(*) FANALYTICS: Game-changers

There is a quote by Sam Palmisano, the Chairman of IBM, that goes: "Win not by surviving the storm but by changing the game."

Every year that we go into our fantasy drafts, most of us are really just surviving the storm. In our draft prep, we are surviving the storm of common, mass information. At our drafts, we are surviving the storm of decisions made by other owners. At another level, we are even surviving the storm of league rules that might not meet our own personal needs.

We often hear advice like, "Be careful of runs on particular types of players," or "Take whatever bargains the table gives you" or "Don't reach!" Yes, if we draft a player too far ahead of his average draft position, we risk public scorn and...

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