# Is Drake Maye still a top fantasy QB after his poor playoff performance?

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 ([hear the clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOcjZKeUI_w&t=1791s)).

**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.

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Answered 2026-06-03 by ChatFFB — fantasy football answers from a live news wiki.
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