Ranking the best Justin Herbert replacement options for the fantasy football playoffs

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert is out for the season after undergoing surgery to repair his fractured right index finger.

The news comes amid a disappointing 5-8 season for the Los Angeles Chargers, who weren’t likely to make the postseason anyway. Herbert’s fantasy football managers, though, were getting good production out of the fourth-year pro, and his injury comes just as some of them are entering the fantasy playoffs.

BREAKING: Chargers QB Justin Herbert out for the season following surgery on fractured right index finger. (via @TomPelissero, @RapSheet, @MikeGarafolo) pic.twitter.com/SecCKWeXey

— NFL (@NFL) December 12, 2023

If that’s you, hopefully you had a good backup stashed on your bench. Herbert has been the QB10 through 14 weeks, according to FantasyPros, and replacing him won’t be easy this late in the year. But if not, here’s a ranking of your best remaining free agent options, taking past production and remaining schedules into account.