Hey!
Stash this tip for draft season, it's one of the most common mistakes I see, and it's costing people better rosters:
Stop letting bye weeks influence your draft picks.
I know it feels smart in the moment. You already have 2 guys on Week 9 byes, so you pass on the better player to grab someone with a Week 12 bye instead. It feels like you're planning ahead. You're not. You're making your team worse.
Here's the reality: a bye week is 1 week.
The player you draft is on your roster for 17. Taking a slightly worse player to avoid a scheduling conflict you can solve later is one of the worst strategies you can make on draft night.
And you will solve it later.
By midseason the waiver wire has completely turned over. Breakout players emerge, injuries create opportunity, and suddenly the bye week "problem" you were so worried about in August has a dozen solutions you couldn't have predicted.
The one exception? Best ball.
In best ball, bye weeks matter more because you can't make roster moves. But in redraft leagues with a waiver wire, it's a non-factor.
Draft the best player available every single time. Your leaguemates are overthinking this. Don't be one of them.
— Sal
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