Standard League vs Salary Cap (1 Viewer)

[KellysHeroes]

Some pros and cons of each I found, feel free to add on.

All of these deal with Slow Drafts

The build up - In a standard snake draft theres excitement leading up to the draft, "whoes going to fall to me at my pick" and theres a ton of trading. If you person that sends lots of trade offers out your always going to find trade partners before and during a snake draft. In Auctions theres very little build up until the draft starts, and theres no trading during the draft in most leagues I've seen.

Activity level - In start up the thing can clogged up waiting for the one guy to log in, Auction don't have this problem... the more active owners will do better while the people that don't log in much miss out.

Frustration - This maybe just me and no matter how frustrated it is waiting the for your pick I find Auction drafts way more stressful and frustration. Its way harder to sneak sleepers out and it always seems like my bids don't get bumped until the last freaking minute!!! that always gets me; if you want that player then bid on him don't wait.

Trading - This goes 2 fold, In Cap league I find that not much trading goes on during the off-season. There might be a couple of salary bumps here and there, maybe for a stud and some draft pick trading but theres no need to trade to fill a position since you'll be able to do that during the auction. However, when a team is out of the running in a Cap league their vets go on the market for cheap which is great.

Rules - Cap leagues can get complex but also offer more to do in the off-season. Some have 2 or even 3 types of auctions an off-season.

 

[fruity pebbles]

i dont like auctions or salary cap leagues as much as i thought i would.

 

[HittinHard]

Tried Auction and Salary cap,but personally prefer Standard with PPR.

 

[kurtrudder]

There are valid strategic reasons for waiting till the last minute to bid on a player. One reason is you might have funds tied up in other bids that only are opened up at a later time

 

[KellysHeroes]

Another point is the amount of player turnover does the cap league want. Are the rules designed to cause a lot of FAs a yr or is it designed for owners to retain a good amount of players. I think in a good cap league, an owner should be able to keep 60% of their roster (if they choose to) with a good 20% leftover to find spare parts.

And there should always be an option to keep a player even at a very high cost.

 

[KellysHeroes]

There are valid strategic reasons for waiting till the last minute to bid on a player. One reason is you might have funds tied up in other bids that only are opened up at a later time

Thats perfectly understandable... you were bidding on player A and now player A is too high and Player B (my player) was plan B, thats totally understandable.

Whats I hate is the guys who bid just to bid on someone... but thats part of the game

 

[fruity pebbles]

There are valid strategic reasons for waiting till the last minute to bid on a player. One reason is you might have funds tied up in other bids that only are opened up at a later time

Thats perfectly understandable... you were bidding on player A and now player A is too high and Player B (my player) was plan B, thats totally understandable.

Whats I hate is the guys who bid just to bid on someone... but thats part of the game

yeah, driving up the price is all part of the strategy for some guys. auctions just always end up being a war of attrition imo.

 

[Noah Davis]

I prefer the auction salary cap to the standard snake. If you ran a snake draft 10 times in the same position you would have 80% the same team every time....if you ran an auction salary cap your team would be vastly different each time. I prefer the dynamic nature of the auction - you are forced to make strategic decisions on the fly quicker. I guess you could say it is more exhilarating

 

[cheese]

I think there is less trading after the draft in auctions too. Owners have the players they have for a reason. Most of them, they sought them out and outbid everyone else because they like them more than others. That makes them unlikely to move that player in the near future. Snake drafts promote trading because many teams will have players that fell to them or they just ended up with for whatever reason.

 

[hotboyz]

Many people talk glowingly about auction I am not a fan I prefer the real NFL feel of a redraft

 

[Amused to Death]

I think there is less trading after the draft in auctions too. Owners have the players they have for a reason. Most of them, they sought them out and outbid everyone else because they like them more than others. That makes them unlikely to move that player in the near future. Snake drafts promote trading because many teams will have players that fell to them or they just ended up with for whatever reason.

There's the cap considerations as well. You can't just move a high dollar stud for a handful of players unless you match up the contract values.

 

[eNdblu]

I love the salary cap league that I'm in and prefer it to standard dynasty formats. There's SOOO much more strategy around managing your team in comparison to a standard dynasty league.

In a salary cap league, you can't just go all rookies and sit on those players forever because their contracts will eventually run out, so you need to have a really good mix of vets & upside. Player values are all dependent on how good their contract is. The lower the contract & longer years, greater the value. While players like McCoy, Graham, AJG, Dez, Calvin, etc may be considered untouchables in standard dynasty, if they're taking up more than 25-40% of your cap space and you've got them on really long contracts, no one is going to want to trade for them and you're really hampered by that type of contract. I've done trades in the past where I had extra cap space and told teams they could buy my cap by selling me player X as well as giving me a draft pick.

In a single offseason, if you had a bunch of really bad contracts coming off the books, your team could be a prime candidate for a bounce back year if you nail FA.

 

[Amused to Death]

I love the salary cap league that I'm in and prefer it to standard dynasty formats. There's SOOO much more strategy around managing your team in comparison to a standard dynasty league.

In a salary cap league, you can't just go all rookies and sit on those players forever because their contracts will eventually run out, so you need to have a really good mix of vets & upside. Player values are all dependent on how good their contract is. The lower the contract & longer years, greater the value. While players like McCoy, Graham, AJG, Dez, Calvin, etc may be considered untouchables in standard dynasty, if they're taking up more than 25-40% of your cap space and you've got them on really long contracts, no one is going to want to trade for them and you're really hampered by that type of contract. I've done trades in the past where I had extra cap space and told teams they could buy my cap by selling me player X as well as giving me a draft pick.

In a single offseason, if you had a bunch of really bad contracts coming off the books, your team could be a prime candidate for a bounce back year if you nail FA.

Agree. In addition to managing your players and lineups you have to manage your contracts. How long a stud is signed for can handcuff you in future years. Maybe you have a stud in the final year of the contract and you know its going to cost you next year to keep him. You may not be able to keep your stud RB and a guy who you've had cheap that broke out.

 

[Donsmith753]

They're both good and valid. I play in two Cap leagues and a number of "normal" leagues. I like the mix.