Blind Bidding......Need advice (1 Viewer)

[JCrusher]

Even though I've played fantasy football a few years, I've always managed to be in leagues that used either "Worst to First" or "First come First Serve" waiver wire formats. This year is my first attempt at blind bidding. I've heard from some that it's the fairest way to use the waiver wire but I'm still apprehensive being that it's totally new to me. I don't want to be caught at a disadvantage because of it. Does anyone have any tips they can give or possibly a strategy used when doing the blind bidding thing?

Each team starts the season with $200 blind bid bucks. You can bid as much as $0 to $200 or what ever you have left in your blind bidding account. Waivers are processed on Wed. 11 am and First come First serve on Thurs. until kickoff of the first game of the week.

 

[JSUF]

I'm also setting up a blind bidding system for the first time. We're using Yahoo so we have to get around their limited setup. I'm having a friend who's not in the league setup an email address that all teams send their bids to and after the Tuesday night deadline, he will forward me all the emails so that I can't read them before sending my own bids. Teams can prioritize players to pick up and to drop in the email.

I have a 2nd league run through AOLSports. AOL has an automated blind bidding system.

 

[Capt Hook]

FAAB bidding for free agents is certainly the fairest way for all the teams in your league to acquire players during the season. As for tips, there are different patterns for different leagues, but in general:

1) If you are just adding a random FA for a bye week play or short term injury replacement, you should be making minimal bids.

2) IF there is a FA player who has emerged as a clear cut starter at RB (more common) or WR, if he fits a REAL need for your team, you should bid a large amount to acquire him.

3) The earlier in the season such an impact player emerges, the more you are willing to spend because you are getting more weeks of his stats.

4) If the league requires a minimum of $1 bid per player and you can NOT acquire players once you are out of money, you should be saving a minimum of $2 per bidding week left (some leagues have a cutoff week after which you cannot acquire more free agents

In regards to #2 and #3, remember a few years ago when Reuben Droughns emerged after the start of the season as the Bronco's main RB, or the year when Anquan Boldin emerged as a stud WR for the Cardinals - those players generated HUGE FAAB bids.

You will enjoy it once you get used to it - there is no right or wrong and you will have a learning curve in your league this year to see who are the "hot" bidders and who saves their money for late in the year.