The single most devastating enemy to dynasty leagues is horrible/laissez-faire Commissioners. In the past six years, I have come across three of them. This article gives some examples and concerns of mine as to the mistakes that they make. These horrible Commissioners already know who I’m talking about and I won’t name them here, but […]
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I recently finished a startup draft that consisted of NFL veterans, rookies and Devy players. I’ve lost count of how many Devy leagues I’m in, but including Devy players in the startup draft was new to me. It’s not an uncommon type of Devy startup, but it’s the first one of its kind that I’ve
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Super-Flex leagues are a growing trend in fantasy football. Therefore, in an effort to help educate the masses on the Super-Flex experience, I’m going to show you how I navigated my most recent startup. The Commish of this league, “Dynasty Ballers Super-Flex League”, and I, play in another league together, he’s a good owner and
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What should you look for in a dynasty league? The most important part of any dynasty league is leadership. Do you know the Commissioner and is he trustworthy? The internet is full of stories of dynasty owners not getting paid at the end of the year, rules getting changed after drafts without votes, and lopsided
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In one of my recent pieces, I provided an introductory overview of how Salary Cap dynasty leagues work, and the basics behind how to focus on valuation, as you have to factor a player’s production, as well as their cost, into determining their true worth in your league. In this piece, I will be providing you
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Finding good fantasy commissioners can be a tough task. I have found my share of gems, along with many warts throughout my 20+ years of playing the game. This is more important than many think. When it comes to fantasy football commissioners, even more so with dynasty ones they need to be dutiful, accountable and
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Do you ever tire of the same old ways to decide your fantasy football draft order? Picking names out of a hat was great in the 90’s and letting your league software randomly pick is so 2000’s. How about make it an event in and of itself! What if you could have fun picking your
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As we’ve begun to move through startup season in dynasty leagues, I’d like to hit on a topic that is near and dear to me: Tanking. This piece is specific to startups who use snake drafts; I will have follow up pieces to this on startups with salary caps, as well as for owners who decide
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You just completed your dynasty league rookie draft. Optimism is in the air, for every team, as all are blessed with hope. This is even more true if you are coming off a previously rough season. After the rookie draft, you have some new players, but now the draft and perhaps the excitement it brings
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The key to building a long-term, successful, dynasty fantasy football team is being able to select enough solid rookies, year in and year out to keep your team competitive as older players disappear from your roster. Therefore, as years pass by and you get further and further from your initial startup draft, your ability to
Always Be Building Read More »
This is an amazing time for dynasty fantasy football. We are beginning to get some rookie practice reports; all kinds of fantasy football drafts are underway which gives everyone a chance to put their money where their mouth is in respect to player evaluation and strategy. I joined a start-up league run by my buddy
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This is an amazing time for dynasty fantasy football. We are beginning to get some rookie practice reports; all kinds of fantasy football drafts are underway which gives everyone a chance to put their money where their mouth is in respect to player evaluation and strategy. I joined a startup league run by my buddy
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This is an amazing time for dynasty fantasy football. We are beginning to get some rookie practice reports; all kinds of fantasy football drafts are underway which gives everyone a chance to put their money where their mouth is in respect to player evaluation and strategy. I joined a start-up league run by my buddy
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This is an amazing time for dynasty fantasy football. We are beginning to get some rookie practice reports; all kinds of fantasy football drafts are underway which gives everyone a chance to put their money where their mouth is in respect to player evaluation and strategy. I joined a start-up league run by my buddy
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This is an amazing time for dynasty fantasy football. We are beginning to get some rookie practice reports; all kinds of fantasy football drafts are underway, which gives everyone a chance to put their money where their mouth is in respect to player evaluation and strategy. I joined a startup league run by my buddy
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It’s now late May and for many of us we find ourselves smack dab in the middle or perhaps tail end of rookie fantasy football draft season. I have been fortunate enough to be in a few rookie drafts that took a day or two to complete, but then others have taken weeks to finish.
Draft Etiquette 101 Read More »
Most of us dynasty diehards are in the middle of 2016 rookie drafts or we have just completed them. This is the final installment of a weekly three-part series article about the trends that are occurring on myfantasyleague.com fantasy football rookie drafts. I decided to make it only a three-part series, because most leagues complete their rookie
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The time between the NFL combine and NFL draft is an exciting one for Dynasty Fantasy Footballers. This period of time between these events is littered with contrary suggestions and speculations as to how to interpret workouts and the information we have from prospects’ collegiate careers. For example, you’ll see articles about how great Will
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Most of us dynasty diehards are in the middle of 2016 rookie drafts or we have just completed them. This is the second of a weekly three-part series article about the trends that are occurring on myfantasyleague.com fantasy football rookie drafts. I decided to make it only a three-part series, because most leagues complete their rookie
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In my last piece, I discussed how to bundle assets and untangle complex deals that could leave you on very much the short end. As one of my colleagues at Dynasty Fantasy Football so eloquently put it, “if you wrap a turd in enough bacon, people might be apt to think that it’s a filet
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