14 23 145 15 131
41 Chris Simms 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 31 13 17
42 Tommy Maddox 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 24 12 12
43 Doug Flutie 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 36 11 24
44 Craig Nall 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 13 41 10 30
45 Quincy Carter 0 0 0 0 0 0