Want the inside scoop on winning your fantasy football league in 2011? Fantasy Football Sideline has 50 important tips below to help in multiple areas of your fantasy football championship campaign:

• Draft tips
• Trade tips
• Season long add/drop tips
• Staying on top of the latest fantasy football info tips

Everything you read below is relevant to fantasy football, and can be applied to almost any draft situation. Regardless of your league size or scoring settings, we definitely have some useful tips below for winning your fantasy football league.

50 Fantasy Football Tips To Win Your League

1. Be prepared for the draft. The league is often won or lost at the draft.
2. Protect your investments: if you draft a star staring running back (Adrian Peterson) first overall in your draft and then the last round of the draft comes along, go ahead and take Toby Gerhart.
3. If AP goes down week 2 with a season ending injury you do not want to be the guy left without his backup and someone else in the league stealing your production.
4. During the draft, track the positions your opponents have picked. Knowing this will give you a leg up on strategic picks in later rounds.
5. Go with established players over potential stars. Everybody likes to brag about picking up that rookie, but often the hype is bigger than the stats.
6. Do pick early in positions that are light or where some players are head and shoulders above the pack. Tight end is the best example of this in fantasy football, where Antonio Gates is often a statistical superior to his counterparts.
7. Generally, it’s not a good idea to pick a kicker in an early round. Make this selection your last starter or, depending on the depth of your league – your last round pick.
8. Know your league scoring rules – things such as point for receptions, different types of deductions and the scoring system for your DST or IDP are all very important aspects of winning your fantasy football league.
9. In the early rounds, pick the best available player, regardless of position.
10. If QBs in your league get 5 or 6 points for a TD pass, you have to consider taking them before other positions.
11. Check rankings on major websites (like Fantasy Football Sideline). Most people will simply print out sheet rankings from the major websites and bring them to the draft.
12. Look towards the bottom of fantasy football cheat sheets for players you see as value picks that could be selected higher than their preseason rating.
13. Capitalize on the fact your opponents may let a sleeper slip a few rounds because they do not see the players name immediately on the list.
14. Sign up for text message alerts from ESPN, Yahoo!, or Google to keep up with fantasy football injury updates and corresponding transactions.
15. Do not be too hasty too early- if early on in the season you acquire an injury or two and the longevity of these injuries are not catastrophic, do not jump the gun and make an irrational trade just to fill in spots on your roster.
16. There are always people on the waiver wire that can fill these needed position spots for a couple weeks.
17. There are no favorite teams in fantasy football.
18. Hometown kids – you may be from New York City and you may be the biggest New York Giants fan in the world, but that does not mean that you should have a team full of G-men.
19. There are no favorite players in fantasy football. A player is just a bundle of statistics.
20. Do not avoid taking Tony Romo in the 3rd round if he is still available.
21. To draft successfully, you need to put favoritism aside and look to draft the best available player.
22. Every player that is on an NFL roster needs to be ranked, even the sorry guys (we’ve given you a good head start – rankings for about 300 players).
23. Remember that statistics are relative to position played. All-Pro scoring at tight end is often middle of the pack among all wide receivers. The key is to get the best stats per position.
24. Just because you have filled in all of your starting spots on your team – do not walk away from your live draft.
25. Don’t assume that it will not matter who gets chosen as your backup quarterback because you have Tom Brady.
26. Preseason football DOES NOT count- there is simply no need to pay attention to the preseason.
27. Do not take into consideration amount of playing time in the preseason. Coaches will take this time to test out players during game speed.
28. One thing to look for in the preseason: success for players in battles for positions.
29. For example, the Arizona Cardinals 2nd wide receiver position is up for grabs between Early Doucet and Steve Breaston, so during the preseason it might be a good idea to check out their playing time [downs on the field] as well as production in that playing time.
30. Preseason week 1 does not mean as much as week 4. Pay closest attention to week 4 if you are going to watch the preseason.
31. Head coaches are most likely to tip their plan for the regular season in preseason week 4.
32. Stay away from multiple players on the same team.
33. Bye weeks can be devastating if you own too many players from the same team.
34. If a player has been traded since last year, re-adjust his stats based on the offensive scheme he’ll be playing in this season. For example, it is likely a good bet that Terrell Owens’ 2010 numbers in Cincinnati could resemble Chris Henry’s 2009 per game numbers or T.J. Houshmandzadeh’s from 2008, making him a quality draft selection in the mid rounds as a WR2, but in no way a WR1.
35. Number of touches – meaning there aren’t enough to go around on most teams – are another good reason why this formula for fantasy football success just does not work.
36. Sunday morning needs to spent making sure your lineups are set.
37. Just because your lineup is setup and ready Saturday night does not mean someone won’t be scratched right before the game starts and you have to make a quick move to your backup.
38. Spend at least one day a week [either Tuesday or Saturday] taking a look at the waiver wire to see what types of players are still not taken, as well as who could be on the waiver wire that you may need to replace an injured star player or a future bye week.
39. If you no longer are interested in keeping a player on your roster, shop him to other teams before cutting him. Don’t assume other teams aren’t interested. You may get some value for him that exceeds what you’d get in the free agent pool.
40. You can’t let the other teams in the league know you are shopping a player. Try to cleverly put his name in package deals so that he maintains his value and your opponents won’t know they can pick him up for a box of old football cards and used chewing gum.
41. A trade has to work for both teams. Don’t make a ridiculous offer and hope you can bamboozle the other manager. He’ll be more open to making trades later in the season if you are bringing legitimate offers to him, even if he doesn’t take the first offer.
42. Watch NFL Live! Cut the wife in on your winnings and she won’t nag you when you watch it every night (maybe).
43. Be a contrarian during the draft. When everybody is making a run on defenses or tight ends, lock up your WR3 or draft a running back with high upside. There’s likely more value there.
44. When you’re picking a DST, you don’t necessarily want to be the first person in the draft to make that jump because you’re probably not getting enough value. That said, if you’re the last guy picking a DST, you’re probably paying TOO much. The most value for a DST typically comes to managers who take the third, fourth, or fifth rated DST.
45. In IDP leagues, evaluate the season projections and points per game average of defensive players when making a decision on how to draft them. Typically all offensive starters (sans kicker) and most high point total reserves should be drafted before dabbling in defensive players, but in some extreme cases (Patrick Willis) they can be taken earlier.
46. Play in a league where all managers have a history of staying involved. A league is no fun if you don’t have active participating managers who have given up.
47. If your league uses playoffs, remember the adage: there’s no tomorrow. If you don’t maintain players for next season, drop a big name running back or quarterback after he’s made his last start (Peyton Manning in week 16 or 17, for example). He’s no longer of value to you if you’re not going to get a full game of production out of him.
48. Look at three year trends on players (assuming they’ve played in the same scheme the whole time). Going any further back is useless.
49. Play in a league with old friends. It’s a great way to stay in touch.
50. Know which defenses give up the most touchdowns. Also know which defenses give up the least touchdowns. Knowing this will make your bye week selections much easier to make.