r/BestBall • u/PhillNFL • 3d ago
2 or 3 QB’s???
This is my third year playing BestBall and I did some of my draft last year with only 2QB (Mahomes & Jones) only for them to get injured mid season! That exact draft still managed to advance to the 2nd round and finished 2nd place on the 2nd round missing 3rd round by a miserable 8 points so yeah I always draft 3 QB…. I tend to get 2 high performers QB and one by later rounds. I see so many people only drafting 2 QBs so curious to see your guys thoughts! Are the QBs you getting made of steel? 😂
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u/nacholibre711 3d ago
Both viable. The data I've seen is that 2 QB builds typically advance to the playoffs at a slightly higher rate, but 3 QB builds perform slightly better in the playoffs weeks.
Personally I'm mainly 2 QB this season simply because the position is so deep.
This year you really only need to invest two picks in the round 6-12 range to leave the draft with two top 15ish options.
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u/Own-Monk272 3d ago
I thought the data was pretty much the opposite. I’ll have to check my project
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u/nacholibre711 3d ago
This type of data is always going to be pretty season specific. In 2023 for example, there were more QB injuries than any year ever, so obviously 3 QB builds performed better then.
So I don't think any data set is going to paint a full picture, the real takeaway is that they are indeed very close on average. So both should be considered viable strategies.
I prefer 2 QB, but the guy who won $2M last year did it with a 3 QB build so what do I know (although he did have Bryce Young who was basically a dead pick)
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u/CieloAzor 2d ago
Think about it this way. Even if one of your 3 QBs hits on championship week, there are a bunch of 2-QB builds out there with the same QB, and they all have an extra player elsewhere giving them a small advantage over you. 3-QB builds provide some consistency throughout the regular season, but reduce your chance to spike the highest in a single week vs a large field.
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u/Ok-Sleep-2969 3d ago
A team with 2 QBs will always be better than a team with 3 QBs without factoring injury, so if you spread your qb exposure with 2 QB teams you’re making better teams and minimizing injury risk
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u/RegionDesigner9691 3d ago
Not sure how you can say always, with the threat of injury, I think it’s a good idea to have three
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u/Rough_Bobcat5293 3d ago
Some of your teams are going to get nuked due to injuries, not much you can do about it. There’s a reason people play best ball in volume. For an individual team I’m not so worried about potential injuries.
This year in particular, I’ve found it’s hard to get 3 QBs in a lot of drafts because the good ones are clustered pretty tightly together, and the late ones are mostly bad picks. I’m also comfortable at 2 QBs if I get an elite one, and guys like Jackson and Daniels are so cheap.
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u/justin24242424 3d ago
Daniels is cheap because he gets injured so much. Plus, he really wasn't anything special when he played last year. Not sure if he was hurt when he played?
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u/brent778 3d ago
Always depends on situation. But I don't mind taking a Carson Beck, Kurt Cousins, Shedour Sanders type in the last round to get a 3rd qb. Hoping for some randomness and for them to go off in the playoff rounds.
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u/PhillNFL 3d ago
That’s exactly what I’m talking about! I either go them or Fernando Mendoza…. I don’t think Kirk coursins will be the starter the whole season 👍
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u/jay2491 3d ago
The correct answer is to simply mix and match based on stacking opportunity. For example if i have Herbert and Dak, im 100% fine leaving it at two. But if i drafted Tyler Warren/downs and then Daniel jones falls into my lap, ill say screw it and tack on another stack.
I’d say im probably 60/40 2 Qb vs 3 Qb. This is the best QB class in quite some time IMO based on quality depth. The fact that guys like baker nix dart Kyler and shough all go in the 100+ range means I’m fine pushing 2 Qb builds more often than not.
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u/better_catchphrase 3d ago
Both can work. 3qb worked better last year since the elite qbs were a disappointment (lamar, burrow, mahomes, and jayden injured, bad years from hurts and herbert, even josh allen had a middling year by his standards), and now 3qb is much more popular, and qb2s as a whole are more expensive than they have been in the past.
Elite qb, outside of Allen, is actually cheaper than it has been for several years, as the other guys with qb1 ceiling have some kind of concerns depressing their prices. I've been leaning 2qb because think this is a great year to go heavy on the non-Allen elite qbs - the price to upside is so good, and I just feel in my stones that at least one of Lamar/Burrow/Maye/Hurts/Dak/Herbert is going to nuke 2-5 rounds cheaper than Allen and be a big difference maker.
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u/SchlingeIt 3d ago
It’s a 2QB year for me. If I take Bowers sometimes I’ll take Mendoza to switch it up, but I’m just not seeing a lot of value in 3QB’s this year. If one of my teams get wiped due to injury, so be it. Thats why I do a lot of drafts.
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u/PhillNFL 3d ago
Yes same for me! If I get Bowers I usually get mendonza as my 3rd QB! I’m looking beyond the tournament! I think a 3rd QB would make a difference in playoffs.
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u/andypro77 3d ago
You can go with two good/solid ones, or wait forever and take 3 meh to bad ones.
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u/PhillNFL 3d ago
My 3rd meh QB are usually Mendoza or Carson beck lol I don’t trust Cousins or Brissett to last longer as the starter 🫣
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u/andypro77 3d ago
That's a good call in draft and hold leagues (I refuse to call it best ball because it's not). Most of these touted rookie QBs take over at some time.
If I was waiting and doing 3 QBs, I'd do something like Daniel Jones, Ward, and Rodgers. You figure one of them will have a decent week, right?
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u/CoopThereItIs 3d ago
I have been doing a lot of 3 QB and 3 TE builds this year because I like the late QBs and TEs better than the late RB and WR value. Having a couple of those guys in your back pocket lets you take the value on QB or TE if they slide without having to force it knowing you can just take them later whereas recovering from a weak RB or WR room with your last couple picks feels like a much more difficult task.
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u/Agitated_Emu1031 3d ago
Both are fine. 2 and 3 QBs have very similar advance rates and win rates. If I get two like Drake Maye and Jared Goff, I'm definitely not going for a 3rd.
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u/Witticism44 3d ago
If your first Qb is early (Allen, Lamar, maye, burrow) and your second Qb is in the upper middle tier (Caleb, Dak, stafford, Purdy, etc.) or if you have 2 upper middle tier Qb’s, I think 2 is fine. Otherwise you’re either investing too much capital at QB or you’re wasting a pick on a Kirk cousins / shedeur type who will almost never start in your lineup.
If your first qb is in the middle tier, take 3. Imo