[ahunter5]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bill_Abner

I'm about to blog (in a minute or two, it's typed up) about the draft. It's deep -- well, it's as deep as you want to make it. Draftniks will get a huge kick out of draft day. I can't wait to start my 'real' career when the roster patch is ready. Free Agency is good -- it's unlike most games where you can just offer who you want when you want. They come in waves so day one you may bid on Player A and then later that day Player B. At least that's how my first run went, Josh can confirm that but I didn't see a way to bid on who I wanted right from the start. Which is fine, it's just different. The FA bidding war is sorta like sitting on an eBay auction. When I signed Bruce for example. I was involved with 4 teams. I sat there watching the bids go up until the auction said "Going once!" and then I clicked to bid, and won Bruce. If you bid early, you might get outbid but it seems as if you wait until the time is almost up, you can get who you want as long as you are willing to pay, which is of course the real bugaboo. I got all of my FAs that way. You BETTER know who you want to target in FA and wait until they come up because if you're like me (i.e. stupid) you'll bid on a player early and then realize you don't have any MONEY LEFT when the guy you really wamnted starts his bidding process. The screen that shows you how your starters stack up to the current UFAs is a GREAT idea. You guys will love that.

Bill -- I just read your blog entry. You were confused by the Packers taking Brohm in the 2nd round. The Packers actually did take Brohm in the 2nd round. They also took Flynn in round 6. A lot of people were questioning this at the time. As far as the Eagles taking 2 WR's in the 2nd round, the Redskins did this in the real draft this year (Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly).

I have no answer for Mendenhall and K. Smith for the Cowboys.

Glad to hear the draft is as deep as the player wants it to be. I'm also happy to hear you're having a good time with it. I really appreciate the rapid updates. Makes the wait for the 12th that much harder.