2024 Week 16 Fantasy Football Rankings: QB

Michael Penix replaces Kirk Cousins on the fly in Atlanta, Jared Goff makes an attempt to place the Lions’ offense on his again, Aaron Rodgers tries to increase his latest sizzling streak.

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Week 16 Quarterbacks

QB Notes: Josh Allen has a really monumental 93.2 fantasy factors over the previous two weeks. I’m probably not positive what to say aside from “lol.” Another 40-plus fantasy level outing in all probability isn’t doable in opposition to the non-competitive Patriots — these sorts of epic days require being pushed — however Allen can nonetheless wreak a lot havoc even when he solely actually tries for two-plus quarters. … You killed the person — Jameis Winston — however not the thought: Baker Mayfield. Whereas Winston is synonymous with the quantitative easing of fantasy factors, it’s principally a fable. Mayfield is the one truly enjoying that recreation this season, paying little consideration to turnovers however producing far, much more yards and touchdowns than Winston. Now he has a fantasy semis smash spot in a Cowboys protection coughing up greater than eight yards per try. … Jayden Daniels had fantasy day in opposition to the Saints, however he ought to have come away with a lot extra. He additionally practically got here away with a loss vs. what is likely to be the worst crew within the league at this level. Daniels has ramped his dashing again up, and he’s going to wish his legs in opposition to the Eagles’ elite move protection.

It was one dangerous begin for Sam Darnold. Really, it was his first dangerous begin in over a month. Now, the Seahawks are a foul matchup, however Darnold is without doubt one of the few QBs whose flooring not often falls out whereas sustaining an easily-achievable ceiling. … Jared Goff is named a house creature in relation to fantasy soccer. He and the Lions haven’t any alternative however to take the present on the highway with David Montgomery becoming a member of roughly each Detroit defender on the shelf. The Lions are operating out of our bodies for the stretch run, and Goff goes to should move them out of it. He had a robust Thanksgiving outing in opposition to the Bears, however they haven’t been the primary place you’d search for enemy QB fantasy factors this season. They, in reality, allow the fewest. I’m simply betting on necessity. … So Brock Purdy apparently can’t play within the rain. Good to know going ahead. I want I might say “the one factor within the forecast for Miami on Sunday is factors,” alas, the sport complete is a tepid 44.5. The 49ers’ crew complete isn’t overly inspiring, both. Purdy stays a low-end QB1 by advantage of his weapons and the injury-depleted Niners’ want for the passing recreation.

Kyler Murray … there’s not a lot left to say. I wish to say he’s an “enigma,” however that isn’t true: He’s simply not superb. Naturally, the identical can’t be stated for his Week 16 matchup. The Panthers keep one of many league’s very worst defenses, whereas Week 15 blew up the notion they had been “on course,” or no matter. If you suppose Murray has you headed out of the fantasy playoffs, I can’t blame you for benching him, however he’s a QB1. … I assume the Tua Tagovailoa bubble was all the time certain to burst. I hoped it wouldn’t be that disastrous, however he nonetheless reached 40 makes an attempt. 39.5 ought to stay his over/below vs. a still-stout 49ers protection, however one missing function for the season’s closing three weeks. Where passing quantity goes, fantasy manufacturing tends to comply with. … You might say Bo Nix has stopped “getting away with it.” Just slightly too inaccurate of late, Nix has regressed to the turnover imply and isn’t compensating with huge performs. He has an honest flooring, however the Chargers are a poor short-week matchup. if you happen to’re beginning Nix, it’s to carry the road. He in all probability gained’t be the rationale you advance.

Aaron Rodgers appears to be revving up for an prolonged encore. Although his greatest soccer of the season is coming far too late for the Jets, the identical just isn’t true for fantasy managers. Looking like a person who needs to set just a few extra information with Davante Adams, Rodgers is dealing with a unstable Rams move protection that has surrendered a number of explosive outcomes this season. … Rodgers is making an attempt to get the place Matthew Stafford has already been. At least two touchdowns each week. 270 yards as a matter in fact. Ceiling has confirmed elusive for Stafford, however Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp furnish a mighty good flooring. The Rams have the seventh highest implied crew complete for Week 16. … Jameis Winston is gone. Dorian Thompson-Robinson ensures the Browns’ offense will likely be forgotten. The choice is comprehensible, but it surely’s actually not going to result in extra factors for Cleveland. Of course, the identical could possibly be true for the Bengals if “DTR” avoids Winston’s patented pick-sixes. … Yes, Jordan Love has matchup. No, Jordan Love by no means passes. In reality, it has been six weeks since he reached 30 makes an attempt. That’s the toughest approach to make a fantasy residing. It’s all too straightforward to check the Packers dashing 35-40 occasions in opposition to the hapless Saints.

It feels flawed, however I’m rating Anthony Richardson forward of Bo Nix for fantasy semis week. Richardson has a a lot better matchup within the Titans, and his legs really feel just like the most secure guess between these two younger QBs proper now. It goes with out saying Richardson has no flooring. Unlike Nix, nevertheless, his ceiling might flip a matchup. … Drake Maye all the time has upside. The Bills, in the meantime, have been getting scorched for large fantasy performances. It’s simply onerous to shake the sensation that, the place Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff rocked pass-happy recreation script in opposition to Buffalo, rookie Maye and his restricted supporting forged might too simply succumb to sacks and turnovers. … Listen, I’m not saying it’s best to begin Caleb Williams after what we simply witnessed on Monday night time, however … it’s best to possibly begin Caleb Williams. The Lions’ protection has someway gotten much more injured since Williams’ sturdy Thanksgiving efficiency, and there’s simply no universe the place he isn’t trying no less than 35 passes. … The Broncos have been hemorrhaging quarterback fantasy factors of late, however Justin Herbert hasn’t been offering them. The Chargers have too many harm points, whereas the entire collapse of their dashing assault has left Herbert overexposed.

New Falcons starter Michael Penix Jr. can sling it. He’s additionally making his NFL debut in Week 16 for a crew desperately making an attempt to make the playoffs, one dealing with arguably the worst squad in the whole NFL within the Giants. New York will get destroyed deep, giving Penix some upside potentialities. He’s nonetheless barely cracking the highest 24 in what’s prone to be a sleepy recreation with a(nother) conservative Falcons recreation plan. Penix does salvage the flooring for each Drake London and Darnell Mooney. There’s no less than now a quarterback able to delivering the ball.

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