Fantasy Football Week 17 QB Rankings: Ravens Sitting Lamar Jackson

Welcome to our Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings for Week 17 of the 2019 NFL regular season. This week, we examine a rookie signal-caller out of New York coming off of a record-setting performance. Plus, a gun-slinger from Miami who despite his stellar performance a week ago, is one of the riskier options at the position this week.

Lastly, with essentially nothing to play for, the Baltimore Ravens have decided to sit the best quarterback in fantasy for the final game of the regular season.

Reminder: These rankings are based on standard league scoring formats where quarterbacks are rewarded with 4-points per passing touchdown.

* If you’re looking for more information on how to best set your lineup this coming week check out our Week 17 QB Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em.

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Quarterback Outlook Week 17

This is a prime example of why you don’t play 17 week fantasy football seasons. With the top-seed in the AFC locked up, the Baltimore Ravens have decided to sit Lamar Jackson for Week 17.

If you’re searching through the waiver wire in hopes of replacing Jackson’s production, good luck, it won’t happen. However, a rookie in New York may be a nice consolation prize.

Prior to this past Sunday, Daniel Jones (QB11) hadn’t taken the field in over two weeks while nursing an ankle injury. Over that period, Eli Manning proved to have a bit more juice left in the tank, leading to some Giants fans wondering what the season could have been had the organization not pulled the plug on Manning so early on in the season.

However, Jones returned to the team’s lineup in Week 16 and quickly put an end to all that chatter. The rookie out of Duke absolutely torched the division rival Washington Redskins to the tune of 352 passing yards, five touchdowns, and a position-leading 35.3 fantasy points. In that contest, Jones became the first rookie in NFL history to throw for 350+ yards, five touchdowns, and zero interceptions in a single-game.

This type of performance may be eye-popping to the casual fan, however, it’s not far off from the typical output we’ve gotten from Jones when healthy this season. In fact, Jones has now scored four-plus touchdowns in three of his last six games.

He’ll look to extend that streak into Week 17, while simultaneously crushing the Philadelphia Eagles‘ playoff dreams. The Eagles defenses shined against an underperforming Dallas team a week ago. Yet prior to that contest, Philly had surrendered an average of 20.95 fantasy points to QBs over a three-game span.

Jones is on the cusp of being a locked-in QB1 this coming Sunday.

Ryan Fitzpatrick (QB24) ranked as our QB6 heading into Week 16. The journeyman signal-caller rewarded us for our faith in him with an astonishing 32.7 fantasy points, the third-most by a quarterback for the week.

Fitzpatrick has now quietly become the fourth-highest scoring fantasy QB since Week 11, sitting behind just Lamar Jackson, Drew Brees, and Ryan Tannehill.

However, you’ve likely drained all you can out of FItzmagic at this point. You’d be foolish to roll with the QB in what is either your championship game or the latter half of your two-week final. No defense allows fewer fantasy points to opposing QBs this season than the Pats at just slightly above 11 points per game. You’d best be served to look elsewhere when filling your QB slot this week.

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Week 17 Fantasy Rankings: Quarterbacks

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• Matchup: Great l Avg l Tough

#	Quarterbacks TEAM	Opp.
1	Ryan Tannehill TEN	@ HOU
2	Patrick Mahomes KC	vs. LAC
3	Jameis Winston TB	vs. ATL
4	Deshaun Watson HOU	vs. TEN
5	Carson Wentz PHI	@ NYG
6	Aaron Rodgers GB	@ DET
7	Russell Wilson SEA	vs. SF
8	Drew Brees NO	@ CAR
9	Matt Ryan ATL	@ TB
10	Josh Allen BUF	vs. NYJ
11	Daniel Jones NYG	vs. PHI
12	Tom Brady NE	vs. MIA
13	Baker Mayfield CLE	@ CIN
14	Dak Prescott DAL	vs. WAS
15	Drew Lock DEN	vs. OAK
16	Jared Goff LAR	vs. ARI
17	Gardner Minshew JAC	vs. IND
18	Kyler Murray ARI	@ LAR
19	Andy Dalton CIN	vs. CLE
20	Jimmy Garoppolo SF	@ SEA
21	Robert Griffin III BAL	vs. PIT
22	Kirk Cousins MIN	vs. CHI
23	Jacoby Brissett IND	@ JAC
24	Ryan Fitzpatrick MIA	@ NE
25	Case Keenum WAS	@ DAL
26	Sam Darnold NYJ	@ BUF
27	Dwayne Haskins WAS INJ	@ DAL
28	Derek Carr OAK	@ DEN
29	Philip Rivers LAC	@ KC
30	Mitchell Trubisky CHI	@ MIN
31	Will Grier CAR	vs. NO
32	Devlin Hodges PIT	@ BAL
33	David Blough DET	vs. GB
34	Taysom Hill NO	@ CAR
35	Nick Foles JAC	vs. IND
36	Chase Daniels CHI	@ MIN
37	Tyrod Taylor LAC	@ KC
38	Kyle Allen CAR	vs. NO
39	Josh Rosen MIA	@ NE
40	Marcus Mariota TEN	@ HOU
41	Ryan Finley CIN	vs. CLE
42	Brandon Allen DEN	vs. OAK

1. 1. *Check out our Week 17 Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Ems to further optimize your lineups
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