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Fantasy Football pt.2

Obviously, things will change over the coming weeks when more people get injured or roster spots are solidified but looking at the breakdown of most leagues, I think the best bet is to go RB and WR in the first two rounds and then another RB in the third. In the 4th round, you just take the best available player, be it Antonio Gates, Matt Forte, Wes Welker, or Brett Favre (and I might actually draft them in that order).

However, there's one thing that you have to keep in mind that no "expert" can lead you in (and something that the ESPN draft tracker is definitely not too helpful with) and that's knowing your league. For instance, I'm in one league that is RB-centric. In that league, I might be able to get away with taking two running backs and while still landing one of the better WR's in the league. I've done mock draft and usually going WR and RB in the first two rounds works best but that's because those leagues often have people grabbing a number of QB's and WR's in the early rounds. If everyone other team in your league goes RB/RB in the first two rounds, you'll be scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to your WR/RB position.

That being said, there are some deals to be had so far. Guys like Ahmad Bradshaw, Jahvid Best, Arian Foster, Cadillac Williams, Clinton Portis all seem to be slipping pretty deep into these mock drafts. Ditto for Wes Welker. In the ideal draft scenario, I usually ended up with RB in the first, WR in the second, then Pierre Thomas in the 3rd, Matt Forte in the 4th, Wes Welker 5th, and then either the best TE or QB available. If neither of them really wowed me, I often went with another WR like Percy Harvin. Now, I think some of these guys (like Forte, Welker, and Harvin) could move up in the ranking as the preseason wears on but this still seems like the best approach. The only way I'd really break from it is if I had a shot at two great backs. For instance, in one draft I was able to get Steven Jackson and DeAngelo Williams. I wasn't going to pass on Williams just to fill my quote at WR. After four rounds I had Jackson, Williams, Forte and Antonio Gates. My WR's were going to be thin but I can live with that since I had a top TE and three nice RB options.

As for QB, I know Brees and Rodgers (and Brady and Manning) offer some nice points but I just feel more comfortable with going late and maybe settling for Favre or Kevin Kolb. I also think Vince Young's intriguing and Carson Palmer could bounce back since he has a sick receiving corps with Ochocinco, TO, Antonio Bryant, Matt Jones, and the Greshem kid at TE. It's hard not to go after one of those two guys in the early second round but if you do that, I feel like it just puts more pressure on all of your next picks (especially at WR).

Well, I've now officially spent too much time writing about Fantasy Football so it'll be a week or so (when my leagues actually start drafting) before I chime in again.


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