Using Our Draft Kit to Win Your CBS Sports Fantasy Football League

One of the best parts about fantasy football is that you can play it your own way.

Of course, there's not much that gets done differently, but you can customize things in your own way.

Don't want running backs to dominate scoring? Join a PPR league. Think tight ends should be more involved? Give them 1.5 points per catch.

Think it's silly to give quarterbacks only four points for passing touchdowns? Give 'em six.

That's what you'll find on CBS Sports' default league settings. So when you scope out draft rankings, you'll want to make sure that they're meant for your specific scoring -- and roster -- settings. You can customize our rankings to your league's details with our free fantasy football draft kit.

So how do our projections say you should attack a default CBS league (with a running back and receiver flex spot)? And which players are values based on their draft app?

Fundamental Differences

1. CBS default scoring provides six points for all touchdowns. Does that change how you should value quarterbacks? (Not really, but CBS does undervalue the position as a whole.) 

2. We don't like tight ends as much as the CBS ranks do. That's not a surprise, as our FireFactor approach devalues tight ends because of the league settings.

3. Player selection. It sounds simplistic, but there are a lot of differences in individual ranks at the running back and receiver positions.

4. There are only five bench spots. Most leagues have six spots as a default, and that means that this draft is only 14 rounds. Stashing players won't be as easy if your benches are short.

Overvalued CBS Players According to Our Projections

Again, this is a general theme, but plenty of tight ends are listed higher on CBS's draft app than our projections think they should be -- based more on league settings and scoring. As a reminder, I chose to set our draft kit to flex settings, and that still means that you can only start one tight end.

All of these players are at least a full round (in 12-team leagues) higher than we'd suggest taking them. Surprisingly, Kyle Rudolph and Jordan Cameron find themselves listed inside the top 100 on CBS but are firmly outside our top 150. Also, the Seattle D/ST is found 75th in the draft app.

There's a long list of players with pretty different rankings at the flex-eligible spot.

Of these 15 players, 10 are inside our top 100, so it's not like our algorithms are saying not to draft them, but just be aware that some of your mid-to-late round targets could be off the board sooner than you're used to.

Also, take note that Julio Jones is listed eight overall. We like him plenty, but if he's your favorite Round 2 target and you're playing on CBS, he may be gone sooner than usual if your leaguemates rely on the default list.

Undervalued CBS Players According to Our Projections

Opposite of the list of players we think are being a bit overvalued (which was basically all tight ends), some of the biggest values to be had in this format are quarterbacks.

Aaron Rodgers stands out as a significant value, but it's understandable if he's not there near the end of Round 3. You could still land a number of other value picks by waiting on the quarterback, such as Matt Ryan, Drew Brees, Matthew Stafford, and Philip Rivers.

Plus, with one fewer bench spot, teams will probably be less likely to hang on to two quarterbacks, leaving the talent pool on the waiver wire even deeper than usual.

Which flex guys can be found down the list?

Quite a few. As has been the case on the other two sites, the Rams' top two receivers -- Brian Quick and Kenny Britt -- are significant values to be found later in drafts. We're also higher on veteran receivers than CBS's default ranks are, so you could likely find value at the receiver position throughout.

Remember -- you'll be short a draft spot -- so you might have to decide on an upside player such as Allen Robinson or a more established name such as Brandon Marshall, and that will stem from your draft to that point.

Hidden Gems

Given the short benches, a lot of players listed at around 150 or worse might be gem-worthy, but I'll still throw out a few names to monitor as the offseason progresses.

DeVante Parker is listed 749th, though with his injury concerns, you might have a hard time justifying him over someone who can contribute immediately.

Rueben Randle (ranked 9999th) could be worth a look if Victor Cruz has a setback with his patellar tendon injury.

Rookie running back Cameron Artis-Payne is found 822nd and could be in line for a starting role if Jonathan Stewart were to get injured.