Fantasy Football: QB matchups, streamer of the week, Week 12 rankings and more

Mahomes is thriving: Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes is playing close to the best ball of his career
Heinicke needs to be less reckless: Washington Commanders QB Taylor Heinicke will need to limit the turnover-worthy plays if he hopes to keep the starting job for the long term.
Garoppolo remains efficient: San Francisco 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo continues to work as one of the league’s most efficient quarterbacks in terms of yards per attempt.

Estimated reading time: 19 minutes

Week 12 is here, so it’s truly a great day to be great. Today’s goal is to break down the week’s key fantasy football questions facing the quarterback position before producing the group’s specific ranks. Updated rankings throughout the week from myself and the rest of the PFF Fantasy crew can be accessed with PFF+.

Is this the best version of Patrick Mahomes yet?

Pretty close!

Year	PFF Pass Grade	Passer Rating	YPA	aComp%	BTT%	TWP%
2018	92.8	113.8	8.79	78.8%	7.8%	3.2%
2019	81.9	105.3	8.33	76.4%	5.7%	2.5%
2020	90.4	108.2	8.06	76.7%	7.4%	3.2%
2021	73.2	98.5	7.35	78.3%	3.3%	2.8%
2022	88.3	107.3	8.16	78.2%	4.6%	2.3%

While Mahomes still doesn’t quite boast the same gaudy efficiency measures as his breathtaking 2018 campaign, he’s still been awfully incredible while putting the ball at risk at a career-low rate.

At the end of the day, nobody is averaging more points per game (30) than the Chiefs this season, which is kind of the goal. The MVP frontrunner will look to keep on keeping on against a Los Angeles Rams defense that uncharacteristically ranks just 23rd in EPA allowed per pass play (+0.072).

Taylor Heinicke is locked in as Washington‘s QB1

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