âBecause no one ever built a championship roster on an empty stomach.â
The undisputed champ. The Tom Brady of appetizers.
You walk in, see it on the counter, and know youâre about to enter a higher plane of existence. Creamy, spicy, cheesyâthis dip has singlehandedly delayed nominations and derailed auction budgets. One guy once missed out on Travis Kelce because he was scooping too aggressively.
Draft Day Pro Tip: Serve yourself early. By the second RB tier, itâs usually all gone.
A meat tornado of sandwich glory.
Weâre talking a four-foot loaf stuffed with enough deli meat to feed an NFL offensive line. Someone always insists theyâre âjust having one piece,â then shows up mid-auction holding a third slice like itâs a tight end handcuff.
Anecdote: In 2022, someone dropped $50 on Kyle Pitts immediately after eating an end piece. Coincidence? Maybe. Worth the risk? Always.
The draft day equalizer.
Fireball is not a food. It is, however, responsible for more reckless bids, irrational WR3 hype, and impromptu karaoke than anything else on this list. One shot in, youâre focused. Three in, youâre bidding up Amari Cooper with confidence.
Legacy lore: A manager once shouted âI believe in Devin Singletaryâ after their third pull. They were wrong.
The underdog FLEX play of snacks.
It doesnât look like much. But it shows up every year, gets the job done, and punches above its weight. Kind of like Tyler Lockett. You donât plan around itâbut when itâs hot, itâs hot.
Draft Day Memory: A rookie manager drafted their entire starting lineup while guarding the Rotel pot with a wooden spoon like a medieval halberd.
It shows up. No one claims it. We eat it anyway.
Sausage? Mushroom? Pineapple? Nobody knows. Nobody cares. Itâs calories, itâs crust, and itâs a life raft during your sixth straight bidding war.
Fun Fact: Once used as a bribery tool to reverse a nomination mistake. It worked.
Soft, sweet, and statistically 40% better than league average.
These cookies arrive late like Korpi or a late-round PPR stealâquiet at first, but gone before you know it. Just like your waiver budget after Week 2. Their draft day presence is so essential, they might need a franchise tag.
Pro move: Freeze a few for midseason tilt-watching therapy.
Rich, smooth, and perfectly timedâjust like a Round 3 WR sleeper.
Mike brings the class with these fall brews. And while everyone else is crushing Coors and missing cues, youâre sipping from a stein and calmly bidding up backup tight ends.
Legacy Tradition: The first Oktoberfest beer poured signals the real start of the auction.
A draft day wildcard that brings real boom-or-bust energy.
This isnât your average dog. This is a meal. Itâs hearty, messy, and absolutely not what you want to eat mid-bid. But once the auction slows down? Elite utility.
Note: Historically paired with regret and mustard fingers.
You know who you are.
Thereâs always one. The guy who brings a Ziploc bag of almonds and cranberries and talks about âclean fuel.â This is a fantasy football draft, not a hike. Get yourself a plate and start living.
Reminder: You donât get bonus FAAB for fiber content.
Spoiler: he is.
This guy shows up every year saying ânot drinking today,â only to be spotted two hours later with a red solo cup, a beer koozie, and a mystery tumbler. No one knows what heâs sippingâbut whatever it is, itâs definitely influencing his tight end rankings.
Draft Day Classic: âIâm pacing myselfâ â usually said between sips three and four.
Draft day is war. And wars are won with fuel, fire, and friendship (usually sealed with wing dip).
So bring your budget. Bring your sleepers.
But most importantlyâbring a plate and get in line before the subâs gone.