While the QB12 by ADP in 1-QB leagues goes around the 100 overall mark in the 9th round, the QB12 in SuperFlex usually goes somewhere in the 35-50 overall range. If you spend all off-season getting ready for 1-QB leagues and then you’re thrown into a SuperFlex draft with no preparation, there won’t be much overlap in what you’re used to. My personal preference is to have three viable starters every week guaranteed, but there is obviously merit to waiting on that third QB and playing the waiting game with ambiguous job security. Now, the combination of these three QBs is pretty much limitless, but you’ll most commonly see teams built like this: 1 QB in the top-12 by ADP, 1 QB in the top-24, and then 1 more QB that’s on the Taysom Hill / Teddy Bridgewater spectrum. You can get away with just drafting two studs, but we’ll talk more about that later. To be safe, I’d recommend drafting at least three QBs in every single SuperFlex league.

But, as we know, bye weeks are pesky and injuries happen. In this setup, all 12 teams are undoubtedly going to want to start two QBs every week (for a total of 24 in play).

So you’ll have 9 normal starters and let’s say 9 bench players to back them up. Let’s say you’re firing up a new SuperFlex league where there are 12 teams and you start 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 TE, 1 “normal” FLEX (RB / WR / TE), and 1 SuperFlex (QB / RB / WR / TE). SuperFlex leagues provide not only just another starting position, they also make the decision to rid your leagues of defenses and kickers a lot easier. How many times have you been beaten because the Patriots D/ST scored 30 points and the D/ST you picked up on the waiver wire scored 3? You might have a team that is five times better than the guy or gal with the Pats’ D/ST, but in the week you matched up, it didn’t matter. I’m a huge proponent of doing away with D/ST and Kickers in season-long leagues. Let’s talk strategy: How many QBs to take? So, guys like Goff, Jones, and other replacement-level QBs are usable again in SuperFlex formats. Jones’ 12.8 FPG was pitiful in 1-QB, but it would have matched the WR38 in FPG Tyler Boyd. Goff’s 15.9 FPG wouldn’t have even been on your radar in 1-QB leagues, but that output would have been good enough to out-score last year’s RB13 Josh Jacobs (15.7). However, in SuperFlex leagues, the player universe expands and guys like Goff and Jones are not just weekly starters… they might be values in your draft. The gap between Goff and QB1 Josh Allen was a massive 9.9 points per game. While you can get away with the bargain bin quarterbacks for a week or two if you’re in a bind, you should never accept 12-16 FPG from your starting QB in 1-QB leagues.

Meaning, you could always find someone like Goff or Jones on the waiver wire to pick up, stream them, and expect somewhere between 12-16 points. These two were the definition of replaceable in 1-QB leagues. Last year, Goff was the QB23 in fantasy points per game (15.9) while Jones was the QB31 (12.8). Let’s stick with the Jones and Goff example and run through some hypotheticals. While that added option to not start a second QB is nice during bye weeks or when injury strikes, you are going to want to start a QB2 every single time in that FLEX spot. Most SuperFlex formats give you the “flexibility” to start 2 QBs but only force you to start one. While you’d almost never consider playing guys like Daniel Jones or Jared Goff in typical 10-team, 1-QB leagues - Jones and Goff become viable, week-in, week-out starters. Unlike in tight end premium leagues (1.5 PPR points to TEs) where the gap between Travis Kelce and whoever the TE12 in fantasy points is gets wider and more pronounced, SuperFlex formats actually help make all quarterbacks more valuable.

Since there are usually 25-28 startable quarterbacks in any given week in fantasy, SuperFlex leagues solve the scarcity problem we see arise in standard 1-QB leagues. It has been a slow burn, but SuperFlex leagues are finally gaining popularity and joining the mainstream as a viable alternative to standard setups.

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