Saturday, July 6, 2013

Determining Who To Draft In Fantasy Football

By Andre Belton


When determining who to draft in fantasy football there are many variables: the highest scoring player, the position, what individuals you've picked thus far, who is your competition intending to draft. In early rounds it's best to focus on drafting the best player overall. Don't always be so focused on having too many running backs or wide receivers. Simply draft the most valuable available player. There's several limitations with this however, it's not only who will have the most points. You need to look at all the available players and think about who will probably get chosen next. You need to make confident you're choosing the highest scoring player based not simply who's remaining, but who will be remaining. As an example, if Calvin Johnson is the best player left to draft in round one, but AJ Green should be available in round 3 and he's only a few points worse then you need to hold out and select AJ Green. There is a really amazing fantasy football tool which shows you just who to select for fantasy.

In later rounds who to draft get much more difficult. You will have got to take into account your team's structure, and also the upside opportunity of your potential pick. You need to be absolutely sure you're restricting your risk while maximizing your upside. Plus be sure you don't waste any draft choices.

The easiest way to waste a draft choice, would be to choose a player that will never start on your squad. For instance, pretend in early rounds you drafted 2 great running backs, say C.J. Spiller and Alfred Morris. In that case don't choose a persistently average running back in future rounds, like Matt Forte. There is no reason! It is best to choose running backs with absolutely nothing but upside and handcuff your team's great running backs. The reason is, in order for the consistently common RB to start more than simply a bye week is if one of the excellent RBs gets injured. Think about this, when could you actually start Matt Forte over either of your team's starting running backs? So why not just simply grab the backups (this is called handcuffing) during much later rounds and start that player if your great running backs gets hurt.

The benefit between the back-up and the mediocre running back will probably be minor and there is a decent chance the back-up running back will be higher scoring. For example, if Ben Tate, or Bryce Brown possibly obtained the starting job, I would definitely play them over Forte every day of the week. And if you pick RBs with upside that means if they take off, you have a super valuable trade asset or someone to spot start during undesirable matchups. Always keep this in mind while composing your squad.

There are plenty of things to consider whenever deciding who to draft in fantasy football. It's much less straight forward than you may believe. And when you may believe it's too challenging or too much to look at, you still ought to do it to be able to stay very competitive. If you do not analyze that intensely, bear in mind your competitors will be. So if you do not do it, you will be at a massive disadvantage. Basically spend time choosing your squad, consider each of the variables, and do your best. And first and foremost don't forget to have a good time!




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