Strategy - Drafting

Round 4 of the draft is the location I want to try and stock pile picks via trading. This is a great area to load up on players who slip thru the cracks and this is the time where a championship can be won. These players drop because of risk of injury, age, or new [...]

Now it starts to get a bit difficult and several players are ranked here less on what they did in 2012 and more on what they should be able to do in 2013. Again, remember this is a redraft PPR scoring format. This round would look markedly different in a dynasty or non-PPR scoring format. [...]

Earlier this week Frank broke down his round 1 picks heading into the 2013 fantasy season. The list was accurate and amazing. I want to give you my second twelve to complete round 2. I take a few risks here, but at this stage of the draft unless a stud falls to me I prefer to draft a player [...]

This is very early but certainly not too early to start doing a mock draft for the 2013 season based on 2012 performances. These rankings are based on a PPR format where QBs also get 5 points per TD. I never base my draft strategy solely on the prior year’s numbers, but they certainly must [...]

We talk quite a bit about the current ADP of this player or that player and I was asked on twitter what is ADP. ADP is a compilation of drafts averaged together. I use myfantasyleague.com since they own and host best league software in the business. Analyzing this data provides us with a feel for [...]

Unless you are drafting in a dynasty league, most are months away from their fantasy drafts. There are redraft leagues who do draft early, but most don’t sit down and create their teams until late August. Are there lessons which apply to both dynasty, keeper and redraft leagues? Yes. Is drafting different now than in [...]

This may sound strange but it is a very savvy draft strategy that most don’t fully appreciate. If you are drafting with owners who are all about as skilled as you (and nobody is as skilled as you obviously), then you will see players come off the board in a relatively predictable way in the [...]

That is the $1,000,000 dollar question facing every fantasy owner. The ones who can answer that question correctly in their draft are well on the way to winning their league. The owners who trust a player who lets them down have to scramble to stay competitive. This year, those who trusted Philip Rivers, Michael Vick, [...]

Don’t Rely On TD’s and You Win Titles This sounds strange, but it may be the most important lesson any fantasy owner can learn to be a consistent winner. Are some players really that TD dependent so that if their TD numbers go down they are worth much less? Let’s look at Mike Williams of [...]

There is little doubt that the NFL is now a passing league where the QB is king. With the recent rule changes to protect the QB in the pocket and not allow defensive backs any contact beyond 5 yards from scrimmage, passing numbers have gone through the roof. 4000 yards and 30 passing TDs is [...]