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Fantasy Football Draft Primer 2008
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August 28, 2008 - Brian "Twelfth Round Pick" Zeleny
It’s been a while since I’ve contributed to these pages and I wanted to write about something that I know. As a teacher, I don’t work during the summer. I go out at night and never set an alarm clock (don’t key my car). In theory this sounds great; but in reality, I need something to fill the time. Like many red-blooded American males, I spend my Sundays watching football on television simultaneously tracking my imaginary team of players as they battle other imaginary teams of players (you can scoff all you want but YOU are reading my article).Fantasy football gives the fan a chance to enjoy football on a different level: 1) you are invested in players other than those on your favorite team, and 2) you have bragging rights with your friends. The game has ups, downs, and drama that really adds flavor to the NFL season. More importantly, in reality and fantasy, it makes the game personal.
That being said, I will present a look at Fantasy Football for those of you who are new to the game by sharing my ideas about strategy. Some of you who already are gurus may gain something from my ramblings as well. Like any hobby, your success is determined by the time and effort you are willing to spend in the name of being awesome. We will progress in this order: 1) explaining the basics of a Fantasy Draft, 2) understanding the different positions on a Fantasy Football team, 3) looking at player rankings by position and 4) examining drafting strategy to get you ready for the season. To keep you excited, I’ve got a couple of tricks sprinkled in here and there that have worked effectively for me.
The basics. Whenever I discuss strategy or position rankings, etc., I am assuming that you play in a league with twelve teams. Each team has 16 players on it and the league uses standard scoring and player position rules. Before I outline the standard scoring and player rules, I want to let you know that there are two words that I will never use to describe a player that are overused in Fantasy terminology: “Stud” and “Upside”. It drives me crazy when fantasy people use these words because they are almost never correct. Know what a stud is? It’s a horse that is going to do the nasty to a bunch of other horses in an attempt to breed the next Smarty Jones. Or it’s a piece of metal behind your wall that you need an annoying and inaccurate device to find so that you can secure your bookshelves so that they don’t fall down. “Upside” is a term used to describe a player that has the ability to be good. Well, guess what, they ALL have “upside”. On any given Sunday, any player can have a great game. It’s like calling a baseball player a “Professional Hitter”. Unless you are a pitcher in the American League, they pay you to hit the ball once in a while so they are all “Professional Hitters”.
Onto the meat of this delicious Fantasy Burger...
Scoring, Line-Up & Drafting >>
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