Earlier, I wrote about one of my fantasy football teams that was auto-drafted by Yahoo! and my efforts to transform that team into a winning team. Unfortunately, those efforts didn’t work and that team finished 7 out of 12 teams in the league— (update to that original post is here). However, the other of my 2 teams that I didn’t write about actually won the championship! Vandalay Industries took the prize in my 14 team league. Here’s my view of how it happened—the brilliant moves, good fortune, and simple luck that propelled my team to the championship. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Yahoo! Fantasy Football’
Anatomy of a Championship Fantasy Football season
Posted in Internet, Sports, tagged Adrian Peterson Fantasy Football, Brandon Marshall Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Championship, Jamaal Charles Fantasy Football, Yahoo! Fantasy Football on January 2, 2010| 2 Comments »
My own mock draft and a critique of a Yahoo! Fantasy Football auto-draft
Posted in Internet, Sports, tagged Auto draft fantasy football, Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Draft Results, Ladanian Tomlinson, Mock Draft, Yahoo! Fantasy Football on August 31, 2009| 5 Comments »
It’s NFL football season and once again fantasy football drafts are occurring all across the US. One of the leagues I’m in had their draft a couple of weeks ago on August 16 using Yahoo!’s fantasy football engine. I unfortunately was out of the country and had to rely on Yahoo! to auto-draft my team. I’ve had a chance to critique Yahoo!’s draft for me and compare to how I believe I would have drafted given the options available in my draft slot based on the actual results of the draft.