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I was not quite so happy with Tom after his 1 point effort
in my league playoffs week 15.
Football is the fantasy game of luck.
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Draft Rankings
Rankings for football are more straight forward than baseball. The only difference in scoring systems are usually the weight leagues give to yardage. For example, leagues that give a point for every 10 yards make guys like Fred Taylor more valuable, whereas leagues that give one point per 20 yards or 100 yard bonuses, Maurice Jones-Drew is more valuable since he gets the goal line carries. There are more variables from year to year as to which players will be the most highly ranked. Injuries, free agent moves, coaching changes (head coaches and offensive coordinators), and scheduling can impact a players performance more than in other sports. |
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In-Season Moves
Your league's waiver process is key to managing your in season moves. If like most leagues, you have a waiver process that rewards the lowest ranked teams with highest waiver priority for the week, then it can be hard to improve your team through free agency if you have early success. Other leagues have a free for all system that allows you to pick up players at any time. In either of these cases, you must be aware of injuries and new starters at all times. If you are watching games on Sunday and Adrian Peterson is hurt, you should be checking immediately if Chester Taylor is available on the free agent wire. The best way I have found to manage free agency is for your league to give each owner a waiver salary cap (say $100) and if you want to pick up a player each week, all teams can bid on them out of their waiver cap. Highest bid wins, but teams that go all out for guys early, could run out of salary for free agents by the time the playoffs roll around. Great way to keep it even and give everyone a chance to pick up players and not simply reward teams that had poor drafts and start out the season on a losing streak. |
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Trades
Trades in football are much tougher to complete with the season so short, injuries always impacting rosters, bye weeks affecting available players and so on. Regardless, the same philosophy holds in football as in baseball. Analyze your weaknesses and find a team with a surplus in that area of need. If your league starts 2 running backs and you have 4 solid starters, trade one for a stud WR or QB if you are weak in that area. Be very careful trading running backs though, they are obviously the most volatile due to injuries and tough matchups. |
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