Positional breakdown of auction budget (1 Viewer)

[MCG321]

I remember last year I found an article on a fantasy site that gave suggested percentages to dedicate to each position in an auction draft.

Obviously, it's just one person's rule of thumb, but I liked having it at the draft just to make sure I'm staying in check.

It was very simple; something like 40% for RBs, 10% for QBs, etc...

Does anyone remember something like this?

And if not (or even if so), what's your rule of thumb for the distribution of your budget for each position in an auction draft?

 

[Sylira21]

My distribution changes every year, but I'm not a slave to it. Each auction has a different dynamic, and you can find bargains in unexpected places that allows you to re-allocate dollars to other positions.

That said, this year I'm thinking:

QB 10%

RB 45%

WR/TE 35%

D 5%

K & IDPs 5%

Our league combines WR/TE, and plays IDPs as well as Team D (with rules that make D important).

 

[MCG321]

My distribution changes every year, but I'm not a slave to it. Each auction has a different dynamic, and you can find bargains in unexpected places that allows you to re-allocate dollars to other positions.That said, this year I'm thinking:QB 10%RB 45%WR/TE 35%D 5%K & IDPs 5%Our league combines WR/TE, and plays IDPs as well as Team D (with rules that make D important).

Agreed that you can't be a slave to it. I just feel it's good to have a general idea of how much to spend total on a position, so you're not putting too much into your backups, or skimping on a 3rd RB when you really have enough to go one tier higher for a better player.

 

[by_the_sea_wannabe]

I remember last year I found an article on a fantasy site that gave suggested percentages to dedicate to each position in an auction draft.

Obviously, it's just one person's rule of thumb, but I liked having it at the draft just to make sure I'm staying in check.

It was very simple; something like 40% for RBs, 10% for QBs, etc...

Does anyone remember something like this?

And if not (or even if so), what's your rule of thumb for the distribution of your budget for each position in an auction draft?

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[BigRed]

My distribution changes every year, but I'm not a slave to it. Each auction has a different dynamic

Exactly.My range generally is about:QBs: 10-15RBs: 40-50WRs: 30-40TEs: 5-10Ds: 1-3Ks: 2

 

[MCG321]

I remember last year I found an article on a fantasy site that gave suggested percentages to dedicate to each position in an auction draft.

Obviously, it's just one person's rule of thumb, but I liked having it at the draft just to make sure I'm staying in check.

It was very simple; something like 40% for RBs, 10% for QBs, etc...

Does anyone remember something like this?

And if not (or even if so), what's your rule of thumb for the distribution of your budget for each position in an auction draft?

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That was it. Thanks.Although I'm now interested to see how people on this forum differ from the typical percentages...although I'd guess that most are within 5 to 10 percent of Dodds' numbers - they seem to be pretty safe and standard.

 

[Captain Hook]

You should really base it on the scoring for the particular league you are preparing the budget for.

 

[bentley]

Here's the overall breakdown from my PPR league last year:

QB - 12.2%

RB - 46.3%

WR - 34.2%

TE - 4.6%

K - 1.3%

Def - 1.4%

 

[ZigZagMan]

Here's the overall breakdown from my PPR league last year:QB - 12.2%RB - 46.3%WR - 34.2%TE - 4.6%K - 1.3%Def - 1.4%

Does anybody know if the Draft Dominator factors this in when making auction calculations?

 

[eric rymer]

Here was my teams breakdown from the FBG ultimate survivor auction PPR with a $200 budget.

QB (2)-----$17-----8.5%

RB (6)-----$88-----44%

WR (7)-----$78-----39%

TE (3)-----$9-----4.5%

K (2)-----$2-----1%

D (2)-----$6-----3%

 

[Maniac_Matt]

Our league starts 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 D/St - 1pt/20 passing, 1pt/10 receving/rushing, 3pt passing TD 6 pts receiving/rushing TD

We have had auctions for 10 years and the league as a whole has spent consistently

QB 14% RB 53% WR 24% TE 5% K 2% D/ST 2% - it is interesting how this has varied little over a decade. Now this year we have changed the scoring to at 1 PPR only for WR & TE so I am planning to roughly follow

QB 10% RB 55% WR 26.5% TE 7.5% K .5% D/ST .5%

WR & TE are more valuable now but I think there will be better value and some people will have a hard time shifting their mental game from the an RB focus. I alloct more to RB/WR/TE at the expense of QB but usually end up with a decent QB so it works well.

I use these as guidelines and will shift some if their is a good opportunity. I imagine that I will have to shift on the fly more this year depending how others have adjusted to the change in scoring.

 

[ostrich]

what about leagues that start 2 QB's rather than just 1? What % should go to QBs?

 

[Anonymous Internet User]

i'll break it down by starting lineup and bench (12-team semi-PPR redraft):

starting lineup is 1 QB, 1 RB, 2 WR, 2 RB/WR/TE flex, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 DST

breakdown on $200 budget:

Starting Lineup

QB - $7 (3.5%)

RB1 - $57, RB2 - $28, RB3 - $17 ... RB total = $102 (51%)

WR1 - $41, WR2 - $27 ... WR total = $68 (34%)

TE - $2 (1%)

K - $1 (0.5%)

DST - $1 (0.5%)

total spent $181 (90.5%)

Bench

QBs - $4 (2%)

RBs - $5 (2.5%)

WRs - $8 (4%)

TE - $2 (1%)

K - none

DST - none

total spent $19 (9.5%)

I usually try to spend anywhere from 10-20% of budget on bench players, depending on how players distribute their spending at the auction.

 

[CalBear]

Here's the overall breakdown from my PPR league last year:QB - 12.2%RB - 46.3%WR - 34.2%TE - 4.6%K - 1.3%Def - 1.4%

Does anybody know if the Draft Dominator factors this in when making auction calculations?

DD uses VBD numbers (based on whatever your baseline is--auctions default to Maurile's Auction Method), with multipliers based on strength of schedule and weekly weights (go to the SOS window to turn this off), and another multiplier for top players based on a file named auction.csv that lives in the DD folder that you can edit. (Personally I think the auction.csv multipliers are way too high for the top positions). This combination will naturally allocate money by position based on your number of starters and scoring system. Basically, you divide the total amount of money available by the entire number of VBD points available at each position, and that's the overall allocation for each position. It's probably best to start with that.