The third week of preseason games is complete, so it's what I like to call Draft Week. I've got three in the next seven days -- four if the rest of the league can get its act together -- and I'm writing this not only as a reminder to others, but also myself. Every year has fantasy lessons. Now is a great time to remember them.

1. Have a solid cheat sheet. It can be easy to go into a draft just using the website's default rankings, which were either set by the site administrators or show ADP information from previous drafts. "Eh, this is about where Dez Bryant has been selected in other drafts, I'll go with that." Don't do it. Sometimes those are way out of date, colored by information several weeks old. Often they'll dramatically undervalue rookies who have broken out in the exhibitions, or overvalue players who are now hurt. Print yourself out a Cheat Sheet you trust, review it before the draft, highlight players you like and cross out players you hate. Worth the time and effort, I promise you.

2. Draft a players a round early, not a round late. In general I like to trust my rankings. But I'm not afraid to reach a little early for a player I really want. This is especially true if you're picking near the end of rounds and have to wait 20 players between picks. If there's a player you really believe in, would you rather feel a little bad that you selected him too early, or a lot bad that you let someone else take him a few picks before you? I know how I feel letting a player I really like get taken before I do, and will try to avoid it.

3. Have a good depth chart handy. We spend a decent amount of time on the depth charts. Sometimes a player gets cut and we miss it, but we try to keep on top of everything. If it's late in a draft and I'm trying to snap up a bench wide receiver I think might break out, it can be useful to have a reference as to where that guy might fit into the team's plans. The cheat sheet rankings are more important, but those depths can be particularly useful at the draft's end game. Which reminds me...

4. Have a general draft plan. I usually have a good idea going into my drafts of when and where I want to select a quarterback, at what point I want to take my backup, by what round I want to make sure I've got three solid wide receiver starters, etc. The plan can change if players fall or don't, or if there's an early run on a position, or nobody is taking quarterbacks, etc. But if you go into a draft without a good feeling for how you want to build your team, it's easier to make mistakes. For years I didn't take a third wide receiver by the sixth round, and I always regretted it later. Just an example.

5. Be sure you're up to date. One of my drafts this year is Thursday, which is when every NFL team is playing their final preseason game. It's not ideal, but in general few if any starters will be out there risking getting hurt. But some key backups will be, including some guys who will be drafted as sleepers in later rounds. Make sure you bookmark your favorite news site or Twitter feed so you can reference it before selecting a backup type who seems to have fallen too far.

Drink heavily. Wait, no, that's not right. Stink aggressively? No: 6. Think carefully. Sometimes it can be annoying when people take the full timer to make their picks. Well, too bad. These are players who will determine if you have a good fantasy season or bad. Why rush? Take your time before hitting that button and be sure you made the pick you want to make.

I could probably come up with more, but these are the ones that strike me as most important. Have I missed any critical ones? Feel free to add in your own. And, good luck.