Best Ball Strategies

[rangerssharks414]

I noticed that I had money in my Draft account, and I was thinking about doing their huge Best Ball contest. I've never done Best Ball before, though.

For those that have played it, do you guys have any strategies? I would think that you would obviously get the studs early and take younger players and DeSean Jackson type guys (boom or bust) late.

I also noticed that Yahoo has Best Ball this year for the first time.

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[bleedblue1223]

From what the experts say, you'll also want to make sure you have somewhat decent depth across the board, have 2 or 3 QB's that you have confidence won't lose their starting job.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

Best ball. Is that the one with no free agency and you just change your lineup, but no pickups?

 

[bleedblue1223]

Best ball. Is that the one with no free agency and you just change your lineup, but no pickups?

You just draft, and it automatically uses your highest scoring players for the week.

 

[rangerssharks414]

You just draft, and it automatically uses your highest scoring players for the week.

Just to add to this, it usually isn't H2H. It's usually straight points for the whole season.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Just to add to this, it usually isn't H2H. It's usually straight points for the whole season.

Yeah.

 

[Evincar]

I noticed that I had money in my Draft account, and I was thinking about doing their huge Best Ball contest. I've never done Best Ball before, though.

For those that have played it, do you guys have any strategies? I would think that you would obviously get the studs early and take younger players and DeSean Jackson type guys (boom or bust) late.

I also noticed that Yahoo has Best Ball this year for the first time.

I just did my first two best ball drafts on FFPC. I would say some obvious strategies are handcuffing your RBs/drafting backups for all positions except kicker. In one league I drafted all three Colts TEs (Ebron, Doyle, Cox) and both Rams TEs (Everett and Higbee), so I probably should have a TE1 every week.

Also its probably the only format where its crucial to pay attention to bye weeks.

 

[stempniaksen]

Swing for the fences late (or all over the board honestly). Don’t worry about season end rankings as much as taking a chance on a guy who could win you a week with a big game (guys who stretch the field like Tre’Quan Smith are an example of this).

Also, as already stated, it’s the only format where bye weeks matter. Drafting 2-3 TEs/QBs with the same bye week will give you a score of 0 that week which could actually end up costing you dearly in the long run.

There’s no harm going safe early in the draft to build up a baseline, but it really is about drafting guys who can explode any given week.

 

[Skolman]

Great league to take boom or bust guys.

A WR like Hill is much more valuable in BB due to that, also lower tear WR's like D Jackson & R Anderson.

Also, make sure you get 2 solid QB's. Don't be afraid to take a QB earlier than you would in PPR/Standard.

I've personally been grabbing 2 of Rodgers/Watson/Wentz/Ryan/Mayfield

I've been very successful in BB, much better than other leagues

 

[mouser]

Just to add to this, it usually isn't H2H. It's usually straight points for the whole season.

Personally I prefer the version of best ball where you play every other team in the league each week, then go by season record instead of fantasy points.