772: The Rise of the Early-Round Quarterback

The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast

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Sports, Fantasy Sports, Football

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🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Quarterbacks are getting pricier in fantasy football. Years ago, you could largely ignore the position during your draft. Today? Good luck with that. But should you reach for an elite one in your drafts this year? JJ answers that pressing...

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0:00.0	This is the Lay-Round Podcast with your host, JJ Zacharyson.
0:12.0	What's up everyone, it's JJ Zacharyson, and this episode's 772 of the Lay-Round Fantasy
0:17.1	Football Podcast sponsored by Fandool.
0:20.2	Thanks for tuning in.
0:22.0	At the end of the 2011 football season, there was talk all over the internet about the
0:25.7	importance of quarterbacks in Fantasy Football.
0:28.8	That season had seen some really good performances from the position.
0:32.2	Aaron Rogers scored over 26 points per game with 45 touchdown passes.
0:37.2	Drew Breeze had over 24 points per contest and 46 touchdown throws.
0:42.1	Cam Newton was a beast.
0:43.5	Tom Brady was great.
0:44.9	Matthew Stafford had a good year.
0:47.2	If you had one of those five quarterbacks, you probably had a good fantasy season.
0:51.6	Those five quarterbacks shifted the fantasy football market entirely.
0:56.1	You had analysts putting articles together at the end of the year stating that in 2012,
1:00.5	you needed to get an elite quarterback.
1:02.6	And the only way to do that would be to spend up.
1:06.6	And that irritated me.
1:08.2	It was one season.
1:10.5	There was tons of data and logic that showed that drafting quarterbacks late was almost
1:15.3	always the move.
1:17.1	Not early.
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