Snake vs. NFL style draft; Also special rookie draft or not? (1 Viewer)

[brtdud7]

In dynasty and keeper leagues, do you think it's fair to have a Snake draft, or a more NFL style so that the worse teams pick at the top of every round?

Also, in the same leagues, is it better to have a special rookie only draft before/after the main draft or just have a draft with all available players with rookies included? Possibly where it goes in opposite order of draft order (ex. People drafting at end of first get higher rookie picks)?

Thoughts?

 

[sihaokills]

I would use snake for the vet draft and NFL style for the rookie

 

[GoodLloydHaveMercy]

I would use snake for the vet draft and NFL style for the rookie

ditto

 

[DropKick]

In dynasty and keeper leagues, do you think it's fair to have a Snake draft, or a more NFL style so that the worse teams pick at the top of every round?Also, in the same leagues, is it better to have a special rookie only draft before/after the main draft or just have a draft with all available players with rookies included? Possibly where it goes in opposite order of draft order (ex. People drafting at end of first get higher rookie picks)?Thoughts?

No problem with NFL style draft. Even if a team (who finished last) picks at the top of every round and I pick last.... that gives then a single player and then - I pick before them the rest of the way. Last pick of the first precedes first pick in the second...Again, this gives them a single player (certainly less than picking at the top of every round suggests). Not a big deal to me.

 

[Shane Falco]

keepers and redrafts should be snake.

Dynasty should not

 

[GregR_2]

keepers and redrafts should be snake.Dynasty should not

Agreed. Keeping just a couple of players (4 or less) isn't enough to warrant going to NFL style. A competent owner should be able to turn a keeper team around in a year or two unless the league has some really crappy rules for what it costs to keep players. Dynasty I think works best as NFL style since it's harder to turn a team around.

 

[SKI]

keepers and redrafts should be snake.Dynasty should not

Depends on how many keepers. In my IDP Keeper we keep 25 and use a straight draft. Only a handful, should lean towards snake (or 3RR) but "heavy" keepers should be considered like dynasty leagues.

 

[spodog]

Some redraft leagues like the 3RR style draft, as they feel it balances the distribution of players better than snake or NFL style:

Link

 

[GregR_2]

keepers and redrafts should be snake.Dynasty should not

Depends on how many keepers. In my IDP Keeper we keep 25 and use a straight draft. Only a handful, should lean towards snake (or 3RR) but "heavy" keepers should be considered like dynasty leagues.

I think most people would call 25 keepers a dynasty league.

 

[Hoss_Cartwright]

Startup Dynasty Leagues should include all players and have only one initial draft. It makes it more interesting and it doesn't give a big advantage to teams drafting 10, 11, or 12 in the startup draft and have 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 respectively in the rookie draft. The difference in talent from 1 to 12 in the initial draft is a lot less than the difference between 1 and 12 in the rookie draft. If I'm drafting in a league with two drafts to start a league I'm hoping like hell to draft at the back in of the initial veteran draft.

As far as year two and beyond in dynasty leagues, it should be NFL style (worse to first) because in the dynasty format you have to give bad teams a way to get better through the draft.

 

[Instinctive]

keepers and redrafts should be snake.Dynasty should not

Depends on how many keepers. In my IDP Keeper we keep 25 and use a straight draft. Only a handful, should lean towards snake (or 3RR) but "heavy" keepers should be considered like dynasty leagues.

I think most people would call 25 keepers a dynasty league.

Yeah. That's like saying Zealots is a 40 keeper league...

 

[UnknownCoach]

Its not a good poll because if you do an NFL style dynasty draft, you normally then have a seperate rookie draft. If you snake, its probably not a good idea to seperate the rookies as the top handful of rookies hold significant value in comparison to the others.