Yes, Drake Maye is absolutely still a top fantasy QB — the playoff performance is a flag, not a wrecking ball. Here's why:
His 2025 regular season was insane: 21.1 fantasy PPG, led the NFL in completion rate (72%), YPA (8.9), and passer rating (113.5), with 4,394 yards, 31 TDs, plus 450 rushing yards and 4 rushing TDs. He finished second in MVP voting (from the Drake Maye page).
The playoff dip is real but contextual: He struggled against elite defenses (58.3% completion, 6.9 YPA over four games) and had a rough Super Bowl. But as Josh & Hayden noted on Underdog Fantasy Football, even with those postseason games included, Maye was still "fourth in EPA per drop back" for the full season — the regular season was that dominant ().
The A.J. Brown trade changes everything. The wiki explicitly points out that Maye's elite play-action game (best in the NFL by EPA/QBR) now pairs with a receiver who thrived on those exact routes in Tennessee (34% of his receiving yards came on play-action crosses). That's a direct upgrade to his supporting cast.
Rankings still love him: FantasyPros ranks him QB2 for 2026, classifying him as a top-five fantasy QB moving forward. 4for4 also has him at QB2, in the same tier as Burrow, Daniels, Hurts, and Caleb Williams.
The concern is fair — he needs to prove he can beat elite defenses consistently — but the floor is a borderline QB1 and the ceiling is the overall QB1. He's still firmly in that top tier.