top five fantasy football tips for beginners number five defense wins championships While others tend to leave the defense till the end take one in the top five rounds use all the time allotted for each pick whether it's 30 seconds a minute or 2 minutes it's given for a reason trust me everyone will think you're super smart if you use all of your time draft quarterbacks first the only thing more important than defense is a quarterback you should be taking your quarterback in the first round there most important do not pick players who were good the year before they're unlikely to do it again and that leads us into number one instead draft players who were bad as they have the most potential or upside