They were almost unanimous about the importance of draft day. Most said it was well more than 50 percent of a team's season. In Tout Wars, it's more like 75 percent, they said. There are no pushover teams here either. When you're an expert, you play with the experts.
Experts play to win.
So you have to be at your best at the draft table, the touts agreed. But, lucky for you, you're not playing against the experts. Your league is a whole new ball game, the experts said. If you have a couple of weak owners, and pretty liberal free agent rules, you're more likely to be able to overcome a sub-par draft through roster management and trades. Tony Blengino, of Future Stars , puts it this way.