Fantasy Football Week 7 QB Rankings: Will Aaron Rodgers Bounce Back?

Welcome to our Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings for Week 7 of the 2020 NFL regular season. In this week’s column, we look at Aaron Rodgers’ rough showing against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and examine if he can rebound against the Houston Texans. Plus, Ryan Tannehill has been one of fantasy’s very best signal-callers since taking over for Marcus Mariota last season, can he continue this trend in a tough matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers? Let’s take a look.

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

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Quarterback Outlook Week 7

Aaron Rodgers‘(QB8) showing in Week 6 helped facilitate another “L” in the loss column for many fantasy owners. Simply put, a sub-6.00 point outing will not cut it moving forward. The good news, however, is we likely won’t have to worry about that in Week 7.

Rodgers’ opponents, the Houston Texans, have allowed 19.18-plus points to opposing QBs in three of their past four games and an average of 20.25 points on the season. Even with his poor performance against the Bucs this past Sunday, Rodgers still averages 21.87 points per game this season.

Speaking of the Texans defense, Ryan Tannehill (QB11) completely shredded Houston’s secondary to the tune of 364 yards and four touchdowns in Week 6, the latter of which should come as little surprise. Tannehill has now had a three-plus touchdown performance in three of his past four games.

Though his numbers would point towards us doing Tannehill a disservice ranking him as a low-end QB1 this week, a matchup with the NFL’s No. 2 ranked overall defense gives reason for pause. You’d be hard-pressed to bench Tannehill, nor should you. Rather, simply temper expectations against a Steelers defense that has forced eight interceptions (second-most in NFL) and held Baker Mayfield to a mere 7.26 output in Week 6.

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Week 7 Fantasy Rankings: Quarterback

1. [QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | DEF | Ks]

1. • Matchup: Great l Avg l Tough

2. – NOTABLE QB BYE WEEKS: Lamar Jackson (BAL), Ryan FItzpatrick (MIA), Kirk Cousins (MIN), Philip Rivers (IND)

3. #	Quarterback TEAM	Opp.
   1	Josh Allen BUF	@ NYJ
   2	Patrick Mahomes II KC	@ DEN
   3	Kyler Murray ARI	vs. SEA
   4	Russell Wilson SEA	@ ARI
   5	Deshaun Watson HOU	vs. GB
   6	Justin Herbert LAC	vs. JAC
   7	Matt Ryan ATL	vs. DET
   8	Aaron Rodgers GB	@ HOU
   9	Matthew Stafford DET	@ ATL
   10	Drew Brees NO	vs. CAR
   11	Ryan Tannehill TEN	vs. PIT
   12	Ben Roethlisberger PIT	@ TEN
   13	Cam Newton NE	vs. SF
   14	Gardner Minshew II JAC	@ LAC
   15	Tom Brady TB	@ LV
   16	Andy Dalton DAL	@ WAS
   17	Teddy Bridgewater CAR	@ NO
   18	Jimmy Garoppolo SF	@ NE
   19	Joe Burrow CIN	vs. CLE
   20	Carson Wentz PHI	vs. NYG
   21	Derek Carr LV	vs. TB
   22	Jared Goff LAR	vs. CHI
   23	Daniel Jones NYG	@ PHI
   24	Baker Mayfield CLE	@ CIN
   25	Sam Darnold NYJ INJ	vs. BUF
   26	Drew Lock DEN	vs. KC
   27	Nick Foles CHI	@ LAR
   28	Kyle Allen WAS	vs. DAL
   29	Taysom Hill NO	vs. CAR
   30	Joe Flacco NYJ	vs. BUF
   31	Jalen Hurts PHI	vs. NYG
   32	Alex Smith WAS	vs. DAL
   33	Case Keenum CLE	@ CIN
   34	Brett Rypien DEN	vs. KC
   35	Mitchell Trubisky CHI	@ LAR
   36	C.J. Beathard SF	@ NE
   37	Jarrett Stidham NE	vs. SF
   38	Tyrod Taylor LAC	vs. JAC
   39	Nick Mullens SF	@ NE

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