Fantasy Football Dynasty Rankings Update: Aaron Rodgers, Jimmy Garoppolo and Ryan Tannehill are tough to rank

Heath Cummings says three of the four quarterbacks playing in championship weekend are tough to rank in Dynasty.

By Heath Cummings

Jan 13, 2020 at 1:26 pm ET • 2 min read

Coming into the 2019 NFL season Patrick Mahomes was my No. 1 quarterback in Dynasty. Nothing that happened this year changed that. No, not even Lamar Jackson's incredible season. But of the four quarterbacks playing this weekend, Mahomes is the only one whose place in Dynasty rankings seems secure.

Ryan Tannehill was just barely in my top 40 at the position last August. While it's clear his remarkable half-season should change that, it's really tough to calculate how much it should change. When the 2020 season starts, Tannehill will be 32 years old and quite possibly on a one-year deal on a run-heavy team. For that reason, he doesn't crack my top 20 quite yet. If the Titans give him guaranteed starter money on a three-year (or longer) deal, I'll have to reconsider his ranking. For now he ranks right behind two other 32-year-olds -- Kirk Cousins and Matthew Stafford.

I had Aaron Rodgers at No. 5 coming into the year and he definitely doesn't deserve that anymore. He's now 36 years old and a full three years removed from his last dominant Fantasy season. Guys like Russell Wilson and Dak Prescott are easy to put ahead of Rodgers, but the tier of Jameis Winston, Baker Mayfield and Josh Allen is where I struggle. All three young quarterbacks have more long-term upside, but I'm not sure any of them are much more likely to be starters in three years than Rodgers. I'd rather have Rodgers than Mayfield and Allen next year, so I've slotted him behind Winston, still inside the top 10.

Jimmy Garoppolo has been in the league for six years and it still feels like we don't know much about his Fantasy value. He started 16 games for the first time this season and finished outside of the top 12, which isn't a great sign. But he also averaged 8.4 yards per attempt and had a passer rating of 102, which points to more upside if he just threw more. I didn't consciously move Garoppolo in this update. Daniel Jones moved above him and Mitchell Trubisky fell below him, but Garoppolo remains in that Fantasy purgatory where we think he could be great but probably don't want him as our starter.

Here are the rest of the risers and fallers from the 2019 season:

Dynasty QB Risers and Fallers

Player	August	January
Lamar Jackson	10	3
Dak Prescott	14	5
Daniel Jones	31	15
Cam Newton	6	12
Mitchell Trubisky	12	19
Ben Roethlisberger	18	26
Philip Rivers	19	28

Here are my complete Dynasty quarterback rankings. Expect another update in February.

Prev	Rank	Player	Team	Age
1	1	Patrick Mahomes	KC	24
2	2	Deshaun Watson	HOU	24
10	3	Lamar Jackson	BAL	23
11	4	Russell Wilson	SEA	31
14	5	Dak Prescott	DAL	27
13	6	Kyler Murray	ARI	22
9	7	Jameis Winston	TB	26
5	8	Aaron Rodgers	GB	36
4	9	Baker Mayfield	CLE	25
16	10	Josh Allen	BUF	24
7	11	Carson Wentz	PHI	27
6	12	Cam Newton	CAR	31
8	13	Jared Goff	LAR	25
15	14	Matt Ryan	ATL	35
31	15	Daniel Jones	NYG	23
17	16	Jimmy Garoppolo	SF	28
21	17	Dwayne Haskins	WAS	23
20	18	Sam Darnold	NYJ	23
12	19	Mitch Trubisky	CHI	26
24	20	Kirk Cousins	MIN	32
28	21	Matthew Stafford	DET	32
39	22	Ryan Tannehill	TEN	32
32	23	Drew Lock	DEN	23
23	24	Drew Brees	NO	41
NR	25	Gardner Minshew	JAC	24
18	26	Ben Roethisberger	PIT	38
22	27	Tom Brady	NE	43
19	28	Philip Rivers	LAC	38
NR	29	Jacoby Brissett	IND	28
25	30	Derek Carr	OAK	29
36	31	Ryan Fitzpatrick	MIA	37
26	32	Marcus Mariota	TEN	26
27	33	Andy Dalton	CIN	32
38	34	Teddy Bridgewater	NO	27
33	35	Will Grier	CAR	25
29	36	Josh Rosen	MIA	23
30	37	Nick Foles	JAC	31
34	38	Ryan Finley	CIN	25
35	39	Taysom Hill	NO	30
NR	40	Kyle Allen	CAR	24