rb, wr, wr, rb, wr, qb, rb, wr, te, qb, def, wr, rb, k, and te. i figure you should definetly pound rb’s and wr’s but since the top tier or rb’s will be done by the 2nd round then you can get some decent rb’s as your #2 and 3 on ur roster. i draft like this because i know that you need to be deep on wr’s because they r less consistent than rb’s and u need sum studs on ur team.

-Evan

Your league uses what is probably the most standard setup in fantasy football, and your situations is exactly what I tailored this strategy to. There’s no way around it, having the 12th pick stinks, but the lower-quality backs you’ll get in the first two rounds because you got stuck with a crappy pick make it even more crucial that you get a quality third RB.

Matt

I am in a 12 team league and I have the fun task of drafting last. I get number 12 and 13 picks. I think they call it serpentine or snake or something like that. We all will pick 15 times. We start 1 QB, 2 RB 3WR 1 TE 1Def and a kicker. and bench six. Will your 3 RB and 3 WR strategy work when picking last like I am? It would seem like there are not going to be many if any quality RB by the time my turn comes around. Your thoughts. I am playing against some good informative guys at work. I on the other hand am just entering my second year and would like to do well and show these guys. Thanks for any input you can give me. Thanks

Hope I’m not getting to your comment too late; I actually adopted a dog this weekend so it’s been a little nuts around here.

Unfortunately, I doubt that CBS will let you set it up to draft specific positions in each round. What I’d suggest is that set up your player rankings with a heavy emphasis on running backs at the top. You can see an example of an “overall” cheat sheet like that on Sportsline’s site here. While I don’t necessarily agree with all of their rankings, you can see how they’ve got all of the quality RBs near the top. Hope this helps!

Given that you’re trying to build a “foolproof” draft plan, I think you’re definitely right in saying it’s safer to take your 3rd back right away.

Compound this with the fact that there are VERY few quality running backs available (since most teams only give one back a significant number of carries), and you’ve got high demand combined with very tight supply. If one of your RBs goes down with an injury (which happens all the time; it’s one of the most physically brutal positions in sports), your season is half over if you don’t have a solid replacement.

Wide receiver is an important position, but there’s also a TON of depth there. As long as you go WR-WR-WR for the next three rounds, you’re going to have a very solid group of wideouts.

Then you grab a QB in the 7th. The QB position has three guys at the very top, then a huge group of similar guys in the middle, then a small group of crappy QBs at the bottom. If you’re not going to take one in the 3rd round, you might as well wait until the 7th – there just isn’t much difference (from a fantasy perspective) between, say, Marc Bulger and Matt Hasselbeck.

Then you’ve got TE, DEF, and K, none of which really even belong in the game. They’re all crapshoots, with one or two dominant players at the top, then a vast wasteland beyond.

Make sense?

Or maybe I’m just flat out wrong. Care to explain the logic?