Anti-Fantasy Draft and Discussion Thread

[WhiskeyBreath]

Sorry about the short explanations this round. I'm probly not going to be able to log in for an extended period of time this weekend and didn't want anyone waiting on my votes.

[italstallianion]

Don't worry about it.

 

When does the voting expire anyway?

[TheKilo]

Sunday @ 8

[TheKilo]

Semifinals are set. Found it interesting that 3 of the 4 winners in the last round won by 4-2 scores

 

(and as an aside, I think the two best teams are squaring off in my semifinal)

[italstallianion]

The final 4 teams left were the top 4 teams in my opinion.

[italstallianion]

I also like how both 3-4 teams are facing each other and both 4-3 teams are facing each other. That might make it a bit easier to compare them this round.

[YanksHater213]

The 3 teams I thought were the best (me, kilo, y228) ended up with only one of them making the finals.

[italstallianion]

I had Y228 and Kilo in my top 4. Granted, if there was a 5th or 6th place consolation game, I'd have given it to you. In my opinion there were only 4 teams that could reasonably argue that they had a top team in the league, and they are the 4 teams remaning. I had Jbay's team and your team as the next 2 outside of the top 4.

[yankees228]

Semifinals are set. Found it interesting that 3 of the 4 winners in the last round won by 4-2 scores

 

(and as an aside, I think the two best teams are squaring off in my semifinal)

 

Thanks for the compliment TK. This match-up is certainly going to be tough. You have a hell of a team, and Brady is going to be tough to beat on this forum lol.

[YanksHater213]

I'm nto sure if I can choose between those two teams, I thought they were the two best. This is gonna take some thinking.

[yankees228]

I'm nto sure if I can choose between those two teams' date=' I thought they were the two best. This is gonna take some thinking.[/quote']

 

I agree, and I think when both teams are so close, the game-plans should play a key role in the voter's minds.

[YanksHater213]

Honestly, for me, it might come down to who makes a better argument for their team, either you or Kilo.

[yankees228]

Honestly' date=' for me, it might come down to who makes a better argument for their team, either you or Kilo.[/quote']

 

Exactly, that's what I mean. Game-plan/rationale why your team would win. For me, instead of just saying where my team is stronger, I like to say exactly how I would attack the other team offensively and defensively.

[italstallianion]

I think it's clear that we all may have learned a few things from this. In many cases, for future drafts people learned that you should draft front 7 players to fit your scheme. Almost every team has players out of position. Granted, some are more tragic than others (4-3 DE playing a 3-4 DE, 4-3 DT playing 3-4 NT, 3-4 OLB playing 4-3 OLB etc) Some other moves are ok at times, like putting a 3-4 NT at a 4-3 DT spot for health reasons, or putting a 4-3 ILB at 3-4 ILB, but even that has risks.

 

I think very few teams paid enough detail to what scheme they wanted and what players fit that scheme, but this is a learning experience as much as it is a contest, and this will probably improve in future drafts.

[TheKilo]

Since we don't have WB's explanation in yet, I'm extending voting this round to Friday @ 8 AM.

 

Even if you're out, please vote.

[italstallianion]

Sounds fair to me.

[yankees228]

Since we don't have WB's explanation in yet, I'm extending voting this round to Friday @ 8 AM.

 

Even if you're out, please vote.

 

Quoted for emphasis. It doesn't take long to look over both teams, read the explanations, and cast a vote.

[yankees228]

Well I guess this is the problem with these drafts - once people are eliminated they lose interest. I'll vote in the other semi-final, but if there are only a couple votes for each match-up, the results aren't really going to be legitimate.

[italstallianion]

I agree, and the only 4 people left in this thing can vote in only one semifinal (since their team is in the other semifinal)

[yrtb]

I'm voting, but this always ends up being a problem in redrafts

[YanksHater213]

I'll get my votes in later tonight after the game

[italstallianion]

Me too.

[yankees228]

Bumping this one final time for everyone. The voting ends tomorrow morning for both semi-finals, so any more votes are appreciated.

[italstallianion]

Especially since both semifinals are either close or tied.

[yankees228]

Right. There's still time, but at this point I'm assuming no one else is going to vote, and we need to figure out a tiebreaker for your matchup if that's the case.

[italstallianion]

I'm just bumping this up to Dipre can help me with the chart.

[italstallianion]

Would you guys be interested in doing one of these before the beginning of next season? We have a lot of new people that joined since this draft, so we can get some new blood in here. I think we should do the draft on TalkPats though, and we should start after this season. Would anyone be interested?

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

If you run it.

[italstallianion]

If you run it.

 

 

For the record, now that I have a full time job (and am studying for a licensing exam, although that will be over before this starts) I don't have nearly as much time anymore.

 

That said, I will be more than happy to run it. It won't run nearly as fast as the baseball redraft I did, but I'm sure it can run smoothly if we all cooperate.

 

I was looking to run this on Talkpats to draw more traffic for the site. Signups can be on Talksox.

[italstallianion]

Feel free to sign up on Talkpats!!