| Anxiety sets in for many fantasy football | | | | slots open up for you to get a little more |
| players at the beginning of any draft, | | | | creative during your draft and it's easy to |
| especially a rookie. If you're a veteran, you | | | | find bye week replacements from the waiver |
| probably have experienced the rush after a | | | | wire.Second, you won't have to scour the |
| long off-season when your draft finally | | | | waiver wire or propose trades in order to |
| begins. You also probably have experienced | | | | fill bye week voids. This is important |
| the later rounds when your mind begins to | | | | because otherwise you'd be making many |
| wander after a few hours of drafting. The | | | | transactions in order to find replacements |
| excitement at the beginning and the wait at | | | | week in and week out. Not only will you not |
| the end of a draft can make it easy to forget | | | | have to deal with the aggravation every week, |
| a basic principle, recognizing player bye | | | | it won't cost you your season.Finally, you |
| weeks and their impact on your team. Some | | | | give yourself the option to hang on to a |
| fantasy football players subscribe to taking | | | | sleeper, a risky pick or extra players at |
| the best available player regardless of bye | | | | other positions that you grabbed in the |
| weeks or position. This strategy is fine and | | | | middle to late rounds. If you messed up |
| may be the right one depending upon how your | | | | during the draft, you would probably have to |
| draft is going, but you must be aware of the | | | | drop one of them in order to grab a player |
| consequences. If you draft with bye weeks in | | | | off waivers to fill a bye week void. Many |
| mind, you can lessen their impact and give | | | | fantasy football championships are won |
| yourself a chance to put together a great | | | | because sleepers and risky picks drafted in |
| team.The idea is to draft (at each position) | | | | the middle to late rounds go on to have great |
| players on different bye weeks. For example, | | | | seasons. Don't let bye weeks dictate whether |
| you don't want to draft running backs Larry | | | | or not you will get to keep them.It's easy to |
| Johnson (bye week 3), Rudi Johnson (bye week | | | | forget, but recognizing how bye weeks affect |
| 5) and Domanick Davis (bye week 5) because | | | | your team and drafting accordingly is |
| you will have two players at the same | | | | extremely important. If you draft properly |
| position on the same bye week. It's okay if | | | | you give yourself the option to draft a |
| you draft quarterback Matt Hasselbeck (bye | | | | back-up at each position, you won't have to |
| week 5) in that group because he plays a | | | | scour the waiver wire each week trying to |
| different position. What you want to do is | | | | find a bye week replacement and you will be |
| draft Larry Johnson (bye week 3), Rudi | | | | able to hang on to that sleeper you grabbed |
| Johnson (bye week 5) and Jamal Lewis (bye | | | | in the 7th round who just might help you |
| week 7). This way each time one of them goes | | | | dominate your league. Championships are often |
| on a bye week, you will have another to play. | | | | won and lost during the draft. Don't make |
| The advantage to doing this is great.First, | | | | mistakes that can ruin your entire season. |
| you give yourself the option of drafting a | | | | Take this information for what it's worth and |
| back-up at each position. In my opinion, it's | | | | make great decisions.Chris Masters runs |
| not necessary to do this but some fantasy | | | | Sofacoach.com, a fantasy football website |
| football players like the safety it provides. | | | | that offers free rankings, cheatsheets, |
| I think it's better not to draft a back-up | | | | advice and more! Visit today to get more |
| kicker or defense/special teams because two | | | | fantasy football information. |