# SDMB All-Pro Fantasy Football 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 1, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570 "2017-08-01T12:27:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/21 "2017-08-31T22:17:45Z")
**DRAFT TONIGHT** (31 August 2017) 8:30p EDT That’s a little over 2 hours from the time of this post. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/22 "2017-08-31T22:31:54Z")
Thanks. I forgot to send out a batch of reminders as I usually do. I’ll send out a mass PM when I get to a computer ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/23 "2017-09-01T00:04:30Z")
Ah, that pre-auction nervousness… ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/24 "2017-09-01T03:15:19Z")
Yahoo projects me at 12-1 and that’s counting Zeke’s suspension as full. 2nd in power rankings. If some of you lovely people want to do draft reviews like in years past I enjoy reading them. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/25 "2017-09-01T03:30:15Z")
Where are the projections and automated analysis? ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/26 "2017-09-01T03:39:20Z")
On the main league page, instead of current standings you can select projections and power rankings. I can’t find the draft grade function they had in previous years - there’s a mock draft grade function, but I can’t find the one for the actual draft. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/27 "2017-09-01T05:12:22Z")
I found a tech support question asking where the draft grades were and the answer was “currently not working, engineers are aware of the issue and working on it.” And that was back on August 20… It did give Chisquirrel the award for “best draft” though. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/28 "2017-09-01T18:23:38Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > It did give Chisquirrel the award for “best draft” though. As well it should. I even ended up with $6 left, so I took the pup for ice cream. The formula for that is a bit simplistic - it merely adds up the projected fantasy points of everyone on your team, high score wins. It ignores byes, positions, matchups, and everything else that can make or break a draft. The standard draft system has working grades. I’ve done two other Yahoo drafts in the past week and gotten both the letter grade and the analysis (which never seems to match the grade, for some reason). ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/29 "2017-09-02T01:46:19Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > The formula for that is a bit simplistic - it merely adds up the projected fantasy points of everyone on your team, high score wins. It ignores byes, positions, matchups, and everything else that can make or break a draft. So if someone just drafted 8 QBs they’d get the best grade? Yeah that’s pretty dumb. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/30 "2017-09-06T18:12:07Z")
There’s an end of draft screen that shows the total projected points from all positions, but that’s not what the projections and power rankings from the league page are based on. Those are based on best projected lineup for every game. In case you guys are interested in more SDMB football stuff, the [pick 'em and survival leagues](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=833482) are open. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/31 "2017-09-11T00:55:57Z")
I seem to recall **RNATB** telling us during the draft that Dalton was gonna have a top 10 season… ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/32 "2017-09-11T00:57:04Z")
I tried to get a bet out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/33 "2017-09-11T01:57:51Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > There’s an end of draft screen that shows the total projected points from all positions, but that’s not what the projections and power rankings from the league page are based on. Those are based on best projected lineup for every game. > > In case you guys are interested in more SDMB football stuff, the [pick 'em and survival leagues](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=833482) are open. That’s what they SAID, but I don’t believe it. They put me in first place…actually, looking at Week 1, maybe that’s right. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/34 "2017-09-13T16:55:45Z")
I figured resident Bears fan **Omni** was going to be who I’d have to outbid for Tarik Cohen, but **Overly Sentimental** blew the doors off with a $44 bid. Why does it show that **SenorBeef** won Buck Allen with a $24 bid, outbidding himself at $23? ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/35 "2017-09-13T18:29:44Z")
Probably has to do with multiple bids with different drop players. Weird though. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/36 "2017-09-13T19:24:21Z")
If I want player A and player B, and prefer to drop player X if I can only get one, but X and Y if I have to get both, rather than dropping A for X and B for Y, I set it up to drop A for X, B for X, then B for Y. That way if I only won one of the players I’d drop my preferred drop (X) first. I could’ve made the same bid and then rearranged the waiver claim order but I was in a hurry so I just made the bids $1 more to make sure it would execute higher. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/37 "2017-09-13T23:13:49Z")
Yeah gotcha. Still getting used to Yahoo’s weird interface. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/38 "2017-09-19T03:29:16Z")
Damn Lions. Just needed 'em to kick a field goal at the end instead of running on 4th down and I’d be 2-0. Alas… ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/39 "2017-10-05T02:00:19Z")
$70 for Latavius Murray? :eek: I mean, I suppose **RNTAB** is 0-4 and figures his season is over if he doesn’t win now, but still… ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570/40 "2017-10-05T16:53:06Z")
I like to check and see what the other bids were. Interesting how much/little variance there sometimes is. Of course, there are the times when you just need a guy… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-all-pro-fantasy-football-2017/792570.md?page=3)