What is an 'auction draft' league?
An auction draft league is similar to a standard or head to head league, in that each week you play a different team in your fantasy football league and you get a win or a loss. But the difference is, instead of drafting your players like in a standard league, at the beginning of the season you have an auction. So you have a set amount of money, its usually fake money, say 260 dollars or 260 units, and you have that money to draft your entire team. You still have the same roster, you want a couple of quarterbacks, you want a couple of running backs, you want three to five wide receivers, tight ends, kicker, defense. But the difference is you get a chance to take any player you want, because every team can bid on any player. Now it costs, it takes a lot more strategy, and maybe a little more know-how. It takes some practice to get good at these leagues because you basically dont want to blow all your money on just a couple of players. A player like LaDainian Tomlinson or Larry Johnson - he might cost as much as 70 or 80 dollars so that's going to be a big chunk of your money that you're going to spend on one player. Basically you have to strategize where you want to spend your money and where you don't, just like in regular leagues. Running backs get drafted at the top in auction fantasy football leagues, as running backs cost the most amount of money. The top ten running backs are going to cost a lot of money, usually over $40, $50. Wide receivers and then the really top quarterbacks are gonna be the next most expensive. One strategy is that you definitely don't want to worry about spending too much money on tight ends, quarterbacks, kickers as in an auction league you want to look for value, it's a lot different. You want to look for players that are undervalued, like if you see a guy who should be worth $40 but hes only going for $20, even if he's not your favorite player, you should go take him.
