A fantasy football geek who spends way too much time researching and updating his Excel Spreadsheets.First Draft of 2009
{ Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2009
by Draft Geek
}
I had my first draft this past weekend and what a complete debacle that was.
The owner decided to allow 18 teams to join. If you know anything about fantasy football that is WAY too many.
When there are that many teams, there are usually just not enough players to go around. (Note: I say "usually" for a reason.... keep reading).
In addition to that, the league is an auto-draft. If you've read my previous posts on auto drafts you know I am not a fan of them.
To compound the problems of this league even more the owner could not make his mind up regarding the scoring system. He had been tweaking it every other day or so leading up to the draft. I thought all was good as I had checked 4 hours or so before the draft and no changes. Around 11:45pm (draft was to start at midnight) my spidey-sense started tingling so I logged in to check everything before the draft. Sure enough, a couple hours prior, the owner completely changed the league scoring to a Point Per Reception (PPR) League. This make a huge difference in player ranking so I frantically began reranking my players. I make it about 30 players down my rankings (saving every other change) and I am locked out... The draft is complete. I gasp, prepare myself for the worst and head over to check out the draft results.
I was pleasantly surprised when, all things considered, I ended up with a halfway descent lineup!! Turns out the last second PPR change may have actually helped me.
My first 3 picks are guys who typically have an added advantage in PPR leagues.
I drafted in the #1 spot I was able to get Maurice Jones-Drew. I know, I know... everyone has anointed Adrian Peterson as the automatic overall #1. However, given this is a PPR league, my projections actually show MJD with a slight advantage.
For my 2nd and 3rd picks I snag Reggie Bush and Wes Welker.
I think what really helped me out this draft are the owners who did not understand the concept of ranking their players for an autodraft.
Here is a copy of the draft board. If you take a look you will see what I mean.
Note: If you like this draft board template, you can get it for free below. If you have any comments on my draft or on this draft board template, post a comment!
The owner decided to allow 18 teams to join. If you know anything about fantasy football that is WAY too many.
When there are that many teams, there are usually just not enough players to go around. (Note: I say "usually" for a reason.... keep reading).
In addition to that, the league is an auto-draft. If you've read my previous posts on auto drafts you know I am not a fan of them.
To compound the problems of this league even more the owner could not make his mind up regarding the scoring system. He had been tweaking it every other day or so leading up to the draft. I thought all was good as I had checked 4 hours or so before the draft and no changes. Around 11:45pm (draft was to start at midnight) my spidey-sense started tingling so I logged in to check everything before the draft. Sure enough, a couple hours prior, the owner completely changed the league scoring to a Point Per Reception (PPR) League. This make a huge difference in player ranking so I frantically began reranking my players. I make it about 30 players down my rankings (saving every other change) and I am locked out... The draft is complete. I gasp, prepare myself for the worst and head over to check out the draft results.
I was pleasantly surprised when, all things considered, I ended up with a halfway descent lineup!! Turns out the last second PPR change may have actually helped me.
My first 3 picks are guys who typically have an added advantage in PPR leagues.
I drafted in the #1 spot I was able to get Maurice Jones-Drew. I know, I know... everyone has anointed Adrian Peterson as the automatic overall #1. However, given this is a PPR league, my projections actually show MJD with a slight advantage.
For my 2nd and 3rd picks I snag Reggie Bush and Wes Welker.
I think what really helped me out this draft are the owners who did not understand the concept of ranking their players for an autodraft.
Here is a copy of the draft board. If you take a look you will see what I mean.
Note: If you like this draft board template, you can get it for free below. If you have any comments on my draft or on this draft board template, post a comment!
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