Your Fantasy Football Draft Is COOKED If You Make These 5 Mistakes (2026)

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0:00 Intro
1:45 Mistake #1: Know Your Scoring Settings and How to Exploit Them
2:31 Scott's Story: Cooking a Shark Commissioner in a Work League
5:06 IR Spots, Bench Size and the PPR vs Half PPR Overthink
7:16 Keeper Leagues, KC Concepcion and Playoff Field Size
8:30 Mistake #2: Not Knowing Upside Wins Championships
13:49 The Power Law: Christian McCaffrey on 60% of Championship Rosters
15:25 Oronde Gadsden II and Josh Downs: The Downside Is Already Priced In
17:09 Mistake #3: Drafting Quarterbacks and Tight Ends Too Early
20:55 RJ Harvey (DEN RB) Over a Marginal QB Upgrade
22:38 QB Parity, Bad ADP and Streaming the Position (JJ Zachariason)
24:34 Superflex Math and Positional Scarcity
25:47 Christian McCaffrey vs Puka Nacua and Ja'Marr Chase in 2-WR Leagues
26:41 Mistake #4: Not Doing Mock Drafts Before Your Draft
29:24 Scott's Spreadsheet: Plotting Out the Perfect Draft
31:16 Mistake #5: Not Subscribing to Fantasy Points
33:01 The CC Story: A Non-Football Fan Goes Undefeated
35:04 Ryan's Friend Got Kicked Out of His League for Winning
37:28 Why Scott Wins the Championship 50% of the Time
39:06 What Makes Fantasy Points Different
44:15 Outro

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