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One of the more exhilarating, or tragic, moments of any Fantasy Football draft is when you correctly, or incorrectly time a run from one of the ends of the draft board. In a Dynasty start-up, the stakes are even higher, these successes or failures could have implications for the next decade. The most notable run from this draft was the quarterback run from pick 44 to pick 60.

As is often the case with analyst drafts, the quarterbacks lasted longer than they probably will in your one-QB start up. Josh Allen was the only quarterback taken in the first 43 picks. In the next 17 picks, Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts, C.J. Stroud, Lamar Jackson, Anthony Richardson, Justin Herbert, and Joe Burrow were all drafted. I took Hurts as QB3 with the third pick in Round 5. By the time I picked in Round 6 Kyler Murray and Justin Fields were the top QBs available. Let's just say I did not regret taking Hurts. 

Still, a strange thing happened in the double-digit rounds. There were still plenty of potential starting quarterbacks available. Trevor Lawrence lasted until Round 10, he was a top-five Dynasty QB at this time last year. Kirk Cousins and Brock Purdy went in Round 12. Tua Tagovailoa and Jared Goff were taken a round later. 

Now these rounds may not be exactly right but the point remains the same, you don't have to panic at the end of the first quarterback run. Despite a down year for the position there are still more than enough starters to go around, and then some. The big difference in Dynasty is that streaming is generally not an option because of the size of rosters. That means, if you don't have a QB1 you love, you should spend significantly more resources on QB2 and strongly considered rostering three.

The analysts who participated in this mock are:

Matt Donnelly, Dynasty Vipers
Thomas Shafer, CBS Fantasy
Heath Cummings, CBS Fantasy
R.J. White, CBS Fantasy
Jamey Eisenberg, CBS Fantasy
Jay Felicio, The Athletic
Alfredo Brown, Footballguys
Dan Schneier, CBS Fantasy
Matthew Stiles, Razzball
Joshua Cho. @jbchoknows
Zach Berger, Fantasy in Frames
Joel Cox, CBS Fantasy

And here are the results:

Round By Round
Round 1
Pos Team Player
1 Dan Schneier
2 Zach Berger
3 Jamey Eisenberg
4 Matthew Stiles
5 Joel Cox
6 Thomas Shafer
7 Team 1
8 Alfredo Brown
9 R.J. White
10 Joshua Cho
11 Matt Donnelly
12 Jay Felicio
Round 2
Pos Team Player
13 Jay Felicio
14 Matt Donnelly
15 Joshua Cho
16 R.J. White
17 Alfredo Brown
18 Team 1
19 Thomas Shafer
20 Joel Cox
21 Matthew Stiles
22 Jamey Eisenberg
23 Zach Berger
24 Dan Schneier
Round 3
Pos Team Player
25 Dan Schneier
26 Zach Berger
27 Jamey Eisenberg
28 Matthew Stiles
29 Joel Cox
30 Thomas Shafer
31 Team 1
32 Alfredo Brown
33 R.J. White
34 Joshua Cho
35 Matt Donnelly
36 Jay Felicio
Round 4
Pos Team Player
37 Jay Felicio
38 Matt Donnelly
39 Joshua Cho
40 R.J. White
41 Alfredo Brown
42 Team 1
43 Thomas Shafer
44 Joel Cox
45 Matthew Stiles
46 Jamey Eisenberg
47 Zach Berger
48 Dan Schneier
Round 5
Pos Team Player
49 Dan Schneier
50 Zach Berger
51 Jamey Eisenberg
52 Matthew Stiles
53 Joel Cox
54 Thomas Shafer
55 Team 1
56 Alfredo Brown
57 R.J. White
58 Joshua Cho
59 Matt Donnelly
60 Jay Felicio
Round 6
Pos Team Player
61 Jay Felicio
62 Matt Donnelly
63 Joshua Cho
64 R.J. White
65 Alfredo Brown
66 Team 1
67 Thomas Shafer
68 Joel Cox
69 Matthew Stiles
70 Jamey Eisenberg
71 Zach Berger
72 Dan Schneier
Round 7
Pos Team Player
73 Dan Schneier
74 Zach Berger
75 Jamey Eisenberg
76 Matthew Stiles
77 Joel Cox
78 Thomas Shafer
79 Team 1
80 Alfredo Brown
81 R.J. White
82 Joshua Cho
83 Matt Donnelly
84 Jay Felicio
Round 8
Pos Team Player
85 Jay Felicio
86 Matt Donnelly
87 Joshua Cho
88 R.J. White
89 Alfredo Brown
90 Team 1
91 Thomas Shafer
92 Joel Cox
93 Matthew Stiles
94 Jamey Eisenberg
95 Zach Berger
96 Dan Schneier
Round 9
Pos Team Player
97 Dan Schneier
98 Zach Berger
99 Jamey Eisenberg
100 Matthew Stiles
101 Joel Cox
102 Thomas Shafer
103 Team 1
104 Alfredo Brown
105 R.J. White
106 Joshua Cho
107 Matt Donnelly
108 Jay Felicio
Round 10
Pos Team Player
109 Jay Felicio
110 Matt Donnelly
111 Joshua Cho
112 R.J. White
113 Alfredo Brown
114 Team 1
115 Thomas Shafer
116 Joel Cox
117 Matthew Stiles
118 Jamey Eisenberg
119 Zach Berger
120 Dan Schneier
Round 11
Pos Team Player
121 Dan Schneier
122 Zach Berger
123 Jamey Eisenberg
124 Matthew Stiles
125 Joel Cox
126 Thomas Shafer
127 Team 1
128 Alfredo Brown
129 R.J. White
130 Joshua Cho
131 Matt Donnelly
132 Jay Felicio
Round 12
Pos Team Player
133 Jay Felicio
134 Matt Donnelly
135 Joshua Cho
136 R.J. White
137 Alfredo Brown
138 Team 1
139 Thomas Shafer
140 Joel Cox
141 Matthew Stiles
142 Jamey Eisenberg
143 Zach Berger
144 Dan Schneier
Round 13
Pos Team Player
145 Dan Schneier
146 Zach Berger
147 Jamey Eisenberg
148 Matthew Stiles
149 Joel Cox
150 Thomas Shafer
151 Team 1
152 Alfredo Brown
153 R.J. White
154 Joshua Cho
155 Matt Donnelly
156 Jay Felicio
Round 14
Pos Team Player
157 Jay Felicio
158 Matt Donnelly
159 Joshua Cho
160 R.J. White
161 Alfredo Brown
162 Team 1
163 Thomas Shafer
164 Joel Cox
165 Matthew Stiles
166 Jamey Eisenberg
167 Zach Berger
168 Dan Schneier
Round 15
Pos Team Player
169 Dan Schneier
170 Zach Berger
171 Jamey Eisenberg
172 Matthew Stiles
173 Joel Cox
174 Thomas Shafer
175 Team 1
176 Alfredo Brown
177 R.J. White
178 Joshua Cho
179 Matt Donnelly
180 Jay Felicio
Round 16
Pos Team Player
181 Jay Felicio
182 Matt Donnelly
183 Joshua Cho
184 R.J. White
185 Alfredo Brown
186 Team 1
187 Thomas Shafer
188 Joel Cox
189 Matthew Stiles
190 Jamey Eisenberg
191 Zach Berger
192 Dan Schneier
Team by Team
Dan Schneier
Rd Pk Player
1 1
2 24
3 25
4 48
5 49
6 72
7 73
8 96
9 97
10 120
11 121
12 144
13 145
14 168
15 169
16 192
Zach Berger
Rd Pk Player
1 2
2 23
3 26
4 47
5 50
6 71
7 74
8 95
9 98
10 119
11 122
12 143
13 146
14 167
15 170
16 191
Jamey Eisenberg
Rd Pk Player
1 3
2 22
3 27
4 46
5 51
6 70
7 75
8 94
9 99
10 118
11 123
12 142
13 147
14 166
15 171
16 190
Matthew Stiles
Rd Pk Player
1 4
2 21
3 28
4 45
5 52
6 69
7 76
8 93
9 100
10 117
11 124
12 141
13 148
14 165
15 172
16 189
Joel Cox
Rd Pk Player
1 5
2 20
3 29
4 44
5 53
6 68
7 77
8 92
9 101
10 116
11 125
12 140
13 149
14 164
15 173
16 188
Thomas Shafer
Rd Pk Player
1 6
2 19
3 30
4 43
5 54
6 67
7 78
8 91
9 102
10 115
11 126
12 139
13 150
14 163
15 174
16 187
Team 1
Rd Pk Player
1 7
2 18
3 31
4 42
5 55
6 66
7 79
8 90
9 103
10 114
11 127
12 138
13 151
14 162
15 175
16 186
Alfredo Brown
Rd Pk Player
1 8
2 17
3 32
4 41
5 56
6 65
7 80
8 89
9 104
10 113
11 128
12 137
13 152
14 161
15 176
16 185
R.J. White
Rd Pk Player
1 9
2 16
3 33
4 40
5 57
6 64
7 81
8 88
9 105
10 112
11 129
12 136
13 153
14 160
15 177
16 184
Joshua Cho
Rd Pk Player
1 10
2 15
3 34
4 39
5 58
6 63
7 82
8 87
9 106
10 111
11 130
12 135
13 154
14 159
15 178
16 183
Matt Donnelly
Rd Pk Player
1 11
2 14
3 35
4 38
5 59
6 62
7 83
8 86
9 107
10 110
11 131
12 134
13 155
14 158
15 179
16 182
Jay Felicio
Rd Pk Player
1 12
2 13
3 36
4 37
5 60
6 61
7 84
8 85
9 108
10 109
11 132
12 133
13 156
14 157
15 180
16 181