The NFL preseason ramps up this week, and we’re only a few weeks away from the heart of fantasy draft season. FantasyPros analysts Derek Brown, Andrew Erickson, Pat Fitzmaurice and Mike Maher continue a series of preseason roundtables by discussing QB strategy, players they’re second-guessing and offense that could be sneaky sources of fantasy goodness. And check out last week’s fantasy football roundtable for even more expert advice.

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What’s your QB draft strategy this year in 1QB leagues? Are there one or two particular quarterbacks in whom you expect to invest heavily?

Mobile QBs in fast-paced offenses

Derek Brown: The name of the game is to pounce on Anthony Richardson at his current ADP or wait for Jayden Daniels in nearly every draft.

There are plenty of other quarterbacks that I love — for example, Kyler Murray, Jordan Love and Trevor Lawrence at their current draft cost — but Richardson and Daniels are my guys this year. Their combination of passing acumen and rushing upside while also being paired with playcallers who will push the play volume is the chef’s kiss.

Patience Pays Off

Pat Fitzmaurice: In 10-team leagues, there’s merit to drafting a top QB because it’s easy to address the RB and WR positions in a satisfactory way. But in leagues with 12 or more teams, I’m leveraging the depth at the position and usually drafting a QB outside the top 10 in ADP.

Jayden Daniels has been a favorite target. His running ability gives him not only a high ceiling but also a sturdy floor (barring injury, of course).

I’m also into Tua Tagovailoa even though he’s a pariah in some quarters of the fantasy community. Tua led the NFL in passing yardage last season, has a phenomenal WR duo in Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, and might be thrust into a lot of O.K. Corral game scripts this year due to a depleted defense that lost some key players in free agency along with defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, who left for the Eagles.

Andrew Erickson: I love the late-round QB approach this season. I think there are a plethora of viable targets who are selected from Round 10 on, including Jayden Daniels, Tua Tagovailoa, Caleb Williams and Trevor Lawrence.

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Mike Maher: It feels like this is going to be a really interesting year for QBs, and I find myself taking a wait-and-see approach to my drafts. Is that a cop-out answer? Maybe. But it’s the truth in 2024.

The QB position feels deep this year. And more importantly, it seems that many fantasy managers have the same thought: You can wait on QB and roll the dice on someone like Jordan Love, Jayden Daniels, Tua Tagovailoa, Trevor Lawrence or Caleb Williams late in your draft with the hope that they could produce as a top-5 QB in fantasy. And they’re not wrong. That is a legitimate possibility. I’ve taken the same approach in some of my drafts.

But with so many people feeling that way, it also means that the elite QBs like Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts, Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson are sometimes falling further than they should in drafts. If I happen to be in one of those drafts, I would think long and hard about pulling the trigger early on an auto-start QB so I don’t have to worry about the position.

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