Fantasy Football Techniques

There are too many people who, when they decide to play fantasy football, forget to give much thought into the actual season following draft day. These are the same people who threw darts at a board or rolled dice to see which later round draft picks they would take. Yet any veteran fantasy player will realize that throughout the season nearly all your players will be used, you will have to deal with injuries and possibly make trades. So don't forget that draft day is only the beginning, and most winning players have made more than a few changes to be able to win the league.

Your first game you will probably want to use all your starters, those players whose names you actually knew. This is ok, most people do this, yet after that first week you might see that one of your players did not perform so well, or maybe a player was hurt. If they didn't perform so well think a second before you bench them. The last team they had played might have had a very good defense while this new team more closely resembles a sponge. Also everyone should no that not every game can be a good game, no matter who the opposing team is, so if this is a normally reliable player, keep him in. On the other hand, say one of your players gets hurt and will most likely be out for quite a few games. Don't panic, just place the injured player in reserve, draft the next best player still available, and put in your next option. I experienced the problem last season when my starting QB, Trent Green, went out for half the season. So I put him in injured reserve, moved Marc Bulger to the starting position, and drafted the next best Quarterback available. This just happened to be an aging Brett Farve, yet he passed so much that he ended up being my starting QB the rest of the season. So, do not panic and do not resign defeat.

Also periodically you will have starters out for their bye week. This is why you drafted two defenses, five running backs and so on. With a defense or kicker just put the other one in(hopefully you didn't pick to D's with the same bye week). If it is a running back or receiver however you should think it over more. Look at the available players, find out which one is going against the weakest defense, which has the least competition on his own team for passes or runs, and who has been more solid.

As you can clearly see, the season takes a lot of decision making in order to work, and some luck never hurts either. And by all means never leave a starting spot empty, because even two point from a substitute of the bench is better than zero from your starter on a bye.