Fantasy Football Draft Prep 2024: Drafting from No. 2 overall in a PPR league, full results, standout picks (2024)

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But what will happen in drafts after him? Current ADP shows WRs CeeDee Lamb and Tyreek Hill as the second and third players off the board, followed by Breece Hall and Bijan Robinson to round out the top five.

It's possible to draft a winning team from anywhere in Round 1. The most successful fantasy teams each season don't tend to come from either end of the draft but more toward the middle. So you're generally best off trying to land a draft position somewhere from Pick 3 to Pick 10 in a 12-team league.

PPR stands for “point per reception” and refers to just that. In this format, each offensive player gets 1 fantasy point for each reception. PPR has become the most played of the three fantasy football points scoring systems mentioned above.

Point Per Reception (ESPN Standard)

In PPR leagues, each player in your starting lineup receives points per every reception. Each reception is worth 1 point in ESPN Standard leagues and can be customized in custom leagues.

Once again, Christian McCaffrey is the consensus No. 1-ranked player for fantasy drafts this season.

What is fantasy Strength of Schedule? Each team's Strength of Schedule (SOS) displays the relative ease or difficulty of their matchups for the season. SOS is based on each opponent's Fantasy Points Allowed to a position, adjusted for strength of schedule.

You need enough depth at each position to account for all of this. Every fantasy manager should draft their Best Ball roster with the same basic starting point. You will take at least two quarterbacks, four running backs, five wide receivers, and two tight ends. Those are the minimums you should have at each position.

Your draft position plays a big role in the fantasy football team you're able to put together. You can certainly assemble a championship-winning team from any spot. But the numbers are clear: Some draft positions are more advantageous than others.

When you get to the level of PPR performance where one player basically wins you the week, 30+ points, a WR is almost twice as likely to do it than a RB. No need to go further with this. It's always going to be true that WRs are more explosive than RBs in PPR.

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For example, if you're in a bigger league, such as 14 or more teams, you will want to be on the end to control your destiny easily because fewer picks could “snipe” you between your picks. In the 14-team scenarios, the best decision is to play from the first pick to the third pick or the 12th pick to the 14th pick.

ZeroRB is the new normal, especially in PPR formats. The strategy demands optimizing your WRs early while lying in wait for the later-round pass-catching RBs. It's executed well here, with Tyreek Hill, Marvin Harrison Jr. and StefonDiggs all being weekly auto-starts on great offenses.

Billy Cannon has earned the most PPR fantasy points in a game, with 68 points versus the New York Titans on December 10, 1961.

Points-per-reception or PPR is the scoring format that all Apex leagues use. In PPR leagues, a full point is awarded for every reception tallied by a player.

A Standard draft follows a "snake" drafting order. This means that once each team makes a pick, the draft order is reversed in the next round. Each team drafts a player when they are on the clock. In a Salary Cap draft, players are nominated in a "linear" order.

As of last year, 29.2 million people in the United States played fantasy football, according to Statista Research. And fantasy sports in general have exploded into an $11 billion business. “NFL football is perfect for fantasy,” says industry pioneer Rick Wolf.

You select your own team of players, setting a lineup every week. Then, you watch as they run, pass, catch and score touchdowns, all of which are worth fantasy points. Every week, you are matched up against someone else in your league, and whoever has the most fantasy points that week, wins!