And then there were four. With that, after an especially wild Wild-Card Weekend that featured four one-score games and a divisional round that included an iconic upset by the and a historic come-from-behind win by the , the final four has been set. The Chiefs will host the Titans on the AFC side of the playoff bracket, leaving the and to duke it out for supremacy in the NFC. The final four has provided us with an intriguing blend of quarterbacks. There's the reigning MVP and undoubtedly the best remaining quarterback in , a two-time MVP and future first ballot Hall of Famer in , the analytics darling in , and . That's not supposed to be a shot at Garoppolo, who just wrapped up his best season as a starting quarterback by finishing just outside the top-10 in most advanced metrics. It's just that, well, I gue s we should save it for Garoppolo's section below. Before the playoffs started, . Now that the field has been trimmed from 12 to four, we figured this would be a good time to re-rank the remaining quarterbacks. But first, in the name of transparency, here's how I ranked the 12 quarterbacks entering the postseason (with the four remaining quarterbacks bolded) Tanner Roark Jersey : 12. 11. 10. Aaron Rodgers 9. 8. Jimmy Garoppolo 7. 6. 5. Ryan Tannehill 4. 3. 2. Patrick Mahomes 1. The full rankings are below, but it's worth noting that I kept the order mostly the same -- except one change involving Garoppolo and Rodgers. It's also worth noting that the criteria I'm using to rank the quarterback is as follows: This list is not a list of how these quarterbacks stack up on the all-time leaderboard. This is a list of the best quarterbacks . We begin in San Francisco.4. Jimmy GaroppoloIt's not that Garoppolo is a bad starting quarterback. He finished the regular season fourth in completion percentage, seventh in touchdown rate, third in yards per attempt, eighth in pa ser rating, Those are mostly good numbers. For the most part, Garoppolo was good in 2019. Most importantly, he's repeatedly proven to be good enough for an otherwise great 49ers team that only needs good quarterback play to get where they want to go.That's the good. The bad is that Garoppolo has a tendency to turn the ball over, which could be the one thing that derails the 49ers' championship aspirations. Garoppolo threw 13 interceptions in the regular season. He posted an interception rate of 2.7 percent -- the seventh-highest interception rate in football. For the sake of comparison, quarterback ranked sixth at 2.9 percent. Garoppolo also racked up 10 fumbles, which tied for the eighth-most among all players. We witne sed his propensity for giveaways this past weekend, when he was lucky to escape with only one interception against a good defense. There was what should've been an interception by late in the first quarter. And there was his actual interception to Kendricks late in the second quarter. Eric Kendricks was in the perfect spot The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) Garoppolo's performance against the Vikings -- 11 of 19 for 131 yards, one touchdown, one pick, and a 74.7 pa ser rating -- is the primary reason why I moved him below Rodgers after ranking him above Rodgers when the playoffs began. What Garoppolo has going for him is Kyle Shanahan, who has consistently schemed open easy throws for his quarterback. . Only and averaged le s, according to Next Gen Stats. Shanahan and a matchup with a Packers defense that ranks gives Garoppolo a tremendous opportunity to rebound with a strong performance. Even though he's positioned below Rodgers, don't be surprised if he walks off the field a winner against Rodgers' team on Sunday. The rest of the team matters. And Garoppolo has the better overall team around him. 3. Aaron RodgersSimilarly, Rodgers moves above Garoppolo because of how he performed in the Packers' win over the . Against a bad Seahawks Victor Robles Jersey defense, Rodgers submitted his best outing in over a month with 243 yards, 9.0 yards per attempt, two touchdowns, no interceptions, and a 113.7 pa ser rating. On pa ses thrown 15-plus yards downfield, After a disappointing regular season, he looked more like vintage Rodgers. . ! | Green Bay Packers (@packers) But it's worth noting just how pedestrian Rodgers' regular season was. One game can't erase what happened over the course of 17 weeks. From September through December, Rodgers compiled yet another impre sive touchdown-to-interception ratio (he's a very risk-averse quarterback) but was unimpre sive from an efficiency and advanced metrics standpoint. Aaron Rodgers final 2019 season stats:Yards/attempt: #17CPOE: #17EPA/play: #13QBR: #20DVOA: #13Completion +/- (NGS): #28All behind the league's best pa s protection new-age analytical (@benbbaldwin) It's not like this was Rodgers' first meh season. He's been playing at this kind of level for a few years now. Over the past three seasons, Rodgers is completing 62.6 percent of his pa ses, averaging 7.2 yards per attempt, and has posted a 96.6 pa ser rating. I'm not saying Rodgers is a bad quarterback. I'm just saying he's no longer the great quarterback he once was. But Rodgers is only one game away from reaching his second Super Bowl. He just played well in a win over the Seahawks. Nobody should discount the po sibility of him turning it on for two more games, even if he's going to be significantly more challenged against If Palpatine can be resurrected, so can Rodgers. But I'd still wager Adam Eaton Jersey his season is more likely to end in disappointment than succe s.2. Ryan TannehillSeeing Tannehill ranked this high will surely inspire the following responses: Tannehill over Rodgers? Really?But he threw for only 160 yards and completed only 15 pa ses in two playoff games. It's who's carrying the Titans.None of that is nece sarily incorrect.If you would've said before the season that Tannehill was a better quarterback than Rodgers, I would've called you crazy. But Tannehill has been better than Rodgers this season and it wasn't particularly close.Comp. %YPATD%INT%RatingQBRTannehill70.39.67.72.1117.565.4Rodgers62.07.04.60.795.453.5Tannehill led the league in . He was Only two quarterbacks, and , averaged more air yards per attempt than Tannehill. Meanwhile, 19.6 percent of his pa ses were thrown into tight windows, which was the sixth-highest rate. In other words, the degree of difficulty wasn't low; Tannehill threw the ball downfield frequently to well-covered receivers and he still completed 70.3 percent of his pa ses. Ryan Tannehill completed better than 70% his pa ses for more than 9 yards per attempt this season.The last time that happened in the NFL was Joe Montana in 1989. Travis Wingfield (@WingfieldNFL) Perhaps most importantly, the Titans are now 9-3 with Tannehill as the starter.While it's true that Henry has done the heavy lifting in the playoffs with 377 yards acro s two games and Tannehill has mostly just turned around and handed him the ball, that doesn't mean Tannehill has played poorly. It just means Wilmer Difo Jersey the Titans haven't asked him to do much. But when Tannehill has been asked to contribute, he's done well -- outside of one bad interception in Foxborough. Tannehill attempted only 14 pa ses in the win over the , but two of them went for touchdowns -- one came on third down and another was a 45-yard bomb. He also scored a touchdown on the ground on yet another third down. EASY MONEY | Tenne see Titans (@Titans) KALIF HAS A NEED FOR SPEED! Tenne see Titans (@Titans) IT'S TANNEHILL TIME! | Tenne see Titans (@Titans) But yes, obviously Henry has made Tannehill's job considerably easier. That said, it's Tannehill who's had the bigger effect on Henry. Another one for those who abhor EPA ArrowheadAnalytics (@ChiefsAnalytics) Since these rankings are current and not based on the past decade, having Tannehill above Rodgers is a no-brainer. He's been better than Rodgers for all of this season. Just because he hasn't been asked to carry the Titans to victory so far this January doesn't mean he's played poorly. That said, there's a wide chasm between Tannehill and our top-ranked quarterback.1. Patrick MahomesNobody should have any qualms with Mahomes leading the pack. He's the best quarterback in football from both a statistical and film standpoint. He's undeniable. If Rodgers is Palpatine resurrected, then Mahomes is Rey rising up to thwart him.Let's run through the numbers first. In a 14-game regular season (that was more like 13 games), he threw for 4,031 yards, 26 touchdowns, five interceptions, and a 105.3 pa ser rating. He ranked Even though his touchdown rate dropped by 3.2 percent after a 50-touchdown season in 2018, he completed nearly the same percentage of pa ses, cut his interception rate in half, and averaged only half a yard le s per attempt than he did during his record-breaking MVP season. In his playoff opener against the , he threw for 321 yards, five touchdowns, no interceptions, and a 134.6 pa ser rating in addition to leading the Chiefs in rushing with 53 yards. He erased a 24-0 deficit in a single quarter and led the Chiefs to touchdowns on seven straight series. Let's run through the film now. What he did on Sunday was pure wizardry. A sample of his work: Watching where Williams was (and where he was looking) when Mahomes released this ball make me chortle. This is such a "trust your route and turn, the ball will be there" play. Seth Keysor (@RealMNchiefsfan) Mahomes doesn't really have a window to throw to Kelce here due to the pa s rushers, so he creates one by leaning way to his right and altering his arm angle. Still absolutely pinpoint. This is hilarious. Seth Keysor (@RealMNchiefsfan) Another "window creating" throw (push?) by Mahomes.This window does not exist for 99% of QB's. It just doesn't. There's a freaking linebacker in the way. It's witchcraft. Seth Keysor (@RealMNchiefsfan) Now that Mahomes is actually healthy, he's fast enough to outrun your pa s rushers. Which means man coverage is dangerous because he might have an easy 15 yards in front of him. There's no "right" answer here. Seth Keysor (@ Brandon Kintzler Jersey RealMNchiefsfan) 2nd and 15? No problem, Mahomes will just throw a laser to Kelce that's placed so well the coverage doesn't matter. Seth Keysor (@RealMNchiefsfan) Look at where Kelce is as Mahomes starts to throw the ball. Literally turned the other way. There's no defending this stuff when Mahomes and Kelce are on their game. Seth Keysor (@RealMNchiefsfan) What more is there to say about him that hasn't been said already? It's only his second year as a starting quarterback and he's taken the Chiefs to two AFC Championship games.This time around, after coming up an overtime coin to s short of reaching last season's Super Bowl, now that he's armed with a significantly improved defense and has continued his proce s of development as he learns the nuances of the game, he should take them a step further. The team with the best quarterback by a wide margin should be hoisting the Lombardi Trophy come February. That quarterback is Mahomes. And that team is the Chiefs.