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[DiehardPacker]

I am a commish for two leagues and I get in debates on when people do and should draft. Some people like the early drafts to snatch up sleepers before pre-season games. Others like to wait so they can avoid injuries and have camp positional battles settled. What are your thoughts?

 

[Mystery Achiever]

Love to draft later with more information, ideally after the 3rd pre-season games. That's when things usually come together for me. I know some take pride in figuring things out with more unknowns, but I don't need the validation. Plus, some big name often goes down in a pre-season game. Why introduce the potential for bad luck that early?

Can I also suggest you change "Draft after Aug 15" to something like "2nd half of Aug", since you also have a Sept option ...which is after Aug. 15 as well

 

[Tigerbot Hesh]

Sometime between Week 3 and 4 of the preseason seems to work pretty well. Normally that's the last week in August, but our draft day falls on Sept. 1 this year. The poll is kinda misleading, since the regualr season is starting a little late this year and people drafting between those weeks will be drafting in September.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

We have a standard of the last Friday before the first week's game. Its usually in very late Aug. but in Sept. with the late start this year.

 

[Pictus Cat]

My home leagues try to draft the 1st or 2nd weekend before the 1 st regular season game.

Most people have Labor day plans, so it usually ends up the weekend before Labor Day weekend.

I personally draft leagues all year round though, and have a dynasty team to manage.

 

[lord_helmet]

Rookie draft begins the moment the NFL draft is over, only way to go in dynasty leagues imo. I don't care much for re-drafts, but in those leagues I guess you can draft whenever.

 

[joni mitchell]

Why is July even an option?

 

[Defending Champs]

We made the Saturday before Labor Day our default draft day, that way we always know when it is, no more scheduling conflicts, and it is late in the pre-season. It works for us.

 

[notdarkyet]

Last weekend in August nearly every year. Sometimes changed for Labor Day.

 

[Buckeyedawgs]

poll is about as expected. I play in so many I like them streached out. Mine for 20 years has been tradationly August first and for many years was tradationaly my first draft. Others I play in tradationly starts a certain time or the live draft a certain night every year. I prefer that as its easier to plan around the consistant starts over the years.

One thing for sure. I am drafting somewhere at all times in August. Expanded into July last few years.