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2004 Top Second Half Fantasy Quarterbacks

Coming on Strong to the Finish Line

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 second half after a slow start.  Injuries to them or their teammates are often the cause, but other factors like strength of schedule can play a role too.

However, there is also a class of players that are simply known as slow starters.  Year after year they come out poorly out of the gate and post weak early season numbers before they find their flow and start to pump out the stats.

Identifying and acquiring these players is critical as they are good value selections in the next draft.  A lot of impressions get created in the first half of the season, which translates to your competition under-valuing talented players.

Another point is that the second half studs are often not slow starters, but emerging stars who only began to get their opportunity later in the season.

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 Second 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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Season Total

1st Half Total

2nd Half Total
1 Daunte Culpepper 45 27 37 0 53 53 16 21 19 44 29 26 31 23 40 34 31 528 270 259
2 Peyton Manning 27 25 50 23 28 0 36 54 39 46 35 48 39 27 18 31 0 527 282 245
3 Trent Green 9 11 29 19 0 28 13 37 37 23 32 13 36 30 29 31 25 402 183 219
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 Delhomme 26 27 0 17 21 18 8 26 34 33 20 23 21 17 29 36 29 386 177 209
6 Brett Favre 13 20 42 12 29 25 25 22 0 36 27 29 7 16 32 36 22 393 188 205
7 Kerry Collins 0 0 17 12 19 7 30 19 12 0 24 42 35 8 50 23 7 304 104 201
8 Aaron Brooks 19 32 25 13 19 27 20 0 16 25 26 24 31 20 22 25 18 363 171 191
9 Jake Plummer 27 15 27 15 24 29 17 49 36 0 23 20 15 12 24 30 32 394 203 191
10 Billy Volek 0 0 0 28 0 0 10 23 0 29 0 0 31 48 55 6 15 243 60 183
11 Brian Griese 0 0 0 0 16 26 14 0 27 21 23 30 13 38 12 34 0 254 83 171
12 Tom Brady 35 23 0 27 16 18 18 26 24 24 22 9 15 25 27 26 24 356 186 170
13 Drew Brees 22 13 17 29 23 18 10 46 37 0 24 33 6 23 10 34 0 345 178 167
14 Matt Hasselbeck 18 13 25 0 24 19 16 18 32 10 0 16 42 36 22 0 28 321 167 154
15 Michael Vick 15 26 13 11 13 32 12 36 0 21 28 36 14 10 33 0 9 308 158 150
16 Kyle Boller 11 8 21 14 4 0 5 18 9 23 25 6 10 37 17 12 15 233 90 143
17 Drew Bledsoe 14 16 0 18 22 17 10 16 17 5 27 20 39 11 16 16 9 272 130 143
18 Marc Bulger 20 20 34 16 41 25 28 0 28 19 26 35 2 0 0 18 41 353 212 142
19 Carson Palmer 25 7 16 14 0 13 16 12 23 17 20 38 38 24 0 0 0 264 127 136
20 A.J. Feeley 14 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 24 20 35 15 16 15 0 172 39 133
21 Patrick Ramsey 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 8 13 27 13 17 14 23 145 15 131
22 David Carr 13 31 20 21 39 19 0 21 13 12 18 23 9 16 18 16 15 303 177 126
23 Vinny Testaverde 24 22 17 0 12 20 21 37 12 25 6 11 23 8 15 19 20 291 165 126
24 Joey Harrington 16 29 23 0 14 12 24 25 21 6 12 8 18 5 33 11 31 286 162 124
25 Ben Roethlisberger 0 21 14 15 25 22 0 22 22 11 15 7 27 7 22 24 0 254 142 112
26 Josh McCown 10 10 11 8 31 0 17 11 15 5 0 3 0 18 42 31 6 217 112 105
27 Chad Pennington 23 25 0 7 21 13 16 30 14 0 0 0 21 11 31 19 17 249 149 99
28 Byron Leftwich 14 13 15 24 31 37 29 12 0 0 0 18 20 25 19 4 12 272 175 97
29 Eli Manning 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 9 6 1 23 10 25 92 3 88
30 Kelly Holcomb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 51 0 0 0 0 17 79 0 79
31 Chad Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 11 8 12 10 71 0 71
32 Ken Dorsey 6 10 8 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 28 22 3 15 98 30 68
33 Jon Kitna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 14 23 15 65 0 65
34 Luke McCown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 10 6 14 0 59 0 59
35 Steve McNair 11 20 9 0 26 20 0 0 0 0 19 32 0 0 0 0 0 136 85 51
36 Tim Rattay 21 0 0 29 38 21 0 0 25 21 8 10 6 0 0 0 0 180 135 45
37 David Garrard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 26 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 44 1 43
38 Quincy Carter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 11 12 13 0 0 0 0 0 46 10 36
39 Chris Chandler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 18 0 0 0 35 0 35
40 Shaun King 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 7 0 0 0 0 0 34 2 32
41 Craig Nall 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 13 41 10 30
42 Matt Schaub 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 13 25 0 25
43 Craig Krenzel 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 16 7 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 60 36 24
44 Doug Flutie 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 36 11 24
45 Trent Dilfer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 7 0 24 0 24
46 Kurt Warner 10 18 20 18 17 0 20 7 16