If Wilson is the real deal then they may not be unhappy for that much longer, I know that happy Jets fans sounds like an oxymoron but we may actually get to see it, the only thing that worries me about Wilson is that he had a surgery on his throwing shoulder so he may end up as another Chad Pennington.

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People make fun of the NFC East but it was the Patriots kriptonite, Eli Manning and his tendency to make magical throws whenever he was facing the Patriots really did a number on us.

Belichick is a great coach but he was given too much credit while people still underestimated Brady, when it comes to the defense and the special teams Belichick is a master, but when it comes to the offense he is terrible, especially at drafting, Brady covered that deficiency but since he is not there anymore we could see how bad the Patriots offense really was and it was not pretty, I hope you did not watched any Patriots games last year, I did as a fan and they were using trick plays just to get first downs, that is how awful they were at offense last year.

I don't know about espn site but there should be a way to edit your draft list and that is what I do to put guys in the order I think they should be in so when I draft the list is already the way I want guys and if something happens and I get an auto draft then a guy I want won't get passed on if someone thats rated higher is available.

Nice! Thanks for doing this. Gronk is all mine and you can't stop me. LOL jk.


Yep like Heuristic said you can arrange your player rankings how you see fit before the draft starts.

So lets say somebody picks the #1 player on your list, then you would draft whoever you have in the #2 position on your draft list once it becomes your turn. If somebody picks your #2 before your turn, then you would pick whoever is #3 on your list, etc.

So you kind of have to pay attention to see if you can get the guy you want. You could pile your top 20 positions with QBs and draft 3 QBs while everyone else has moved on to selecting WR or RB. Then you'd be "QB heavy."

Who knows tho. Maybe you want to draft Davante Adams (WR) first if you think he's more important than a QB. That's just an example... could be anybody you feel is gonna earn you big points.

Here's a good second opinion as far as rank order is concerned:

https://fantasy.nfl.com/research/rankings

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So did we come to a conclusion about the draft date? Sounded like we were headed toward the 3rd or 4th week of August.

3rd week of August might be a little early, preseason games are still going on (they end on August 29), and you don't want to draft someone who has a hamstring injury or, god forbid, something more serious picked up in their last preseason match. September 2nd (Thu) through 7th (Tue) would be ideal, as close to kickoff game as possible. I don't have a preference for a specific day or hour, can pretty much do it at any time, perhaps @South Park can compile a list of everyone's preferred date/time so we can narrow it down.


ESPN has mock drafts available 24/7, so you can play around and draft against real people, familiarize yourself with the interface, practice, etc.

https://fantasy.espn.com/football/mockdraftlobby

You can also do mock drafts vs. the computer (expert ratings) at fantasypros, their draft simulator is pretty good. You can finish it in less than 5 minutes if you don't take too long with your picks, just set the correct settings (2021-Standart-Snake-# of Teams 8 and your draft position), and you are good to go.

https://draftwizard.fantasypros.com/football/mock-draft-simulator/

So far these are the preferences the members of the league have expressed regarding the day and the hour the draft is to be conducted.

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And in other topics...

Rodgers actually showed at training camp for the Packers so he is playing this year but it seems his contract was modified which will allow him to exit the organization and have more control about his future next year, it seems that he got his way not in the exact way that he wanted as I am sure he did not wanted to play an additional year there but it seems he got close enough.

Sources: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/aaron-rodgers-actually-shows-up-to-packers-training-camp-plus-saints-star-could-miss-nearly-30-of-the-season/
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/aaron-rodgers-packers-near-agreement-that-could-pave-way-for-2022-departure-qb-arrives-in-green-bay/

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Edit: BTW the draft order has been updated already, I forgot to mention that, sorry for the delay.

So if I'm reading this right, the best option is to do it around 4 AM US Eastern time so that most participants are asleep, drunk, or otherwise incapable of making sound choices and I can draft the best players (if I can figure out who they are).

j/k

Any time is fine for me. Weekend preferable but given at least a few days notice I can make time on a weekday too.

I tried the mock draft already. It was very confusing and I was very overwhelmed. It made me pick the players that I do not know and have not heard of hehehe.

Is this the sheet used for teams in all fantasy football games?

Thats okay, nobody knows all the players (well most of us don't)... inevitably you draft people you never heard of, just the way it goes for most casual FF players, including myself.

Once we start getting down to the 8th round, you start to notice how small the NFL actually is... when you're left with nothing but people you never heard of to draft.

We will make sure you don't start with a disadvantage in knowing how things work. If you have any questions, feel free to ask and we'll answer them.

Yeah definitely keep doing them and you will see "trends".  Your bench will be made up of some unknown players if you don't watch football every week but it's INSANELY harder in a 12 man league.  In a 8 team league you will prettyuch always have ayers that can perform so for novices 8 teams are fi e to play in.  I wouldn't go into a 12 team unless you've been through a couple of these.  Those leagues depend on waiver wire pickups which is intense as far as research goes.

As you can see it was a judgment call I made when creating the league, it was an arbitrary decision but I thought that it was better to start small and only increase the number if there was the demand for it as the ESPN website allowed me to increase the number of teams but not to decrease it, we do not have a formal agreement but so far we have more support for the current size to remain that way, after all the discussion about the league has been going on for about 2 months and only the current members of the league have shown any interest, so it is not like we are excluding anyone that desperately wants to participate.