The fantasy football playoffs are right around the corner. To help guide your lineup decisions here in Week 13, the PFN Fantasy Staff put together their consensus QB rankings! All rankings are in 1QB and half-PPR scoring format.
Which QB Should You Start in Fantasy Football?
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1) Jalen Hurts | PHI (vs. SF)
2) Dak Prescott | DAL (vs. SEA)
3) Patrick Mahomes | KC (at GB)
4) Tua Tagovailoa | MIA (at WAS)
5) Brock Purdy | SF (at PHI)
6) C.J. Stroud | HOU (vs. DEN)
7) Justin Herbert | LAC (at NE)
8) Trevor Lawrence | JAX (vs. CIN)
9) Kyler Murray | ARI (at PIT)
10) Sam Howell | WAS (vs. MIA)
11) Jared Goff | DET (at NO)
12) Russell Wilson | DEN (at HOU)
13) Gardner Minshew II | IND (at TEN)
14) Baker Mayfield | TB (vs. CAR)
15) Jordan Love | GB (vs. KC)
16) Derek Carr | NO (vs. DET)
17) Kenny Pickett | PIT (vs. ARI)
18) Will Levis | TEN (vs. IND)
19) Matthew Stafford | LAR (vs. CLE)
20) Geno Smith | SEA (at DAL)
21) Desmond Ridder | ATL (at NYJ)
22) Bryce Young | CAR (at TB)
23) Jake Browning | CIN (at JAX)
24) Bailey Zappe | NE (vs. LAC)
25) Joe Flacco | CLE (at LAR)
26) Tim Boyle | NYJ (vs. ATL)
27) Mac Jones | NE (vs. LAC)
28) Trevor Siemian | NYJ (vs. ATL)
29) Jameis Winston | NO (vs. DET)
30) Clayton Tune | ARI (at PIT)
31) Malik Cunningham | NE (vs. LAC)
32) Drew Lock | SEA (at DAL)
33) Mitchell Trubisky | PIT (vs. ARI)
34) Zach Wilson | NYJ (vs. ATL)
The Top QBs To Start in Week 13
Sam Howell, Washington Commanders (vs. MIA)
Analysis by Jason Katz | Every quarterback has duds, but few do it as rarely as Sam Howell. I would argue he has just two all season.
Howell has scored at least 18 fantasy points in eight of his last nine games. While his true ceiling games come against bad defenses, the pass-happy nature of the Commanders’ offense keeps Howell’s fantasy value afloat even against good ones.
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The Miami Dolphins have been average against quarterbacks this season, allowing 17.0 fantasy points per game. In a game where the Dolphins are likely to jump ahead early and mostly score at will, Slingin’ Sammy will be slingin’ all over the place. There may be turnovers, but there should be at least two touchdowns.
Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins (@WAS)
To begin the year, Tua Tagovailoa was on fire and consistently provided week-winning performances in fantasy. Recently, however, that’s seemed to taper off, and he’s now finished outside of the top 10 at the position in each of his last three games.
That very well may change this next week against the Commanders’ defense that is struggling to slow down pretty much everyone right now. Things have been so dire that they’ve recently let go of Jack Del Rio as the defensive coordinator and their DBs coach.
If you’ve been wondering what to do with the Miami QB, start Tua with confidence against Washington’s defense that is allowing 264.6 passing yards per contest this year, which is the third-highest mark across the NFL.
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