Fantasy football’s founders managed to nail pretty much every detail when our national pastime was invented way back in the pre-Super Bowl era, but the one aspect that’s never quite worked is QB scoring. It’s been broken from the start.
Quarterback is obviously the most important position in the NFL by orders of magnitude, yet, historically, it’s been an afterthought in our game. Traditional fantasy scoring rewards volume over efficiency and rushing ability over everything. In reality, quarterback talent is remarkably scarce. In fantasy — at least in one-QB leagues — the position is easily filled and highly replaceable.
Superflex formats don’t actually do anything to resolve the various scoring problems at quarterback, but they certainly address the scarcity issue. In superflex, one of our starting roster slots is fillable by any RB, WR, TE or QB. That is to say, it’s like a regular flex spot, except, um … it’s super.
Given the scoring advantages at quarterback relative to other positions, superflex essentially requires two starting QBs. If you play in a league with 12 or more teams, every projected starting quarterback in the NFL is going to be drafted, as will a few notable backups. If you whiff at the position, you’re doomed — no realistic chance for a waiver wire bailout. If you whiff twice at the position, there’s a very good chance you’re gonna be spending 24 straight hours in a fast food establishment next spring.
Recently, the Yahoo fantasy crew assembled for a 10-team, 15-round superflex mock draft using otherwise typical half-PPR settings. Our draft order looked like this:
Dan Titus
Andy Behrens
Kate Magdziuk
Matt Harmon
Collin Brennan
Jason Klabacha
Mo Castillo
Dalton Del Don
Tera Roberts
Scott Pianowski
Here’s a look at the draft board, round-by-round
Regrettably, I will not be roasting anyone’s draft decisions in this mock recap, because too many reputations have been ruined by my tough-but-fair assessments in the past. Producer Collin…
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Publish date : 2024-08-19 14:16:47
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