Fantasy Insanity Drew Loftis There’s one real way to make QBs matter in fantasy football again By Drew Loftis Published Aug. 20, 2026, 7:23 p.m. ET Patriots quarterback Drake Maye (10) winds up to pass during a joint NFL football practice with the Philadelphia Eagles. AP Photo/Steven Senne There is a problem with fantasy football. Something other than just PPR scoring.
It is arguably the single most important position in all of professional sports. Quarterbacks dominate the early picks in every NFL draft. No one can throw a team out of a game more quickly than a QB, and no player has a better opportunity to carry a squad on their back.
So, of course the quarterback should be a pivotal position in fantasy football, too, right? No! Of course not. It’s too obvious. In today’s world gone mad, why do something that makes sense?
