Matthew Stafford tries to get into the holiday spirit in Sun Belt Charlotte, Brock Purdy braces for rough weather in Cleveland, and Jaxson Dart and C.J. Stroud attempt to return from their concussions.<\/p>\n
Other positions: Running Back<\/a> | Receiver<\/a> | Tight End\/Kickers\/Defense<\/a><\/p>\n Week 13 Quarterbacks<\/p>\n 1Patrick Mahomes KCat DAL2Josh AllenBUFat PIT3Jalen HurtsPHIvs. CHI4Drake MayeNEvs. NYG5Lamar JacksonBALvs. CIN6Dak PrescottDALvs. KC7Matthew StaffordLARat CAR8Joe BurrowCINat BAL9Justin HerbertLACvs. LV10Jacoby BrissettARIat TB11Bo NixDENat WAS12Jared GoffDETvs. GB13Jaxson DartNYGat NE14Jordan LoveGBat DET15Caleb WilliamsCHIat PHI16Sam DarnoldSEAvs. MIN17Brock PurdySFat CLE18Tua TagovailoaMIAvs. NO19Daniel JonesINDvs. HOU20C.J. StroudHOUat IND21Aaron RodgersPITvs. BUF22Trevor LawrenceJACat TEN23Tyler ShoughNOat MIA24Tyrod TaylorNYJvs. ATL25Kirk CousinsATLat NYJ26Marcus MariotaWASvs. DEN27Bryce YoungCARvs. LAR28Cam WardTENvs. JAC29Teddy BridgewaterTBvs. ARI30Geno SmithLVat LAC31Max BrosmerMINat SEA32Shedeur SandersCLEvs. SF<\/p>\n QB Notes: Patrick Mahomes has only one touchdown over his past three starts, but unlike 2024 Mahomes, he is averaging 293 yards in the process. Although the Cowboys\u2019 defense has tightened up since the trade deadline, it\u2019s not good enough to slow Mahomes in the week\u2019s highest-totaled contest. \u2026 Now just the QB10 by average fantasy points amongst quarterbacks to make at least eight starts, Lamar Jackson is scoreless over the past two weeks and has just 71 TD-free rushing yards in four games since returning from injury. \u201cInjury,\u201d of course, remains an issue, with Lamar seemingly listed with a different body part each. You aren\u2019t benching Jackson, especially for a date like Thursday\u2019s showdown with the Bengals. But you aren\u2019t counting on him single-handedly carrying your team for Week 13. \u2026 It somehow feels poetic that Joe Burrow (toe) is returning just in time for it not to matter. At least in real life. It very much matters in fantasy, where Burrow can immediately be plugged back in as a QB1 with Ja\u2019Marr Chase (suspension) also returning and a skyscraping 51.5 over\/under awaiting the combatants in Baltimore.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve already shared this stat elsewhere, but Jacoby Brissett\u2019s 1,887 yards passing since replacing Kyler Murray are the most by any quarterback over any six-game stretch this season. There is zero reason to expect Brissett to stop slinging it vs. a Bucs defense coughing up the fifth most QB fantasy points. \u2026 By now you\u2019ve undoubtedly seen the Chargers\u2019 concerning splits with and without LT Joe Alt<\/a>. You\u2019ve also seen the Las Vegas Raiders. With their running game still an injured mess, the Bolts should rely on their stable of skill corps weapons vs. the league\u2019s least serious side. \u2026 The most matchup-sensitive quarterback in fantasy football, Bo Nix, has a good one in the Commanders. Washington allows a staggering 8.8 yards per attempt, 0.9 more than any other defense. Nix face-planted in a similarly-rosy spot against the Raiders three weeks ago, but you don\u2019t bet on a QB to fail vs. Washington. \u2026 It does not appear it will be Jayden Daniels (elbow) opposing Nix. Marcus Mariota has been a perfectly fine streamer when the matchup is right, but the Broncos are not the spot to run a QB2 experiment.<\/p>\n Jaxson Dart (concussion) is ready to return for the G-Men. He\u2019s not going to match what Jameis Winston accomplished last week, but that\u2019s ok. He will be playing from behind in one of the weekend\u2019s (i.e. not Thanksgiving) higher-totaled games. Even if he runs less than fantasy managers have grown accustomed to, it should be enough. \u2026 Getting battered behind his banged up offensive line, Jared Goff has the most uninvited of Thanksgiving Day guests in Micah Parsons. Not great, though we seldom bench Goff for high-totaled affairs on Ford Field\u2019s fast track. This Turkey Day shouldn\u2019t be any different. \u2026 The Packers\u2019 refusal to thrown has gotten almost painful. They were turbo-mega-ultra run heavy with their backup running back in Week 12, for instance. It is still difficult to envision a path to victory in Detroit that doesn\u2019t involve Jordan Love letting it rip more than the coaching staff would like. \u2026 The Eagles have been something of a Venus flyrap for opposing quarterbacks of late, nemesis Dak Prescott notwithstanding. Caleb Williams, meanwhile, does his best work in the best matchups. Maybe Williams will make a few big plays on Thanksgiving Friday, but no one should be expecting him to produce a spiked week.<\/p>\n Sam Darnold is an unusual fantasy mix of sturdy floor, essentially nonexistent ceiling. That\u2019s because he\u2019s a front-runner. The kind of comeback game scripts that fuel legendary fantasy days for other QBs mostly lead to misery for Seattle\u2019s starter. He will certainly be able to frontrun as a two-score favorite against a big-play prone Vikings defense. \u2026 Brock Purdy is a gambler with a still-strong supporting cast. That gives him weekly fantasy upside. Just don\u2019t expect him to tap into it vs. a Browns defense surrendering the third fewest QB fantasy points as Myles Garrett rampages toward another DPOY award. The weather, as usual, is also a concern on the shores of Lake Erie. \u2026 Coming off arguably his worst start in a string of unimpressive performances, Daniel Jones doesn\u2019t exactly have a slump-busting matchup in the Texans. No team is permitting fewer QB fantasy points. Lacking ceiling of late with his floor getting much shakier, Jones is an uninspiring QB2. \u2026 C.J. Stroud (concussion) is supposedly returning after three weeks on the shelf. Davis Mills was more prolific than Stroud during his absence, if not necessarily better. Stroud always comes with a theoretical ceiling, but he\u2019s allowed his floor to get dangerously low.<\/p>\n If Aaron Rodgers (wrist) returns, it will be with the Steelers needing to match points with a beleaguered Bills side at home. Say what you will, Rodgers should at least come away from Week 13 with a decent floor effort. \u2026 Probably starting in place of Baker Mayfield (elbow), Teddy Bridgewater is unlikely to be quite as bad as he appeared in Week 12, but the 33-year-old looks like he can barely move at this juncture. It\u2019s a massive downgrade for the Bucs\u2019 skill corps, and with Bucky Irving set to finally return and relieve pressure on the passing attack, Bridgewater is an emergency-only option in QB2\/superflex spots. \u2026 I am very open to the possibility Max Brosmer is better than J.J. McCarthy. We are talking very. But am I willing to find out against the Seahawks\u2019 elite defense? No I am not. Brosmer might immediately stabilize Justin Jefferson\u2019s floor, but he\u2019s not going to provide any of his own in fantasy leagues. \u2026 It\u2019s not damning with faint praise to say Shedeur Sanders cleared the extraordinarily-low bar that was set for him in Week 12. It was an accomplishment no matter how you look at it. It was also an accomplishment that featured 11 completions and -1 yards rushing. There\u2019s a long way to go for all involved here.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t forget, for the latest on everything NFL, check out Rotoworld\u2019s Player News<\/a>, or follow @Rotoworld_FB<\/a> or @RotoPat<\/a> on Twitter\/Bluesky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matthew Stafford tries to get into the holiday spirit in Sun Belt Charlotte, Brock Purdy braces for rough…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-309159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}