Fantasy Football Draft Tips Rounds 3 and 4
Drafting a No. 3 Running Back Is Crucial in Most Fantasy Leagues
Aug 16, 2009
After focusing on running backs in the first two rounds, a top wide receiver should be selected at some point in the third and fourth rounds for a successful fantasy football team. Here are few more fantasy football draft tips.
Draft a No. 1 Wide Receiver in Fantasy Football Leagues
In most fantasy football leagues, the wide receiver gains points similar to a running back; one point is received for every 10 yards while each touchdown is worth six points. In some leagues, a point will be given for each reception the wide receiver makes.
The more receptions thrown to a wide receiver, the more potential they have to rack up fantasy points. It's important to draft one of the 32 team's No. 1 wide receiver early on in fantasy drafts. A team's No. 1 wide receiver will most likely have the most balls thrown their way, which means they have a high potential of gaining more points each week.
In most fantasy football leagues, it can be hard sometimes to draft wide receivers that consistently put up high points each week. Team's No. 1 options such as the Indianapolis Colts' Reggie Wayne, the Arizona Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin, and the Buffalo Bills Terrell Owens are all wide receivers that should be considered in the third and fourth rounds of fantasy football drafts if they are still available. All four of these players have a reputation for putting up decent numbers each week during football season.
Backup Running Backs Are Important in Fantasy Football Leagues
Considering most fantasy football leagues consist of starting two running backs, it's important to draft two players early on that have a high potential to receive points for the yards they gain on the ground and in the air.
One of the worst things a fantasy football owner can experience is losing one of their starting running backs to injury. This is a common theme for most owners considering how many times running backs are handed the ball each game.
Even though an owner should draft their two starting running backs early in the draft, it's important to draft a backup running back for a fantasy football team in case something would happen to one of the starters.
Running backs have the potential to gain the most points considering they have a higher potential to gain yardage on the ground and through the air. A solid backup running back should be drafted should be drafted early on before all of the good ones are taken by other owners.
Since running backs have the highest potential for the most amount of points, most owners tend to draft them early on while they are still on the board. If an injury occurs to a star running back during the season, an owner would rather replace him with another No. 1 back from a different team than a backup player nobody has heard of.
An owner's team may be filled up with running backs early on, but it's better to be safe than sorry to have another solid running back to help run a successful fantasy football team.
Therefore, a backup running back should be drafted within the third and fourth round. Otherwise, there will be no decent players left in the later rounds for insurance.
