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Where are you mocking? Is this with computer teams still?

That's the Panic Time Phase and you definitely don't want to be there. I have a few tips and tricks I like: Toss mid-range players you like early. Guys tend to not bid so hard on non-studs early. "I'm waiting for Calvin." "Me too." "Me three." Problem is only one of them will get him - they will then turn their bankrolls toward the midrange guys. Good thing you got Reggie Wayne for $14 while they waited. Toss big names you don't like early. It's Hard Hitting time - you want guys spending that money, especially if it's on the 29-going-on-40 RB with bad knees. Every year we have a guy blow 60% of their budget on a guy that will pull a Shaun Alexander on him. During panic time, nominate guys you hate. Let the donkey with $120 and zero WR on his roster bid against the donkey with $90 over Kenny Britt and push him to $19. If they all leave you with Britt for a buck well you might hate him, but you don't hate him for a buck I promise you that. Don't ever bid on someone you don't intend to have on your team at that price. Owners are sneaky bastards and you never know when bidding will stop cold. There is nothing worse that spending $14 on a RB, writing his name on your roster, and thinking to myself "sweet, now I just need a RB I don't despise and I"m all set". Beanie Wells, I'm talking to you sir.

He can still report and get into meetings - they have a new OC and are installing a new offense he needs to learn while they negotiate details for a week or so. Plus as Detlef pointed out he has to be doing some sort of activity on his own.

Oh great, not just a Rate My Draft, but now we're on Rate My Mock Drafts. This is pretty typical of what rookie auctioneers end up with - you took it to a little further degree than most. I absolutely love all the guys, and LOVE the prices you got them at. The problem with it is you are so restricted being in dollar derby this early. Like you saw with Bradford, you are going to get nickeled out of every player you like. Not because people are good, or they know George Foreman Grill they are doing, but because they need to fill a roster spot and bid 2 bucks on a guy. You're now playing the game of "if I nominate Studly Sleeper now, 8 guys may bid 2 bucks but if I don't and they toss him for a buck, I can't come over the top." and you're in for 2 hours of nailbiting. P.S. - I don't think you get any of those guys at those prices in a real auction. Where did you mock that has computers doing auction? You have the obvious risks of bust/injury to one of these core guys as well - you're in deep doo-doo when you see who you are left with as depth options. Go to the #50 or so WR and realize that's your bye week cover and injury insurance. And if it's a keeper league you're toast for next season barring massive luck kicking in. Auctions have four distinct phases - how quickly each hits and deep it lasts is unique to each draft: 1. Hard hitting - studs get thrown, top dollars get paid, and hearts get broken as top shelf players disappear. 2. Value time - having just orgasmed $150 of their budget on three guys, lots of owners grind to a halt here. Flavor picks get tossed out and some of the few guys with money hate the player, the coach, the team, or the system leaving lots of potential bargains. Forte for $7 last year. Sample this year might be Knox for $6. I have made a killing here in my dynasty/keeper league. This might have a much smaller impact on non-keeper leagues. 3. Panic time - those few owners that didn't get a stud now have a bunch of money and are getting worried about their roster. Lots of overpaying going on here as they have to fill their rosters and have a ton of money. 4. Dollar derby - Everyone's out of money, might have a few bucks, and just filling rosters. The funny thing is there are never all owners in the same phase. I prefer to be very active in Value time. Gimmie 5 guys like Mike Sims-Walker for $5 all day long over one Vjax for $26 - I'll get 2-3 of them right and end up with a deep roster . I love the guy, and love him at $26, it's just not a luxury I allow myself.

As of yesterday he was reportedly looking for top 5 money - not RB top 5, or RB 1, but top 5 money. Brees, Brady, Manning money. Laugh.

Sounds cool, got a link?

A wise huddler once said "It's always too early to draft an Arizona RB". I think this can safely be extended to keepers as well.

If it's not supported set up a new @yahoo.com email box that owners can send bids to - commissioners included. When the time period is up, commish reads email and assigns players to the rosters, tracking the money manually. If your FF host doesn't support blind bidding you don't have much other choice.

I think the point he's making is that if you spend your money on a pair of big RB's (or high draft picks) and those other top-flight position options - Charles, Forte, Rivers, Witten, Holmes in the 5th would be acceptable tradeoff as a WR1 on his team.

The word Setup on his menu bar should be in red. If not he does not have commish privileges. Hover that, click Draft and Rosters, the date section is on the lower section of the box.

It's pretty well BS that they change the rules effective immediately. This is the kind of change that needs to have a year to take effect - people might have done different drafting, trading, or pickups last season had they known it was going to be a keeper league. The keeper method in and of itself is pretty standard and pretty neat - it really rewards those that do their homework and get it right in late drafts but it's not overly penalizing to those that miss. Also, make sure you get an answer for: 1. Pickups - what is their keeper value? 2. Does Foster cost a 6th for the rest of his life? Or does this escalate somehow? Is there a limit to how long he can be kept?

We don't need the experts at the huddle to tell us when that will happen ...

What are you giving up to keep him? Sounds like an auction league, so just a few bucks and a roster spot? I'd keep him if so. Do you have other players that are good options you'd pass for him?

Good. Force it to Fitzgerald more IMO.

Is that still even possible?

I imported a league from Fanball and it was flawless - I can't imagine CBS would be anything but. You give them your sportsline login info (change it to something not normally used) and they retrieve it via an automatic process. It only took them about an hour to let me know they were done. Make sure you change your sportsline password when they are done.

I like him top 10ish but limited upside. I think they are going to be committed to being more balanced and running the ball more. I'd be surprised if he got enough chances to break the top 5 - those guys sling the heck out of the ball at times. If Dallas is going with that game plan they are in deep trouble.

That's a lot more about the QB's though. Cutler is the first one that *might* be able to produce a viable fantasy WR.

Correct. I didn't mean to indicate it was worthless, just flawed, and that we need to take it as such. Absolutely it's not completely random and there is a measure of educated guessing going on, I just intended to point out it's not a definitive tool.

I'll take that bet I like Blount at his current ADP territory. If he hypes up into the top 10 RB ADP I'll pass but if the alternatives are Greene, Bradshaw, Matthews and company I'll take a shot at the guy.

I actually like it in the context of what he's working with. He's got a new OC, new system, and 4 weeks to field a team for games that count. He invested heavily in other areas like OL and WR to help support the guy, and he goes and gets a guy that wont' be lost in the system. Knowing George Foreman Grill you are doing is a huge advantage and Jackson has that over Whitehurst at the moment. IIt's a pretty low-risk contract at only 2 years and 8 mil so they don't hurt their ability next season to spend money. If Whitehurst wins the job they don't waste a ton of money and it not they are in a position to address QB next season.

It's flawed. Assigning value based on any mathematical simulation is flawed when the actual object cannot be correlated. If you were drafting "whoever finishes as the best RB" instead of "Chris Johnson" at the first pick, then you'd have something. As is there is nothing preventing the 12th pick, the 120th pick, or some undrafted donkey from being the highest scorer in the league. There is no perfect tool, no chart, no system that's flawless and that's one of the fun things about it. We come up with all kinds of bells and whistles and charts and systems and philosophies and they are entertaining at least, semi-accurate at best. It's all we have so we go with it. That's what makes it Fantasy football and not Statistical Analysis football.

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Whoa no clue George Foreman Grill that was.

/high five the stuffed lion. "Wassup dawg, I killed you". Lion is wearing Tubes. Pure awesome.