FLEX Spot in Fantasy Football, Explained
Which positions fit which spot
Most leagues start one quarterback, two running backs, two wide receivers, one tight end and one FLEX. The FLEX gives you a choice, so it is usually where your next-best back or receiver goes. A superflex spot is wider still: it also takes a quarterback.
How a lineup fills its spots
The best way to fill a lineup is to fill the narrow spots first (a quarterback can only go at QB or superflex) and give the FLEX the best player left over. The fantasy helper does exactly that and shows the points the books' lines imply for each choice.
Questions and answers
- Who can I start at FLEX?
- A running back, a wide receiver or a tight end. A kicker, a defense and, in a standard FLEX, a quarterback cannot.
- What is a superflex?
- A spot that also accepts a quarterback, which makes quarterbacks more valuable in leagues that use it.
- Is the FLEX usually a running back or a receiver?
- Either. Leagues differ, and it depends on who your best remaining player is that week.
Read next
- PPR scoringPPR scoring, short for points per reception, gives a fantasy football player one point for every catch on top of his yards and touchdowns.
- Start/sit decisionA start/sit decision is the weekly choice of which of your fantasy football players go in your lineup and which stay on the bench.
- Waiver wireThe waiver wire is the pool of fantasy football players that no team in your league has on its roster, available to be added.
- Bye weekA bye week is the one week of the NFL season in which a team does not play, so its players score no fantasy points that week.
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