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Dynasty Leagues

Long-term quarterback rankings

Slotting Aaron Rodgers in a dynasty league draft

What do we make of Aaron Rodgers in a dynasty league? He’s 35 years old. Does is make more sense at this point to go with one of the seemingly emerging quarterbacks who’s about 10 years younger?

At this point we don’t know who’ll be coaching the Packers, and what kind of offense they’ll be running. They need to add some talent to their roster, and that’s harder with Rodgers taking up the most cap room of any player in the league.

So if I’m walking into a dynasty league, I would slot Rodgers behind some of the younger players at that position. Carson Wentz, Deshaun Watson and Jared Goff aren’t as good as Rodgers right now, but they’re all about 10 years younger and they all have better casts around them.

Patrick Mahomes is the No. 1 quarterback on the board, I think most would agree. And with how the combo of Andrew Luck and Frank Reich has been performing, I think Luck looks pretty firm at No. 2.

When you get to the bottom of the top 10, you must decide whether Baker Mayfield has shown enough to say with some conviction that he’s for real. Philip Rivers, Ben Roethlisberger, Drew Brees and Tom Brady are better than Mayfield today, but they’re all nearing the ends of their careers. I think Mayfield has shown enough that to earn the No. 10 spot on my board.

My top 50 at the position, using standard scoring. List assumes that when you select a player, you have him for as long as you want to keep him.

DYNASTY RANKINGS, QUARTERBACKS
RkTeamPlayerAge
1.KCPatrick Mahomes23
2.INDAndrew Luck29
3.PHICarson Wentz25
4.HOUDeshaun Watson23
5.LARJared Goff24
6.GBAaron Rodgers35
7.SEARussell Wilson30
8.CARCam Newton29
9.MINKirk Cousins30
10.CLE• Baker Mayfield23
11.LACPhilip Rivers37
12.NODrew Brees39
13.PITBen Roethlisberger36
14.ATLMatt Ryan33
15.SFJimmy Garoppolo27
16.NETom Brady41
17.CHIMitchell Trubisky24
18.ARI• Josh Rosen21
19.DETMatthew Stafford30
20.NYJ• Sam Darnold21
21.TBJameis Winston24
22.BAL• Lamar Jackson21
23.DALDak Prescott25
24.TENMarcus Mariota25
25.BUF• Josh Allen22
26.CINAndy Dalton31
27.OAKDerek Carr27
28.NOTeddy Bridgewater26
29.MIARyan Tannehill30
30.BALJoe Flacco33
31.DENCase Keenum30
32.WASAlex Smith34
33.CLETyrod Taylor29
34.NYGEli Manning37
35.TBRyan Fitzpatrick36
36.INDJacoby Brissett25
37.PHINick Foles29
38.PITJoshua Dobbs23
39.SFNick Mullens23
40.GBDeShone Kizer22
41.MIABrock Osweiler28
42.JACBlake Bortles26
43.PIT• Mason Rudolph23
44.SEABrett Hundley25
45.NYG• Kyle Lauletta23
46.NOTaysom Hill28
47.OAKAJ McCarron28
48.JACCody Kessler25
49.WASColt McCoy32
50.MINTrevor Siemian26

Next week: running backs.

—Ian Allan

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