It’s all fun and games until a bad bye week jumps up and bites fantasy owners in the butt. Nothing hurts more than losing a week because of bad preparation. Fantasy football is a game where one loss could be the difference of being the champion and listening to the champion brag. Every game is important and navigating the dreaded bye week is just as important as drafting the right players.

A bad bye week break is just as serious as player injuries. If they aren’t properly prepared for they can be the doom of a team. Solving a team’s bye week blues starts with recognition and preperation. Savvy owners know that next to picking the right players; checking the bye week is the most important thing in fantasy.

Team owners have to ask themselves, how do the bye weeks line up? Am I going to have to replace a lot of player production during one bye week or is it going to be spread out through my season? Which players am I going to have to replace? Start looking over your fantasy league early. Planning is the key.

Find and track players who are known to be productive. Look for players who are having surprising seasons. Pick up players through waivers and trades. The biggest mistake player’s make in fantasy football is thinking a team is complete once the draft is over.

It’s important to monitor your team as well as the rest of the teams in the league. Watch which players teams are dumping. One teams trash is another teams gold. A consistent team is one that knows which players are hot and have the potential to be hot.

Any team can win in fantasy football. Those that win it consistently aren’t special they are prepared. Winning starts with being ready for the ups and downs a fantasy football season can bring.