Talking Fantasy Football Draft Strategy

If you draft every position from your favorite team there is absolutely no way you can fail… Thats the greatest part of Matt Millen trashing our team is that no one is jumping on lions players.

Calvin Johnson is easily the hardest player to get ahold of, but if you do, your going to the CHIP!!! I mean after that you get some Stafford, Burleson, Best, K. Smith, MO MO, Pettigrew, Hanson, Sheffler, Felton, B. Johnson, Aaron Brown, and Derrick Williams. ****Sleeper Alert**** Timothy Toone WR… Some other GMs in your draft my ridicule you for pulling the trigger on Toone in the fourth round, keep focused dont let the laughter get you down… I mean you have to put all your attention into prayers that Dey Dey falls to you in the sixth.

Thats the one thing I dont like about Mayhew and Schwartz bringing our team out of the slums of the NFL. Its going to be harder and harder to pull this fail proof draft strategy off. I dont know if I can accept winning real NFL games when its going to directly effect my fantasy draft. I mean what am I gonna do whenever everyone is itching to pull the trigger on the Lions D.

 I usually go best reated player available without consideration fr position it usually gives me good trade bait to get a guy I missed a chance to snag Sometimes I reach and take the #1 rated overall at a starting position ( TE, Defense) sometimes I draft to mirror division opponents if a div rival gets A johnson and P Manning I may take Shaub and Wayne to try and cancel his chance to pull away on scoring.

RB, QB, WR. There’s enough good WR’s who get touches to pick up a good one in Round 3 and 4.

Generally, this is how my rounds go:

RB
QB
WR
WR
RB
QB
K
TE
Fills

For some reason, people undervalue kickers and overvalue defenses. I like taking advantage of that by grabbing a good kicker that will get lots of opportunities two rounds before anyone else.

Unless you are looking at a top tier every down type of back which is pretty rare these days I find myself snagging up the top WRs. RBBC and injuries really limit the value of running backs these day. By the time week 13-17 hits how many of those first 4 round RBs are still getting 20 if any carries per game? Certainly not as many as your top 4 round WRs which seem to still be pretty consistent. At the end of the season you always see running backs emerge out of nowhere, you just need to watch the waiver wire for them and keep riding on your stud Wideouts.

Say you pick toward the end of round 1 in a 12 team league. I’d much rather have a Andre Johnson, Calvin Johnson, Cedric Benson, Hakeem Nicks type of a team looking for a flier RB in the next rounds of the ilk of Best, Leon Washington, Bush, McFadden and even Kevin Smith to try and fill that RB2 slot; rather than have a Turner, Gore, Jackson, Nicks where you just know 1 of those 2 guys will be out down the stretch.

QBs beyond the top few are a dime a dozen and best played in a QBBC scenario in my opinion waiting one for one to breakout. Stafford should be picked up pretty cheap and would be good to pair with other potential breakout guys like Alex Smith, Matt Ryan and maybe even Carson Palmer. Big Ben can be had cheap too.

figure out the basics..1 how many teams.. 2 draft position.. 3 roster spots (how many rb’s etc..) in the past 7+ yrs. playing multiple different type of leagues each yr. always in the top half of the league if not winning the whole thing. and the #1 thing that holds true draft evenly (ie..rb, wr, qb) if possible do rb then wr then qb but look at the value… I will tell you that many yrs i took mcnabb(and yes he was my main starter) in rd 4 or 5 and would still win cuz i was a monster at the other spots.. you never want to go heavy in 1 spot not even for trade bait due to the fact you may not find what you want or the right value for the guy you are trying to trade. plus you will find yourself 2nd guessing yourself.. like you have brees and peyton and 1 is playing OAK and the other is playing SEA.. pick 1 guy and run with him until bye week

I think its really important to keep track of what other people are picking b/c that should decide how you pick. For example, if a lot of rbs go early, then I will pick one up even if it is a reach. That would also tell me that I’m gonna get a solidQB later in the draft.

Go with my gut.

I’ve always tryed to go RB RB in the first two rounds but this year I’ve tried to get a elite receiver like Andre Johnson or Calvin in the first couple rounds cause the running back position really deep.