Fantasizing about winning the fantasy football league? Drafting the right quarterback may put you on the road to glory.
Not only is quarterback the highest scoring position in fantasy football %u2014 the top 11 point-scorers last season were all quarterbacks %u2014 it is also the deepest. The two best players in fantasy last year, Josh Allen and Kyler Murray, had average draft positions of 82 and 59 overall, respectively.
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While it may not be the best idea to burn a first-round pick on a quarterback, landing an elite quarterback can help you find a gold mine of fantasy points in the middle rounds.
So, which quarterbacks could potentially unearth the treasure trove of fantasy points? Here are the the top five quarterbacks in fantasy heading into this season:
1. Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs (Bye Week: 12)
25-year-old Patrick Mahomes is accomplishing things not many NFL quarterbacks can achieve this early in their career. He has been a top-two fantasy quarterback in two of his three seasons as a starter and had a phenomenal fantasy football season in 2020%u201321. This year, he will be looking to repeat his 25.36 points average per game in 2020.
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2. Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills (Bye Week: 7)
Josh Allen ended the 2020%u201321 NFL fantasy football season as the top-ranked quarterback racking up 4,544 passing yards and a total of 46 touchdowns (37 passing, eight rushing and one receiving). Allen%u2019s ability to make throws with confidence and to tuck the football and run makes him a formidable figure. If he can cut back on the turnovers, he will challenge Mahomes for fantasy quarterback supremacy.
3. Kyler Murray, Arizona Cardinals (Bye Week: 12)
Arguably the best rushing quarterback in the business, Kyler Murray is one of the most exciting quarterbacks in NFL today. Murray ended the 2020-21 NFL fantasy football season as the second-best quarterback. He scored 390.74 total fantasy points last season averaging 24.42 points per game.
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4. Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens (Bye Week: 8)
Jackson had a down year across the board after his MVP campaign in 2019 but was still the 10th-ranked fantasy quarterback. He is now rushed for at least 1,000 yards and seven touchdowns in two consecutive seasons and has two new pass-catchers to play with in Sammy Walkins and Rashod Bateman
5. Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys (Bye Week: 7)
Although there%u2019s some risk in taking Prescott after an offseason ankle surgery, he did average 26.8 fantasy points through five games last season and was the second-best fantasy quarterback behind Jackson in 2019. You can expect the Cowboys offense to get back on track this season and Prescott to rack up the fantasy points
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