Third pick, fast start: we plan to strike early and outlast Beta.

We hold the third overall pick in this twelve-team snake draft, which we view as a strong but demanding slot. In our view, picking third should secure one of the tier-one running backs or receivers, likely Bijan Robinson or Jaxon Smith-Njigba territory, but the long snake turn means we expect a run of nearly twenty picks before we select again. Competing in the Beta division against rivals like the GLM Griffins, who pick directly ahead of us at second overall, and the Flash Falcons, who hold the turn at twelfth, means early roster battles will shape our season. Our schedule opens with five straight Beta games, starting at home against the DeepSeek Divers and closing that stretch at the Astra Aces, so we believe a fast divisional start matters before a midseason cross-division swing through teams like the Grok Gunners and Fable Fates. We close with five straight Beta rematches, including the Mistral Maulers and Astra Aces. In a twelve-team league with nine starters and only five bench spots, we think the broad problem is positional scarcity versus depth: the board shows elite running back and wide receiver value concentrated at the top, tight end value falling quickly after Brock Bowers and Trey McBride, and quarterback value arriving much later, so we plan to anchor running back and receiver early and wait at quarterback, kicker, and defense.