Kevin Szafraniec has turned his August ADP series to quarterbacks, and Trevor Lawrence is the name he says drafters are right to push up the board in FFPC redraft contests. The question now is whether that movement is a buy signal or a step too far for fantasy managers drafting in the FFPC Main Event and Big Gorilla.
This is the fourth stop in a series that began with FFPC best ball ADP before moving through running backs, wide receivers and tight ends. The shift matters because redraft season is in full swing, and these contests play differently from the best ball formats that came first.
FFPC redraft leagues still use TE-premium scoring, 20-round drafts and starting lineup spots with one quarterback, two running backs, two tight ends and two standard flex spots, but they also add starting kicker and defense slots. That shape changes how managers approach the quarterback pool, especially when draft capital is being spread across more roster requirements.
Even with that setup, quarterback ADP usually gets pushed further down the board in redraft formats than in best ball slim formats. That is why Lawrence stands out in this update. The broader market tends to wait on quarterbacks in a format built around scarcity elsewhere, yet Lawrence is the player Szafraniec identifies as one worth moving up rather than letting slide.
The friction is obvious. Quarterbacks are generally treated as a position to delay in redraft, but the current August movement suggests Lawrence may be separating from that habit. Szafraniec is not handing fantasy managers a blanket rule to chase every riser or dump every faller; he is framing the position as one where context matters more than the label attached to the ADP move.
That is the part readers in FFPC redraft contests need to carry into the next draft room. The series has already moved through the other skill groups, and quarterback is the final piece of the August review, but the full buy-or-sell answer still depends on how Lawrence’s rise compares with the rest of the board over the past two months. For now, the message is narrower and sharper: in a format where quarterbacks are usually pushed down, Lawrence is being pushed the other way.
The broader FFPC excerpt around the piece also touches on New Orleans and Kellen Moore, including a 6-11 season and renewed optimism for fantasy prospects, but that material sits outside the main quarterback update. The real takeaway here is the August board itself, and the next question for drafters is whether Lawrence is the rare quarterback rise worth following or the one that forces a harder sell on the position’s other movers.
