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              Video: Strategy for Your Best Ball Draft

              Digging into best ball drafts? Check out these key strategy tips to help sharpen your roster building.
              By Matt Schauf | Updated on Mon, Jul 15 2024 4:09 PM UTC
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              Are you playing best ball on Underdog Fantasy, FFPC, Drafters Fantasy or anywhere else? If so, then you'll want to check out this tutorial on best ball draft strategy for 2024. We're covering basics, talking some positional strategies, and digging into some advanced techniques to win the bag.

              0:00 Intro

              0:26 Basics for winning in best ball

              4:22 Core strategies for success

              5:32 QB best ball strategy

              6:59 TE best ball strategy

              8:45 RB best ball strategy

              11:40 WR best ball strategy

              13:33 Next-level stacking

              17:35 Advanced draft techniques

              20:15 How to spot late breakout players

              24:43 Best Ball Game Changer

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              Matt Schauf, Editor
              Matt has earned two Fantasy Pros accuracy awards for IDP rankings and won thousands of dollars as a player across best ball, dynasty, and high-stakes fantasy formats. He has been creating fantasy football content for more than 20 years, with work featured by Sporting News, Rotoworld, Athlon, Sirius XM, and others. He's been with Draft Sharks since 2011.

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