Fantasy football draft strategy: How to approach each first-round pick

A guide to how you should think about picks No. 1 to 12.

The other day, I watched a group of friends at an outdoor space I was at pulling numbers out of a hat. It turned out they were picking a fantasy football draft order.

When a friend of mine informed them that I wrote about fantasy football, the guy who secured the No. 2 selection turned to me and said, “Dalvin Cook, right?”

And thus, this post was born.

Let’s break down each of the first-round picks you might have as a guide to what you should do with them in the first three rounds. After that? Things can be very different in each draft, so you’re on your own.