Draft Strategy: PPR/Flex Scoring, 12-Teams 8 spot

What is the best draft strategy? We crunched the numbers and found the best strategy for every single draft position.

By looking through thousands of recent PPR/Flex 12-team mock drafts, you can now easily see the best draft strategy for the 8th spot.

Even the most experienced fantasy players can get confused on draft day.

Don't mess up your PPR/Flex mock draft. Use these proven strategies below.

See how we calculated this data.

Format

Half-PPR Non-PPR

Teams

8 Teams 10 Teams 14 Teams

Draft Spot

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 9th 10th 11th 12th

These are the best draft strategies for the first three rounds calculated for the 8th draft spot:

Best Strategies for 12-Team PPR/Flex Drafts From the 8th Position

Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Proj. FP/Wk	Frequency
WR	WR	QB	107.1	20
RB	WR	QB	106.6	41
RB	RB	TE	106.6	133
RB	WR	TE	106.2	204
WR	RB	WR	106.2	266
WR	TE	RB	105.9	17
WR	WR	TE	105.9	102
RB	RB	WR	105.7	898
RB	WR	WR	104.9	807
RB	RB	RB	104.7	796
WR	RB	RB	104.7	184
RB	RB	QB	104.4	37
WR	TE	WR	104.4	22
RB	TE	WR	104.4	39
WR	RB	TE	104.2	58
RB	WR	RB	104.0	531
WR	WR	WR	104.0	531
RB	TE	RB	103.8	23
WR	WR	RB	103.5	376

How This Data Was Calculated

To calculate the best strategies for each draft position, first we projected the fantasy points of thousands of teams drafted in our public mock drafts.

Then, we grouped the teams by what position they drafted in rounds 1, 2 and 3 and took the average projected fantasy points per week for each positional strategy.

Finally, we sorted them all by how many projected fantasy points each positional draft strategy is expected to score. The top row in the table above shows the positional strategy expected to score the most fantasy points per week this year.

You can also see how many times people used that strategy in the public mock drafts by looking at the Frequency column in the table.

Note: We don't advocate going into your draft with just one dedicated draft strategy that you feel that you must adhere to. It's always best to be flexible and adapt to what value falls to you in your particular draft. Use this tool as one resource of many in your tool belt on draft day.

Data is based on the past 72 hours of mock drafts. Computer teams are not included.