Fantasy football rankings, Week 15: Quarterbacks

The SB Nation fantasy staff ranks the quarterbacks for Week 15.

Peyton Manning doesn't need to set any more records to make himself or his fantasy owners happy, but they wouldn't be opposed to a little more production as the fantasy playoffs get into full swing.

Manning's numbers have been pedestrian over the past four weeks, contributing seven touchdowns and four interceptions versus four challenging defenses. Despite that, SB Nation's fantasy staff maintains that there is plenty of upside to be had -- he isn't ranked any lower than third in Week 15's individual staff rankings. Owners can expect things to return to normal when the Denver Broncos face a San Diego Chargers team that surrendered three touchdowns and 8.17 yards per attempt to Manning in Week 8.

Elsewhere, excitement is abound with Johnny Manziel making his first NFL start this week against the Cincinnati Bengals. With Josh Gordon, Andrew Hawkins and a healthy Jordan Cameron in the huddle, Manziel will have plenty of outlets to put his playmaking ability to use. But as is the case with all rookies, expectations have to be tempered, and that's what the staff has done this week. Manziel's firmly in QB2 territory.

How did the other quarterbacks stack up in the rankings? Have a look below:

Quarterback rankings, Week 15

(DK: Daniel Kelley; DC: Dan Ciarrocchi; JD: John Daigle; SK: Scott Kaliska)

Rank	Consensus	Team	Opponent	DK	DC	JD	SK
1	Andrew Luck	IND	HOU	1	1	1	1
2	Peyton Manning	DEN	@SD	3	2	2	2
3	Aaron Rodgers	GB	@BUF	2	3	4	3
4	Tom Brady	NE	MIA	6	5	3	5
5	Drew Brees	NO	@CHI	7	4	7	4
6	Matthew Stafford	DET	MIN	5	8	8	9
7	Jay Cutler	CHI	NO	4	15	5	7
8	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	@ATL	10	7	11	6
9	Russell Wilson	SEA	SF	8	12	6	12
10	Tony Romo	DAL	@PHI	9	11	10	10
11	Mark Sanchez	PHI	DAL	13	6	9	13
12	Matt Ryan	ATL	PIT	12	10	12	8
13	Phillip Rivers	SD	DEN	11	9	13	11
14	Eli Manning	NYG	WAS	14	14	14	14
15	Johnny Manziel	CLE	CIN	20	13	15	16
16	Joe Flacco	BAL	JAC	16	16	18	17
17	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	@NE	18	18	19	15
18	Andy Dalton	CIN	@CLE	17	23	16	19
19	Kyle Orton	BUF	GB	15	21	21	18
20	Josh McCown	TB	@CAR	21	22	17	22
21	Ryan Fitzpatrick	HOU	@IND	-	19	22	20
22	Alex Smith	KC	OAK	22	20	-	21
23	Jake Locker	TEN	NYJ	-	24	20	23
24	Shaun Hill	STL	AZ	19	-	23	-
25	Cam Newton	CAR	TB	-	17	-	-
--	Teddy Bridgewater	MIN	@DET	23	-	-	25

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