Perhaps the most important element of any dynasty league is the annual rookie draft. Unless you're a very aggressive trader, your roster isn't going to change a ton from year to year, with the largest impact coming via the rookie draft. These drafts might seem fairly straightforward, but I see people make avoidable mistakes quite often.

Fantasy football managers have myriad research tools at their disposal for the predraft process. Hopefully you've been taking advantage of as many of them as you can given the ever-approaching opening of the 2025 NFL season.

See the best fantasy football sleepers for 2025 drafts, including the undervalued Josh Downs and Ricky Pearsall.