Fantasy football: A beginner’s guide to draft strategy

Round 7-9:

For your first pick, fill in your last remaining offensive starting role, whether that be QB, WR or TE. You should still find reasonable players there that should be reliable, if not exactly groundbreaking, for your team.

There is an exception, however, if a great player is still on the board even if the starting roles are filled, then pull the trigger anyway. They’ll be starting regardless, since all players have a bye.

For the next two rounds, it’s time to start filling your backups. There’s no real order you need to know for this, just go with players that won’t get you into bye trouble (I once saw someone in my league have seven of their 15 picks with the same bye) and that you like the look of.

Look carefully in case someone has really fallen, there’s usually a few.