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CeeDee Lamb helped win a lot of people fantasy championships, with eight top-10 finishes in the last 11 weeks of the season. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)
Fantasy managers have all heard some form of the following words of wisdom: you may not win your championship on draft day, but you can certainly lose it. Then there are those who ended up with the 1.03 this just-completed season and “had” to take Christian McCaffrey.
How’d that work out?
The 2023 season had more than its fair share of draft-day landmines in the early rounds. Of the first 24 picks, according to Yahoo ADP, 11 missed at least one game. Of those, seven missed multiple games. Then there were players like Bijan Robinson, Tony Pollard, Davante Adams and Garrett Wilson, who all played full seasons yet, for a variety of reasons, underperformed their ADP in those early rounds.
It’s almost enough to make one wonder how anyone was able to thread the needle and actually win titles in 2023. Yes, drafting deep rosters, hitting the waiver wire and a little bit of luck certainly help in that regard.
This is a good time to take a look at some positional combinations in the first couple rounds that paid dividends. These are the four most successful combinations at the top of drafts, revealing the percentage of duos that won Yahoo Fantasy titles in 2023. All told, they make up more than 77% of the title-winning duos.
Perhaps this could be an early look at how to draft in 2024?
Like in the NFL, fantasy football can be a copycat league, so look for plenty of fantasy managers to use the first couple strategies. Beyond the positions however, it really is about picking the right players — not just on draft day — that wins the titles.
Running Back/Wide Receiver (28.6%)
This could be called the “Christian McCaffrey Hero RB strategy.” With over 2,000 scrimmage yards, 21 touchdowns and 357.8 fantasy points, more than 100 points above Raheem Mostert at RB2. For some context, to go 100 points further down the running…
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Author : Yahoo Sports
Publish date : 2024-01-24 17:07:21
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