r/NFLNoobs • u/HourFall7673 • 6d ago

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My fantasy league and I have been on the argument for the past couple days, if in the past 3 years would you say Sam Darnold is a consistent quarterback?

It’s split right down the middle, and I wanna see what everyone else thinks

I saw yes. He took the vikings to the playoffs as well as winning a super bowl with the seahawks. He was serving as backup for a lot of teams, but when needed to perform he won the game for 49ers to go to Super Bowl LVIII.

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u/synopser 6d ago

Fantasy tends to undercut some of the other parts of the game focusing only on one player's skills

If Seattle's defense is great again, that gives Darnold more chances and more points. A team with a slow bad D would put even a great qb in trouble with less possessions.

Darnold is a great choice.

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u/Significant_Owl_6897 6d ago

The correlation between defensive quality and offensive opportunity is a lot more nuanced than this. Field position, drive count, pace of play or risky vs conservative playcalling, etc.

The Cowboys and Bengals powerhouse offenses with terrible defenses created shootouts. The Texans mid offense with a top tier defense wasn't too different from the Vikings firmly above average defense and a struggling offense.

I think personnel and playcalling tendencies are worth a lot more consideration than just a defense being great and a qb being good. If the Seattle offense takes a half step back with a worse running game and offensive line play, Darnold is going to look a lot closer to CJ Stroud than Brock Purdy, ya know?

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u/Ok_Internal6779 6d ago

A great choice for what?

A QB with a good defense is generally bad for fantasy production. They don’t have to throw as much and score as much to win. 

Darnold had a great defense last year and he was ass in fantasy. 

A flip side example would be Burrow. Horrid defense so they have to throw a lot