2014 Fantasy Football

[BB2]

Oh. Man, the Bulls' Seachickies end so strong, overcomes and gets to the Finals. Tip o the Hat.

We have 9 now. Anyone wanting to try for a first try, C'mon. The rest of us will help ya.

BB2

Sorry the BBs have been inactive lately BE BACK LATER!

[SomeGuyBrewing]

I might be interested as it seems my old league might be falling apart this year (due to new kids, new wives, new jobs, etc.)

I'm curious as to how you guys do the draft.

Seeing as the borg seems to be spread out all over the US. How is the time difference handled with the draft? While east coast guys are off work and enjoying beers, I'm probably still at work with a couple hours to go. (West Coast guy here)

I like to have fun with fantasy football and don't take it too serious...but at the same time, I don't auto-draft!

[BlackDuck]

I think last years draft was on a weekend. If your looking to just have fun without being too serious, this is the league for you. We don't have any money on the line and we all like to drink a beer or two. So fun is the only thing that we have to go on....well, some bragging rights too. I hope you decide to join in.

[BlackDuck]

Just bumping this up again. The way I see it, we have 8 definites (GWCR, BB2, BlackDuck, Gman20, dbrowning, JimH, jpsherman, and PhotonBrewing) with 2 maybes (Betolis and SomeGuyBrewing). That's a total of 10 if Betolis and SomeGuyBrewing commit. Then we only need 2 more to join and we've got the 12 team roster like we had last year.

[SomeGuyBrewing]

Hell, I'll give it a go! Consider me in.

[BlackDuck]

Awesome.....glad to have you. It will be fun.

[Gman20]

well we should have enough now...........been checking out the preseason trying to find the next fantasy star and i get to watch the pack play tomorrow so im excited bout that even tho tho the games dont really count yet

[evily]

If you need another, I'll play! I'm terrible at FF (just ask my husband's family about my stellar performance in their league last year ), but that just means better odds for the rest of you.

[gwcr]

Sorry for not replying to this thread for so long. It does look like we'll have enough. I'll go through the posts and make sure we haven't missed anyone and then send out the official info.

[BlackDuck]

Awesome.....draft day is next!!!!

[BB2]

REHASH FOR THE NEW GUYS.

DRAFT PREPARATION



Here are some of the the high level basics just to help equalize the field. If you want to just do some of this stuff and for example wing it in later rounds you will be shown the Fleaflickers draft rankings during the draft so not to worry.

1) Of course, SOME understanding of the real NFL game strategies helps, but is not vital because every major TV network has cheat sheets & draft lists on their websites, these expert resources have based player rankings on stuff like which teams run or pass most effectively, which receivers are 'go-to', injury-riskiness, etc. Grab a couple & print them out a few days before the draft. (I actually like yahoo sports as well). You will want to make a list of all the positions on your roster and name (say ten-fifteen) possible players for that position in order of preference. Make sure to review your rankings for injuries right before draft. During draft you will use this list to make notes and strike off players as they are drafted.

2) Our league has some roster/scoring rules that will affect your draft decisions. We have a "flex" player (you can play any skill player there), a mandatory TE slot, and can score points per reception. Also, we get six points per td pass/reception. What this all boils down to is receivers and pass-catching rbs will be a little more valuable than in the expert lists, as will be qbs from pass-oriented teams. But, there are only 32 starting rb out there and we will be needing 2 rbs each every week (hopefully 24 plus any used as flex), not leaving many extra for injuries etc - that is why you see draftsheets stressing draft of rbs in the early rounds. Plan on getting at least 2 RB in the first 4 rounds.

3) Many draft managers use a system of tiers, meaning they group the listed players by their approximate equal values, e.g., in QBs: Rogers, GB & Brees, NO are Tier 1; Peyton, Cam, Brady are Tier 2. Basically you draw a line between players you would be equally happy with. Think, "I would consider having any of these Tier 2 QBs as better than some other QB; of course I'd rather have either Brees or Rogers if I could get them instead." During the draft tiers help you know when/whether to pull the trigger on the last guy in a tier, or switch to another position with higher tiers available. Really useful in middle draft rounds when you just need that one last receiver, or if there's a run on TEs and you can get the last of the better group.

4) Draft Kickers LAST. Defense less so but before drafting your DT fill all your WR/TE starting slots and at least 1 QB. I personally will draft backup positions before a kicker, for example getting a "handcuff" for my stud RBs (the #2 on the same NFL team, in case he gets injured). Also, there will be "sleeper" picks you know in your gut could come out of nowhere - get em before your K. We have very deep benches here that will allow you to salt away extra situational players. Not to mention trading possibilities.

5) Armed with your rankings, tiers, and some idea of your team's draft day priorities you should try to enter your overall player rankings into the league website. That list will be available to you during the real time draft so you can make a quick selection in case of distraction etc AND you can set it to pick automatically from your list in case of a late developing brew day of PC technical malfunction. This has saved me before.


6) If you do not want to spend time ranking you can either buy a cheatsheet from something like espn or rotowire, or just print a free one: yahoo sports or usatoday for example.


7) Also, everyone should go do a 'mock draft' on our league website just to get a feel for how the draft works, and test your system will work.

[gwcr]

OK. By my count we have 7 players from last year.

gwcr
BB2
BlackDuck
Gman20
JimH
jpsherman
Photon Brewing

And 4 new players for this year.

dbrowning
Betolis
SomeGuyBrewing
evily

That gives us 11. Would like 1 more for a 12 team league. Check your email for the official invite and message from Fleaflicker.

We now need to schedule the online draft. The season starts Thursday, September 4. Holiday weekend coming up, so that might make it difficult. I will not be available Sunday after 5PM, but can do it any other time during the weekend (or Monday evening if that works better for everyone). If you have any conflicts this weekend, please post them here and I'll pick a time where there are no conflicts.

Also, thanks to BB2 for the prep reminder. I had Sam Bradford on my list for my other league this past Sunday. Good thing I checked as he is done for the season with a blown ACL.

[gwcr]

For the new players, check your PM and PM me your email address so I can send you an invite through Fleaflicker.

[BlackDuck]

Monday evening draft works for me!

[BlackDuck]

Just logged into FleaFlicker using last years sign in info and I can see the new league formed.

Can't wait to get started.