12 Key Fantasy Situations That Will Make or Break Your Draft

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet
September 5, 2022

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet digs deeper into the fantasy landscape of 12 team situations that have the opportunity to crater or elevate a draft.

One thing I like about fantasy football is the amount of uncertainty and educated guessing that happens with every player and team. However, sometimes drafters can overrate the certainty of an outcome and it can be beneficial to take a step back and think about the opposite side of what is expected. Other times it’s important to understand the risk of what may happen so that if a negative outcome does happen, it is not surprising.

This article will explore the fantasy situations of several big-name players such as Jonathan Taylor, Justin Jefferson, and Mark Andrews. The players that go in the high-leverage rounds are typically the ones with elite, league-winning ceilings so it is important to reexamine the odds of them reaching it. The players in the article are ordered (roughly) by their Underdog ADP.

Jonathan Taylor

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Bjorn Yang-Vaernet

Writer at RotoViz. Best ball enthusiast. Happy to interact more on Twitter @GoldenGate_FF

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