Updated NFL Fantasy Football Rankings, Week 14: Top 40 QBs for the Rest of 2010

The top scoring quarterback of 2009 looks like he might be able to do it in back-to-back seasons. With now a 20-plus fantasy point lead on the rest of the league’s quarterbacks, Aaron Rodgers is playing at an exceptional pace.

His streak has now hit four straight games with 25 points or more and he has thrown 11 touchdown passes, adding another on the ground, during that stretch. A remaining schedule that includes both Detroit and New England’s mediocre secondaries bodes very well for this stud quarterback.

Philip Rivers’ hot streak has slowed down over the past couple weeks with just one touchdown pass thrown in Weeks 12 and 13 combined after throwing eight of them in Weeks 10 and 11.

It seems that the injury bug is finally starting to catch up with the Chargers’ receivers and with Malcom Floyd and Seyi Ajirotutu being the only healthy ones on the roster; things could be like this for the rest of the year. Rivers falls three spots this week, down to fifth among quarterbacks.

An emergency appendectomy is likely to keep Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel out of this week’s game. Though the surgery went well and is one of the easier surgeries to recover from, there is certainly a danger that he could take a hit that would open up the stitches. Due to him likely missing this week’s game, he drops four spots to 19th overall while backup Brodie Croyle makes his first appearance of the year at 35th.

Mike Singletary and the San Francisco 49ers have decided to make the move back to their original starter, Alex Smith, bumping Troy Smith back to the bench. While neither player is a particularly great fantasy option, Troy seemed to be making less mistakes than Alex during his time, so it seems odd that they would decide to make the move.

Regardless of the reason, though, Alex is likely to remain the team’s starter through the end of the year, so adjust your rosters accordingly if need be.

It appears that the Raiders have made the decision to go with Jason Campbell as their starting quarterback as they make their push for the playoffs at the end of the year, as Bruce Gradkowski has been placed on IR. Campbell remains a weak number two fantasy option, but at least he isn’t competing for his job anymore. He moves up eight spots to 28th among QBs for the rest of the year.

View All of the Updated Fantasy Football Rankings at Week 14:

Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Tight Ends

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	PREVIOUS RANK	MOVEMENT
1	Aaron Rodgers	GB	3	2
2	Mike Vick	PHI	4	2
3	Peyton Manning	IND	1	-2
4	Tom Brady	NE	5	1
5	Philip Rivers	SD	2	-3
6	Drew Brees	NO	6	0
7	Matt Ryan	ATL	8	1
8	Kyle Orton	DEN	7	-1
9	Eli Manning	NYG	9	0
10	Joe Flacco	BAL	10	0
11	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	11	0
12	Matt Schaub	HOU	12	0
13	Jay Cutler	CHI	17	4
14	Josh Freeman	TB	13	-1
15	Jon Kitna	DAL	18	3
16	Carson Palmer	CIN	19	3
17	Ryan Fitzpatrick	BUF	14	-3
18	Donovan McNabb	WAS	16	-2
19	Matt Cassel	KC	15	-4
20	David Garrard	JAC	20	0
21	Kerry Collins	TEN	25	4
22	Mark Sanchez	NYJ	21	-1
23	Matt Hasselbeck	SEA	23	0
24	Sam Bradford	STL	22	-2
25	Chad Henne	MIA	26	1
26	Alex Smith	SF	39	13
27	Brett Favre	MIN	28	1
28	Jason Campbell	OAK	36	8
29	Derek Anderson	ARI	30	1
30	Jimmy Clausen	CAR	31	1
31	Drew Stanton	DET	33	2
32	Tarvaris Jackson	MIN	35	3
33	Tim Tebow	DEN	34	1
34	Brodie Croyle	KC	NR	-
35	John Skelton	ARI	NR	-
36	Shaun Hill	DET	32	-4
37	Troy Smith	SF	24	-13
38	Colt McCoy	CLE	27	-11
39	Kevin Kolb	PHI	37	-2
40	Tyler Thigpen	MIA	38	-2