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Fantasy Football Draft Cheat Sheets
Fitz’s Core Draft Principles
1. Tailor your draft strategy to the number of WRs your league requires you to start each week.
I can’t emphasize this enough: The number of wide receivers you’re required to start each week is the most important setting in your league.
If your league requires you to start only two receivers each week, you can choose between RBs and WRs in the early rounds based on where the value is. You have tactical flexibility.
If your league requires you to start three receivers each week, WR becomes a critical position, and you should attack it aggressively in the early rounds. Your goal should be to outgun nearly every team in your league at the WR position since you’re starting so many WRs each week.
2. Take advantage of discounts on high-upside rookies.
This should be a tenet of your draft plan every year, but it’s an especially good approach this year, with an outstanding group of rookie running backs entering the NFL.
The top rookies are often underdrafted because they haven’t played in the NFL yet, and it’s human nature to fear the unknown. But rookies with early-round draft capital have historically been good fantasy bets.
3. Chase Upside
Upside is important. You need to draft a lot of players with plausible ways of delivering high-ceiling outcomes. Even if such players have rock-bottom floors in their range of possible outcomes, invest anyway.
You’ll miss on a few of these types. That’s what waivers are for. The potential rewards outweigh the risk of a low-end outcome.
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DBro’s Early-Round Value Picks (Rounds 1-4)
- Christian McCaffrey
- Brian Thomas Jr.
- Drake London
- Trey McBride
- Garrett Wilson
- Davante Adams
- Mike Evans
- Rashee Rice
- George Kittle
- Kenneth Walker
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Erickson’s Rookies to Target
- Ashton Jeanty (LV)
- Kaleb Johnson (PIT)
- TreVeyon Henderson (NE)
- RJ Harvey (DEN)
- Cam Skattebo (NYG)
- Bhayshul Tuten (JAC)
- Brashard Smith (KC)
- Kyle Monangai (CHI)
- Tetairoa McMillan (CAR)
- Jayden Higgins (HOU)
- Tre Harris (LAC)
- Jaylin Noel (HOU)
- Kyle Williams (NE)
- Jaylin Lane (WAS)
- Elic Ayomanor (TEN)
Check out Erickson’s full Fantasy Football Draft Cheat Sheet
Joe’s QB Sleepers
- Justin Herbert (LAC)
- Justin Fields (NYJ)
- Dak Prescott (DAL)
- Drake Maye (NE)
- Matthew Stafford (LAR)
- J.J. McCarthy (MIN)
- Bryce Young (CAR)
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