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Around the Watercooler

Your favorite football nerds are back and bringing you the latest news, content and memes from the NFL universe …

🎺 The moment we’ve been waiting for. Matthew’s Ride or Die announcement.

😎 Last-minute draft strategy tips. Important reminder from cooterdoodle.

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👀 Alec Pierce update. See how his progress is going (and other news).

🪓 How to manage the waiver wire in Guillotine Leagues^TM? Patience is a virtue.

🔮 Would you rather pick up your DST post-draft? Check out these streamers.

🥲 Who’s cutting onions? The most wholesome way to determine a draft order.

🤑 Learn a few things from this high-stakes draft. Nice WR combo at 2-3 turn.

🚑️ Tyler Warren has a groin injury … but it doesn’t appear to be serious.

🚀 Want to get hyped on Jamo? Here ya go.

🤔 Want Matthew’s help on a Yahoo draft? Use his rankings.

😆 DJ Moore: WR1 … and a fantasy commish?!

🏈 Absence makes the heart go wander. Remember this dynasty advice.

😂 Fantasy Life staff members shared their Ride or Dies. Then Matthew chimed in.

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Devising the Perfect Draft Strategy

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” —Mike Tyson

Dwain McFarland uses this pugilistic analogy to perfection when describing how to build the perfect draft strategy. There’s no use in planning for the board to fall your way every round.

• You will get sniped.
• You will have players fall to you well after their ADP.
• You will see someone draft a kicker or defense before the last rounds.

It’s how you roll with the punches that makes for the perfect strategy. See how Dwain recommends we attack all the positions as well as each of the ESPN, Sleeper and Yahoo formats. It’s his seminal piece for draft season. ⤵️

Drafting From The 1.12: Turn And Burn

This is the end … No, this isn’t the start of the Doors song. It’s the culmination of Chris Allen’s wonderful series providing strategy from each of the draft positions in Round 1 using our Draft Champion.

Finishing up at the 1.12, it’s easy to focus on the long wait for that first pick, and how many prominent players are gone by the time our turn comes up at the end of that round. Then we realize that there’s an immediate pick at the start of Round 2, and let’s just say how the turn tables. (Shoutout Michael Scott)

The only real issue from then on out is not hitting the food spread too hard in that long wait in between picks. Lock in and be ready to be sharp at every turn. ⤵️

Guillotine Leagues^TM Live Draft: Cutting It Up

There’s something just EXTRA about conducting a full Guillotine Leagues^TM draft. Seeing 18 players go off the board per round … let’s just say the talent dries up pretty fast. Marcas Grant and Tipp Major are joined by friends in the Fantasy Life universe for a mock draft that puts that to the test. Make sure to subscribe to the CHOP Podcast YouTube channel to catch every episode. ⤵️