Fantasy football fans will be scouring all the usual suspects for football facts, predictions, myths, legends and lies during the preseason. Not just because football fans are info junkies, but because they plan on trouncing their coworkers, neighbors, and in-laws in the next season of fantasy football leagues. Crazy fools that they are will probably find nothing but reams and reams of statistics. So unless they all received a PHD in statistical analysis during their drunken college years, they really wont be any further ahead then you my dear reader. Becuase, we are not going to be taking statistics here, instead we're unveiling the deepest darkest secrets of winning football fantasy leagues. And you my dear reader will be able to mount a masterful trouncing of all your coworkers, neighbors, and in-laws during the next fantasy football season.
Football Winning Ways
You don't have to be a big time winner in previous football fantasy leagues to win this season. Your about to benefit from the experience of past fantasy football winners right here, and right now. Strategically, tactically, and otherwise, information is knowledge. So if this is your first time at fantasy football, read on, and prepare to exercise your winning ways.
Digging for Distance
Don't just go for the big names in the fantasy football draft. Sure enough the top ten obvious players will go fast and everyone will be looking to get as many of these guys as they can. But that's easy, giving a little more thought and making smart choices with the second and third stringers will really build a football team with depth. That way, when your stars do down, and you can bet at least one of them will, you'll be prepared. Keep on eye out for up and comers, who haven't hit their full potential, or maybe just haven't been given a chance to show their stuff because of stronger players ahead of them. It's smart drafting for depth that separates the men from the boys in this game.
Devilish Little Details
Once the teams are stacked, stay on top of things, and pay attention to the little stuff. A great deep team, like the one you should have picked will be a handful to manage. So many good player to choose from and properly assign. Everybody team matches up differently against other teams, and the same can be said for players. Every player and team has their own strength and weakness. Consider everything. Not just how well a player did last week, but how well a player did, who they played for, what conditions they played under, and how those considerations will factor into this weeks games. Fantasy football, just like real football, is won by playing smart and taking calculated risks when the setting is right.
A Player To Be Named Later
to the table, and see if you can make a good season, a great season. Trading for the coming weeks games, is just as important as trading for the rest of the season. If someone can help you this week, go for it, and dump them later. It's not like your really uprooting the poor Trades are important to. If your team is deep and you've got more good players then you can handle (yea right), then maybe it's time to bring your negotiating skills smuck and dragging his kids out of the best private school in the country.
Let The Good Times Roll
And hey, remember it's just a game. Fantasy football can be fun for everyone, beginners and pros alike. It's not about the money, it's about crushing your closest friends. Oh yea, and the fantasy football grand prize winner money helps to.
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Written By: Chris Campbell
