The discipline to wait ...

[Grits and Shins]

Cowboys and Indians is a new dynasty salary/cap auction style league. We tried for 12 teams but could only manage 10. The scoring is close to the standard performance system with some idiosyncrasies I won’t bother to mention. In an effort to differentiate this league from other we also have a punter (no defenses).

 

We have 3 formations we can run:

• 1 QB, 2 RB, 4 WR, 1 TE, 1 PK, 1 PN

• 1 QB, 1 RB, 5 WR, 1 TE, 1 PK, 1 PN

• 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 2 TE, 1 PK, 1 PN

 

Salary cap is $500 and we must maintain 24 roster spots.

 

Auction fired off last night at about 7:45 pm CST and Daunte Culpepper was first up … going for $104 or 20% of cap. Two hours later I had 1 player, Willie Parker, for $15. Owners were blowing their caps on the stud players … Gonzo for $100, LT for $156 … etc.

 

Another oddity to this league is that we will establish contracts for our players … 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 years. Each year past the 1st is a 5% premium over the winning bid price. So if I wanted to sign Brees to a 5 year contract he would cost me $15 NOT the $10 I won him at.

 

Here was my resulting roster after playing the waiting game.

 

QBs

$15 – Carson Palmer

$10 – Dree Brees

$4 – Chad Pennington

$1 – Billy Volek

 

RBs

$75 – J.J. Arrington

$50 – Cedric Benson

$21 – Fred Taylor

$15 – Willie Parker

$15 – Brandon Jacobs

$10 – Ricky Williams

$7 – Tadem Bell

$1 – Eric Shelton

 

WRs

$40 – Steve Smith

$35 – Anquan Boldin

$35 – Roy Williams

$35 – Ashley Lelie

$20 – Troy Williamson

$9 – T.J. Houshmandzadeh

$7 – Reggie Williams

$5 – Joey Galloway

 

TEs

$15 – Dallas Clark

$1 – Ben Watson

 

PKs

$1 – Matt Stover

 

PNs

$7 – Brad Maynard

 

 

Several bids I wanted back:

1) I jumped Troy Williamson to 20 and over paid for him.

2) When J.J. Arrington came up at 40 I immediately jumped him to 75. I probably could have gotten him for 60.

3) I had my mind set on Maynard and paid too much for him.

4) What was I thinking bidding $5 on Galloway, especially when you look at the WRs I already had.

5) I had been very disciplined until Fred Taylor came up very late in the auction. I wish I had not bid on him.

 

Several bids I was very pleased with:

1) Dallas Clark at $15

2) Tadem Bell at $7

3) T.J. Houshmandezadeh at $9

4) Reggie Williams at $7

 

I went into this auction with the mindset of setting my team up for next year at the expense of this year. I wanted rookie RBs and strong middle tier WRs (since we start 4). For the most part I am pretty pleased with my result. It was really my first live auction, although I have participated in another dynasty / salary cap / auction style league. Live auction is MUCH better than bid board auction which is how my other league has been doing it.

 

I took much ribbing in the first part of the auction because I had no players while everybody else was filling out their starters ... at top dollar.

[Caveman_Nick]

Good strategy. For any dynasty league, it is worth your while to not worry about season 1 and really go for the long haul.

 

It's maybe a little shy of the crop of players that includes Julius Jones, Kevin Jones, Steven Jackson, Larry Johnson, Willis McGahee, Andre Johnson, larry Fitzgerald, Etc..., as that would probably been where I spent most of my dollars as opposed to on true rookies, but you did manage to mix in Roy Williams, Tatum Bell, Lelie, Boldin, Reggie Williams, and Palmer.

 

Good stuff.

[Grits and Shins]

Good strategy.  For any dynasty league, it is worth your while to not worry about season 1 and really go for the long haul.

 

It's maybe a little shy of the crop of players that includes Julius Jones, Kevin Jones, Steven Jackson, Larry Johnson, Willis McGahee, Andre Johnson, larry Fitzgerald, Etc..., as that would probably been where I spent most of my dollars as opposed to on true rookies, but you did manage to mix in Roy Williams, Tatum Bell, Lelie, Boldin, Reggie Williams, and Palmer.

 

Good stuff.

 

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Most of those players you listed went for $100 or more