Comment by snake_plissken

I really want to use these advanced approaches more, and they make a lot of sense in the daily fantasy scene (this analysis was for tourney long EURO 2024 I think?), but for something like season long NFL, I am convinced it is mostly luck:

  Hope your top 3 picks stay healthy

  Hope your 3-4 "flyer" picks (the guys who are on a new team, rookies, etc.,) don't completely bust

  Play the waiver wire (mid week pickups to fill in positions where needed) well

The one part where more skill/operations research is involved would be playing the matchups (top defense vs crap offense, WR1 vs rookie corner) but even then it's not a surefire recipe for success since there is so much variance (that top WR play might be nuked by a run oriented game). But it is playing smart so you should do it.