The Quarantine Return

It's only been 6 years since our last post, hopefully our boss does not realize we have been slacking.  Now for the content no one has been clamoring for: the 2020 QB rankings

Tier 1
1. Patrick Mahomes
2. Lamar Jackson
3. Deshaun Watson
4. Russell Wilson
5. Josh Allen
6. Kyler Murray

The floor you get with Mahomes is insanely high.  Now that we aren't posting in 2014 anymore, elite QBs have become underrated in fantasy circles.  The expected sophomore slump for Jackson is now more unlikely to happen in a COVID-19 since teams will have less time to get their teams together and whatever worked will take the rest of the league longer to catch up.  Watson and Wilson no longer land in the area where an uptick in performance is expected, and rather they are just supposed to continue their expected production.

Tier 2
7. Drew Brees
8. Aaron Rodgers
9. Baker Mayfield

10. Daniel Jones
11. Matt Ryan

12. Dak Prescott

Concerns that both Brees and Rodgers falling off are drastically overstated.  We are living in a football world where QB age keeps getting higher and higher, and betting on the elites to fall is a bad bet.  These guys are going to fall perfectly into the window of 'acceptable weekly performance'.  Being a Cleveland homer blog, the ranking of Baker is optimistic but also something that should happen.  The weapons are there, and Freddie Kitchens isn't.  Daniel Jones will have the classic Matthew Stafford season of solid weekly fantasy performances while his real life output is not so good.  Ryan will have another standard Ryan year, and Dak will be great but won't be playing a full season.  It's happening, sorry Cowboys fans.

Tier 3
13. Joe Burrow
14. Matthew Stafford
15. Kirk Cousins
16. Drew Lock
17. Carson Wentz
18. Ryan Tannehill
19. Jared Goff
20. Jimmy Garoppolo
21. Tom Brady
22. Ben Roethlisberger
23. Cam Newton
24. Tua Tagovailoa

Huge ranking for Burrow, who is going to have insane variance but has all the weapons in the world to put up huge games.  Stafford and Cousins wind up in their typical "we are good but also no one wants us" tier.  Lock should be a poor mans Burrow with high variance, but with lower highs and higher lows, so to speak.  Wentz will get hurt, Tannehill will be actual Tannehill.  Jared and Jimmy are both tied to good teams, but aren't actually good at fantasy QB.  Unlike Brees and Rodgers, Brady and Big Ben will be too old to put up good numbers, and by the end of the year both will be on their way out of the league.  Newton and Tua won't play a full slate but will be good enough when he plays.

Tier 4
25. Teddy Bridgewater
26. Gardner Minshew II
27. Sam Darnold
28. Dwayne Haskins
29. Derek Carr
30. Nick Foles
31. Ryan Fitzpatrick
32. Philip Rivers
33. Jarrett Stidham
34. Tyrod Taylor
35. Jacoby Brissett
36. Justin Herbert

You don't want to own any of these losers.  They aren't going to help you win.

As always, read & discuss.  You can reach me on Twitter @whatmoney3000 or comment your (dis)agreements below.

Editor's Note:  If you are reading this, I am amazed.