1. Jalen Hurts vs. @ WAS

2. Patrick Mahomes @ DEN

3. Lamar Jackson @ ARI

Tier 2

4. Tua Tagovailoa vs. NE

5. Justin Herbert vs. CHI

Tier 3

6. Jared Goff vs. LV

7. Trevor Lawrence @ PIT

8. C.J. Stroud @ CAR

Tier 4

9. Joe Burrow @ SF

10. Kirk Cousins @ GB

11. Matthew Stafford @ DAL

12. Dak Prescott vs. LAR

Quarterback – Start Of The Week

Matthew Stafford @ DAL

The rule for my start of the week is to go beyond the obvious and pick a quarterback outside the top 12 FantasyPros consensus rankings. Facing off against the Dallas Cowboys, Matthew Stafford is my start of the week.

This week, the consensus rankings have been pretty good, but I feel like Stafford is being left out of the top 12. I’d like to note that even though I got a lot of hate for calling Kirk Cousins my start of the week last time, he finished as the QB6. So hear me out on this Stafford take.

For one, the Cowboys should crush the Rams, as they’re currently favored by 6.5 points. Typically, this is a bad sign for all fantasy players in the offense. However, I’ve shifted my thinking to targeting these matchups for quarterbacks and receivers.

This is because teams tend to play more zone when they’re up and allow passes underneath. The bend but don’t break moto comes out when you have a lead, which helps these players rack up a ton of points. 

So far this year, Stafford hasn’t looked great, averaging 14.3 points. That said, he’s not a bad quarterback and finally has both Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua at his disposal. With these kinds of weapons, Stafford has a ton of upside every single week.

It’s important to note that the Cowboys have allowed the 6th most fantasy points to quarterbacks this year with 18.49 PPG. With Stafford throwing the ball even more than usual, he can definitely come close to the 18-point mark in Week 8.

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