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Auction draft strategies
Posted on 7/14/11 at 11:22 am
Posted on 7/14/11 at 11:22 am
My league is doing an auction draft for the first time this year and I've been trying to figure out the best strategies.
I've been doing a bunch of mock drafts based on one strategy: spending about $130 on the first three picks. Either 2 rb's and a wr or 3 rb's. I'm in a standard scoring league that runs 2rbs, 2 wrs, and 1wr/rb.
I've been drafting Peterson and Jamaal pretty regularly with the first two.
I'm just wondering what strategies those of you who have done auction drafts have found to work well in the past. Thanks.
I've been doing a bunch of mock drafts based on one strategy: spending about $130 on the first three picks. Either 2 rb's and a wr or 3 rb's. I'm in a standard scoring league that runs 2rbs, 2 wrs, and 1wr/rb.
I've been drafting Peterson and Jamaal pretty regularly with the first two.
I'm just wondering what strategies those of you who have done auction drafts have found to work well in the past. Thanks.
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Posted on 7/14/11 at 11:23 am to JackTMed
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I've been doing a bunch of mock drafts based on one strategy: spending about $130 on the first three picks
What is your cap?
Posted on 7/14/11 at 11:31 am to LSUAlum2001
$200
Posted on 7/14/11 at 11:38 am to JackTMed
The biggest thing IMO is to group your players into tiers. With auction drafts everyone is different but the first couple of players are gonna set the price for players. You never want to get caught bidding on the last player in a tier. Say there are 4 tier 1 RB's, people will realize that whoever is left is the last one and there will be a serious dropoff after that. You either want to get a player in that tier before he's the only one left or try and drive up the bid on the last guy as high as possible and wait for the next tier of player at a significant discount.
Posted on 7/14/11 at 11:44 am to JackTMed
I don't have a set strategy going in, just rank the players and what you feel are the right value for them. If a player is up for below the value you set for them and it is a position of need I bid. I also throw out the guys I know are going to go over the value I set first. If I have my QB's set and there are others that don't I'll throw out a QB to be bid on. I want everyone else to spend their money before the guys I really want come up. It's ridiculous some of the players you can get by being patient the first 30 minutes and not panicking.
Posted on 7/14/11 at 1:42 pm to tigahfromtheham
Go to ESPN and you can simulate auction drafts. I am playing in an auction league for the first time and learned alot by running through 4-5 mock auctions. Another huge factor is the order in which players are auctioned. To me, the turns I got to nominate players to be auctioned were the biggest advantages I had.
Posted on 7/14/11 at 1:46 pm to tigahfromtheham
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It's ridiculous some of the players you can get by being patient the first 30 minutes and not panicking.
Too an extent, some auctions the price for the upper level guys is just gonna be high. I've seen people get burned by waiting to late also. It doesn't matter how many tier 2/3 guys you rack up you need some elite players are your team to win a ship.
This post was edited on 7/14/11 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 7/14/11 at 3:48 pm to boonies
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Go to ESPN and you can simulate auction drafts. I am playing in an auction league for the first time and learned alot by running through 4-5 mock auctions.
Yeah I mentioned in the OP I've been doing a bunch.
I like the teams I've been getting with the strategy I've been using.
Basically I pick up 3 top 5 guys and then find myself sitting around for a REALLY long time, picking up a low top 10-12 QB, then getting a whole bunch of really good $1-$5 deals at the end.
I've always found that in regular drafts the first 4-5 rounds determine your season and the rest is made up on the waiver wire in-season. So I figure why not use most of that $200 early on and then hope for the best on waivers during the season.
Posted on 7/14/11 at 3:52 pm to boonies
And as for ESPN, I currently HATE their mock auction drafts because the computers auto bid the players up to twice their value. I've been using Yahoo for now because it's much more realistic. Once live humans start showing up in August on ESPN I'll go over there.
Posted on 7/17/11 at 10:25 pm to JackTMed
A couple of points:
1) Nominate big name players that you have no intention of buying early. You want to burn as much points as you can from the other owners early.
2) Constantly track/analyze points. This is the biggest part of an auction draft IMO. You need to know how much everyone has left, how much the average bid prices for remaining players to be bid, etc.
1) Nominate big name players that you have no intention of buying early. You want to burn as much points as you can from the other owners early.
2) Constantly track/analyze points. This is the biggest part of an auction draft IMO. You need to know how much everyone has left, how much the average bid prices for remaining players to be bid, etc.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 10:07 am to JackTMed
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Auction draft strategiesMy league is doing an auction draft for the first time this year and I've been trying to figure out the best strategies. I've been doing a bunch of mock drafts based on one strategy: spending about $130 on the first three picks. Either 2 rb's and a wr or 3 rb's. I'm in a standard scoring league that runs 2rbs, 2 wrs, and 1wr/rb. I've been drafting Peterson and Jamaal pretty regularly with the first two. I'm just wondering what strategies those of you who have done auction drafts have found to work well in the past. Thanks.
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Posted on 8/5/11 at 1:09 pm to DrunkenTiger76
Post-lockout bump.
Posted on 8/5/11 at 1:39 pm to JackTMed
I'm gearing up for my first auction draft tomorrow. I did a few mock auctions just to get a feel for it and am confident taht I have no idea what is going to happen 
Posted on 8/5/11 at 1:40 pm to JackTMed
The guys who I read/listen to the most always say to drive up prices on superstars and then sit back and reap the benefits while you pick off solid players for decent prices.
Posted on 8/5/11 at 2:32 pm to OBUDan
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The guys who I read/listen to the most always say to drive up prices on superstars and then sit back and reap the benefits while you pick off solid players for decent prices.
You also want to have a few guys in mind that you know are going to be undervalued.
Last year, guys like Peterson, Johnson, Gore, Drew, etc....were going for around $70. I was able to sneak away Mendenhall during the middle of all of that for 45$. Stuff like this happens every year. The guy who got Foster spent 30 something. So in other words, pick your guys and draft for value.
Posted on 8/5/11 at 7:41 pm to blowmeauburn
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The guys who I read/listen to the most always say to drive up prices on superstars and then sit back and reap the benefits while you pick off solid players for decent prices.
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Last year, guys like Peterson, Johnson, Gore, Drew, etc....were going for around $70. I was able to sneak away Mendenhall during the middle of all of that for 45$. Stuff like this happens every year. The guy who got Foster spent 30 something. So in other words, pick your guys and draft for value.
How did you guys do in your respective leagues? I found last year that having three solid upper tier players (CJ, JC, & AJ) and a bunch of waiver wire pick ups helped me to the title. I figure why not spent $130 in the first couple minutes and get some studs and then make up the rest later on? Have y'all found this not to work well in auction leagues?
Posted on 8/5/11 at 10:28 pm to JackTMed
I've been playing in an auction league for 12 years and here are a few tips that might help you.
- When it is your turn to put up a player, never name a player you want. This will allow others to spend points on a player you don't want.
- If possible, wait to the last second to bid on a player. Don't jump into bidding early, it will only run up the bid.
- Always go one point higher. People are so quick to go 5-10 points higher for someone they really want. If you do this, you can find yourself paying more than you need to for a few players and this will hurt you towards the end.
- Some people hold out and let people spend they money/points early so they can try to build a team with players they get good values on, that might work, but I like to get 2 horses on my team and then work the value angle from there.
- When it is your turn to put up a player, never name a player you want. This will allow others to spend points on a player you don't want.
- If possible, wait to the last second to bid on a player. Don't jump into bidding early, it will only run up the bid.
- Always go one point higher. People are so quick to go 5-10 points higher for someone they really want. If you do this, you can find yourself paying more than you need to for a few players and this will hurt you towards the end.
- Some people hold out and let people spend they money/points early so they can try to build a team with players they get good values on, that might work, but I like to get 2 horses on my team and then work the value angle from there.
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