I already have my first pick(s) queued up, hoping for a fortunate draft slot from the randomizer :)

I’ve always been a fan of the mid-to-late first round pick.

I never knew there were previous draft leagues like this in 2019 and before. Would’ve definitely joined those, but I didn’t ever visit the forums at that time. I thought they were mostly a chat room for each of the whatif games.

The other nfl theme league filled, so maybe we’ll get a few more people to look our way.

I think this draft would be super exciting watching each pick come off the board. Seeing each owner crafting his strategy and even switching that vision based on the other selections made. As an additional teaser, we could randomize the divisions at the same time of the draft order. So you know who is in your division and conference and where they fall in the draft (before the draft begins). I’d guess this would make the draft even more interesting.

sure... if my DIV opponents all went after Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, etc, you know I would want an incredible pass defense

This seems really well set up, kudos. Would love to see more strategy and variety in teams.

I want to be in but need to understand how the clock will work after the first round. I can pretty much only be online a little. It in the morning and then again late at night and feel like that might put me at a real disadvantage. That said, I love the idea because I don’t love the cookie cutter approach and think this will bring more strategy. Thanks.

awesome. I'll add you to the list! For the first round, we could put in a 12-24 hr rule to make your selection. For rounds 2-10 on the clock, if you have conflicts with your scheduled draft spot, you could always sitemail a proxy list to myself and two other owners. You would rank and list your upcoming selections for that round only. Then, myself or tom or whomever could make the pick for you-- using your highest choice left on your list for that round,

Being in some successful basketball and baseball recurring theme leagues, I've seen these options and communication work very well.

Another thought I had was on having to name the year of your player when posting your selection. Might be too rigid and work against the spirit of strategy that we all want. You would still exclusively own the right to any Peyton Manning, but it gives you room to retool the roster as you may have second thoughts on that 10 mil salary year. But absolutely, we would keep the OL, DL and ST firm on stating the year in your selection post, as this provides the 10 yr bubble as well.

What do you guys think? I was trying to imagine if it was possible for someone who would take on the draft angle of-- picking up the best of the leftovers post draft- the All Star undrafted team with a boatload of money. Not any great players, but a stout OL and DL with really good undraftees to realize insane team depth.

I guess it would be easy to see that trend by mid draft of picking up specialty players or bench dudes and saving up money. And when you count how many skill position guys will be off the board, you would get the 25th best QB, 73rd RB, 73rd WR, 49th TE, etc. It actually adds more fun on the back end of the draft-- as you are looking at the remaining inventory and your spots to fill/available cash.

I say there is no requirement to post the year of the player selection, but certainly the year must be posted on the OL, DL and ST selections. Happy to hear any feedback on this topic. If you know someone who may enjoy this type of league, lets bring them into the fold. Its a slow burn, but we can get there little-by-little as many previous theme leagues have demonstrated.

Just to be clear, there could be multiple defenses from the same franchise competing in this league (example '42 and '85 Bears). correct?

cellkev, that is my understanding; both of those Bears DEFs could exist in this league. And add in 1948 too :)

Hi cellkev. Yes, you are correct, I echo tom’s response. Should we add you to the list? I can see one of those Windy City defenses paired with your high powered run OL and a smashmouth RB already!

I'm in.

Great to have cellkev on board! Also of note- Sitemailed a number of veteran owners to try to spark interest.

If we can't fill the league, we can consider each of us taking 2 teams, one in the NFC and one in the AFC. This assumes we can get 12 interested owners. I don't understand why this league is not getting more takers.

Great idea. Who would be interested in 2 teams?

There are a number of other people out there that have played the football sim routinely and stopped playing. I reached out to a couple dozen of those former owners. Feel free to spread the word as well and perhaps we will get more to join.

I would take 2 teams *IF* that is what it takes to fill the league.

I would take 2 teams if we go with the "12 Owner" format.