Fantasy Football!

So another year of fantasy football is here!  It has changed over the years a bit, there are still a few things that can help you in this years leagues. 
1. Stop planning for their bye weeks.
Although you may be the best planner ever this is not a hard thing to get caught up in.  I understand there may be a couple of teams that have bye weeks at the same time that have really good running backs.  The thing is you need to get the best available players and manage when they play.  It is not a good idea to pass on Philip Rivers just because he may have the same bye week as Drew Brees.  Do Your best to establish viable options at key point scoring positions.
2. Establish depth at key positions.
Now it is not advisable to draft 4 straight running backs in the current NFL Fantasy League formats.  In the early days of fantasy football the league was a run first league that made running backs the asset to have.  Now there are several teams that will have successful years running the football, but considering last year that Matt Schaub didn't make the playoffs with the Houston Texans and had the 6th best passing season in NFL history in terms of yards.  Yeah, I'm saying quarter backs are key here.  You can't just draft four rounds of running backs and then pick up the scraps.
3. You CANNOT build a perfect team.
Stop trying to live in fantasy world here.  I know a team with Peyton Manning, Chris Johnson, Adrian Peterson, Andre Johnson, Neil Rackers, Pittsburgh's Defense, Antonio Gates, and throw a couple other number one wide outs and running backs would be great, but there is one catch.  It is not going to happen unless you are the only one playing in the league.  I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but you will have to settle a little.  It is possible to get Rackers, Peterson, Andre Johnson, Gates and maybe a quarterback like Schaub, Rivers or Romo.  That is still a very good team that you can manage a few good players together in and a good defense.  In that scenario you are still very hard to beat.  Remember this is a competition not a hey everybody watch John here win it all by week 10.

Good luck this year in your fantasy endeavors and please enjoy as much football as possible.