Return of the Mock Draft Army - Football Edition

Knowledge is power.

When you’re doing the prep work for your fantasy football draft, you not only need to learn the players and their numbers, but you also have to learn their coaches and schemes, their offensive lines, their schedules, the weather, etc. etc. etc. Sometimes it feels like a bit of overkill, but believe me, just when you think you have enough information, you’ll find something new and wonder how the hell you won all those other championships without it. You just can’t get enough.

But while knowledge may be power, it is how you implement that knowledge that determines your level of success in fantasy football. You could know and understand the most minute details, but if you don’t know how to take that knowledge and put it to work for you in your draft, the battle is already lost.

That’s where the Mock Draft Army comes in.

For those not “in-the-know,” allow me to explain.

For me, there’s no better way to prep for your draft than to do a series of mocks. It allows you to test out countless strategies while also giving you a realistic look as to how others perceive the value of players. Do enough mocks and you can walk into your own draft and crush the dreams of everyone else in your league.

The problem, however, is that when you hit the big sites to do your mock drafts, rarely do you find 10 or 12 people willing to take part in the entire draft. Some will, but for the most part, you get a lot of people who draft maybe four or five rounds before they put it on auto-draft and leave the room. And if you don’t even fill the room, then computer players are assigned to auto-draft the whole way. How is that going to give you an understanding of public perception? Auto-drafting uses the web site’s default rankings, a creation of its writers, so when their mocks are filling up with auto-drafters, the Average Draft Position (ADP) becomes nothing more than an extension of those rankings.

 Not only does the Mock Draft Army offer you a place to do full mock drafts, but it also gives you the opportunity to draft alongside members of the fantasy sports industry so that you can not only see which guys they like, but also get the chance to ask them any and all questions you may have. From there, I take the data and put together my own ADP which, according to many who joined the army for fantasy baseball this season, is one of the best and most helpful you’ll find.

Drafts will run right up until Week 1 of the NFL season and are run during the week, both daytime and evening hours. They will consist of leagues between 10 and 14 teams, both with standard scoring and PPR format. If you would like to get on the email list for the weekly mock draft schedule, follow me on Twitter -- @rotobuzzguy – or email me at rotobuzzguy@gmail.com. Schedules go out every Sunday night.

If you’re looking to join at the last minute this week, there are very limited spots available for the following drafts: