Fantasy season success requires ongoing roster management beyond the draft. Active managers who continuously pursue trades and monitor waivers gain a clear advantage over passive owners who act only for injuries and bye weeks. Many leagues feature a mix of industry experts and casual players, producing a wide range of engagement and outcomes. Consistent tinkering with trade offers and waiver claims improves championship odds. High variance in fantasy football allows for rare, luck-driven outcomes, such as a 13-year-old drafting multiple top scorers and key contributors in 2007 despite minimal roster attention.
I'm in a lot of leagues, and most are against industry experts, but I'm also in a few long-running, casual leagues with college friends, family and neighbors. In both situations, there are extremely active managers and there are extremely lax managers. Some (like me) are rarely content and are tinkering with trade offers and waivers often in an attempt to get one step closer to a title.
In fact, that reminds me of the infamous 2007 season in my long-running 16-team, family and friends dynasty league. With zero fantasy football acumen and only Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots and Miami Hurricanes fandom at his disposal (the perfect storm, as it would turn out), my 13-year-old brother Matt drafted Patriots Tom Brady, Randy Moss, Wes Welker and Stephen Gostkowski, as well as Adrian Peterson and Kellen Winslow II.
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