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Week 8 boasts a largely startable stable of quarterbacks.
QB ranks - Week 8
Rank | Quarterback | Team | Opponent | High-Floor/High-Ceiling QB1s |
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Rank | Quarterback | Team | Opponent | High-Floor/High-Ceiling QB1s |
1 | Patrick Mahomes | KC | DEN | Denver's defense played well against Steve Wilks' juco offense last week. The Chiefs are a different kind of beast. |
2 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | at LAR | The Rams secondary is in for a long day. |
3 | Jared Goff | LAR | GB | Green Bay's sporting a vulnerable defense and the McVay QB will always put up points. |
4 | Andrew Luck | IND | at OAK | Luck's playing out of his mind. This week he gets Oakland's sloth defense. |
5 | Drew Brees | NO | at MIN | Brees has had an up and down fantasy season thus far, but he and Michael Thomas should connect early and often via the slot. |
6 | Kirk Cousins | MIN | NO | Cousins is toeing the improbable-to-impossible dime-throwing line. |
7 | Tom Brady | NE | at BUF | BUF is strong against the pass but James White will be used through the air as an extension of the run game. He'll easily exploit the Bills' vulnerable run defense. |
8 | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | CLE | Home Ben. |
9 | Jameis Winston | TB | at CIN | Winston and his stellar pass-catching group should flame the Cincy secondary. |
10 | Andy Dalton | CIN | TB | It's tough to trust him after last week's dud, but Tampa Bay's defense is just that bad. |
11 | Baker Mayfield | CLE | at PIT | Cleveland will likely be playing catchup against a vulnerable Pittsburgh secondary. |
12 | Mitchell Trubisky | CHI | NYJ | It's ugly, but he's getting it done. Rushing-floor QBs put up points, no matter what. |
High-Floor/High-Ceiling QB2s | ||||
13 | Matthew Stafford | DET | SEA | Golden Tate revenge game. |
High-Floor/Capped-Ceiling QB2s | ||||
14 | Cam Newton | CAR | BAL | Cam's playmaking ability will be needed against the devastating Baltimore defense. |
15 | Russell Wilson | SEA | at DET | Wilson's point-total will likely rely on his ability to audible out of Pete Carroll's gameplan against a beatable Detroit defense. |
16 | Deshaun Watson | HOU | MIA | Playing on a short week. Playing with a partially-collapsed lung. Watson will need his playmakers to be on their A-game. |
17 | Carson Wentz | PHI | at JAX | Jacksonville's been off their game as of late -- and Wentz has been on his. |
18 | Joe Flacco | BAL | at CAR | Carolina's defense has been somewhat charitable to opposing signal callers since their Week 4 bye. |
19 | C.J. Beathard | SF | at ARI | Beathard's athletecism and surrounding playmakers should be enough to compensate for Arizona's above-average pass rush. |
Lower-Floor/Capped-Ceiling QB2s | ||||
20 | Case Keenum | DEN | at KC | Keenum is tough to trust but the KC D is typically one to target. |
21 | Derek Carr | OAK | IND | Indy's defense has flashed at times but Carr just lost his No. 1 WR. |
22 | Alex Smith | WAS | at NYG | Smith's had a rocky season but this is the Giants D -- and they just traded away Eli Apple. |
23 | Josh Rosen | ARI | SF | There's reason for optimism with new OC Byron Leftwich at the helm. |
24 | Blake Bortles | JAX | PHI | His running ability elevates him above the rest of the bottom-dwellers. |
QB3s | ||||
25 | Brock Osweiler | MIA | at HOU | Facing Houston's slow secondary, Osweiller leads the QB3s with a handful of speedy playmakers at his disposal. |
26 | Sam Darnold | NYJ | at CHI | This will be a stiff challenge. Best to shy away. |
27 | Eli Manning | NYG | WAS | Hopefully Odell can house a couple slants. |
28 | Derek Anderson | BUF | NE | It's Derek Anderson. |