Draft Strategies

Different Draft Strategies

Here are some different draft strategies you might want to use during your draft:

QB: If you take a quarterback in the first round then you probably had a late pick and you probably picked Drew Brees. Let’s say you had pick 9, if you picked Brees there then you would have pick 12 in round 2 which is a good place to get either Larry Fitzgerald or Andre Johnson. But after you do that, you still don’t have any running backs. So in round 3 and 4 you will probably want to get some running backs that are fairly decent.

RB: If you take a running back in the first round, you are in pretty good shape no matter who you picked. But for our purposes let’s say you had pick 4 and you pick Matt Forte. Then you have pick 17 in the next round. Tom Brady and Randy Moss both might be there at 17 if you are looking for a position other than running back. But if you are looking for another stud running back, then Frank Gore or Steve Slaton are both very good picks at 17. Let’s say you pick Slaton, then you are going to want to get a receiver in round 3 because there are some good QB’s that you can get much later in the draft. Roddy White would be a very good pick for you in round 3.

WR: Receiver is a very interesting position because not a lot of people take them in the first round. But if you do this year, you are in very good shape and I’d say the favorite to win your league (depending on the rest of your draft.) If you take a receiver in the first round it’s almost defiantly Larry Fitzgerald. If you take him make sure you have pick 7 or later because you don’t want to waist a pick earlier on a WR. Let’s say that you have pick 8 and you take Larry, then in round 2 you have pick 13, you have a tough decision to make. If Andre Johnson is there do you take him? Well if you do I won’t blame you, you will still have a very good team and in fact, might be that much closer to winning your league. But, if you do, you might want to lie off of receivers for a little while. If you don’t want to take Johnson at pick 13, there are plenty of other good picks such as Brandon Jacobs and Steve Slaton. There are also quarterbacks Tom Brady/Peyton Manning, and Drew Brees if you’re lucky.