barackdhouse
Footballguy
Yeah my preference is pretty much always to have a 3rd QB but it needs to be one that is starting and not just some late dart. I do think a 2QB build can win as per my argument, but I'm not going to say that I like it. The position drops off a cliff this year and I think any format is a challenge this season in terms of either waiting on QB or grabbing one for depth. It's a particular hard landscape to read this year. Not sure that was quite as true these past few years. I don't think waiting on QB is quite the same game this year. Or as we turn the page into July anyway.Appreciate sharing the thought process but since I'm new to SF I was not sure how to build my roster before I drafted I studied the top 10 overall finishes from the previous two seasons and seems like going with 2 Qb's is a difficult path to take.As for the question of only going 2 QB in a SuperFlex format... I think the idea is that you fire several different shots at a tourney like this. Bullets as we say. Similar to poker tourneys with re-buys. And you draft to a scenario. You commit to that scenario when you draft. If Fields loses his job or if either QB gets hurt, that doesn't sink my team, per se, though it certainly moves in that direction. The studs at other positions, and the boom weeks of the bench guys, can offset and do more than compete in that actual SF spot. Watch you don't take a 0 when one is benched/hurt and the other is on bye.
But the main thing that outweighs all the rest of that is that you are using a strategy where you understand some bullets will miss. But you committed to that scenario. Most of these Jets stacks that I've been doing crucially include Wilson, but if you're going to draft Fields in the 2nd round of a SF, then you are making the bet and assumption that he keeps the job and helps you win the thing. So there isn't necessarily as much of an incentive to hedge with a 3rd QB as may appear.
In a previous one above I had stacked Geno with Bowers/Bech/Thornton and so yeah would have loved to grab Jakobi but after taking Bowers in the 1st round I basically committed to taking Geno because the scenario I'm assuming it comes to pass that Bowers smashes. And in the scenario where the Raiders smash then I've got a big big piece of it.
Stacking scenarios.
Zero teams who finished in the top 10 the last two years drafted less then 3 QB's.
Last year every team in the top 10 drafted exactly 3 QB's. The previous year 7 teams in the top 10 took 3 QB's, 3 teams took 4 QBs'.
I know the goal is to win the whole thing of course but you got to survive to advance and I also had noticed that between drafting 2-8 QB's that the lowest advancement rate was surprisingly going with just 2 QB's. (better then the 3 total teams that chose 1 and 9 though)
The one caveat to that is that in a few cases those third(and 4th QB's )were relatively worthless due to injury or not having the starting job. So I do think it's possibe to buck those odds if your two stay healthy all year.
I also wonder how many entries actually went with just 2 QBs. How big of a sample is that compared to the 3, 4 and 5 QB builds? I know I can look it up too and I know it's a significant number but I would be willing to bet that out of those 2QB builds I could find some flaws that aren't related to the QBs and that we'd be left with a fairly small sample of teams "giving it a solid shot". I'm trying to avoid those 2QB builds but to be honest thru 5 completed SF BB Tourney drafts on FFPC, I have 2,2,2,3, and 4 QBs on each. But even on the two squads with 3 and 4, I've waited.
I *do* like the three teams I built that way but now I must try going QB heavy in terms of drafting three early, like in the first 4 rounds, to see what the rest of my team looks like when I do that. That is a route I haven't gone yet. I'm not a big fan of how I suspect those builds will come out. In addition to not liking QB depth this year, I also don't like the WR and RB depth this year, though I sort of love TE actually. And so trying to build a roster of stud WRs and RBs (if I go heavy early QB I'm *probably* waiting on TE) after starting so heavy at QB is really tough to do if those positions also fall off a cliff. Most seasons I have quite a few sleepers or undervalued players I like a lot in later rounds. I have many this year as well but not really very optimistic about them. So I don't wanna go into those late rounds feeling like I'm weak at RB and WR. The advantage (or perceived advantage) in the SuperFlex starting spot that a team that went QB heavy early, is going to have over say one of my 2QB builds... is not necessarily the slam dunk folks think it is. My 3rd highest scoring WR or 2nd highest TE or 3rd RB can *easily* hold a bigger advantage in the SF spot than their "elite" 2nd QB.
But I need to start shooting some "early heavy QB" bullets