Thanks for the nod.
How is this FFTOC going to work? Everyone is going to make his picks offline and then just send me a list of all the rosters for commentary? Am I basically just to survey each team and determine who made good buys and bad? there's not a ton to talk about in terms of strategy, as it isn't a "draft" in the purest sense of the word.
Good point. I would think most of the commentary will be "hindsight" discussion, unless the group is given a deadline to set their lineups in advance, but I doubt they go that route. Other discussion topics could include - Tracking who has who left to use, using your big dogs early, etc.
....why Diesel is 200 points ahead of the nearest staff member, etc.

Seriously though, I would think that the commentary for this type of format would be tracking effectively each team is using its selections at each position, who is burning studs early, who is using the fragile guys early, etc
Wouldn't that potentially help the Staffers? I mean, ultimately it would help everyone, but there has to be an assumption here that the reviewers are pro message board guys (or are they supposed to be neutral). By looking at these angles and reporting on them, you would essentially be doing the leg work that those who are participating should be doing to get a leg up on everyone else. You essentially help the lazy guys who would not do this leg work otherwise, but now they would still have access to pertinent information that may be very useful as the contest progresses. Does that make sense?
The commentary for the FFTOC will be right at the halfway point (week 8). It will assign grades based on pts already put up, bench strength still available, etc.The discussion points for the participants will be a running log, but will not be published until the mid-point as well.
This I think will be a happy compromise allowing teams to have a strategy without exposing it early. And giving readers insight that could possibly help their own FFTOC teams over the final weeks.
ie.
Team 6
Week 1 - I like to start veterans over 30 years old early (especially with injury histories). For this reason I got Fred Taylor and Curtis Martin in the lineup this week. They both have better games matchups after week 7, but I am not sure I can count on them to last that long. At QB, Byron Leftwich has an exceptional matchup that allows me to preserve my studs until a time that I know they are in a groove. With Braylon Edwards still out, I opted to get Joe J in the lineup this week too (injury history, older). At TE I thought the matchup of LJ Smith would provide the most points.
Commentary Team 6 - The concepts of using older players early was solid, but this team suffered with bad performances. Overall, they have used more studs than normal, but do not have good utilization numbers. This team has a huge uphill battle if they are going to end up as one of the top teams.
Points XXXX (6th)
Utilization Ratio XXX (11th)
Studs left XXXX (12th)
Overall Grade D