Perhaps It Is Time to Change Up My Fantasy Football Drafting Strategies

This article from Yahoo (by Jason Cole) got me thinking about fantasy football drafting strategies.  In previous years, I have always picked a running back (or in my first year playing in a fb league using a snake draft system--a wide receiver) in the first round.  In fact, on many occasions, I would opt to choose the best available running backs in Rounds 1 and 2.  I would often wait until the 4th or even 5th round to snag a QB.  I changed up that strategy last year and snagged Drew Brees in the first round in one league.  I went ahead and picked up either Stafford or Brees for my other leagues in the 2nd or 3rd rounds (in 2 leagues I had both Stafford and Brees; however, he was a later round pick in those two leagues).  At the same time, I tended to focus more on picking up quality wide receivers and less on snagging top-tier running backs.  I would, for instance, snag a tier 1 rb (Adrian Peterson for instance) and a Tier 2 guy with potential, like Beanie Wells or Darren Sproles.  In one or two leagues, I didn't have any tier 1 backs on my team at the start of the season.  Despite this fact (or maybe because of it), I enjoyed the most success I've ever had in fantasy football in the 2011-2012 season.  

Given how much success I had in fantasy football last year, I will probably be even more likely to pick-up a Tier 1 QB in the 1st round of this year's fantasy football drafts (depending on draft position).  I think my days of prioritizing running backs (and sometimes wide receivers) over quarterbacks is over.