When is your FFB draft?

Question

Ours is Aug. 23rd which seems a little early to me.

Answer 1

Hi Outlander,

Whenever possible, its always best to schedule your fantasy draft as close to the regular season as possible.  The NFL pre-season is very volatile and many things could happen to make a team change their strategy:

-Injuries

-Positional Battles

-Trades

-FA Pickups

I myself have been a victim of a pre-season injury which happened WHILE WE WERE IN OUR DRAFT.  I drafted a RB in the 3rd round and literally watched him get injured in a pre-season game a few minutes later.  No one likes to see this happen, so its best to minimize this situation by drafting close to the regular season.  

Another thing to consider is how you're drafting and who can make the draft.  In my live draft leagues, we always adjust the draft date according to how many people can actually attend the live draft.  In this type of league, its more important that we have good attendance as we really enjoy our live draft each year.  We risk getting bit by the injury bug, but it is worth it in live leagues to get as many people to the draft as possible.

On the other hand, if you're conducting your draft online, it would probably be easier for everyone to make it and therefore better to schedule it as close to the regular season as possible.  It's balancing act between attendance and date, just use common sense and remember that in the end everyone is drafting from the same level-playing field regardless of the chosen draft date.

Hope this helps

Answer 2

I have one that weekend as well.

It is a bit early, but we had to choose that date to accomodate family, work, other commitments.

That places it in the third week of the preseason, so your risks of losing drafted players is pretty modest.

By the final preseason game, few starters play more than a series or two.

You should be okay, but I agree that it is nice to draft at the last possible moment.