Not sure how all you guys draft, but typically, once i know what position i have in a draft, basically know what players i will have on my team before the draft even happens. I use average draft info from ant sports, info from FBG, some magazines to see what my competiors use and prior years drafts. Certain players in my league always draft a qb by the 4th round others love denver rbs or whatever. I have compiled stats and tendancies on our league same 12 owners in our redraft league for the last 5 years and the same 11 of 12 for the last 6. some always take 3 rbs in the first 3 rounds or what not.
anyways, i prepair each position and create an excel spread sheet that maximizes my position based on what if based on points projected and historic, and tend to be on the more conservative side of things.
tomlinson i would give say 250-300 points, t owens 180-220 and on and on based on our scoring system, and past performance and projections from fbg vbd. Once i enter the scoring for our league, i then print off the cheat sheet and determine who i want at each position. i usually (fake draft in rounds 1-10 ) and figure in my points for my best line up.
This method has worked for me as our league has gone on and i have gotten more experience. I am the second best team in our league statistically, making the playoff 5 out of 6 years (missed the first one) and having 5 bye weeks.in the last 3 years, I have won ,come in second or been the points leader (all of which wins something at the end).
Well wondering what your thoughts are on this and if you do the same. i would like to develop a draft strategy for 1.01 and on, and am looking for some insight.
for example,
1.01 i know i would take tomlinson #1 - i would award him 250 points
2.12 i would go RB and WR however, if manning was there i would take him, but reality is that he won't be there. but i finish out the draft through the 10th round assuming he was.
the more realistic would be that benson was there and iw ould rank the RBs that i thing would be there and would take the best available. so realistically i would rank 2.12 at james, benson, t jones. and i am pretty confident one of those guys would be there
3.01 - i then test to see what would happen to my draft if i took gates here but i don't liek the numbers and would take a wr.
so s smith and Rwayne are the guys that i would target here.
4.12 - back to RB. - j lewis, a green m lynch. if not there then i go WR and look for a driver and my excel sheet is put together like a flow chart showign or like a march madness bracket pool, but in reverse order.
5.12 mcnabb
.........
right now my team is looking like this
1.01 tomilinson
2.12 - Benson, t jones
3.01 - Wayne
4.12 - RB J lewis, a green, M lyncy t bell, or aflyer on a rb like t bell that could be great but won't make it back to me - foster
5.01 - Mcnabb
6.12 - if kitna,still here i take him other wise i go WR TE or RB best available with most upside.
7.01- v jackson if i took kitna, then i go top WR or v jackson- if i took wr, then top TE a qb that slipped. If not i take QB
8.12 - galloway/TE
anyways, you get the point. like i said a reverse march madness pool.
i do this roughly for all 12 spots until i find out my draft spot on August 1, then focus only on that one.
do you guys do the same thing?
what are your thoughts.
if you do, do this, what are the players you target for each position
right now at 1.02
i have basically the same exact draft except i am deciding for s jackson and gore
1.03 is the same too.
I am now working on 1.04 but not sure what to do there just yet.
anyways, i prepair each position and create an excel spread sheet that maximizes my position based on what if based on points projected and historic, and tend to be on the more conservative side of things.
tomlinson i would give say 250-300 points, t owens 180-220 and on and on based on our scoring system, and past performance and projections from fbg vbd. Once i enter the scoring for our league, i then print off the cheat sheet and determine who i want at each position. i usually (fake draft in rounds 1-10 ) and figure in my points for my best line up.
This method has worked for me as our league has gone on and i have gotten more experience. I am the second best team in our league statistically, making the playoff 5 out of 6 years (missed the first one) and having 5 bye weeks.in the last 3 years, I have won ,come in second or been the points leader (all of which wins something at the end).
Well wondering what your thoughts are on this and if you do the same. i would like to develop a draft strategy for 1.01 and on, and am looking for some insight.
for example,
1.01 i know i would take tomlinson #1 - i would award him 250 points
2.12 i would go RB and WR however, if manning was there i would take him, but reality is that he won't be there. but i finish out the draft through the 10th round assuming he was.
the more realistic would be that benson was there and iw ould rank the RBs that i thing would be there and would take the best available. so realistically i would rank 2.12 at james, benson, t jones. and i am pretty confident one of those guys would be there
3.01 - i then test to see what would happen to my draft if i took gates here but i don't liek the numbers and would take a wr.
so s smith and Rwayne are the guys that i would target here.
4.12 - back to RB. - j lewis, a green m lynch. if not there then i go WR and look for a driver and my excel sheet is put together like a flow chart showign or like a march madness bracket pool, but in reverse order.
5.12 mcnabb
.........
right now my team is looking like this
1.01 tomilinson
2.12 - Benson, t jones
3.01 - Wayne
4.12 - RB J lewis, a green, M lyncy t bell, or aflyer on a rb like t bell that could be great but won't make it back to me - foster
5.01 - Mcnabb
6.12 - if kitna,still here i take him other wise i go WR TE or RB best available with most upside.
7.01- v jackson if i took kitna, then i go top WR or v jackson- if i took wr, then top TE a qb that slipped. If not i take QB
8.12 - galloway/TE
anyways, you get the point. like i said a reverse march madness pool.
i do this roughly for all 12 spots until i find out my draft spot on August 1, then focus only on that one.
do you guys do the same thing?
what are your thoughts.
if you do, do this, what are the players you target for each position
right now at 1.02
i have basically the same exact draft except i am deciding for s jackson and gore
1.03 is the same too.
I am now working on 1.04 but not sure what to do there just yet.
Auction guys always try this. I started in auction and think it's great. But if you want LT2 or any of the other stud backs. You pay the most, just like the 1st round, then as you have less money you bid on weaker players, like the middle. And when you're really low you bid $1 like the end of a serpentine draft.
