The Perfect Fantasy Football Draft-2022

This is now the 4^th year I have written this article and it has become one of the most popular we do during the course of the football season.  The season long league has always been the most popular form of fantasy football, but now with the advent of the Best Ball format, it has been taken to a new level.  I always wanted to draft a lot teams, because that is where I felt I had such a huge edge over my competition and frankly that is the most fun.  However, I found myself now being able to manage all of my teams throughout the year with weekly free agency.  The Best Ball format takes all of that out of the equation.  I get to use my edge during the draft and go through that process hundreds of times, but am not required to maintain all those teams throughout the year.  For those of you unfamiliar with Best Ball, I would recommend checking them out.  There are national leagues available like the FFPC or NFFC that have this format (as well as normal season long leagues) and Draftkings also offers large contests with this format at well ($1M up top in prize money).  Regardless of whether you play regular season long or best ball, there is nothing more important than THE DRAFT and it is imperative that you prepare diligently for it.

Obviously, there is some luck involved in assembling a team capable of winning a fantasy football title, but there is no replacing research and preparation. Knowing who is primed for a breakout season, who will regress from previous years, and knowing who the deep sleepers are that you can nab late in the draft and help propel you to the crown, are necessary to draft the perfect team.

If you do not have hundreds of hours crunching numbers and breaking down film, do not fret, Football Insider Edge has your back. I have compiled all the data, scoured reports, analyzed game film, and present my findings in a step by step walk through of the perfect draft that will help you win a title this year.

I have won over $420,000 in season long and daily fantasy football over the course of my career. High stakes season long leagues like the NFFC and large field tournaments on Draftkings are just a couple of places I have won titles. After reading this article, you will be armed with all the information you will need and it will take you a fraction of the time than if you were to do all the research yourself.   Things can change dramatically throughout August, and we need to be able to adjust quickly based upon what happens (injuries, change in depth charts, player performance, etc). I will do my best to update this article when those things happen, but you also must keep your eyes and ears open as well. Nothing is more embarrassing or costly than to draft a guy that everybody else but you knows is injured.

I will talk a lot about Average Draft Positon (ADP) in this article. This is simply where guys have been drafted thus far in national leagues and around where they can be expected to go in your drafts. It is critical that you get as much value as possible and draft guys at or after their ADP. Even if you really like a player, do not stretch and take him too early. Drafting a guy in the 3rd round when he is projected to go in the 5th round is a waste. Be patient and don’t make mistakes.

Nothing beats the feeling of cashing a large check and being able to say you are champion for an entire 7 months following a football season, so without futher ado, let’s get it!

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