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Let’s take a look at Week 5’s quarterback matchups!
QB rankings - Week 5
Quarterback | Team | Opponent | High-Floor/High-Ceiling QB1s |
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Quarterback | Team | Opponent | High-Floor/High-Ceiling QB1s |
Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | ATL | ATL has now lost LB Deion Jones, SS Keanu Neal, and FS Ricardo Allen to IR. |
Aaron Rodgers | GB | at DET | The rightful QB1 is getting healthier every week. |
Cam Newton | CAR | NYG | Drew Brees stumbled against the Giants last week but NYG still can't stop the deep ball and Cam's rocket arm should be able to take advantage of that. |
Matt Ryan | ATL | at PIT | Pittsburgh can't stop anything through the air and ATL is firing on all cylinders -- especially in the redzone. |
Tom Brady | NE | IND | Brady gets an Indy defense that's missing 2 CBs. |
Philip Rivers | LAC | OAK | Rivers is an every-week QB1 and this week he gets a vulnerable Raiders secondary to toy with. |
Blake Bortles | JAX | at KC | Bortles has his best matchup of the year against the charitable KC D. |
Jared Goff | LAR | at SEA | Goff is looking matchup-proof but that's irrelevant this week as Seattle is now playing without All-World FS Earl Thomas. |
Drew Brees | NO | WSH | Brees should bounce back this week. |
Patrick Mahomes | KC | JAX | Mahomes just cleared 300 yards against Denver. This will be his toughest test yet though. |
Andy Dalton | CIN | MIA | Dalton should keep up his QB1 ways at home against Miami this week. |
Alex Smith | WSH | at NO | Start your quarterbacks against New Orleans. |
High-Floor/High-Ceiling QB2s | |||
Deshan Watson | HOU | DAL | Even against a solid Dallas pass defense, Watson's safe to start. |
Joe Flacco | BAL | at CLE | He's the QB14 thus far and will, at worst, maintain that ranking against Cleveland. |
Mathew Stafford | DET | GB | Stafford's got a rock-solid floor and can be counted on at home against Green Bay. |
Lower-Floor/High-Ceiling QB2s | |||
Andrew Luck | IND | at NE | Luck lit it up last week with 464 passing yards and 4 TDs. His 2018 may be succintly defined as low-floor, high-ceiling. |
Kirk Cousins | MIN | at PHI | Cousins showed well against the Rams last week. He'll need to repeat that performance against Philly. |
Carson Wentz | PHI | MIN | Wentz looked better last week and should have luck hitting the interior of Minnesota's defense. |
Derek Carr | OAK | at LAC | The Chargers have been surprisingly kind to QBs this year. Carr can be counted on this week. |
Marcus Mariota | TEN | at Buf | Martiota looks like he's turning the corner. |
Russell Wilson | SEA | LAR | Wilson has an awful matchup against the Rams ferocious defense. He's lucky Doug Baldiwn's made his return. |
Ryan Tannehill | MIA | at CIN | Cincy has been tough on QBs this year. |
Eli Manning | NYG | at CAR | Eli has the weapons and will be forced to throw but this isn't an easy matchup. |
C.J. Beathard | SF | ARI | Beathard could be used if needed, against a weak Cardinals' defense. |
QB3s | |||
Dak Prescott | DAL | at HOU | Things could get ugly in this one. |
Josh Rosen | ARI | at SF | Rosen played very well last week -- two drops cost him TDs. He's still a raw rookie though. |
Josh Allen | BUF | TEN | The Titans defense has looked good as of late. |
Case Keenum | DEN | at NYJ | Keenum will probably get Emmanuel Sanders in the endzone once or twice against the Jets' exploitable Buster Skrine -- that's about it though. |
Baker Mayfield | CLE | BAL | This is a tough matchup for the promising rookie. |
Sam Darnold | NYJ | DEN | This is also a tough matchup for another promising rookie. |