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Here is my 2026 list of 4 Ways to WIN your Fantasy Draft.

Sorting players into tiers is a very effective way to be ready for whatever happens during your draft. The tiers you make are a buffer against panic-picking when players in your queue are taken. Your tiers will inform you of what positions and players to target based on who remains in which tier. This coincides very well with the League Sync tool.

A great way to make these tiers is by looking at the projections in the WalterPicks app, and then creating buckets for each position based on how many fantasy points they’re projected for each week. An example for RBs would be:

Jahmyr Gibbs - Projection: 21.9 PPR points in Week 1

Bijan Robinson - Projection: 21.9 PPR points in Week 1

Christian McCaffrey - Projection: 21.2 PPR points in Week 1

Jonathan Taylor - Projection: 19 PPR points in Week 1

Taylor is in his own tier based on the discrepancy in his projection and the projections in Tier 3.

Ashton Jeanty - Projection: 17.7 PPR points in Week 1

James Cook - Projection: 17.5 PPR points in Week 1

Omarion Hampton - Projection: 16.8 PPR points in Week 1

Chase Brown - Projection: 16.5 PPR points in Week 1

Saquon Barkley - Projection: 16.2 PPR points in Week 1

De’Von Achane - Projection: 16.2 PPR points in Week 1

Kenneth Walker - Projection: 16.1 PPR points in Week 1

These tiers were made using the Start/Sit tool, but you can make your tiers however you want! Do this for each position for the first 5-8 rounds, and you’ll be panic-proof!

Late-round stacking is not only a high-quality tactic, it’s also a lot of fun!

Late-round in this instance means at least one half of the stack is taken late. Examples include Jared Goff and Amon-Ra St. Brown, Matthew Stafford and Davante Adams/Puka Nacua, and one of my favorites, Dak Prescott and Javonte Williams. Stacking a late QB with his RB is very fun. For an affordable draft cost, you have almost every touchdown from a team on your roster. Caleb Williams and D’Andre Swift were responsible for over 40 TDs last season. You could be looking at 45+ touchdowns from a stack such as Dak and Javonte for the cost of a 9th round pick. This counters any potential threat of limiting ceiling by accounting for both rushing and passing on the same high-powered offense.

*If implementing this strategy, make sure you don’t have other players from the same team. Committing too much to a team can cause issues, regardless of how inexpensive the stack was.

High-powered stacks like Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase are exciting and are top-tier on paper. But, if one of those players were to miss time, your fantasy team would be taking a much harder hit than if one of your late-round stack players missed time. You’ll still have an elite roster that takes a less substantive hit from your stack falling apart.

It’s important to try and avoid players that are being drafted around where their ceiling is. The reasoning behind this is simple. Those players are not the type of players that will be consistent enough, while also having enough boom weeks, to win you a fantasy championship. Last season, drafting the players that met this criteria was like signing your rights to a fantasy championship away to someone else. These players can, of course, hit their ceilings. It’s simply not the smartest plan to initiate when composing your roster.

Examples of players who were drafted at their ceilings in 2025: Xavier Worthy (41st player off the board), Ladd McConkey (22nd player off the board), and Ashton Jeanty (12th player off the board)

Examples of players being drafted at their ceilings in 2025: Luther Burden, Jayden Daniels, and De’Von Achane

To see every player's ceiling and floor, open the Draft Tool!

It’s a blast going through every team and identifying your sleepers. But, there’s a simpler way to do this. Look at the yardage betting lines for every player on any given sportsbook. The oddsmakers are among the sharpest in the world… and they’re not in the business of losing money. This same strategy can be applied to making start/sit decisions on a weekly basis. After you consult our start/sit tool, take a look at our Prop Evaluator to see where every player’s lines are set each week.