Fantasy Football 2014

16 days left to the draft... just a FYI to those new to 20-team leagues: count on the draft being DEEP - deep enough that knowing who the third-string guys on teams are is actually somewhat important. If you've got the 5th overall pick, you don't see your second pick until pick #36, takes a bit to wrap your mind around it and set priorities appropriately.
 
thoughtomator said:
16 days left to the draft... just a FYI to those new to 20-team leagues: count on the draft being DEEP - deep enough that knowing who the third-string guys on teams are is actually somewhat important. If you've got the 5th overall pick, you don't see your second pick until pick #36, takes a bit to wrap your mind around it and set priorities appropriately.
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Definitely keeps you on your toes and rewards football knowledge/research.
 
Yea I say postpone the draft another two weeks and move it to a wednesday night or something.
 
brandon said:
Yea I say postpone the draft another two weeks and move it to a wednesday night or something.
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I understand the thought process here, but it may be tough for me depending on the exact dates since I have a college orientation coming up and I still don't know what my schedule is going to be like. I'd rather get it done next week personally.
 
I support getting the draft over with earlier rather than later. The extra time gives people time to trade and/or work the FA list to be ready for week 1.
 
The problem is with how deep our league is, it's really hard to guess if your RB2 or WR3 are even going to get any playtime. Delaying the draft lets us gather more information.
 
brandon said:
The problem is with how deep our league is, it's really hard to guess if your RB2 or WR3 are even going to get any playtime. Delaying the draft lets us gather more information.
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Unless you wait quite a while to draft those slots you should be fine, and if your draft priorities are elsewhere there is always talent to be found in free agency. At most it will impact your bench, which in this deep a league are going to be mostly replacement-level players anyway. For some guys being drafted quite early (e.g. Arian Foster, Julio Jones, Rob Gronkowski) it is really hard to guess whether they will get any real playtime as well due to re-injury potential.

I've been running 20-team draft sims where good talent is still there to be had in the last round, and when you throw IDP into the mix that will thin out the depletion rate if you prioritize offensive positions higher relative to other players.

The real key to the draft is just to be there for it because the computer can and will draft kicker/DEF in round 9/10 and it will also draft guys who are hurt or have inflated ADP.
 
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