Bob Lung discusses the perfectly consistent fantasy football draft.
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Fantasy Draft Day can be one of most exciting or most horrifying days in a fantasy owner’s life each year. It’s exciting for those who prepare. It’s horrifying for those who don’t have time to prep because LIFE gets in the way.
Well, worry no more, my friends! I’m here to help give you a winning draft, REGARDLESS of the position you choose from!
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My friends at FantasyPros have some great tools to help you in your Fantasy Football draft preparation. One of them is the Draft Simulator. I am going to use this tool in conjunction with a tool from the Big Guy Fantasy Sports site called the Tier Draft List. The Tier Draft List is a one page Excel file that groups each position by Tier (RB1, RB2, etc.) and then separates the Tier into Grade A, B, C, and D. Each Tier correlates to an Expected Consistency Rating or how consistent that player should be in 2017. This is explained in the Guide.
By utilizing the Draft Simulator, I will perform a mock draft from each position and present the results as ranked by the FantasyPros expert rankings. Upon presenting that the mock draft results are ranked No. 1 by FantasyPros, I will also show you why it’s a great draft because of the consistency ratings of the players I drafted.
We start with a mock draft from position No. 1.
The Results
Below is the embed code from the FantasyPros site showing the results:
As you can see from the results, the team drafted ranked No. 1 by the FantasyPros expert rankings. And while that’s certainly important that our drafted team scores more points than any other team, it’s also important that the players are consistently scoring those points.
Roster with Consistency Rankings
| Pick | Player | Position | Tier | Consistency | ||
| 1.1 | David Johnson, ARI | RB | RB1A | 90% | ||
| 2.12 | Lamar Miller, HOU | RB | RB1B | 70% | ||
| 3.1 | Jarvis Landry, MIA | WR | WR1A | 75% | ||
| 4.12 | Drew Brees, NO | QB | QB1B | 70% | ||
| 5.1 | Michael Crabtree, OAK | WR | WR2A | 70% | ||
| 6.12 | Jimmy Graham, SEA | TE | TE1B | 70% | ||
| 7.1 | Pierre Garcon, SF | WR | WR3B | 65% | 73% | Starters |
| 8.12 | Kelvin Benjamin, CAR | RB | WR3B | 65% | ||
| 9.1 | Adrian Peterson, NO | RB | RB3C | 60% | ||
| 10.12 | James White, NE | RB | RB3C | 65% | ||
| 11.1 | Marvin Jones, DET | WR | WR4C | 60% | ||
| 12.12 | Houston Texans, HOU | DEF | ||||
| 13.1 | Matthew Stafford, DET | QB | QB2A | 55% | ||
| 14.12 | Julius Thomas, MIA | TE | TE1B | 55% | 60% | Bench |
| 15.1 | Stephen Gostkowski, NE | K |
Overall, the consistency is very good for this team. The Starters overall consistency is over 70%! That’s outstanding! If your starters can average over 65%, that’s a solid team. The Bench scoring a 60% consistency average is also a very good. (Note: There is no consistency ratings for Kickers and Defense).
So, let’s break down the starters.
STARTERS
One thing that I always stress to fantasy owners is to make sure that you draft your CORE starters (1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR and 1 TE) within the first seven rounds (depending on your league starter lineup). Many will argue and throw out strategies like ZERO-RB or four straight WRs or no QBs until Round 8. Whatever! Don’t be that person!
The starters all have a grade of Tier 1-3 and Grade of A or B.
This is very important to try and get these tiers for your top seven starters.
In summary, this is an excellent draft for starters with a No. 1 ranking by FantasyPros and a consistency rating of 73%.
BENCH
Drafting a solid and consistent bench is just as important as your starters. Yes, there will be underperformers and injuries, but having a consistent bench gives you depth for possible trades to improve your starters, in case one of them get injured.
In this draft, I have covered a backup to all positions. This doesn’t always happen, but Julius Thomas in Round 14 was too good to pass up.
In summary, the FantasyPros ranking was No. 2 overall, but more important is the 60% bench consistency rating. I feel much better about that and it allows me to feel good about the start to the season.
OVERALL
The FantasyPros ranking of 98 out of 100 and an A+ rating says it all! This is an excellent draft, both in total points and consistency.
If you’re interested more in the Tier Draft List and Fantasy Football Consistency, go to www.BigGuyFantasySports.com and we will help you improve your Fantasy teams in 2017!
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