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Long-term QB rankings

Chicago marching towards landing a new QB

With the Cardinals and Patriots having won in Pittsburgh (both now have 3-10 records) the Bears are zeroing in on the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. They’ve got Carolina’s pick, and the Panthers are sitting at 1-11.

I think we’ll be seeing Chicago start over with a new quarterback, most likely Caleb Williams. That likely will involve trading away Justin Fields (pictured), with a trade to Atlanta making a lot of sense (he’s from there, and has a playing style that might mesh well with run-oriented Arthur Smith).

New England will be selecting a quarterback. I think that can be inked in. Perhaps Drake Maye. But they need to figure out who’s picking the players and who’s coaching them. As poorly as the team has played in recent year, ownership is probably ready to move on from Bill Belichick.

Arizona previously looked like a landing spot for a new quarterback, but Kyler Murray has played well enough that I think they’ll run it back with him. That’s been a surprisingly frisky offense; with Drew Petzing, I think they have an up-and-coming coordinator.

The Giants seemingly could use a new quarterback, but they gave Daniel Jones a big contract and have indicated that he’s going to be back as their starter.

Pittsburgh is probably not ready yet to pull the plug on Kenny Pickett.

With that general overview in mind, below are my revised quarterback rankings for dynasty leagues. With this list, I’m looking not just at right now, but at the next few years (I’m giving more weight to 2024 than to the remaining weeks of this season).

Unlike our in-season rankings, the list here doesn’t involve careful stat projections for each player. Instead I’m going more by gut feel. (The top 20 includes four quarterbacks who won’t even play again this season – Anthony Richardson, Kirk Cousins, Deshaun Watson and Aaron Rodgers.) Rookies tagged with black dots.

I turn my attention to dynasty leagues every Saturday during the regular season, rotating between the four notable positions.

Last week: Tight ends

Next week: Running backs

DYNASTY QUARTERBACKS
RkTmPlayerAge
1.KCPatrick Mahomes28.2
2.CINJoe Burrow27.0
3.BUFJosh Allen27.6
4.PHIJalen Hurts25.3
5.HOU• C.J. Stroud22.2
6.LACJustin Herbert25.8
7.SFBrock Purdy24.0
8.BALLamar Jackson26.9
9.JACTrevor Lawrence24.2
10.DALDak Prescott30.4
11.IND• Anthony Richardson21.6
12.GBJordan Love25.1
13.MIATua Tagovailoa25.8
14.DETJared Goff29.2
15.ARIKyler Murray26.3
16.MINKirk Cousins35.3
17.CLEDeshaun Watson28.2
18.CHIJustin Fields24.8
19.NYJAaron Rodgers40.0
20.LARMatthew Stafford35.8
21.WASSam Howell23.2
22.TEN• Will Levis24.5
23.TBBaker Mayfield28.7
24.CAR• Bryce Young22.4
25.DENRussell Wilson35.0
26.PITKenny Pickett25.5
27.NYGDaniel Jones26.5
28.NODerek Carr32.7
29.LV• Aidan O'Connell25.3
30.SEAGeno Smith33.2
31.ATLDesmond Ridder24.3
32.MINJoshua Dobbs28.9
33.INDGardner Minshew28.6
34.DET• Hendon Hooker25.9
35.NEBailey Zappe24.6
36.LARCarson Wentz30.9
37.NEMac Jones25.3
38.MIAMike White28.7
39.ATLTaylor Heinicke30.7
40.DENJarrett Stidham27.3

—Ian Allan

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