Why is preseason important in fantasy football?

Why is preseason important in fantasy football?

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When managing a fantasy football team, it's mostly important pre-season to see where players are on a depth chart. Find out who's starting, who's not starting and who's hurt. That's the most important thing. That's going to decide who's the main running back, and who's the back-up running back, sometimes. What pre-season is not important for is the stats that you see in pre-season. A lot of people playing fantasy football get really carried away with a guy that gets a hundred yards a game in pre-season. This just doesn't make a difference because the conditions are so different, and the players aren't trying their best, so you just can't read too much into pre-season stats. The main thing in fantasy football is to see who's healthy and who's starting.