Are you joining a fantasy football league this season? If so, good luck. Trust me, you’re going to need it.
Because truthfully between injuries, breakouts and busts during the season, winning in fantasy mostly is about luck. And while you can’t control your luck, what you can control is the effort you put in and the strategies you use while playing. This article is meant to help with those things you can control.
In my severely limited success playing fantasy football, here are a few tips that I’ve found useful while playing.
First off, don’t reach for a quarterback with your early picks in the draft, rather, use them to draft the elite wide receivers, running backs and tight ends. You can still get a good quarterback in rounds five and six, or sometimes even later, but those other three positions get scarce quickly.
Another piece of advice is to remember to watch bye weeks and injuries so you can make the proper weekly adjustments you need. If you signed up to play fantasy football, buy into the process and simply take five minutes a week to set your lineup.
You can’t win if your guys aren’t playing.
Lastly, pay attention to the waiver wire consistently.
A great waiver pickup could change your season, so keep watch for any breakout players or even just better scoring options than what you have.
Now as the fantasy draft goes, I defer to a higher knowledge for my draft board.
The player draft ranking below is provided by fantasypros.com, made up of a consensus of the draft boards of 72 fantasy football experts. It may be a helpful tool as you prepare to draft your team for this upcoming fantasy football season. Use the tips and tools as much or as little as you’d like, and may the best, I mean, luckiest man win.
Based on Points Per Reception scoring. Pulled on 7/ 25/25.