We're getting close to the teeth of fantasy football draft season, and it's time to talk about mistakes. I'm going to run back some of the mistakes from last year's column, and I'll add two fresh mistakes at the bottom. You're welcome to offer your own lessons learned, I'm all ears: @scott_pianowski.
the right way, whatever that means. Obviously, it's a nuanced and shifting discussion, and obviously, it's all contextual. What works best in my hometown league might not work best for your hometown league. There's a lot of season-to-taste in this game.But sometimes we need to take a step back and focus on how suboptimal thinking sneaks into our decision-making. That’s our mission for today, to patch some of the leaks that might be holding you back.
What does this have to do with fantasy football? Well, when you go out of your way to draft the NFL backups of your primary starters , you’re essentially bunting. You’re capping your upside. You’re playing for the small inning. In August, that’s the wrong way to think. Your goals should be much loftier the day you start assembling your roster.Fantasy sports are essentially a game of opinions, your best guess against my best guess. The best fantasy managers are going to have plenty of takes. You compete for a few years, take down a trophy or two, you get some confidence and even some ego.
The goal is to figure out the new season before your opponents do. And with that in mind, you have to be willing to be selectively aggressive when opportunities arise.is a fascinating concept, the idea that otherwise-smart people can be overwhelmed by alternatives. It's not uncommon for a fantasy manager to tell me they prefer a roster of minimal depth over a roster of fantastic depth because they aren't forced to make difficult choices every week.
Don’t be afraid of making a mistake, amigas and amigos. Tricky decisions are like bluffs in poker — if you don’t have one blow up on you every so often, you are playing far too conservatively. Fortune favors the brave. If you insist on keeping both of your feet on first base, you’ll never be able to steal second.
When I examine ADP, I like to focus on the trending market, how rooms have drafted in the past week or so. Deeper-rooted ADP is going to be more buggy and less useful. At the end of the day, you want to undercut the marketon the later-round picks you covet, not blow the market out of the water. Don't take your hidden gem in the sixth round when context clues made it clear you could have waited until the 10th round or later.
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