There are a number of fantasy football draft strategies, but today we are going to look specifically at the QB draft strategies.
QB is an important position. On average, the QB position is likely to be the highest scoring position of all. Even a stud WR or RB is not likely to score more points than your QB week in and week out. Although it is the highest scoring position on your roster, often times QB’s are relegated to later rounds in your fantasy football drafts. One reason for this is that there is a grouping of similar scoring QB’s – with many starter quality QB’s available. While the top scoring QB is a boon, the drop off between the top RB or WR to the 10th RB or WR is much steeper than the same drop off at the QB position.
Since there are more startable QB’s then teams in a typical league, waiting at the position is a common strategy. Our strategy goes along with this, but with a caveat. Ideally we want the top scoring player at every position. To do this, you have to draft your RB’s, WR’s, and in FFPC scoring your TE’s at the top half of the draft. Taking a QB in round 1 or 2 is a great way to be behind at every position.
Waiting until after the 10th round is a common fantasy fooball QB draft strategy. This allows you to stock up on the position players where you are starting multiple players at various positions. RB’s, WR’s, and potentially TE’s with the FFPC 1.5 point per reception scoring. The downside to waiting until this point in the draft is that you are not likely to have the top QB options to choose from. Rather, you are drafting what is likely to be a serviceable QB.
With QB being the top scoring position on almost every fantasy football team, this strategy is not about maximizing your points at every position, but rather about building a stable of players at other positions in the hopes that a couple pan out and vastly outplay their draft position. You are settling for an average point total at the highest potential scoring position on your team. This is not our choice for a league winning fantasy football draft strategy.
Our choice is to wait on QB until at least the 5th round, but take your first QB in either round 5 or 6, and then a second one in round 6, 7 or 8. This allows you to stock up early on the position players where you are required to have multiple starters. At the same time, this fantasy fooball QB draft strategy gives you the opportunity to draft the potential top QB, and a second shot to secure a high upside QB.
If you are drafting in an FFPC type league for 2023, you are likely to have options such as Lamarr Jackson, Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert, Deshaun Watson and Dak Prescott at these levels. While Mahomes, Allen and Hurts likely will not last this long, any of the previously mentioned QB’s have a legitimate shot to be a top 5 fantasy QB. Choose two in this draft window and draft wisely to ensure your QB position scoring.
Having the ability to draft a high quality anchor QB in rounds 5-8 gives you the ability to ignore the QB position the rest of the draft and concentrate on taking the best player available, sleepers you have your eye on and additional depth.