Author name: Mike Holder

Good to see you all back! For those of you who haven’t yet read my first installment, check it out here. In this installment, I’ll try to shed some light on which of my specific roster builds did the best and worst. Finally, we will close with some of my highest rostered players (whether good or bad outcome). I should clarify what I mean by “roster build” before moving on to the next part in my reflection. I’m referring to how many players I rostered at each position. At Draft.com, you have 18 players to form your roster with. My thoughts going into the season was that I’d want to load up at RB and WR, and draft enough QB/TE to ensure the squads wouldn’t tank because of injury or bye week problems. In each build, I had between two and four QBs, five and seven RBs, six and eight WRs, two and three TEs. Let’s take a look at how many of these builds ended up in the money! (GIANT DISCLAIMER REGARDING SAMPLE SIZE ISSUES- Having only played 30 entries, some of the following builds will only have a few data points, so don’t take as gospel.) As you can see from above, my most profitable configurations included six WRs, six RBs, three QBs, and three TEs(3/6/6/3). In total, that combo was “in the money” 80% of the time (four out of five entries placed, and one in fifth place), and first place 20% of the time (one out of five). Too bad I didn’t have a crystal ball, because […]