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Week 15 Fantasy Football Quarterback Preview

Top Fantasy QBs for Week 15

Dallas Cowboys at Carolina Panthers

Bryce Young, Panthers

Young has improved in recent weeks, right alongside the return of Adam Thielen. The improvement just hasn’t translated to fantasy success, as Young has posted one top-10 fantasy finish all season (QB7). He remains a superflex-only option despite the favorable matchup vs. Dallas.

Kansas City Chiefs at Cleveland Browns

Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs

Mahomes just hasn’t performed for fantasy managers, with only two games as a QB1 this season. The Browns are a defense that can be had through the air, but with how much pressure they can put on Mahomes, he falls into high-end QB2 territory this week.

Jameis Winston, Browns

Winston always gets there as a high-end QB2 week to week. He isn’t afraid to chuck up deep passes and should get WR Cedric Tillman back. The Chiefs pass defense has suffered as of late, allowing low-end QB1 numbers on average since their bye. Fire up Winston as a high-end QB2 once again.

Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans

Tua Tagovailoa, Dolphins

Since Week 11, Tua ranks second among QBs in fantasy points per game. He draws a Texans pass D that’ll be without a key member of their secondary in S Jalen Pitre.

C.J. Stroud, Texans

Where’s the ceiling? Since Week 5, Stroud has posted only one top-12 fantasy finish (QB12). Perhaps the bye week can help get this passing game back on track. Note: Since Week 11, the Texans own the league’s third-highest pass rate over expected. Miami, however, projects as a difficult matchup.

New York Jets at Jacksonville Jaguars

Aaron Rodgers, Jets

Rodgers is coming off one of his best games of the season, throwing for 339 yards and one TD against a good Dolphins defense. The matchup is much easier this weekend against the Jaguars' 31st-ranked QB defense. It puts Rodgers on the spot-start radar, but he doesn't come without risk. Last week was just his third top-12 fantasy finish of the season. And the Jets are somewhat surprisingly implied for only 21.5 points in Jacksonville.

Washington Commanders at New Orleans Saints

Jayden Daniels, Commanders

Daniels rebounded big-time last week from a streak of troublesome games. He not only racked up 4 total TDs against the Titans, but also completed 83.3% of his passes. And that wasn’t even a season high. (He topped 83.3% two other times.) Daniels isn’t likely to find as much good TD fortune this week. But he’s easy to like against a Saints D that ranks just 23rd in DVOA. (And it was 26th before they got Drew Lock and the Giants last week.)

Baltimore Ravens at New York Giants

Lamar Jackson, Ravens 

This is a potential QB1 overall game for Jackson against a Giants team that has fallen off. They are one of the worst defenses against opposing fantasy QB -- bottom three in yards per pass attempt. Jackson is a locked and loaded QB1.

Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans

Joe Burrow, Bengals

Here’s how good Burrow has been lately: His 309-yard, 3-TD outing in the Week 13 loss to Pittsburgh marks his worst fantasy line of the past five weeks. These Titans ain’t close to being the Steelers.

New England Patriots at Arizona Cardinals

Kyler Murray, Cardinals

Murray’s fantasy performance has ranged from QB4 to QB23 over the past month. Beyond the passing inconsistency, he’s fired off three or fewer rushes in four of his past five games. New England provides a favorable matchup, but Murray’s volatility remains in place.

Drake Maye, Patriots

Maye exits a bye week to face a Cardinals defense that’s allowed only 4 passing TDs over the past five games. Treat the rookie as a QB2.

Indianapolis Colts at Denver Broncos

Bo Nix, Broncos

Nix has been a rock solid QB1 most weeks, but didn’t do much before the bye against the Browns as a low-end QB2. He now faces a good matchup against the Colts, who are bottom ten against opposing fantasy QBs. With clear rushing upside, Nix is worth using as a low end QB1.

Anthony Richardson, Colts

Richardson has been a QB1 in two of three games since coming back as the starter. The matchup this week is difficult, though, with the Broncos blitzing heavily and pressuring the QB, where Richardson struggles. Despite clear upside on the ground, Richardson should be treated as a QB2.

Buffalo Bills at Detroit Lions

Josh Allen, Bills

The Lions have been a tough D for most of the year. But their past two home games included 3 TDs for Caleb Williams and 31 points for the Packers. They’ve also allowed more yards per rush to QBs than any other team this season. Playing indoors sure won’t hurt this QB, who racked up 6 total TDs a week ago. And he now gets WR Keon Coleman and TE Dalton Kincaid back from injuries.

Jared Goff, Lions

Home game vs. a Bills D that ranks just 26th in yards per rush allowed compared with 11th in net yards allowed per pass attempt (which also accounts for sacks). That sounds like a recipe for the run-favoring Lions to keep it on the ground as much as possible. And Buffalo’s not a good matchup for the elite efficiency that has powered much of Goff’s passing production all season.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Los Angeles Chargers

Justin Herbert, Chargers

Herbert has cooled off lately (QB31 and QB19 finishes the last two weeks) and is now dealing with ankle and thigh injuries. But he's in a bounce-back spot this weekend at home for the Buccaneers. Tampa Bay ranks dead last in adjusted fantasy points allowed to QBs and will be without All-Pro S Antoine Winfield Jr.

Baker Mayfield, Buccaneers

Mayfield has turned in QB7, QB28, and QB5 fantasy finishes in three games with WR Mike Evans back. He gets to play indoors this weekend in a game against the Chargers with some shootout potential. But Los Angeles ranks sixth in adjusted fantasy points allowed to QBs and has surrendered multiple passing scores in only four games all season.

Pittsburgh Steelers at Philadelphia Eagles

Jalen Hurts, Eagles

The Eagles have been passing the ball less, so Hurts' fantasy value really comes from his legs. He threw two TDs last week but ran another in for a QB1 performance. The Steelers haven’t allowed a QB1 performance yet this season, so you are hoping for Hurts' ground game to carry him once again. He is a mid-QB1, but there is definitely downside.

Green Bay Packers at Seattle Seahawks

Jordan Love, Packers

Love’s volume remained low in last Thursday’s loss to Detroit. In fact, his 20 attempts marked the second-lowest total of the season. He’s a risky QB1 bet, especially against an improved Seattle pass D.

Geno Smith, Seahawks

Smith's finished at QB20 or worse in five of his past six matchups. With Seattle implied for only 21.5 points, the Seahawks veteran is best left as a fantasy QB2.

Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings

Sam Darnold, Vikings

Darnold threw for 330 yards and 2 TDs against these Bears just three weeks ago. At the time, that marked just the second time Chicago allowed 2 passing TDs in a game this year. The Bears have since done so two more times in two games. Darnold has tossed 2+ TD passes in four straight contests and 10 of 13 games for the season.

Caleb Williams, Bears

Did the past two games support Williams as a fantasy option or show his risk? He has tossed 2+ TD passes in three straight games, including a 256-yard, 3-TD line in a near-comeback at Detroit on Thanksgiving. And Williams has completed 73.9% of his passes or more in two of four games since the OC switch. But he spent the first half of that Detroit game looking awful. And managed just 134 yards while taking 7 sacks in a lopsided loss at San Francisco. The rookie ultimately presents a wide range of potential outcomes. But he did throw for 340 yards and two scores in a narrow Week 12 loss to these Vikings. Don’t overtrust Williams this week, but there’s certainly upside.

Atlanta Falcons at Las Vegas Raiders

Kirk Cousins, Falcons

Cousins has 0 TDs and eight INTs over his last four games. He's averaging 267 yards on 7.6 yards per attempt during that stretch, so it hasn't been all bad. But there's no reason to use him in 1-QB leagues -- and he's tough to trust even as a QB2 at this point. The matchup is at least favorable against the Raiders' 23rd-ranked QB defense.

Kevin English, Senior Analyst

Kevin brings 15 years of experience as a fantasy analyst and mid-stakes competitor across various formats (redraft, best ball, dynasty, DFS). His work has been featured on The Mercury News, Rotoworld, and FantasyPros.