Week 11 QB Rankings: Drake Maye Looks To Continue MVP Push

It's Week 11.

Only a month remains in the fantasy regular season.

The end draws nigh.

Even so, almost anything is possible.

Four straight wins could shoot your currently losing team into the postseason. Four straight losses could sabotage your seeming championship contender.

Complacency is not an option.

In the words of Lady Macbeth, "Screw your courage to the sticking place."

Sure, she was a conspirator to regicide and a wreck of a wife—but she probably would've been a ruthlessly winning fantasy football player.

Get those hands bloody.

Let's get into the Week 11 QB edition of Freedman's Favorites, where I highlight guys I'm upgrading because of …

• Favorable betting factors and situational spots
• Advantageous defensive matchups (perhaps aided by injury)
• Increased usage expectations (again, maybe aided by injury)

For process notes regarding this series, my Week 11 fantasy football rankings, and my weekly projections, see the end of this piece. Also, check out the rest of my favorite Week 10 fantasy football plays.

• Week 11 RB Rankings
• Week 11 WR Rankings
• Week 11 TE Rankings

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Quarterback Rankings For Week 11 Fantasy Football

Drake Maye to Dominate Defenseless Jets in Week 11

I've mentioned Drake Maye a couple of times this year in this piece, which feels a smidge insufficient given the maturation we've seen from him in his second season.

Over halfway through the campaign, Maye is No. 2 in completion rate (71.7%) and No. 3 in AY/A (9.5). Those are MVP-caliber numbers—and Maye is currently tied for No. 1 in MVP odds (+275, DraftKings).

And then there's what Maye can do on the ground. Through 10 games, he has 66-283-2 rushing. Among all QBs with at least six starts, Maye is No. 1 in scramble rate (12%, per our Fantasy Life Utilization Report).

This offseason, Maye was one of my favorite QB sleepers, and he has more than paid off his investment cost: In only one game this year has he had fewer than 16.0 fantasy points.

Especially in Guillotine Leagues™, his week-to-week consistency has made Maye a roster-stabilizing force.

And now this week he has one of the best matchups in the league against the Jets, who are No. 31 in defensive pass DVOA (40.7%, per FTN), and that's not a fluke.

Since Week 1 last year, the Jets are on their third defensive play caller (2024 HC Robert Saleh, 2024 DC Jeff Ulbrich, 2025 DC Steve Wilks). This defense is definitionally in flux.

On top of that, the Jets have parted ways with their top-four CBs since this offseason.

• Sauce Gardner: Traded to Colts on Nov. 4.
• Michael Carter: Traded to Eagles on Oct. 29
• D.J. Reed: Signed with Lions on Mar. 10
• Brandin Echols: Signed with Steelers on Mar. 13 

Right now, the Jets don't have one CB who played 100 snaps with the team last year … and this week they will probably be without rookie third-round CB Azareye'h Thomas (concussion).

Oh, how could I forget?! — The Jets also just traded away their best defensive lineman in DT Quinnen Williams on Nov. 4.

Maye should have no trouble dominating the defenseless Jets this week.

Aaron Rodgers Gets Week 11 Upgrade Against Bengals

Aaron Rodgers has yet to have a game with 300 yards passing this year. Honestly, I'm skeptical we'll ever see him hit that mark in 2025.

And he's only playing marginally better this year (6.9 AY/A) than last year (6.8 AY/A).

Even so, he's playing well enough this year to exploit a soft matchup, and that's what he has this week against the Bengals, who are No. 32 in defensive dropback SR (53.0%, per RBs Don't Matter) and No. 1 in largest fantasy boost allowed to QBs (+5.7).

Rodgers lit up the Bengals only a few games ago in Week 7 with season-high marks across the board (249 yards passing, four TDs and 24.6 fantasy points).

I don't see why he couldn't have a similar performance this week, especially since the Steelers are on the positive side of most of HC Mike Tomlin's historical splits (per Action Network).

• Tomlin at Home: 86-69-4 ATS | +1.85 Margin | 8.2% ROI
• Tomlin Off Loss: 62-47 ATS | +1.61 Margin | 11.4% ROI
• Tomlin in Division: 65-47-4 ATS | +1.74 Margin | 13.0% ROI
• Tomlin With All 3 Edges: 11-6 ATS | +3.74 Margin | 25.1% ROI

The Bengals are unlikely to have first-team All-Pro EDGE Trey Hendrickson (hip), and the Steelers are No. 1 in implied team total (27.5 points).

Despite coming off his worst performance of the season on Sunday Night Football (2.9 AY/A), Rodgers gets a streamable upgrade this week. 

The Dropback

Marcus Mariota (Commanders) vs. Dolphins (in Spain): In his two seasons with the Commanders, Mariota has a serviceable 8.0 AY/A in relief of starter Jayden Daniels (elbow), and this year he has 21-110-1 rushing in his four starts. The Dolphins are No. 31 in defensive dropback SR (52.6%), and they could be without starters EDGE Chop Robinson (concussion), CB Rasul Douglas (foot, ankle) and FS Ashtyn Davis (quad).

Geno Smith (Raiders) vs. Cowboys: The Cowboys are coming off the bye, but the Raiders are also coming off a "mini bye," and they're playing their second straight game at home. The Cowboys are No. 1 in most fantasy points allowed to QBs (25.3), and in Smith's three games against other top-five teams in most points allowed (Commanders, Bears, Jaguars), he has averaged 22.1 fantasy points. 

Jacoby Brissett (Cardinals) vs. 49ers: Brissett has a functional 18-80-1 rushing in his four starts, and in each of these games he has passed for 250+ yards and two TDs. The 49ers are No. 28 in defensive dropback EPA (0.220) and without EDGEs Nick Bosa (knee, IR), Yetur Gross-Matos (knee, hamstring - IR), and Mykel Williams (knee, IR) and LB Fred Warner (ankle, IR).

Tua Tagovailoa (Dolphins) vs. Commanders (in Spain): Since his three-INT disaster in Week 7, Tagovailoa has either 250+ yards or at least two TDs in each of his past three games. The Commanders are No. 32 in defensive dropback EPA (0.276), and they're struggling with injuries to CB Marshon Lattimore (knee, IR), Trey Amos (ankle), and Jonathan Jones (groin), and SS Will Harris (leg, IR). I expect points in this game: The total is 47.5, but I have the over as a five-star bet in our Fantasy Life Game Model.

Notes For My Week 11 QB Rankings

Byes: This week, the Colts and Saints are on bye.

Injuries: Since I write Freedman's Favorites on Tuesday, I have incomplete injury information. After I submit this article, any updated thoughts I have regarding injuries will manifest in my rankings and projections. For our quick fantasy thoughts every day, subscribe to the Fantasy Life newsletter.

Schedule: This season, I have the following rankings and projections schedule.

• Tue AM: Publish rankings and projections
• Thu AM: Refresh rankings and projections
• Thu PM: Make necessary TNF rankings changes
• Sat PM: Update rankings and projections
• Sun AM: Revise rankings
• Sun PM: Finalize rankings based on news prior to 1 pm ET kickoff

Accuracy: I'm a six-time top-20 ranker in accuracy and a long-time profitable player prop better.

Scoring: All fantasy points are half-PPR scoring unless otherwise stated.

Cohesion: My positional breakdowns are published separately, but I think of them as comprising one whole, so check out the rest of my favorite Week 11 fantasy football plays (via my Fantasy Life author page).

Abbreviations: Here are some abbreviations I might have used in the piece.

• Fantasy Points per Game (FPPG)
• Against the Spread (ATS)
• Over/Under (O/U)
• Team Total (TT)
• Moneyline (ML)
• Return on Investment (ROI)
• Adjusted Yards per Attempt (AY/A)
• Expected Points Added (EPA)
• Success Rate (SR)
• Completion Percentage Over Expected (CPOE)
• Defense-Adjusted Value Over Average (DVOA)
• AirYAC (Air Yards + Yards After Catch)
• Weighted Opportunity Rating (WOPR)
• Average Depth of Target (aDOT)
• Short Down and Distance (SDD)
• Long Down and Distance (LDD)

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