Who Should I Start? Patrick Mahomes or Joe Burrow

Sunday, December 22, 6:45 AM

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes completed 28 of 41 pass attempts (68%) for 263 yards and a touchdown in the 27-19 win over the Houston Texans. Mahomes also rushed five times for 33 yards and a touchdown. Despite coming into this game with an ankle injury, the veteran quarterback broke off the longest rushing touchdown of his career. The 29-year-old had one of his best games of the season, eclipsing 20 fantasy points for the third time this year. Mahomes will look to continue his productive run next week against the Pittsburgh Steelers, who rank third in fantasy points allowed to opposing quarterbacks this season. With Marquise Brown returning from injury in this game, Mahomes has another dangerous pass catcher to throw to. Fantasy managers will have to decide whether or not to start Mahomes in a difficult matchup next week.

Sunday, December 22, 6:07 PM

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow went 23-for-30 with 252 passing yards and three scores during their victory over the Cleveland Browns. He added 19 yards on two rushing attempts. Burrow found Tee Higgins in the opening quarter on a two-yard TD pass. Then in the second, he found Andrei Iosivas on a six-yard TD strike. Later in the fourth, he connected with his top wideout Ja'Marr Chase on a 32-yard TD pass to put the game out of reach. Joe Burrow has now thrown at least three passing scores in each of his past seven contests. During this span he has tallied an impressive 24 TD passes. The former No.1 overall pick remains a high-end QB1 heading into his Week 17 tilt against a tough Denver Broncos defense that has allowed the tenth-fewest PPR points to opposing QBs this season.