Mock drafts, player profiles and more are all part of the fantasy football prep experience, but they only focus on leagues with one quarterback starting. While it hasn’t taken over as the popular structure yet, superflex leagues are rising in popularity. Starting a second quarterback can change the entire drafting process, so it’s important to know how to handle them and draft accordingly.
Superflex League Draft Guide
Don’t Let the Superflex Position Alter Your Overall Gameplan
So many people see it’s a superflex league and panic. Take a deep breath and relax. Nothing changes except you have two quarterbacks starting in your lineup. Your league will be higher scoring when you have two players like Patrick Mahomes and Jayden Daniels playing on a weekly basis.
Whatever your strategy is going in with every other position (Hero-RB, No-RB, BPA, etc.), stick with it. Don’t panic and screw up months of prep work in mock drafts and rankings. It can be easy to do, but trust yourself the same way you would if it was a one-quarterback league.
Keep the Early Focus on Skill Players
Piggybacking on the point above, keep the focus for Rounds 1-3 on wide receivers, running backs and maybe tight ends. Tight ends depend on value, but most of your attention should go towards getting a solid RB1 and WR1 like Bijan Robinson/Garrett Wilson or Jahmyr Gibbs/A.J. Brown. Depending upon the draft board at that point, it’s up to you whether you go for a second running back or wide receiver.
You’re going to want to start looking at quarterbacks in Round 4. Guys like Mahomes, Josh Allen and Jalen Hurts will be gone by then, but that’s okay. Reaching for those guys early does more harm than good. Round 4 is where you can start to look at guys like Anthony Richardson, Joe Burrow and Lamar Jackson if you’re early in the fourth round.
It’s going to be tempting to pull the trigger on a quarterback in Rounds 2-3 when the early run starts, but you can’t fold to the peer pressure. Let other people fall victim for the superflex stress while you stay calm and collected.
Be One of the First to Take a Second Quarterback
Once most of the league has their QB1 selected and the calm of the storm dies down, let things go for a few rounds of everyone filling in their other starting lineup positions to ease the tension in the draft. This is how you get people to let their guard down. The occasional QB may come off the board for those who waited until even later, but that’s nothing to be concerned to be concerned about.
About 1.5-2 rounds after you know everyone has their first quarterback, this is the time to start the run of taking the second quarterback. By this point, you’ll be in the tier of Daniels, Jared Goff, and Trevor Lawrence. This is when you grab your second quarterback and cause everyone else to stop what they’re doing and draft that second quarterback. As others focus on their second quarterback, you have the chance to steal a skill player someone may have had their eyes on.
The bottom line is superflex drafts aren’t much different than regular drafts. Even if all of your mocks have taken place on ESPN or Yahoo where superflex isn’t an option, don’t panic. Trust yourself and follow these tips here for success!
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