Fantasy Football SZN - Quarterbacks
We have begun the ascent. With the Hall of Fame taking place today, we now will have a football game every week until the middle of February. Smell those flowers. Take your time to take in the surroundings. Take that extra second in whatever you’re doing before you go on to the next task. Life is good. Especially when you realize that Fantasy Football season is in full swing. This is the perfect time of year to check out all the lists of players, who the sleepers are going to be, who the busts are going to be, and who this years Jalen Hurts is.
We pride ourselves on our Fantasy knowledge. Between the three voices at PSP, we accumulate 10 Fantasy titles amongst various leagues as well as having a knack for nailing some deeper sleepers year in and year out; thank you Isaiah Pacheco and Amon-Ra St. Brown for 2022. While people argue about who the Top RBs are and who the belongs in Tier 2 or 3 of the WR group, we often forget that the QB position is maybe the most important in Fantasy. Personally, I belong in leagues where the QBs can get upwards of 40-50 points per game, while in another league 25 points for a QB is a lot. While those metrics are a see-saw, one thing cannot be overstated - you want a stud at the position. Flip flopping quarterbacks based off of weekly matchups almost never works, and betting on a guy with potential when he is unproven isn’t a wise strategy unless you already have someone who is the veteran who can be expendable.
What do I mean by that? Let’s take in 2023 for a second. We all know that dual threat Quarterbacks are king in Fantasy Football. The darling of the off-season so far is Justin Fields. Now, Fields was an excellent Fantasy QB last year (7th among all QBs). However, he was so hit and miss cause of his passing inaccuracies that it was difficult to wonder which weeks would be good and which would be bad. In all three of my leagues last year, the champion in each one had Patrick Mahomes as their QB. That’s not a coincidence. If you plan on drafting Fields in 2023 hoping for him to jump into the Top 5; hell, even Top 3 - I would be keen to draft another one who has proven he can do it on a week in-week out basis in the event Fields can’t figure out the passing game.
Do we have Tiers for our QBs? Of course we do. But we are gonna get down and dirty with out tiers this year. Each QB ranked (Top 35), we will provide some numbers from last year and then give our analysis on what we expect from them going forward. Most of the advanced statistics come from Fantasypoints.com, which is a fantastic spot to get all your fantasy information! Let’s get started with the juggernauts…