Winning Our Hearts – Losing Our Fantasy Leagues. – Philadelphia Sports Nation

Is A Building Obsession With the Eagles Destroying Your Fantasy Strategy?

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, it’s not Christmas. As the heat of July moves towards August — the only blocker to you enjoying the your 2024 Fantasy Draft will be to read tons of lines of text trying to coordinate your twelve closest friends who just need a good time to draft free from work, no responsibilities with the kids, permission from the wife, and a Zoom logon.

Better throw in a draft board.

But the opportunity to enjoy that five-hour beer tasting, junk food consuming, need some more charcoal for the grill, how long can pizza be at room temperature, should have only taken three hours fantasy draft? (the two people who join with Zoom couldn’t figure out the technology and they work in IT remotely.)

And what exactly is your strategy? You’ve spent the whole year ordering magazines, studying ESPN, and catching up on FFB shows, haven’t you? Is Jalen Hurts worthy of the #2 quarterback ranking behind Josh Allen? Will you play the traditional approach and lean toward Saquon Barkley as a #5 running back? And if everyone else is asleep in your draft, you may be able to pair Jalen Hurts with AJ Brown (5th WR) and/or Devonta Smith (WR #21.)

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A little downstream from the top rounds offers you Eagles options like Kenneth Gainwell (#66) , rookie running back Will Shipley, and will you take a chance on Jake Elliott at the #4 kicker spot? Better not do so until Round 15.

Once the draft begins and the draft board begins to fill up with stickers and the beer, nachos, and underdone wings are almost gone — you arrive at a new realization after your memorization of the Eagles depth chart.

The NFL has 31 other teams to pull talent from.