Fantasy football flips the quarterback position on its head. The most important position in reality is the least important in fantasy. The reason? Repeat after me: Quarterback touches are evenly distributed. If all wide receivers had the same expected targets and all running backs the same expected touches, we’d de-emphasize those positions in our drafts, too.So we’re dealing with things like rushing, rushing touchdowns, passing touchdown rates — none of which are particularly sticky. So the best advice at QB is to make a couple of picks from the middle of the queue.But there’s a segment of fantasy football that hates this and works to elevate the position, most commonly by starting two quarterbacks including one in a flex. So while the difference between the No. 1 QB and the No. 15 QB (5 points a week on average) isn’t likely to swing many games, the difference between the top QBs and the No. 23 and 24 QBs could easily double that. And then we’re talking about winning — and losing — margins.So how should we adjust?My advice, still attack the middle market of the position with two picks inside the top 20 this year and then take a flier on a third quarterback who has an uncertain starting status. You have to hope you get lucky with that player.In recent Scott Fish Bowl drafts, the QB12-to-QB20 bucket was, on average, picks 57 to 92. But there is tremendous variance in ranking QBs because the differences are so small. So I find guys in the top 20 in my rankings as late as pick 117.The advantage in drafting QBs later in the draft is that you’ve rostered a couple of top wideouts, which opens up certain stacking opportunities. Superflex leagues are deeper, and deeper leagues mean more scoring and thus a greater emphasis on explosive plays. Stacking a QB with a receiver or even a receiver and a tight end gives you much higher scoring potential (though obviously more variance, too).When you draft from the top of the queue in Superflex, you have to hope you can add a stackable receiver later. But it’s so much easier to get sniped on A.J. Brown if you already drafted Drake Maye than it is to get sniped on Jared Goff if you already drafted Amon-Ra St. Brown. You can virtually be guaranteed Goff if you adjust the ADP by a round at most.Some top receivers aren’t stackable with their QBs. Jaxon Smith-Njigba has Sam Darnold, who had seven games with 10 points or fewer last year. You don’t want that. Who knows who Justin Jefferson’s QB will be. If you have Nico Collins, do you want to have to play C.J. Stroud, a game manager on a defensive juggernaut, every week? Nope. I don’t think Tetairoa McMillan is stackable. Ditto for Garrett Wilson. That’s six of the top-20 WRs. Plus, neither top TE (Brock Bowers and Trey McBride) is stackable.
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