2019 Pre-Draft [REMINDER]

[Aston]

3/17 - FA 1-7
3/18 - Draft begins
3/22 - FA 1-8
3/24 - FA 1-9
3/25 - FA 1-10,11,12
3/27 - FA 2-1
3/29 - FA 2-2
3/31 - FA 2-3,4,5
4/1 - Training Camp

Posted here to bring it to everyone's attention as a FYI! So nobody gets left with dozens of unused interviews come draft time.

THIS SIM, that will be run on Thursday March 17, is the LAST SIM to get your interviews in before the draft! The next sim after that is run four days after the draft begins. Much of the excitement will probably be done with by then.

So don't miss this export folks.

And as it turns out, interviews are actually a good idea to spend time doing [link]...(the last few posts made by chuck)...I remember in past discussions I've mentioned I thought they were not worth much except for QBs, so now's a good time to set the record straight and basically I didn't have a clue. Would explain a bit, eh?

[Guest]

Thanks for posting this up. I was set to do something similar but you beat me to it. By the way, I was trying to explain what I said about interviews at the last OSFL draft but I think I did a bad job or something.

Just a couple more draft tips for the newbies (and for others who may have forgotten ;-) )

1) Register in the draft utility ASAP. Once registered, the first thing you should do is go to the options tab and take yourself off autopick (if it is on). You do this by deselecting "auto pick from selections", then hitting save.

By default it looks like everyone is on autopick unless they register. Which means if you wait until the last minute to register - the CPU might pick for you.

If you can't register, contact Linty to have your password reset.

2) Start putting a list together and figure out how to use it. You don't want to be the one who gets CPU picked in the 1st round because you slept in and missed your pick.

3) My personal rule of thumb is not to make a trade with someone if the time left on the clock runs down past 10-15 minutes. It takes time to post a trade and swap the picks in the utility. And unless an admin is on, the utility is not forgiving when it comes to making autopicks.

4) Once all of your interviews are in, upload the extractor file into the utility. Then you can go anywhere without needing to check the game.

If you have any questions whatsoever about the draft utility, do not hesitate to ask.

[Lintyfresh85]

By default it looks like everyone is on autopick unless they register. Which means if you wait until the last minute to register - the CPU might pick for you.

Not this year. No one is on auto pick unless the CPU is running the team. If you miss a pick, though, you will be put on auto until you return.

[Guest]

Not this year. No one is on auto pick unless the CPU is running the team.

Perhaps my mistake. I just noticed that an awful lot of teams are set to autopick... And I was set to autopick when I first logged in.

Although I guess if you are set to pick from a list and you have no list then nothing is really going to happen.

[Onexcuse2many]

how quick will the draft go on Friday? I'll be working and most likely won't be able to check it till I get home. I have my first round pick ready to go. I'm just wondering if we will get to the second round on Friday.

[Guest]

I'm just wondering if we will get to the second round on Friday.

Just from previous experience and what I saw last season, the chances that we get to the 2nd round on Friday are slim to none. Some people will use their full time, either to try to make a trade or because they won't show up to pick.

On the other hand, I have seen some leagues just cruise through the 1st round in less than a day. I just don't think that's this league.

[Aston]

Thanks for posting this up. I was set to do something similar but you beat me to it. By the way, I was trying to explain what I said about interviews at the last OSFL draft but I think I did a bad job or something.

What I remember from last year's draft is you saying something about how Sole/intelligence was similar for WRs and QBs or something of that sort. How a low intelligence score for an interviewed WR was sort of a good sign, like a low intelligence on a high sole QB and so on. Could you clarify that again, actually?

[Guest]

What I remember from last year's draft is you saying something about how Sole/intelligence was similar for WRs and QBs or something of that sort.

You can apply it for almost every position, actually. I think offensive linemen are the one exception (the sol score only correlates to intelligence). RBs are also tricky because the sol score really heavily correlates to hole recognition.

If you use draft analyzer it really helps in this respect (or you have to find the combine thread on FOF). For example, if I look at WRs I know that the sol score is correlated 50-50 between intelligence and route running. So if I see a WR with a 30 sol score and 0 intelligence, I can be pretty confident his route running will be maxed. Similarly for a 48 sol score and 100 intelligence.

On the other hand, if I see a 30 sol score matched with 100 intelligence, his route running is going to be on the low side.

I can't tell you specifics... You just start to get a feel for it after a while. Also, you can see some funny stuff happening. For example, in the CyFL draft I picked CB Oscar Stanton. He was a combine skipper: 37 sol and 91 intelligence. Normally I would project a play diagnosis bar for him of around 50. But I'm pretty sure his bar is correct (looks to be about 75) and that he's going to creep on some of his other bars. Why do I think that? Well, I'm not going to give you all my secrets. ;-)

It can also go the other way... A few seasons ago I drafted a SS in the USFL. Really, really solid combines (4.50 forty, 26 bench, 6.90 agility). He had a 37 sol score and 19 intelligence, so projects to have a play diagnosis bar of around 100. I thought for sure he was a stud 70-80 SS. Nope, just an average 55/55 guy and his play diagnosis bar is somewhere in the 65 range.

But - I don't want to discourage you from using sol score/int. Recently I have really started using it, with one or two other indicators, to weed out the studs from the duds.

[Aston]

I finally think I see what you are saying now. That sole score contributes to two categories. The intelligence is not really something scouts get wrong (is it?) - while bars lie all the time. But the intelligence of a player doesn't really matter, while the bars do. So a decent sole score with really high intelligence means all of that sole went into the player's intelligence rating, leaving little left for his route running. But if that sole score is high enough, it starts to not matter so much what the intelligence score is because there's enough of it to go around for both categories. And if the sole score is low, it starts getting to the point where even if all of the sole went into route running, it wouldn't be real high anyways.

Beautiful.

I don't really have a sense of the numbers, though. For instance, 37 sole + 19 intelligence, 65 PD is not awful and doesn't surprise me too much. That isn't even a red sole for a safety, so while it's high, it could be higher.

BTW, I can only hope you're wrong on Stanton, though he is VU by my scout.

[Guest]

I don't really have a sense of the numbers, though. For instance, 37 sole + 19 intelligence, 65 PD is not awful and doesn't surprise me too much. That isn't even a red sole for a safety, so while it's high, it could be higher.

Personally I have started to do a spreadsheet on this, because of just how useful the information is. And I can tell you that 37 sole + 19 int normally gives a very, very high play diagnosis bar on a CB/S.

BTW, I can only hope you're wrong on Stanton, though he is VU by my scout.

You're the 2nd person to tell me their scout said VU and that's also what mine says. My only worry with him is his volatility.

[Guest]

Oh yeah, forgot to say this. I am pretty sure intelligence is a fixed number for a player.