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Footballguy
I am as big of a fan of the Draft Dominator as there is, and I always use it to get a general idea as to the value of players that I am considering drafting. It is truly a remarkable program that does a lot more than any program that I can offer, but I can do a little better in the latter rounds. The trouble with using the Dominator, VBD, or any other cheat sheets is that they will all suggest not using them after the first few rounds. What I suggest is that you simply use a depth chart for every position player for every NFL team as a guide to show you who is available. The problem with that last statement is that trying to get a depth chart that is A) printable and B) comprehensive is impossible to find. Finding a depth chart that is printable is quite a feat in and of itself, but when they are found, they NEVER have all of the information on one page. In fact, it is a miracle if they can even get one team on a page. Footballguys is as guilty as not meeting the need in this area as everyone else. The comprehensive part is also difficult to overcome as we all know that some coaches are not 100% truthful in their reporting to the media their depth chart. This is where my simple little program fills the void. I count on Footballguys to do the research and decipher the coaches’ depth charts and I have developed a visual basic code that will make all of this data fit on one screen and be legible.
The big advantage that having this one sheet of paper to use to draft from is that you can literally see #1 WRs or #2 RBs slip through the cracks while owners are drafting players that they targeted prior to the draft without regard to who has been drafted or who they have on their roster. Why bother doing projections yourself when they are little better than a guess when you can use the depth chart to trust the system? I have seen one owner actually draft three QBs with the exact same bye week in a start 2 league. The sheet also allows you to draft players that are in good systems with the potential to succeed. As you know, high performance from a fantasy perspective is a combination of ability and opportunity and this sheet helps show the players that have the best opportunity based on offensive system. The best example that I can give from my personal draft was when I drafted Michael Clayton two years ago in the second to last round because he was listed as the #1 WR in Tampa. A very similar thing happened the prior year when I drafted Donald Driver very late in the draft only because he was the #1 WR in Green Bay. I can not think of a great example from last year but I did finish second in my lesser league and finished third in my big money league. Having a successful draft with minimal preparation is key to having a good season for me. Efficiency is a beautiful thing.
I have always manually typed the one page depth chart up prior to this year and always offered it to the message board community with many people taking me up on it. I know how much it helps me and I hope that others can take advantage of it as well. There may certainly be bugs remaining in the code and I am sure that a true “programmer” could do a much better job at this, but the fact is that I have searched the internet up and down and can not find anything that even remotely satisfies my need for a one page printout. This is the first revision of the automated update, but it has worked for me when I have tested in the past few weeks.
The program works like this:
1. Macros must be enabled
2. The sheet will open to the ‘2006 Printable’ tab
3. Press the update button for the Macro to go to the internet and get the latest depth chart from Footballguys (Internet connection required)
4. Click Enter when it asks to replace the cell contents
5. Press the “Make Data Printable” button to update the 1 page sheet
6. Click enter when it asks to replace cell contents (there are several times this is asked at this point)
7. The 1-page sheet is updated and ready to print
8. Have a great season, guy.
I hope my little contribution to the fantasy football world is a helpful one.
The big advantage that having this one sheet of paper to use to draft from is that you can literally see #1 WRs or #2 RBs slip through the cracks while owners are drafting players that they targeted prior to the draft without regard to who has been drafted or who they have on their roster. Why bother doing projections yourself when they are little better than a guess when you can use the depth chart to trust the system? I have seen one owner actually draft three QBs with the exact same bye week in a start 2 league. The sheet also allows you to draft players that are in good systems with the potential to succeed. As you know, high performance from a fantasy perspective is a combination of ability and opportunity and this sheet helps show the players that have the best opportunity based on offensive system. The best example that I can give from my personal draft was when I drafted Michael Clayton two years ago in the second to last round because he was listed as the #1 WR in Tampa. A very similar thing happened the prior year when I drafted Donald Driver very late in the draft only because he was the #1 WR in Green Bay. I can not think of a great example from last year but I did finish second in my lesser league and finished third in my big money league. Having a successful draft with minimal preparation is key to having a good season for me. Efficiency is a beautiful thing.
I have always manually typed the one page depth chart up prior to this year and always offered it to the message board community with many people taking me up on it. I know how much it helps me and I hope that others can take advantage of it as well. There may certainly be bugs remaining in the code and I am sure that a true “programmer” could do a much better job at this, but the fact is that I have searched the internet up and down and can not find anything that even remotely satisfies my need for a one page printout. This is the first revision of the automated update, but it has worked for me when I have tested in the past few weeks.
The program works like this:
1. Macros must be enabled
2. The sheet will open to the ‘2006 Printable’ tab
3. Press the update button for the Macro to go to the internet and get the latest depth chart from Footballguys (Internet connection required)
4. Click Enter when it asks to replace the cell contents
5. Press the “Make Data Printable” button to update the 1 page sheet
6. Click enter when it asks to replace cell contents (there are several times this is asked at this point)
7. The 1-page sheet is updated and ready to print
8. Have a great season, guy.
I hope my little contribution to the fantasy football world is a helpful one.
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