• QB Jared Goff, Detroit Lions: Detroit offensive coordinator Ben Johnson’s scheme suits Goff perfectly.
• QB Brock Purdy, San Francisco 49ers: Purdy is among the league’s most talented passers even on play lacking San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan’s brilliant use of both motion and play-action passing concepts.
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Fantasy football’s QB1 tier is dominated by high-volume, dual-threat quarterbacks who rack up gaudy fantasy-point sums on the ground. A handful of elite pocket-passing quarterbacks are capable of hanging with the dual-threat players, though, and generally offer fantasy managers more affordable average draft positions while creating helpful opportunities to stack fantasy rosters with corresponding pass catchers.
The article below details three of the NFL’s most fantasy-friendly pocket-passing quarterbacks for 2024.
QB Jared Goff, Detroit Lions
Goff’s perfect schematic field and elite supporting cast make him one of the most fantasy-friendly pocket-passing quarterbacks in the NFL. He finished as the Weeks 1-17 QB8 in 2023, and his 86.5 PFF overall grade ranked 10th among 32 qualifiers.
Goff thrives as a centerfield thrower. Targeting passes between the field’s painted numbers, at least 10 yards downfield, allows the pass-catcher extra room to work both before and after the catch. Detroit offensive coordinator Ben Johnson’s brilliant scheming led to Goff targeting this area of the field 72 times on his first read during the 2023 regular season, tying for the second most among quarterbacks.
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