Should You Draft A Rookie In Fantasy Football?

Guest written by our friend Clara Castro

It’s almost draft day. That special day is about to arrive. You will be sitting at your computer, logged-on and tuned-in to your league’s draft via hughesnet internet packages. You will go over your draft notes again and again. You keep asking yourself if you should go with the rookie in the 5th round or stick with the veterans. This is a common dilemma in fantasy football, as well as any other fantasy sport via satellite internet in Allendale Michigan. The upside for the rookie is enormous yet you know the veteran will deliver unexciting yet consistent numbers. What do you do?

The amazing thing about this dilemma is that the veteran is almost always the right choice. If you have a guy in your league who likes to draft rookies, great, let him do it. If you look at the stats for rookies at the end of every year, they will never compare to the stats of veterans on an overall basis. What makes this interesting – and deceiving – is that if the veteran’s numbers were put next to the rookie’s name, it would look as though this rookie was a serious player with a ton of future potential. However, when a veteran puts up the same numbers, no one gets excited about it because they already know what that player is capable of.

Bad fantasy football players always draft rookies. Good fantasy football players always draft proven players. Which one are you? Which one are you gonna be this season?