Updated Fantasy Football Rankings Week 12: Top 50 QBs for the Rest of 2010

If Week 11 ends up being Kyle Orton’s worst game of the season, he will likely finish as one of the top five fantasy quarterbacks in the league. Currently second in passing yardage, behind only Philip Rivers, Orton has been an absolute stud fantasy quarterback so far and there’s really no reason to believe that it won’t continue.  

With games on the schedule left against the Chiefs, Cardinals and Texans, he could very well re-take the lead as the league’s leading passer before the season is over. He had a mediocre game against one of the pass defenses in the league last week at San Diego, but he still moves up two spots this week.

Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for his second four-touchdown performance of the season last week as the Bills rallied from a huge deficit to win a big game against the Bengals. While the Bills have only won two games this season, Fitzpatrick has been a surprising fantasy treat for the owners who have been gutsy enough to play him.

He has four games with 20-plus fantasy points and figures to get plenty of opportunities as the Bills face the Steelers, Vikings, Browns, Patriots and Jets before the season is over. The majority of his fantasy points may come in garbage-time, but it still counts. He moves up six spots this week to 14th among quarterbacks.

The Tennessee quarterback situation has taken a dramatic swing after Vince Young’s collapse last week against Washington. Young was injured and subsequently removed from the game by coach Jeff Fisher.

Young proceeded to throw a temper tantrum in the locker-room which led to Fisher announcing his demotion in the post-game press conference. Young was eventually placed on injured reserve effectively ending his 2010 season and perhaps his tenure in Tennessee.

With Kerry Collins still injured, the Titans turn to rookie quarterback Rusty Smith this week to make his first NFL start. The Titans will still likely go back to Collins at some point, but both of their values go up quite a bit.

Jay Cutler fell back down again after a dismal performance against an average Miami Dolphins secondary. Cutler threw for just 156 yards with an interception and a fumble, while throwing no touchdowns as the Bears defense carried the team to a victory.

Cutler’s up-and-down season has been an absolute disaster at times as he now has four starts this year where he scored six or less fantasy points. The mistakes are beginning to pile up again like they did last season and although the Bears continue to win games, Cutler’s fantasy value seems to be in free fall.  

View all of the Week 12 rankings for the rest of 2010:

Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Tight Ends

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	PREVIOUS RANK	MOVEMENT
1	Peyton Manning	IND	1	0
2	Philip Rivers	SD	2	0
3	Aaron Rodgers	GB	3	0
4	Mike Vick	PHI	4	0
5	Drew Brees	NO	5	0
6	Tom Brady	NE	6	0
7	Kyle Orton	DEN	9	2
8	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	12	4
9	Matt Ryan	ATL	11	2
10	Eli Manning	NYG	7	-3
11	Joe Flacco	BAL	8	-3
12	Matt Schaub	HOU	10	-2
13	Josh Freeman	TB	14	1
14	Ryan Fitzpatrick	BUF	20	6
15	Donovan McNabb	WAS	18	3
16	Carson Palmer	CIN	13	-3
17	David Garrard	JAC	15	-2
18	Mark Sanchez	NYJ	16	-2
19	Jon Kitna	DAL	22	3
20	Matt Cassel	KC	23	3
21	Jay Cutler	CHI	17	-4
22	Matt Hasselbeck	SEA	27	5
23	Sam Bradford	STL	25	2
24	Shaun Hill	DET	28	4
25	Troy Smith	SF	26	1
26	Kerry Collins	TEN	39	13
27	Chad Henne	MIA	30	3
28	Brett Favre	MIN	19	-9
29	Colt McCoy	CLE	24	-5
30	Bruce Gradkowski	OAK	32	2
31	Derek Anderson	ARI	33	2
32	Tarvaris Jackson	MIN	35	3
33	Tim Tebow	DEN	31	-2
34	Jason Campbell	OAK	29	-5
35	Rusty Smith	TEN	NR	-
36	Kevin Kolb	PHI	34	-2
37	Tyler Thigpen	MIA	36	-1
38	Alex Smith	SF	37	-1
39	Jimmy Clausen	CAR	38	-1
40	Seneca Wallace	CLE	46	6
41	Brian St. Pierre	CAR	40	-1
42	Max Hall	ARI	41	-1
43	Trent Edwards	JAC	42	-1
44	Jake Delhomme	CLE	43	-1
45	Vince Young	TEN	21	-24
46	Charlie Whitehurst	SEA	44	-2
47	Matthew Stafford	DET	45	-2
48	Tony Romo	DAL	48	0
49	David Carr	SF	47	-2
50	Matt Stafford	DET	49	-1