With the teams on bye far less impactful this week than last, the fantasy QB rankings in the middle range are likely to determine a matchup or two in your league. Here’s how I stack up the signal-callers for the fantasy football week ahead.
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1) Patrick Mahomes | KC (vs. PHI)
2) Jalen Hurts | PHI (at KC)
3) Josh Allen | BUF (vs. NYJ)
4) Tua Tagovailoa | MIA (vs. LV)
5) Dak Prescott | DAL (at CAR)
6) Justin Herbert | LAC (at GB)
7) Joe Burrow | CIN (at BAL)
8) Lamar Jackson | BAL (vs. CIN)
9) Jared Goff | DET (vs. CHI)
10) C.J. Stroud | HOU (vs. ARI)
11) Kyler Murray | ARI (at HOU)
12) Sam Howell | WAS (vs. NYG)
13) Brock Purdy | SF (vs. TB)
14) Trevor Lawrence | JAX (vs. TEN)
15) Justin Fields | CHI (at DET)
16) Joshua Dobbs | MIN (at DEN)
17) Will Levis | TEN (at JAX)
18) Russell Wilson | DEN (vs. MIN)
19) Geno Smith | SEA (at LAR)
20) Matthew Stafford | LAR (vs. SEA)
21) Baker Mayfield | TB (at SF)
22) Jordan Love | GB (vs. LAC)
23) Bryce Young | CAR (vs. DAL)
24) Zach Wilson | NYJ (at BUF)
25) Aidan O’Connell | LV (at MIA)
26) Kenny Pickett | PIT (at CLE)
27) Dorian Thompson-Robinson | CLE (vs. PIT)
28) Tommy DeVito | NYG (vs. WAS)
29) Clayton Tune | ARI (at HOU)
30) PJ Walker | CLE (vs. PIT)
31) Tyson Bagent | CHI (at DET)
32) Matt Barkley | BUF (vs. NYJ)
33) Malik Willis | TEN (at JAX)
34) Mitchell Trubisky | PIT (at CLE)
35) Jimmy Garoppolo | LV (at MIA)
The Top QBs To Start in Week 11
Jared Goff, Detroit Lions
Consecutive home games for Goff — you know the drill.
I don’t think I need to sell you on Goff as a top-10 option this week against the Bears. After lighting up the Chargers for 333 yards and a pair of scores, it’s time to have a slightly bigger conversation.
Goff isn’t going anywhere.
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The Lions have one game left on their schedule that profiles as a potential weather concern, and it’s at Chicago in Week 14. I don’t care what the weather is that week. Are you worried about that matchup at all?
I talked about Goff as a top-10 QB the rest of the way on Tuesday’s trade targets podcast, and I feel good about it. Maybe a healthy run game cuts into his production a bit, but I’d argue the efficiency we saw last week (76.4 QBR, his second-highest of the season) can be sustained and at least nullifies any volume loss to the ground game. I’m in on Juggernaut Jared the rest of the way!
Kyler Murray, Arizona Cardinals
We got the whole Murray experience in his return to action, and frankly, I missed it. Some iffy moments with his arm, a chaotic scramble to save the game, a rushing TD vulture by Clayton Tune, and a big play late to set up the game-winning field goal.
Murray managers experienced every emotion last week, and that’s what I think we can expect moving forward.
This team lacks the supporting cast to make Murray a consistent fantasy option, but his athletic gifts are too much to ignore in what could easily be a back-and-forth game. I expect the passing game to improve exponentially as he works in with the young talent. That could make him a very interesting option in a key week in most fantasy leagues (Week 16 at Bears).
We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it, but for Week 11, Murray is my QB11, one spot behind the Rookie of the Year favorite that he will be sharing the field with on Sunday.
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