What are the biggest do's and don'ts in fantasy football drafting and playing?

Answer 1

do draft and play good players don't draft and play bad players

Answer 2

1)Draft Rb's early by drop-off they mean that the point differential between elite rb's and regular starters is much bigger than the one between qb's or ne other position for that matter.Definitely draft 1 in da first, U may take a great wr(Chad,arizona wrs,Harrison,or TO) if hes available but make sure u have ur starting rb's by the end of the 4th.

2)For Te's the rule is simple, if u can get Gates in the 3rd round take him, if u cant wait til the 7th or later rounds to get urself a quality TE.

3)In general draft for the best player available rather than need. What I mean is dont fill ur starters with your first 9 picks of the draft. I would use the first 7 or so rounds to built depth at ur WR and RB positions being that those r the most important ones fantasy wise. Ur kicker should be ur last pick, ne kicker would suffice, and ur defense should be one of your last 3 picks.

4)When drafting offensive players u should typically look at their team, as good fantasy stats are products of good offensive systems. That makes a Joseph Addai or Dominic Rhodes a good pick while it makes Mushin Muhammad a bad pick.

5)If ur going to get a rookie make sure its a rb, rookie qb's and wr's have a history of either not getting enough playing time or peforming poorly fantasy wise in ther rookie campaigns(think Eli Manning's rookie year)

Well I think thats the main thing, Have fun and good luck

Answer 3

i have been active in fantasy football for many years now and that question is so easy do not listen to any of the scouts nothing dont take advice from anyone, listen to yourself. If you are a fan of somebody do not pick them in a fantasy league because you are a fan pick the person that will give you the best shot of winning and sometimes that isnt a superstar. If you play on a league where you can rotate players follow what teams have done the past couple of weeks before that and play, players that will probably torture this teams defense so on and so forth it is very easy most important though take the young kids that are going to be big this year early they will make or break your season like take a chance on a vince young.

Answer 4

you should draft RB's in the first round or two. the only exception to this is if you have the chance to get peyton manning in the late first round or early second. he is the only QB worthy of drafting in the first two rounds. dont draft a rookie QB unless its in the last round or so. you can pretty much let them play a little and pick them off the waiver wire if they do well. if you are going to draft a big time RB then sometimes it is good to pick up their backup as injury insurance. RB should be taken early because there is a lot of depth but after the first and second tier of backs are gone then the skill drops off. sometimes its not a great idea to get a RB over 30 but sometimes they will surprise like tiki barber did last year. WR could start to be taken in the 2nd or 3rd, or at least thats how i plan on doing it. dont fall into the 'runs' on certain positions unless there is a guy you want. this is mostly for defense. if someone takes a top tier defense in the middle rounds a few people will feel the need to get their defense too but unless one of the teams you can pick up is in that top tier, dont reach for them . kickers should be taken in the last round. the only tight ends that i would take early (5th round or so) would be gates or gonzalez. those two can produce like No. 1 recievers. a lot of it is risk/reward. make sure you rank your players beore te draft so you know who you like he most. hpoe that wasnt too much and it helps you out.

Answer 5

As zburleson stated, take a RB in the 1st round. Let's assume you are in a 10 team league. Under no circumstance would I take Manning (or any other QB) in the 1st round. It's not that he isnt 1st round talent, but there is so much depth at QB, you can get a very good-great QB in the 7th-9th rounds (Palmer was generally a 7th-8th round pick last year) like Jake Delhomme, Trent Green, or Jake Plummer. These aren't top flight QB's, but they will definitely be good enough to get you to a championship.

Personally, this is how I would draft (I am in a league that starts 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 Def, 1 WR/RB, 9 Bench, no limits on who you can draft).
1st Round: 1st RB
2nd: 2nd RB or top 4 WR.
3rd: 1st WR or 2nd RB if I took WR in 2nd rd.
4th: Probably 3rd RB unless a top 10 WR is still available
5th: 2nd WR or 3rd RB
6th: 1st QB
7th: 3rd WR
8th: 2nd QB
9th: Def or TE, whichever is better
10th: TE or Def
11th: 4th RB (possibly take 4th RB in 8th-9th round, can not have enough depth at RB)
12th: 4th WR
13th: 2nd Def (defenses are so random it helps to have a couple decent choices) or 2nd TE (TE same as Def)
14th: 5th WR or 5th RB (if there are any sleepers I am looking at, or backup for #1 RB)
15th: 1st kicker (need at least one)
16th: 5th RB or 5th WR
17th - 19th: depth

Make sure to pay attention to bye weeks, especially this year as the NFL got rid of week 10 as a bye week and now weeks 5 & 6 have 6 teams on bye. Make sure not to draft both QB's, TE's, K's, or Def's with same bye week. It will force you to drop someone you didnt want to to pick up the extra backup.

I would personally not draft a 2nd kicker and look for a player that isn't performing as well to drop when you need a bye week kicker, then drop the 2nd kicker again to pick up someone off of waivers.

Mostly, have fun as if this is the first time you are participating in a league, you will get to learn a lot more about the NFL then you thought you knew. Also, I recommend that you get a FF magazine and read it cover to cover. You will get a lot of info. Also, check out the main sites, cbs.sportsline, ESPN (which you have to be an Insider to get the majority of their info now), NFL.com, Fox sports, and Yahoo!, combine all of the info along with who you think are the top players, and make your own list. Making your own list will get you more involved in finding out trends, injuries, who is in contract years, new offenses, etc.

As stated earlier, do NOT draft your favorite player early just because he is your favorite player. If you are a 49ers fan, that doesn't mean you should take Alex Smith with anything earlier than a last round draft. I have yet to see a draft where Smith has been taken.

Also, there are always surprises every year. I was in a 12 team league where we had to have 2 kickers and the last pick of the entire draft, and therefore the 24th kicker taken, was Neil Rackers, who happened to be the best one last year.

Answer 6

number 1. Play no more than 3 leagues........most likely you'll end up playing 2 teams....I may play 2 this year
2. ALWAYS a RB first round pick unless they change the scoring system/ 2 in the first 4 rounds
3 Have a good defense in mind and pick them about 6th in a 12 team roster
4 Have for sure one go to WR..Smith.Owens.ward.Johnson
5 Last pick is a K.....their are plenty left (good ones too)
6 TEs only about 6/7 real number getters...most will be gone I'd pick after my defense for sure
7 Finish the league out

Answer 7

Pay attention to your BYE weeks.
Never be the first person to draft a Defense. ;-)
Keep in mind that if you do make the playoffs, you don't want to be in a situation where your best players are sitting on the bench. This could be due to the fact that their team has nothing to play for and they don't want to risk injuring their best player(s). But that, more or less can be fixed throughout the year thanks to some smart transactions.
Finally. Don't draft Vernon Davis. That guy is going to be a bust!

Answer 8

pay attention to the injury reports. nothing is more frustrating than benching a guy because you heard he was hurt and find out he was ok to play. Also when drafting keep in mind when the bye weeks occur. If you have 2 QB's who are in the same division like Peyton Manning and Carson Palmer you get screwed when they both have the week off

Answer 9

figure out the league scoring loophole. every league has one. abuse it. then get depth at a skill position, and quality at the other. use those extra middle picks on the peripheral positions. work the waiver wire and free agent pool every week to increase overall team talent. play match-ups with all your positions. either draft everyone to go on bye in one or two of the weeks or spread them out. have fun. trash talk. stay active even if your losing. prepare for your playoffs. see that everyone else has fun also.

Answer 10

pick good people and watch the games and pay attention to the scouts pplz