Top 10 Kick-ass Fantasy Football Draft Tips:
#3 . . .
There is no substitute for preparation. Those who prepare are better equipped to enact strategies and, when needed, improvise to achieve optimal results.
While preparing for your draft, Identify three "perceived" mid-level players at four positions (QB, RB, WR, and TE) poised for breakout seasons. For example, ESPN's assemblage of esteemed experts--Matthew Berry, Christopher Harris, and Eric Karabell--predict Antonio Brown will be the 20th best fantasy WR this season (http://espn.go.com/fantasy/football/story/_/page/2013preseasonFFLranksWR/top-120-wide-receivers). After completing a thorough analysis, I've determined that they are wrong. I believe Brown will be a top-10 fantasy WR.
Therefore, if my opponents agree with ESPN's rankings and those of other "expert" sites, Brown will be selected somewhere around the 5th or 6th round of a 10-to-12 team league. That means he's likely mine in the 4th round. And if he plays as well as I think he'll play, he'll be a steal.
And so, your challenge is to find 3 underrated players at each position. As a result, if there's a run on, say, RBs, and your 3 underrated RBs are still far from being taken, you can focus on grabbing elite talent elsewhere (QB, WR, etc.). When you eventually take 2 of those RBs in the 4th and 5th rounds, based on your analysis, you'll have a team comprised entirely of top-tier-caliber players.
Think this is all conjecture? I do this every year, and that's why my teams kick ass. Two years I grabbed underrated RB Marshawn Lynch in the 8th round (when "experts" ranked him as around the 30th-35th best RB). He ended up rushing for 1,200 yards and 12 TDs. That same year, I grabbed underrated QB Matt Stafford in the 5th round when he was considered an afterthought by fantasy prognosticators. He finished 2011 with the 4th most fantasy points . . . overall.
Every season, a few lowly ranked players become elite talents, while many others become everyday fantasy starters. By identifying these individuals before the draft, you will end the draft with a cadre of kick-ass performers.
#3 . . .
There is no substitute for preparation. Those who prepare are better equipped to enact strategies and, when needed, improvise to achieve optimal results.
While preparing for your draft, Identify three "perceived" mid-level players at four positions (QB, RB, WR, and TE) poised for breakout seasons. For example, ESPN's assemblage of esteemed experts--Matthew Berry, Christopher Harris, and Eric Karabell--predict Antonio Brown will be the 20th best fantasy WR this season (http://espn.go.com/fantasy/football/story/_/page/2013preseasonFFLranksWR/top-120-wide-receivers). After completing a thorough analysis, I've determined that they are wrong. I believe Brown will be a top-10 fantasy WR.
Therefore, if my opponents agree with ESPN's rankings and those of other "expert" sites, Brown will be selected somewhere around the 5th or 6th round of a 10-to-12 team league. That means he's likely mine in the 4th round. And if he plays as well as I think he'll play, he'll be a steal.
And so, your challenge is to find 3 underrated players at each position. As a result, if there's a run on, say, RBs, and your 3 underrated RBs are still far from being taken, you can focus on grabbing elite talent elsewhere (QB, WR, etc.). When you eventually take 2 of those RBs in the 4th and 5th rounds, based on your analysis, you'll have a team comprised entirely of top-tier-caliber players.
Think this is all conjecture? I do this every year, and that's why my teams kick ass. Two years I grabbed underrated RB Marshawn Lynch in the 8th round (when "experts" ranked him as around the 30th-35th best RB). He ended up rushing for 1,200 yards and 12 TDs. That same year, I grabbed underrated QB Matt Stafford in the 5th round when he was considered an afterthought by fantasy prognosticators. He finished 2011 with the 4th most fantasy points . . . overall.
Every season, a few lowly ranked players become elite talents, while many others become everyday fantasy starters. By identifying these individuals before the draft, you will end the draft with a cadre of kick-ass performers.