How to Prepare For a Fantasy Football Draft
If you are among the fantasy football players who believe that their team’s fate rests mainly on their first couple of picks, then you are completely wrong, as many early picks do not earn you many points. In fact, most of the early draft picks usually turn out to be flops.
If you really want to succeed in fantasy football leagues, then you should focus on making shrewd picks, especially in the middle and late rounds of the draft. Here is how you can prepare for a fantasy football draft.
Instructions
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You can read reviews and other information updated by NFL experts and start your fantasy league on a good note. Consider getting information from a number of sources before making your own cheat sheet. In your cheat sheet, you can include the ranking of all the players that you intend to add in your fantasy team.
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Combine your position-by-position rankings to compile a "master cheat sheet" that ranks all players regardless of position. You can use this during the draft to assess whether you are picking a player at about the place where he is "supposed" to be picked. This will ensure that you get maximum value for your selections.
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Identify five to ten "sleepers" as you rank players. These are players that you expect to perform much better than conventional wisdom would dictate. Someone can be a good sleeper candidate for any number of reasons--a young, talented player on the verge of a breakout season, a player who has changed teams and is now in a much better situation, a quarterback who suddenly has better receivers etc. If you identify several sleepers ahead of time, you should be able to select three or four of them in the middle to late rounds of the draft. If your instincts are good, these players will be instrumental to your team's success.
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Don't stick to the old fantasy football maxim of always drafting running backs in the first two rounds. The NFL is much more passing-oriented than it used to be and it can often be a shrewd move to select an elite quarterback or receiver in the early rounds if all of the best backs have already been snatched up. Have a plan going in, but keep an open mind.
