take the best player available. For instance, you may take a WR as your 1st pick and then you think you HAVE to snag an RB with your 2nd pick or you’ll miss out.

Truth is, you’ve likely already missed out on the elite on-paper talent at the position. If you’re looking at who’s available at a specific position and you can’t decide between 4 or 5 guys to draft, that’s a good indicator you shouldn’t draft any of them with that pick.

In one of my leagues I went WR/WR/TE/RB/QB with my first 5 picks. I ended up with St Brown, Jefferson, Kelce, Kamara, and Lamar Jackson.

Kelce had a down year, but certainly at the time that felt like a crazy good start. I was then able to snag Connor and Montgomery in the next few rounds and ended up having a really good team.

So I’d sum up advice like this:


1. Draft best player available, care less about filling positions early on.

2. If you can’t decide between several guys at a specific position, look at a different position. One of those guys is likely going to be available on your next pick.

3. Draft studs who had a down year the prior season - I got Jefferson with the 13th overall pick in one league, and Chase at pick 8 in another.

4. Look for good players that upgraded their team in the offseason. I got Saquon at #14 in one league, in another Henry fell to me at #17.

5. You can find a LOT of value in mid to late round runningbacks. If you miss out on the top talent at RB in the first couple rounds, probably best to get load up on great talent at WR, TE, and maybe an elite QB (Allen or Lamar) until after round 7 or so.

5. Use a couple of the later rounds to pick up some promising rookies, especially WR. Usually the WRs who went high in the draft are on a bad team and will be throwing a lot. I snagged Brian Thomas Jr in two leagues and he crushed it.

Okay this ended up being WAAAY longer than I intended. But hopefully there’s some value in there somewhere.