Saturday, July 20, 2013

Deciding Who To Draft In Fantasy Football

By Kevin Spoller


When deciding on who to draft in fantasy football there are plenty of factors: the best player, the position, who you've chosen already, and who is the opposition is about to draft.

In early rounds you need to target obtaining the most value by selecting the best overall player. Don't be concerned about getting too many running backs or wide receivers. Simply draft the best available player. There's a couple of limitations on this however, it's not just who may have the most fantasy points. You will want to look at all the available players and think about exactly who will get selected next. You want to make positive you're selecting the best player based not just who's remaining, but who'll be remaining. For example, if Calvin Johnson is the best player left to draft in round 1, but Larry Fitzgerald should be available in the 3rd round and he's only 10 points worse than CJ you should wait and select Larry Fitzgerald. Right now there is an extremely great fantasy football tool that tells you just who to pick for fantasy.

During later rounds who to draft gets more difficult. You actually must take into account your team's composition, plus the upside potential from your upcoming pick. You ought to be absolutely sure you're lowering your team's risk while increasing your upside. And make sure you don't waste any draft picks.

The fastest way to squander any draft selection, is to draft someone that can never start on your squad. For instance, if in early rounds you drafted 2 amazing running backs, like Ray Rice and Trent Richardson. After that, don't choose a constantly average running back in later rounds such as Matt Forte. There is no point to drafting him! It is best to pick running backs with absolutely nothing but upside and handcuff your excellent running backs. The reason is, in order to ever start the consistently average RB more in anything other than just bye weeks is if one of your fantastic RBs gets hurt. Think about it, when will you actually start Matt Forte over either of your starting running backs? So perhaps you should just carry the backups (this is what's called handcuffing) in later rounds and start that guy if the key running backs becomes hurt.

The benefit between the backup and the average running back is going to be trivial. If Ben Tate, or Bryce Brown actually received the starting job, I might start either of them above Forte any day of the week. And if you select RBs with upside, that means should they explode you now have an extremely important trade asset or a player spot start during bad matchups. Keep this in mind any time drafting your squad.

There are many things to consider whenever deciding on who to draft in fantasy football. It's much less straight forward than you might assume. And although you might think it's way too complicated or a lot to take into account, in the end you should want to do that in order to stay very competitive. If you don't look that deeply, just remember your competitors are. So if you do not think about it, you'll be at a huge disadvantage. Basically invest some time selecting your team, consider each of the factors, and do your very best. And first and foremost don't forget to have fun!




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