It's a deep quarterback crop this year, but having six teams on bye hurts the depth. Still, you should be okay at the QB spot this week. To figure out which one to play, follow my rankings.
Byes: Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, San Diego Chargers & Washington Redskins
Last Update: Nov. 8
Other Rankings: QB, RB, WR, TE, DEF
| Rank & Player | Opponent | Notes |
| 1. Peyton Manning, DEN | @OAK | Like you would ever consider sitting Peyton. |
| 2. Aaron Rodgers, GB | CHI | The Bears pass defense has struggled and Rodgers is pretty good. |
| 3. Drew Brees, NO | SF | Brees is at home, and he's really good there. |
| 4. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT | @NYJ | Big Ben has been incredible the past two weeks and has a great matchup. |
| 5. Jay Cutler, CHI | @GB | Aside from one bad week, Cutler has put up good fantasy numbers. |
| 6. Matt Ryan, ATL | @TB | Ryan (and the Falcons) aren't great on the road, but this is a solid matchup. |
| 7. Russell Wilson, SEA | NYG | Wilson has been on fire. His running ability is a big factor in his play. |
| 8. Cam Newton, CAR | @PHI | Good matchup for Cam, but he's just been average as of late. |
| 9. Colin Kaepernick, SF | @NO | Kaepernick's running ability helps his fantasy value. |
| 10. Carson Palmer, ARI | STL | Great matchup for Palmer. |
| 11. Matt Stafford, DET | MIA | The Dolphins defense has been really good, so this isn't an ideal matchup. |
| 12. Tony Romo, DAL | @JAC | I'm very worried about Romo. I can't trust his back. |
| 13. Joe Flacco, BAL | TEN | Flacco has a decent matchup, but he's not an ideal starter. |
| 14. Andy Dalton, CIN | CLE | Dalton isn't a terrible fantasy QB, but if you're starting him, something has gone wrong for your team. UPDATE: Hopefully you didn't play "Bad Andy" Thursday night. |
| 15. Mark Sanchez, PHI | CAR | I don't think the move from Foles to Sanchez is going to be that big. And the Panthers have struggled to stop fantasy QBs.... |
| 16. Ryan Tannehill, MIA | @DET | Not a good matchup for Tannehill. |
| 17. Alex Smith, KC | @BUF | You can always do worse than Smith. |
| 18. Mike Vick, NYJ | PIT | Vick makes the list because of byes and his running ability. |
| 19. Eli Manning, NYG | @SEA | Not a good matchup for Eli. |
| 20. Kyle Orton, BUF | KC | Orton is only a play if you're in a deep league, or a league that has two QBs. |