One of the deeply true yet under-discussed aspects of fantasy football is the fact that the game — as it is most commonly played by millions of us — is just not terribly difficult.
As someone whose livelihood depends on the illusion of the game’s complexity, I am not going to dwell on this subject. But I do periodically like to remind the Yahoo audience that winning in fantasy football is generally driven by a small number of individual players.
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Last season, for example, if you A) drafted Saquon Barkley, B) added Bucky Irving in September and C) picked up Jalen McMillan in December, then you definitely won your league.