Fantasy Football - Auction Draft Strategy

[stevefrench]

Auction strategy -

Spend 85% of your budget on 4 elite players at the very start of the draft, some combination of WRs and RBs, or one of the few high end TEs. You can typically snag a serviceable QB later for cheap.

Then drink beer for like 2 hours and be a distraction to everyone else as you don't have enough budget left to keep up with the bidding.

Finally fill out the rest of your roster with $1 - $5 pieces as your remaining budget allows. Those late round guys will end up being what determines if your team is awesome or middling/bad. Or if you get too drinky waiting to get back in the bidding its fun to wake up in the morning and be surprised with what you ended up with; fantasy football Christmas morning.

Get as many studs as you can, make hay on the waiver wire later. Nobody wins with a bunch of $15 - $20 "depth" that they drafted. Those players are okay, but a team full of them typically wont carry you. Spend the money and get the Antonio Brown, OBJ, Sequon, Zeke, etc type players.

 

[heyguy85]

I agree with putting up people you don't want. If it's PPR it should change how much you spend on WR and RB. I'd spend a ton on three WRs and two RBs in that format. You can get decent points from QB and TE for little money. Can't find many quality RBs for $2.

 

[Gonzo]

Here's how my latest mock went:

QB - C. Wentz $2
RB - Z. Elliott $66
RB - L. Fournette $37
WR - D. Hopkins $57
WR - S. Watkins $2
TE - D. Njoku $10
FL - J. Howard $5
D - K.C. $1
K - A. Vinatieri $2
B - D. Brees $2
B - P. Rivers $1
B - D. Guice $2
B - C. Davis $1
B - AJ Green $7
B - D. Walker $1

The Rivers pick was stupid, nominated him late for $1 thinking someone else would take him and no one did. Waaaaay overbid on Fournette but couldn't let this other doosher have him. Overall I'd be pretty happy with this roster.

 

[Isualum13]

There is an episode of the tv show The League, season 7 episode 2, where they do an auction draft for the first time. It shoupd answer all the questions you don't have.

If you havent seen it, Its a mildly entertaining show that i will usually work my way through during the football season. It was on FX during its run.

It does bother me that noone in my fantasy league watched this show, so when I quote the show, or name my team a reference to the show noone gets it. It's a real downer.

 

[cyfanatic13]

I’ve never done auction for football (have for baseball twice) but would like to try it some time. This might be dumb but some buddies and I have talked about trying a blind auction draft sometime. Everyone just puts a dollar amount in for a player and whoever bid the most gets him. You could completely overpay for a player or get a steal. Like I said, probably stupid but I think it’d be fun to try some year

 

[cmjh10]

Here's how my latest mock went:

QB - C. Wentz $2
RB - Z. Elliott $66
RB - L. Fournette $37
WR - D. Hopkins $57
WR - S. Watkins $2
TE - D. Njoku $10
FL - J. Howard $5
D - K.C. $1
K - A. Vinatieri $2
B - D. Brees $2
B - P. Rivers $1
B - D. Guice $2
B - C. Davis $1
B - AJ Green $7
B - D. Walker $1

The Rivers pick was stupid, nominated him late for $1 thinking someone else would take him and no one did. Waaaaay overbid on Fournette but couldn't let this other doosher have him. Overall I'd be pretty happy with this roster.

You way overpaid for Elliott. I wouldnt touch him this year.

 

[Gonzo]

You way overpaid for Elliott. I wouldnt touch him this year.

Maybe. I think Jerry finds a way to have him on board this season, he believes he has a shot at the Super Bowl and knows it won't happen without Zeke.

Either way, it was a mock and I was more focused on the price I paid for my RB1 than who my RB1 was. Just trying out different bidding/pricing strategies.

 

[cmjh10]

Maybe. I think Jerry finds a way to have him on board this season, he believes he has a shot at the Super Bowl and knows it won't happen without Zeke.

Either way, it was a mock and I was more focused on the price I paid for my RB1 than who my RB1 was. Just trying out different bidding/pricing strategies.

Figured that was your thinking.

 

[STATE12]

Maybe. I think Jerry finds a way to have him on board this season, he believes he has a shot at the Super Bowl and knows it won't happen without Zeke.

Either way, it was a mock and I was more focused on the price I paid for my RB1 than who my RB1 was. Just trying out different bidding/pricing strategies.

In my experiences, these mocks tend to go down the board from (what ever site you are on's) top player, to number two ranked player, to number three...

In actual drafts seems like more mid-pack players are thrown out at random times and people react differently. Can snag a guy for cheap sometimes, or make somebody overpay early if they get excited or impatient.

 

[Gonzo]

In my experiences, these mocks tend to go down the board from (what ever site you are on's) top player, to number two ranked player, to number three...

In actual drafts seems like more mid-pack players are thrown out at random times and people react differently. Can snag a guy for cheap sometimes, or make somebody overpay early if they get excited or impatient.

Yeah I've seen it both ways on Yahoo, but most of the time they start with the top players and work their way down. Kind of sucks. Also end up with half the people drafting ditching early so you have a bunch of bots going and they do ridiculous thing like jump the price on Julio Jones from $55ish to $70 in one shot. Makes it almost a waste of time.

 

[srjclone]

Just had my auction draft last night. Ended up getting David Montgomery "Round 1", because someone put him up with the 12th pick. Ended up getting him at 19, which was under the market values that I'd seen, but still wasn't expecting the price to jump up like it did. Glad I got him, but he's going to have to take that back field over for me haha

 

[BCClone]

Get your GF to show up and start flashing the others during the ones you want. It will be you and the nerds paying attention to the draft.

 

[STATE12]

Just had my auction draft last night. Ended up getting David Montgomery "Round 1", because someone put him up with the 12th pick. Ended up getting him at 19, which was under the market values that I'd seen, but still wasn't expecting the price to jump up like it did. Glad I got him, but he's going to have to take that back field over for me haha

I'd probably look more at overall money spent on players to try to equate that to "rounds". Theoretically, somebody could put their $1 defense up for bid during the first time around the league and be a "Round 1" pick. Though I expect him to take a hold of the starting position quickly, they do appear to have a crowded backfield currently. He went for half that in my league.

 

[srjclone]

I'd probably look more at overall money spent on players to try to equate that to "rounds". Theoretically, somebody could put their $1 defense up for bid during the first time around the league and be a "Round 1" pick. Though I expect him to take a hold of the starting position quickly, they do appear to have a crowded backfield currently. He went for half that in my league.

It didn't help it was my work league and my boss has heard me harp about how great DM was for the last 2 years. He told his buddies in the league to bid up the price, although myself and 2 other people were legit bidding. Another thing that can be an annoyance in auctions, but part of what makes it fun haha

 

[STATE12]

It didn't help it was my work league and my boss has heard me harp about how great DM was for the last 2 years. He told his buddies in the league to bid up the price, although myself and 2 other people were legit bidding. Another thing that can be an annoyance in auctions, but part of what makes it fun haha

Absolutely. Even though I always try to tell myself to assemble a team with as much objectivity as I can (whether it's players from my favorite team/avoid favorite team's rivals/college players from your school) it's still entertainment so draft who you want to watch and enjoy too!

 

[srjclone]

Absolutely. Even though I always try to tell myself to assemble a team with as much objectivity as I can (whether it's players from my favorite team/avoid favorite team's rivals/college players from your school) it's still entertainment so draft who you want to watch and enjoy too!

he was may "reach" probably. Everyone else I got I liked, although i could have gone a bit higher on some heavy hitters, my team's deep which is always a positive. If 1 or 2 players out perform their projections I should be set.

 

[Gonzo]

he was may "reach" probably. Everyone else I got I liked, although i could have gone a bit higher on some heavy hitters, my team's deep which is always a positive. If 1 or 2 players out perform their projections I should be set.

What's your roster look like?

 

[Cyclone.TV]

What's your roster look like?

Hassel, is that you?

 

[srjclone]

What's your roster look like?

QB
Luck
Wilson

RB (I missed on Gurley and Chubb, who I was holding out for, both went 20+ above market value. this is the group that needs to out perform haha)
David Montgomery
Miles Sanders
Tevin Coleman
Kenyan Drake

WR
TY Hilton
Stefon Diggs
DJ Moore
Calvin Ridley
Tyler Lockett

TE
Howard
Cook

K
Lutz

D/ST
Vikings

Feel free to rip me apart lol

 

[STATE12]

QB
Luck
Wilson

RB (I missed on Gurley and Chubb, who I was holding out for, both went 20+ above market value. this is the group that needs to out perform haha)
David Montgomery
Miles Sanders
Tevin Coleman
Kenyan Drake

WR
TY Hilton
Stefon Diggs
DJ Moore
Calvin Ridley
Tyler Lockett

TE
Howard
Cook

K
Lutz

D/ST
Vikings

Feel free to rip me apart lol

How many teams in the league?