127: Stop Overreacting to Last Season's Results
The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast
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🗓️ 8 May 2018
⏱️ 15 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Lay-Round Podcast with your host, JJ Zacharyse. |
| 0:12.3 | What's up everyone, it's JJ Zacharyse and the editor-in-chief over at numberfire.com |
| 0:17.1 | and this is episode 127 of the Lay-Round Podcast. |
| 0:20.7 | One of the many shows that are part of the number fire podcast network. |
| 0:23.8 | Thanks for tuning in. |
| 0:25.0 | Fantasy football owners are sensitive to trends. |
| 0:27.7 | After a crazy 2011 season from quarterbacks, what did we see in 2012? |
| 0:32.3 | We saw five quarterbacks leaving draft boards across the first round and a half of drafts. |
| 0:36.8 | According to FantasyFoodballCalculator.com's average draft position data for standard leagues, |
| 0:42.2 | the 2016 season featured six running backs across the first 15 picks. |
| 0:46.5 | Meanwhile the last five non-2016 seasons, we've averaged 9.2 running backs picked in |
| 0:52.1 | the first 15 selections. |
| 0:53.9 | Why was 2016 different? |
| 0:56.1 | Because in 2015, the running back position was a complete dumpster fire. |
| 1:00.2 | Like I said, Fantasy football owners are sensitive to trends. |
| 1:04.0 | The NFL is constantly evolving so I can't fault owners for behaving the way they've |
| 1:08.2 | behaved. |
| 1:09.2 | But realistically, your Fantasy football draft strategy, which is generally guided by your |
| 1:13.1 | early round approach, shouldn't be changing much based on single season results. |
| 1:18.1 | And to be honest, when you allow the previous season to dictate the way that you think in |
| 1:21.7 | the current year, you can become sub-optimal with your decision making and team building. |
| 1:26.2 | With the NFL draft over, more people are coming back to Fantasy football. |
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