Week 17 is always a bizarre week to be playing fantasy football, and 2014 will prove no different. With teams locked into their playoff seedings, and with more eliminated across the board, teams won’t be averse to resting their starters and assessing positions throughout the depth chart that they wouldn’t in normal circumstances.
Fantasy football rankings, Week 17: Quarterbacks
The SB Nation fantasy staff ranks the quarterbacks for the regular season finale.
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The quarterback position will adhere to these circumstances as well. For example, it's fair to wonder how much playing time Tom Brady will have with the Patriots having clinched home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
Elsewhere, some teams are struggling to even find a signal caller, as the Cleveland Browns could have something in common with the Houston Texans a week ago and start a quarterback who had spent the prior week on a practice squad.
But luckily, for those rounding out their fantasy seasons in the NFL regular season’s final week, there are plenty of other quarterbacks available with everything to play for. Here’s how they stack up:
Quarterback rankings, Week 17
(DK: Daniel Kelley; DC: Dan Ciarrocchi; JD: John Daigle; SK: Scott Kaliska)
| Rank | Consensus | Team | Opponent | DK | DC | JD | SK |
| 1 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | DET | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Drew Brees | NO | @TB | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Russell Wilson | SEA | STL | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Andrew Luck | IND | @TEN | 3 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Matt Ryan | ATL | CAR | 8 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| 6 | Cam Newton | CAR | @ATL | 6 | 11 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Eli Manning | NYG | PHI | 12 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | @NYG | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | Peyton Manning | DEN | OAK | 5 | 3 | -- | 3 |
| 10 | Tony Romo | DAL | @WAS | 2 | 6 | -- | 4 |
| 11 | Ryan Tannehill | MIA | NYJ | 15 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| 12 | Matthew Stafford | DET | @GB | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Tom Brady | NE | BUF | 14 | 15 | 8 | 15 |
| 14 | Jay Cutler | CHI | @MIN | 9 | 14 | 16 | 13 |
| 15 | Mark Sanchez | PHI | @NYG | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 |
| 16 | Philip Rivers | SD | @KC | 16 | 16 | 13 | 17 |
| 17 | Teddy Bridgewater | MIN | CHI | 18 | 21 | 9 | 16 |
| 18 | Robert Griffin III | WAS | DAL | 17 | 19 | 14 | 18 |
| 19 | Andy Dalton | CIN | @PIT | 20 | 18 | 19 | 21 |
| 20 | Alex Smith | KC | SD | 19 | 20 | 21 | 19 |
| 21 | Colin Kaepernick | SF | ARI | 21 | 17 | 25 | 20 |
| 22 | Joe Flacco | BAL | CLE | 25 | 22 | 20 | 22 |
| 23 | Josh McCown | TB | NO | -- | -- | 17 | -- |
| 24 | Derek Carr | OAK | @DEN | 22 | 23 | -- | 24 |
| 25 | Kyle Orton | BUF | @NE | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
| -- | Brock Osweiler | DEN | OAK | -- | -- | 18 | -- |
| -- | Geno Smith | NYJ | @MIA | -- | -- | 22 | -- |
| -- | Charlie Whitehurst | TEN | IND | 23 | -- | -- | 25 |
| -- | Brandon Weeden | DAL | @WAS | -- | -- | 23 | -- |
| -- | Case Keenum | HOU | JAC | -- | 25 | -- | -- |
