A440 2 days ago
When I take this approach, I look for undervalued, steady and consistent contributors. The reason the top guys get so overvalued is because people feel the pressure of supply/demand, and immediately assume that applies to the top end guys. It does increase their value for sure, because they can certainly be difference makers over their replacement level. It’s just the advantage gained of top-ends at WR/RB (and until last year, TE) is typically a higher return. They think that because WB scores the most points and they do so consistently, and the lack of supply means their ultra valuable. They are valuable because you definitely want a QB (almost any starting QB) in the flex, but it increase all QBs value across the board almost evenly. And the PPG output of almost every one of them plateaus very quickly to the point that there’s not a lot of difference from one to another as long as they’re starting.
I say all that to say this and answer your question. Since they do score the most points and do it very consistently, consistency, stability, and longevity is what I look for in my QBs. I do that knowing that I’m not usually relying on my QBs to win, I’m relying on them not to lose.
Because of that, you’ll never see Tua on my teams for long, because he’s valued high, but terribly inconsistent. And if I go with a Rodgers type (Stafford, Cousins, etc.) I’m doing that with a hedged long term plan and potentially even short term if I have injuries.
There’s nothing wrong with the guys you mentioned at all. A few guys I think that are undervalued are Young (definitely like him at his value), Levis (but much less cuz I’m not convinced yet), Stafford for short term, Wilson is highly undervalued especially if hedged with Fields, Geno hedged with Howell is another decent third QB stack, Dak is perennially undervalued, TLaw and Goff are also both very good ones, even Mayfield is a decent filler.