Hey all,
I started an IDP league last season and it appears that everybody enjoyed it. Briefly, we have 30 roster spots and we start 10 on offense and 10 on defense. We can keep up to 2 offensive players and up to 2 defensive players. Keepers cost 2 rounds higher than prior year draft round (except for late-round keepers; see below).
One owner asked about including the NFL rookie draft in our league next year. He suggested something like having owners draft a bit before the actual NFL draft so that we won't know for certain which NFL team each rookie will join. His goal was to add a little more randomness to even things out for those owners who don't follow college football and/or the NFL draft all that closely.
I like the idea of having a minor off-season activity to add a little extra life to the league, but I don't want to ruin a good thing, so I'm seeking advice on how this might be incorporated to make it fun but not imbalanced, and, ideally, almost optional.
My first and only real thought thus far was to do a slow draft (by email) wherein each owner picks 3 rookies, all prior to the NFL draft. Then at the time when I require all owners to declare keepers (August), each owner would select one of their rookies to add to their actual FF roster. They could also choose not to draft rookies, or not to keep any of the rookies they drafted. So far, so good. Now I have to figure out where these rookies slot into our regular draft. My first thought was round 14 (remember, 30 rounds) because the way the keeper math works out, no keeper would ever occupy round 14 (because we are only allowed one keeper drafted in rounds 16-30, and he counts as our round 15 pick, while a round 15 guy costs the round 13 pick, leaving a gap at 14).
Does it seem like a problem that an owner might snag a guy like Gurley as his round 14 pick? At first glance it does to me, but if I give the worst team the first pick, is it really a bad thing? Any other problems jump out at you in the setup I described?
Sorry this is so long. Thanks for any thoughts.
I started an IDP league last season and it appears that everybody enjoyed it. Briefly, we have 30 roster spots and we start 10 on offense and 10 on defense. We can keep up to 2 offensive players and up to 2 defensive players. Keepers cost 2 rounds higher than prior year draft round (except for late-round keepers; see below).
One owner asked about including the NFL rookie draft in our league next year. He suggested something like having owners draft a bit before the actual NFL draft so that we won't know for certain which NFL team each rookie will join. His goal was to add a little more randomness to even things out for those owners who don't follow college football and/or the NFL draft all that closely.
I like the idea of having a minor off-season activity to add a little extra life to the league, but I don't want to ruin a good thing, so I'm seeking advice on how this might be incorporated to make it fun but not imbalanced, and, ideally, almost optional.
My first and only real thought thus far was to do a slow draft (by email) wherein each owner picks 3 rookies, all prior to the NFL draft. Then at the time when I require all owners to declare keepers (August), each owner would select one of their rookies to add to their actual FF roster. They could also choose not to draft rookies, or not to keep any of the rookies they drafted. So far, so good. Now I have to figure out where these rookies slot into our regular draft. My first thought was round 14 (remember, 30 rounds) because the way the keeper math works out, no keeper would ever occupy round 14 (because we are only allowed one keeper drafted in rounds 16-30, and he counts as our round 15 pick, while a round 15 guy costs the round 13 pick, leaving a gap at 14).
Does it seem like a problem that an owner might snag a guy like Gurley as his round 14 pick? At first glance it does to me, but if I give the worst team the first pick, is it really a bad thing? Any other problems jump out at you in the setup I described?
Sorry this is so long. Thanks for any thoughts.