Justin Fields

One appearance all season, 0 points in week 1 of 2026, then weeks 2, 3 and 4 of 2026 gone without a snap before the bye in week 5 of 2026. That is the case in full right now. He sits second on the Kansas City quarterback depth chart behind Patrick Mahomes, and nothing since the opener suggests that changes. The injury report carries no designation, so the absences are not even a health story we can see. We had him at QB37 on our board with 58 points projected for the season, and those snaps were always the assumption underneath the number. The role gives him almost nothing to hold onto: Kansas City threw on 58% of situation-neutral plays last season with Reid calling the plays, and that passing volume was always going to Rashee Rice and Travis Kelce first.

The availability picture behind him is ugly on its own terms. We expected 7 games before the season, and even that looks kind now against 9 played in 2025, 10 in 2024, and an abdomen listing on the injury report that ran from week 16 of 2024 into the next year. Even in the weeks he does take the field, the production has been thin for two straight seasons, QB29 among 81 qualifying quarterbacks in both 2025 and 2024, and the 230.2-point 2023 campaign is three years back.

When he did play in 2025, 14.7 points a game and only 5 weeks above the position's median is not a number you wait on a roster spot for. He is giving you less than where he went before the season, and there is no week on the schedule through week 17 of 2026 where the path opens. If a desperate quarterback spot forces the question, stream someone with a live role. Otherwise this roster spot should hold a name that can actually help you in week 6 of 2026.