Quarterbacks left standing in conference championship week include the season's Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 8 fantasy quarterbacks. The first three -- Aaron Rodgers, Andrew Luck and Russell Wilson -- were successful pretty much all year. The fourth, Tom Brady, certainly had some struggles this year, but did have an all-time stretch in Weeks 5-9 when he put up 18 touchdowns against one interception, with 133 fantasy points in five games.
Fantasy football advice, Conference championships: FanDuel quarterbacks
We’re left with some elite quarterbacks still alive in the playoffs. So how do you decide between them?Click here to get a 100% deposit bonus on FanDuel
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What I'm saying is, there aren't any duds left at the position. So when selecting a FanDuel quarterback for this weekend, the answer is "you can't go wrong." Except we know that's not true. One of the four quarterbacks will (obviously) have a best game, and one of the four will have a worst. It's certainly possible the range from best to worst is only a couple of points, and you could make a winning roster with several of them, but ultimately that's unlikely.
No, with a $300 range top-to-bottom among the starting quarterbacks, this week is just about finding the right guy, and more often than not, the right guy is also the winning guy. So with this week’s rankings, it’s a pair of tiers - the I-think-they’ll-win quarterbacks, then the ones who, you know, I don’t.
I’m ranking the quarterbacks this week. Yes, as I do every week in the playoffs, I’m taking their FanDuel salaries into account, but like I said, the range is so small that the salary itself is a secondary concern, and I’m far more worried about simple productivity. First, the rankings, then, the reasons:
Quarterbacks
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Salary |
| 1 | Russell Wilson | SEA | GB | $8,900 |
| 2 | Tom Brady | NE | IND | $9,100 |
| 3 | Andrew Luck | IND | @NE | $9,200 |
| 4 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | @SEA | $9,100 |
- So, yeah, I'm picking the Patriots and Seahawks over the Packers and Colts. It's boring, but it is what it is.
- I've gone back and forth on the top two quarterbacks. I think Brady has more upside, but I think Wilson is more likely to have a decent, if not necessarily great, game. Brady has Rob Gronkowski, sure, but the Colts' pass defense is still good, while the team's run defense is less impressive. Meanwhile, even if the Seahawks go super run-heavy, we've all seen what Wilson can do with that gameplan. If I'm using Brady, it would be because I have Gronkowski or Julian Edelman or another of his primary pass-catchers and I want to pair them up.
- Of the quarterbacks I expect to lose this week, Luck is a clear tier ahead of Rodgers, if only for health reasons. Luck is healthy and crazy talented, and has basically all his weapons. Rodgers has his weapons, but has to travel to Seattle to take on that ridiculous defense, and as successful and impressive as he was against Dallas, Rodgers' health is terrifying. I could use Luck if I didn't go Brady or Wilson. I couldn't touch Rodgers.
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