POWER RANKINGS: Where all 32 NFL starting quarterbacks stand entering Week 13

Last week: 3

Team record: 10-1

DYAR rank: 1

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 1

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 99.6%

One thing to know: The Patriots lost their first game of the season in Denver and Brady described his feeling as "pretty pissed off," referring to some of the calls and non-calls in the fourth quarter and overtime as well as the injury to Rob Gronkowski.

Last week: 1

Team record: 9-2

DYAR rank: 2

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 3

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 96.4%

One thing to know: Palmer will be without running back Chris Johnson for the foreseeable future as the NFL's fourth-leading rusher has a broken tibia in his leg. He may return this season.

Last week: 2

Team record: 7-4

DYAR rank: 5

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 4

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 99.9%

One thing to know: For the second-straight week, Rodgers barely cracked 200-yards passing, this time racking up just 202 in the loss to the Bears on Thanksgiving.

Last week: 5

Team record: 9-2

DYAR rank: 3

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 6

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 92.5%

One thing to know: Dan Hanzus of NFL.com wonders if Dalton and the Bengals would be better off being the 3- or 4-seed as opposed to being one of the top-2 seeds. The feeling is that a lesser opponent in the first round could help to build the team's postseason confidence given their past failures.

Last week: 6

Team record: 3-8

DYAR rank: 8

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 5

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 93.6%

One thing to know: Philip Rivers became the 17th quarterback ever to throw for 40,000 yards and he is the fourth-fastest to do it in terms of number of games.

Last week: 8

Team record: 6-5

DYAR rank: 7

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 7

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 90.7%

One thing to know: Roethlisberger was diagnosed with a concussion in Sunday's game but is hopeful he will be ready to play this week.

Last week: 12

Team record: 11-0

DYAR rank: 16

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 2

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 97.8%

One thing to know: Newton says he could not care less about being undefeated, calling it "ink for the media." However, a look at their remaining schedule (a road game against the Giants looks like the toughest matchup) strongly suggests that 16-0 is very much possible.

Last week: 11

Team record: 6-5

DYAR rank: 9

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 10

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 93.4%

One thing to know: Just when it looked like Wilson and tight end Jimmy Graham were starting to develop a rhythm, Graham is now out for the season with a ruptured tendon in his knee.

Last week: 4

Team record: 4-7

DYAR rank: 13

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 8

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 98.6%

One thing to know: What if the Rams move to Los Angeles and bring Saints head coach Sean Payton with them? Would they bring Brees along also? Would anybody really be surprised at either?

Last week: 7

Team record: 5-6

DYAR rank: 4

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 12

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 82.1%

One thing to know: After a couple of ho-hum games, Carr bounced back with 330 yards, 3 touchdowns, and no interceptions in a win against the Titans.

Last week: 13

Team record: 4-7

DYAR rank: 11

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 14

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 71.5%

One thing to know: The Lions cleared house, firing a number of people, including the offensive coordinator. Suddenly, Stafford is on fire and the biggest difference appears to be Calvin Johnson. Stafford threw the ball in Johnson's direction 14 times on Thanksgiving, Megatron's second-highest number of targets this season, especially near the end zone, resulting in three touchdowns.

Last week: 9

Team record: 5-6

DYAR rank: 21

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 13

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 87.8%

One thing to know: With the rest of the teams begging the Giants to win the division, Manning picked a terrible time to have his worst game of the season, throwing a season-high 3 interceptions.

Last week: 14

Team record: 4-7

DYAR rank: 11

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 14

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 71.5%

One thing to know: Bortles became the only quarterback in the last 15 years to be called for throwing a pass past the line scrimmage twice in one game. To make matters worse, they both came in the red zone in a game the Jaguars would lose by six points.

Last week: 17

Team record: 5-6

DYAR rank: 14

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 11

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 44.4%

One thing to know: Taylor got off to a great start against the Chiefs and appeared to be on his way to one of those games quarterbacks dream of, throwing for 236 yards and two touchdowns before halftime. But that quickly changed in the second half when he added just 55 more yards passing.

Last week: 10

Team record: 6-5

DYAR rank: 18

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 23

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 91.4%

One thing to know: After starting the season 5-0, the Falcons are now in serious danger of becoming just the 7th (out of 73) 5-0 team to miss the playoffs. Two games left against the undefeated Panthers, and another against the Bucs, means getting to the postseason won't be easy.

Last week: 21

Team record: 6-5

DYAR rank: 10

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 19

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 38.7%

One thing to know: Travis Kelce is one of only 5 tight ends on pace to reach 1,000 yards receiving.

Last week: 15

Team record: 5-6

DYAR rank: 6

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 21

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 29.5%

One thing to know: Cutler has a 92.5 quarterback rating, which would be a career-high. In eight of his first nine seasons, he finished with a QB rating in the 80s.

Last week: 19

Team record: 5-6

DYAR rank: 17

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 15

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 37.5%

One thing to know: Winston threw an interception in the loss to the Colts. It was just his third interception in the Bucs' last seven games.

Last week: 24

Team record: 6-5

DYAR rank: 15

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 17

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 26.3%

One thing to know: Fitzpatrick picked a good time to have his best game of the season, tossing 4 touchdowns and no interceptions. The Jets are going to need this Fitzpatrick if they are going to make a run to the playoffs.

Last week: 23

Team record: 4-7

DYAR rank: 27

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 18

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 60.6%

One thing to know: Quarterbacks coach Zac Taylor will now be calling plays for Tannehill. But when asked if anything would change with the offense and how they will use Tannehill, he would only say (repeatedly) that they are going to look at everything and discuss how to do things as a group.

Last week: 16

Team record: 5-6

DYAR rank: 12

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 25

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 26.0%

One thing to know: Mike Jones of the Washington Post says neither Cousins, nor the team, is in a hurry to sign a contract extension and nothing will happen until the team decides what to do with Robert Griffin III.

Last week: 20

Team record: 2-9

DYAR rank: 26

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 16

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 40.3%

One thing to know: Mariota threw a pair of interceptions in the Titans' loss to the Raiders. The Titans are now 0-5 when Mariota throws an interception. They are 2-2 when he does not.

Last week: 22

Team record: 6-5

DYAR rank: 19

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 24

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 40.4%

One thing to know: In his last five starts, Hoyer has 10 touchdown passes and just 3 interceptions. The Texans are also 3-2 in those games which makes one wonder where this team would be if Hoyer had not been benched in the first game of the season.

Last week: 27

Team record: 6-5

DYAR rank: 22

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 20

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 14.4%

One thing to know: Head coach Chuck Pagano quickly shot down any thoughts that Hasselbeck will remain the starter when Andrew Luck is healthy: "I'm not even going to go there. That's ludicrous."

Last week: 30

Team record: 3-8

DYAR rank: 20

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 22

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 2.2%

One thing to know: Paul Gutierrez of ESPN.com points out that 49ers players speak much differently about Gabbert than they did Colin Kaepernick. The difference appears to be that the team has more confidence in Gabbert.

Last week: 28

Team record: 8-3

DYAR rank: 23

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 29

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 19.4%

One thing to know: When things are going well for the Vikings, Bridgewater is not throwing the ball that much. Zach Kruse points out that Bridgewater is averaging 265.3 yards passing in the Vikings' three losses and just 185.5 yards per game in the team's eight wins.

Last week: 26

Team record: 9-2

DYAR rank: 25

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 27

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 12.8%

One thing to know: Osweiler led the Broncos to a big win over the Patriots, and it was his last-second audible in overtime that produced the game-winning touchdown.

Last week: 31

Team record: 4-7

DYAR rank: 31

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 28

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 21.5%

One thing to know: Jeff McLane says that the expectation is that Bradford will return to action this weekend.

Last week: 29

Team record: 4-7

DYAR rank: 30

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 26

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 1.8%

One thing to know: Mike Preston gives Schaub a C+ in his first start filling in for Joe Flacco, writing, Schaub "managed the game well, and that's all anyone can ask of him."

Last week: not ranked

Team record: 3-8

DYAR rank: 29

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 31

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 1.4%

One thing to know: The Cowboys are not going to put Tony Romo on injured reserve. Even though the Cowboys are just 3-8, they are still alive for a playoff spot and Romo could potentially play if the team makes it and wins a game or two.

Last week: not ranked

Team record: 2-9

DYAR rank: 28

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 32

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 0.0%

One thing to know: We still don't know who will start for the Browns at the time of this writing, but the assumption is that Johnny (Manziel) is still grounded and Davis will make his first start. He is already the 24th different quarterback to be used by the Browns since 1999.

Last week: 32

Team record: 4-7

DYAR rank: 32

Avg. fantasy points per game (rank): 30

ESPN Fantasy Owned: 3.5%

One thing to know: If there is any hope that Chip Kelly can be a good NFL coach it is how much better Foles played with the Eagles. Because this season, Foles has been a disaster. Keenum will once again be the starter once he clears concussion protocol, but it is unclear when that will happen.

NFL POWER RANKINGS: Where all 32 teams stand going into Week 13