Week 10 had two huge quarterback games and they both came early on, as Joe Burrow and Lamar Jackson faced off on Thursday Night Football. Burrow edged out Jackson as QB1 in fantasy for the week, but Jackson wasn’t far behind Burrow and his team won while Jackson was more efficient in his passing.
Jalen Hurts wasn’t too far behind, as he once again rushed for two tush push touchdowns and threw for two more. He now has 11 rushing touchdowns to 12 passing touchdowns. Amazingly, he has eight rushing touchdowns in his last four games! Poor Saquon Barkley fantasy backers.
Kyler Murray also rushed for two touchdowns, which gave him a nice boost after a mediocre passing day. He’s been all over the place in fantasy scoring this year, as he has no back-to-back Top 10 days, but he does have Top 12 or better finishes in three of his last four. This recent stretch has helped move him up to QB7 on the season.
Week 11 quarterback bye weeks
Kyler Murray, Bryce Young, Daniel Jones, Baker Mayfield
Week 11 quarterback injuries
Trevor Lawrence, Jaguars
Lawrence missed Week 10, giving Mac Jones the start. His availability moving forward is still suspect, but it doesn’t sound like he’ll be going on I.R. anytime soon. I wouldn’t be surprised if we get Mac Jones against the Lions this week though. That won’t go well.
Dak Prescott, Cowboys
Prescott is done for the season, as he needs surgery to repair his hamstring injury. He will be replaced by Cooper Rush and Trey Lance, neither of which are going to help the Cowboys offensive players. CeeDee Lamb is still startle, but he falls in the rankings without a QB who can get him the ball downfield. If Lance wins the job, he might have some fantasy upside as a rusher, but that’s still to be seen.
Week 11 quarterback sleepers
C.J. Stroud. Texans at Cowboys
Stroud has had an awful season, especially after Nico Collins and Stefan Diggs got hurt. His two games where he finished as a Top 10 fantasy quarterback came in the first four weeks. He hasn’t finished better than QB15 over the last six games. But, there is some good news. Stroud and the Texans should get Nico Collins back this week and they get to play the Dallas Cowboys awful defense. Over the last five games they rank last in fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks, as Jalen Hurts, Kirk Cousins, Brock Purdy, and Jared Goff have all put up big games against them.
Russell Wilson, Steelers vs. Ravens
This will be the first divisional game for the Steelers this year and it’s a big one at home against the Ravens. The Steelers are half a game up on Baltimore in the AFC North and the winner will take the lead. These two teams have won in completely different ways, as the Ravens have outscored their opponents while the Steelers have kept their opponents down with their defense and eventually come out on top in the end. This week we’ll see which method works best, but we do know the Ravens’ weak link is their pass defense.
Only the Buccaneers have allowed more fantasy points to quarterbacks than the Ravens, but as far as we’re concerned, the Ravens have allowed the most fantasy points to passing quarterbacks. The Bucs have given up four rushing touchdowns to quarterbacks. If those are taken away, the Ravens are worse statistically. And boy have they been bad. Since Week 5, only Bo Nix has been held down, while Joe Burrow (twice), Jayden Daniels, Baker Mayfield and James Winston have put up huge numbers against Baltimore. Wilson isn’t going to be a consistent fantasy start this season, but I like his chances in a game the Ravens should be able to score to get the Steelers throwing more angainst a bad pass defense.
