Draft Pick Advice from Top Fantasy Football
Who will be your 1st overall draft choice in 2009?
Well friends, the 2009 fantasy football draft’s are ramped up and rolling full speed. Draft parties of all kinds will be taking place all over the globe. Here in the south we like to cook out, drink adult beverages and turn it on any sports channel that is talking football.
What is the best part that makes your draft party even more enjoyable and inspiring, knowing you have the very first pick overall. And through this post I will provide you all with the wisdom to take home the championship trophy in 2009.
In recent years, oh probably the past six, LaDainian Tomlinson has ruled the top pick, even in point per reception (PPR) leagues. You knew whoever had the first pick in your draft was guaranteed to pick L.T. Not anymore. The un-spoken rules of fantasy football drafts are changing and people are wising to the new era of FFB. If you want to be a top fantasy football guru in your 2009 league the next part is for you!
Do’s
- Do put together a draft plan of who you will take and in what order. Do this for the first 30 picks. So if you have the first fantasy draft pick or at least somewhere in the top you’ll be prepared.
- Do read and research. We offer an awesome tool to minimize your time and efforts.
- Do participate in several online mock drafts days before your draft and always know before it’s your turn to pick at least 2 or 3 different players you would like to own on your next selection.
- Do have a list of the top players at each position to help you decided should you be put in a bind.
- Do optimize your draft plan based on the type of league you are in, i.e. PPR leagues should draft based on POINTS per reception!
- Do select a high octane player such as MJD, Forte, or AP with the first pick.
- If one of those guys are gone when its your turn to draft you can take a look at our TOP 100 fantasy football players to get a good idea what to do.
- After your draft you must stay up to date on your players, wavier wire updates and injury updates need to be sent to you via email / text or else someone in your league will find out before you! Many sites offer a service to help keep you up-to-date on your team but none offer the same value, features and price as our “Dominator Service” – sign up for our fantasy football update tool and you’ll always have a leg up on your league.
Don’ts
- Don’t draft any player on the cover of Madden NFL, see comment section below.
- Don’t draft only “house-hold” names, shake it up and find the one or two sleeper picks or top value rookie’s projected to perform beyond the norm (later rounds in the draft of-course).
- Don’t discuss your draft strategy with your friends, kids, spouse, or mother-in-law as this could destroy friendships.
- Don’t draft a kicker before the next to last round of your draft. Kickers are a dime a dozen and are started based on red zone defense.
Moss is a freak of nature but to say Fitzgerald dreams about him is insane.. this is what the WR rankings look like and don’t you forget it! http://top-fantasy-football.com/ffb-rankings/wr-fantasy-football-rankings/
to add on the list of don’t
don’t forget to set your pre-draft rankings in-case you lose your internet connection
don’t draft with the kids in the house or in the house with the kids.. you’ll get distracted
to add to the do “list”
do have a backup connection if possible.. perhaps your neighbors wifi connection
do have team bye weeks easily accessible during the draft, that helps in the late rounds
Don’t draft any player on the cover of Madden NFL? What the hell? All the high ranking players are on the cover of Madden. Dude, you’re on that stuff.
Ya that is funny about the Madden however if you look back in time how many player on the cover of Madden have had a good year? None!
2002: The 2002 cover of Madden NFL featured Minnesota Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper, who the previous year had made an impressive NFL debut in taking his team to the NFC Championship Game (which they lost to the New York Giants). In 2001, however, the Vikings struggled to a disappointing 4-7 record before Culpepper suffered a knee injury and missed the last five games of the year (while Minnesota finished the season a dismal 5-11).
2003: The 2003 cover of Madden NFL featured St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk, whose rushing and receiving prowess had led his team to the Super Bowl twice in the previous three years. But Faulk was plagued by an injured ankle during the 2002 season, his yards gained rushing total dropped under the 1,000 mark (after four straight seasons of 1300+ yards), and the Rams missed the playoffs with a disappointing 7-9 record.
2004: The 2004 cover of Madden NFL featured Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, who in 2002 (his first season as a starter) took a team with a dismal 16-32 record over the previous three years and led them to a respectable 9-6-1 finish and a spot in the NFL playoffs as a Wild Card entry. In 2003, though, Vick suffered a fractured right fibula in a pre-season game one day after Madden NFL 2004 hit store shelves; he played in only five games that year as the Falcons sank to a lowly 5-11 record.
2005: The 2005 cover of Madden NFL featured Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, who had recorded a career-high six interceptions in 2003 as his team reached the post-season for the third time in four years. But in 2004, Lewis failed (for the only time in his NFL career) to record even a single interception and sat out the final game of the season with an injury as the Ravens just missed qualifying for the playoffs at 9-7, and in 2005 he suffered a torn right hamstring in Baltimore’s sixth game and missed the rest of the season as the Ravens dropped to 6-10.
2006: The 2006 cover of Madden NFL featured Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, under whom the Eagles had amassed a superb 59-21 regular season record and made five straight playoff appearances in the previous five years, the last of which culminated in an NFC Championship and a Super Bowl match-up against the New England Patriots (which Philadelphia lost by three points). After he was selected for the 2006 Madden NFL cover, McNabb flouted the curse by saying that the injuries associated with it “might be a trend, but I don’t believe in the curse at all.” True to form, McNabb suffered a sports hernia in the first game of the 2005 season. He played on for another eight games despite the painful injury, but after being re-injured in a contest against the Dallas Cowboys, he finally opted for surgery and missed the final seven games of the season as the Eagles finished last in the NFC East.
2007: The 2007 cover of Madden NFL featured Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander, whose 5.1 yards per carry rushing average in 2005 spurred the Seahawks to their best season ever and their first Super Bowl appearance. Three weeks into the 2006 season, Alexander broke his left foot in a game against the New York Giants and missed his team’s next six games. The Seahawks made the playoffs but lost to the Chicago Bears in the second (divisional) round.
2008: The 2008 cover of Madden NFL featured Tennessee Titans rookie quarterback Vince Young, who skipped his senior year in college to enter the NFL after leading the University of Texas Longhorns to a national championship and was selected #3 in in the 2006 draft. Young hurt the quadriceps in his right leg during the Titans’ fifth game of the 2007 season and didn’t participate in Tennessee’s game against the Houston Texans the following week, marking the first time in his career (including middle school, high school, college, and the NFL) that an injury kept him from playing.