Week 2 Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings and Tiers: Respect Brock Purdy!
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Sep 15, 2026
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Aaron RodgersBo NixBrock PurdyBryce YoungCarson WentzCooper RushDak PrescottDrake MayeJacoby BrissettJalen HurtsJoe BurrowJosh AllenJustin HerbertLamar Jackson
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Aaron Rodgers
NegativeProjection39:14
Ian Hartitz ranks Aaron Rodgers as QB26 for Week 2; while Rodgers showed an 11.1 average target depth in Week 1, Hartitz expects a difficult matchup against Christian Gonzalez and the Patriots defense.
Insight pageBo Nix
NegativeProjection10:39
Ian Hartitz ranks Bo Nix as QB15 for the matchup against the Jaguars; Hartitz advises patience after a poor Week 1 effort, suggesting the team's previous poor performance was an outlier due to the environment.
Insight pageBrock Purdy
PositiveProjection3:52
Ian Hartitz ranks Brock Purdy as the QB4, emphasizing that Purdy has averaged over 20 fantasy points per game since Week 10 of last season. Hartitz defends Purdy's elite efficiency, noting he is the QB1 in the Super Bowl era for yards per attempt and passer rating, and views the 49ers' system as highly effective.
Insight pageBryce Young
NegativeProjection22:05
Ian Hartitz ranks Bryce Young as QB19 against the Falcons. While Young showed promise in Week 1 with 361 yards and three TDs, Hartitz remains cautious, noting that Young's historical performance against Atlanta is inconsistent, with three of his five career games against them failing to clear 170 passing yards.
Insight pageCarson Wentz
PositiveProjection25:29
Ian Hartitz ranks Carson Wentz as QB21 against the Bears, even ranking him ahead of Patrick Mahomes. Despite poor efficiency metrics (5.5 adjusted net yards per attempt, 30th among 40 QBs), Hartitz highlights his fantasy scoring potential, noting he has produced 19+ fantasy points in two of his last six extended appearances.
Insight pageCooper Rush
NegativeProjection15:45
Ian Hartitz ranks Cooper Rush as QB32, noting that the Cowboys' lack of play-action usage may have been a direct result of Rush's performance. Hartitz expresses a strong desire to avoid watching him play.
Insight pageDak Prescott
PositiveProjection8:22
Ian Hartitz ranks Dak Prescott as his QB1 for the week against the Washington Commanders, citing the high game total and the expectation that the Cowboys' offense will bounce back after a poor Week 1 showing. Hartitz highlights Prescott's historical success against the blitz, noting he has been top 10 in EPA per drop back and passer rating over the last two seasons.
Insight pageDrake Maye
NegativeProjection6:56
Ian Hartitz ranks Drake Maye as QB9, noting his rushing upside—ranking as QB7 in fantasy points from rushing since Week 1 of last season—despite concerns about his efficiency and the loss of A.J. Brown.
Insight pageJacoby Brissett
PositiveValue40:24
Ian Hartitz recommends moving Jacoby Brissett up in rankings, explicitly stating he would start him over Daniel Jones, Geno Smith, and Aaron Rodgers; Hartitz notes that Brissett has performed as a borderline QB1 since taking over as a starter last season.
Insight pageJalen Hurts
PositiveProjection3:22
Ian Hartitz ranks Jalen Hurts as the QB3 for Week 2 against the Titans, highlighting his ability to use his legs when healthy. Despite the loss of Landon Dickerson to IR and a tough Week 1 outing against the Commanders' blitz, Hurts managed nearly 25 fantasy points and faces a favorable matchup against a Titans team Hartitz considers the worst in the NFL. Hartitz explicitly prefers starting Hurts over Justin Herbert for fantasy purposes.
Insight pageJoe Burrow
NegativeProjection9:16
Ian Hartitz ranks Joe Burrow as QB12, noting it is a low ranking justified by a tough matchup against the Houston Texans defense and a lack of rushing upside compared to players like Josh Allen. Hartitz confirms he is ranking Burrow lower than usual due to this specific matchup.
Insight pageJosh Allen
PositiveProjection0:34
Ian Hartitz ranks Josh Allen as the QB1 for Week 2, citing his 20+ fantasy point upside and a favorable matchup against a banged-up Lions defense. Allen is coming off a strong performance against Houston, recording the second-best single-game EPA per dropback against that defense since 2023, and remains the all-time leader in fantasy points per game.
Insight pageJustin Herbert
NegativeProjection5:09
Ian Hartitz ranks Justin Herbert as QB7 but expresses significant concern following a poor Week 1 performance. Hartitz cites a damning statistic that Herbert has as many games with 250+ passing yards as backup Davis Webb since Week 9 of last season. Hartitz explicitly states Herbert needs to step up his performance and advises against starting him over Jalen Hurts.
Insight pageLamar Jackson
PositiveProjection1:55
Ian Hartitz ranks Lamar Jackson as the QB2, noting his health and dual-threat ability after a 40-yard rushing performance and 324 passing yards in Week 1. Despite minor injuries to teammates Zay Flowers and Jacobe Lang, Hartitz remains confident in Jackson's outlook, especially given the Ravens' high usage of play-action and pre-snap motion. Hartitz clarifies that Jackson's low ranking on some recent performance charts is primarily due to him playing through multiple injuries during the latter half of 2025.
Insight pageMalik Willis
PositiveUsage25:15
Ian Hartitz ranks Malik Willis as QB20, targeting him primarily for his rushing upside, evidenced by his 39-yard, one-touchdown performance in Week 1. Hartitz notes that the matchup against the 49ers' defense (Bosa/Warner) will be difficult.
Insight pageMatthew Stafford
NegativeProjection19:18
Ian Hartitz ranks Matthew Stafford as QB18 for the Week 2 matchup against the Giants. Hartitz notes concerns regarding Stafford's age (38), back issues, and recent jet lag, but remains optimistic due to the Rams' offensive line performance in pass protection and the run game.
Insight pagePatrick Mahomes
NegativeProjection27:23
Ian Hartitz is keeping Patrick Mahomes ranked low, even behind Carson Wentz, due to concerns over limited offensive firepower, offensive line struggles, and low passing volume. Hartitz acknowledges Mahomes' rushing ability—noting his back-to-back rushing touchdowns in Week 1—but expresses concern over his performance through the air.
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Episode Transcript
0:00It is a great day to break down my week 2 fantasy football quarterbacks rankings and tears. That's right, guys. Let's overreact to 60 minutes of football and
0:08forget everything we thought we knew.
0:11Maybe not quite. But yeah, I will be going through my top 32 ranked quarterbacks with some information about how they've been performing, their
0:17matchup, and then after every tier, I'm going to do a bigger picture question.
0:20things like who has the best and worst on paper schedules? What sort of schematic improvements did we see in play action and pre-nap shift emotion in
0:27week one? Best and worst offensive lines, things of that nature. But let's get things started, guys, with our tier one quarterbacks with easy 20 plus
0:34fantasy point upside led off by Mr. QB1 Josh Allen poised for an absolute shootout against the Lions here on Thursday Night Football. When I grew up,
0:43back in my day, we got Jaguars Titans on Thursday Night Football. not so much here in the year 2026, but I guess
0:50that's fine. Anyway, incredible performance against the Texans. It was actually the second best single game performance in EPA per dropback against
0:57this Houston defense since 2023. And yeah, alltime QB1 in fantasy points per game in, you know, NFL history. I'd say we're feeling pretty good about Josh
1:06Allen, especially against a banged up Lions defense that really had trouble stopping Tyler Shark and company down the stretch of week one. 2B2 going with
1:15Lamar Jackson, guys. had that incredible 17 yard scramble on third and 16. Wound up rushing for 40 yards. Looking very healthy along the way and yeah, thrown
1:23for 324 yards. Not too shabby in his own right there as well. So be a lot cooler if Zay Flowers with a hamstring and
1:29Jacobe Lang with the wrist injury were 100% healthy. Does sound like Z should be out there. But man, as long as Lamar
1:36is healthy, that is good enough for me.
1:37Particularly against the Saints team that again, Detroit didn't have too many problems with moving the football on. So this week in our Vegas implied team
1:44totals, only the 49ers and the Bills are actually implied to score more points than the Ravens. Likewise saw from Declan Doyle as well in his NFL debut.
1:53We saw these Ravens ranked 12th in pre- snap shift emotion, fifth in play action, fourth in percentage of dropbacks under center. Wheels up for
1:59Lamar Jackson and company this week.
2:02QB3, I got Jaylen Herz against the Titans, guys. Looked pretty good in week one. All right. When Jaylen Herz is not
2:07banged up, he can actually use his legs in more than just a tush push game. He is a real threat out there. So, wound up
2:13racking up nearly 25 fantasy points despite the offensive line getting a bit overwhelmed by the suddenly blitz happy Washington Commanders. So, not great
2:21that we lost Landon Dickerson to IR and everything. But you know what? If you had to ask me who the single worst
2:26football team in the NFL is right now, I would say a Tennessee Titans and that's who the Eagles get in week two. My QB4
2:32is going to be Brock Perie against probably the second worst team in the NFL, the Miami Dolphins. But just put some respect on Brock's name, guys. He's
2:40been averaging north of 20 fantasy points per game since week 10 last season. And he also happens to be the QB1 in the Super Bowl era in yards per
2:47attempt and passer rating. If you think Brock Pury is a system quarterback, you're wrong. But even if you do still think that, you got to admit the system
2:54is pretty freaking fantastic. Brock Pury no matter what. QB5, I'm going with Caleb Williams against the Blitz. Happy Brian Flores led Minnesota Vikings.
3:04We've seen more meh than booms in this matchup previously. We did have Caleb go for 340 yards and two touchdowns as a
3:11rookie against the Vikings. Last three performances though has been held under 210 yards each and every time out. That said, looked awfully good in week one.
3:20Even against the Blitz, guys, against the Blitz in week one, Caleb Williams 7 for 11, 118 yards, two touchdowns, and zero INTs. That will work. Also, this is
3:29literally the fastest quarterback in the NFL per our friends over at NextGen Stats. Caleb at this point is just getting to the point, I guess, where
3:36he's rushing so much that he's pretty much matchup proof. So, my QB5, another couple big performances, guys, we're going to see him rocking up even more
3:43those MVP odds, and for good reason.
3:46QB6, I'm going with another quarterback who should have all kinds of room on the ground pretty much regardless of the matchup, and that is Commander QB1,
3:53Jaden Daniels, going up against the Cowboys defense that we heard all offseason long had fixed everything. And we had Christian Parker, the Vic Fangio
4:01disciple, and all look at all these great rookies. Yet, they still couldn't figure out how to defend a freaking swing pass against the Giants. So, not
4:07saying the Commanders necessarily look great out there. But if we've seen one thing, then we're about to get to the best and worst on paper matchups since
4:14week one. No pass defense has been worse than the Cowboys in terms of fantasy points to QBs and also EPA for dropback.
4:20So, Jaden Daniels, whoever is playing the Cowboys, guys, start them in fantasy land. But yeah, accordingly guys, let's get into who has the best and worst on
4:28field matchups. As you can see on the YouTube streets, appreciate you guys hanging out with me. I got a chart here
4:33that basically shows defensive EPA per dropback and then fantasy points per game allowed the quarterback. So, if you are in the top lefthand corner of this
4:41chart, you are a very bad defense. If you're in the bottom right, that means you're a pretty good defense. So, two
4:46very correlated numbers here. But yeah, guys, Cowboys, Jets, and Commanders easily stand out as the three worst defense in terms of allowing EPA for
4:54drop back. And then also the fantasy points per game allowed the QBs, Titans, Cardinals, Bengals not too much better.
5:00Meanwhile, the Vikings, Bills, Chargers, Seahawks, Texans, and Browns really have stood out as the best defenses against quarterbacks for the better part of the
5:07last 12 months.
5:09Tier 2, we believe in you, but there is just one problem. Starting off with QB7, Justin Herbert. It was rough.
5:17It was really rough, guys. And I have a damning stat.
5:22Since week nine of last season, Davis Webb, the backup Texans quarterback, has as many games with at least 250 passing
5:32yards as Justin Herbert.
5:35I I came to you this entire offseason saying how much I believed in the Chargers. One of my bull calls was that
5:41they were going to be number one ranked scoring offense. The offensive line did not look good in week one. Herbert didn't look good in week one. Lord knows
5:48pretty much everyone other than LCON did not look good in week one. The two performances that I am going to write
5:54off as a bad day at the office for now are the Chargers and the Broncos. I still believe in Justin Herbert's
6:01talent. I think Mike McDaniel is still one of the better play callers in the NFL. I hope Laki is healthy. Sounds like
6:08he's the rib injury isn't going to be too big of an issue. We got a Raiders defense that beyond Max Crosby should
6:13not be scaring us. I really hope this doesn't look even more idiotic than it already has after one week by the time
6:22we're talking next week. For now, I'm not sounding the panic alarms, but I'm itching a little bit closer to them. QB8
6:30Trevor Lawrence, guys, if you wanted to rank them higher here, I get it. That's why we have tears for a reason. It's
6:35just this matchup in Denver, but and to Taw's credit, he was awesome in Denver last season. 279 yards and three touchdowns through the air and also
6:42chipped in another one on the ground in this very matchup. So, he's literally the QB1 since week 10 of last season.
6:49Shout out to Tall. Some of that film against the Browns also borderline erotic for us fantasy football and just regular football nerds out there. QB9, I
6:57got Drake May against the Steelers. 9.8 fantasy points in that atrocious week one spot against the Seahawks. good enough three quarters, but again, it's
7:05just kind of tough to say like, yeah, you take away those three boneheaded interceptions and actually the guy played pretty good out there. So, not
7:11good. And now AJ Brown is out of the picture, but man, you do look at it since the beginning of week one last
7:17season, QB seven in fantasy points from purely rushing. So, this could be a situation where we're starting to drop him down the ranks. The Steelers did do
7:25a pretty good job against the Patriots last year, but even in that game, he had 19.2 fantasy points, QB7 production. I
7:31do think May is going to have the volume on a team that probably won't have the benefit of playing with so many leads
7:36this time around to make up for the regression that we have been seeing so far in the efficiency department. QB10, I got Jordan Love going up against the
7:44New York Jets, guys. What we saw from this Packers offense in week one is that they really are willing to lean on Love
7:49and their various talented pass catchers out there. So 9.2 yards per attempt pair of scores. Yeah, you know, got to spruce
7:56up that that completion rate a little bit. didn't exactly see the best version of this Packers offense in the second half. Sure seemed like that offensive
8:02line was getting worn down by that blitz at a certain point, but you know, Sas Gardner's SAS Gardner less Jets secondary. We got there eventually.
8:12Still doesn't have an interception since 2024.
8:15Good for them for taking down the Titans. Shouldn't have surprised us. I think Jordan Love tears these guys a new one here come Sunday. QB1, I got Dak
8:23Prescott against the Washington Commanders.
8:26The Cowboys would be another one that I'm just going to more or less write off as having a bad day at the office there
8:32on Sunday night. They were moving the ball in the second half. They just couldn't actually get it back because the Giants offense just kept on keeping
8:38on against that affformentioned porest Cowboys defense. But Cowboys and Commanders have the second highest overall game total of the week. I do
8:44think there's going to be points flying there in the there in Jerry World. So, feeling good there. The one thing I will
8:50point out, New Washington Commander defensive coordinator Donte Jones actually had the second highest split rate of any defense in week one. So
8:58unsurprisingly, he is a disciple of Brian Flores. But just something to keep an eye out on. Dak Prescott, he's been top 10 in EPA per drop back and passer
9:05rating against the Blitz over the course of the past two seasons. So I think Dak can handle it. But when we get these
9:10really high blitz rate teams, guys, it can be a nightmare for younger quarterbacks in particular. Something to keep an eye on with Washington here as
9:16the season goes on. QB12. I got Joe Burrow. And it's a little bit low, but man, let's just transition right now to
9:24our main topic. Who has been the NFL's best quarterbacks for the better part of last half season? All right, so I just
9:30took week 10, regular season only, including week one. Now, where do they rank out? And we can see in this chart
9:35here, mentioned it before, Trevor Lawrence, QB1, followed by Josh Allen and Brock Perie, only guys averaging north of 20 fantasy points per game. We
9:43got Caleb Williams, Jackson Dart inside the top six. Drake May still QB7 despite not putting his best foot forward. He would rank a little bit lower if we were
9:51including the playoffs there, but again that rushing stuff just gets him so much benefit of the doubt. Joe Burrow only coming in as QB8 was a little bit banged
10:00up coming back last year at the end. I get it. But man, against this Houston Texas defense, it really is just a tough
10:05spot. And I saw what Josh Allen did. All right, I don't think Joe Burrow is going to be tacking on two rushing touchdowns
10:11against this group like Josh was able to. Josh made some incredible throws, too. that honey hole shot to DJ Moore before the safety for the score.
10:18Incredible stuff. So, if you have Joe Burrow, you're starting them. I get it.
10:23But just again, some good matchups here at the top. Jordan Love, Dak Prescott, I think we're going to have similar volume, way better matchups. That's why
10:29I have them ahead of Joe Burrow. Other notes here again looking at fantasy points per game since week 10 from last
10:35season. Bryce Young being ahead of Patrick Mahomes. How about them apples?
10:39Bow Nicks, Justin Herbert need to step it up otherwise I am going to be in deep deep financial trouble. Uh Lamar Jackson
10:46very low on this chart but again I think that's more so due to playing through several injuries in the back half of
10:512025.
10:53Tier three guys definitely still a chance in the first quarterback here.
10:57He's someone that I thought about ranking as high as basically QB7. I am just going to go ahead and give the
11:02defense a little bit of the benefit of the doubt here. But yes, Jackson Dart, guys, my QB13 has scored 19 plus fantasy
11:09points in all but three of his 13 career starts really is crazy again seeing this rushing volume that he continued to have
11:15in week one. 11 carries for 54 yards in that one. Only reason he is this low is because this Rams defense should be
11:22pissed off and should still be a very good group. Losing Miles Garrett to IR is not ideal and we'll see if Aaron
11:27Donald is even going to be out there, but still added Trent McDuffy. I mean, this was a top five, top six defense in
11:32most metrics last year, even before they added again Garrett and brought back Donald. So, I am giving them the benefit of the doubt. It was the Cowboys in week
11:41one who just looks so out of place schematically. Jackson Dart, I believe in the guy. All right, I even said this
11:48last off season, and I've said a lot of wrong things. I'm not trying to just tell you guys a few good points that
11:53I've had. This could certainly turn out horrible, too. But I thought after last season, Jackson Dart should be the one-on-one if he reddrafted in 2025.
12:02Long career. We'll see if Cam Ward obviously has tons of talent in his own right. I believe in Jackson Dar as a
12:08real life quarterback and a fantasy quarterback. It's just some of these matchups, man. Dak against the Commanders, Love against the Jets.
12:18We've just seen it a little bit more from May and Taw.
12:22But if you said FU, I'm starting hurt over Herbert. You don't know what you're talking about. Go for it. QB14. I got
12:29Jared Goff again. Shootout potential. If not, just it's going to happen here.
12:33Thursday Night Football Lions versus the Bills. These guys scored 90 points the last time they matched up there at the end of 2024. Get your popcorn ready for
12:40this one. QB15. I got Bo Knicks against the Jaguars. Mentioned before more or less going to be riding that off. Piss
12:46poor effort. I mean, from Davis Web and Company, but again in Arrowhead first game of the season. Let's relax at least
12:52for a week. QB16, Baker Mayfield against the Browns. I would love to see Baker be the last guy to end Deshawn Watson
12:59experience. We'll see if that's the case. Good stuff from Baker and Zack Robinson. Can't be losing. Four fumbles every single week, guys. Come the hell
13:06on. Ball security, job security. But I got more notes on them in just a second.
13:10And then QB 17. I got Tyler Shuck against the Ravens. Look, I think I forgot to mention before, Tyler Shuck has been a low-end QB1 since week 10 of
13:19last season in that previous study we did. He's been putting up points. This offense just looked unwatchable for the first 354 minutes of that Lions game.
13:26I'm worried that against a Ravens defense that is much more sound that also has much more talent I would say at
13:32all three levels of the defense. Maybe not the Lions scrimmage. Shout out Aiden Hutcherson. But I'm just worried about the Ravens maybe not giving in down the
13:40stretch like the Lions did last week.
13:42We'll see what Tyler Shuck gonna be. Who they face after this? I don't know.
13:46We'll stay in week two.
13:48It's a little bit of a hedge again against the Lions defense falling apart and the Saints offense looking really bad for half of that game, but they look
13:57better after Tyler Shuck my QB 17 here.
14:00Key question for this tier. What new schemes allowed the showed the most and least promise in week one, guys? And this goes back to the Buccaneers because
14:07I was shocked to see just how well that Zack Robinson was pressing these easy buttons and overall just doing a good
14:14job. Okay, these were things that I came to you after the preseason saying Mike McDaniel was going to do and we saw that
14:19as well. But in this chart now on your screens, I got pre- snapshift emotion and play action rate. These are the easy
14:25buttons that we usually see associated with the Ben Johnson's, the Shawn McVeys and the Kyle Shanahanss of the world.
14:30And at least for one week, guys, Zack Robinson was up there as well. So just one week like we see the Bears who were
14:36in the top right hand corner of this chart last year more so in the middle game script and you know having more of
14:41a vanilla strategy when you get up or down a bunch of points can certainly play a factor in 60-minute sample size.
14:46But again shout out to Zack Robinson.
14:50They were second in play action rate on dropbacks. They were second in pre- snap shift of motion. They joined the 49ers
14:57and the Jaguars as the only three teams to be top 10 success rate rushing and passing the football. The problem was
15:04again, not one, not two, not three, four loss fumbles. You'd like to think, Matt, maybe over the course of a season, the
15:11ball is going to be bouncing a little bit different way. It has been bouncing a lot though for Baker Mayfield. Eight
15:16more fumbles than any other quarterback since 2024. Got that contract. He said, "Screw it. I'm getting paid. I'm good now. I don't need to worry about holding
15:24on to football. be a lot cooler if we did. But yeah, Buccaneers, Lions, Chargers standing out really as some of the smarter offenses in week one. Ravens
15:32also there as well in terms of look at the new play callers. Good seeing a nice step up from the Chiefs as well. Even
15:37the Panthers putting up 37 points on the Bears. Bad defense for sure, but good stuff there.
15:43NerS, Falcons to a lesser extent, just not really using play action. Could have been more of a Cooper Rush thing. Colts
15:49also looking pretty good. And then bottom lefthand corner, yes, we got the uh Zack Taylor Bengals where they always seem to be. All right, guys. Before we
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17:12Make sure you use code roto wire. All right, guys. Back in action. Tier four now. Feels too low, but is it really?
17:18QB18. I got Matthew Stafford against the New York Football Giants on Monday Night Football. I hope that his arm looked as
17:24bad as it did because of the jet lag.
17:26And he is a 38-year-old quarterback with back problems. So, being on a long flight 24 hours before the game, it would add up. But again, keeping an eye
17:34on it. Luckily, the Rams offensive line that we'll talk about here in a second, too. Their time to pressure was very
17:39high, which is good. Like I mean it took a lot of time for the defenders to pressure Stafford last week and they did
17:44a good job in the run game. So I don't think the offensive line is a huge problem which we got to keep an eye on
17:49here against the Giants. These guys have been bad enough that they have stockpiled some serious talent in that front seven. We got Brian Burns former
17:5616th overall pick on $140 million contract. Arville Reese fifth overall pick this year. Abdul Carter third overall pick last year. Tummaine Edmonds
18:04former 16th overall pick. Kayon Tibido former fifth overall pick back in 2022.
18:09So, I'm not saying Edmonds and Tibido in particular are these game recorders or anything like that, but man, got to be
18:14pretty freaking athletic and a Yeah, let's face it. You got to be a freaking monster out here to be picked in the top
18:1916 in the first place. Giants have a lot of these dogs running around line scrimmage. QB19. I'm going Bryce Young against the Falcons now. And this is
18:28just the Bryce Young thing. He was awesome last week. Fix your defense, Carolina. Don't be criticizing Bryce Young. 361, three TDs, dimes to Jaylen
18:36Coker. Ran in for a touchdown. This dude's good off script. All right. Very encouraging performance, but we've seen some of this before. We've seen this
18:44against the Falcons before. He's got a game of 448 yards and three touchdowns.
18:47Another one with 251 yards and three touchdowns. But when I was going through his game logs, I was like, "Oh, yeah. He
18:53owns the Falcons, right?" Well, kind of.
18:56He had those two games. His other three games, he couldn't clear 170 passing yards and he had just one total passing
19:02touchdown. I would love for the Jaylen Coker and Tedrell McMillan shares for Bryce Young to build on week one and start looking like the number one
19:10overall pick that he was drafted to be.
19:12For now, I'm being a little bit subdued.
19:15QB19 QB20. I got Malik Willis purely for the rushing guys. Saw it last week. 39 yards in the score. Could be a little bit
19:22tougher to come by against Nick Bosa and Fred Warner. This is about the point though in the ranks I'm starting to get
19:28a little bit dicey about pretty much everyone. QB21 Carson Wentz against the Bears. Wentz hasn't been a great real life quarterback over these past two
19:37years. 5.5 adjusted net yards per attempt. That's yards per attempt also including touchdowns, interceptions, and sacks. And waiting those, that's 30th
19:45among 40 qualified QBs. That said, in five or six extended appearances, he's got 21 fantasy points. He's got 19 fantasy points in two of those games.
19:54Bears defense looks like they could be horrible. my QB21 which means in the year 2026 I Ian Harditz am ranking Carson Wentz ahead of Patrick Mahomes
20:04what a time to be alive but man we saw Mahomes hilariously after a full off season where all of us fancy nerds
20:12and alleged experts said no can't draft Patrick Mahomes high this year all of his rushing was why he'd made it work
20:19last year he's coming off the ACL he's not gonna run as much this dude has the audacity to run for backtoback freaking
20:25rushing touchdowns on drive one. Of course, it was back toback because the first one got nullified by a penalty.
20:30So, yeah, Patrick Mahomes is going to do Patrick Mahomes stuff. But this was rough through the air, guys. A win is a
20:36win is a win. Shout out to the Chiefs.
20:38Shout out to Kenneth Walker. 27 pass attempts, tied for his fewest in any game since 2023. He did not complete a
20:46pass more than 10 yards downfield.
20:49>> [sighs] >> I don't want to do the take away a player's good plays and yeah look they weren't that great but man
20:56a little fiveyard hitch to Travis Kelce that went for 59 yards and then that screen to Rasheed Rice where he managed
21:02to break a tackle behind the line of scrimmage and scor a touchdown did a lot of leg work for was again an otherwise
21:08very pedestrian performance from Patrick Mahomes Broncos secondary deserves a lot of credit I'm not saying that the Colts are going to be that good but you know
21:15they do have sauce Gardner and the Chiefs just have so little firepower right now on offense. I'm going to keep ranking Mahomes low. If we see a
21:23meaningful difference in how the Chiefs offense is working and how Mahomes is working in terms of being a passer, we'll adjust. Key question for this one
21:30though, guys, doesn't fall to Chiefs.
21:31This is another problem here. What teams have potentially very bad offensive lines based on their week one performance? And in this chart, you can
21:38see bottom lefthand corner RB rush yards before contact per carry and your time to pressure allowed. Chiefs Chargers standing out as the two worst groups in
21:47week one. Best offensive lines, 49ers, Rams, Bears, and the Jets and Raiders.
21:53Maybe just 60 minutes sample size, but wow. Raiders and Jets having a good offensive line year 2026. How about damn apples? But yeah, guys, we'll see what
22:02goes down. Like the fact that Kenneth Walker got what he got even with some of the worst rush yards before contact of
22:08the week. Truly incredible for us for him on Monday Night Football. So, don't completely sound the alarms just yet, but it's something to keep an eye on.
22:16not having Josh Simmons, their first round left tackle from last year. So, it didn't help the Chiefs as well. And again, the Broncos were really good, but
22:22for right now, have some offensive line problems, have some weapon problems, and have some pass game volumes going on for Patrick Mahomes because of all that.
22:28Can't rank him too high in fantasy land.
22:31Tier five, this is superflex only. I got QB23. CJ Strad put some nice throws on tape last week. It was encouraging for
22:38the offense as a whole. Just don't think in more weeks than not we're going to have enough volume for anyone other than
22:42Nico Collins to be overly fancy relevant in this passing game. QB24 Daniel Jones 5.4 yards per attempt last week. His lowest as a member of the Colts. That
22:51was rough. Now he's got to go on the road against a Chiefs defense that looked pretty damn nicy on Monday Night
22:57Football. And speaking of that Chiefs defense, guys, I am sticking with the Ravens as my DST here for the foreseeable future. Again, we got the
23:05Saints this week. Cowboys are gonna be tough in week three and then we got three straight awesome games. If you do
23:10need another DST though, Chiefs are your answer. All right, Colts this week and then we got the Dolphins and the Raiders, then a week five buy. Then we
23:19got the Chargers and Seahawks and Broncos in weeks six through eight.
23:22That's not ideal. So maybe we go ahead and figure out something else there. But man, weeks 9 through 11, Jets, Falcons,
23:28and Cardinals. This is a Chiefs team that's going to continue to be competitive. I'm not saying they're going to be world beaters, but like
23:33Mahomes and company aren't going to be putting them in cost in bad situations like he might see in Cleveland or something like that. Steve Spagnola,
23:40Chris Jones, man Delane coming up getting a pick on his first freaking NFL possession. How sweet is that? GDST guys, pretty nice group that should be
23:49on the majority of waiver wires right now. QB25, Gino Smith, very good debut.
23:54I do not respect the Titans. We'll learn a lot more about him against the Packers this week. QB26 Aaron Rogers slinging
24:00that ball around in week one. 11.1 average target depth. His high single game mark with the Steelers didn't amount to a ton. Had some questionable
24:09no call DPIs I would say throughout that game. But regardless, Christian Gonzalez I think is make going to make life pretty tough for DK Metaf this week on
24:16the road in New England. Not a situation where I'm expecting much from a air on a company, but I appreciate him trying to
24:22be a gunslinger.
24:24Jacobe Brassette. Okay, move Jacobe Brassette up. This happens every now and again. You guys are witnessing a special moment here. I would start Jacobe
24:32Brassette over Daniel Jones, Gino Smith, and Aaron Rogers. So, in this tier, CJ Strad, Jacobe Brassette, Daniel Jones, Gino Smith, and Aaron Rogers. Let's give
24:43Jacobe some credit. Again, since he's come under center last season, he's basically been a low-end borderline QB.
24:49One, I mean, facing the Seattle Seahawks, pretty far from ideal. We saw them make life tough for Drake May at least in the last 15 minutes of that
24:56game. He did end up throwing for 258 yards and two touchdowns against this group last year after they're already down 38-7 in the first half. So maybe
25:04he'll keep getting away with it.
25:05Cardinals look good in week one. Similar to the Jets, I want to see it for another week or two before we completely
25:10believe this is our new reality.
25:13Key question for this one, guys, is what offenses are implied to score the most points this week from our friends over
25:18in Vegas. As always, we get these imple implied team totals by looking at every individual game spread and overunders.
25:24So again, this is just part of the reason where I'm trying to use what I think and then also looking at what the
25:29guys in the desert think because they have millions and billions of reasons to try to get these right. Cardinals coming in at just 27th, Jets coming in at just
25:3625th in terms of their expected offensive upside going to this week. So I will say the Chargers being at eighth, Broncos being at 13th does add credence
25:44to the idea that Vegas is willing to look past their week one mishaps. Bears being fifth, Chiefs being sixth. Yeah, feeling pretty good about those upgrades
25:51as well. Um, any other keynotes with this one?
25:55J. All right. Yeah, two tough matchups.
25:57Bengals are only 19th in this one. Going up against the Broncos and the Jaguars only 21st uh going up against the
26:04Broncos. Bengals against the Texans.
26:05Excuse me. But yeah, that's again a little bit why I have Burrow and Trevor Lawrence a little bit lower than they
26:10would be in a more neutral matchup. And finally, guys, tier six, we got Drew Lock and some bums. Backpack, baby. What
26:17a performance for my guy Drew Lock. But yeah, he's my QB28. QB29. Cam Ward looked horrible in week one just running
26:24to the backs of his guys. Yeah, maybe it was a situation where he just wasn't ready. But yeah, good luck now against
26:29the Philadelphia Eagles. QB30, Kirk Cousins against the Chargers. Kudos to Ashen Genty. Please get healthy. Brock Bowers. QB31 to Shawn Watson.
26:39I was shocked how physically okay he looked. We still had the boneheaded interception. should have thrown a second one soon thereafter. Watching him
26:47throw that 55 yard ball in garbage time.
26:52That was the best throw he's made with the Browns and he ran for 38 yards coming off two Achilles tears.
26:58I don't think mentally it's going to work for Deshawn.
27:02I would not be surprised this is his last start with the Cleveland Browns.
27:07That was encouraging though from a purely physical standpoint. So I got him QB31 right now against the Buccaneers.
27:13Don't bet on him. Just saying. QB32, Cooper Rush. I would love to never watch Cooper Rush throw another professional pass. Free Jack Strand get better soon.
27:21Michael Pennix. Guys, that's going to wrap up this show though. Coming back each and every week with your QB, RB, wide receiver, tight ends, rankings and
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