We preach all the time about waiting on a quarterback, but that doesn't work in a two-quarterback league. You have to be aggressive drafting quarterbacks in that format. And that's what happened here in the two-quarterback draft we held Tuesday.
Three quarterbacks were selected in Round 1, seven through Round 2 and 16 through Round 4. In total, 41 quarterbacks were drafted, including nine NFL teams that had multiple passers selected (Dolphins, Chargers, Washington, Bears, Saints, Ravens, Raiders, Eagles and Patriots).
Chris Towers and Ben Gretch were two Fantasy managers who started their teams with a pair of quarterbacks in the first two rounds. Let's focus on Chris' team, and he drafted Patrick Mahomes at No. 3 overall and Josh Allen at 2.10.
Chris only drafted one other quarterback in Alex Smith in Round 15, which isn't ideal since Smith isn't guaranteed to start at any point this season in Washington. But Chris has two potential top-five guys in Mahomes and Allen.
If both stay healthy and live up to expectations, Chris should have a dominant quarterback duo. And Chris has time to find a third quarterback since Mahomes' bye is Week 10, with Allen on a bye in Week 11.
Chris took a Zero-RB approach with his team. After the two quarterbacks, he drafted DeAndre Hopkins, Cooper Kupp, Amari Cooper and Zach Ertz with his next four picks. His first running back was Kareem Hunt in Round 7, and he followed that with D'Andre Swift and Cam Akers with his next two selections.
He has Bryce Love and Boston Scott on his bench, as well as reserve receivers in Christian Kirk, Allen Lazard and N'Keal Harry. This team has the potential to be awesome if everyone stays healthy and at least two of his running backs are above average.
Heath Cummings took a different approach than Chris. Heath didn't draft his first quarterback until Round 7 with Tyrod Taylor. His second quarterback is Derek Carr, who he drafted in Round 8. Heath also has Taysom Hill and Robert Griffin III on the bench, and this is clearly a weak group.
But the strength of Heath's team is everything else. His running backs (Austin Ekeler, James Conner, Le'Veon Bell, Jordan Howard, Latavius Murray and Justin Jackson) and receivers (Davante Adams, Allen Robinson, Robert Woods and Jamison Crowder) are great, and he has Evan Engram at tight end. If his quarterbacks are above average, Heath could have the best team in this league.
For my team, I took a hybrid approach of Chris and Heath. I drafted Deshaun Watson in Round 2, Cam Newton in Round 5 and Gardner Minshew in Round 7, and if Newton is back to his pre-injury form, I should be excellent at quarterback.
My running backs are Alvin Kamara, Derrick Henry, David Montgomery, Tevin Coleman, Joshua Kelley and Ke'Shawn Vaughn. My receivers are Adam Thielen, T.Y. Hilton, Marvin Jones, Diontae Johnson and Sterling Shepard. And Mike Gesicki is my tight end. I love the balance of my roster, and I'm confident that if healthy, this team should make the playoffs.
As you can see, here are three different examples of how to build a team in a two-quarterback league. You can go heavy on quarterbacks like Chris, wait on the position like Heath or take a balanced approach like me. We'll have to find out during the season which strategy worked best.
In this league, all touchdowns are worth six points, and we award one point for every 10 yards rushing and receiving and one point for every 25 yards passing. We also award one point for every reception. We feature a starting lineup of 2QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, TE, FLEX (RB/WR/TE), K and DST. There also are six reserve spots for a 17-round draft.
Our draft order is as follows:
1. Adam Aizer, Podcast Host
2. Will Brinson, Senior NFL Writer
3. Chris Towers, Senior Editor, Fantasy
4. Jamey Eisenberg, Senior Fantasy Writer
5. Dave Richard, Senior Fantasy Writer
6. Jack Capotorto, CBS Sports HQ Producer
7. Meron Berkson, CBS Sports HQ Producer
8. Andrew Baumhor, CBS Sports HQ Producer
9. Heath Cummings, Senior Fantasy Writer
10. Michael Kiser, Director, VOD and Video Optimization
11. Ben Gretch, Fantasy Editor
12. George Maselli, Fantasy Editor
| Round 1 | ||
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| Pos | Team | Player |
| 1 | Jamey Eisenberg | |
| 2 | Dave Richard | |
| Jamey Eisenberg | ||
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| Rd | Pk | Player |
| 1 | 1 | |
| Dave Richard | ||
| Rd | Pk | Player |
| 1 | 2 | |
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