Fantasy Football Draft Strategy

For many years, the golden rule in fantasy football draft strategy has been to draft running backs early. Draft running backs early. Draft running backs EARLY! There was a reason for this rule. Typically, the starting roster requirement for fantasy football leagues has been to start at least two running backs. In a 10 or 12 team there would be 20 to 24 running backs starting every week in your fantasy football league. What did this mean? It meant if you wanted productivity at the running back position, you had to draft at least two running backs early. If you didn’t, you could kiss your fantasy football league title goodbye! Believe me, I had learned this lesson the hard way. It was not a good feeling. All of your title hopes were doomed before your season even began!

However, with rule changes favoring the pass and many teams using running back by committee due to injuries, drafting two running backs early may not be feasible. There may not be 20 to 24 productive running backs available. Notice I said productive running backs. Want to know the secret of an effective fantasy football draft strategy? It’s pretty simple. The general objective of your fantasy football strategy should be to rank higher than your competition at each position. If you look at several popular fantasy football publications, they will tell you that the key to winning is drafting two running backs in the first two rounds or drafting a quarterback in this round. Just remember that your strategy should be predicated on having the top performers at each position on your team. Think about it. If your players are consistently the top performers at each position, then doesn’t it make sense that you will have a very good chance at winning your fantasy football league?