Nobody plans to fail, so the story goes. They just fail to plan. Here are some different draft strategies you might employ this fantasy football season. Please consider all of these plans to be ...

Handcuffing is one of the most common fantasy football strategies and also one of the most misunderstood. At its simplest, a handcuff is a backup runner rostered mainly because he would become much ...

Managing risk in fantasy football means balancing upside, durability, role security, and roster depth so a bad decision or two don’t sink the entire season. Fantasy football managers cannot avoid risk ...

With mock drafts in abundance this time of year, we are once again adding a differentiating twist of strategy to ours. Six members of The Athletic’s fantasy football staff — Mike Hume, Jess Bryant, ...

One of the most-often quoted nuggets of advice in fantasy football drafts is that in order to win, "you need to zig when other people zag." While that's a pretty easy ditty to remember, it's a little ...

Fantasy football managers who may not have the stomach – or the self-discipline – to employ the Zero RB strategy in drafts may consider pivoting to a slightly less-extreme version: the Hero RB ...

Learn the best fantasy football draft strategy for kickers and defenses, including why waiting until the final rounds and using streaming tactics can give you a championship edge. In almost every ...

Few strategies spark as much conversation in fantasy football drafts as “stacking.” This tactic centers on selecting multiple players from the same NFL team’s offense. When a quarterback throws a ...

Different fantasy owners have different strategies when it comes to drafting their quarterbacks. Some owners prefer to grab a star early and not have to worry about the position ever again, while ...

The following is an excerpt from the latest edition of Yahoo's fantasy football newsletter, Get to the Points! If you like what you see, you can subscribe for free here. Nobody plans to fail, so the ...