Week 5 left the NFL’s quarterback landscape with a little more clarity and a lot more movement, and two names pushed hard in opposite directions. Jared Goff and Drake Maye climbed fast in the latest rankings, while the bottom of the board got uglier by the week.
The rankings are built on the 2026 season as a whole, with recent performance still carrying weight. At this point, though, the sample is big enough that one week doesn’t do all the talking anymore. The body of work is starting to matter, even if Week 5 still nudged the board around in a major way.
At the very bottom, Tyson Bagent lands at No. 32 after a rough start in Chicago’s Week 5 game. He posted a 27.4 passer rating, completed 12 of 21 passes for 87 yards, and threw two interceptions.
Case Keenum didn’t give the Bears much relief either, finishing with one interception and a 52.1 passer rating. Chicago had seen some more encouraging moments from both quarterbacks in earlier weeks, but now the team is again leaning hard on the reality that Caleb Williams is missed.
Just ahead of him sits Cam Ward at No. 31, and the picture in Tennessee is bleak. The Titans are 0-5, and Ward did not do nearly enough to help them change that.
It was a rough outing all around for Tennessee, and it leaves the team in a spot where a first win feels far off. The bigger concern is what comes next: with the trade deadline approaching, the Titans could start thinking about selling, and Ward’s play is putting him in danger of playing himself out of a job with the team in 2027.
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