Fantasy Newbie

[*pally*]

I’m going to be in my first fantasy league this year. There will be about 10 of us.

Any advice or tips so that I can end the season with family bragging rights?

[Tiger Teeth]

(08-05-2024, 08:09 AM)pally Wrote: I’m going to be in my first fantasy league this year. There will be about 10 of us.

Any advice or tips so that I can end the season with family bragging rights?

Don't draft a QB 1st.  Get your WR's and RB's first.  

[HarleyDog]

(08-05-2024, 08:09 AM)pally Wrote: I’m going to be in my first fantasy league this year. There will be about 10 of us.

Any advice or tips so that I can end the season with family bragging rights?

Do some mock drafts. That will help you to get a good vibe on where players are going and in what rounds. Also, reading some fantasy news and catching up on the latest opinions on sleepers doesn't hurt. You can get some good valued players in late rounds if you're prepared. In one of our fantasy threads, you will see some examples of the order of draft position preferences. Of course, during the draft, anything can change on a dime. I think this year I may go WR-WR-RB-QB with the first 4 picks. Simply because I feel the league has become more of a passing league. 

Tigerteeth mentioned not drafting a QB in round 1. That's usually the logic, but you might see some draft a QB in the first. Try not to let that get you rattled and try to stick to your plan.

If this is your first time playing, be careful. It's addicting. I found myself some years having too many teams to manage. I love FF. 

Good luck and have fun.

[StoneTheCrow]

Make sure to look at the rules/settings for your league before your draft. Point per reception, half point per reception , no point per reception can change the value on some players. Check kicker points if you have a kicker. Some leagues have higher point settings for longer kicks made and penalties for kicks that are missed.

Not going qb early is a good strategy, but one league I’m in gives 6 points for passing tds. Standard scoring is 4 points for passing tds. It’s a big difference and it bumps the qbs up in priority in our drafts.

[*ochocincos*]

(08-05-2024, 08:09 AM)pally Wrote: I’m going to be in my first fantasy league this year. There will be about 10 of us.

Any advice or tips so that I can end the season with family bragging rights?

(08-05-2024, 09:55 AM)Tiger Teeth Wrote: Don't draft a QB 1st.  Get your WR's and RB's first.  

100% this.

You'll see a few TEs and QBs go within the first 3-4 rounds, but good WRs and especially RBs can be hard to come by after Rd 4-5.

It can also help to target a player currently injured but might only be out the first few games. Those players tend to go later in the draft but will be a heavy contributor once back. And since bye weeks don't start until October, you should be able to have some depth to cover the first few weeks until said player is back healthy.

I tend to target RB/WR the first 4-5 rounds, then I'll get a QB and TE within rds 5-7, then I'll fill out the rest of the depth with RB/WR/TE/QB. Save DEF and K for the last few rounds after you have your depth built out.

It's not a bad strategy to play the matchups with DEF and/or K during the season too. I mainly do that with DEF. I probably pick up at least 5 DEFs throughout the season lol.

Last, pay attention to bye weeks.
I like to target as late of a bye week as I can. That way, hopefully I'm locked into the playoffs by the time most of my byes are hitting ideally.
You can also try to target as early of a bye week as possible to get them out of the way, but you might get some early losses with that approach.
Another option is trying to stack players that have the same 1-2 bye weeks so you're only potentially gimping yourself a couple weeks.

[*pally*]

Thanks for the help guys

[*bfine32*]

DON'T draft with your heart if you want to win.

[*Synric*]

(08-05-2024, 09:55 AM)Tiger Teeth Wrote: Don't draft a QB 1st.  Get your WR's and RB's first.  

Unless it's a 2 QB league then you have to draft one quickly because just the QBs is like 60% of the points you score that week. I'm not a fan of 2 QB leagues.

[cinci4life]

Make sure you know who has what bye week. You don't want to have too many players in the same position group on the same bye week.

[*pally*]

(08-05-2024, 10:50 PM)cinci4life Wrote: Make sure you know who has what bye week. You don't want to have too many players in the same position group on the same bye week.

Yeah, I ran into that when I tried some mock drafts like Harley suggested