Opportunity-Neutral Cheat Sheet: Removing the Attempt/Carry/Target Variables

Drew Brees ranks No. 8 among QBs if you remove his massive advantage in passing attempts
Opportunity-Neutral Cheat Sheet: Removing the Attempt/Carry/Target Variables
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Opportunity-Neutral Cheat Sheet

Here are the top-20 at each position if every QB were guaranteed exactly 550 passing attempts, every RB 250 carries and every WR 140 targets. In other words, we're taking the "opportunity" variable out of the equation and looking at who would be the most productive on a per-attempt basis in a standard scoring format (non PPR). Of course, running QBs will still run, and receiving RBs will still catch passes, too.

Feedback is welcome, of course.

Last week's article removed health as a variable. This one removes opportunity.

RankQBRBWR
1Aaron RodgersDarren McFaddenCalvin Johnson
2Michael VickArian FosterJulio Jones
3Cam NewtonRyan MathewsJordy Nelson
4Tom BradyLeSean McCoyA.J. Green
5Philip RiversPierre ThomasKenny Britt
6Ben RoethlisbergerBen TateMike Wallace
7Tony RomoDeMarco MurrayAndre Johnson
8Drew BreesJonathan StewartMalcom Floyd
9Eli ManningDeAngelo WilliamsHakeem Nicks
10Robert Griffin IIIRay RiceMiles Austin
11Peyton ManningAdrian PetersonDesean Jackson
12Matt StaffordMaurice Jones-DrewDez Bryant
13Carson PalmerTrent RichardsonVictor Cruz
14Jay CutlerC.J. SpillerGreg Jennings
15Matt RyanMatt ForteSteve Smith
16Matt SchaubJamaal CharlesMarques Colston
17Jake LockerStevan RidleyDemaryius Thomas
18Andrew LuckDarren SprolesLarry Fitzgerald
19Russell WilsonMichael BushDenarius Moore
20Tim TebowMark IngramPercy Harvin

Opportunity-Neutral Cheat Sheet

Here are the top-20 at each position if every QB were guaranteed exactly 550 passing attempts, every RB 250 carries and every WR 140 targets. In other words, we're taking the "opportunity" variable out of the equation and looking at who would be the most productive on a per-attempt basis in a standard scoring format (non PPR). Of course, running QBs will still run, and receiving RBs will still catch passes, too.

Feedback is welcome, of course.

Last week's article removed health as a variable. This one removes opportunity.

RankQBRBWR
1Aaron RodgersDarren McFaddenCalvin Johnson
2Michael VickArian FosterJulio Jones
3Cam NewtonRyan MathewsJordy Nelson
4Tom BradyLeSean McCoyA.J. Green
5Philip RiversPierre ThomasKenny Britt
6Ben RoethlisbergerBen TateMike Wallace
7Tony RomoDeMarco MurrayAndre Johnson
8Drew BreesJonathan StewartMalcom Floyd
9Eli ManningDeAngelo WilliamsHakeem Nicks
10Robert Griffin IIIRay RiceMiles Austin
11Peyton ManningAdrian PetersonDesean Jackson
12Matt StaffordMaurice Jones-DrewDez Bryant
13Carson PalmerTrent RichardsonVictor Cruz
14Jay CutlerC.J. SpillerGreg Jennings
15Matt RyanMatt ForteSteve Smith
16Matt SchaubJamaal CharlesMarques Colston
17Jake LockerStevan RidleyDemaryius Thomas
18Andrew LuckDarren SprolesLarry Fitzgerald
19Russell WilsonMichael BushDenarius Moore
20Tim TebowMark IngramPercy Harvin

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Chris Liss was RotoWire's Managing Editor and Host of RotoWire Fantasy Sports Today on Sirius XM radio from 2001-2022.
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