Joe Burrow

The reigning NFL Comeback Player of the Year, Burrow rebounded from an injury-plagued 2023 by proceeding to pace the NFL in pass attempts, completions, yards and TDs. He appeared in 17 games for the first time in his career and contributed enough with his legs to end up third among QBs in fantasy points. Burrow, who was off target on a league-low 11% of his attempts, has now finished eighth or better in fantasy points each season he's appeared in more than 10 games (fourth or better in the last two). He'll continue to benefit from the league's pass-heaviest offense, as well as the terrific Ja'Marr Chase/Tee Higgins duo. Burrow's limited rushing output is all that stops him from joining the elite fantasy QBs, but he's nonetheless a very good starting option.

Burrow’s 652 passing attempts were the most for a quarterback last season and tied for the 20th-most in league history. This helped him to the most completions, passing yards and passing touchdowns on the season.
Burrow has an advantage over all other great passers thanks to Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. The other top passers by PFF passing grade over the last three seasons are Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, Justin Herbert and Patrick Mahomes. The only wide receiver on any of those four teams with a receiving grade above that of Higgins over the last three years is Rashee Rice with the Kansas City Chiefs, and he is returning from a season-ending injury.
In 2022, when the Bengals needed one yard to go for a first down or touchdown, Burrow ran 37% of the time. That dropped to 18.7% in 2023 and 14.3% in 2024. Now that Burrow is two years removed from his last leg injury, there is a chance the Bengals will trust Burrow to run a little more often, which could lead to more rushing touchdowns.