WHAT IS THE BEST STRATEGY IN PREPARING FOR THE DRAFT (1 Viewer)

[Imagine]

I love using the DD to run my mocks. Since I have a keeper league, I normally run a mock draft in excel and use average rankings to fill in their roster to predict what they will draft. But then I go into DD, input an adjusted ADP by position. Also, you can change how other teams "draft" by in the mock draft, either by CBS rankings, magazine rankings, average rankings, expert rankings, and so on. So if you know how your competition drafts by, this could help. Also, you can "weight" the points in the fantasy playoffs so that players with higher projected stats in those games will move up in your rankings.

Two questions on the thoughts you offered.

1. How do you change the rankings in DD? Do you go to "File", "Import"? But then what do you input?

2. How do you "weight" the playoff weeks? Do you do it in "Game By Game Projections" and change the playoff weeks to something other than 1.00? If yes, what kind of bump do you give it? 1.1? 1.5? 2.0? And since SOS is based on last year's end of year rankings, and projecting out up to 16 or 17 weeks of this coming season, do you find that this is a worthwhile exercise when selecting players in your drafts?

Thanks.

 

[cdwood]

Two questions on the thoughts you offered.

1. How do you change the rankings in DD? Do you go to "File", "Import"? But then what do you input?

2. How do you "weight" the playoff weeks? Do you do it in "Game By Game Projections" and change the playoff weeks to something other than 1.00? If yes, what kind of bump do you give it? 1.1? 1.5? 2.0? And since SOS is based on last year's end of year rankings, and projecting out up to 16 or 17 weeks of this coming season, do you find that this is a worthwhile exercise when selecting players in your drafts?

Thanks.

1. By DD rankings, I presume you mean the rankings that other teams use for drafting, in the Setup area when you're inputting the team names, you're able to select which set of rankings the DD uses for those other teams, Expert, CBS rankings etc.

2. I suspect that I'm a little different from most people in how I set this up. I put 0 weighting to the playoff weeks, 2 for the weeks where I play a divisional opponent, and 1 for the rest of the season. My philosophy is to try to win my division to ensure I make the playoffs and then let the playoffs take care of themselves. I don't care so much for having the best team in the playoff weeks if I don't make it to the playoffs.

Christopher