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Alright, Your Draft Is Coming Up
Here's the no-nonsense version for your 10-team, full-PPR league: what each position actually does, how the snake draft order works, and how not to torch your season by Round 14.
- Teams: 10
- Scoring: Full PPR
- Starters: 1 QB · 2 RB · 2 WR · 1 TE · 2 FLEX
- Draft: 16 rounds, snake
- Total picks: 160 league-wide
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The Positions, Loosely Explained
PPR means a point per catch, no matter the yardage. That changes who's actually valuable — keep it in mind as you read these.
Throws the ball, sometimes runs it. You only start one, and in a league this size there's always a decent arm sitting on waivers — so don't blow an early pick on one unless it's an obvious tier above everyone else.
Runs it, and often catches passes out of the backfield too. This is the position that actually breaks your season — touches get split, injuries pile up, and a good one is nearly impossible to replace mid-year.
Catches passes downfield. This is where PPR quietly does you the biggest favor — a guy who catches 8 short passes and never scores can still outscore the highlight-reel deep threat who had one big play.
Blocks up front, runs shorter routes. There are maybe five guys worth caring about and then a big drop-off, so either land one of those five or stop worrying about it and stream the position later.
Two slots that go to whichever RB, WR, or TE you've got left standing. This is the part people underrate: a quarter of your starting lineup isn't locked to a position, it's decided week-to-week by whoever's hot — so draft depth at RB and WR like it counts, because it does.
How the Snake Draft Works
Sixteen rounds, ten teams, 160 total picks. The order flips at the end of every round — pick last in Round 1, pick first in Round 2. That flip is the whole "snake."
| Round | Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 | Slot 4 | Slot 5 | Slot 6 | Slot 7 | Slot 8 | Slot 9 | Slot 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 → | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 ← | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| 3 → | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 4 ← | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 |
| … | same flip, every round, all the way through | |||||||||
| 16 ← | 160 | 159 | 158 | 157 | 156 | 155 | 154 | 153 | 152 | 151 |
Your slot is just the draft position you're assigned beforehand (1–10). Watch Slot 10: it picks 10 then 11 back-to-back — that's the turn, the one perk of drafting last. Slot 1 picks 1 and then has to sit there until pick 20 comes back around. Everybody pays for it somewhere.
Sixteen picks per team, no more, no less: 8 fill your starting lineup (1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 2 FLEX), the other 8 are bench. Rostering a kicker or defense too? Those come out of the bench 8.
Building a Roster That Doesn't Fall Apart
Nothing exotic here — just what actually matters in a 10-team, PPR, two-flex league.
- Take running backs early and often. Touches are the scarcest thing in the league, and there's no fixing a thin backfield in October.
- Draft for your flex spots, not just your starters. Pass-catching backs and high-target receivers age better than touchdown-dependent guys — in PPR, targets are the safer bet, and you've got two extra slots to put them in.
- Don't reach for quarterback or tight end. Unless a true top-five guy is somehow still on the board, both positions have startable options well into the double-digit rounds. Spend those picks on RB/WR depth instead.
- Keep half an eye on bye weeks once you hit the middle rounds. Losing two flex-caliber starters the same week is the kind of thing that sneaks up on you.
- Save your last two picks for a handcuff and a lottery ticket. Back up your workhorse RB if he's truly the guy, and take one rookie with upside over yet another proven-mediocre veteran.
- Chase opportunity, not names you recognize. A backup about to walk into full-time carries is worth more waiver priority than a veteran stuck behind him.
- Stream tight end (and quarterback, if you have to). A soft matchup off the wire beats a mediocre body warming your bench all year.
- Recheck your two FLEX starters every single week. Those slots belong to whoever's actually playing well right now, not whoever you were highest on back in August.