Fantasy football 2019: FanSided mock draft pick 1.04 breakdown
By Bruce Lamb
With the 2019 Fantasy Football season quickly approaching, we gathered our 12 best NFL contributors from FanSided Fantasy to participate in a mock draft with the goal of providing 12 comprehensive breakdowns of our draft strategy from each respective pick.
Welcome to my first Fantasy Football article of the 2019 season! My name is Bruce Lamb, along with doing a few season long and DFS articles this year, my main focus will be on betting the NFL for the 2019 season.
As a member of the FanSided Team, I had an opportunity to join the mock draft for the upcoming Fantasy Football season over at FanSided Fantasy.
While a lot of sites will provide a mock draft outlining each and every pick of the draft, we wanted to give you a separate breakdown from each respective draft position to help guide you through your draft, no matter what pick you wind up with.
We used Yahoo! Fantasy Football as our site of choice and used a 0.5-PPR scoring system, giving receivers and receiving RBs a bit of a boost, but not so much that it overvalues players who rely on dump-offs for short yardage more than they should be valued.
We did a 15-round draft, constructing rosters of one quarterback, two running backs, two wide receivers, a tight end, two flex spots, a defense, and six bench spots.
On top of that, we excluded kickers to induce a bit more excitement by replacing them with a second flex spot.
I was given the fourth overall pick, which is an ideal spot. Most people want to be in the top four in their respective drafts, and you will see why. I have done several drafts so far this season, and picking in the top 4 is my favorite spot.
My least favorite has been picking at the wheel at the end of round one. Ok enough about that, lets break this draft down!