Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: Superflex & 2QB Leagues (2024)

Fantasy football is full of statistics and analysis that help you identify the correct players for your fantasy team. However, understanding strategy when drafting specific to your league style matters to your team’s success. It would be best if you learned how to navigate your league’s rules, scoring system and more to truly become the master of your domain.

Today, we are going to discuss 2QB/Superflex draft strategy. We will break down the rules you need to know when handling this unique format and help you enter your draft with an array of knowledge your league mates would not have without this article.

2QB/Superflex Draft Strategies

2QB/Superflex Draft Strategy in Standard Leagues

We begin with the ancient format of standard fantasy football. People still love this format. The key to standard is to decrease the importance of more minor stats like passing yards and focus on touchdowns as your primary guide to the North Star, which is the championship.

In this setup, we are looking for a quarterback with a potent offense who will have opportunities to stack touchdowns weekly. We also should focus on quarterbacks with a weaker running game. Let’s look at the top five quarterbacks from last year when it pertains to total touchdowns:

What’s the first thing you notice with these players? They play in solid offensive schemes. The Konami Code quarterback plays a part within this top five, but it wasn’t necessary to dominate in a format that focuses heavily on touchdowns.

Within this format, Josh Allen and Jalen Hurts are top-five options. However, the other three quarterbacks are drafted between 12 to 19 overall. If you move down the board of total touchdowns, you’ll see quarterbacks within the top 10 of that category with a lower average draft position (ADP), such as sixth overall Jared Goff (27th). We also have seventh overall in total touchdowns in Russell Wilson, who can be drafted 93rd overall.

We can also look for upside in touchdowns with players like Will Levis, who will allow us to draft talent elsewhere and grab one of our quarterbacks later with his ADP of 70.

The safest setup within the standard is to follow the touchdowns and look for upside within your second quarterback. Draft your first quarterback within the first two rounds. Follow that selection up with running backs and wide receivers, and finish your first six picks with another quarterback. From the 40th pick on, you will have a chance to draft quarterbacks such as Matthew Stafford, Deshaun Watson, Aaron Rodgers and Levis.

2QB/Superflex Draft Strategy in Half-PPR Leagues

In standard, the start of your draft focuses on quarterback and running back. Now, with half-PPR, you begin to concentrate on stud wide receivers to start your draft — players such as CeeDee Lamb and Tyreek Hill land within your top 10 overall. Even beginning your draft with Lamb and Justin Jefferson isn’t far-fetched.

Then, in your next round, you can focus on quarterbacks such as Trevor Lawrence, who is surrounded by a plethora of talent this year; Kirk Cousins, who has a new home with talented options or rookie Caleb Williams, who comes into Chicago with a slew of playmakers.

Within this setup, you can elevate your pass-catchers to allow you to zag while others rush to zig into the quarterback department.

2QB/Superflex Draft Strategy in PPR Leagues

Full PPR formats elevate the pass-catchers to a whole new level. In this format, my favorite attack is to lean heavily into the quarterback position, as the elevation of the reception allows me to target wide receivers later. Let’s use an example of the fifth overall draft slot in a 10-team league.

Following ADP, I can draft C.J. Stroud/Anthony Richardson and return in the second round to draft Kyler Murray. Doesn’t that sound like a combination that would get you doing backflips during your draft? You can follow that up with players such as Saquon Barkley, Jonathan Taylor or Jahmyr Gibbs to give you your first skill position player.

A strategy I prefer, which lines up with full PPR ADP, is to get three quarterbacks within the first four selections. This draft street allows us to lock down our most important position within the roster and it also handcuffs the draft to focus on the same position, thus leaving more talent in the pass-catching pool for your following selection.

Let’s continue off of our example above and say we drafted Anthony Richardson, Kyler Murray and Saquon Barkley. Some quarterbacks who are available between the 30th and the 35th overall picks include Justin Herbert, Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Michael Pittman and Trevor Lawrence. For the sake of our example, let’s draft Jayden Daniels.

Now we fast forward to our selection, where we have the opportunity at these players (ADP between 44-48): Nico Collins, Travis Kelce, Kyren Williams, Matthew Stafford and Deebo Samuel. If we were to draft Nico Collins, our team would look like this:

QB: Anthony Richardson, Kyler Murray, Jayden Daniels
RB: Saquon Barkley
WR: Nico Collins

With this setup, we would no longer need to draft a quarterback unless one fell to us, thus allowing us to hammer the rest of the draft with RB/WR/TE. We would have a top running back on a great offense to pair with a top wide receiver on a great offense. We could flip that Richardson pick with Stroud and have a stack within our first five selections. When drafting in full PPR, leaning into quarterback because you know the elevation of points off of receptions will leave you robust options later is the optimal way to draft within this strategy.

Remember, the importance of quarterback within this setup is immense. The correct selection will help elevate your team from pretender to contender. This summer, make sure you read all the fantastic work here at FantasyPros. If you ever need more help, do not hesitate to contact me on X at @jpep20. Good luck this offseason!

Fantasy Draft Advice NFL Josh Allen Dak Prescott Jalen Hurts Jordan Love Brock Purdy Jared Goff Russell Wilson Will Levis Matthew Stafford Deshaun Watson Aaron Rodgers CeeDee Lamb Tyreek Hill Justin Jefferson Trevor Lawrence Kirk Cousins Caleb Williams C.J. Stroud Anthony Richardson Kyler Murray Saquon Barkley Jonathan Taylor Jahmyr Gibbs Justin Herbert Jayden Daniels Michael Pittman Nico Collins Travis Kelce Kyren Williams Deebo Samuel