Draft Champions Leagues In 2014: 35 Rounds?

[JETS SB]

I like 35 or more rounds...

[THEICON]

Either or is OK with me after round 30 the only player I drafted that did anything was Jerome Simpson round 32.

[Sandman62]

I wanted to review this year's ADPs for the last few rounds, but they're not posted anymore?

[BillyWaz]

For the record, it is fine if we go 35, but I think some announcement needs to be made about autodrafting at/or near round 30....there will be people who have no interest in finishing a draft (which is fine), but they shouldn't be holding everyone else up.

[Greg Ambrosius]

I wanted to review this year's ADPs for the last few rounds, but they're not posted anymore?

The ADPs will definitely return to your team pages this week. As we prepare the site for 2014 updates, they were removed and we quickly noticed that. We've asked for their return.

This isn't ideal, but they are here:

http://hosted.stats.com/fb/adp.asp?pos=all

Again, we'll get these back on team pages hopefully this week.

[Greg Ambrosius]

For the record, it is fine if we go 35, but I think some announcement needs to be made about autodrafting at/or near round 30....there will be people who have no interest in finishing a draft (which is fine), but they shouldn't be holding everyone else up.

There does seem to be interest in 35 rounds. So you want us to announce that they should go in auto-draft mode if they are no longer interested after Round 30? Sure, if that helps.

Didn't most of these DCs get done in 14 days or less? I agree that expediting them gets more people involved in more leagues and like Wayne said folks probably don't want to do more than 2 or 3 at a time. So I'm all for moving these along and that's why I am asking about 32 or 35 rounds. But I also don't want folks getting zeros for their late season scores due to injuries.

But let's look at the ADPs and see if picks 380-420 made a difference. Who landed there this year? They included Matt Cassel, James Starks, Ladarrius Green, Jerrel Jerrigan, Kris Durham, Eddie Royal, Bobby Rainey and Jordan Reed. That's not a bad list and several of those guys did help DC leagues this year. Anyway, here's the ADPs in those last three rounds:

380 Matt Cassel Min QB 350.08 207 416
381 Damaris Johnson Phi WR 351.12 236 420
382 Alex Green NYJ RB 351.52 177 418
383 Steve Breaston NO WR 351.76 268 405
384 Tony Moeaki Buf TE 352.29 180 419
385 Braylon Edwards NYJ WR 353.36 306 398
386 James Starks GB RB 353.37 173 420
387 Russell Shepard TB WR 354.78 202 419
388 Michael Cox NYG RB 355.43 264 420
389 Phillip Tanner Dal RB 356.00 224 413
390 Ricardo Lockette Sea WR 357.00 226 404
391 Patrick Edwards Det WR 357.02 218 419
392 Cierre Wood Bal RB 357.24 239 419
393 Chris Ogbonnaya Cle RB 357.70 207 419
394 Jordan Shipley Jax WR 358.50 277 420
395 Armon Binns Mia WR 358.95 229 408
396 Gavin Escobar Dal TE 358.98 276 410
397 Giorgio Tavecchio Det K 359.48 250 418
398 Da'Rick Rogers Ind WR 360.12 192 419
399 Ladarius Green SD TE 360.89 264 416
400 Shaun Hill Det QB 361.00 205 418
401 Travis Benjamin Cle WR 361.34 250 417
402 Brice Butler Oak WR 361.48 241 412
403 Da'Rel Scott NYG RB 361.52 268 419
404 Jerrel Jernigan NYG WR 361.69 287 412
405 Michael Smith TB RB 362.23 255 417
406 Shaun Draughn Ind RB 362.98 224 419
407 Matt Spaeth Pit TE 363.00 253 408
408 Eddie Royal SD WR 363.37 183 420
409 Michael Hoomanawanui NE TE 363.38 258 419
410 Deji Karim Hou RB 364.53 221 405
411 Brian Leonard TB RB 364.95 278 416
412 Chris Gragg Buf TE 365.43 312 417
413 Devin Hester Chi WR 365.47 288 420
414 Beanie Wells Ari RB 365.58 194 420
415 Marcus Easley Buf WR 366.47 292 419
416 Bobby Rainey TB RB 366.73 304 412
417 Kris Durham Det WR 366.83 300 419
418 Deonte Thompson Bal WR 366.89 279 417
419 Nick Kasa Oak TE 367.14 314 420
420 David Paulson Pit TE 367.19 296 418
421 Arrelious Benn Phi WR 367.32 289 419
422 Keshawn Martin Hou WR 367.60 246 415
423 Kyle Orton Dal QB 367.64 264 418
424 Havard Rugland Det K 367.80 258 419
425 Derek Dimke NO K 367.85 303 417
426 Cedric Benson GB RB 367.96 176 419
427 Vonta Leach Bal RB 368.36 218 415
428 Jordan Reed Was TE 368.91 217 420
429 Mohamed Massaquoi NYJ WR 368.98 196 419
430 Nate Kaeding TB K 369.09 277 420
431 Stephen Williams Jax WR 369.37 310 419
432 Kahlil Bell GB RB 369.60 332 416
433 Lance Ball Den RB 369.64 89 418
434 Kyle Williams KC WR 370.39 240 420
435 Mike Brown Jax WR 371.33 322 405
436 Vince Young GB QB 371.55 293 418
437 Visanthe Shiancoe Ten TE 371.79 300 412
438 Andre Caldwell Den WR 371.88 180 419
439 Ryan Nassib NYG QB 372.00 318 409
440 Alfonso Smith Ari RB 372.57 251 420
441 Dion Sims Mia TE 372.74 265 420
442 Daniel Fells NYG TE 373.41 301 420
443 Robert Meachem NO WR 373.71 267 418
444 Terrance Ganaway StL RB 373.80 319 419
445 Juron Criner Oak WR 374.43 279 420
446 Matt Barkley Phi QB 374.47 266 418
447 Titus Young StL WR 374.83 331 419
448 Kevin Walter Ten WR 374.94 281 420
449 Jason Snelling Atl RB 374.99 251 419
450 Billy Cundiff Cle K 375.14 287 420

[Sandman62]

Thanks for posting that Greg. Sure doesn't look like much value in those later rounds. But I like the auto draft idea too.

[Monkeyville]

I go with more rounds and a March 1, 2014 kickoff date?!?!

[mattjb]

1 hour per pick in rounds 30-35?

[Don Draper]

players i drafted in rounds 30 - 35:
Marlon Brown Bal (WR)
Andre Ellington Ari (RB)
Harry Douglas Atl (WR)
Mike Glennon TB (QB)
Chris Ogbonnaya Cle (RB)
Garrett Graham Hou (TE)
Jermaine Kearse Sea (WR)
Jarrett Boykin GB (WR)