KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - OCTOBER 16: Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs shakes hands with Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills after the game at Arrowhead Stadium on October 16, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri. Buffalo defeated Kansas City 24-20. It’s always been one of the contradictions of NFL versus fantasy football. In the NFL, the quarterback is everything, the position that keeps you up at night.
The results were not pretty. I counted eight green picks among the Top 30 quarterbacks, five yellows, and 17 reds. Not even half of these guys came through for fantasy purposes, using this admittedly simplistic measuring stick. The eight greens — the “right answers” if you will, all came very early or very late. You had to pay up in ADP for Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts or Joe Burrow. And you probably could name your price on Trevor Lawrence, Justin Fields, Daniel Jones or Jared Goff. Because quarterbacks are the connective tissue of every NFL offense, I’m going to give a brief post-mortem to everyone in the Top 30.— He was drafted as QB1 and finished QB2. That's a win every time.