If you are looking for the edge when making your fantasy football projections for 2007, one thing to keep in mind is that you want your draft strategy to be as simple and effective as possible. ESPN’s Matthew Berry provides help in this area with his Rules to Live By.
In my 17 years of playing fantasy football, I have always drafted wide recievers first. The theory behind this is that recievers are explosive and, since longer touchdowns count for more, recievers who catch long touchdowns score bigger points more often.
Berry’s suggestions made me rethink my strategy. I’m coming to the conclusion that the best strategy in the draft is to minimize risk and maximize reward at the same time. Learning to minimize risk when drafting is essential to getting to the playoffs, and you can’t win the championship without getting to the playoffs.
Some of the stategies Berry presents are obvious ones. Don’t draft a kicker until last, for example. The top kicker last year went undrafted in most leagues. Good point.
Selecting running backs in rounds 1 and 2 is something crtitical to your success in this year’s fantasy football draft.
He also advocates taking a quarterback over wide recievers, which is interesting. Your touchdowns at quarterback usually don’t count for as much as the ones from your backs or recievers, so why would you take a quarterback over your wideouts? Berry argues that the only players on the field that are guaranteed lots of touches every game are the QB’s and RB’s. I’m not sure I agree with the reasoningMatthew Berry, but it’s an interesting point nonetheless.
Overall, the tips Berry provides are a valuable starting point when mapping out your fantasy football draft strategy. The ideas in this article are sound. For a more complete drafting strategy with a 100% guarantee that you will make the playoffs, click here.
