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Lol real glad I bid on Lamichael Perine right before his ankle injury news broke yesterday.
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Aug 31, 2020 19:49
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So thread consensus is that I should still take him at #4 in my half ppr league that's drafting tonight? I've been pretty nervous about cook this whole off-season and it feels bad to be worried about who I was planning on taking.
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Aug 31, 2020 19:51
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the most important thing to do in the first round is not blow your season. I wouldn’t take cook or kamara in the first today. there are other great players. winning the season is done by hitting in mid/late rounds or waivers. losing the season is done by drafting busts in three first few rounds. sole excerption is like 17 years ago when LT2 got a bazillion TDs
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Aug 31, 2020 20:13
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Keepers have been selected and this is what our eligibility looks like for the first few expected picks. I'm sitting at pick #5 and expect Zeke and Thomas to be #1 & #2. I'd be super happy if CEH was still there for me at #5, but I think I'd really have to think about it if Julio was, for some reason, still there too (it's a 2Qb league so someone might grab a QB or Mixon before my pick).
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Aug 31, 2020 22:01
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If it's a 2QB league is it safe to assume Mahomes and Jackson were kept?
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The X-man cometh posted:If it's a 2QB league is it safe to assume Mahomes and Jackson were kept? Yep, both were keepers, with Mahomes kept as a 15th(!) rounder. QB keepers this year are: - Mahomes - Jackson - Garappolo - Brady - Murray - Watson Also just realized this is the first year with 0 TE's being kept, so Kelce might throw a wrench in to things as well.
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Gearman posted:Yep, both were keepers, with Mahomes kept as a 15th(!) rounder. QB keepers this year are: Which keepers do you have and how many teams are there? I would be tempted to grab Prescott or Wilson if you do not have a QB keeper (or if you are the one with Garappolo) in a 2 QB league, unless a top tier RB falls to you which seems unlikely. Pain of Mind fucked around with this message at 03:00 on Sep 1, 2020 |
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Pain of Mind posted:Which keepers do you have and how many teams are there? I might be tempted to grab Prescott or Wilson if you do not have a QB keeper (or if you are the one with Garappolo) in a 2 QB league, unless a top tier RB falls to you which seems unlikely. 10 teams, and I went with Conner (7th) and Chubb (9th). We start 2QB/2RB/3WR/TE/2RBWRTE, 0.5 PPR. In the past I typically grab two top QBs with my 2nd and 3rd round picks. I think, compared to most superflex/2QB leagues, the people in this league draft QBs much later.
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Sep 1, 2020 03:04
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I went Derrick Henry lol. Sorry thread
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Gearman posted:10 teams, and I went with Conner (7th) and Chubb (9th). We start 2QB/2RB/3WR/TE/2RBWRTE, 0.5 PPR. In the past I typically grab two top QBs with my 2nd and 3rd round picks. I think, compared to most superflex/2QB leagues, the people in this league draft QBs much later. With that many flex position players I can see taking one of those RB, Kelce, or some of those top WR over a QB, especially if you know the leagues tendencies to grab QB later.
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First draft in the books. An auction draft in a 16 team guillotine league. Went hard at RBs early, not really happy with my WR picks, but I should be good enough to last the first few weeks and improve as teams get chopped. Luckily depth is not really important early on in guillotines. $200 budget, 16 team guillotine, .5 PPR 1. (3) Ezekiel Elliott (Dal - RB) $69 2. (7) Alvin Kamara (NO - RB) $59 3. (57) Deshaun Watson (Hou - QB) $19 4. (59) Keenan Allen (LAC - WR) $20 5. (71) DeVante Parker (Mia - WR) $12 6. (97) Marvin Jones Jr. (Det - WR) $7 7. (117) Evan Engram (NYG - TE) $7 8. (146) Michael Badgley (LAC - K) $1 9. (173) Devonta Freeman (Atl - RB) $1 10. (186) Tyrell Williams (LV - WR) $1 11. (198) N'Keal Harry (NE - WR) $1 12. (207) Bryce Love (Was - RB) $1 13. (215) Frank Gore (NYJ - RB) $1 14. (221) John Ross III (Cin - WR) $1
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dxt posted:First draft in the books. An auction draft in a 16 team guillotine league. Went hard at RBs early, not really happy with my WR picks, but I should be good enough to last the first few weeks and improve as teams get chopped. Luckily depth is not really important early on in guillotines. That's looks like a really strong team for a 16 man league. I think your wide receivers are fine for getting both Zeke and Kamara. I really like Marvin Jones this year if he can stay healthy and Allen should still get peppered with targets. Just better hope Kamara doesn't hold out week one!
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Our commissioner has decided that’s he’s going to release our draft order 8 hours prior to the draft. Looks like I’m gonna need to come up with draft plans for each potential position 
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Kloaked00 posted:Our commissioner has decided that’s he’s going to release our draft order 8 hours prior to the draft. Looks like I’m gonna need to come up with draft plans for each potential position Your commissioner is a dick.
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Sep 1, 2020 16:12
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Seriously wtf. Our commissioner said he'd release order a couple days before the draft and we said, "why not now?" And he was like, oh yeah I guess there's no reason not to.
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I like the thrill of drawing a number out of a hat and knowing 15 minutes before the draft. Knowing the draft spot far in advance makes it feel "rehearsed" for the lack of a better term, where you do not need to consider different draft strategies based on your spot.
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Sep 1, 2020 17:10
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My commissioner this year announced that we were moving from .5 to full PPR 20 minutes before the draft started lol.
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Pain of Mind posted:I like the thrill of drawing a number out of a hat and knowing 15 minutes before the draft. Knowing the draft spot far in advance makes it feel "rehearsed" for the lack of a better term, where you do not need to consider different draft strategies based on your spot. Agreed. I like not knowing until right before the draft. Thom and the Heads posted:My commissioner this year announced that we were moving from .5 to full PPR 20 minutes before the draft started lol. This is basically cheating.
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Thom and the Heads posted:My commissioner this year announced that we were moving from .5 to full PPR 20 minutes before the draft started lol. So he gave himself a large advantage in preparation and everyone else was just like “oh ok”?
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Thom and the Heads posted:My commissioner this year announced that we were moving from .5 to full PPR 20 minutes before the draft started lol. If that's a money league then that change should only be made subject to a vote. Absolutely ridiculous.
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Anti-Hero posted:Your commissioner is a dick. counterpoint; default settings for many free league providers randomize snakes an hour prior to draft. (the best way to do a draft is an auction and all other methods should be banned)
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dkj posted:So he gave himself a large advantage in preparation and everyone else was just like “oh ok”? shirts and skins posted:If that's a money league then that change should only be made subject to a vote. Absolutely ridiculous. I wasn't too happy about it. Myself and another guy spoke up but everyone else wanted to just go ahead with the draft. Only a $20 league but I was mocking .5 in preparation for like a week and a half beforehand. Very lovely maneuver.
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Thom and the Heads posted:I wasn't too happy about it. Myself and another guy spoke up but everyone else wanted to just go ahead with the draft. Only a $20 league but I was mocking .5 in preparation for like a week and a half beforehand. Very lovely maneuver. leave that league immediately, you have a trash commissioner I've been running a $30 league for over a decade and every rules change that impacts the draft is announced before the league buy-in is due, which is 1 week before the draft. Past the buy-in date things are set in stone unless unanimously agreed upon.
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pmchem posted:counterpoint; default settings for many free league providers randomize snakes an hour prior to draft. While auction is by far the most skill based and fair, I mostly care about leagues with people I know IRL, and good luck getting a bunch of random coworkers of mixed fantasy experience to do a 4 hour auction. Would probably drop my 14 team work league down to 6 teams.
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Pain of Mind posted:While auction is by far the most skill based and fair, I mostly care about leagues with people I know IRL, and good luck getting a bunch of random coworkers of mixed fantasy experience to do a 4 hour auction. Would probably drop my 14 team work league down to 6 teams. The league I run (referenced in post above) is 14-team auction and our draft typically takes only 2-2.5 hours. That's including IDP and punter on top of a normal roster, and pauses so that people can go get drinks, piss, etc. Some people are done with the draft after 90 minutes because they splurge early and nominate all their own targets. If you have a 4 hour auction then you really need to change your nomination/bid timers or you have like a 10 man bench and 4 flex starters.
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In my experience, Casuals think that auction takes too long (it does take longer than snake, but not ridiculously so) and is too complicated (false). It's hard to budge them from those ideas unless you force it upon them.
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pmchem posted:The league I run (referenced in post above) is 14-team auction and our draft typically takes only 2-2.5 hours. That's including IDP and punter on top of a normal roster, and pauses so that people can go get drinks, piss, etc. Some people are done with the draft after 90 minutes because they splurge early and nominate all their own targets. If you have a 4 hour auction then you really need to change your nomination/bid timers or you have like a 10 man bench and 4 flex starters. Honestly, I have not done an auction in years so I am probably just wrong on the amount of time it takes. Either way it would still drive away 75% of the more casual people in my IRL leagues. Not because of the time or anything, but because it is much more active vs passive in your football knowledge. Someone who does not follow football can just follow an ADP list and have a reasonable team. You can always follow a price guide as well, but it is still much more active to be bidding on players rather than picking the guy who is on the top of a list. I am not saying snake is better than auction, but it does have its place for very mixed skill/interest leagues that are more about socializing than hardcore football. Pain of Mind fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Sep 1, 2020 |
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coronaball posted:In my experience, Casuals think that auction takes too long (it does take longer than snake, but not ridiculously so) and is too complicated (false). It's hard to budge them from those ideas unless you force it upon them. that's pretty much what happened in our league when we went from snake to auction. some people were skeptical but now they love it. we also have a keeper gimmick where you can keep one player for next year that you bought at auction this year for $15 or less and who remained on your roster all season long. leads to hilarious auction tension when a rookie or sleeper is bid up to $15. will someone go $16?? yes, just to spite the person out of a keeper. the "spite 16".
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Best way to get people to convert to auction is to start with FAAB waivers and then propose going to auction draft the next year. "You know how you were able to get the guy you wanted off of waivers? Imagine if you could do that...during the draft!"
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Gearman posted:Best way to get people to convert to auction is to start with FAAB waivers and then propose going to auction draft the next year. "You know how you were able to get the guy you wanted off of waivers? Imagine if you could do that...during the draft!" Amusingly, that auction league I run has been resistant to FAAB. They're lazy in-season and just want normal waivers. We did FAAB one season while on MFL but they hated it, in part because of MFL. We were on ESPN every other season before and since. I may revisit FAAB next year.
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pmchem posted:counterpoint; default settings for many free league providers randomize snakes an hour prior to draft. So many people not knowing the joy and pain of literally not having a draft order until the room launches
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Sep 1, 2020 18:17
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https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1300867507306328065?s=19 Mixon draftable once again.
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Ayudo posted:https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1300867507306328065?s=19 First word of that tweet is the scariest part about drafting him, but I guess where he is going all of the RBs have potential flaws or they would be 5 picks higher. Pain of Mind fucked around with this message at 20:24 on Sep 1, 2020 |
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Ayudo posted:https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1300867507306328065?s=19 Got a trade offer in my league earlier from a guy offering Edelman, James Conner and Latavius Murray for Mixon and at the time it sounded pretty good. Glad I checked twitter.
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Gearman posted:Best way to get people to convert to auction is to start with FAAB waivers and then propose going to auction draft the next year. "You know how you were able to get the guy you wanted off of waivers? Imagine if you could do that...during the draft!" The most effective argument for auctions are that everyone has the potential to participate for every pick and that everyone has the potential to get a stud. The entire auction draft may last longer than the snake, but you feel individually engaged for every pick because you can bid. Way better than mindlessly waiting for your pick to come back.
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JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:The most effective argument for auctions are that everyone has the potential to participate for every pick and that everyone has the potential to get a stud. yup, it's fundamentally more fair. This season, if you don't have the #1 pick, you are almost certainly not getting CMC in snake. In an auction, anyone can get CMC. It's a matter of who wants him the most. Same goes for every other player.
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In years past we had a thread for specific player acquisitions and sit/starts. I don't see it for this year so I'm gonna ask this thread; I need to hit a lottery ticket WR from waivers, pick two of the following; Mecole Hardman KC - WR Justin Jefferson Min - WR Jalen Reagor Phi - WR Robby Anderson Car - WR DeSean Jackson Phi - WR Note:
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Saints interested in trading Kamara
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JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:In years past we had a thread for specific player acquisitions and sit/starts. I think Reagor is the highest upside lotto ticket there. He is injured, but he is supposed to be back before bye weeks start happening so depth is a little less necessary and every other PHI WR is also perpetually injured so he could get a decent amount of playing time. The rest are all  . Lots of good best ball receivers, but good luck predicting their 2 multi TD games a year.
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