Fantasy Football Week 12 QB Rankings: Taysom Hill Climbs; Joe Burrow Injury Fallout

Fantasy Football QB Rankings Week 12

Getty Taysom Hill #7 of the New Orleans Saints.

Welcome to our Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings for Week 12 of the 2020 NFL regular season. This week owners get back a top-three scorer at the position, as Josh Allen returns from a bye. Speaking of top-three scorers, that’s what Taysom Hill was in his debut as the New Orleans Saints’ starting QB this past Sunday. Can he keep the magic going this week? Let’s discuss.

* If you’re looking for more information on how to best set your lineup this coming week check out our Week 12 QB Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em.

Reminder: These rankings are based on full-PPR scoring formats.

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Quarterback Outlook Week 12

Taysom Hill (QB7) put forth an impressive effort against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 11, one that looks even more brilliant from a fantasy perspective. Hill completed 78.3% of his passes this past Sunday, collecting 233 passing yards on 18-of-23 passing.

Yet, it’s what Hill can do with his feet that makes him such a lucrative fantasy play moving forward. Adding 51 rushing yards and two touchdowns on the ground, Hill has now outrushed Alvin Kamara in three consecutive games. In fact, Hill has led the Saints in rushing over the last four games with 185 yards.

Hill will get a Broncos defense in Week 12, one who shut down Tua Tagovailoa this past week yet, for the most part, has been fairly susceptible to fantasy QBs. Half of Denver’s last four opponents at the position have each logged three TD outings against them.

Speaking of Tua Tagovailoa (QB15), Dolphins head coach Brian Flores made it known that the first-round pick was benched, not injured against Denver in Week 11. With that said, he also committed to the Bama product as his QB moving forward. While rolling with Tagovailoa in Week 12 may be too steep of a gamble for some owners to take, it could have a grand payout. No opposing QB has scored below 24.56 points against the Jets over the last three weeks.

Joe Burrow‘s torn ACL not only strips Cincinnati of their promising young signal-caller for the remainder of the season, but it also eliminates a viable fantasy option at the position. The rookie’s 18.6 ppg this season outpace the likes of Drew Brees, Cam Newton and Matthew Stafford, just to name a few. Ryan Finley will take over for Burrow at QB for the Bengals for the time being. However, he carries essentially no fantasy value at this time.


Week 12 Fantasy Rankings: Quarterback

Rankings
[QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | DEF | Ks]

Start-Sit
[QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | DEF | Ks]

Matchup: Great l Avg l Tough

#

Quarterback TEAM

Opp.

1

Justin Herbert LAC

@ BUF

2

Josh Allen BUF

vs. LAC

3

Deshaun Watson HOU

@ DET

4

Kyler Murray ARI

@ NE

5

Patrick Mahomes II KC

@ TB

6

Russell Wilson SEA

@ PHI

7

Taysom Hill NO

@ DEN

8

Ben Roethlisberger PIT

vs. BAL

9

Aaron Rodgers GB

vs. CHI

10

Cam Newton NE

vs. ARI

11

Carson Wentz PHI

vs. SEA

12

Tom Brady TB

vs. KC

13

Gardner Minshew JAC INJ

vs. CLE

14

Tua Tagovailoa MIA

@ NYJ

15

Derek Carr LV

@ ATL

16

Matt Ryan ATL

vs. LV

17

Baker Mayfield CLE

@ JAC

18

Ryan Tannehill TEN

@ IND

19

Kirk Cousins MIN

vs. CAR

20

Daniel Jones NYG

@ CIN

21

Jared Goff LAR

vs. SF

22

Philip Rivers IND

vs. TEN

23

Teddy Bridgewater CAR INJ

@ MIN

24

Robert Griffin III BAL

@ PIT

25

Alex Smith WAS

@ DAL

26

Matthew Stafford DET

vs. HOU

27

Mitchell Trubisky CHI INJ

@ GB

28

Andy Dalton DAL

vs. WAS

29

Sam Darnold NYJ INJ

vs. MIA

30

Drew Lock DEN

vs. NO

31

Ryan Finley CIN

vs. NYG

32

Nick Mullens SF

@ LAR

33

P.J. Walker CAR

@ MIN

34

Mike Glennon JAC

vs. CLE

35

Joe Flacco NYJ

vs. MIA

36

Ryan Fitzpatrick MIA

@ NYJ

37

Jalen Hurts PHI

vs. SEA

38

Jameis Winston NO

@ DEN

39

C.J. Beathard SF

@ LAR

40

Jarrett Stidham NE

vs. ARI

41

Jacoby Brissett IND

vs. TEN

42

Case Keenum CLE

@ JAC

43

Garrett Gilbert DAL

vs. WAS

44

Dwayne Haskins WAS

@ DAL

45

Brett Rypien DEN

vs. NO

46

Jake Luton JAC

vs. CLE

47

Tyrod Taylor LAC

@ BUF

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