Superflex ADP: Where QBs Actually Go in 2QB Leagues

The single biggest mistake managers make jumping into a superflex or 2QB draft is treating quarterbacks like an afterthought. They are the position. When you can start two passers and every one of your leaguemates needs at least two, the entire top of the board reorganizes around them. Josh Allen going 1.01 isn't a hot take here — it's the correct baseline.

The board flips at the top

In standard PPR, Josh Allen is the QB1 at 3.03 and Lamar Jackson doesn't go until 5.05. In superflex, Allen is 1.01 and Lamar is 1.06, ahead of Puka Nacua. That's not a small shift — it's a full round and a half of movement for Allen and roughly four rounds for Lamar. Quarterback scarcity gets priced in immediately and aggressively.

By the end of Round 2, superflex drafters have taken nine quarterbacks: Allen, Lamar, Maye, Burrow, Prescott, Daniels, Hurts, Lawrence, Purdy, Stafford, Mahomes, Goff, Williams, and Herbert all land inside 2.11. In standard, you can wait until Round 3 for your first QB and still get Josh Allen. That window does not exist here.

The biggest risers

• ▸Drake Maye: 5.02 standard to 1.06 superflex — a startling four-round jump for a young passer
• ▸Jayden Daniels: 6.09 to 1.12, nearly five rounds of upward movement
• ▸Trevor Lawrence: 8.06 to 2.04, the single largest leap on the board
• ▸Bo Nix: 10.12 to 3.06, from a bench flier to a locked starter
• ▸Caleb Williams: 9.11 to 2.10, roughly seven rounds of appreciation

Notice the pattern: the passers who move most are the mid-tier and young starters. Elite QBs were already going relatively early; it's the QB12-through-QB24 range that explodes because superflex forces every roster to secure a second viable starter.

Where the value actually lives

The best superflex values aren't the guys at the top — they're the passers whose superflex ADP still lags what you'd expect given positional scarcity. Bo Nix at 3.06, Baker Mayfield at 4.01, and the New Orleans and Green Bay arms in Round 5 give you a genuine QB2 without torching your skill-position core.

• ▸Baker Mayfield (4.01 SF): a top-12 fantasy passer's ceiling at a fourth-round cost
• ▸Tyler Shough (5.02 SF): a starting job priced like a backup
• ▸Jordan Love and Sam Darnold (5.03 SF): both Week 1 starters into Round 5
• ▸Kyler Murray (5.08 SF): rushing upside as a fifth QB off your board

How this reshapes your RB and WR plan

Every QB pulled forward pushes a running back or receiver down. Christian McCaffrey slips from 1.05 to 1.12, Justin Jefferson falls from 2.02 to 3.08, and A.J. Brown drops from 2.06 to 3.10. If you commit to two early quarterbacks, you're buying skill players at a discount later — but you can't do that every round, or you'll punt your flex entirely.

The cleanest builds either grab two quarterbacks inside the first four rounds and load skill players after, or take one elite passer early and pounce on a Round 5 value like Love or Shough as the second. What you cannot do is wait until Round 6 for both. That's a standard-league habit that will leave you streaming a QB2 all year.

In superflex, the passers who move most aren't the aces — it's QB12 through QB24, and that's exactly where your edge is.

Draft your quarterbacks like they're the premium position, because in these formats they are. Secure one of the early names, then target the Round 4-5 starters other managers overlook. The value is in the arms nobody's excited about — until Week 1, when everyone needs two.