He invested his nest egg in Favre. But with Favre and Bettis, he has his stars and can now fill in with good players to balance his team. This is my favorite strategy, but requires a great deal of touch and finesse to pull off. Your goal here is to build a team that is balanced, while causing your opponents to overspend on the superstars that you really are not after. Using this mode of operandi you will probably not get any of the top 15 to 20 stars, but you should dominate when bidding on players rated 21 to 50.
Preparation is paramount.
You must have lists of the top 50 players regardless of position, and top 25 of each position. You also must have a method for tracking what each team is doing throughout the draft. This is absolutely critical. It will tell you if a owner is just bidding you up, or if he truly desires a player. The finesse is in knowing how far you can push up the bidding on the top players without getting them dropped on you.