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Patrick Mahomes |
KC |
LAC |
The Undisputed QB1 |
2 |
Andrew Luck |
IND |
DAL |
Tough matchup but Luck's the second-most consistent fantasy QB. |
3 |
Philip Rivers |
LAC |
at KC |
Rivers will be forced to throw non-stop all night. |
4 |
Ben Roethlisberger |
PIT |
NE |
Ribs be damned! His injury is manageable and it's a great matchup. |
5 |
Drew Brees |
NO |
at CAR |
Brees has been a dud as of late but an appointment with Carolina should heal him of his fantasy ailments. |
6 |
Russell Wilson |
SEA |
at SF |
RW's highest ranking of 2018, he's in a smash spot against the lowly Niners. |
7 |
Jared Goff |
LAR |
PHI |
It's a great matchup but the GOAT Evan Silva did note on twitter that Goff struggles mightily in the cold. Adjust expectations accordingly. |
8 |
Josh Allen |
BUF |
DET |
Believe it. The rushing floor is a cheat code. |
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Tom Brady |
NE |
at PIT |
Should be a shootout. |
10 |
Deshaun Watson |
HOU |
at NYJ |
An unimposing matchup. |
11 |
Aaron Rodgers |
GB |
at CHI |
A divisional showdown that Rodgers will want to make a statement in. |
12 |
Dak Prescott |
DAL |
at IND |
Dak's been rock-solid over that last few weeks. He'll keep it going in a great matchup. |
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High-Floor/High-Ceiling QB2s |
13 |
Baker Mayfield |
CLE |
at DEN |
Baker will shred Denver's vulnerable secondary. |
14 |
Lamar Jackson |
BAL |
TB |
A glorious matchup. |
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The High-Floor/Should be a QB1 but the injury's messing things up QB2s |
15 |
Cam Newton |
CAR |
NO |
Cam's shoulder is troublesome but this is a stellar spot for him to put up points. |
16 |
Mitchell Trubisky |
CHI |
GB |
Trubisky's ceiling is easily in the Top 5 but he's such a high variance QB at the moment that we have to rank him as a top-tier QB2. |
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High-Floor/Shaky-but-high Ceiling QB2s |
17 |
Derek Carr |
OAK |
at CIN |
The matchup with Cincy puts Carr atop this tier. |
18 |
Matt Ryan |
ATL |
ARI |
The Cards' pass defense is for real but the ATL passing attack is solid. |
19 |
Jameis Winston |
TB |
at BAL |
The supporting cast and offensive philosophies elevate Winston out of the tier most QBs would be in when facing Baltimore. |
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High-Floor/Capped-Ceiling QB2s |
20 |
Kirk Cousins |
MIN |
MIA |
Hopefully the new OC can take advantage of a good matchup. |
21 |
Case Keenum |
DEN |
CLE |
Mediocre matchup for a mediocre quarterback |
22 |
Marcus Mariota |
TEN |
at NYG |
The matchup is nice but Mariota has been very boom or bust. |
23 |
Jeff Driskel |
CIN |
OAK |
The matchup elevates Driskel into the weak QB2 realm. |
24 |
Nick Foles |
PHI |
at LAR |
Foles gets a decent matchup to kick off his second end-of-season run as Philly's starting quarterback. |
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QB3s |
25 |
Eli Manning |
NYG |
TEN |
A difficult matchup but theoretically he's the guy who gets to throw to ODB. |
26 |
Josh Rosen |
ARI |
at ATL |
A nice matchup for the rookie whose yet to blossom. |
27 |
Cody Kessler |
JAX |
WAS |
A nice matchup for the fill-in. |
28 |
Ryan Tannehill |
MIA |
at MIN |
Tough spot. |
29 |
Sam Darnold |
NYJ |
HOU |
Brutal matchup but the rookie has a decent supporting cast. |
30 |
Nick Mullens |
SF |
SEA |
Bad matchup for the bad QB. |
31 |
Matthew Stafford |
DET |
at BUF |
Brutal matchup. |
32 |
Josh Johnson |
WAS |
at JAX |
Look away. |