Well, you’ve made it! If you’re still reading this Week 16 quarterback rankings article, that hopefully means that you’re still playing in your season-long fantasy football league. For most leagues, making it to Week 16 means that you’ve made it to the final 4, and hopefully, that means you aren’t scrambling for a quarterback for this week’s semi-final matchup. Some of us aren’t quite so lucky, as we suffered an unimaginable loss in Week 15 when Patrick Mahomes went down with just 20 seconds remaining in the Chiefs’ loss to the Chargers.
To make things even more difficult, there are a few more teams that have joined the Chiefs in the dreaded “See you next year society,” including the Dolphins, who have decided to bench Tua in favor of rookie Quinn Ewers. I’m sure there is at least one poor soul out there who has Tua sitting on his bench in case something happened to Mahomes, and their first thought after the injury news was, “At least Tua has a good matchup against the Bengals.” If you don’t have another viable backup on your roster, the waiver wire probably is filled with a bunch of names like Brady Cook, Tyler Shough, Gardner Minshew, Shadeur Sanders, Quin Ewers, Kenny Pickett, and Philip Rivers.
Yeah, that’s how bad things are in the league right now. All of those guys are actually being counted on to lead a football team’s offense this weekend. If those are your choices, you have my condolences, but I would suggest taking a shot on Minshew or Shough from that list. If any of C.J. Stroud, Kirk Cousins, Bryce Young or even Aaron Rodgers are out there, they would make better band aids than the aforementioned lot. OK, that’s enough of the negative stuff. Let’s focus on the positives for this week and take a look at the top ten options for week 16 at the quarterback position.
Week 16 Quarterback Rankings
1) Jalen Hurts vs. Commanders
Hurts basically played half the game last week vs. the Raiders and still got us 22.9 fantasy points, which was good enough for him to finish as the overall QB9 for the week. The Commanders offer a similarly weak defense but with a much better offense, which Marcus Mariota has been doing a solid job leading for the past few weeks. This is the type of matchup we love, so get Hurts in there. I highly doubt that you are deciding between Josh Allen and Jalen Hurts, but if you are, I would lean toward Hurts for this week.
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2) Josh Allen vs. Browns
If you have Josh Allen and you’re still reading this, congratulations. You nailed this pick, and Allen has likely been carrying your team all season long. You don’t need me to tell you to start him. The weather in Cleveland is supposed to be a balmy 31 degrees with 16 miles per hour winds. Usually, we start to worry about the wind when it gets over 15 mph, but let’s face it, they can play this game at the bottom of the ocean, and you’ll still be starting Allen. The Browns are still #1 in the league against the pass, but they’ve been getting run on a bit as of late. Let’s hope that Allen can get us a rushing score or two in the early part of the game, as I don’t expect this to be much of a contest.
