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There’s nothing quite like a salary cap draft (formerly known as auction drafts). I compare it to playing Madden on All-Pro level as opposed to snake drafts equating to Madden on rookie mode. That’s how strongly I feel about it. In salary cap drafts, every player is available. If you want Christian McCaffrey you’re not bound to whatever draft position you randomly drew. Also, during a salary cap draft, you need to be engaged for every nomination and also have a gauge on the value of every single player in the pool.
We’ll cover my five most pivotal salary cap draft strategies and five players to target in your leagues.
1. Don’t get caught bidding for the last of a tier
It’s important to enter every salary cap draft with tiered rankings and it’s more important to make sure you don’t get caught bidding on the last player in any specific tier. The last player of a tier tends to go for the most of any player in that tier even if he was the lowest ranked by consensus. That’s the nature of the demand in this format. Instead of waiting for a specific player in a tier that you like the most, make sure to win one of the players nominated earlier from within that tier if your strategy is to draft one player from that tier.
2. Nominate players you don’t want on your team
This one seems simple, but you’d be surprised how many managers nominate the players they want on their teams. The value of nominating the players you don’t want is that you get other managers to spend their budget which ultimately leaves you with buying power when the players you do want to win are nominated later in the draft.
3. Nominate positions you’ve already spent on
Similar to the last tip, once you spend big on a position, your next nominations should be players from within that same tier at that position. If your strategy is to get an elite quarterback and you win the bid for Patrick Mahomes, your next nomination should…
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Author : Dan Schneier
Publish date : 2024-06-25 15:17:34
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