Tip Drill: Strength of schedule, the fool's errand

Twice a week during the preseason I'll be here to discuss Fantasy Football Strategy with you. If you're a five-time defending champion in your Den of Slack league, you probably don't need to consider strategy that much, but in competitive leagues these are discussions worth having. Let's open the notebook. I know I'm fighting a losing battle as I rail against Strength of Schedule. I understand it's popular with the fantasy crowd. I recognize the allure of being detail-oriented, I hear the siren singing. But I also know the NFL is a reshuffle league, and I'm not going to make the mistake of looking too far back or too far ahead. Sure, I want success in the playoffs and I want the glory of a championship, just like you do. But the goal for this month is analyzing the player pool and building the deepest roster possible, not making crazy guesses as to what the landscape of the league will look like in the later stages of 2009. Every October the mainstream me...