Fantasy Football: 7 Quarterbacks With Favorable Early-Season Schedules

Joe Flacco, Baltimore Ravens

Joe Flacco -- like Romo -- is another player whom Vegas is begging you to draft with a solid win total for the Baltimore Ravens. He could get that started quickly with an easy early-season schedule.

Flacco kicks things off against the Buffalo Bills, who were 12th in Adjusted Defensive Passing NEP per play last year. However, they've had some tough sledding recently. Marcell Dareus is suspended, and rookies Shaq Lawson and Reggie Ragland are both hurt. This will be a team to monitor early in the season, and Flacco could provide a good measuring stick of where their 2016 defense stands.

Things get a bit clearer after that for Flacco as he faces the Cleveland Browns and Jacksonville Jaguars the following two weeks. Jacksonville should improve with the addition of Jalen Ramsey and finally getting a healthy Dante Fowler on the field, but they've got a long way to go after a 27th-place ranking against the pass last year.

Flacco finishes up the opening stretch as the Ravens host the Oakland Raiders in Week 4. Although the Raiders got much better throughout the season last year thanks to Khalil Mack's inhuman nature, they're hiking across the country for a 1 p.m. Eastern start time. This -- combined with everything else in Flacco's corner -- is why his lack of an ADP in 12-team leagues is a bit of a head-scratcher.