I want to make sure I cover everything, and I have played for years, but just tell me some things you wish you knew when you started, or what you feel is important to teach new players.
2006-09-16 18:02:07 · 7 answers · asked by shawn_schreier2001 1 in Sports ➔ Fantasy Sports
If I set up a league, I will do it on cbssportsline, my fav. but I might not even set up a league since it is after the season. What I am just trying to do is teach a class so everyone else can know how to play because I believe it is so much fun and more people will enjoy it.
2006-09-16 18:10:42 · update #1
Amateurs will need the most help preparing for the draft.
You need to teach them the following: relative player value, draft strategy, research, and draft strategy.
The amateur's first mistake is to rely upon what he thinks he knows about football. Make sure that they do their due diligence in researching players. It is through research that they learn which players are valuable in fantasy football (Tom Brady) and which ones aren't (Michael Vick), even though both guys may win on Sunday. Research humbles the amateur and makes him understand that there are lots of guys who are very good in fantasy who fly under the radar of most NFL pregame shows. Research also warns the amateur away from big-name players who might have big-time problems; the amateur is the guy who drafted Domanick Davis without knowing about his injury situation.
Through research, the amateur will also come across Relative Player Value. Another way to look at this is to ask them to consider the top 24 guys at a given position, then ask them where the talent at that position drops off sharply. Once they've done this with all the positons in their league format, that will tell them approximately where to expect to draft a given player. For example, if a guy just has to have Michael Vick, show him Vick's value relative to other quarterbacks, then to other players, and the guy might figure out that he could wait until the 10th round to get him.
This finally leads to draft strategy. The actual draft itself requires discipline that amateurs without a plan just do not have. When players begin disappearing from the draft board, they panick and make stupid picks that screw up their whole draft. The prepared amateur has his cheat sheets handy, and fills his needs from the best players at those positions before they are all gone. This means that he has taken into consideration his draft position, and the players likely to be left at his turn. There is a little guesswork involved, but not as much as the amateur thinks.
For example, he looks at his league. There are 12 teams, and each team starts 3 receivers. Thus, a minimum of 36 receivers will be drafted. Just to be safe, he assumes two backups per team. Thus, his cheat sheet is 60 receivers deep. He researches various fantasy league sites and comes up with a composite list of the top 60 players. He targets the ones he likes, looks at where they are ranked, and guestimates their probable draft positions. He learns that he probably won't get Chad Johnson, Torry Holt, or Marvin Harrison after the second round, but that he could probably get Joe Jurevicius in the 11th.
Once an amateur has done this, the only thing left is trading; now that he has some information and knows the relative value of players, he won't get hosed in a trade.
The lack of knowledge about players is the amateur's Achilles' heel. Once they've fixed that, they are as prepared as the ten-year veteran.
2006-09-16 19:04:15 · answer #1 · answered by vanwalker1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What makes a player valuable in Fantasy ?
The importance of matchups versus raw talent in selecting starters
Draft Strategies
How to use waiver wire properly
Strategies for bye weeks
2006-09-17 02:16:39 · answer #2 · answered by steve f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At Genesis 1:1- God says he made the heavens and earth. At verse 1:27 he says he created the first humans. In these two verses Jesus is not mentioned. Isaiah 44:24 is like the other verses above. Jesus is not mentioned here also. But Genesis 1:26 states: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. God is plainly talking to someone else by the use of the word "us". He was talking to his Son, who later became Jesus Christ. God was not talking to himself or a part of himself. He was talking to Jesus. So this proves that Jesus is not and has never been God. Colossians 1:16 points out that Jesus was the one through whom God made all things. You left out a verse here. Verse 15 says Jesus is the "firstborn of God's creation",which means he is distinguished as being directly created by God. You have repeatedly tried to prove that Jesus is God and miserably failed. No matter what verses you bring up to try to prove our teachings are wrong, we will always be able to prove what the Bible really teaches.
2016-03-17 22:04:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, what leagues do you want to go to.
Amateurs should always start on a less competitive league like YAHOO.
I'm assuming that the people who play of NFL.com are pros who know what they are doing and are really serious about football.
2006-09-16 18:05:29 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you have the first pick always draft a RB. like Alexander,LT, L. Johnson, you have to get a top BR first and then draft down next would be WR and the QB's and last thing you would wantto draft is kickers.. tho I just do auto drafts cus it gets lame to wait while one person decides what low level wr they want.
2006-09-16 18:11:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
see above. just remember to tell them that you should draft our skill players first regardless whose on the board. first four rounds rb/rb/wr/wr.
2006-09-16 19:13:22 · answer #6 · answered by Rusty Shackleford 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please go visit this site:
http://www.fantasyfanbase.com
They have several teachers there who play FF and I know they would be a great source of help for you.
2006-09-17 02:26:37 · answer #7 · answered by fanbase 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋