Fantasy football draft season is here! We’re in the thick of it now, and to help you all draft and build those eventual championship-winning teams, we’ve gathered all of our excellent analysis and advice here, in one place.
The 2023 Yahoo Fantasy Football Draft Kit is being updated daily and we’ll continue to add new content here all the way up until the season kicks off. So whether you’re playing Fantasy Football for the first time or a seasoned pro looking to add another title to your trophy case, our draft kit will provide all the rankings, sleepers, busts, position previews and more expert analysis you need to win.
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Draft Rankings
Who should be the top-ranked player this fantasy season?
A debate between Christian McCaffrey — fresh off a successful season with the 49ers — and Justin Jefferson — last season’s top fantasy receiver — and Ja’Marr Chase — who has scored just three fewer touchdowns than Jefferson while playing in 21 fewer games — is raging.
Overall rankings
Downloadable cheatsheets
2023 Rookie fantasy rankings
2023 salary cap rankings tiers
Where expert rankings go wrong
Mock Drafts
The Yahoo Fantasy team is conducting mock drafts, with varying formats, to learn where their player convictions are the strongest and to help provide big-picture takeaways you can take into your drafts.
Draft Strategy
One of the season’s biggest questions is whether to invest in one of the elite quarterbacks or to look to find value later. Twelve of the top 18 all-time fantasy seasons at this position were delivered over the past five years, so there’s a strong case to be made to take one of the stars.
Going receiver early and often is also becoming more popular, leaving the Zero RB landscape in a different place than in years past. In many ways, receiver has become the new “It” position in fantasy football.
Deeper dives
Position previews
ADP trends
Draft debates
Busts
Fades don’t necessarily mean players on these lists are un-draftable, it’s more about where they’re being picked that makes it tough to justify the investment.
Sleepers
There’s plenty of draft value to be had, let’s take examine potential bargains at each position:
Quarterback Advice
If you do opt to wait on a quarterback, there’s still some solid choices in the later rounds.
Running Back Advice
Running back has been devalued in the NFL, and that’s somewhat reflective in the fantasy landscape, with fewer automatic fantasy RB1s available and more committees to sift through.
About the only thing that everyone agrees on is Christian McCaffrey is the top back. After that, player rankings and strategy is up for debate.
Wide Receiver Advice
The position is just so rich with quality players at all levels of NFL rosters. The fantasy football space has reacted. Wideouts are being selected earlier than ever. It would have been unthinkable five years ago that this many wide receivers had consensus ADPs in Round 1 (currently five on Yahoo).
Tight End Advice
The position has become fantasy football’s toughest position to navigate unless you decide to invest a first-round pick in Travis Kelce, which presents its own set of challenges.
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Additional Draft Prep Content
Training camp and preseason developments
Draft advice from the Yahoo Fantasy Football Show
Getting started and making leagues better
More tips to come all draft season long …
