The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1266 – Podapalloza Day 2: Draft Strategies

2/25/24

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Topics

• What’s the earliest draft you do and how do you prepare for it?
• How do you use projections? Do you have a favorite system (if so, why?) Are you wildly capable and making your own?
• Speaking of projections, let’s talk about using the auction calculator in projections and how it informs your process. Are you using the AC to determine value points in a draft? To inform your KDS? For tiers or rankings?
• Position Scarcity: How do you see it this year? Is it impacting your strategy? Which positions/why?
• Changing Landscape from 2023: How is it impacting category targets that inform your draft? Particularly for SB, HR, W, but really any category
• Do you use draft software or some other system to track categories during a draft or do you just have a good feel for it? When do you adjust in a draft?
• Lightning Round: Top priorities for KDS this year and where you want to draft if given your first picks? Do you mock draft for particular positions in the draft?
• When do you transition from ADP informing strategy to just get your guys? Does it change based on where you are drafting? Middle/End?
• Early round strategy: Do you plan out the first few rounds? How modular do you go with that? I call this the “Choose your own adventure” draft strategy.
• Lightning round: One guy you are avoiding  in the top 3 rounds?
• Middle round strategy: Are you fixing early round misses, building on strengths?
• Late round strategy: Draft guys with jobs? With upside? Easy drops for the first FAAB period.
• Lightning round: One guy you’re targeting with an ADP after 300

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