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The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast

Rewind: The Importance of Draft Capital

The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

Fantasy Sports, Football, Sports

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

With the NFL Draft about to kick off, JJ brings back an episode from last offseason on the importance of draft capital. In terms of potential fantasy football success, how vital is it for a wide receiver, running back, or tight end to be selected...

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0:00.0

What's up everyone, hope you're all doing well and staying safe, and I hope you're

0:03.4

as excited as I am for the NFL Draft this week.

0:06.3

Because the draft is about to happen, I thought that bringing back an episode from last year

0:09.7

on the importance of draft capital would be helpful.

0:12.8

You guys hear me talk about how draft capital is a piece of my wide receiver and running

0:16.4

back models, and it's because it makes them a lot better and more predictive.

0:20.2

It's likely because players who are drafted early see more immediate opportunity, but

0:24.8

there's also a valuation embedded in draft capital.

0:28.1

If a team and an organization sees that player as so good to spend a first round around

0:32.4

them, he's probably pretty good.

0:34.6

My models are a lot better at predicting fantasy success than draft capital alone, but

0:39.2

draft capital makes them a lot better.

0:42.7

And on this particular episode from last year, I provide some numbers that help explain

0:47.4

this in more detail.

0:49.3

You absolutely should care about where your favorite wide receiver or running back gets

0:53.1

drafted this week, and this episode explains why.

0:56.8

Hope you guys enjoy.

0:59.8

So there are a lot of angles to go at when communicating some of this data with draft

1:04.3

capital.

1:05.3

The easiest way to start or the way that I think is easiest is to sort of run through the

1:08.4

profiles of top finishers and fantasy football.

1:11.1

In other words, what does the top six running backs or high end RB1s look like over the

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