Lets be honest. A lot of luck goes into fantasy football. But you are correct that picking a kicker or defense early is a huge mistake. You are also correct that those later rounds are much more important then people give them credit for. A lot of those guys will become your best players.
I started playing fantasy in 94-95.. I have never invested in a QB in RD 1! Not that this is the way to go! I think if you want to have a good chance to win 5-6 games easy, then a top 3-4 QB RD 1 will do it for you. I have always strayed from the norm when drafting though! Until last 2 years I had always gone for a WR with my 1st two picks.. There were only 4-5 monster WR's up till the past few years and you knew you would get a player who more than likely would get 1,200 yards and 12-14 td's! You couldn't find that value in later rounds for that position.. As for RB's you always had waiver wire and back us who came out of nowhere! But the past 2 years I have been on the RB train as it seems the WR train is getting lots of attention and the RB value is less.. I went Peterson, Chris Johnson, Lynch, Dez Bryant, Ryan, Riddley, Stevie Johnson, Lance Moore, Gonzalez, Benson, Gibson, Freeman, Morris, Kyle Rudolph and Mike Williams. This was 12 team league with the 9th pick. I jumped on as many RB'S as I could in hope to trade after the 1st few weeks to a team who lost a RB which always happens. The fact that this was a non flex league sucked because I was loaded at RB.. Week 3 I struck a deal with Riddley and Benson for Demaryus Thomas and Week 6 I landed Rowdy White for Morris and Rudolph...
I invested in depth at RB in hopes to trade for upgrade at wr and it worked out as it took me all the way to a 2nd place finish which means nothing lol!
This year in 7 leagues, I had Matt Ryan in 5 of 7 leagues and took him in round 5-6 every draft. The 2 leagues he went round 3, I waited till round 9-11 and went with Freeman and Dalton who did well for me! In all 7 leagues I made playoffs with top 4 teams advancing except a 6 team playoff! And yes I won 0 titles lol... Fantasy Playoffs are brutal lol
In past years I have always waited till later rounds for qb's and went with a 2 qb combo.. I often went for Eli, Flacco, Big Ben, Ryan, Palmer, Green Schaub and other qb's of this nature the past several years and have always had great success.. But for a person playing for the 1st time or not one who like to play matchups and work the waiver wire, I suggest take an elite QB in the 1st rd!
I invested in depth at RB in hopes to trade for upgrade at wr and it worked out as it took me all the way to a 2nd place finish which means nothing lol!
This year in 7 leagues, I had Matt Ryan in 5 of 7 leagues and took him in round 5-6 every draft. The 2 leagues he went round 3, I waited till round 9-11 and went with Freeman and Dalton who did well for me! In all 7 leagues I made playoffs with top 4 teams advancing except a 6 team playoff! And yes I won 0 titles lol... Fantasy Playoffs are brutal lol
In past years I have always waited till later rounds for qb's and went with a 2 qb combo.. I often went for Eli, Flacco, Big Ben, Ryan, Palmer, Green Schaub and other qb's of this nature the past several years and have always had great success.. But for a person playing for the 1st time or not one who like to play matchups and work the waiver wire, I suggest take an elite QB in the 1st rd!
The Auction drafting is awesome... Had a league for 3 years where we did this and it was the best drafting! Lots of strategy goes into auction drafts imo! This can seperate the luck factor a bit imo! We did top 25 players in a bucket pulled at random with tiers of players grouped in the top 100. Each person had what we called a blind bogey, which they only had 1 of... After 4 players were picked a person could say Blind Bogey and you bid whatever you want, winner of highest bid names the player he wants that hasn't been pulled yet!
each person entered the draft with a 100 bucks! you could spend all of it or whatever you want! After the 1st 30 minutes some people had spent 75% of their money on 3 players... Yo miss out on some good players but you can add great depth by waiting and taking players for cheap as other don't have the funds to bid on them!
If you can be patient and bid on players just to get other people to burn their money you can make out really good.. Keep track of other players money and you know who to bid against and how to find and set a good price for players you want.. Some guys will spen all their money on 5-6 players and have to fill their team with waiver wire players... If you hold out a bit, you can buy players for 2-3 dollars and fill a roster!
I am all for an auction league.
Would not mind it a bit.
No reason we cant start one here at therx.
But I dont think we will convert the $500 league into an auction.
There is no doubt that the luck factor plays a larger roll in drafts then they do in auctions.
But it still requires skill to win a draft.
You can win a fantasy league from drafting in all 12 positions in a draft.
