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Saturday, August 18, 2018

2018 Fantasy Football: 3rd (Penultimate) QB Ranks

This will probably be my penultimate set of rankings, and since most of us will be drafting in the next 10 to 14 days this will be the set of ranks that at least 1 of us (me) will use. I’ve discussed many of the players in each ranking already so this time I’ll highlight the big differences I have with ADP and I thought it would be interesting to see the difference between the first rank and this set.

Here are the QB rankings. QB is deep as can be seen in the 11-player tier 3 that stretches to QB18.

Player
Rank
Team
Tier
ADP
Pos.
ADP
Pos.
Diff.
1st
Rank
Rank
Diff
Aaron Rodgers
1
GB
1
27
1
0
1
0
Russell Wilson
2
SEA
1
48
3
-1
2
0
Tom Brady
3
NE
2
50
4
-1
3
0
Cam Newton
4
CAR
2
63
5
-1
5
-1
Andrew Luck
5
IND
2
86
9
-4
16
-11
Drew Brees
6
NO
2
67
7
-1
4
2
Deshaun Watson
7
HOU
2
41
2
5
7
0
Ben Roethlisberger
8
PIT
3
100
12
-4
9
-1
Matt Stafford
9
DET
3
98
11
-2
10
-1
Marcus Mariota
10
TEN
3
126
17
-7
12
-2
Kirk Cousins
11
MIN
3
85
8
3
6
5
Carson Wentz
12
PHI
3
65
6
6
11
1
Jimmy Garoppolo
13
SF
3
95
10
3
8
5
Alex Smith
14
WAS
3
127
18
-4
14
0
Patrick Mahomes II
15
KC
3
112
16
-1
18
-3
Blake Bortles
16
JAC
3
161
24
-8
15
1
Matt Ryan
17
ATL
3
107
14
3
13
4
Philip Rivers
18
LAC
3
106
13
5
17
1
Eli Manning
19
NYG
4
159
22
-3
21
-2
Dak Prescott
20
DAL
4
134
19
1
19
1
Andy Dalton
21
CIN
4
189
26
-5
27
-6
Mitchell Trubisky
22
CHI
4
160
23
-1
23
-1
Jared Goff
23
LAR
4
109
15
8
24
-1
Derek Carr
24
OAK
4
135
20
4
20
4
Jameis Winston
25
TB
4
155
21
4
22
3
Joe Flacco
26
BAL
4
230
31
-5
28
-2
Ryan Tannehill
27
MIA
4
214
29
-2
26
1
Case Keenum
28
DEN
4
165
25
3
25
3
Josh Allen
29
BUF
5
251
35
-6
38
-9
Sam Darnold
30
NYJ
5
231
32
-2
36
-6
Josh Rosen
31
ARI
5
232
33
-2
31
0
Tyrod Taylor
32
CLE
5
210
28
4
35
-3
Baker Mayfield
33
CLE
5
205
27
6
32
1
Sam Bradford
34
ARI
5
250
34
0
34
0

Five Biggest Differences

Blake Bortles, QB, JACDiff: 8 Higher – Bortles has thrown for 3500 yards, rushed for 300, and scored 20 plus TDs in each of the last three seasons. Anything lower than 16 just feels like letting the on-field affect the rankings.
Jared Goff, QB, LARDiff: 8 Lower – I’m glad Goff had a comeback season last year and gets to work with a competent coach for the second straight season. That said a 4:1 TD to INT isn’t sustainable and the offense as a whole is due for some regression. Maybe a low-end QB2 is too low, but outside of Dalton whom would you put him over.
Marcus Mariota, QB, TEN – Diff: 7 Higher – Mariota is a flag player (h/t Chris Harris) for me this year. I think he’ll easily be a QB1 this year in just about any league type.
Josh Allen, QB, BUFDiff: 6 Higher – This set of ADP data came out before McCarron fractured his collarbone, even if McCarron is ready early in the year I think Allen is the starter unless he performs to his floor.
Baker Mayfield, QB, CLEDiff: 6 Lower – I think Taylor starts the first handful of games and that sinks his value some.

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