blonde NFL Fantasy League 2019/20

[bobby1]

My 4 drops are

Spencer Ware
Kelvin Harmon
Kalen Ballage
Ryan Griffin

Tx

[bobby1]

When does the draft start?

[Ironside]

if you drop rogers and pringle and move penny to IR then i think my team is down to 30 players

think i need to drop one more to  make room for Kamara so add cole to the drop list please

[the sicilian]

i think i need 3 drops so

mariota
rosas
albert wilson

[Sheriff Fatman]

When does the draft start?

Just about to deep dive into the history to produce a full draft order including trades (planned to do this yesterday, failed!)  I suggest we kick off drafting at 7pm tonight, and use the same clock as last year (from memory, 12 hours to make picks but with a shutdown overnight).  I'll post more guidance ahead of 7pm.

[bobby1]

Cheers Curtis

[ForthThistle]

My Drops are:

Patrick Laird
Brandon Bolden
Kekee Coutee

Thanks.

PM's sent for Trades.

[Sheriff Fatman]

My trawl through the thread ultimately matched to Yahoo's list of traded picks (reliving the back and forth on bobby1's and Ironside's 4th rounders was an experience, to say the least).  It also matched to the various "I think I have..." posts in recent days too, so looks to be accurate.  The only thing that Yahoo doesn't have a record of is the recent trade for Alvin Kamara, which is reflected in the list below (bobby1 and Ironside again!).

There's also a memo note below of a 2021 trade pick from last season (yes, really!) so this is the official list, unless anyone can find anything wrong with it (go on, I dare you!!)  I've done it by blonde user name, expecting half the league to have changed team names, and it should hopefully make things easier for Steve to follow everything.

More odds and sods to follow, but this is the main bit of outstanding info required.

2020-21 Draft Order & Picks Tracker:

Round - Manager - Pick
1.01  ChipRich/LeKnave -
1.02  sicilian -
1.03  KarmaDope -
1.04  Stevef31 -
1.05  ForthThistle -
1.06  bobby1 (thru Ironside) -
1.07  Tal -
1.08  Sheriff Fatman -
1.09  TightEnd -
1.10  bobby1 (thru Ironside thru bobby1) -

2.01  ChipRich/LeKnave -
2.02  bobby1 (thru sicilian) -
2.03  KarmaDope -
2.04  Stevef31 -
2.05  bobby1 (thru ForthThistle) -
2.06  bobby1 (thru Ironside) -
2.07  bobby1 (thru Tal) -
2.08  Sheriff Fatman -
2.09  TightEnd -
2.10  TightEnd (thru bobby1) -

3.01  ChipRich/LeKnave -
3.02  sicilian -
3.03  KarmaDope -
3.04  Stevef31 -
3.05  ForthThistle -
3.06  Ironside -
3.07  Tal -
3.08  Sheriff Fatman -
3.09  TightEnd -
3.10  KarmaDope (thru bobby1) -

4.01  ChipRich/LeKnave -
4.02  sicilian -
4.03  KarmaDope -
4.04  Stevef31 -
4.05  ForthThistle -
4.06  Ironside (thru bobby1 thru Ironside) -
4.07  Ironside (thru bobby1 thru Tal) -
4.08  Sheriff Fatman -
4.09  TightEnd -
4.10  bobby1 (thru Ironside thru bobby1) -

5.01  ChipRich/LeKnave -
5.02  sicilian -
5.03  KarmaDope -
5.04  Stevef31 -
5.05  ForthThistle -
5.06  Ironside -
5.07  Tal -
5.08  Sheriff Fatman -
5.09  TightEnd -
5.10  bobby1 -

6.01  ChipRich/LeKnave -
6.02  sicilian -
6.03  KarmaDope -
6.04  Stevef31 -
6.05  ForthThistle -
6.06  Ironside -
6.07  Tal -
6.08  Sheriff Fatman -
6.09  TightEnd -
6.10  bobby1 -

7.01  ChipRich/LeKnave -
7.02  sicilian -
7.03  KarmaDope -
7.04  Stevef31 -
7.05  ForthThistle -
7.06  Ironside -
7.07  Tal -
7.08  Sheriff Fatman -
7.09  TightEnd -
7.10  bobby1 -

Memo: 2021 Traded Picks

Ironside owns sicilian's 2021 2nd round pick.

[Sheriff Fatman]

Below are some various admin bits, mostly repeats of things from previous seasons, but brought forward for easy reference.  Hopefully, it includes all the draft related stuff for Steve, but please shout if any queries.

Draft Timings and Deadlines
Deadlines will work as per last year's system, which worked pretty well overall.  Timings will be determined by the blonde site's timestamp on posts, if any issues.  Pick 1.01 will be on the clock from 7pm this evening which, with the overnight break, should allow sufficient time for everyone to catch up.

"In an attempt to try to keep the draft moving along a little more quickly, I'm proposing a change to the draft timings.  Rather than give everyone 24 hours to complete each pick, my suggestion would be to allow a 12 hour window for each pick, but with the clock not running between 11pm and 8am each day (so essentially, someone would have 20 hours available if the time ran into this period).  People would still be free to make picks in this time, but the 12hr clock wouldn't kick in for the next person until 8am the following morning, giving that person until 8pm to make a pick."

If anyone misses the deadline for their pick, the clock will move onto the next pick in the draft.  Anyone with a missed pick can make this up at any time by posting their pick on the thread, but this will not undo any picks that have taken place in the interim (i.e. you can't suddenly decide that you wanted the player(s) that were chosen ahead of you.

One new rule I'm adding for this year, due to a controversy from last season which I've just also re-lived is that a single 12 hour limit (still allowing for the overnight shutdown) will apply once the draft has reached a single person remaining (i.e. when the other 9 managers have opted out) for that person to make any remaining picks.  There will not be a rollover of pick limits (i.e. 12 plus 12 plus 12, etc).

Opting out of further draft picks
Managers can opt out of making further draft picks by declaring themselves "Done" when they're on the clock for a pick.  This is a one-shot deal, so you can't skip a round and opt back in later.  Once you've declared yourself done, that's it for this year.

Please only do this when you are on the clock for a pick that you've not yet made, as having a load of upcoming picks suddenly disappear potentially impacts strategy for other managers.  In particular, please try and avoid making a pick and then declaring yourself done for the following round.  I understand that this is well-intentioned, but still potentially gives someone, somewhere an advantage.  Declaring yourself done when you are not on the clock is the major no-no I want to avoid (not that this has been a historical issue for us) and anyone doing so will forfeit the equivalent round pick in next year's draft as a penalty.

Trades
Please declare all trades on the blonde thread, with the other manager subsequently confirming their agreement to the details as a reply.  Please then go ahead and process the trades via Yahoo, afterwards (once the site is opened up to enable this).  The blonde post takes precedence, as there is potential for the site details to be messed up (which myself or Tal can subsequently fix, if necessary).  Please be very clear on the thread as to which year's picks are involved to avoid any doubt.

A reminder too that the picks you can trade on the Yahoo site will be 2021 picks, as the site thinks the 2020 draft has happened once you get access to your rosters.  Regardless of players involved in the trade, Yahoo requires an even number of draft picks to be used in its transactions, so please use the late round picks for this purpose (round 30 first, then round 29, etc). 

Post Draft & Free Agency
The draft is only open for the pickup of NFL rookies (if in doubt, Google them, as there's no flag to show this).  Everyone else, including players dropped from rosters, only become available afterwards.

Your annual reminder that the end of the draft does not immediately signal the start of a free for all for free agent picks (looking at you, Adam!).  The only transactions that should be happening on the Yahoo site until I announce otherwise, are your draft picks (done as a free agent pick up, with a player being dropped if necessary), agreed trades and roster cuts down to 30 (if necessary, although I should be able to sort these directly).

Once all draft picks are processed (for which I will set a deadline to get this done, if needed, so that it's not left to us to decide who you are dropping), I then need to mess around with the site settings to create an initial round of post-draft waivers.  This gives everyone a fair shot at pick ups of anyone remaining prior to a free for all afterwards.

Also, your 2nd annual reminder, that I then need to play around with the settings after these waivers to set everything back to normal and I will announce a time in advance for when the free agency free for all can begin.  To avoid any work clashes (hopefully) this will be at 9pm on a date to be confirmed.  The only thing I don't know is the date.  If the draft is particularly efficient, there may be a deliberate delay in this happening until final cuts have been made by NFL teams.  Please keep an eye out for announcements regarding this as we reach the end of the draft.

Please shout if any outstanding queries regarding the draft process.  I'll dig out more general rules at a later stage.

Divisions, matchups, waivers, etc
Part of my pre-season process on the site is to randomise the two divisions, sort out the matchups (ensuring 2 inter-divisional fixtures with each team, etc, as the default ones don't do this) and fixing the waiver order ahead of the waivers taking place (each pickup done for the draft changes this, so they can only be corrected at the end).  Again, I'll confirm when each of these are done.

[TightEnd]

we cannot set tentative line ups yet. helps organise a roster. is this because we need to conduct a draft first?

[Sheriff Fatman]

we cannot set tentative line ups yet. helps organise a roster. is this because we need to conduct a draft first?

I need to conduct a 'draft' on the site, which reflects the cut-down squads of 30 for each team (the site treats these 30 man rosters as having been drafted, so they ultimately create a very odd looking draft list).  It's the next job on the list for this evening, so should hopefully be a very short-term issue.

[bobby1]

How is the Initial waiver order for next season determined. Is it draft order or reverse draft order? Or something else?

Ta

[Tal]

Arkansas Gravediggers cut the following:

WR Zay Jones
TE Josh Oliver
RB Rex Burkhead

[ChipRich]

#freejoshgordon cut the following

Quincy Enunwa
Boston Scott
Demariyus Thomas
Derrius Guice
Jacoby Brissett

[Sheriff Fatman]

For completeness my non-keepers are:

Marquise Goodwin
Bo Scarbrough
Peyton Barber
KeeSean Johnson
Will Grier