Fantasy QB Streamers and Rankings Week 13: Why Deshaun Watson and Jimmy Garoppolo Are Top Options

The fantasy football season inches closer to the playoffs, with Week 13 soon approaching. With the spotlight on quarterbacks, here are our Week 13 fantasy QB rankings and some streamers to consider.

Top QB Streamers for Week 13

While not in the upper range of our fantasy football rankings, these quarterbacks could be intriguing streaming options in Week 13, as they likely outperform the expectations of many.

Deshaun Watson, Cleveland Browns

Yes, this is cheating, and no, I don’t care. It’s Week 13, QB play has been atrocious, and I’m taking whatever I can at this moment. All right, but seriously, Deshaun Watson should’ve likely been picked up two to three weeks ago if you could’ve managed it.

On Monday, the Cleveland Browns officially added Watson to their 53-man roster as he prepares to start against his former team, the Houston Texans.

Last we saw, Watson was one of the top three or four quarterbacks in the NFL and fantasy. Even if he does start with some rust, which is expected, at worst, he’s a low-end QB1.

I’m sure Houston will get up for this game, as this is their Super Bowl. But Cleveland is just too talented offensively with Amari Cooper, Nick Chubb, Kareem Hunt, Donovan Peoples-Jones, and David Njoku.

Between the deep ball and rushing ability, there will be zero surprises if Watson is a top-six QB for the remainder of the season. He’s a locked-in starter masquerading as a Week 13 streamer.

Jimmy Garoppolo, San Francisco 49ers

Jimmy Garoppolo isn’t a streamer for Week 13; he’s a weekly low-end QB1. Since Week 5, Garoppolo is the QB10 overall and 12th in per-game scoring at 18.1 PPR fantasy points.

He’s finished as a QB1 in four of his last seven starts, and even in a down
game against the Saints, Garoppolo completed 26 of 37 attempts for 222 yards and a touchdown. He hasn’t committed a turnover in four straight games and is surrounded by probably the most talented offense in football.

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The upcoming matchup against the Miami Dolphins is fascinating because Mike McDaniel has turned Miami into San Francisco East. But defensively, Miami is 25th in passing DVOA, 25th in success rate, and has allowed the second-most points to QBs over the last four weeks. However, this comes with the caveat because teams have been forced to abandon the run while trying to play catch-up.

I think we will end up seeing a fantastic game this week, and if you can use Garoppolo as a QB streamer in Week 13, I would have no issue doing it.

Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville Jaguars

There are moments of a young player’s career where you can see things start to click. I can’t help but wonder if Trevor Lawrence had that moment on Sunday against the Ravens. Helping to lead his team to a 28-27 victory, Lawrence completed 29 of 37 passes for 321 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions.

Lawrence showed total control of this offense, leading multiple drives, including one with 14 seconds left to play to force OT. He was willing to push the ball down the field with five completions of 20 yards or more, and for the first time, it felt like Lawrence looked like the guy who was strutting around Clemson.

This matchup against the Lions is a barnburner. The oddsmakers think the same thing; the 51.5 game total is the second highest of the slate, only behind the Chiefs and Bengals. Lawrence is a high-end QB2 streamer for fantasy football in Week 13.

Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers

I was not planning on talking about Jordan Love this year, especially not with the contract Aaron Rodgers signed, but here we are. During Sunday Night Football, Rodgers suffered an oblique injury late in the game and did not return. He was already dealing with a fractured thumb coming into the game, and it’s safe to say his status moving forward is up in the air.

Full credit to Love; he did the job when the team needed him the most. Love completed 6 of 9 passes for 113 yards, including a 63-yard touchdown to Christian Watson, where he once again showed off his after-the-catch capabilities.

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Love played probably the best football I’ve seen out of him since his junior year at Nevada. There was pace on the ball, he hit the correct windows, and just seemed to have complete control of the offense, which you would expect after all this time.

Love is undoubtedly in streamer consideration with a Week 13 matchup against the Bears on the schedule in hopefully a fun matchup against Justin Fields.

Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh Steelers

By no means has it been pretty, but we have to give young quarterbacks time to develop before judging them. Especially when they’re playing on a subpar team. That’s been the case with Kenny Pickett.

The first QB picked in the 2022 NFL Draft class, Pickett has actually started to turn around a little bit. Thanks to 51 rushing yards against the Saints, Pickett finished Week 10 as the QB12, and then in Week 11, had 265 passing yards on 42 attempts to finish as the QB16.

There are undoubtedly concerns about how Pittsburgh is operating. Matt Canada prefers going east and west, and Pickett hasn’t been north of 7.0 YPA since Week 4. But now that he’s taking some risks with George Pickens, those explosive plays might begin to take shape.

Atlanta undoubtedly will try to take the air out of the ball by running virtually every single play. That’s just what Arthur Smith does. Still, Atlantis is 29th in DVOA, 28th in EPA per dropback, and 29th in success rate. If Pickett is going to be a streamer this year, this is the perfect matchup for him to do it.

Jared Goff, Detroit Lions

As I alluded to when talking about Lawrence, we expect plenty of points. That’s something the Lions haven’t had any issues with this season, and that remained the case on Thanksgiving against the Buffalo Bills.

Although they came out with the loss, Jared Goff completed 23 of 37 passes for 240 yards with two touchdowns to finish with 19.6 PPR points.

I don’t need to tell you this, but Jacksonville isn’t the Bills. They are 30th in DVOA, 21st in EPA, and 17th in success rate, and have allowed the third-most points to the position over the last four weeks.

With Amon-Ra St. Brown playing well, DJ Chark and Josh Reynolds getting healthy, plus the pending edition of Jameson Williams, Goff feels like a perennial mention on the QB streamers list.

Mike White, New York Jets

We saw the Mike White experience last year over a four-game stretch, which was filled with ups and downs. But Sunday was nothing but an absolute clinic. Taking over for Zach Wilson, White completed 22 of 28 passes for 315 yards with three touchdowns and zero interceptions.

This was just as much an impressive game out of him as it was an indictment on Wilson. Not only did White play well and finally get Garrett Wilson and Elijah Moore involved again, but he also led the Jets to the first opening-drive touchdown of the entire season, which truly set the tone for the game.

I would still say he is best used in DFS with a matchup coming against the Vikings and then the Bills. But if he holds onto the starting job, he’ll be a streamer against the Lions, Jaguars, and Seahawks if you feel like risking your fantasy playoffs on the Jets.

QB Rankings for Week 13

The rankings below are from me, Senior Fantasy Analyst Tommy Garrett. If you want to ask any of our fantasy analysts about quarterback rankings or streamers for Week 13, then be sure to sign up for the PFN Discord server, which includes daily personalized fantasy advice.

Note that this table is best viewed in landscape on mobile devices and can be sorted using the filters above the table. Within the table are rankings for PPR, half-PPR, and non-PPR. In order to select your scoring system, use the filters above the table. The overall ranking is based on Superflex leagues.