Dominate Your Fantasy Football Draft: Win My Fantasy League Draft Kit
The best strategy to go with….is it RB-RB, RB-WR, WR-QB-RB?
There are many different philosophies but it really comes down to league settings. If you are in a custom league you have to make a decision based on settings. Look at your player pool pre-draft and take note of what types of skill positions show up the most in the top-25. If there are 7+ QB’s, you can probably wait on a QB, likewise for RB’s and WR’s, conversely if you only see a few of any of the skill positions in the top-25 or top-50 it would be wise to spend a 2nd round pick on a player of that calibre. The strategy you go with will also be influenced by your draft position as well as positional runs. We suggest RB-WR this year in standard leagues. Larger league sizes may mandate a WR-QB-RB strategy.
Avoid the standard rankings given to you by your fantasy league provider
Fantasy league providers such as Yahoo and ESPN’s rankings are notoriously unreliable so you should take the time to do your own pre-rankings.
Do a mock draft or two
It is best to participate in a mock on draft day to help give you an accurate depiction of where players are going and which players are falling through the cracks. ESPN and Yahoo have mock drafts running for about 12 hours a day. Mock drafts are the best way for to fine tune your cheat sheets/draft boards.
Rankings, Rankings, Rankings:
Projections:
The two best free providers of projections are, in this order, CBS and ESPN.
Draft guides: Should you buy any?
If you really want to, there is no better draft guide than Rotoworld’s Fantasy Football Season Pass. I purchase it myself but mainly for the dynasty league rankings. Their projections are good and their constantly updated rankings are also some of my most used features. They have a wealth of information and it is actually worth the money. If you are just looking for projections than CBS Fantasy Football’s are more accurate, but you have to love the ability Rotoworld presents to get customized projections roughly based on your own leagues settings. ESPN has a FREE draft guide that is second to none as far as free draft kits go.
Sleepers to know: Terrell Owens, Jermaine Gresham, Early Doucet, Steve Breaston, Ahmad Bradshaw, Leon Washington, Mike Williams (Sea), Deon Butler, John Carlson, Golden Tate, Dustin Keller, LaDanian Tomlinson, Mike Williams (TB), Kareem Huggins, Sammie Stroughter, Zach Miller, Louis Murphy, Darren McFadden, Micheal Bush, Tony Scheffler, Nate Burleson, Mohamed Massaquoi, Brian Robiskie, Benjamin Watson, Brian Hartline, Brandon Tate, Fred Taylor, Legudu Naanee, Mike Wallace, Donte Stallworth, Jacoby Jones, Mike Thomas, Demaryius Thomas, Jabar Gaffney, Eddie Royal, Dez Bryant, Felix Jones, Devin Thomas, Harry Douglas and Brandon LaFell.
Players not getting enough love and may finish top-15 at their position: Matt Forte, Terrell Owens, T.J Houshmandzadeh, Johnny Knox, Ahmad Bradshaw, Brandon Jacobs, Jonathan Stewart, C.J Spiller, Anquan Boldin, Michael Crabtree, Arian Foster and LeSeaon McCoy.
Players we are avoiding even though they have upside: Jamaal Charles, Ryan Grant, Jerome Harrison, Joseph Addai, Fred Jackson, Steve Smith (NYG), Mike Sims-Walker, Donald Driver, Greg Olsen
Stat-a-palooza is full of useful stats and is a must-read.
If you have not read our daily Fantasy Football Fix, you owe it yourself to go back and read them before draft time.
