Week 2 of the fantasy football season has arrived, and it’s more important than ever to know which players deserve a place in your starting lineup. Considering player talent, recent form, and matchups, we’ve put together our PFSN consensus Week 2 QB rankings.
These rankings were last updated at 7:00 AM ET on Sunday, September 14, 2025.
Week 2 Fantasy Football QB Rankings
1) Josh Allen, QB | Buffalo Bills (vs. BAL)
2) Lamar Jackson, QB | Baltimore Ravens (at BUF)
3) Jayden Daniels, QB | Washington Commanders (vs. NYG)
4) Jalen Hurts, QB | Philadelphia Eagles (vs. DAL)
5) Joe Burrow, QB | Cincinnati Bengals (at CLE)
6) Baker Mayfield, QB | Tampa Bay Buccaneers (at ATL)
7) Kyler Murray, QB | Arizona Cardinals (at NO)
8) Bo Nix, QB | Denver Broncos (vs. TEN)
9) Patrick Mahomes, QB | Kansas City Chiefs (at LAC)
10) Drake Maye, QB | New England Patriots (vs. LV)
11) C.J. Stroud, QB | Houston Texans (at LAR)
12) Trevor Lawrence, QB | Jacksonville Jaguars (vs. CAR)
13) Justin Herbert, QB | Los Angeles Chargers (vs. KC)
14) Justin Fields, QB | New York Jets (vs. PIT)
15) Jared Goff, QB | Detroit Lions (at GB)
16) Dak Prescott, QB | Dallas Cowboys (at PHI)
17) Brock Purdy, QB | San Francisco 49ers (at SEA)
18) Caleb Williams, QB | Chicago Bears (vs. MIN)
19) Jordan Love, QB | Green Bay Packers (vs. DET)
20) Tua Tagovailoa, QB | Miami Dolphins (at IND)
21) J.J. McCarthy, QB | Minnesota Vikings (at CHI)
22) Matthew Stafford, QB | Los Angeles Rams (vs. HOU)
23) Bryce Young, QB | Carolina Panthers (at JAX)
24) Michael Penix Jr., QB | Atlanta Falcons (vs. TB)
25) Sam Darnold, QB | Seattle Seahawks (vs. SF)
26) Geno Smith, QB | Las Vegas Raiders (at NE)
27) Russell Wilson, QB | New York Giants (at WAS)
28) Daniel Jones, QB | Indianapolis Colts (vs. MIA)
29) Joe Flacco, QB | Cleveland Browns (vs. CIN)
30) Aaron Rodgers, QB | Pittsburgh Steelers (at NYJ)
Dak Prescott
Well, that was an interesting introduction to the 2025 season. Spygate resulted in Jalen Carter getting tossed, and Dak Prescott attempting 91.2% of his throws from the pocket against the traditionally disruptive Eagles defense (2024: 84.6%).
That was the good. It allowed him to largely operate on time and didn’t force him into moving in a significant way, something that hasn’t been a major part of his game for a few years now.
The bad? He scored just 7.8 fantasy points.
Yea, yea, yea, there were the crippling drops by CeeDee Lamb and a pair of short TD runs for Javonte Williams, but the fact that he can run hot situationally like that and bust for fantasy purposes is noteworthy if not outright alarming.
I thought he played a reasonably sound game. Prescott looked the way of his All-World receiver with five of his first 11 throws (13 of 33 targets for the night), and that is how a pocket passer is going to make a living in this game of ours.
That said, I wasn’t overly impressed with the connection shown between him and anyone else on this roster (actively trying to kill Jake Ferguson with seam throws into traffic was a choice).
I assume much better days are ahead (22/27 for 221 yards and a pair of touchdowns without an interception in his only meeting with these Giants last season), but I also expect a regression in the pocket pass rate this week, and that could mitigate any natural growth.
Prescott falls outside of the starting tier of signal-caller for me this week, and that’s likely to be the case for the foreseeable future (in Chicago next week, but it would take a lot from him in this matchup to have me going back to him and then matchups with the Packers and Jets).
Justin Herbert
I was wrong here.
I knew Justin Herbert was talented, but I didn’t think there was a chance that, at least in the early going, we would see him unleashed in a way that would allow him to keep up with the second tier of signal callers.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Jim Harbaugh spent the summer talking up his QB1, and his playcalling proved that it was much more than lip service. The Bolts opened Friday night with three straight dropbacks (two completions and a scramble) and gave Herbert nearly three times as many opportunities (41 pass-plus-rush attempts) as their running backs had carries (16).
The diet was generally the same (the percentage of throws coming in play-action, deep downfield, and on shallow routes were all near copies of what he posted a season ago); there was just more food on his plate, and it wasn’t the result of game script.
Pass Rate Splits, Chargers
When Tied or Leading in 2024: 52.1%
When Tied or Leading in Week 1: 66.1%
Only time will tell if this was a message-sending performance or a flash in the pan, but I tend to believe the former. Herbert gets a Raiders team that he’s carved up for multiple touchdown passes in six of nine career games (career: 18 touchdowns against just two interceptions) and has a nice preparation edge over as a result of playing the showcase Brazil game last week.
If the balance of power in the AFC West is on the verge of changing, Herbert might be poised to be a weekly starter and much closer to the top than the bottom of that extensive second tier of fantasy quarterbacks.
