There has been some interest in creating a fantasy football league for us brickpickers to have a little fun with. I've created a league on yahoo. Here are the details...

12 team head to head PPR.

Snake draft.

Points for yardage and td's.

Starting lineups will consist of 1qb, 2 rb, 2 wr, 1 te, 1 flex(rb, wr, or te), 1 k, 1 d/st, and 6 bench players.

Top six teams will make the playoffs.

Prize money awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.

$30 franchise fee.

All money collected will be paid back to the league 100%.

1st place will get $220, 2nd place $90, and 3rd place $30. Total of $340.

League financials will be posted and tracked on the league site so everyone knows who has paid.

Live online draft is scheduled for Tuesday, August 26th at 630pm central time.

I chose this date because it is close to the end of preseason, so major injuries should not be a factor. It's also before Labor Day weekend, so you can spend time with friends and family and not have to worry about a FF draft. I chose a Tuesday night because everyone is most likely around. I chose 630pm central time so our pickers on the coasts should most likely be able to participate.

Draft order will be randomly determined by yahoo once you log into the live draft.

In keeping with the spirit of this wonderful site, I ask that all owners make their team names Lego related.

I will collect entry fees and pay out prize money via paypal. It's the easiest way to do this. As long as we send as a gift payment no paypal fees will be deducted. The winners can obviously use their winnings any way they choose to, but hopefully they will spend it on some lego and post the pics to brag about it!

A little about myself...I live in Green Bay, WI, and am a HUGE Packer fan. I have been going to Packer games since 1989 when I was in middle school, and share season tickets with my father (yes, the senior citizen I am always talking about dragging to shopko to utilize his 15% senior discount). I run a 12 team auction league up here and this season is our 20th year. We have very little ownership turnover, so that makes it quite a bit of fun. Alas, in 19 seasons I have only won the championship twice. It's ok though. I have fun running the league.

Now, I realize that we have a pretty tight knit community here, and that I am asking potential owners to send money to a complete stranger. I kept the entry fee low ($30) to reduce the scam potential, but it's still enough for the winner to be able to buy a nice exclusive. I have been an active member on this site for a year and a half, with over 400 "likes". I sell on eBay under the handle scoob222000. I have over 600 positive feedbacks there, with no neutral or negatives. I just started selling on bricklink. My handle there is terrymc, and my store is Everything is Awesome!! Since I just got started there my feedback is only at 31, but it's 100% positive as well. Please feel free to check out my profiles. The point I am trying to make is that I'm not setting this up to scam anybody, but instead to have a little fun this football season with some fellow pickers.

If all of this sounds good then PM me your email address and I will send you the link to join the league. Ed and/or Jeff, if you are reading this it would be awesome if you guys would join us. So far we have three owners. Nine spots are left. It's first come, first served.

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!?!

I think knowing sooner is better.  At least the first two rounds kind of get mapped out and go much faster.  You know, so we know which kicker to grab with our first picks.

However, to be fair, we should send out emails so hopefully everyone knows.

I also have my kicker lined up and am very excited to see which one I can grab in the first round! 

I think knowing sooner is better. At least the first two rounds kind of get mapped out and go much faster. You know, so we know which kicker to grab with our first picks.

However, to be fair, we should send out emails so hopefully everyone knows.

Agreed. I'll have them do it now then send out a league email as well as a post on here to cover all bases. I'm assuming everyone playing is following this thread and receiving notifications, but you never know.

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Here is the order, randomly selected by yahoo. Remember, it's a snake draft, so the order reverses every other round.

1 the powder poofs

2 Green Bay Pickers

3 soaring 10227 bwings

4 the plastic manor

5 the lone rangers

6 studs out

7 manziels finger

8 hot cakes

9 808 brick layers

10 brick iron Canucks

11 kingdomofbricks

12 galaxy explorers

Mock away! The live draft is a little over 24 hours away! Good luck!

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Man, I wish I wouldn't have missed this thread weeks ago. 

Man, I wish I wouldn't have missed this thread weeks ago.

If it's successful (which I think it will be), we'll do it again next season.

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Yay!  Last pick. 

 

Auction drafts separate the men from the boys.

Agreed. I'll have them do it now then send out a league email as well as a post on here to cover all bases. I'm assuming everyone playing is following this thread and receiving notifications, but you never know.

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League email has been sent via yahoo.

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Here is the order, randomly selected by yahoo. Remember, it's a snake draft, so the order reverses every other round.

1 the powder poofs

2 Green Bay Pickers

3 soaring 10227 bwings

4 the plastic manor

5 the lone rangers

6 studs out

7 manziels finger

8 hot cakes

9 808 brick layers

10 brick iron Canucks

11 kingdomofbricks

12 galaxy explorers

Mock away! The live draft is a little over 24 hours away! Good luck!

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Really!!!  Ughh...5th.  I meant to say that we should definitely WAIT.  And pick tomorrow before the draft

this isnt PPR right?

Yay! Last pick.

Auction drafts separate the men from the boys.

Agreed. The league I have been running up here in GB for 20 seasons now is an auction league. The first two seasons we ran a traditional draft. Once we switched we have never looked back. If you want a certain player, you can have him. Just depends on how much you want to pay.

Also, I hate picking high. I'd rather pick between 6-8 in a twelve team.

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this isnt PPR right?

It IS ppr.

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It IS ppr.

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Glad I asked

Agreed. The league I have been running up here in GB for 20 seasons now is an auction league. The first two seasons we ran a traditional draft. Once we switched we have never looked back. If you want a certain player, you can have him. Just depends on how much you want to pay.

Also, I hate picking high. I'd rather pick between 6-8 in a twelve team.

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i'll trade ya my pick for your's then

 

are we having 15 rounds and not the usual 16?  maybe i read it wrong?

this isnt PPR right?

 

read the rules?  ha

i'll trade ya my pick for your's then

are we having 15 rounds and not the usual 16? maybe i read it wrong?

15 rounds. Starting lineups are qb, rb, rb, wr, wr, te, flex (rb, wr, or te), k, defense, and 6 bench slots for whatever you wish to draft. That's 15 players.

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15 rounds. Starting lineups are qb, rb, rb, wr, wr, te, flex (rb, wr, or te), k, defense, and 6 bench slots for whatever you wish to draft. That's 15 players.

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you sure it's not Starting lineups are qb, rb, rb, wr, wr, te, flex (rb, wr, or te), k, defense, and 7 bench slots for whatever you wish to draft.

First pick? Oh crap. Trying to pick between Matt Prater and Sam Bradford. Decisions, decisions.

I also have my kicker lined up and am very excited to see which one I can grab in the first round! 

Well...just a heads up, no drafting guys from the Rough Riders.  Or even the Roughriders. 

ahhhhh, i DIDNT want the random draft picked now ... 9th pick!!! dammnnnnnnnnnn!!!!

j/k, all is good ... but man, now i gotta plan!!!

Well...just a heads up, no drafting guys from the Rough Riders. Or even the Roughriders.

No need to worry I am focusing on Tigercats

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Ugg...just did a mock draft.  I HATE online drafting.  What do you say we just cruise over to my house around 4ish and we'll draft in person.  I'll get the pizza, beer and some juice boxes for hxckid88 and we'll get this done the right way!

 

On a serious note...I did the mock on my ipad with the yahoo app.  Is that the same set up as the actual draft will be?  Cuz on the mobil site it says that my system doesn't support adobe (when will Apple and Adobe learn to play nice together?)

 

Thanks!

First pick? Oh crap. Trying to pick between Matt Prater and Sam Bradford. Decisions, decisions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_wgPzjiCsw

 

With the first pick in the 2014 Brickpicker Fantasy Draft...

Ugg...just did a mock draft. I HATE online drafting. What do you say we just cruise over to my house around 4ish and we'll draft in person. I'll get the pizza, beer and some juice boxes for hxckid88 and we'll get this done the right way!

On a serious note...I did the mock on my ipad with the yahoo app. Is that the same set up as the actual draft will be? Cuz on the mobil site it says that my system doesn't support adobe (when will Apple and Adobe learn to play nice together?)

Thanks!

I have been using my iPad for the mock drafts and it has been working fine. I haven't tried the mobile app yet.

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I have been using my iPad for the mock drafts and it has been working fine. I haven't tried the mobile app yet.

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Yeah...I think I am okay.  For whatever reason it says my device doesn't support adobe flash (i have an Ipad 2) But the app worked for the mock, and per some research online it should be good to go.  You'll know something is wrong if the autodraft starts grabbing my second kicker in round 7 or something stupid like that.

Yeah...I think I am okay. For whatever reason it says my device doesn't support adobe flash (i have an Ipad 2) But the app worked for the mock, and per some research online it should be good to go. You'll know something is wrong if the autodraft starts grabbing my second kicker in round 7 or something stupid like that.

If you are drafting your second kicker in round seven, then there is most certainly something wrong with your strategy. Two kickers in the top seven rounds? Good luck with that!

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