Pat Fitzmaurice shares his weekly tiers and rankings to help you set your fantasy football lineups. Here is the full article including all positions. Below, Fitz dives into the quarterback position for the week.
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Fitz’s Fantasy Football Week 2 Tiers & Rankings
QUARTERBACKS
Tier 1
Tier 2
- Lamar Jackson
- Justin Herbert
- Trevor Lawrence
- Justin Fields
- Tua Tagovailoa
- Joe Burrow
- Anthony Richardson
Tier 3
Tier 4
Tier 5
Tier 6
- Jimmy Garoppolo
- Ryan Tannehill
- Sam Howell
- Kenny Pickett
- Bryce Young
- Desmond Ridder
- C.J. Stroud
- Joshua Dobbs
- Zach Wilson
Tua Tagovailoa reminded us what he’s capable of in Week 1, nuking the Chargers for 466 yards and three touchdowns. It was reminiscent of Tua’s outburst against the Ravens in Week 2 of 2022, when he threw for 469 yards and six (!) touchdowns. I had Tua ranked QB13 in my draft rankings, but that ranking baked in the concussion risk for a player whose season could be abruptly put on hold or completely derailed by another brain injury. As long as Tua is healthy, he’s a weekly QB1. That applies this week even in a potentially tricky road matchup against the Patriots, who held Jalen Hurts to 170 passing yards and 5.2 yards per attempt last week.
After an alarming Week 1 showing against the Browns, Joe Burrow has another tough divisional matchup against the Ravens. Maybe the wet weather was partly to blame for the Bengals’ shabby offensive performance in Week 1 (142 total yards, six first downs). I’m reluctant to attribute the poor performance to the calf injury that cost Burrow much of training camp and the entire preseason. I have Burrow ranked as a low-end QB1 this week and would start him in most cases, but I don’t blame Burrow stakeholders for feeling uneasy.
QB10 may seem like a mincing, fraidy-cat ranking for Colts rookie Anthony Richardson, whose exciting debut against the Jaguars made him the QB4 for Week 1. I’m just not sold that the Colts are going to be as pass-heavy as they were in Week 1, with Richardson completing 24-of-37 throws for 223 yards with one TD and one INT. Not surprisingly, Richardson averaged an inefficient 6.0 yards per attempt, and if the passing volume shrivels in any given week, he’ll need to be uber-productive as a runner to make up for it. Not that he can’t be — Richardson will be among the QB rushing leaders this year barring injury — but I want to see more before believing that Richardson will provide decent passing numbers most weeks.
Don’t give up on Daniel Jones. The Cowboys and Jets are probably the two worst matchups a quarterback can have. Level-headed Josh Allen investors aren’t panicking after a bad season opener vs. the Jets, and Jones investors shouldn’t freak out about his forgettable Sunday night vs. the Cowboys. Danny Dimes gets a much softer matchup this week against the talent-challenged Cardinals.
I’m not fading Geno Smith because he threw for only 112 yards in the Seahawks’ season opener against the Rams; I’m fading Geno because he’s going to be without his two starting offensive tackles, Charles Cross and Abraham Lucas, this Sunday in Detroit. Seattle’s backup tackles will have to try to deal with the Lions DE Steve Hutchinson, a human wrecking ball who never takes a play off. It’s a suboptimal setup for Geno.
What an interesting performance for Jordan Love in his first-ever Week 1 start for the Packers. On first and second downs, Love was 7-of-17 for 104 yards (6.1 YPA). On third and fourth downs, Love was 8-of-10 for 141 yards (14.1 YPA) and a perfect 158.3 passer rating. (Hat tip to Rich Hribar of Sharp Football for that nugget.) I’m not ready to start Love unconditionally in 1QB leagues, but his season debut was encouraging.
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