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One of the most compelling formats in fantasy football is the Superflex league, which is truly an unofficial two-quarterback style of play. It is a fun and riveting challenge for the serious fantasy football player. If you are looking to prove yourself against some of the better players you can find or just want to get into a Superflex league where others take it as seriously as you do, the FFPC (Fantasy Football Players Championship) offers Superflex competition in seasonal, dynasty, and best ball formats. They also mix up the formats for more options to choose from when joining a league.
No matter what site you play on, joining or competing in a Superflex league is a step up from your average fantasy football format. Many of you are already competing in early drafts ahead of the NFL Draft itself. So now is a good time to roll out my latest Superflex rankings, which you will find here. Rookie quarterbacks may be moved up a bit more once we find out what teams they will officially land on, but to have the best shot at winning this season, proven performers are the preferred options in many cases.
Last season, I won in the first year of my FFPC best ball Superflex dynasty startup, so I share some of the approaches that have led me to best ball Superflex success. If you are a RotoBaller reader and want to join a Superflex draft now, join the FFPC here and get an automatic discount on your new teams.
Best Ball Superflex Draft Strategies
My seasonal Superflex best ball rankings appear below, but whether it’s a seasonal or dynasty league, I take the same approach. I make sure to grab one top quarterback early and a respectable, but not pure standout superstar a bit later. Getting that top-level QB is very important, but I do not necessarily need to double up with a pair of top-tier QBs. I do want to take my shots on the better running backs, elite WRs, and Travis Kelce early on when I can. I do have seven QBs ranked in my overall top-12, though, so I prefer taking the first-round QB more times than not.
Patrick Mahomes is my target if I have the No. 1 overall selection. Sure, many running backs will go in the first round, and it is customary to take Christian McCaffrey with the very first pick in most formats. But with Mahomes, I get more peace of mind at a high superstar level than with any other player in a format that puts a higher emphasis on the quarterback position. You may see six or so quarterbacks go in the first round, and I am not passing (no pun intended) on the clear top guy if I am in a position to get him.
Early Superflex Best Ball ADPs in the FFPC, according to Fantasymojo.com, have Mahomes going second overall and six QBs in the top-12. Mahomes is being taken second and Josh Allen third. I have fewer injury concerns with a QB, and that is an ultimate deciding factor. Availability is still an important element in best ball leagues.
Allen has already vaulted to fourth overall for me and second at QB. He is less proven at a high level than Mahomes, so I am fine with taking McCaffrey or Dalvin Cook over him. But, the continued potential for rushing scores and the addition of Stefon Diggs has boosted Allen into elite fantasy territory earlier in his career than many expected. Last season, Allen averaged 25.32 Fantasy Points Per Game, which was only behind Mahomes’ 25.36 among QBs who played most of the season. If you want to take Allen as soon as second overall, I would not be strongly against such a move.
My ranks jibe with the FFPC ADPs that have Dak Prescott at fifth overall in Superflex best ball leagues. I believe he will want to show he is worth the big money and he has a high upside trio of wide receivers to work with. But, I have Aaron Rodgers ranked as QB5 and sixth overall, while he is QB7 and 14 overall in the ADPs. I have no reason to hold age against Rodgers until I see an actual decline in front of my eyes. Among regular starters last season, he averaged the fourth-most fantasy points per game last season and had the third-most total points. I see no legitimate reason for any expected falloff, especially as he wants to gun for another seemingly elusive Super Bowl appearance.
Lamar Jackson is the fifth QB off the board in early FFPC Best Ball Drafts, but I have him behind Justin Herbert and Russell Wilson. Much like Ben Roethlisberger did early in his career, Herbert has quickly sold me on what I have already seen. Herbert has the tools and confidence to show us that his rookie season was no fluke. It was very impressive how he took to a starting role so well last year when expectations were low, and he did not seem to be intimidated by the pro game whatsoever.
Wilson is going as QB8 and 16th overall in early drafts. You should not significantly lower any expectations based on the worst single half of a season in his career. New offensive coordinator Shane Waldron is going to revamp an offensive attack that became too predictable under Brian Schottenheimer, and Wilson is simply a much better QB than what we saw in the second half of last season. It was a rare extended stretch of frustration for Wilson and those who rostered him. Injuries were more of an issue than poor performance on the offensive line in the second half, plus the addition of guard Gabe Jackson should help there.
You may want to roster Wilson in best ball leagues even more than seasonal formats because you can survive any down weeks easier. I anticipate less of them this season, though. He does have a few lesser weeks every season, but not usually in bulk as we saw last year when he was ‘boom” for one half of a season and “bust” in the second half. I won my Superflex league last year with Wilson as my QB despite the stark differences in his first and second halves.
I would still be very happy to get Jackson, but he was a disappointment as a passer last season and regressed more than I expected. Adding the annually overrated Sammy Watkins won’t help boost him in my view either. I am also taking Matthew Stafford and Joe Burrow ahead of Jalen Hurts. Stafford enters a situation where he will be playing with the best coaching staff ever and maybe his best receiving crew in terms of talent depth from WR1 to WR3. Burrow showed he can carry an offense in half a season last year. Hurts has the obvious upside, but he still has to prove himself over a full season.
If I can grab any of my top-10 QBs in the first two rounds, I will feel pretty good about how I started at the position, and I would certainly be fine with taking Tom Brady as a QB1 too. Ryan Tannehill is solid and sometimes outstanding, and Matt Ryan is not quite done, so those are my best QB2s. If the Falcons land Kyle Pitts in the draft, Ryan’s stock will rise. It may be a good time to get in him in a best ball draft before the NFL draft. He and Julio Jones have at least one more good year left, and Ryan’s numbers were certainly not bad last year. Don’t overreact to age at QB in a seasonal league.
After that, you are looking for either upside or respectability. Daniel Jones has some increased appeal after the Giants added Kenny Golladay, and if they add another WR weapon in the draft, he will see his stock rise. Baker Mayfield is capable of respectability compared to Jones. It will be interesting to see if Cam Newton can play better with a receiving crew that is not bottom-basement awful and a full and normal preseason this year. Kirk Cousins and Derek Carr can certainly be decent QB2s. if Jameis Winston wins a starting job, he should be a quality Superflex QB option. His ADP will likely rise in the preseason.
Ultimately, my ideal approach would be to get one of my top-10 QBs in the first two rounds, and one of the next nine for sure as a QB2 depending on the flow of the draft, likely in the top-45 overall. Of course, you would want a third QB who can post decent numbers as a starter in some weeks, so I would like to get a surefire third option from inside my top-30 if possible.
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