{"id":205920,"date":"2024-12-24T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=205920"},"modified":"2024-12-24T02:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T07:03:07","slug":"week-17-quarterback-rankings-fantasy-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/12\/24\/week-17-quarterback-rankings-fantasy-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 17 Quarterback Rankings Fantasy Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is fantasy football championship week. Most leagues will crown a winner after the games in Week 17. The week starts early <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/schedule\/_\/week\/17\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with two games on Christmas Day<\/a> (Wednesday), so check those lineups early. The only significant quarterback injury is Jalen Hurts, who has a concussion. Below are the quarterback rankings, tiers, and analysis to help you navigate your lineup decisions for Week 17 and win you a championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Quarterback Rankings for Week 17 Fantasy Football<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Tier 1: Superstar Quarterbacks<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Josh Allen<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Lamar Jackson<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Jalen Hurts*<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Jayden Daniels<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Joe Burrow<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daniels had his signature moment of his rookie season so far, coming from behind to beat the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Eagles<\/a>. He threw for 258 yards and five touchdowns despite his two interceptions. He added 81 yards on the ground. His 34.42 fantasy points are the highest total of the week for quarterbacks. This was the first time he threw for more than three touchdowns in a game, his second-highest rushing total, and the most fantasy points on the year. Daniels is a top-five option in the quarterback rankings against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/falcons\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Falcons<\/a> in Week 17.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Burrow became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for 250 yards and three touchdowns in seven consecutive games. Burrow continues to light up the scoreboard. Even in a tough matchup against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/broncos\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Broncos<\/a>, Burrow is a top-five option for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/bengals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Bengals<\/a> massive game as they try to keep their playoff hopes alive.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeyB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JoeyB<\/a> continues to make history \ud83d\ude0f<\/p>\n<p>Most consecutive games with 250+ Passing Yards and 3+ Passing TDs (7) in <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NFL<\/a> history.<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProBowlVote?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ProBowlVote<\/a> + Joe Burrow <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4H2InwuNlE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/4H2InwuNlE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bengals\/status\/1870939221470454152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Hurts left the Week 16 game with a concussion and will try to clear protocol in time for the Week 17 matchup versus the Cowboys.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tier 2: Mid to Low-End QB1s<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. Justin Herbert<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7. Jordan Love<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8. Bo Nix<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9. Baker Mayfield<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10. Jared Goff<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11. Anthony Richardson<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12. Sam Darnold<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goff had his third straight top-six weekly finish among quarterbacks. He threw for 336 yards and three touchdowns in the victory over the Bears last week. In these last three games, Goff has faced three of the top eight defenses against fantasy quarterbacks this year but has still produced. He gets another tough defense of the 49ers in Week 17 but is a top-ten option in the quarterback rankings based on his recent success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richardson only completed seven passes and attempted eleven. However, he still finished with over 20 fantasy points. He threw for a touchdown and rushed for another. He should have had another one, but it was ruled that he was just short of the end zone. Richardson has a great matchup against the struggling <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/giants\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Giants<\/a> in Week 17.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/12\/21\/sam-darnold-vikings-quarterback-dynasty-outlook\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Darnold<\/a> led the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/vikings\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Vikings<\/a> to a 4th quarter-game-winning drive to beat the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/seahawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Seahawks<\/a>. He threw for 246 yards and three touchdowns and finished as a top-five quarterback on the week. Darnold has a tough matchup against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/packers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Packers<\/a> this week but is a low-end QB1 option.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tier 3: High to Mid-Tier QB2s<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13. Kyler Murray<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">14. Patrick Mahomes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15. Brock Purdy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16. Drake Maye<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On a bad ankle, Mahomes had just his third top-five weekly finish of the year. He had a passing and a rushing touchdown to finish with over 23 fantasy points. Mahomes has a tough matchup against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/steelers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Steelers<\/a>, who have given up the third-fewest fantasy points to quarterbacks on the year. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/12\/23\/christmas-day-fantasy-football-players-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Mahomes is a high-end QB2 for the Christmas Day game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Purdy has been up and down in the last four weeks, scoring at least 20 points in two of those but under four in the other two. However, the two poor games were in bad weather. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/49ers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">49ers<\/a> host the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/lions\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Lions<\/a> on Monday Night Football. The Lions defense is struggling as they are dealing with many injuries. Purdy is a mid-tier QB2 for Week 17.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tier 4: Streaming Options<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17. Matthew Stafford<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18. Bryce Young<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19. Tua Tagovailoa<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20. Russell Wilson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Young had a career-high 27.12 fantasy points in the victory. He threw for two touchdowns and added 68 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown. He was the QB2 on the week, which was just his second top-ten finish of the year and fourth of his two-year career. Young gets a great matchup next week against a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/buccaneers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Buccaneers<\/a> defense that is in the top five for most fantasy points allowed to opposing quarterbacks. Young is a great streaming option this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After four straight top-ten finishes, Tagovailoa has struggled in the last two weeks. He has scored 3.84 and 12.5 fantasy points, respectively. However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/dolphins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Dolphins<\/a> have won those games and still have hopes for the playoffs. Tagovailoa plays an average <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/browns\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Browns<\/a> defense, but he should be left on benches in one quarterback league.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Image: Tommy Gilligan &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quarterback rankings, tiers, and analysis for Week 17 of the Fantasy Football season to make informed decisions to set your lineup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5257,"featured_media":206218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[32545,10129,31910],"class_list":["post-205920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fantasy","tag-fantasy-football-2024","tag-fantasy-quarterback","tag-quarterback-rankings"],"modified_by":"Isaac Zuniga","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206220,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205920\/revisions\/206220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}