Every year the top experts in the fantasy football field
show off their skills by publishing their fantasy football projections
for the upcoming season. They estimate who will be the league’s
best and who you may want to avoid. There is no science to their
methods, just years of experience, lots of homework and a bit of luck.
It’s easy to project who the big players are going to
be in the upcoming season. We all know who the stars of the NFL
are and it’s a safe bet that they will perform up to the hype. Of
course this isn’t always true as things like injuries and trades
can
drastically affect a player’s season, but for the most part, we
all
know who we’re picking in the first few rounds on draft day.
The hard part for the fantasy “guru’s” is
determining who is going to
have that breakout year and be the fantasy stud that we all wish we
would’ve had the insight to choose on draft day.
Think of it this way, you have your lineup of star talent
that you know
is going to get a good amount of points for you. You just hope the rest
of your guys can contribute as much as possible.
With smaller leagues this isn’t as much of an issue
because there are
enough good players out there to yield a good team. But when it gets to
the late rounds of a draft and you’re scrambling for backup
players,
it’s sort of like winning the lottery if you can project which
lesser
known player is going to have a monster year.
A lot of fantasy football projections don’t come
through as hoped.
We’ve all seen players that are top performers one year and a dud
the
next. The fact is that these are factors that are almost impossible to
predict. It’s better to stick to the big guns and if they have a
bad
year then so be it. Chances are nobody else could’ve predicted it
so
don’t feel bad that you didn’t. It happens to everyone and
that’s why
they invented trades
When fantasy football projections go wrong there’s
nobody to blame but
yourself. You choose how you gather information and the guy who told
you to pick the star rookie who ended up riding the bench all year, was
just trying to help. Cut the pro fantasy guys some slack as, for the
most part, they do a pretty good job. Well, most of them. There are a
few crazy’s out there.
Finding solid fantasy football advice takes several years.
When you
first get into the game you search around a lot for answers on who to
pick and the top fantasy football projections. As a few years go by you
will encounter some good advice and some bad. It’s as simple as
sticking with the guys who gave you good information and ditching the
people who didn’t have a clue. The sites that have been around
for a
while will have had their success by giving sound advice on a
consistent level. Those that are “winging it” will get
called out and
will see their followers fade away pretty quickly.