How to Pick Players for Fantasy Football

Video Transcript

"So as I was saying before, running backs to me are one of the most important things, because in a lot of leagues you have a split running back or wide receiver so that means you might be starting three running backs. Also, there's some things to take into consideration, are bi-weeks which are very important. So, for example a lot of leagues, like for example will have let's say AFC West, a lot of the teams will go on bi-week, sometimes the same exact week. So I got Ladainian Tomlinson, so if I draft a lot of players from like the AFC West; Broncos, Raiders I might be having a lot of those guys absent, and might lose that week just because I have no players left. So that's definitely something you would take into consideration. So I'm doing some research right here and ok who am I going to pick next. Like I said, I want to pick a running back and there are certain guys that I like this year, that I think are going to have some break out seasons. So, I look at situations that like fore example, I'll look at the Giants that had Tiki Barber last year that was like a top 5 fantasy player, well, he retired. So then a guy like Brandon Jacobs who's going to step up and take over the starting role. He's a guy that I might look at later on down the line because I think that would be a year. Certain guys like Travis Henry with the Broncos, he had a good year in Tennessee but now he goes over to Denver and Denver always produces a thousand yards runner. So, for example people get caught up, like for example Frank Gore was taken high, everyone really has him really, really high but he's injured, he has a broken wrist and chances are like he should be back but he might miss a couple games. So, it's important to look at certain players who I think are going to have big years who aren't really injury risks. So I look at again, like what certain guys do like for running backs, I'll look at stats like besides just rushing, you look at do they receive the ball, because you might have a guy who has maybe eleven hundred yards rushing, but than has the Brian Westbrook like eight hundred yards receiving, so every week the guys putting up points for you. But, he might not always, if you just look down, ok where was he in rushing yards, well he might not rank that high, but overall yards the guy's going to put up numbers."