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Draft Buddy Ready for 2019 Fantasy Football Drafts

June 12, 2019 By Draft Buddy 2 Comments

Our signature fantasy football draft tool – Draft Buddy – is ready for your 2019 fantasy football drafts. Draft Buddy is the original custom cheatsheet and draft tracking tool, now in its 19th year.

Fantasy Football Draft Tool

Draft Buddy serves two main purposes to help you draft your fantasy football team. First of all, Draft Buddy creates custom cheatsheets for your fantasy football draft based on your league rules and scoring. Second, once your cheatsheets are ready, then you can track your draft, which helps you stay organized to help make the best draft day decisions.

Then you are well on your way to your league championship!

Draft Buddy runs in Microsoft Excel. If you love spreadsheets then this tool is right in your wheelhouse. Even if you are not a big spreadsheet person, we can get you up to speed quickly via demo videos and tech support directly with the developer.

Projections, Rankings and ADP

The heart of a quality fantasy football draft tool is the projections or rankings used to create your cheatsheets. There is excellent data in Draft Buddy! The detailed projections are from FF Today. Draft Buddy calculates projected fantasy points from the projections based on your league scoring rules.

Alternatively, you can import rankings including dynasty league rankings from Dynasty League Football. These complete startup dynasty league overall and position rankings are normally available only to DLF subscribers but are included in Draft Buddy.

Furthermore, Average Draft Position (ADP) data is important to help understand when players are normally drafted. Draft Buddy includes ADP from MyFantasyLeague.com, Fantasy Football Calculator, FantasyPros and dynasty-specific ADP from Dynasty League Football.

Perhaps most important, projections, ADP and depth charts are all updated regularly to the start of the season. The schedule is weekly starting late-June, and also unscheduled updates for key player news if necessary. Obtaining updates is super easy, by clicking a button in Draft Buddy.

Draft Buddy Features

Given the 19 year history of Draft Buddy, it is packed with a lot of features and options. Some of the main ones include:

  • keepers, dynasty – input kept players from the prior season to mark them off the cheatsheets and update rosters
  • auctions – dollar values on the cheatsheets and track your auction draft
  • MyFantasyLeague.com integration – import franchise names, keepers and draft results if your league runs on MFL
  • import or edit projections – change any of the projections, add your own, and even create a weighted average of different projections or prior year stats

Review the list of all the features on the main Draft Buddy page and check the screenshots. I didn’t even mention the trash talking sound effects!

Early Bird Special

Purchase 2019 Draft Buddy before August 1st and earn a $5 discount off the regular price of $19.95. We also offer a returning member discount after the early bird.

Would you believe people spend that much to purchase prior year fantasy football stats in a spreadsheet format for that price? Draft Buddy includes stats from the past three seasons for all players and does so much more.

Get your copy of Draft Buddy to win your 2019 fantasy football leagues!

Filed Under: Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Draft Buddy

Introducing Draft Buddy RotoBowl I – Roto Fantasy Football

July 30, 2018 By Chris Spencer 15 Comments

Roto Fantasy FootballTired of seeing your fantasy football season crumble because of one bad week in December?

Tired of putting up the 2nd highest points for the week only to lose to the weekly high score?

Tired of playing checkers and want to play chess?

If you answered “yes” to any of the questions above then you, my friend, are ready for roto fantasy football. Yes, it is just like roto fantasy baseball, tracking where you rank in each scoring statistic (a.k.a. category) as opposed to scoring a single fantasy points total for the week or season. Roto is short for rotisserie, the original way to play fantasy sports.

I recently discovered that FanTrax offers roto scoring for their fantasy football product while reading Matt Williams (@MattWi77iams) series on his inaugural roto football experts league. I’m starting up a league myself and I’m looking for others to join me!

Roto Scoring

For a short explanation how a roto scoring league works, lets say you have a 12-team league and 10 statistical categories. One of the statistical categories is passing yards. The team that has the highest passing yards in the league earns 12 points (since there are 12 teams) for that category. The team that has the second highest passing yards earns 11 points. Third – 10 points, fourth – 9 points, and so on down to the lowest passing yards scoring just 1 point.

One key to roto scoring is it does not matter how many more yards, or stats of whatever category, your team has over the next team. It could be 500 yards or 1 yard, only the ranking matters in awarding points. In our fictional 12-team league with 10 categories, the maximum a team can score is 120 points by finishing first in each category.

Roto scoring also allows for the use of ratio stats, such as passing completion percentage, rushing yards per attempt, etc., which is difficult to apply in a traditional fantasy points scoring league.

Statistical Categories

  • Passing Touchdowns
  • Passing Yards
  • Passing Yards/Attempt
  • Rushing Touchdowns
  • Rushing Yards
  • Rushing Yards/Carry
  • Receiving Touchdowns
  • Receiving Yards
  • Receptions
  • Turnovers (Fumbles Lost and Interceptions)

We’ll have nice symmetry with 3 stats for each: passing, rushing and receiving plus one universal negative stat (turnovers). Also, there are eight counting stats and two ratios.

Rosters

  • QB (1)
  • RB (2)
  • WR (3)
  • TE (1)
  • FLEX (3)
  • Bench (6)

That’s right, no kickers or defense. We’re keeping it simple. The Flex position is RB/WR/TE. If we get 12 teams or less we will probably make one of the Flex positions a “super” flex (QB/RB/WR/TE).

Draft

Slow draft (8 hours per pick, timer turned off overnight) starting when league fills to at least 10 teams or as many as 16.

In-Season Management

This is a league we expect you to actively manage your team during the season. If we are going to do this, lets do it right! There are weekly starting lineups and waivers.

Standings

Points will accumulate for the season. There are no weekly head-to-head matchups. The highest points after Week 17 will be crowned the Draft Buddy RotoBowl I Champion!

Draft Order

  1. Bubba – @bdentrek
  2. Chris W – @cman113060
  3. Jim – @Fantasytaz
  4. Pat – @PJHofer07
  5. Mike S – @MStepney71
  6. Josh – @kingsperry37
  7. Chris S – @Roto_Chris
  8. Mike Z – @FFzinger
  9. Dan – @DanYoldi79
  10. Pat – @PolkaPat
  11. Mike A – @MikeJAdamson
  12. Matt – @Razzball_MB
  13. Steve – @fantasygeek37
  14. Evan – @EvFWFB
  15. Brad – @RotoPilot

Follow Along

We’re no longer accepting participants but you can check in on the draft here.
If you have any questions hit me up on Twitter @Roto_Chris or leave a comment below!

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FanEx FAD Experts League Fantasy Football Draft Recap

June 12, 2018 By Mike 2 Comments

DeAndre Hopkins, Houston Texans

Come on down, DeAndre Hopkins. You are my first pick in the 12-team, point-per-reception scoring, best-ball FanEx Fantasy Analysis Draft (FAD), at the 6th overall pick.

The FanEx Fantasy Experts League FAD – that stands for Fantasy Analysis Draft – is underway for the 2018 season. This is the first of my fantasy football experts leagues to get underway, and frankly, my first draft of the year with the exception of a couple of dynasty mocks. From the FanEx commissioner Chris Rito, “participants are expected to write a brief rationale for (their) pick.”

This is only my third year as a member of FanEx, but my first in the FAD. I always liked the concept of the FAD because I usually try in any draft – time permitting – to write draft pick comments in showcase league drafts, to provide my thought process behind the pick as opposed to simply the pick with no explanation as to why. The FAD seemed like a natural fit for me. This is a fantasy football draft recap of the FAD while it is ongoing.

League Format

FAD is structured as a draftmasters / best-ball league, meaning no trades, free agent pickups or even lineup submissions. Each week the optimal starting lineup is automatically started and scored. This is a 12-team league, starting lineup 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 DEF, 1 RB/WR/TE and scoring standard performance plus 1 point-per-reception, 4 points per passing touchdown, -1 for interceptions. The team with the most total points at the end of the season is declared the FAD Champion. I was randomly assigned the 6th overall pick in the draft.

Round 1 (June 13)

The first pick was Todd Gurley by Team Chris Rito / Mike Nazarek. Team Chris Dolfi / Tom Walls followed that up with Le’Veon Bell. So, I need four players to decide between for my first pick. I am behind doing my projections and rankings (thanks World Cup), so I will for now defer to Draft Buddy with the FF Today projections to look at my top available options.

In doing that, I created a short Draft Buddy rules and scoring setup video for my FanEx draft.

I let the other picks before me play out – Ezekiel Elliott, Alvin Kamara and Antonio Brown – and I am up with 1.06. And the picks is…

1.06 WR DeAndre Hopkins, HOU

With all due respect to Tony Holm (drafting 5th) daring me to take RB David Johnson at this pick, I’ve been called worse than nuts before and will pass. Without panning Johnson too much, the Cardinals are undergoing a lot of changes that don’t give me a ton of confidence in the potential success of their workhorse running back.

On to DeAndre Hopkins, there are concerns about regression by his sophomore + small sample size quarterback, returning from a major knee injury, and an unsustainable target share by Nuk. Between these two top choices however I prefer the situation in Houston, and will put my faith in DeShaun Watson (early rehab reports are good), and Hopkins solidly in his prime at 26. I also echo Tony’s thoughts about WR versus RB value in this league format.

Rounds 2 to 5 (June 14-18)

The draft is going slow, which isn’t a surprise this time of year (World Cup!). At this point I will post the commentary I added to the draft report at MyFantasyLeague.com. Go there to read the commentary on picks by the other members of the league, and perhaps I will post again next week after we get through another 5-6 rounds, to assess how my team is shaping up.

2.07 WR Davante Adams, GB

Since I already drafted Hopkins in the first round, this was a bit of a tough call between Davante Adams and a running back, most likely Christian McCaffrey, as the next tier RB are getting thin-ish. One reason I typically prefer to draft near either end as opposed to the very middle of a draft is to be less restricted position-wise with every other turn a short turn around. Ultimately I chose Adams as BPA because of his situation – great QB, clear number one WR with Jordy Nelson departing – and trending performance – back-to-back double digit touchdown season entering year five at age 25. Adams is a safer pick at this point to be a major difference maker over a middling RB who could have trouble scoring.

3.06 RB Devonta Freeman, ATL

At my last pick I felt the current RB tier was getting thin, but thankfully my fellow drafters did not leave it completely bare. Enter Devonta Freeman, ranking 1st, 6th and 14th at the position 2015-2017. The slight drop off last season primarily due to the loss of OC Kyle Shanahan, an additional year to adjust to that change should help. Sign me up for the RB1 and primary pass catching RB on a team capable of being one of the top offenses in the league.

4.07 TE Evan Engram, NYG

I know I am reaching a bit here to add second year player Evan Engram, but I believe it is important to get a top tight end because of the advantage that player provides. There are not a lot of top TE to go around, and the points drop off somewhat significantly. As for Engram over Zach Ertz, it is a close call. I expect some regression from Ertz as he picks up some slack outside the passing game from the departure of Trey Burton. Engram performed well last season without Odell Beckham or Saquon Barkley. Does that open up more big play and scoring opportunities for Engram playing in what should be a much more dynamic offense? How much does he develop from his rookie season? Banking on Engram’s talent, I am positive-optimistic on those questions.

5.06 RB Derrick Henry, TEN

Derrick Henry is a tough one to peg. He’s impressed since his rookie season with 4.3 rushing yards per attempt, 11 touchdowns and shown to be a decent receiver when called upon. However, Henry played in the shadow of DeMarco Murray while fantasy players waited for something to happen to Murray so Henry could ascend to the workhorse back role and become the next Larry Johnson or Michael Turner. Yes, I’m dating myself.

Well now Murray is gone and the Tennessee Titans signed Dion Lewis to a 4-year deal. In today’s NFL, we as fantasy players almost don’t want a RB with no quality depth behind him, because the risk of overuse and injury is too great. So, Lewis’ presence provides some uncertainty to usage, but is not the worst thing in the world. Draft talent, talent usually rises to the top. Henry is a talented back reasonably priced at a mid-5th round pick.

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