Comfort level with taking starting QB late

[jwlincy]

Where is your cut-off for lowest rated QB that you feel comfortable as your starting QB?

I'm in a 14 team league & I'm looking at the advantages of waiting to select my starting QB. Just curious where the cut-off for most people is.

[mjl]

Really depends on the size of the league and of the rosters. How many irrelevant people do you have on your bench?

I'm in a 10-team that uses rosters that are about double normal size (2 QB, 3 WR, 2 RB, TE, 2 W/R/T, K, DEF, 8 bench) and even with 6-point passing touchdowns I have had a lot of success with one medium-quality QB (Romo, Eli, Flacco range) and taking three bottom-end QBs and starting one based on matchups. This year, in a league like yours, I'd probably be okay around Newton or Rivers.

[griswold]

In the expert draft in NJ, I picked Peyton Manning in round 6 and Stafford in round 10....Matt Ryan, Sam Bradford, Romo, Brady were available between those rounds as well.

I guess it's who you like.

I usually have 3-4 QB's that I'm willing to wait on and once they start getting selected, I'm grab one then, regardless of round.

[madducks]

After getting my 2 RBs & 2 WRs, it depends on how much i like the remaining RBs/WRs/TEs. Usually a 2nd or 3rd round RB/WR has to fall to my 5th pick or a top TE has to still be available for me to pass on a top QB in the 5th.

[revo]

I'd be ok with an Eli/Rivers/Tannehill class of QB, but I'd probably also draft a high upside QB in the Winston/Mariota/Carr class also.

[Erik]

Once Luck/Rodgers/Peyton/Brees/Wilson/Big Ben go (sometimes Ryan goes at the same time as the latter three), I am fine with waiting until the first of the next bunch goes. Then I take my QB. So that means someone from the Ryan (sometimes)/Romo/Brady/Stafford/Tannehill/Eli/Bradford/Rivers group.

In my main redraft, a bunch of guys waited on QB and I got Romo in the 11th. In Liz Hurley, I was one of the last to take a starting QB and got Rivers.

[Big Tymer]

If there is ever a year to wait on QB this is it as the class is very deep. Left my draft with a combo of Tannehill and Bradford and feel great about that.

[onejayhawk]

In my small 2 QB league my 1st QB was 12th off the board.

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