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Week 1 QB Rankings 2025
Last Updated on September 5, 2025 12:01 pm by Jon Mosales | Published: September 5, 2025
In our Week 1 QB rankings, we’re rolling with the top guys from draft season in a very similar order to how they were drafted. There are a couple of matchups I like based on projected bad defenses, but a lot remains static from draft season. In Week 1, you start your stars and adjust for future week.
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Notes |
| 1 | Josh Allen | BUF | BAL | Safest QB in the league and my QB1 this season |
| 2 | Lamar Jackson | BAL | BUF | Electric primetime Week 1 game should flip lots of matchups |
| 3 | Jalen Hurts | PHI | DAL | Tush push not outlawed, Dallas defense is Swiss cheese |
| 4 | Jayden Daniels | WAS | NYG | The last of the Big 4 fantasy QBs, Daniels will have to contend with the Giants pass rush, but should crush |
| 5 | Joe Burrow | CIN | CLE | Is this a tough matchup? It could be, but the Browns have ghastly well within their range of outcomes |
| 6 | Baker Mayfield | TB | ATL | High-scoring matchup should have Mayfield sligning it |
| 7 | Patrick Mahomes | KC | LAC | Brazil games sketch me out, but Mahomes is still a no brainer |
| 8 | Bo Nix | DEN | TEN | Not sure how to read TEN as a matchup, but Nix still has big upside |
| 9 | Trevor Lawrence | JAC | CAR | Best streamer of the week in a motivating debut game for Liam Coen |
| 10 | Kyler Murray | ARI | NO | Saints are the worst team in the league this year, for me, and Murray is fantasy friendly in most cases |
| 11 | Brock Purdy | SF | SEA | Love Purdy this year, but the SEA road matchup could be sneaky tough |
| 12 | Drake Maye | NE | LVR | Should be an easy enough Week 1, but there’s so much uncertainty on both sides here |
| 13 | Dak Prescott | DAL | PHI | Very high on Dak this year, and they are going to be chasing this game all night |
| 14 | Jared Goff | DET | GB | Huge game that is hard to pick a side on, but there should be a lot of points |
| 15 | Jordan Love | GB | DET | I need to see a week of this GB pass-catching group to feel good about it |
| 16 | Justin Herbert | LAC | KC | I would stay away from Herbert in Brazil, but he’s still a solid bet to score a good amount |
| 17 | Caleb Williams | CHI | MIN | I’d wait a week until Williams gets his feet under him and doesn’t face Brian Flores |
| 18 | C.J. Stroud | HOU | LAR | There will be weeks to start Stroud, but this isn’t one |
| 19 | Justin Fields | NYJ | PIT | Fields wasn’t the worst pick in fantasy this year, but rolling him out against his former team in the week’s lowest total feels disgusting. |
| 20 | Bryce Young | CAR | JAC | Young is probably a great streamer this week if you can talk yourself into starting Bryce Young in Week 1 |
| 21 | J.J. McCarthy | MIN | CHI | McCarthy’s range of outcomes are extremely wide for his first NFL start, and it feels too risky to me |
| 22 | Michael Penix | ATL | TB | I like the scoring in this game to help Penix as a streamer, but his OL situation worries me greatly |
| 23 | Tua Tagovailoa | MIA | IND | I don’t trust either QB in this matchup, but I think it’ll yield a good amount of points for at least one of them |
| 24 | Daniel Jones | IND | MIA | If I was braver, I’d say Jones is a valuable Week 1 streamer, but I can’t talk myself into Jones with a straight face |
| 25 | Matthew Stafford | LAR | HOU | This game looks like it’ll be low scoring in a good way, as opposed to Steelers-Jets. Stay away from Stafford until you see him play. |
| 26 | Geno Smith | LVR | NE | I like Smith this year as a consistent QB2. I just do not have a good read on either team in this game yet. |
| 27 | Joe Flacco | CLE | CIN | Good matchup for Flacco, but want to see him play with these weapons first |
| 28 | Sam Darnold | SEA | SF | The Seahawks will be run heavy this year, meaning Darnold will be difficult to trust even in good matchups |
| 29 | Cam Ward | TEN | DEN | I have faith in Ward, but I wouldn’t want to start him in his debut against Denver |
| 30 | Russell Wilson | NYG | WAS | It’s a pleasure to still have Wilson around, but I need to see him play before I consider him a viable streamer |
| 31 | Aaron Rodgers | PIT | NYJ | Awful game to stream him in, no thank you |
| 32 | Spencer Rattler | NO | ARI | Last by default, but if he looks surprisingly effective, could rise in future good matchups because of his quietly solid weapons |
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