Can't win a championship without defense...and Yahoo has adjusted their points over the years and I haven't kept up. That's why the #1 point scorer in my league last year was a defensive guy.

Oh well.....:-)
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It's a level playing field for everyon either way. I'm completely lost preranking though. I messed with it for a while thos afternoon and I feel worse about it than when I started. I may reset the whole thing and start over.
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You and me both! My first year doing this so I really have no idea what I'm doing, hopefully I get lucky!
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The Yahoo draft is interesting. Have not entirely figured it out. It does a "snaking draft", which means 1 thru 10, then 10 thru 1, then 1 thru 10 and so on.

I drafted a kicker in the second round somehow mu first year. Now I make sure kickers are at the bottom.:-)

It will fill in your rosters for you as well when it runs out of your ranked players.

Ask questions. Sounds like we have some other vets on the board. I don;t mind answering a "few" questions...:-)

Edit: I'll even answer questions for a Purdue guy like you!:-)
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:-)
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The first year that I participated in a Yahoo league with autodraft, I basically pre-ranked my preferred players according to their roster position. In other words, I filled out a game roster (1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WRs, Def, Kicker, etc.) with my top selections at each position.

DO NOT DO THIS!

What happened is that I drew the #10 spot in my draft and, of course, the first 9 players had also ranked the same QB, RBs, etc., that I did. So the first player on my list that was still available by the time #10 came around was the Defense--yes, my first draft pick was a freaking Defense. It was a horrible draft.

On the other hand, I finished 3rd in the league that year, but it was cause I spent an awful lot of time week to week making trades or working the waiver wire. :-)

I guess I better start looking at player rankings and figuring things out this year! Good luck to everyone!
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All right, fellers.

I will lock the league and turn the draft to ready on Tuesday night, 9/1 at midnight CST. (that:-) Tues/Wed). Once the draft completes, I will post up the unlock time. I am out of town until Tuesday afternoon, so I will check for questions before I head out tomorrow, and when I get back.

Good Luck!
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I'm going on vacation with no Internet access. Damn! Leave some good players for me!
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When do you get back? I was planning on turning everyone loose on the weekend if all goes according to plan.
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I'll be back on Sunday night (9/6). You don't have to hold everything up for me.
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T-minus 4 hours and 50 minutes til I flip the draft and lock the teams. Are you ready?
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Not sure if I'm ready, but my pre-draft rankings are locked in....! we'll find out soon if I figured-out this defensive-player thing, or royally screwed up. :-)
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Draft is set to ready and teams are locked. Another league I am in took 4 hours for draft to complete, so hopefully, you will see your teams and I will post up the unlock time.

Good luck.:-)
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Apparently the Yahoo folks sleep overnight and we are still waiting on the draft to go. I'll keep checking it out and let you know.
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Draft is complete!

Keep a look out here, as I will post the "unlock" date and time here.
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I'm relatively pleased by my draft, despite the sketchy RB & WR selections.
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I have Ochocinco. You are all going down. :-)

A few minor corrections to the roster and I'm happy with the results.
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Ok, gang.

I will unlock the teams on Saturday at 7pm CST.

Get your plans ready and your mouse clickers warmed up!
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Getting ready to unlock the league. Just giving y'all a heads up.
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got me some more defense.........I hope I know what I'm doing. :-)
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