The recommended draft strategy for fantasy football typically involves drafting the following number of players per position: Quarterbacks (QB): 1-2 Running Backs (RB): 3-4 Wide Receivers (WR): 3-4 Tight Ends (TE): 1-2 Kickers (K): 1 Defense/Special Teams (D/ST): 1.
Look for players who are projected to outperform their draft position. This often means targeting players with high upside or those returning from injury. Mix safer picks with high-upside players. Early rounds should focus on reliable players, while later rounds can be used for players with breakout potential.
It's especially important to track positional needs. For example, if teams near you have selected a bunch of WRs but few RBs, you can assume they'll be targeting RBs soon. Get out ahead of them and snag a RB with your next pick. Let your league mates waste later-round picks on handcuffing their own RBs.
The bench spots are left for you to decide. The two positions to focus on are the running back and wide receiver positions. Ideally, you want to focus on drafting elite talent with different bye weeks. Focusing on WRs and RBs is imperative because these two positions make up the most spots on your roster.
The bench spots are left for you to decide. The two positions to focus on are the running back and wide receiver positions. Ideally, you want to focus on drafting elite talent with different bye weeks. Focusing on WRs and RBs is imperative because these two positions make up the most spots on your roster.
Instead, it's perhaps more helpful to determine which positions you should focus on, rather than which players. ing to the same model, teams are typically best suited drafting wide receivers and running backs first, followed by a tight end, then a defense, then a kicker, and finally, a quarterback.
Christian McCaffrey is once again the consensus #1 overall pick in fantasy football. It hasn't always gone as planned, but people keep coming back for a reason. This time, he was the best RB by 100 points in 2023. He's already nicked up, but all signs suggest another big season is coming.
In fantasy football, it is best to wait until the 3rd or 4th round to draft your quarterback. This might seem odd considering how important a quarterback is to a football team but players like wide receivers and running backs are more valuable because they can score more points each week.
Some fantasy leaguers try to form a pre-draft plan of how to construct their roster by position. For example, they might intend to start with a running back in the first round, then a wide receiver in the second, another wide receiver in the third, and a second running back in the fourth.
Each round, autopick drafts the highest-ranked (pre-rank, then default rank) available player based on your position needs. The system determines a max number of players to positions ratio, including bench, so that your roster positions are balanced.