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Updated Wild Card NFL playoffs fantasy football quarterback rankings. (2026). Set winning lineups with our Wild Card weekend rankings for fantasy football.
The first round of the NFL playoffs is about to begin, and many of you are still playing fantasy football or DFS. Use our Wild Card Weekend fantasy football quarterback rankings for 2026 to guide your decisions. In the full set of QB rankings below, you will see where Jalen Hurts, Caleb Williams, Brock Purdy, C.J. Stroud, and Bryce Young rank, among the other six starters for the first round of the NFL postseason.
Our quarterback fantasy football rankings for Wild Card Weekend are put together by Nick Mariano. Below the rankings, you will also find key fantasy football outlooks from our RotoBaller staff, as well as the "Who to Start?" tool. Also, be sure to check our fantasy football news for this week. There are always key injuries and developments to keep track of, so check back throughout the week for updates.
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Wild Card Round Quarterback Rankings for Fantasy Football
| QB Tier |
QB Rank |
Player Name |
Pos. |
| 1 | 1 | Josh Allen | QB |
| 1 | 2 | Trevor Lawrence | QB |
| 1 | 3 | Drake Maye | QB |
| 2 | 4 | Matthew Stafford | QB |
| 2 | 5 | Jalen Hurts | QB |
| 2 | 6 | Caleb Williams | QB |
| 2 | 7 | Brock Purdy | QB |
| 3 | 8 | Justin Herbert | QB |
| 3 | 9 | Jordan Love | QB |
| 3 | 10 | C.J. Stroud | QB |
| 3 | 11 | Bryce Young | QB |
| 3 | 12 | Aaron Rodgers | QB |
Wild Card Weekend Quarterback Outlooks for Fantasy Football
Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers
After suffering a concussion early in his team's Week 16 loss to the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love missed the final two games of the 2025 season. However, Love is off the injury report and ready to go for his team's Wild Card Weekend rematch against Chicago. The 27-year-old was very solid when healthy this season, completing 66.3% of his pass attempts for 3,381 yards, 23 touchdowns, and six interceptions. Love was also highly productive in the one full game he played against the Bears this season, completing 17 of 25 pass attempts for 234 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception.
Chicago's defense was generally a favorable matchup for quarterbacks throughout the regular season, allowing the third-most fantasy points per game to the position. Fantasy managers in playoff leagues may feel the need to be cautious about trusting Love coming off the injury, but he could be a sleeper option at the quarterback position in the first round of the postseason.
Bryce Young, Carolina Panthers
Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young had a decent showing in the Week 18 regular-season finale against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, going 24-for-35 passing for 266 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception. It was a nice bounce-back performance after he threw for just 54 yards in the Week 17 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. The 24-year-old's 266 passing yards were his third-highest total of the year. He'll get a rematch with the Los Angeles Rams on Wild-Card weekend, after upsetting them in Week 13.
Young went 15-for-20 that day for 206 yards and a season-high three touchdowns. Can he repeat the feat this Saturday? It's going to be difficult against a Rams defense that allowed the 10th-fewest points per game, although they were around the middle of the pack in fantasy points allowed per game to QBs. Young averaged only 15.4 fantasy points per game in 2025, placing him as the QB27. His upside isn't great going into Saturday's Wild-Card matchup.
Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts hopes to lead the Eagles to back-to-back Super Bowl titles this season. Hurts was solid in the regular season, throwing for 3,224 yards, a career-high 25 passing touchdowns, and just six interceptions (the fewest among any full-time starting quarterback in the NFL). The Eagles' offense has regressed under offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo, dropping from the seventh-ranked scoring offense in 2024 to 19th this season.
While the offense has struggled this season, the Eagles are still hosting the San Francisco 49ers in the Wild Card round, a team that struggled against the pass toward the end of the season. In what could be a high-scoring affair, Hurts is among the top quarterbacks in fantasy this week and could be a great value against the injury-plagued 49ers' defense.
Brock Purdy, San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy was shut down in the regular-season finale by the Seattle Seahawks, throwing for a season-low 127 yards with one interception and his only game this season without a touchdown. Purdy suffered a stinger on the final play of the game, but he is not expected to miss any practice time and will be good to go for Sunday's Wild-Card game against the Philadelphia Eagles. The 26-year-old signal-caller had another strong season overall despite playing in only nine games due to an early-season turf-toe injury.
He'll be in line for another challenging matchup against a stout Eagles defensive unit that ranks sixth in both dropback-success rate (40.7%) and dropback EPA (-0.109) over the final five weeks of the season.
Who Should I Start Tool
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Who Should I Start? Who Should I Sit? Some common Wild Card fantasy football lineup decisions are regarding players like Matthew Stafford, Drake Maye, Caleb Williams, Brock Purdy, C.J. Stroud, Bryce Young. But not to worry, we are here to help make these decisions and build winning lineups.
Wild Card Player Decisions. Set your optimal fantasy football lineups for Wild Card Weekend. Our free Who Should I Start? tool will help make your fantasy football lineup decisions. Compare up to four NFL players, and we tell you who to start... all free! Get your winning lineups set, and make the right decisions.
Using The Tool. This is a simple tool but very powerful. The first step is to enter the player names that you want to compare. In the first box, search for the first player's name. In the second box, search for the second player's name. Compare up to four NFL players at once, and then click the Who To Start? button to see who the recommended starts are based on weekly fantasy football matchups.
Improvements For Who Should I Start? You may have noticed, we've added lots of great features for you to give you as much information as possible to win your fantasy football matchups each week. You'll see NFL player tiles with headshots and bye weeks, enhanced search results with data to compare, and a slick new interface. We hope you enjoy!
How It Works. Each week, our RotoBaller staff puts together their weekly fantasy football rankings and projections based on their research. That information is the core data that is powering the decision-making in this tool. When you search for player names, you will only see those players who are ranked. If someone is out for the week, they will not appear in the search results.
Scoring Formats. Fantasy football managers play in various types of leagues, and this tool allows you to choose whether it's PPR scoring, Half-PPR scoring, or Standard (Non-PPR) scoring. The second thing you want to do is to select the scoring format. There are three small radio buttons (small circles), so click on the scoring format you prefer. The results may vary based on the scoring format you select.
Popular Wild Card Searches. Curious to see some tough lineup decisions for Wild Card Weekend (2026)? Below you will find a list of some popular Who Should I Start? searches that RotoBaller readers are looking at this week. Click any of the links to see the result and recommendation.
Popular Wild Card Searches - Start/Sit Player Comparisons
Below are some popular Wild Card searches and comparisons from our 'Who To Start' tool:
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