Draft Fantasy Football Quarterbacks
Arguably the most important position in football, more often than not, teams that go deep into the playoffs have a stud Quarterback leading their attack. This position may hold more or less value depending on your fantasy football league rules and regulations. Draft strategy is dictated by positional depth and value. For instance if you are in a fantasy league that awards points per completion, the Quarterback position should be filled very early on draft day. In standard scoring leagues the position still holds tremendous value (typically your quarterback is your leading scorer) but fair value can still be had in later rounds.
There are four general schools of thought when it comes to drafting your Fantasy Football Quarterback, in no particular order; A) Draft a stud Quarterback early on and worry about finding a bye week fill in later on in the draft or perhaps even off the waiver wire. (top 3-5 QB depending on the tier that particular season) B) Draft 2 Quarterbacks who historically finish their season amongst the top half of passers in the league – playing the match-ups all season. C) Draft 2 QB’s with upside later on in the fantasy draft saving those ever valuable early round picks for your Running Backs and Wide Receivers. Hopefully one or both will pan out giving you outstanding value and maybe even some trade fodder. D) Depending on the size of your fantasy league one can often get away with drafting a quarterback late. If you are in a 10-12 team league, as long as your draft your quarterback before the other teams start drafting their backup Quarterbacks you will inevitably end up with a serviceable option for a starting QB. If he doesn’t quite pan out you will have no problem with tossing him back to waiver wire as the investment was kept to a minimum on draft day. |
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Quarterback Fantasy Trade Options
This position is often over valued from a fantasy football trade standpoint. There is always that one manager in your league who will draft two good Quarterbacks with the intention of selling one off later on in the season. This manager will wait until a big injury happens to one of the top Quarterbacks and then offer some ridiculous trade to the unfortunate manager suffering the loss. Whether that manager takes the trade, counters or flat rejects the offer would depend on a number of factors;
A) Is there a viable option on the waiver wire? If so snatch him up and get on with your season!
B) How deep is your fantasy team? Can you afford to take the hit at another position and stay competitive?
C) Do you even need to make a trade? You may have a solid backup already on your roster. If so, focus on finding a new backup for your team and move on.
D) How good is the injured quarterback’s real life back up? He’s probably sitting on the waiver wire and is at least worth a speculative pickup. (See Drew Bledsoe and Tom Brady circa 2001)
Aside from a disastrous injury, there really isn’t a major reason to trade away or trade for a Quarterback. You will most likely have a top twelve quarterback from your draft so a quarterback trade usually is not necessary. One other common scenario would be to sweeten a deal. For instance, let’s say you are targeting another owner’s stud Running Back or Wide Receiver but you are running into a road block in your fantasy trade negotiations. If your Quarterback is better than his you may be able to throw him into the package to balance things out. What he gives up at RB or WR he gains at QB. You gain at RB/WR and only give up a little value at Quarter Back. This trade tactic works more than you would think but always know your mark and never give up to much in a fantasy football trade.
A) Is there a viable option on the waiver wire? If so snatch him up and get on with your season!
B) How deep is your fantasy team? Can you afford to take the hit at another position and stay competitive?
C) Do you even need to make a trade? You may have a solid backup already on your roster. If so, focus on finding a new backup for your team and move on.
D) How good is the injured quarterback’s real life back up? He’s probably sitting on the waiver wire and is at least worth a speculative pickup. (See Drew Bledsoe and Tom Brady circa 2001)
Aside from a disastrous injury, there really isn’t a major reason to trade away or trade for a Quarterback. You will most likely have a top twelve quarterback from your draft so a quarterback trade usually is not necessary. One other common scenario would be to sweeten a deal. For instance, let’s say you are targeting another owner’s stud Running Back or Wide Receiver but you are running into a road block in your fantasy trade negotiations. If your Quarterback is better than his you may be able to throw him into the package to balance things out. What he gives up at RB or WR he gains at QB. You gain at RB/WR and only give up a little value at Quarter Back. This trade tactic works more than you would think but always know your mark and never give up to much in a fantasy football trade.
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