Fantasy Football 2008
Average Draft Position generally enables you to have better knowledge on the position different players are being selected in most fantasy drafts. This enables you to plan your draft around who you project will be available given the data compilation from hundreds or thousands of mock drafts depending on where you take the ADP. The more drafts taken, the more accurate the ADP. Although the concept of average position in a draft itself lends itself to being an informal survey, being congnizant of current patterns and trends will facilitate your scouting techniques and help you forecast the available players.
Average Draft Position Tips
1. Make certain to use ADP using your league scoring systems or at least similar scoring settings.
2. Use recent ADP data compilations. An average of drafts from June to August will weight more out of date information.
3. Prepare yourself for surprise picks. Remember, ADP is no guarantee a player will be available even the round before his average position.
4. Be careful to avoid ADP info mostly collected from computer auto picks or non-serious drafters.
5. ADP is not a rank listing of best to worst player. Rankings differentiate because they usually score on projected points. Drafts are dynamic
because team owners must account for position, depth, handcuffs, and bye weeks.
6. Experts mock drafts are a good source of information to see if a player is a good value at their ADP.