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This is something us KFFL refugees have been doing for years. I know it's extremely late notice, but I thought it would be fun to try and do again. This is the baby of a ex-KFFL-er names SilverSeahawk (I honestly don't know if he migrated here or not, I'm guessing not or he'd have put this up). Everything below is taken from last year's post kicking this contest off.
With just over 8 hours go until the 2016 NFL Draft, it's (past) time to get the annual contest started! It's another year with late picks, but that's the price of NFL success.
Here are the slots the Seahawks are drafting in this year:
1(26):
2(56):
3(90):
3(97)*:
4(124):
5(171)*:
6(215)*:
7(225):
7(247):
* - denotes compensatory pick (not trade-able)
Here's the scoring format. It's the same we've used in past years, and as always, I'm open to suggestions on it:
Right Player, Right Slot: 35 points
Example: I say that we draft Ryan Kelly at 1(26) and it happens. I get 35 points. Historically in this contest, this has actually happened fairly often, but less often since Carroll/Schneider took over. Note: if we trade from the slot and take the projected player with that pick, you still get the full 35 points.
Right Player, Wrong Slot: 20 points
Example: I say that we draft Tyler Ervin at 5(171), and we select him at 4(124). I get 20 points.
Right Position, Right Slot, but Wrong Player: 10 points
Example: I say that we draft Vernon Adams at 5(171), and at 5(171) we draft Dak Prescott. They both play quarterback, so I get 10 points.
I am going to use the following positions: QB, RB, FB, WR, OT, OG, OC, TE, DE, DT, OLB, MLB, S, CB, P, PK. There isn't any need to distinguish between free safety and strong safety since they are interchangable in a lot of defenses.
If a guy is a tweener who is projected at two positions, pick one position or the other. If you get the guy right, youll get the 35 points anyway. Otherwise, whether or not you get positional points depends on if what position you chose for that guy. Example: Owamagbe Odighizuwa is projected at DE/OLB. I write "Owamagbe Odighizuwa, OLB, UCLA". We select Nate Orchard, DE, Utah with that pick. I do not get the positional points because I listed Odighizuwa as an OLB. If I had listed him as a DE, I would get the points. The obvious strategy with that is to pick the position you think we would more likely address out of those two if the team does not select the player you chose.
Correct Trade Predicted: 15 point bonus
Incorrect Trade Predicted: Minus 3 points
Trades: This is the part that makes this really really difficult. In the past, we used the above model and it has worked well. If you predict the wrong team or compensation, you will not lose points. It is way too hard to predict that kind of thing. If you say we will trade up with the 1(26) pick and we do, you get 15 points, no matter who you said we would trade up with.
Tiebreaker rule: if two or more people tie for first place, the tiebreaker will go to the person who had a perfect pick that was latest in the draft (a 35 point type). If it's still tied, it'll go to the person who had the latest right player, wrong slot pick (20 point type).
The deadline for contest entries is the beginning of the draft (8:00pm Eastern Time). You can edit your entry any time before then. SportsHoopla tells what time posts were edited, so there shouldn’t be any problem there. Any entry that is edited after the deadline is automatically disqualified, even if that person says they were changing something else.
Previous Winners
2003: McGruffHawk
2004: Anointed One
2005: JMR
2006: Anointed One and MKHawk
2007: jammer
2008: SilverSeahawk
2009: McGruffHawk
2010: McGruffHawk and AnnArborHawk
2011: jammer
2012: AnnArborHawk
2013: MKHawk
2014: Warden
2015: jammer
With just over 8 hours go until the 2016 NFL Draft, it's (past) time to get the annual contest started! It's another year with late picks, but that's the price of NFL success.
Here are the slots the Seahawks are drafting in this year:
1(26):
2(56):
3(90):
3(97)*:
4(124):
5(171)*:
6(215)*:
7(225):
7(247):
* - denotes compensatory pick (not trade-able)
Here's the scoring format. It's the same we've used in past years, and as always, I'm open to suggestions on it:
Right Player, Right Slot: 35 points
Example: I say that we draft Ryan Kelly at 1(26) and it happens. I get 35 points. Historically in this contest, this has actually happened fairly often, but less often since Carroll/Schneider took over. Note: if we trade from the slot and take the projected player with that pick, you still get the full 35 points.
Right Player, Wrong Slot: 20 points
Example: I say that we draft Tyler Ervin at 5(171), and we select him at 4(124). I get 20 points.
Right Position, Right Slot, but Wrong Player: 10 points
Example: I say that we draft Vernon Adams at 5(171), and at 5(171) we draft Dak Prescott. They both play quarterback, so I get 10 points.
I am going to use the following positions: QB, RB, FB, WR, OT, OG, OC, TE, DE, DT, OLB, MLB, S, CB, P, PK. There isn't any need to distinguish between free safety and strong safety since they are interchangable in a lot of defenses.
If a guy is a tweener who is projected at two positions, pick one position or the other. If you get the guy right, youll get the 35 points anyway. Otherwise, whether or not you get positional points depends on if what position you chose for that guy. Example: Owamagbe Odighizuwa is projected at DE/OLB. I write "Owamagbe Odighizuwa, OLB, UCLA". We select Nate Orchard, DE, Utah with that pick. I do not get the positional points because I listed Odighizuwa as an OLB. If I had listed him as a DE, I would get the points. The obvious strategy with that is to pick the position you think we would more likely address out of those two if the team does not select the player you chose.
Correct Trade Predicted: 15 point bonus
Incorrect Trade Predicted: Minus 3 points
Trades: This is the part that makes this really really difficult. In the past, we used the above model and it has worked well. If you predict the wrong team or compensation, you will not lose points. It is way too hard to predict that kind of thing. If you say we will trade up with the 1(26) pick and we do, you get 15 points, no matter who you said we would trade up with.
Tiebreaker rule: if two or more people tie for first place, the tiebreaker will go to the person who had a perfect pick that was latest in the draft (a 35 point type). If it's still tied, it'll go to the person who had the latest right player, wrong slot pick (20 point type).
The deadline for contest entries is the beginning of the draft (8:00pm Eastern Time). You can edit your entry any time before then. SportsHoopla tells what time posts were edited, so there shouldn’t be any problem there. Any entry that is edited after the deadline is automatically disqualified, even if that person says they were changing something else.
Previous Winners
2003: McGruffHawk
2004: Anointed One
2005: JMR
2006: Anointed One and MKHawk
2007: jammer
2008: SilverSeahawk
2009: McGruffHawk
2010: McGruffHawk and AnnArborHawk
2011: jammer
2012: AnnArborHawk
2013: MKHawk
2014: Warden
2015: jammer
