Section 02 · Draft Formats
An auction prices every player. A snake prices only the position.
What the draft format decides. 4 pieces.
- 02.01An auction prices every player. A snake prices only the position.That single difference is why auction leagues argue about salaries and snake leagues argue about picks.Long
- 02.02What a budget does that a draft slot cannotA finite pot forces a manager to value every player against every other player, which is a different problem from ordering them.Medium
- 02.03Rookie drafts, taxi squads, and the tanking problemDynasty formats add an incoming class and a place to stash it, and immediately recreate the incentive the NFL itself spends so much effort on.Long
- 02.04The season PPR repriced a positionA scoring change can revalue an entire position without a single roster moving, and the leagues that had already signed contracts felt it hardest.Medium
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