What to do with the 1st pick in a fantasy football draft

Yahoo Fantasy analyst Andy Behrens offers strategy and advice ahead of 2024 football drafts.

Video Transcript

Hey, look at you first pick.

Not everyone can handle the pressure of the first pick, but I feel like you were made for this.

You are, in fact the one person in this draft who will actually have a shot at every player, no one else can say it.

Of course, this also means that you were the one person who will have no good excuse if things go poorly.

But again, you were made for this moment and this pick anyway, you happen to have the first pick in a year in which we have unanimity of opinion on Christian mccaffrey at the top of the board in pretty much all fantasy formats.

So there's no reason to stress.

I think you're gonna love the receivers that are available to you in rounds two and three.

You may also have the option of taking the draft's first tight end perhaps in the third round, um which would give you the top player at two different positions, which feels almost unfair.

I would wish you good luck here, but uh clearly you've already got it.