This holds as a general trend the RB position is much more top-heavy than WR, and WR is the least top-heavy position. – The top RB has outscored the top WR by an average of 5 points over the last 5 seasons. Below is scoring data from 2016-2020 from which we can draw some conclusions about how positions score compared to each other, and here is a link to the larger data set ( link). What this means for fantasy purposes is the difference between the top 24 players at other positions have a much larger advantage than top 24 WRs have over the 24-36 WRs, and also that top-end players at RB and TE offer a bigger advantage over opponents that top-end WRs.
The scarcity of the non-WR positions you need leads to more viable options at the wide receiver position in startups. This is widely understood, but what this means for fantasy roster construction isn’t always extrapolated to its logical conclusions. I mean, technically, there are often more tight ends on the field, but Tyler Kroft isn’t helping your squad. There are usually at least 2 WRs who are on the field for most plays, compared to 1 quarterback, 1 running back, and 1 tight end per team at a time. There are more starting wide receivers than any of the other fantasy positions! All drafts are different, so if the players I am showing are available based on ADP aren’t there, or Devante Adams is available in the 5th, definitely pivot and grab the value! This isn’t an absolutely hard and fast rule, more of a thought exercise to examine why it’s generally okay to wait on WRs and what that allows you to do at other positions.If you only have 2 WR slots required, I don’t even think this is a hot take. If you happen to have 4 WR starting requirements or don’t have a flex for some reason, this is probably not applicable. This also reflects rosters with 3 WR slots, Superflex, and at least one additional flex.If you are doing a vets-only draft, it’s reasonable to move that back to ‘before round 5’ or maybe ‘mid-round 5’. The ADP data reflects 2021 draft prospects or uses placeholders to represent 2021 picks that can be drafted.By comparing the production of players at different position ranges, and the ADP data of recent Superflex startups, I hope to convince you that waiting until round 6 to start grabbing WRs is the optimal way to build your team in a startup draft.īefore I dive into my reasoning and some stats to support that, let me get some boring caveats out of the way: In this article, I want to delve into why that might not be necessary for creating sustained success and why waiting on a receiver creates a path for a stronger roster coming out of a startup draft. This is still a viable strategy if you are willing to punt on the first season or two, which is a fine way to build a dynasty team if you have the patience. So loading up early on young WRs will give your team a larger window to build up championship-caliber pieces around those WRs that can occupy those starting spots for 5-7 years. The logic made some sense and still has appeal since receivers’ careers and primes are much longer than running backs. When I started playing dynasty a few years ago, the first dynasty draft strategy I read about and the one I ascribed to was draft WRs early.
0 kommentar(er)
