Stop "Helping" People
This year the autodraft algorithm was clearly different. It made the pre-draft rankings almost completely meaningless. After talking to other members in my league, it is very clear that the algorithm is taking into account factors outside of the owners' pre-draft rankings. In previous years, a team's starting positions had to be filled before backup positions, which is fair. But now the auto-draft is picking starting players in later rounds than the pre-draft rankings would suggest (e.g., QBs were selected in 5th rounds and on despite owners having some of them ranked in the top-10). This just makes every team the same. There's no strategy to the auto-draft whatsoever anymore. That sucks.
Ian Forsythe
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