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Scott Fish Bowl SFB8 Fantasy Football Draft Preparation

July 10, 2018 By Mike Leave a Comment

Scott Fish Bowl
The Scott Fish Bowl (#SFB8) draft kicked off Monday at 11:00am Eastern, and I am in the Norm Peterson league of the Cheers / Seinfeld conference.

Never heard of the Scott Fish Bowl? It is one of the most fun fantasy football expert leagues (and in this case expert + fan competition) to participate in. There is no money at stake, but this 900 person event does raise considerable funds for charity through FantasyCares.net. It is an awesome event for the fantasy football community.

Unique League Rules

This is a large overall competition but it is broken down into 12-team leagues. Focusing on the individual league aspect, here are some key rules to give you some context to the draft results:

  • Start 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE and 4 Flex spots, maximum 1 Flex a QB
  • 22 roster spots so it is a fairly deep league, especially considering no K or DEF
  • QB scoring 6 points per TD, -4 point per INT – very punitive
  • reception scoring 0.5 points all positions, except 1.0 points for TE
  • first down scoring 0.5 points per rushing or receiving, except 1.0 points for TE

Pretty unique, isn’t it? So we can start 2 QB but the interceptions are killers. It is a lot of weekly starters. TE are added value with the double points for receptions and first downs relative to RB and WR. And, points for first downs!

First Down Scoring

Preparing for the first down stat scoring, which is not a very common fantasy points category, took some thought. I considered pulling 2017 player stats for first downs from my database and inputting them into Draft Buddy, but that wouldn’t be exceptionally helpful. Historical stats will match to players from last year, but not match to projections for the upcoming season which is what I use to help generate my cheatsheets.

Instead, I reviewed the first down stats to get a sense how impactful this category is on the scoring. It is fairly significant, mostly because it contributes primarily to RB, WR and TE scoring, but not QB unless they run a lot. Note, no points for a passing first down.

Sometimes you to use a little ingenuity to get your custom cheatsheet and draft tool (Draft Buddy) to give you the best results. In this case, I goosed up the reception points to account for receiving first downs, and gave some points for rushing attempts to account for rushing first downs.

For example, my analysis suggested a relationship of WR receiving first downs about 70% of reception totals, so I added 0.35 points per reception (to the existing 0.5). That is 0.5 per first down x 70% = 0.35. I did similar for the first down scoring for each type and position.

D-I-Y Average Draft Position Data

I have the 12th pick in the draft. Buddy Jim Day, a.k.a. @Fantasytaz, organized some pre-SFB8 draftmasters drafts to allow players some practice drafting, from which I compiled ADP you can find in the tweet below, and Google Sheets document.

I’ve always liked this view format, so thought I would try it for #SFB8 ADP. Top 120 players… @Fantasytaz @ScottFish24 pic.twitter.com/QT3P8jFy4x

— DraftBuddy.com (@DraftBuddy) July 6, 2018

In my practice draft I was able to draft Aaron Rodgers at 1.12, but as SFB8 got closer there seemed to be some buzz as to the QB values going up. Everyone wants to start two QB, and no one wants to be left with sketchy QB options as likely to throw as many interceptions as touchdowns each week. So, I was hopeful to get Rodgers again in my real draft, and he is the only QB I would consider at that spot.

Custom Cheatsheets

With the rules and scoring input, plus ADP, Draft Buddy kicked out custom cheatsheets for me. Presented below are the Top 12 at each position. These are based on the default projections in Draft Buddy, from FF Today, so I won’t necessarily draft exactly as shown on the cheatsheets.

In fact, I would not normally do that anyway, because I look at each draft as sort of a living, evolving experience, where opinions and strategies change as it progresses. Perhaps more on that another time. I will get into more specifics about some of my decisions made through the draft, but if you want a sneak peek at my picks, currently through four rounds, you can review the draft report.

Draft Buddy custom cheatsheets
SBF8 Top 12 QB
SBF8 Top 12 RB
SBF8 Top 12 RB
SBF8 Top 12 WR
SBF8 Top 12 WR
SBF8 Top 12 TE
SBF8 Top 12 TE

I will post my copy of Draft Buddy for this draft to our download page for our Draft Buddy members to review if interested.

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Draft Buddy Fantasy Football Projections Update

June 28, 2018 By Mike Leave a Comment

David Johnson, Arizona Cardinals

Arizona Cardinals RB David Johnson goes 1.02 in a new draftmasters draft I am participating in to practice for the upcoming Scott Fish Bowl. I have the 12th pick so there was no threat of DJ falling to me.

I sent a members newsletter yesterday, so in the interest of getting some new info to you folks, here is a quick hit post about the latest with respect to fantasy football Draft Buddy.

Projections Update

We did an update of the FF Today projections, depth charts and ADP in Draft Buddy dated today, June 28. As of now we are on a regular weekly update schedule, Thursdays through to and including Thursday August 30, plus one more after Labor Day weekend on September 3. As usual, we also do unscheduled updates as needed for significant player news (injury, suspension, etc.) that doesn’t fall nicely into the regular schedule.

Rankings Update

Last year saw the addition of a new feature for Draft Buddy in early August – alternate player rankings. These rankings import directly to the cheatsheets, as opposed to having custom cheatsheets created using the projections and scoring rules in Draft Buddy.

There are three sets of player rankings – FF Today, Dynasty League Football and Draft Buddy. My Draft Buddy rankings are not ready yet, which I explained in the member newsletter. The FFT and DLF rankings are usually updated at the same time as the projections, or the next day.

YouTube Videos

There are three new YouTube videos demonstrating Draft Buddy to start the year. One, a quick rules and scoring setup you can find in our initial kickoff post for the 2018 season. Two, a demo of MFL integration in my FanEx FAD Draft Recap, Part 2.

Considering we just did a projections update, here is a great spot for the third one. Here is how to do an update and refresh your cheatsheets in Draft Buddy:

Scott Fish Bowl Draftmasters Draft

I added a page to the website with information about fantasy football experts leagues that I participate in, including the pro-am event Scott Fish Bowl (SFB8). Division assignments are out and the draft for that is coming up soon, July 9. I am in the Cheers – Norm Peterson division and have the 12th pick in the draft.

Thanks for buddy Jim Day, better known as Fantasytaz in the fantasy football community, I am going to get some practice in an SFB8 format draftmasters draft from the 12 spot. The draft just opened and started today with the usual suspects, Todd Gurley, David Johnson, Ezekiel Elliott 1-2-3 to start. It is pick 1.08 right now so I am waiting, but you can follow along the draft report, and I will let you know how it goes.

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Initial 2016 Fantasy Football Redraft Rankings and Projections

July 15, 2016 By Draft Buddy Leave a Comment

Adrian Peterson

Where do we rank Minnesota Vikings RB Adrian Peterson? Spoiler: Tier 2, RB3. Check out the complete QB, RB, WR and TE redraft player projections and cheatsheet rankings.

Last week you got an appetizer with our preliminary ranking tiers for each of quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight end positions. Today is the release of our initial detailed player projections and rankings for the 2016 season.

Fantasy football season is underway. You know, the main drafting season entertaining the vast majority of fantasy footballers worldwide, not the 365-days on the calendar version a smaller hard core group of us are card carrying members of (here!). So given that, high time we published our initial projections and rankings for redraft leagues.

I am currently in Round 12 of the Scott Fish Bowl, better known as SFB#480 on Twitter. The draft is going okay, but I don’t feel it is stellar. Probably not enough mock drafting practice heading in resulting in numerous players I hoped to get a round later not falling, or just a really tough group of competitors.

At any rate, now I feel I have base rankings to start from, and between now and early September these rankings will be scrutinized and adjusted for training camp and preseason news, plus additional research and analysis of players, situations and simply new thoughts on players and player value. That is the way it goes with prognosticating fantasy football. These are fluid documents.

From browsing around the website, most everything is up to date now to get us fully into 2016 draft prep, but since the new design of the website implemented before baseball season there are still a number of features that could look better and be more user friendly. The plan is to get tackling those starting next week too.

Last but certainly not least, if you haven’t got Draft Buddy yet, then get on it. It is updated with projections from FF Today and ready to help you in all of your upcoming drafts. We will have a method of pulling our DraftBuddy.com projections into Draft Buddy soon.

Thanks for your time. Would love to hear some feedback on the rankings and projections. Feel free to comment below.

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