Fantasy Football 12-team Superflex mock: Three different strategies show pros and cons of waiting on QB

Last year in this league, six quarterbacks were drafted in Round 1, eight were off the board through Round 2, 14 were selected through Round 3 and 18 were drafted by the end of Round 4. That's a big difference from one year to the next. Fantasy managers are learning to wait on quarterbacks in one-quarterback leagues, but is that the right move in Superflex? We'll look at three builds in this league, and you can decide which strategy you like best. We'll start with Capotorto, who went QB-QB from the No. 2 spot with Jackson and Lawrence. Capotorto did not draft a third quarterback. His running backs are Kenneth Walker III, Bucky Irving, J.K. Dobbins, Josh Jacobs (he was selected in Round 12) and Woody Marks. The receivers are Ladd McConkey, Tee Higgins, Davante Adams, Courtland Sutton and Kayshon Boutte. And Capotorto has Isaiah Likely, Harold Fannin Jr. and Brenton Strange at tight end. It's a solid roster, especially with Jackson and Lawrence. Capotorto did well to get quality running backs, receivers and tight ends after starting QB-QB. Cummings had the No. 11 pick, and he didn't draft his first quarterback until Round 7, which was C.J. Stroud. Cummings drafted Bryce Young in Round 9, Michael Penix Jr. in Round 10 and Tua Tagovailoa in Round 12. It's not the ideal quarterback situation in a Superflex league, but Cummings has great players everywhere else. His running backs are Jonathan Taylor, Christian McCaffrey, Jeremiyah Love, Tyjae Spears, Tank Bigsby and Braelon Allen. And the receivers are George Pickens, Zay Flowers, Rome Odunze and Jalen Coker. Sam LaPorta is the tight end. This team will be tough to beat if the quarterbacks are good. But Cummings is at a potential deficit with Stroud, Young or one of the Falcons duo in two starting spots. I took a more balanced approach from the No. 6 spot, starting my team with Ja'Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson with my first two picks. I selected Purdy in Round 3, and I drafted Kyler Murray in Round 6. I also selected Sam Darnold in Round 8. My running backs are Ashton Jeanty, D'Andre Swift, Jadarian Price, Mike Washington Jr., Zach Charbonnet and Christopher Brooks. And I have Jayden Reed, Tre Tucker and Khalil Shakir at receiver along with Chase and Jefferson. Kyle Pitts is my tight end. I love my roster, but I would have preferred better depth at receiver. That said, my combination of quarterbacks, running backs, receivers and tight end should make me a playoff contender. Take a look at which quarterback build works for you. But study all the teams in this draft in case there's another strategy you want to use in a Superflex league. As a reference point for this mock draft, 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 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, TE, FLEX (RB/WR/TE), SUPERFLEX (QB/RB/WR/TE), DST and K with six reserves for a 17-round draft. Our draft order is as follows: 1. Meron Berkson, CBS Sports HQ Senior Coordinating Producer 2. Jack Capotorto, CBS Sports HQ Producer 3. Adam Aizer, FFT Podcast Host 4. Dan Schneier, Senior Fantasy Editor 5. Robert Thomas, FFT Facebook Moderator 6. Jamey Eisenberg, Senior Fantasy Writer 7. R.J. White, Managing Editor, SportsLine and CBS Fantasy 8. Jake Grogins, CBS Sports HQ Production Staff 9. Todd Fuhrman, CBS Sports HQ Betting Analyst 10. Tommy Tran, CBS Sports HQ Host 11. Heath Cummings, Senior Fantasy Writer 12. Thomas Shafer and Sam Davis, FFT Podcast Producers Round By Round Round 1 Pos Team Player 1 Meron Berkson J. Allen QB BUF 2 Jack Capotorto L. Jackson QB BAL 3 Adam Aizer J. Gibbs RB DET 4 Dan Schneier B. Robinson RB ATL 5 Robert Thomas P. Nacua WR LAR 6 Jamey Eisenberg J. Chase WR CIN 7 R.J. White D. Maye QB NE 8 Jake Grogins J. Burrow QB CIN 9 Todd Fuhrman A. St. Brown WR DET 10 Tommy Tran J. Smith-Njigba WR SEA 11 Heath Cummings J. Taylor RB IND 12 Production Squad FC J. Cook RB BUF Round 2 Pos Team Player 13 Production Squad FC C. Lamb WR DAL 14 Heath Cummings C. McCaffrey RB SF 15 Tommy Tran D. Prescott QB DAL 16 Todd Fuhrman J. Hurts QB PHI 17 Jake Grogins J. Herbert QB LAC 18 R.J. White D. Achane RB MIA 19 Jamey Eisenberg J. Jefferson WR MIN 20 Robert Thomas J. Daniels QB WAS 21 Dan Schneier C. Brown RB CIN 22 Adam Aizer O. Hampton RB LAC 23 Jack Capotorto T. Lawrence QB JAC 24 Meron Berkson S. Barkley RB PHI Round 3 Pos Team Player 25 Meron Berkson D. London WR ATL 26 Jack Capotorto K. Walker III RB KC 27 Adam Aizer A. Brown WR NE 28 Dan Schneier C. Williams QB CHI 29 Robert Thomas N. Collins WR HOU 30 Jamey Eisenberg B. Purdy QB SF 31 R.J. White R. Rice WR KC 32 Jake Grogins B. Bowers TE LV 33 Todd Fuhrman C. Olave WR NO 34 Tommy Tran D. Henry RB BAL 35 Heath Cummings G. Pickens WR DAL 36 Production Squad FC T. McBride TE ARI Round 4 Pos Team Player 37 Production Squad FC M. Nabers WR NYG 38 Heath Cummings Z. Flowers WR BAL 39 Tommy Tran C. Loveland TE CHI 40 Todd Fuhrman T. Etienne RB NO 41 Jake Grogins G. Wilson WR NYJ 42 R.J. White D. Smith WR PHI 43 Jamey Eisenberg A. Jeanty RB LV 44 Robert Thomas J. Dart QB NYG 45 Dan Schneier J. Waddle WR DEN 46 Adam Aizer J. Goff QB DET 47 Jack Capotorto L. McConkey WR LAC 48 Meron Berkson T. McMillan WR CAR Round 5 Pos Team Player 49 Meron Berkson J. Williams RB DAL 50 Jack Capotorto T. Higgins WR CIN 51 Adam Aizer D. Moore WR BUF 52 Dan Schneier L. Burden III WR CHI 53 Robert Thomas K. Williams RB LAR 54 Jamey Eisenberg D. Swift RB CHI 55 R.J. White E. Egbuka WR TB 56 Jake Grogins B. Hall RB NYJ 57 Todd Fuhrman B. Nix QB DEN 58 Tommy Tran Q. Judkins RB CLE 59 Heath Cummings J. Love RB ARI 60 Production Squad FC P. Mahomes QB KC Round 6 Pos Team Player 61 Production Squad FC J. Love QB GB 62 Heath Cummings S. LaPorta TE DET 63 Tommy Tran M. Stafford QB LAR 64 Todd Fuhrman P. Washington WR JAC 65 Jake Grogins B. Tuten RB JAC 66 R.J. White D. Montgomery RB HOU 67 Jamey Eisenberg K. Murray QB MIN 68 Robert Thomas T. Warren TE IND 69 Dan Schneier B. Mayfield QB TB 70 Adam Aizer T. Shough QB NO 71 Jack Capotorto D. Adams WR LAR 72 Meron Berkson T. McLaurin WR WAS Round 7 Pos Team Player 73 Meron Berkson M. Willis QB MIA 74 Jack Capotorto B. Irving RB TB 75 Adam Aizer D. Jones QB IND 76 Dan Schneier J. Williams WR DET 77 Robert Thomas C. Watson WR GB 78 Jamey Eisenberg J. Price RB SEA 79 R.J. White T. Kraft TE GB 80 Jake Grogins R. Stevenson RB NE 81 Todd Fuhrman C. Skattebo RB NYG 82 Tommy Tran M. Harrison Jr. WR ARI 83 Heath Cummings C. Stroud QB HOU 84 Production Squad FC C. Godwin WR TB Round 8 Pos Team Player 85 Production Squad FC J. Brooks RB CAR 86 Heath Cummings R. Odunze WR CHI 87 Tommy Tran M. Evans WR SF 88 Todd Fuhrman Q. Johnston WR LAC 89 Jake Grogins M. Lloyd RB GB 90 R.J. White J. Brissett QB ARI 91 Jamey Eisenberg S. Darnold QB SEA 92 Robert Thomas T. Henderson RB NE 93 Dan Schneier A. Rodgers QB PIT 94 Adam Aizer B. Thomas Jr. WR JAC 95 Jack Capotorto C. Sutton WR DEN 96 Meron Berkson C. Ward QB TEN Round 9 Pos Team Player 97 Meron Berkson C. Tate WR TEN 98 Jack Capotorto I. Likely TE NYG 99 Adam Aizer J. Warren RB PIT 100 Dan Schneier D. Stribling WR SF 101 Robert Thomas D. Metcalf WR PIT 102 Jamey Eisenberg K. Pitts TE ATL 103 R.J. White G. Smith QB NYJ 104 Jake Grogins D. Samuel WR SF 105 Todd Fuhrman K. Gainwell RB TB 106 Tommy Tran M. Wilson WR ARI 107 Heath Cummings B. Young QB CAR 108 Production Squad FC G. Kittle TE SF Round 10 Pos Team Player 109 Production Squad FC T. Pollard RB TEN 110 Heath Cummings M. Penix Jr. QB ATL 111 Tommy Tran J. Mason RB MIN 112 Todd Fuhrman B. Corum RB LAR 113 Jake Grogins S. Diggs WR WAS 114 R.J. White R. Dowdle RB PIT 115 Jamey Eisenberg J. Reed WR GB 116 Robert Thomas J. Croskey-Merritt RB WAS 117 Dan Schneier J. Addison WR MIN 118 Adam Aizer J. Downs WR IND 119 Jack Capotorto J. Dobbins RB DEN 120 Meron Berkson A. Pierce WR IND Round 11 Pos Team Player 121 Meron Berkson R. Harvey RB DEN 122 Jack Capotorto H. Fannin Jr. TE CLE 123 Adam Aizer K. Monangai RB CHI 124 Dan Schneier C. Hubbard RB CAR 125 Robert Thomas M. Pittman WR PIT 126 Jamey Eisenberg M. Washington Jr. RB LV 127 R.J. White W. Robinson WR TEN 128 Jake Grogins J. Tyson WR NO 129 Todd Fuhrman D. Kincaid TE BUF 130 Tommy Tran K. Concepcion WR CLE 131 Heath Cummings J. Coker WR CAR 132 Production Squad FC A. Jones RB MIN Round 12 Pos Team Player 133 Production Squad FC M. Golden WR GB 134 Heath Cummings T. Tagovailoa QB ATL 135 Tommy Tran C. Rodriguez Jr. RB JAC 136 Todd Fuhrman R. Doubs WR NE 137 Jake Grogins J. Coleman RB DEN 138 R.J. White J. Meyers WR JAC 139 Jamey Eisenberg Z. Charbonnet RB SEA 140 Robert Thomas F. Mendoza QB LV 141 Dan Schneier R. White RB WAS 142 Adam Aizer T. Kelce TE KC 143 Jack Capotorto J. Jacobs RB GB 144 Meron Berkson D. Goedert TE PHI Round 13 Pos Team Player 145 Meron Berkson M. Lemon WR PHI 146 Jack Capotorto W. Marks RB HOU 147 Adam Aizer X. Worthy WR KC 148 Dan Schneier E. Johnson RB KC 149 Robert Thomas T. Allgeier RB ARI 150 Jamey Eisenberg T. Tucker WR LV 151 R.J. White K. Mitchell RB LAC 152 Jake Grogins D. Boston WR CLE 153 Todd Fuhrman D. Wicks WR PHI 154 Tommy Tran C. Douglas WR MIA 155 Heath Cummings T. Spears RB TEN 156 Production Squad FC B. Aubrey K DAL Round 14 Pos Team Player 157 Production Squad FC Texans DST HOU 158 Heath Cummings T. Bigsby RB PHI 159 Tommy Tran K. Cousins QB LV 160 Todd Fuhrman C. Bell WR MIA 161 Jake Grogins D. Watson QB CLE 162 R.J. White K. Vidal RB LAC 163 Jamey Eisenberg K. Shakir WR BUF 164 Robert Thomas S. Sanders QB CLE 165 Dan Schneier Rams DST LAR 166 Adam Aizer K. Black RB SF 167 Jack Capotorto Broncos DST DEN 168 Meron Berkson D. Sampson RB CLE Round 15 Pos Team Player 169 Meron Berkson Seahawks DST SEA 170 Jack Capotorto K. Boutte WR HOU 171 Adam Aizer I. Pacheco RB DET 172 Dan Schneier M. Andrews TE BAL 173 Robert Thomas Eagles DST PHI 174 Jamey Eisenberg Steelers DST PIT 175 R.J. White Jaguars DST JAC 176 Jake Grogins K. Allen WR IND 177 Todd Fuhrman Ravens DST BAL 178 Tommy Tran J. Hill RB BAL 179 Heath Cummings K. Fairbairn K HOU 180 Production Squad FC R. Davis RB BUF Round 16 Pos Team Player 181 Production Squad FC J. McMillan WR TB 182 Heath Cummings B. Allen RB NYJ 183 Tommy Tran Chargers DST LAC 184 Todd Fuhrman P. Bryant WR DEN 185 Jake Grogins Cowboys DST DAL 186 R.J. White J. Myers K SEA 187 Jamey Eisenberg C. Brooks RB GB 188 Robert Thomas J. Bates K DET 189 Dan Schneier T. Ferguson TE LAR 190 Adam Aizer C. Little K JAC 191 Jack Capotorto B. Strange TE JAC 192 Meron Berkson D. Schultz TE HOU Round 17 Pos Team Player 193 Meron Berkson H. Butker K KC 194 Jack Capotorto E. McPherson K CIN 195 Adam Aizer Patriots DST NE 196 Dan Schneier C. Dicker K LAC 197 Robert Thomas R. Shaheed WR SEA 198 Jamey Eisenberg E. Pineiro K SF 199 R.J. White G. Holani RB SEA 200 Jake Grogins S. Shrader K IND 201 Todd Fuhrman W. Reichard K MIN 202 Tommy Tran A. Borregales K NE 203 Heath Cummings Vikings DST MIN 204 Production Squad FC J. Conner RB ARI Team by Team Meron Berkson Rd Pk Player 1 1 J. Allen QB BUF 2 24 S. Barkley RB PHI 3 25 D. London WR ATL 4 48 T. McMillan WR CAR 5 49 J. Williams RB DAL 6 72 T. McLaurin WR WAS 7 73 M. Willis QB MIA 8 96 C. Ward QB TEN 9 97 C. Tate WR TEN 10 120 A. Pierce WR IND 11 121 R. Harvey RB DEN 12 144 D. Goedert TE PHI 13 145 M. Lemon WR PHI 14 168 D. Sampson RB CLE 15 169 Seahawks DST SEA 16 192 D. Schultz TE HOU 17 193 H. Butker K KC Jack Capotorto Rd Pk Player 1 2 L. Jackson QB BAL 2 23 T. Lawrence QB JAC 3 26 K. Walker III RB KC 4 47 L. McConkey WR LAC 5 50 T. Higgins WR CIN 6 71 D. Adams WR LAR 7 74 B. Irving RB TB 8 95 C. Sutton WR DEN 9 98 I. Likely TE NYG 10 119 J. Dobbins RB DEN 11 122 H. Fannin Jr. TE CLE 12 143 J. Jacobs RB GB 13 146 W. Marks RB HOU 14 167 Broncos DST DEN 15 170 K. Boutte WR HOU 16 191 B. Strange TE JAC 17 194 E. McPherson K CIN Adam Aizer Rd Pk Player 1 3 J. Gibbs RB DET 2 22 O. Hampton RB LAC 3 27 A. Brown WR NE 4 46 J. Goff QB DET 5 51 D. Moore WR BUF 6 70 T. Shough QB NO 7 75 D. Jones QB IND 8 94 B. Thomas Jr. WR JAC 9 99 J. Warren RB PIT 10 118 J. Downs WR IND 11 123 K. Monangai RB CHI 12 142 T. Kelce TE KC 13 147 X. Worthy WR KC 14 166 K. Black RB SF 15 171 I. Pacheco RB DET 16 190 C. Little K JAC 17 195 Patriots DST NE Dan Schneier Rd Pk Player 1 4 B. Robinson RB ATL 2 21 C. Brown RB CIN 3 28 C. Williams QB CHI 4 45 J. Waddle WR DEN 5 52 L. Burden III WR CHI 6 69 B. Mayfield QB TB 7 76 J. Williams WR DET 8 93 A. Rodgers QB PIT 9 100 D. Stribling WR SF 10 117 J. Addison WR MIN 11 124 C. Hubbard RB CAR 12 141 R. White RB WAS 13 148 E. Johnson RB KC 14 165 Rams DST LAR 15 172 M. Andrews TE BAL 16 189 T. Ferguson TE LAR 17 196 C. Dicker K LAC Robert Thomas Rd Pk Player 1 5 P. Nacua WR LAR 2 20 J. Daniels QB WAS 3 29 N. Collins WR HOU 4 44 J. Dart QB NYG 5 53 K. Williams RB LAR 6 68 T. Warren TE IND 7 77 C. Watson WR GB 8 92 T. Henderson RB NE 9 101 D. Metcalf WR PIT 10 116 J. Croskey-Merritt RB WAS 11 125 M. Pittman WR PIT 12 140 F. Mendoza QB LV 13 149 T. Allgeier RB ARI 14 164 S. Sanders QB CLE 15 173 Eagles DST PHI 16 188 J. Bates K DET 17 197 R. Shaheed WR SEA Jamey Eisenberg Rd Pk Player 1 6 J. Chase WR CIN 2 19 J. Jefferson WR MIN 3 30 B. Purdy QB SF 4 43 A. Jeanty RB LV 5 54 D. Swift RB CHI 6 67 K. Murray QB MIN 7 78 J. Price RB SEA 8 91 S. Darnold QB SEA 9 102 K. Pitts TE ATL 10 115 J. Reed WR GB 11 126 M. Washington Jr. RB LV 12 139 Z. Charbonnet RB SEA 13 150 T. Tucker WR LV 14 163 K. Shakir WR BUF 15 174 Steelers DST PIT 16 187 C. Brooks RB GB 17 198 E. Pineiro K SF R.J. White Rd Pk Player 1 7 D. Maye QB NE 2 18 D. Achane RB MIA 3 31 R. Rice WR KC 4 42 D. Smith WR PHI 5 55 E. Egbuka WR TB 6 66 D. Montgomery RB HOU 7 79 T. Kraft TE GB 8 90 J. Brissett QB ARI 9 103 G. Smith QB NYJ 10 114 R. Dowdle RB PIT 11 127 W. Robinson WR TEN 12 138 J. Meyers WR JAC 13 151 K. Mitchell RB LAC 14 162 K. Vidal RB LAC 15 175 Jaguars DST JAC 16 186 J. Myers K SEA 17 199 G. Holani RB SEA Jake Grogins Rd Pk Player 1 8 J. Burrow QB CIN 2 17 J. Herbert QB LAC 3 32 B. Bowers TE LV 4 41 G. Wilson WR NYJ 5 56 B. Hall RB NYJ 6 65 B. Tuten RB JAC 7 80 R. Stevenson RB NE 8 89 M. Lloyd RB GB 9 104 D. Samuel WR SF 10 113 S. Diggs WR WAS 11 128 J. Tyson WR NO 12 137 J. Coleman RB DEN 13 152 D. Boston WR CLE 14 161 D. Watson QB CLE 15 176 K. Allen WR IND 16 185 Cowboys DST DAL 17 200 S. Shrader K IND Todd Fuhrman Rd Pk Player 1 9 A. St. Brown WR DET 2 16 J. Hurts QB PHI 3 33 C. Olave WR NO 4 40 T. Etienne RB NO 5 57 B. Nix QB DEN 6 64 P. Washington WR JAC 7 81 C. Skattebo RB NYG 8 88 Q. Johnston WR LAC 9 105 K. Gainwell RB TB 10 112 B. Corum RB LAR 11 129 D. Kincaid TE BUF 12 136 R. Doubs WR NE 13 153 D. Wicks WR PHI 14 160 C. Bell WR MIA 15 177 Ravens DST BAL 16 184 P. Bryant WR DEN 17 201 W. Reichard K MIN Tommy Tran Rd Pk Player 1 10 J. Smith-Njigba WR SEA 2 15 D. Prescott QB DAL 3 34 D. Henry RB BAL 4 39 C. Loveland TE CHI 5 58 Q. Judkins RB CLE 6 63 M. Stafford QB LAR 7 82 M. Harrison Jr. WR ARI 8 87 M. Evans WR SF 9 106 M. Wilson WR ARI 10 111 J. Mason RB MIN 11 130 K. Concepcion WR CLE 12 135 C. Rodriguez Jr. RB JAC 13 154 C. Douglas WR MIA 14 159 K. Cousins QB LV 15 178 J. Hill RB BAL 16 183 Chargers DST LAC 17 202 A. Borregales K NE Heath Cummings Rd Pk Player 1 11 J. Taylor RB IND 2 14 C. McCaffrey RB SF 3 35 G. Pickens WR DAL 4 38 Z. Flowers WR BAL 5 59 J. Love RB ARI 6 62 S. LaPorta TE DET 7 83 C. Stroud QB HOU 8 86 R. Odunze WR CHI 9 107 B. Young QB CAR 10 110 M. Penix Jr. QB ATL 11 131 J. Coker WR CAR 12 134 T. Tagovailoa QB ATL 13 155 T. Spears RB TEN 14 158 T. Bigsby RB PHI 15 179 K. Fairbairn K HOU 16 182 B. Allen RB NYJ 17 203 Vikings DST MIN Production Squad FC Rd Pk Player 1 12 J. Cook RB BUF 2 13 C. Lamb WR DAL 3 36 T. McBride TE ARI 4 37 M. Nabers WR NYG 5 60 P. Mahomes QB KC 6 61 J. Love QB GB 7 84 C. Godwin WR TB 8 85 J. Brooks RB CAR 9 108 G. Kittle TE SF 10 109 T. Pollard RB TEN 11 132 A. Jones RB MIN 12 133 M. Golden WR GB 13 156 B. Aubrey K DAL 14 157 Texans DST HOU 15 180 R. Davis RB BUF 16 181 J. McMillan WR TB 17 204 J. Conner RB ARI