Introduction to Dynasty Fantasy Football
Introduction to Dynasty Fantasy Football Fantasy football has exploded over the past several years. Even some of the most diehard managers still have not heard about dynasty fantasy football. If you have that itch in March, April, or even May to “tinker” with a lineup or make a trade, then you have come to the right place and a dynasty league is just the thing for you. The goal here is to give you an essential road map for navigating your first-ever dynasty startup draft and all the nuances involved, which you do not necessarily deal with in redraft leagues. FullTime Fantasy has you covered with the latest dynasty football rankings. Also, check out these great dynasty league start-up tips. Finally, don’t miss out on your chance to win the Dynasty Football World Championship. What is a Dynasty League? We will start by defining a dynasty league courtesy of the industry leader in the format DLF (Dynasty League Football). In a dynasty fantasy football league, you retain most or all of your players yearly. This creates an environment quite different from that of a redraft league. It also creates a stronger sense of team pride, enabling managers to keep players and build a team over time. Success is achieved with greater satisfaction. Mistakes or successes in a dynasty league can affect a franchise’s fortunes for years, just like in the NFL. A dynasty league also facilitates trades, including trading draft picks, and encourages a deeper roster pool so young “project” players can be identified and groomed. Read the Fine Print Familiarize yourself with the rules and settings of your leagues just as you would in redraft. Pay extra special attention to roster sizes, IR (injured reserve) slots, whether or not your league allows taxi squads, and whether or not there are any types of contracts or salaries involved. For beginners, we recommend a more simplified league that does not utilize contracts and salaries. Your draft strategy will change depending on whether the league is non-PPR, half-PPR, or full-PPR. You will also be severely pivoting if it is a Superflex (two-quarterback league) or tight end premium (tight ends scoring weighed heavier) because values change dramatically based on the starting lineup allocations and scoring format. Timely Drafting We can understand the urge to draft immediately once you decide to plunge into the dynasty format, but the prudent approach is to wait until peak redraft season. This will allow you to acquire as much information as possible to make educated and informed decisions. This will be beneficial not only to you but also to other managers who may be new to the dynasty format. Next season, you can have your rookie draft right after the NFL draft to feed that craving you are experiencing in the offseason. Be Active Early and Often While you want to be careful not to mortgage the future too much, a good strategy involves acquiring more picks in the first five or six rounds, if possible. This allows you to draft several sure-fire starters for the current and next several seasons if you have done your due diligence. Ensure your contact information is current and you reply to messages or inquiries about potential trades. Interact with other managers and keep communication moving in a positive direction. This will benefit you in the long term in your dealings with others. Remember, you are joining a dynasty league to feed your addiction, which is now year-round. This is not to say that you must log on to your league site daily, but do check back often. You will learn quickly that values change rapidly in this format, and you need to be keen on capitalizing on the current market. Something else to consider, which is very important, is the reliability of the other managers in the league you join. You want others who are as committed as you and will stick with the league through the good and bad times. Like in your redraft league, there is only one champion, meaning there are 11 (or nine, depending on your league size) other losers. The ability to “reset” your team after a bad season does not exist in a dynasty league. Know Your Values Long gone are the days of just using cheat sheets. There are so many more tools at your disposal now. One of the most important in determining the value of dynasty players is ADP (average draft position). Ryan McDowell organizes ADP data from mock drafts of the Startup Dynasty. It is then published on DLF (Dynasty League Football) for consumption. By using ADP instead of rankings, you remove the opinion of just one expert or panel of experts and incorporate the community as a whole, along with the experts, to gather a consensus value of a particular player. Even more important is that these are broken down by league type (one quarterback or Superflex). The other keyword here is current. DLF updates ADP monthly, so you will have the most recent player valuation to work with during your start-up draft. The last thing to touch on concerning value is the ability to determine what future rookie picks are worth. You will want to determine if other managers overvalue future picks. Try to put a name to the picks involved in the deal to give you the proper framework for the deal. For example, you want to trade for a sixth- or seventh-round pick in your current startup draft. Approximate what player you would target in that range, and then carefully calculate who would be available in the rookie draft next year based on the multitude of prospect rankings available. Stick to Your Guns Do not fall into the trap of filling out your lineup a certain way. Doing so causes you to stray from the BPA (best player available) approach and ultimately leads to reaching for a player to fill a spot, thus decreasing the value of the slot you are drafting from. Leagues have been
Scott Atkins’ NFL Mock Draft FINAL
Scott Atkins’ NFL Mock Draft Final What a wild ride this NFL Mock Draft season was! The Commanders zeroed in on Jayden Daniels and the Patriots fell in love with JJ McCarthy. This sent the Vikings into a frenzy trying to move up to four to take their Quarterback. Even the Giants and Raiders hit the phones but the Cardinals with all that draft capital were locked in on MHJ. Now trades throw a huge wrinkle into any mock and sometimes it’s best to not try to predict any trades at all because if they don’t come in, your whole draft can be thrown off. So of course this year, I had to project a record FOUR trades! D The first with the Vikings. After unsuccessfully prying away the 4 pick from the Cardinals, Jim Harbaugh and the Chargers pick up the phone and say DEAL in order to plug their holes at OL and WR later in the round. I thought a lot about moving the Giants up one spot for the Chargers but in the end I chose the Vikings as the Chargers dance partner. Afterwards, the Giants surprise everyone with their selection of Rome Odunze (who we heard they had at the top of their WR board). The Jets then see an opportunity to lock in the last of the three stud WRs and trade up to 8 in a deal with the Falcons, who get the guy they would have taken at 8. That’s what they call a win-win for both teams. The Eagles move up from 22 to 12 with the Broncos to snag their top DB in the class while the Broncos trade down and select their QB Michael Penix not Bo Nix. The Steelers trade up with the Colts for an early draft day move, swapping picks to ensure they get their corner while the Colts had their eye on a certain WR from LSU to help pour some jet fuel on the Anthony Richardson led offense. Here is Scott Atkins’ NFL Mock Draft Final for The Huddle Report Annual Contest Submission submitted on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. No Thursday updates are allowed to this mock draft. Follow me @ScottFantasy. Scott Atkins – Fulltime Fantasy PICK TEAM PLAYER 1 BEARS Caleb Williams, QB USC 2 COMMANDERS Jayden Daniels, QB LSU 3 PATRIOTS JJ McCarthy, QB Michigan 4 CARDINALS Marvin Harrison, WR Ohio St 5 VIKINGS – TRADE with CHARGERS Drake Maye, QB North Carolina 6 GIANTS Rome Odunze, WR Washington 7 TITANS Joe Alt, OT Notre Dame 8 JETS – TRADE with FALCONS Malik Nabers, WR LSU 9 BEARS Byron Murphy, DL Texas 10 FALCONS – TRADE with JETS Laiatu Latu, EDGE UCLA 11 CHARGERS – TRADE with VIKINGS JC Latham, OT Alabama 12 EAGLES – TRADE with BRONCOS Quinyon Mitchell, CB Toledo 13 RAIDERS Taliese Fuaga, OT Oregon St 14 SAINTS Olu Fashanu, OT Penn St 15 STEELERS – TRADE with COLTS Terrion Arnold, CB Alabama 16 SEAHAWKS Dallas Turner, EDGE Alabama 17 JAGUARS Troy Fautanu, OT Washington 18 BENGALS Brock Bowers, TE Georgia 19 RAMS Jared Verse, EDGE Florida St 20 COLTS — TRADE with STEELERS Brian Thomas, WR LSU 21 DOLPHINS Graham Barton, OT Duke 22 BRONCOS – TRADE with EAGLES Michael Penix, QB Washington 23 CHARGERS – TRADE with VIKINGS Ladd McConkey, WR Georgia 24 COWBOYS Amarius Mims, OT Georgia 25 PACKERS Tyler Guyton, OT Oklahoma 26 BUCCANEERS Chop Robinson, EDGE Penn St 27 CARDINALS Cooper DeJean, CB Iowa 28 BILLS Xavier Worthy, WR Texas 29 LIONS Kool Aid McKinstry, CB Alabama 30 RAVENS Jackson Powers-Johnson, OT Oregon 31 49ERS Jordan Morgan, OT Arizona 32 CHIEFS JerZhan Newton, DL Illinois GET THE LATEST FANTASY TIPS AND CONTEST UPDATES Subscribe to our FREE newsletter to win Weekly Prizes + Breaking Fantasy news & updates!
Jody Smith’s NFL Mock Draft FINAL
Jody Smith’s NFL Mock Draft Final Here is Jody Smith’s NFL Mock Draft Final for The Huddle Report Annual Contest Submission submitted on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. No Thursday updates are allowed to this mock draft. Undoubtedly, revisions will be made before Round One. Follow me @JodySmithNFL and check FullTime Fantasy for those updated changes. PICK TEAM PLAYER 1 BEARS Caleb Williams USC 2 COMMANDERS Jayden Daniels LSU 3 PATRIOTS Drake Maye North Carolina 4 VIKINGS (projected trade) JJ McCarthy Michigan 5 CHARGERS Marvin Harrison Ohio St 6 GIANTS Malik Nabers LSU 7 TITANS Joe Alt Notre Dame 8 FALCONS Laiatu Latu UCLA 9 BEARS Dallas Turner Alabama 10 JETS Brock Bowers Georgia 11 CARDINALS Rome Odunze Washington 12 BRONCOS Byron Murphy Texas 13 RAIDERS JC Latham Alabama 14 SAINTS Troy Fautanu Washington 15 COLTS Quinyon Mitchell Toledo 16 SEAHAWKS Jared Verse Florida St 17 JAGUARS Terrion Arnold Alabama 18 BENGALS Olu Fashanu Penn St 19 RAMS Tyler Guyton Oklahoma 20 STEELERS Graham Barton Duke 21 DOLPHINS Jackson Powers-Johnson Oregon 22 EAGLES Kool Aid McKinstry Alabama 23 CARDINALS (projected trade) Amarius Mims Georgia 24 COWBOYS Taliese Fuaga Oregon St 25 PACKERS Cooper DeJean Iowa 26 BUCCANEERS Chop Robinson Penn St 27 CARDINALS Nate Wiggins Clemson 28 BILLS Brian Thomas LSU 29 RAIDERS (projected trade) Michael Penix Washington 30 RAVENS JerZhan Newton Illinois 31 49ERS Darius Robinson Missouri 32 CHIEFS Xavier Worthy Texas GET THE LATEST FANTASY TIPS AND CONTEST UPDATES Subscribe to our FREE newsletter to win Weekly Prizes + Breaking Fantasy news & updates!
Jody Smith’s Updated Dynasty Rankings (July)
Freshly updated 2020 Dynasty football rankings after the NFL Draft! Remember, these are based on perceived trade value, meaning the rankings are primarily based on what it would take to move the player.
Jody Smith’s Updated Dynasty Rankings
Freshly updated 2020 Dynasty football rankings after the NFL Draft! Remember, these are based on perceived trade value, meaning the rankings are primarily based on what it would take to move the player.
Jody Smith’s Dynasty Rankings
Freshly updated 2020 Dynasty football rankings after the NFL Draft! Remember, these are based on perceived trade value, meaning the rankings are primarily based on what it would take to move the player.
Jody Smith’s NFL Mock Draft FINAL
NFL Mock Draft Final 4/27/2023 Here is my The Huddle Report Annual Contest Submission. No Thursday updates are allowed to this mock draft. Jody Smith/FullTime Fantasy PICK TEAM PLAYER 1 PANTHERS Bryce Young Alabama 2 TEXANS CJ Stroud Ohio St 3 CARDINALS Will Anderson Alabama 4 COLTS Will Levis Kentucky 5 SEAHAWKS Jalen Carter Georgia 6 LIONS Devon Witherspoon Illinois 7 RAIDERS Christian Gonzalez Oregon 8 FALCONS Tyree Wilson Texas Tech 9 BEARS Paris Johnson Ohio St 10 EAGLES Bijan Robinson Texas 11 TITANS Peter Skoronski Northwestern 12 TEXANS Lukas VanNess Iowa 13 PACKERS Jaxon Smith-Njigba Ohio St 14 PATRIOTS Nolan Smith Georgia 15 JETS Broderick Jones Georgia 16 COMMANDERS Darnell Wright Tennessee 17 STEELERS Emmanuel Forbes Mississippi St 18 LIONS Calijah Kancey Pittsburgh 19 BUCCANEERS Anthony Richardson Florida 20 SEAHAWKS Will McDonald Iowa St 21 CHARGERS Jordan Addison USC 22 RAVENS Joey Porter Penn St 23 VIKINGS Zay Flowers Boston College 24 JAGUARS Brian Branch Alabama 25 GIANTS Quentin Johnston TCU 26 COWBOYS Michael Mayer Notre Dame 27 BILLS OCyrus Torrence Florida 28 BENGALS Myles Murphy Clemson 29 SAINTS Anton Harrison Oklahoma 30 EAGLES Drew Sanders Arkansas 31 CHIEFS Jalin Hyatt Tennessee GET THE LATEST FANTASY TIPS AND CONTEST UPDATES Subscribe to our FREE newsletter to win Weekly Prizes + Breaking Fantasy news & updates!
Atkins’ NFL Mock Draft FINAL
NFL Mock Draft Final 4/27/2023 Here is my The Huddle Report Annual Contest Submission. No Thursday updates are allowed to this mock draft. Scott Atkins – Fulltime Fantasy PICK TEAM PLAYER 1 PANTHERS Bryce Young Alabama 2 TEXANS Will Levis Kentucky 3 CARDINALS Tyree Wilson Texas Tech 4 COLTS CJ Stroud Ohio St 5 SEAHAWKS Jalen Carter Georgia 6 LIONS Devon Witherspoon Illinois 7 RAIDERS Will Anderson Alabama 8 FALCONS Bijan Robinson Texas 9 BEARS Peter Skoronski Northwestern 10 EAGLES Nolan Smith Georgia 11 TITANS Anthony Richardson Florida 12 TEXANS Paris Johnson Ohio St 13 PACKERS Jaxon Smith-Njigba Ohio St 14 PATRIOTS Christian Gonzalez Oregon 15 JETS Broderick Jones Georgia 16 COMMANDERS Joey Porter Penn St 17 STEELERS Deonte Banks Maryland 18 LIONS Lukas VanNess Iowa 19 BUCCANEERS Darnell Wright Tennessee 20 SEAHAWKS Hendon Hooker Tennessee 21 CHARGERS Quentin Johnston TCU 22 RAVENS Zay Flowers Boston College 23 VIKINGS Jordan Addison USC 24 JAGUARS Emmanuel Forbes Mississippi St 25 GIANTS Brian Branch Alabama 26 COWBOYS Michael Mayer Notre Dame 27 BILLS Calijah Kancey Pittsburgh 28 BENGALS Dalton Kincaid Utah 29 SAINTS Myles Murphy Clemson 30 EAGLES Jahmyr Gibbs Alabama 31 CHIEFS Will McDonald Iowa St GET THE LATEST FANTASY TIPS AND CONTEST UPDATES Subscribe to our FREE newsletter to win Weekly Prizes + Breaking Fantasy news & updates!
2022 NFL Mock Draft Final by Scott Atkins
2022 NFL Mock Draft Final by Scott Atkins Here is my The Huddle Report Annual Contest Submission. No Thursday updates are allowed to this mock draft. Scott Atkins – Fulltime Fantasy PICK TEAM PLAYER 1 JAGUARS Travon Walker Georgia 2 LIONS Aidan Hutchinson Michigan 3 TEXANS Derek Stingley LSU 4 JETS Ikem Ekwonu North Carolina St 5 GIANTS Ahmad Gardner Cincinnati 6 PANTHERS Evan Neal Alabama 7 GIANTS Charles Cross Mississippi St 8 FALCONS Jermaine Johnson Florida St 9 SEAHAWKS Kayvon Thibodeaux Oregon 10 JETS Jameson Williams Alabama 11 COMMANDERS Drake London USC 12 VIKINGS Kyle Hamilton Notre Dame 13 TEXANS Jordan Davis Georgia 14 RAVENS George Karlaftis Purdue 15 EAGLES Nakobe Dean Georgia 16 SAINTS Malik Willis Liberty 17 CHARGERS Trevor Penning Northern Iowa 18 EAGLES Garrett Wilson Ohio St 19 SAINTS Chris Olave Ohio St 20 STEELERS Kenny Pickett Pittsburgh 21 PATRIOTS Trent McDuffie Washington 22 PACKERS Jahan Dotson Penn St 23 CARDINALS Bernhard Raimann Central Michigan 24 COWBOYS Treylon Burks Arkansas 25 BILLS Andrew Booth Clemson 26 TITANS Desmond Ridder Cincinnati 27 BUCCANEERS Zion Johnson Boston College 28 PACKERS Devonte Wyatt Georgia 29 CHIEFS Kaiir Elam Florida 30 CHIEFS George Pickens Georgia 31 BENGALS Tyler Linderbaum Iowa 32 LIONS Devin Lloyd Utah GET THE LATEST FANTASY TIPS AND CONTEST UPDATES Subscribe to our FREE newsletter to win Weekly Prizes + Breaking Fantasy news & updates!
2022 NFL Mock Draft Final by Jody Smith
2022 NFL Mock Draft Final by Jody Smith We’re now just hours away from the coveted highlight of the annual NFL “off” season, the 2022 NFL Draft. Every year the draft just seems to get bigger and the impacts on fantasy football more impactful. The 2022 season is no different. One thing that is unique to this draft is that it is easily the most difficult to project in recent memory. There is no sure-fire elite prospect and there is no real consensus among the many analysts, insiders, and mock drafters. This is truly an issue of playing an informed guessing game. With that, there will be many changes and updates as the rumor mill is updated. After posting my original mock, there have been many changes. Even after the FullTime Fantasy Podcast live mock draft, things are wildly different. Here is my updated 2022 NFL Mock Draft final edition. Jody Smith – FullTime Fantasy PICK TEAM PLAYER 1 JAGUARS Travon Walker Georgia 2 LIONS Aidan Hutchinson Michigan 3 TEXANS Derek Stingley LSU 4 JETS Ikem Ekwonu North Carolina St 5 GIANTS Charles Cross Mississippi St 6 PANTHERS Evan Neal Alabama 7 GIANTS Ahmad Gardner Cincinnati 8 FALCONS Garrett Wilson Ohio St 9 SEAHAWKS Kayvon Thibodeaux Oregon 10 JETS Jermaine Johnson Florida St 11 COMMANDERS Drake London USC 12 VIKINGS Kyle Hamilton Notre Dame 13 TEXANS Quay Walker Georgia 14 RAVENS Jordan Davis Georgia 15 EAGLES Jameson Williams Alabama 16 SAINTS Chris Olave Ohio St 17 CHARGERS Trevor Penning Northern Iowa 18 EAGLES Trent McDuffie Washington 19 SAINTS Tyler Smith Tulsa 20 STEELERS Malik Willis Liberty 21 PATRIOTS Devin Lloyd Utah 22 PACKERS Treylon Burks Arkansas 23 CARDINALS George Karlaftis Purdue 24 COWBOYS Zion Johnson Boston College 25 BILLS Kaiir Elam Florida 26 TITANS Kenyon Green Texas AM 27 BUCCANEERS Lewis Cine Georgia 28 PACKERS Arnold Ebiketie Penn St 29 CHIEFS Boye Mafe Minnesota 30 CHIEFS Jahan Dotson Penn St 31 BENGALS Andrew Booth Clemson 32 LIONS Devonte Wyatt Georgia JOIN OUR MAILING LIST! GET THE LATEST ARTICLES & UPDATES Subscribe to our FREE newsletter – Breaking Fantasy news & site updates! Like and share our new Facebook page! Be sure to pay attention to our giveaways for your shot at some sweet prizes!