Fantasy Football Draft help
Its Fantasy football time, and I wanted to get my 2 cents out there. Some Draft Strategy for you and your draft.
Whether you like Cedric Benson as your number one Running back or not. (If you do, you must be playing in a very large league!!
I will write in the next couple of hours, days my Overtop list, top Running Backs, Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers, Tight ends, Kickers and Defensive units.
So you have Pick number 3, it seems that all the so-called Fantasy football experts have said that pick #3 is a disaster. They will also tell you your first two picks should be RB, RB. Well I am here to tell you that there is more to it then just that.
Draft day Strategy: be Flexible, be prepared, know your opponents, know your opponents needs, don't discount a good player due personal reasons (IE he is a bad person, he lost your Super Fantasy Bowl for you last year).
Be Flexible, as the draft goes, things will change fast from what you planned and prepared for. have back up plans, be prepared for many different opportunities.
Be prepared, you are here so you must be searching the net for some sort of help and lists. I will walk you through the different set of lists that you will need to have to have a successful draft.
Know your opponents: knowing who they like and dislike can be advantageous when deciding in the mid-rounds what direction to go.
Know your opponents needs: track each team by position and skill level. You do this with a simple little sheet. Across the top you list the positions that your league requires you to have. Down the left side you list all of the teams (in order of their first draft pick). Now as each player is picked you scribe the round that they took the position cross-ref on your sheet. Example whoever picks first (depending on you scoring) should be picking LT you write # under running-back next to that teams name. You continue this tracking. Optional: if you build your draft list much like mine you will have position players broken down by Tiers, you can then enter the corresponding tier number instead of round number. In any event the number give you an idea of how confident that owner is about that position based on the numbers compared to the other owners. Example if you are debating between your third Receiver or a fourth running back. take a look at the teams that pick between your next pick.... are there numbers low (and quantity high) for one versus the other, are they week at QB and may go that direction next. This will not tell you exactly how they will draft, however it will tell you how they may draft which is more accurate then not tracking it (I have found).
Pick the Guy that best fits your needs not your Morals. Too often in the last year or two, you would see TO (Terrell Owens) slip in drafts when he was clearly the best wide receiver on the board.
Tier draft listing is most helpful when most positions scoring ends up similar, meaning that at the end of the season the average ranked starting QB (the total number of QB in your league) has scored similar number of points as the average starting RB, WR. (don't worry about TE, Kicker or DT) in the calculation. Now if your league rewards QB with high points, or penalizes them with low points this system works well. But I do believe it to work best when they are similar.
Look for my next articles
Tier Draft list
Overall Top List
Top Running Backs
Top Wide Recievers
Top Tight Ends
Top Kickers
Top Defensive units
Whether you like Cedric Benson as your number one Running back or not. (If you do, you must be playing in a very large league!!
I will write in the next couple of hours, days my Overtop list, top Running Backs, Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers, Tight ends, Kickers and Defensive units.
So you have Pick number 3, it seems that all the so-called Fantasy football experts have said that pick #3 is a disaster. They will also tell you your first two picks should be RB, RB. Well I am here to tell you that there is more to it then just that.
Draft day Strategy: be Flexible, be prepared, know your opponents, know your opponents needs, don't discount a good player due personal reasons (IE he is a bad person, he lost your Super Fantasy Bowl for you last year).
Be Flexible, as the draft goes, things will change fast from what you planned and prepared for. have back up plans, be prepared for many different opportunities.
Be prepared, you are here so you must be searching the net for some sort of help and lists. I will walk you through the different set of lists that you will need to have to have a successful draft.
Know your opponents: knowing who they like and dislike can be advantageous when deciding in the mid-rounds what direction to go.
Know your opponents needs: track each team by position and skill level. You do this with a simple little sheet. Across the top you list the positions that your league requires you to have. Down the left side you list all of the teams (in order of their first draft pick). Now as each player is picked you scribe the round that they took the position cross-ref on your sheet. Example whoever picks first (depending on you scoring) should be picking LT you write # under running-back next to that teams name. You continue this tracking. Optional: if you build your draft list much like mine you will have position players broken down by Tiers, you can then enter the corresponding tier number instead of round number. In any event the number give you an idea of how confident that owner is about that position based on the numbers compared to the other owners. Example if you are debating between your third Receiver or a fourth running back. take a look at the teams that pick between your next pick.... are there numbers low (and quantity high) for one versus the other, are they week at QB and may go that direction next. This will not tell you exactly how they will draft, however it will tell you how they may draft which is more accurate then not tracking it (I have found).
Pick the Guy that best fits your needs not your Morals. Too often in the last year or two, you would see TO (Terrell Owens) slip in drafts when he was clearly the best wide receiver on the board.
Tier draft listing is most helpful when most positions scoring ends up similar, meaning that at the end of the season the average ranked starting QB (the total number of QB in your league) has scored similar number of points as the average starting RB, WR. (don't worry about TE, Kicker or DT) in the calculation. Now if your league rewards QB with high points, or penalizes them with low points this system works well. But I do believe it to work best when they are similar.
Look for my next articles
Tier Draft list
Overall Top List
Top Running Backs
Top Wide Recievers
Top Tight Ends
Top Kickers
Top Defensive units
