"A 3-3 build is like a stable marriage. Safe, familiar, and exactly like your neighbor's. Sometimes the edge is in the extremes."
— Midway Money Editorial Board
These seven rules aren't laws of physics. They're starting principles — the guardrails that keep you from making the kind of lineup decision that looks clever at 7pm and catastrophic by 11pm. Use them as a checklist, not a religion. When a specific slate gives you a reason to bend a rule, bend it. But have a reason.
And if you find yourself putting a kicker as captain because he's "sneaky underowned" — re-read Rule 5. Slowly. With a glass of water. Then go check on your kids.