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NFL Season is here! NFL Season is here!
Ok. Now that I have that out of my system, lets get to it. At the beginning of the preseason Faketeams provided readers with an early QB ranking consensus. For the purpose of my exercise I will use my individual rankings from the consensus to move forward into week 1.
Week 1 rankings
| Rank | Name | Opponent | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | Opponent | Change |
| 1 | Tom Brady | vs. Chiefs | - |
| 2 | Aaron Rodgers | vs. Seahawks | - |
| 3 | Drew Brees | at Minnesota | - |
| 4 | Russell Wilson | at Green Bay | ↑ 1 |
| 5 | Matt Ryan | at Chicago | ↑ 2 |
| 6 | Marcus Mariota | vs. Oakland | ↑ 1 |
| 7 | Cam Newton | at San Fran | ↑ 1 |
| 8 | Jameis Winston | at Miami | ↑ 1 |
| 9 | Ben Roethlisberger | at Cleveland | ↑ 2 |
| 10 | Kirk Cousins | vs. Philadelphia | - |
| 11 | Derek Carr | at Tennessee | ↑ 1 |
| 12 | Phillip Rivers | at Denver | ↑ 1 |
| 13 | Matthew Stafford | vs. Arizona | ↑ 1 |
| 14 | Eli Manning | at Dallas | ↑ 1 |
| 15 | Dak Prescott | vs. NY Giants | ↑ 1 |
| 16 | Carson Palmer | at Detroit | ↑ 2 |
| 17 | Andy Dalton | vs. Baltimore | ↑ 2 |
| 18 | Carson Wentz | at Washington | ↑ 4 |
| 19 | Tyrod Taylor | vs. NY Jets | ↓2 |
| 20 | Sam Bradford | vs. New Orleans | ↑ 6 |
| 21 | Alex Smith | at New England | ↑ 3 |
| 22 | Jay Cutler | vs. Tampa Bay | ↑ |
| 23 | Joe Flacco | at Cincinnati | ↑ 2 |
| 24 | Jared Goff | vs. Indianapolis | ↑ 2 |
| 25 | Trevor Siemian | vs. LA Chargers | ↑ 2 |
| 26 | Blake Bortles | at Houston | ↓6 |
| 27 | Deshone Kizer | vs. Pittsburgh | ↑ |
| 28 | Josh McCown | at Buffalo | - |
| 29 | Tom Savage | vs. Jacksonville | - |
| 30 | Brian Hoyer | vs. Carolina | - |
| 31 | Mike Glennon | vs. Atlanta | - |
| 32 | Scott Tolzien | at LA Rams | ↑ |
The biggest mover in week 1 is Sam Bradford. This is more of a reflection of the QB landscape than anything Bradford has done. The quarterbacks jumping onto the list are Jay Cutler, Deshone Kizer, and Scott Tolzien Injuries to Andrew Luck for Week 1 and Ryan Tannehill for the season accounted for much of the movement. The biggest faller of the week is Blake Bortles. He had a rough preseason that included fighting for his job with backup Chad Henne as well as finding himself on the Jacksonville roster bubble.
Week 1 of any NFL season is not much more than a crapshoot. I will have updated weekly rankings that will take into account 2017 performance to date, home/road matchups, weather, injuries, and more. Stay tuned for next week’s rankings and please comment or question below!