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Revised quarterback rankings

Vikings must make decisions on Bridgewater, Keenum, Bradford

The Vikings are done for the year. Now what? They’ve got Case Keenum, Teddy Bridgewater and Sam Bradford, and they’ve got to figure out which one will be their starting quarterback.

Keenum had a great season. I think he’ll be starting somewhere in 2018 (maybe as a bridge quarterback in front of a rookie). Bradford has been productive, but he’s also had problems staying healthy; he’ll probably also interest teams as a bridge option.

But I think the Vikings like Bridgewater. Now that he’s a year and a half removed from a serious knee injury, I think he’s probably the frontrunner to be their opening day starter. Bridgewater said today that his hope and expectation is that he’ll be starting for Minnesota.

I expect the Vikings will try to bring two of these quarterbacks back, giving themselves depth at the position, and I think Bridgewater will probably be their guy. But it’s a situation that will need to play out. Keenum played well enough that I think it’s almost as likely that he’ll be their No. 1.

Bridgewater, Keenum and Bradford are all headed for free agency, and they might all be among the league’s 35 best quarterbacks right now. No way can they pay all three of them, and they might not be able to pay even two of them.

Three elite quarterbacks are headed for free agency (Drew Brees, Kirk Cousins and Jimmy Garoppolo) but I’m not sure if any of them are going anywhere. San Francisco will tag Garoppolo if necessary. Cousins is probably the most likely to move; he’s been tagged a couple of times already, and Washington might be wondering if they would be better letting him go and plugging a cheaper player in that role. Cousins has put up big numbers, but part of the credit there goes to Jay Gruden’s system.

If I were walking into a dynasty draft today, Carson Wentz and Aaron Rodgers would be the first two quarterbacks I would be looking at. That’s assuming standard fantasy scoring, with fantasy teams then having the right to hold onto said players indefinitely – making younger players more valuable.

Players who are headed for free agency are tagged. Others no doubt will be released or traded in the following months.

DYNASTY RANKINGS (quarterbacks)
RkTeamPlayerAge
1.PHICarson Wentz25
2.GBAaron Rodgers34
3.SEARussell Wilson29
4.DETMatthew Stafford29
5.INDAndrew Luck28
6.HOUDeshaun Watson22
7.LARJared Goff23
8.SF• Jimmy Garoppolo26
9.TBJameis Winston24
10.OAKDerek Carr26
11.WAS• Kirk Cousins29
12.CARCam Newton28
13.ATLMatt Ryan32
14.DALDak Prescott24
15.TENMarcus Mariota24
16.NETom Brady40
17.NO• Drew Brees39
18.KCPatrick Mahomes22
19.CINAndy Dalton30
20.PITBen Roethlisberger35
21.LACPhilip Rivers36
22.BUFTyrod Taylor28
23.CHIMitchell Trubisky23
24.KCAlex Smith33
25.MIN• Teddy Bridgewater25
26.MIN• Case Keenum29
27.NYGEli Manning37
28.JACBlake Bortles25
29.BALJoe Flacco33
30.MIARyan Tannehill29
31.CINAJ McCarron27
32.MIN• Sam Bradford30
33.NYJ• Josh McCown38
34.PHINick Foles29
35.CLEDeShone Kizer22
36.BUFNathan Peterman23
37.INDJacoby Brissett25
38.DENTrevor Siemian26
39.GBBrett Hundley24
40.DALCooper Rush24
41.MIA• Jay Cutler34
42.SFC.J. Beathard24
43.UFA• Colin Kaepernick30
44.ARI• Blaine Gabbert28
45.HOUTom Savage27
46.TB• Ryan Fitzpatrick35
47.PITLandry Jones28
48.DENPaxton Lynch23
49.NEBrian Hoyer32
50.NYJChristian Hackenberg23

—Ian Allan

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