We can make that determination once we get 12 teams….lol

16 would be awsome, I just dont know if we are going to get there at this pace.

I really want to try to hold out for 16 teams and also am game for more roster spots than I mentioned previously, 40-50 total in a 16 team league would be hard core……something I am seeking.

While I’d love to start today, I’m willing to wait. 16 teams changes everything, and with three separate drafts the talent is really spread out…a more extreme challenge.

Even with a 12 team / 45 man roster we’ll be drafting 540 players which roughly equates to 4th string rb’s, 5th string wr’s or rookies drafted in the 7th round or later. If we go to 16 teams we might want to consider 35 man rosters, which means 560 players chosen (which is a good example of how thin the talent will be). At these points in drafting while there is always a gem, there are more guys who will never see the light of day and stay on your roster more to fill it out than because of any perceived potential. We run the risk of gm’s who trade / draft poorly or get hit with injuries losing interest in staying committed for the years it might take to rebuild.

Another consideration is the split between off/def. There is always the possibility of the trade of a LB/DB for the WR/TE, forcing one or the other to drop another player on their roster. Depending on the final roster size maybe a 23/12 split, with 2 IR positions plus the necessity of waiving a roster player to activate the player off of IR?

We might as well discuss the nuts and bolts of this stuff instead of it becoming even a minor issue.

Smitty, any suggestions along these lines for roster size, balancing out the draft orders and all the things we haven’t gotten to?

I figure in a pure Dynasty League part of the fun is unearthing the 4th string rb’s and 5th string wr’s with potential and finding those gem’s. I do see your point though in losing a G.M. with no light at the end of the tunnel so to speak.

I am for a 16 team, 40 man roster if at all possible with like a 24/12 minimum split, 1-2 IR spots (only to be used if player is on NFL IR, and cannot be activated until following season.) The 24/12 split allows for a 4 spot owners discretion between O/D with 40 man roster. I am in a hybrid keeper/dynasty l2 teamer that has 30 roster spots/team just for offense so I do think these numbers are realistic.

Are we thinking blind bidding system for waivers? That is what I usually lean towards.

As for the drafts I like the idea Tav and other have had in insuring a balanced draft for this year, but in future years I do like the inverse order idea XYZ brought up.

I am hoping we get the 16 teams within the next 2 weeks and get the draft going soon after. Granted as Tav, pointed out we still have some nuts & bolts type stuff too work out.

With the starting 8 teams we have though it is a nice core……I am liking the way this is going!

Blind bidding for waivers……

Everyone gets like $100 for the season. Claims have to be in by Wed. midnight for example and if 4 guys put claims in on the player, the GM that put in the largest bid gets the guy. For example Mike Walker goes undrafted. He as a big week. Team A bids $25 on him and 3 other teams bid less. Team A gets Walker and has $75 left in waiver money for the season. The $$$ doesn’t matter after Walker gets placed on a team. If there ae two teams that place the highest bid. The team with the worse record gets the player.

We have a curve:

With 16 teams it doesn’t seem possible to do 3 separate drafts, only works for 12 teams. The info I got was this:

split all the drafts into three segments of four teams. Each draft slot gets assigned to a top-four segment in one draft, middle-four in another, and bottom-four in the third. Three segments based on three drafts. Three divides directly into twelve teams (so four in each segment) but not into sixteen teams (five and a third in each segment). So you’d need a fourth draft to make it work out for 16 teams.

…not a fan of blind bidding, don’t know of a site that supports it, yea, I’d live with it but for now ~ one more voice for keeping it simple.

I’m fine with whatever majority wants……..

As for the blind bidding one site I use supprts it, and in another site that we just write in the “notes section” Walker $25 and when the commish reviews the waiver claims the owner who bid the most gets the guy.

It really is pretty simple, just different. Think of it as an in season auction. you get $100 units. Spend them however you want. If you want to really get a guy spend $100 on that guy and you are done with your waiver claims for the year. It is just more strategy than simply the quickest guy to his computer gets the hot waiver guy for the week. Or the last place team gets the hot waiver guy automaticly. Granted I have never used a free site so I will be new to whatever site we use.

As for IR spots I could go with or without. I think the argument for them is if you lose a guy for the season it lets you pick up another guy without being forced to drop a guy. If we have a 40 guy roster you could have 42 going into next year and then decide to drop whatever guys you want to get to the 40 max.

I like XYZ’s take on the drafts. IDP could als be random and just go inverse for the rookie draft as that will more than likely be the most important.

Again I am open to whatever just explaining my view.

still can’t edit posts in here….