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1. a v lt Back Oon Cancel Help Figure 5 New League Setup Wizard Page 3 The third page of the Setup Wizard allows you to enter the default positions to be drafted in your league To include a position click the box that is next to the position you want to include Note that you can always add edit or remove positions at a later time but selecting the positions here will allow PC Drafter to automatically configure the positions with no other information required Several positions have rules or implications associated with them For example if you select Wide Receiver Tight End Combined then the Wide Receiver position becomes unchecked with a warning as does the Tight End PC Drafter goes through an internal process to merge the two positions in the player data and treat them as one Similarly if you check Individual Defensive Players the team defense gets unchecked after a warning This is one of the benefits of having the wizard step through your league setup it enforces Fantasy Football conventions so that your configuration is as error free as we can make it We want you to succeed Proceed to Page 4 the scoring rules and position setup PC Drafter User s Manual Page 4 Default Setup Positions New League Setup Page 4 Scoring Rules ou will not be able to proceed until each position has their scoring rules configured Double click each position to validate or edit the scoring rules for 4 given po
2. Player Westbrook Brian Available Maximum 1 000 986 680 667 Position P B Team PHI 980 967 7 A t 1 000 986 1 000 986 i 1 000 986 Current Selection 600 587 League Team Team 1 1 000 986 1 000 986 Maximum Estimated Value 285 Actual Bid Amount Figure 49 Auction Draft Pick Dialog The following items are displayed in the Auction Draft Pick screen Player Information The items in this category give the general pick information This includes the nominated player the current draft pick the points for the player and the maximum estimated value that PC Drafter has calculated for this player Team Information This list displays all the league teams It also displays the remaining salary cap for each team and the maximum amount each team can spend on the nominated player League Team The team that is currently selected in the Team Information list Bid Amount This is where you will enter current bid for the player Draft Press this button to draft the player for the selected team and entered bid amount Cancel Cancels the drafting of this player Some important items to note about the Auction Draft Pick screen ils If a team cannot draft a player due to league roster requirements the value of 0 will be displayed in the Maximum column of the Team Information list and the team will be highlighted in red 2 A team will be highlighted in blue if they have already drafted the minimum nu
3. 6 Use the Find Player view to find the player and press the Draft button to draft the player In all of these cases the selected player will be assigned to the next open draft pick in the round that is currently displayed in the Draft Selections List on the main PC Drafter screen Note that you may draft players into specific positions especially in a Keeper style league by changing the default Draft options by using the menu choice Edit then Options and select the Draft tab explained further below PC Drafter verifies that the team who has selected the player has not violated any roster constraints as defined in the league rules and the position rules In addition a player drafted by your team may have additional verification performed as defined in the PC Drafter Options screen No matter which approach you use you will be prompted with the Draft Pick dialog pictured in Figure 43 to confirm your draft selection This dialog can be disabled using the PC Drafter Options dialog 52 Draft Pick m Pick Data Round E League Team Team 2 Player Data Player Name Lamy dobre E RB Team KC Points 252 Value 6548 85 OK Cancel Figure 43 Draft Pick Dialog Position Most of the information contained on this screen is a recap of the player to be drafted The only advantage to not disabling this dialog is that you can select a specific pick for this player if you do not automatically want to draft the player
4. OO JO OP GOAbA 3 2 g 2 9 2 9 2 g 2 g 2 g ENER MM sch CH yen d N CH A A Evaluate Cancel Figure 46 Trade Dialog The left side of the Trade dialog displays the players and draft picks associated with one league team The right side of the screen displays the players and draft picks associated with a second league team You can use the League Team drop down boxes to select the league teams to participate in the trade To complete a trade you select the players or picks involved in the trade from both teams and press the Trade button The players and picks will be traded and both teams will be updated with the new information All available views will be updated with the results of the trade There are a two items to note when trading in PC Drafter 1 The total number of players or picks must be the same for both teams This is to ensure that all teams maintain the same roster size 2 All roster requirements will be enforced based on the rules you had configured for each position This is to ensure that all rosters are valid 56 PC Drafter also provides an option to evaluate a potential trade This can be used to validate a trade if you are unsure whether to proceed To evaluate a potential trade select the players and picks that will be involved in the trade and press the Evaluate button After pressing the Evaluate button you will be presented with the Evaluate Trade dialog pictured in Figure 47 WW
5. 16 League Settings Most of these items were input during the creation of the new league The one additional item is the entry for My Team To set this option you should select your team from the list of available teams Selecting your team is necessary for many of the options available in the Options dialog Selecting your team allows bye week validation the highlighting of unavailable players and giving a priority to certain positions during your draft Most likely you will set this value after you assign the correct team names for your league see the next section Edit League Teams Edit League Teams PC Drafter has created the number of teams that were entered when you created your league These teams were assigned default settings that you will need to configure for your specific league Select the Edit gt League Teams menu option to open the League Team Configuration dialog pictured in Figure 17 21 PC Drafter User s Manual E League Team Configuration _Abbrev Name Owner _Email_ a Team 1 Team 1 Owner 1 E maill email c Team 2 Team 2 Owner 2 Email2 email c Tm3 pceGOLD pcDrafter Support pcDra Team 4 Team 4 Owner 4 Email4 email c Team 5 Team 5 Owner 5 Emailb email c Team6 Team 6 Owner 6 Email6 email c Team Team Owner 7 Email email c Team 8 Team 8 Owner 8 Email8 email c Team 39 Team 2 Owner 9 Email9 email c Team 10 Team 10 Owner 10 E maill 0 email OK Cancel Figure 17 L
6. 42 Dee NEE RUNNING EEEE Auction Draft Leagues ccccccctseeeeetsceeeteneeeneeeees Auction Draft Pick dialog AUCTION League csesccseccseccescossnsestsessccesncosseseensonses Auction League Position Confouraton 60 Auction Price Calculation Aiooritbm 85 Auction Price Calculations cccccccsseessteesesteteeeeneees 85 Auction Trade Dialog 63 Automatic Draft Automatic Draft Progress 53 Automatic PiK siii oh Kee dE oer 54 Automatic Save 16 Available Player st 5 59 Average Draft Poseion cess teneeeneeeees 19 B Basic Value Based Dran 81 Basie VBD i rotaia aaa yas Sani 83 Basic VBD Aioortbm 81 Basic VBD Power CGakculaton 81 Bid AMOUNE srinaranata iaire aidie 61 Blok Kick sacs ccnten nnana o 77 Bye Week Notifications sessnesnesnneenernnennenereernnennee 19 CG Gheat Sheets anisan ana y a 42 Cheat Sheet Tips 43 Column Name Comma Separated le 77 Comment ss ives eth ENER 5 CONGIUSION idenana anaa a a aaa ani 49 Copying l t eege aiaa n ENEE 33 Custom Scoring Hues 76 CYCICAL E 79 D Default Position Rules ccccccccceeeteeeeteeeetteteteneeeeeeee 12 Default Scoring Pules 70 Default Setup Positions 00 cceceeetteeteeteeeterneeeeetnetees 10 RE 70 Defensive Special Teams Touchdowns 21021221 70 Delete Position 1 ccescccceeeeceeneeeeeeneeetenneeetenaeeetenanettes 26 Deleting Player LR Draft button leet LISER EE 5 lee TEE 51 Modifying EE 51 Draft RODOMS
7. 77 Normal Cheat Sheet 42 Number INCOMPICHONS E 77 O ei Open League 90 Opening Saved League Pie Options Configuration Options Ee EE Ieper beet aaa Nee Ge P Page 3 Default Position Setup ecceceeeteeteeteeteeeee 9 Page 4 Default Setup Positions 0 0 eee teeteetees 10 Page 5 League Drafting Pater 12 Page 6 Enter League Teams Data 13 Page 7 PC Drafter Options 15 Pass BONUS onore o i ne 77 Pass RE 77 Pass EEN 77 RASS V OS eean e T 77 Passing Touchdowns VANS E PC Drafter TURNING EE 2 PC Drafter Activation ceccsececeetsteeteeteeetneeneetneenees 34 PC Drafter General Functionality cee ceceteeeeteeeeeteeee 3 PC Drafter Registration 0 eececseececeeteeteeteeteteeetnetees 34 erer BEE 2 Player DEAT ee A eas sheet erh 52 PIA CL later cccavetsvecavedevsscerscesertesenty aie A 29 Player OO eege 59 Player Filo Format ssicccesescocsetccstescencesdesceascevaessereatcevee 77 Player Information Fil cccccccccesceneeteceneeeesenseee 15 Player Projection Grid 80 Player Reporter SEENEN 41 Player Statistics File Format 77 Player Update Requirements ccccccccesseeeeseneeeeeenee 2 et 70 Points AllOWOO siccecicceccacscscteccutiitentaeicidatesueetieteedeties 70 Position Configuration 60 SE 81 Power CGaloulatons 81 Privacy Information eee eects eteceteceneeeseeceneeteeeseneeee 35 Program FilesbPCDratter 2 Projection Gd 30 R e E EE 2 Reassign Pos
8. Drafted _ Power EOY SOS Engram Bobby WR 0 00 Easy Wade Bobby WR 0 00 Easy Scaife Bo TE 0 00 Average Find Draft Edit Close Eeer Figure 31 The Find Players Window Either way the Find Players tool gives you a quick way to search for available players during your draft When you find the appropriate player you can draft them immediately from the Find Players view In Figure 30 PC Drafter has found players with a first name starting with b and a last name of jones The search is not case sensistive Inf Figure 31 PC Drafter has found players with a first name containing bo such as Bo and Bobby The list of the items appearing in this dialog is outlined below 1 Position The position of the player a drop down list with only the positions used in your current league 2 Team The NFL team of the player Also a drop down list 3 First Name The first name of the player 4 Last Name The last name of the player While the interface may seem obvious there are some special items that should be mentioned 1 When entering the First Name and Last Name capitalization and placement are disregarded Therefore entering m for the first name and f for the last name would find Marshall Falk Jim Finn Mike Scifres and Jimmy Farris 2 You can enter as many or as few letters as you want for the player name Entering a for the first name and a for the Last Name would find Aundrae Allison Atlant
9. Drafter makes an estimation of the player that may be drafted with that pick Considering only these factors you would accept any trade that results in a higher power number for your team 57 PC Drafter User s Manual Additional Note Some trades are more complex than can be represented with this tool For the brave and computer savvy the PC Drafter forum accessed from the PC Drafter website contains information on manually editing your league file to accomplish a complex trade Try it But make a backup first 58 Auction Draft Leagues PC Drafter includes many features to help you excel in your Auction league draft The key difference is that players can be up for bid in any order purchased by any manager at any time So there s not a draft order just a process of recommending a player for auction and throwing down your money until the last bidder triumphs or overpays Note that the Gold algorithm does not apply to auctions Gold heavily emphasizes the top select players and as such would tend to overvalue the best players whereas in an auction format there are no bad players just really cheap ones The following topics highlight the key features of pcDrafter s auction tools Auction Overview Setting up an Auction League Position Configuration Reconfigure an Auction Draft Running an Auction Draft Draft A Player in Auction Trades in Auction See Also Appendix F Auction Price Calculations Overview of Auct
10. Edit button to modify the scoring rules associated with each position You can also change the Minimum and Maximum required players the number of Name Min__ Max __ Start Draft Pattern Team Defense 1 00 Typical League de 1 00 T dE League a a A a e unning B 2 2 00 7 ypical League Tight End 1 1 00 Typical Leaque Wide Receiver 2 7 2 00 Typical League Edit Copy Delete Cancel Figure 48 Auction League Position Configuration 60 Previous versions of pcDrafter featured a price factor for each position in auction leagues This has been updated with a stronger algorithm to remove the fuzziness of entering a price factor A detailed description of how a player price is now calculated can be found in Appendix F Reconfiguring an Auction Draft Unlike standard drafts there are few options for configuring an auction draft Since there are not set draft positions the only time you would need to reconfigure an auction draft is to reset a test draft you may have been performing If this occurs you can reconfigure the draft by selecting the Edit gt Configure Draft menu This will immediately reset the draft Running an Auction Draft Once the league rules are set the players are imported and the draft is configured you can begin a draft Unlike standard drafts PC Drafter does not provide any automatic selection of draft picks While PC Drafter provides the player value and power ratings there is no
11. Evaluate Trade M Trade Analysis The highest ranked player that would move to Team 1 is Larry Johnson Johnson was initially ranked 2 overal The total initial power of all players that would move to Team 1 is 8968 The highest ranked player that would move to Team 2 is Shaun w Potential Team 1 Players Hd Pk Player Pos Te Rank Po Power 1 2 Johnson Larry RB Ree 252 6548 3 2 Mcgahee Willis RB BUF 20 181 2420 00 Potential Team 2 Players Rd Pk Player Pes Te Rank Po Power 1 1 Alexander Shaun RB SEA 1 262 7854 4 10 Heap Todd TE BAL 40 100 386 10 Figure 47 Evaluate Trade Dialog The Evaluate Trade screen displays the possible results of the trade as well as comparing the value of players involved After viewing the results click the X close window button at the top of the screen to close this window You can then either approve or modify the trade The items displayed in the Evaluate Trade dialog are listed below Trade Analysis This section describes the trade and displays which team may benefit most from the trade based on the player projections Team 1 Players The players that would potentially be traded to the first team If draft picks are involved in the trade PC Drafter makes an estimation of the player that may be drafted with that pick Team 2 Players The players that would potentially be traded to the second team If draft picks are involved in the trade PC
12. In the Performance 2 default rules both yardage and touchdowns are used to calculate the projected points for each player In addition to the scoring rules included with Performance 1 there are additional scoring rules for both offensive and defensive players The default scoring rules for Offensive players are Passing Touchdowns 6 Points Passing Yards 1 Point for every 25 yards Interceptions 2 Points Rushing Receiving Touchdowns 6 Points Rushing Receiving Yards 1 Point for every 10 yards Receptions 1 Point 2Pt Conversions 2 Points Fumbles 1 Point The default scoring rules for Defensive players are Defensive Special Teams Touchdowns 6 Points Interceptions Sacks Fumble Recoveries 1 Point Safeties 2 Points Shutouts 14 Points 1 10 Points Allowed 7 Points 11 20 Points Allowed 3 Points The default scoring rules for Kickers are Extra Points 1 Point Field Goals 3 Points Long Field Goals 4 Points Missed Field Goals 2 Points 71 PC Drafter User s Manual Basic 1 Scoring Rules In the Basic 1 default rules only touchdowns extra points and field goals will be used when calculating a players projected points The default scoring rules for Offensive players are Passing Touchdowns 3 Points Rushing Receiving Touchdowns 6 Points The default scoring rules for Defensive players are Defensive Special Teams Touchdowns 6 Points The default scoring rules for Kickers are Extra Points 1 Point Field Goals 3 Points Basic 2 Sc
13. S n 20 mut WIEN ETH L ns Latnet Leewtet Lett KT yapt gt eevee Vette i pt Vrtna mnt WCS Linnet Vette Lemmer gt ete ttt He teste ain a wee N Auction Cheat et Ready Figure 40 Adjust the Page Break location by Dragging the Blue Line Help There are a few other resources in PC Drafter listed under the Help menu These include o About Displays the PC Drafter version build date and registration info o Register Used to register PC Drafter See the Registration section of this manual o Help Files Launches the help system for PC Drafter o Website Takes you to www PCDrafter com a useful resource for checking on updates FAQ Frequently Asked Questions and posting your issues or wish list items in our user forum 47 Conclusion We have now covered the major functionality available to all draft types in PC Drafter All of the functions views and dialogs outlined in the preceding section are integral to all PC Drafter leagues except where specifically noted In the following sections we will describe the functionality specific to draft and auction leagues In the Appendices you ll find information on the PC Drafter GOLD algorithm as well as some of the finer details of the statistics and reports used by PC Drafter Overview of Standard Draft Leagues The most common type of fantasy league is the standard draft league In this type of league owners are assigned draft position
14. Scoring Rules setup drives some of the primary functions of PC Drafter The league scoring rules and positions were initially defined in the Setup League wizard but you may edit these settings to redefine your roster requirements position needs and starting requirements Select the Edit gt Scoring Rules menu option to configure your positions You will then be presented with the Position Configuration dialog pictured in Figure 19 Position Configuration TER Double click on a position in the list below or highlight a position and press the a Edit button to modify the scoring rules associated with each position You can also change the Minimum and Maximum required players the number of w Name Min__ Max_ Start Draft Pattem Team Defense Typical League Kicker Typical League Quarterback Typical League Running Back Typical League Tight End Typical League Wide Receiver Strongly Overvalue Strongly Undervalue Add Edit Copy Cancel Figure 19 Position Configuration Editor 23 PC Drafter User s Manual As with the other configuration screens the general position information is displayed for each position You can Add Edit or Delete positions by using the corresponding buttons at the bottom of the screen A brief description of the information displayed is listed below o Name Full name of the position o Min Minimum number of players each team needs to draft o Max Maximum number of players eac
15. Supported Operating Systems Windows 2000 ME XP Vista Memory Requirements 512 Meg RAM Hard Drive Requirements 15 Meg Disk Space Player Update Requirements Internet Connection any speed The latest installation file is on the PC Drafter website The filename is PCD20XX exe where XX is the current year such as PCD2008 exe Simply double click on this file to begin the installation process During the install you will be prompted to choose an installation directory The default installation directory is C Program Files PCDrafter20XX again 20XX equals the current year This directory contains all the PC Drafter files You can view the ReadMe file for a full list of all installed files There also will be a subdirectory created under this directory called LeagueFiles This directory will be the default directory for any league files player projections files or reports saved from within PC Drafter The installation will create a PC Drafter program icon in your Windows Start gt Programs folder under the name PC Drafter To run PC Drafter select this menu option You can also run PC Drafter by double clicking on the PC Drafter icon located in your PC Drafter installation directory Uninstall Instructions You may want to uninstall PC Drafter after your draft but you should probably keep your league files for use next year Just make a backup of your LeagueFiles directory usually found in C Program Files PCDrafter20XX Leagu
16. equate this value to a specific bid amount A number of different variables can effect what you should bid for any particular player These variables include your league scoring rules the number of players you need to draft and your league salary cap As your draft progresses these variables change based on what players are drafted and how much salary cap space is available for each team For this reason it is nearly impossible to determine what you should bid for a player while you are in the middle of an auction draft In an effort to help you throughout your auction draft PC Drafter has automated these price calculations Unlike the static auction cheat sheets that are found in magazines or posted on websites PC Drafter will calculate the player prices based on your individual league settings If you are using PC Drafter during your fantasy draft PC Drafter will update the projected player price as each new player is drafted If you are not using PC Drafter during your draft you can also generate a Cheat Sheet that will at least list the initial player prices that PC Drafter has calculated For PC Drafter to properly calculate the price values for your players the following information must be properly configured 1 The team salary caps must be accurate 2 The correct number of league teams must be entered 3 The position Power values using Simple VBD should yield results you would expect in a standard draft The first two items in
17. for the next available pick This could be useful for three purposes k If a previous pick was incorrect and the owner wants to draft another player you can use the Draft Pick dialog to replace the existing player at that draft pick The original player will again be available for drafting 2 If an owner misses a pick for some reason the next owner can then draft his player for his pick skipping the current pick until the previous owner can make his selection 3 If you are in a keeper league and need to draft players to specific rounds like the keepers in preparation for the live portion of the draft After each player is drafted the Available Player List the Draft Selections List and any open views will be updated with the current information and the power rankings are recalculated Using this approach you can continue to draft players until your draft is complete Mock Draft Window During your draft preparation you may want PC Drafter to complete a mock draft using your player rankings and league settings Using this approach PC Drafter will choose the highest ranking player that can be drafted for any team using the rules defined in the Position dialog and the PC Drafter Options screen For more reasons to use the Mock Draft see Mock Drafts in the the Appendices To have PC Drafter simulate a draft select the Gold Mock Draft button or choose Draft gt Mock Draft menu option You will be presented with the Mock Draft Progre
18. free to print this page and browse through this help system for detailed explanations of each function in PC Drafter 1 1 10 11 12 Quick Start Draft Double click the pcDrafter icon to run pcDrafter Select the Setup League button at the top of the screen to configure your league Click the Update Players button to download the latest player projections Click the Mock Draft button to simulate a draft Double click the player from the list on the top to draft a player Click the Start Draft button to begin your live draft Quick Start Common Functions To enter your league team names select the Edit gt League Teams menu option To change your highlighting file backup and draft validation preferences select the Edit gt Options menu To change any general league settings select the Edit gt League menu To change your scoring rules and Position settings select the Edit gt Scoring Rules menu To allow pcDrafter to complete a mock draft for your league select the Mock Draft button If you want to reset a mock draft or sample draft select the Draft gt Reset Draft menu option To trade players or draft picks select the Trade Players button To search for a specific player of groups of players use the Find area in the upper left portion of the screen Reset the find filter when you are done to return to a complete player listing To view the details of an individual player double click o
19. gold Open League button 2 from the left in pcDrafter or select the File gt Open menu option Either way you will be prompted by the normal Windows Open File dialog for the league file to open from your default league directory modifiable by choosing Edit gt Options Select the appropriate league file and press the Open button Any previously saved league information player projections and draft results will be reloaded into PC Drafter By default League files are stored in C Program Files pcDrafter20XX LeagueFiles and carry a pcf file extension where 20XX is the current fantasy football year 27 Player Data Files and Editing Once you have configured your league league teams and scoring rules you are ready to examine your player projections PC Drafter installs with a preliminary player projection file provided by 4for4 com To update player information you may use an Internet connection to download the most recently available player data for registered PC Drafter users this information is updated through the beginning of the regular NFL season You may also edit the projections to tweak 4for4 s data with your own player projection forecasts The following sections tell you more Updating Player Data from 4for4 com To load the latest player information click the Update Players button on the PC Drafter Toolbar You will be prompted with the dialog shown in Figure 22 Player Update To update your player
20. information you must have an active internet connection Please make sure you establish this connection before pressing the Update button below Pressing the Update button below will update all leagues with the latest player projections from peDrafter com Any modifications you have made to any player projections will not be overwritten by this update If you wish to overwrite your previous player updates select the Players gt Reset Player Data menu option once the player file has been updated cancel Figure 22 Update Players Dialog Note The trial version of PC Drafter will not update player data beyond the file that ships with pcDrafter an early season forecast To register visit www PCDrafter com so that PC Drafter will be enabled to retrieve player file updates through the beginning of the NFL regular season early September Alternatively 4for4 com and other sites like FFTOC com offer PC Drafter bundled with their site membership valid through the entire NFL season including the playoffs and bowls Receiving PC Drafter plus an entire season of updates and analysis tailored to your league may be your best value for this fantasy season 29 PC Drafter User s Manual You can use the PC Drafter player edit tools to update projections on each player based on your own research as explained below or rely on professional fantasy forecasters at 4for4 to provide this information for you automatically More likely you will use t
21. of incompletions Number of passing yards Number of passing touchdowns Number of long passing touchdowns Number of times the player will achieve a passing bonus Number of rushing attempts Number of rushing yards Number of rushing touchdowns Number of long rushing touchdowns Number of times the player will achieve a rushing bonus Number of receptions Number of receiving yards Number of receiving touchdowns Number of long receiving touchdowns Number of times the player will achieve a receiving bonus Number of punt or kickoff attempts Number of punt or kickoff return yards Number of punt or kickoff return touchdowns 77 PC Drafter User s Manual ExPt Number of extra points Missed ExPt Number of missed extra points FG Number of field goals Long FG Number of long field goals Miss FG Number of missed field goals 2Pts Number of 2 point conversions Int Number of interceptions Sack Number of sacks Fum Number of fumbles Fum Rec Number of fumble recoveries Safety Number of safeties Tackles Number of tackles Pass Def Number of passes defended Block Kick Number of blocked kicks Def TD Number of defensive touchdowns Shutouts Number of shutouts 1 10 Pts Number of games with 1 10 points allowed 11 20 Pts Number of games with 11 20 points allowed 21 Pts Number of games with over 21 points allowed 200 Yds Number of games with 1 200 yards allowed 200 300 Yds Number of games with 200 3
22. order presented in the table 2 The first five columns marked with an are required to contain data 3 No two players can have the same First Name and Last Name in the same team 4 Notall statistics must be entered for every player However after you have completed entering your projections it is advised that you enter a 0 for any unused column 5 If you enter projections for a player for a specific statistic and use this player file into a league that does not support that statistic the projection will be saved but will not be displayed in the Player Editor If you later modify the scoring rules for your league these projections will be used automatically Column Name PlayerlD First Name Last Name Position NFL Team Age Schedule Strength Salary ADPRank Static Auction Comps Incomps Pass Yds Pass Tds Long Pass Tds Pass Bonus Rushes Rush Yds Rush Tds Long Rush Tds Rush Bonus Receptions Rec Yds Rec Tds Long Rec Tds Rec Bonus Returns Ret Yards Ret TDs Description Unique ID for this player Usually last name first initial sequential number First name of the player Last name of the player Position of the player NFL Team of the player Player age if known Strength of Schedule Very Difficult to Very Easy or NA for Def Player salary reserved for future use Average Draft Position rank A multiplier used in computing auction values from 0 to 1 Number of completions Number
23. players currently available at his position This is captured via a Dynamic Benchmark As the draft progresses each team will have varying needs to fill depending upon whom that team has already drafted By position GOLD determines Team Need each step of the way As the draft plays out the league as a whole will have more or less need for players at various positions If your league is on the prowl for RBs or QBs GOLD will know it via ongoing League Need analysis Most leagues follow a typical drafting pattern and mirror Average Draft Position ADP data However if you believe your league is highly unique and does not follow a typical draft then you ll tell pcDrafter this during the League setup wizard or from the top menu choose Edit gt Position Scoring rules as shown below and GOLD will take this bias into account But again most leagues will not require any compensation You can always experiment though and see how things play out in the mock draft Position Configuration Double click on a position in the list below or highlight a position and press the Edit button to modify the scoring rules associated with each position You can also change the Minimum and Maximum required players the number of Name Min Max Start DraftPattem Team Defense 1 00 Typical League Kicker 1 00 Typical Leaque Quarterback 1 00 Typical League Running Back 2 00 Typical League Tight End 1 00 Wide Receiver 2 00 M a Strongly Over
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25. the league or attempt to open a new league However it is typically more appropriate to save the file manually after you have made any significant changes There are two ways to save a league file The first option is to select the Save League Gold button which is identical to the File gt Save menu option Either option will save the league using the existing file name if one exists This will overwrite any existing data that was previously saved The second option is to select the File gt Save As menu option The Save As will save the league file to a different file name This will maintain the original league information in the original file and will save the changes to the new league file Using the Save option you will only be prompted for a file name if the league had not previously been saved Using the Save As option you will be prompted for a file name every time the Save As is selected with the standard Windows File Save dialog In this case enter the file name and press the Save button to save the league Closing a League File If you simply want to close your existing league without saving any of the changes you can select the File gt Close menu option As long as you do not have the PC Drafter Option to automatically save the file no changes will be saved For more on this option please refer to the section on Options Configuration Opening a Saved League File If you want to open a previously saved league file just click the
26. to that position the position will automatically be deleted If any player has been entered that is assigned to that position you will be presented with the Reassign Position dialog pictured in Figure 21 You might use this Delete function to delete the TE position and move all TE s into a combo WR TE position Reassign Position Original Position i Number of players at original position 1144 Reassigned Position None Selecting None as the reassign position will delete all players at the original position Cancel Figure 21 Reassign Position This screen will make you verify that you actually want to delete the position It will display the current number of players that have been assigned to the position you will delete If you choose a Reassigned Position the existing players at this position will be reassigned to the new position If you do not select a Reassigned Position the existing players will be deleted from PC Drafter Once you have made your decision you can press the OK button to delete the position If you have made a mistake you can press the Cancel button to exit the screen without deleting the position Save File Saving your league file maintains any changes you have made to the league teams positions player projections and scoring rules It will also save any current draft picks results 26 If you create a new league you will automatically be prompted to save the league when you close
27. value uses the player points in the calculation modifying those projections will affect the power rankings of not only that player but also other players at his position The GOLD Algorithm Power Calculation Bar none this is the one method to use for serpentine and cyclical drafting We believe it s the best drafting formula available on the market today And we should know since between beginning the PC Drafter project in 1999 and combining with 4for4 com s expertise we ve seen virtually everyone created GOLD builds on Value Based Drafting principles These ideas have been in the public domain for years However GOLD goes far beyond as it tightens up the process and dynamically delivers more robust player recommendations This results in you drafting a vastly improved team In a nutshell the higher the player s GOLD score the more valuable the player is to the team currently drafting Finally consider that in a competitive environment if your opponents are all using average draft position or simple value based draft techniques you will need a definitive edge something that sees several moves ahead and works to strategically select your team The Gold method does just that 82 Appendix Gold Algorithm Overview Before your draft GOLD computes a Static Benchmark for each position Players will either be better or worse than their Static Benchmark A player s value is also a function of how that player compares to the best
28. ways to sort and arrange your players One useful example is to first sort by position descending so Defense amp Kickers are last then by SVB descending so that high value players are first then by last name ascending so among tied players it s alphabetical This is shown below Sort by Position OvAscending Descending Then by SVB Ascend Descenfing Then by ast Name Ascending Descending My data range has Header row O No header row Figure 37 Excel Sort Options for Cheat Sheets Adjust the column widths to display names points ADP etc as you wish You may want to delete the Gold column since the Gold rank really only applies to the first pick of the first round and would be dynamically recalculated after each pick if you had your PC with you in the draft 45 PC Drafter User s Manual E Microsoft Excel Auction Cheat Sheet csv e Dan AMin Gaty Tom Tony Peyton Orew Carson Roethlisberc Ben Derok Donovan Matt Dand Jay Vince SI EN HA Auction Cheat Sheet Ready 7 Excel has many print options that allow you to preview your output and break pages with each new position From the print preview choose Page Break Preview and drag the page breaks to where you want them In this example WR s take 3 pages TE s take 2 RB s fit on 2 5 QB s take 1 page and D amp K all fit on 1 page Wei OB Op OB Op Cp
29. with five sets of default Scoring Methods Each of these methods provides a slightly different set of pre configured scoring rules that will be applied to the positions you select At any time you can edit any of the scoring criteria that does not match your league rules by opening the Position Editor However selecting the default method that most closely matches your league rules will save you time when configuring your league Each of the Scoring Methods is described below Performance 1 Default Performance 2 Basic 1 Basic 2 Yahoo Default Scoring FFTOC Scoring WCOFF Scoring ESPN Default Scoring Custom Performance 1 Scoring Rules In the Performance 1 default rules both yardage and touchdowns are used to calculate the projected points for each player There are also a number of defensive statistics configured The default scoring rules for Offensive players are Passing Touchdowns 3 Points Passing Yards 1 Point for every 25 yards Rushing Receiving Touchdowns _ 6 Points Rushing Receiving Yards 1 Point for every 10 yards 2Pt Conversions 2 Points The default scoring rules for Defensive players are Defensive Special Teams Touchdowns 6 Points Interceptions Sacks Fumble Recoveries 1 Point Safeties 2 Points Shutouts 14 Points 1 10 Points Allowed 7 Points 11 20 Points Allowed 3 Points 70 Appendix The default scoring rules for Kickers are Extra Points 1 Point Field Goals 3 Points Performance 2 Scoring Rules
30. wizard to help you get up and running quickly The Setup League button on the upper left begins a seven step process with typical default options marked for you New League Setup Wizard Unless you have a previously saved league from a friend or previous session you will use the New League Wizard to initially create your league The New League Wizard walks you through the typical league setup functions to complete your setup automatically customized to the rules and nuances of your particular league To launch the setup wizard select the Setup League gold button near the top left corner of PC Drafter You will then be presented with the first page of the New League Setup Wizard pictured in Figure 3 New League Setup Page 1 General League Information Leaque Name M y First PCDrafter League a Number of Teams 10 Roster Size 15 am Draft Style Serpentine si Team Salary Cap Minimum Player Salary 4 serpentine draft is a traditional draft method that is configured in a a serpentine manner For example in a 10 team league the draft order for the first round will proceed 1 10 In the second round the order will be 10 1 This order will repeat throughout the draft w Cancel Help Figure 3 New League Setup Wizard Page 1 The Wizard contains seven pages of information that must be set before the league can be configured You can move from page to page by using the Back and Next buttons at the bo
31. 0 100 Passing Yards 0 04 100 Passing Touchdowns 3 00 100 Long Passing Touchdowns 0 00 100 Passing Bonus 0 00 100 Rushing Attempts 0 00 100 Rushing Yards 0 10 100 Rushing Touchdowns 6 00 100 l se ss DI cade ice ss T assolo less ses e ann ann lt Cancel Figure 20 Position Editor The items displayed in the Position Editor are outlined below Abbreviation The name used for most PC Drafter functions Name The full position name Minimum Minimum number of players Maximum Maximum number of players Starter Count Number of starters for each team decimals allowed see above Draft Pattern Strong league bias for or against drafting this position Every header item correlates directly to the items on the previous Position Configuration dialog You will note that the Abbreviation field cannot be edited once a position is added Like the NFL team abbreviation this field is used for indexing purposes and cannot be changed once the position is added To modify the abbreviation the position must be deleted and re added To modify your league scoring rules click the Multiplier column next to your corresponding statistic You can then enter your league scoring rules To verify that the Multiplier is correct you should view the Sample Points column after entering your Multiplier Once the Multiplier is entered it will take your value and multiply it by the value displayed in the Value column You infer the units of meas
32. 00 yards allowed 301 Yds Number of games with over 300 yards allowed Figure C Player File Format 78 Appendix D Draft Types PC Drafter supports two primary draft types You select the draft type in the League Setup Wizard when you create a new league The draft type you select will affect the way you draft players and how PC Drafter calculates the player rankings Note that once a draft type has been selected it cannot be changed Your only option would be to create a new league with a different draft type Each of the draft types is described in the following section Standard Draft Serpentine Cyclical or customized Keeper leagues are permitted here Auction Draft no draft order managers bid on each player in an open format Keeper leagues also permitted here Mock Draft not a draft type but an automated draft to simulate a live standard draft Standard Draft Most leagues use a standard draft method In this method each owner has an assigned draft position when they can select any available player Each team has a set number of roster positions that can be filled with some number of players The draft is complete once every owner has drafted his allotted number of players Trades are allowed but must contain equal number of players or draft positions exchanged between teams The two most common ways to run a standard draft is by using either a Serpentine or Cyclical draft style Ina Serpentine draft the first round w
33. 7 Ryan Grant 196 Maurice Drew 186 oar 000000000 ow oO ooo NN Goo o o o o Oo 00O Es Ze Ooh on E ou IO OCT OCOwWWOOCCCCCCo Io CoCo jyroooowwooooooooo o s Update Player Statistics Cancel All Changes Figure 24 Player Projection Grid Editing Individual Players You can edit an individual player in one of two ways 1 Highlight the player in the Available Player List and then use the Player gt Edit menu option 2 Highlight the player in the Available Player List and then press your right mouse button You can then select the Edit option on the popup menu to edit the player Using any of these methods will open the Player Editor described in the following section The only difference is that the existing player values are automatically entered into the editor A player can be edited added deleted or copied at any time during your draft preparation or during your draft 31 PC Drafter User s Manual See Adding a Player for information on the player editor window Adding a Player To add a new player you should select the Players gt Add menu option Figure 23 shows this dialog with the fields completed for a new player You may want to Copy a Player instead of creating one from scratch See the section below for Copy instructions Player Editor Player Information First Name Adda Last Name NewPlayer NFL Team CAR X Position QB e Bye Week Age Unknown Paints EOY SOs DS Di
34. EFORE YOUR DRAFT and you ll leave no stone unturned Try bold drafting ideas do a number of practice runs and get ultra comfortable will all kinds of situations See Also Mock Draft Window for how to configure the mock draft 80 Appendix E Power Calculations The power rankings are a value assigned to a player that compares him to other players not only at the same position but also players at other positions This section explains how pcDrafter ranks players first with the simple value based method then with the more dynamic Gold method The most common valuation method is simple value based drafting It is easy to compare players at the same position during the draft You simply need to look at which player you think will score more point during the season If the choice is between a running back projected to score 300 points and a running back projected to score 200 points your choice is obvious However there are few leagues that draft one position at a time There is a time in every draft where you have to decide between comparable players at different positions The value based system can help you determine which of these players is the best choice for your team The result of a value based analysis is particular to your league but it is an essentially static list or ranking The Gold algorithm goes beyond Simple Value Based drafting because it not only rates players specifically for your league s rules but it continuously recalculat
35. Find Players view is an important tool for finding undrafted players quickly Use the area to the left of the Available Players window as shown in Figure 30 or for more control use the Find Players gold button resulting in the Find window shown in Figure 31 pcDrafter Sample League Last Player File Update None BAE Fie Edit Players Draft View Reports Help Trent Edwards QB BUF Player Name Team Poi ADP Rank Gold Rank Edwards Trent BUF 181 Rd 14 Pk 03 Croyle Brodie KC 180 Rd 15 Pk 08 Brown Chris HOU 120 Rd 14 Pk 10 Steelers Pittsburgh PIT 117 Rd 15 Pk 02 Titans Tennessee TEN 114 Rd 15 Pk 03 Smith Alex SF NS Undrafted he Find Players lected Player NFL Schedule D Pos Player a Opponent Opponent Defense a Kaeding Nate Seahawks Somewhat Average Defensive Of Graham Shay Jaguars Somewhat Average Defensive Of Scobee Josh Raiders Somewhat Average Defensive Of Reed Jeff Rams Easy Defensive Opponent Rackers Neil Cardinals Somewhat Average Defensive Of Dawson Phil Chargers Difficult Defensive Opponent Team 10 Kasay John Dolphins Easy Defensive Opponent v a SOON OO e Figure 30 The Find Players Area on the Main Screen 39 PC Drafter User s Manual m Find Players Filter Criteria First Name bo Last Name Team v Bye Select D n gt Position Any EU SOS Select x Drafted Results Player Name Position Team Bye
36. OB Op OB OB Op IOB Op OB Figure 38 Excel Column Width Adjustment O s On OV i Ee LP wD Se Co 5 Undrafted Undrafted Undrafted Undrafted Undrafted Undrafled Undrafied Undrafted 3 RA ODP 01 RAPO 5 Ad O2 P O2 ORA OPKO Rank Rd BPS Sg CS Rd OF PR OF S Rd07 Pk 06 ZA Rd IPKO ZE RAOVPK OI 2 RA OF Pk Ot TA Rd 10 PK Microsoft Excel Auction Cheat Sheet csv Figure 39 Excel Print Preview and Page Break Preview Button 8 When your satisfied with your cheat sheet layout print it You can see from these sorting printing and adjusting steps that Excel is an extremely good tool for managing your cheat sheet That s why we have not built print iii DEER at sreritiz AU i S SS 3 3 t f R i i 3 2 z t 3 m t apana pe e De DN d Wel ON f WU WKKKK wTM ue Kl WW el DAT St ee ennapg ni HEH EN H z 2 P P D e gt z x KH ry bi y z J a b 2 z s D gt P N x a z 2 IN mij DD POR OT ET NT eT ere errTrerecerereceere reer rece rere seer ee eee features into pcDrafter we re not ones to reinvent the wheel 46 Microsoft Excel Auction Cheat Sheet csv PI mammen He
37. PC Drafter User s Manual Table of Contents QuickStart 1 Introduction 2 Install Instructions 2 Uninstall Instructions 2 PC Drafter General Functionality 3 Splash Screen 3 Main Interface 5 3 Getting Started Setup your League 7 New League Setup Wizard 7 Page 2 Scoring Rules 8 Page 3 Default Position Setup 9 Page 4 Default Setup Positions 10 Page 5 League Drafting Pattern 12 Page 6 Enter League Teams Data 13 Page 7 PC Drafter Options 15 4 Options Configuration 16 General Options 16 Highlight Options 17 Draft Options 19 See help information on each tab 20 Recovering a League File Backup 20 Editing your League and Teams 20 Edit League 21 Edit League Teams 21 NFL Teams 23 Scoring Rules 23 Edit Position 24 Delete Position 26 Save File 26 7 Closing a League File 27 8 Opening a Saved League File 27 Player Data Files and Editing 29 Updating Player Data from 4for4 com 29 Editing All Player Data the Projection Grid 30 Editing Individual Players 31 Adding a Player 32 Copying a Player 33 Deleting a Player 33 Table of Contents 10 Register PC Drafter Privacy Information 11 Reset Player Information 12 Views Team Positions Team Rosters Team Salary Find Players Tool 13 Reports Draft Reports Draft Results Report Team Rosters Report Player Reports Cheat Sheet Standard Cheat Sheet Auction Cheat Sheet Tips 14 Help 15 Conclus
38. Please take the time to review and select the appropriate options below based on your personal preferences Note that these options will be applied to all your leagues You can modify these options at any time by using the Options dialog located under the Edit gt Options menu in peDrafter Other highlighting and draft options are also available from the Edit gt Options menu Iw Prompt to save changes when closing a new league Automatically save the current league when closing an existing leaque Highlight my draft picks in the Draft Round list Highlight players of positions who have reached their minimum roster requirements Notify me if attempt to draft a player more than 1 round prior to their Average Draft Position Cancel Help Figure 11 New League Setup Wizard Page 7 The seventh and final page of the Setup Wizard is to configure PC Drafter s options By default PC Drafter will prompt you to save your league when you close a new league after completing this seventh step in the wizard PC Drafter can also save your league any time you close a league The other options let you tailor PC Drafter s draft behavior depending on your preferences These options and more can be changed later using the Edit Options dialog Click the Finish button to complete your new league setup PC Drafter will prompt you to update your player file even if you just updated it before running this wizard An I
39. Selections Selected Player NFL Schedule Rd Pk Team os layer Opponent Opponent Defense 1 Team8 Tomlinson La f age Somewhat Average Defensive Or Team 3 4 Team 2 Figure 32 Select the Auction Cheat Sheet from Reports Cheat Sheet Tips We certainly recommend using pcDrafter live in your draft so that you can take full advantage of the software s dynamic recomputations Whether you re drafting in a standard league and using the power of the Gold algorithm or running an auction league and watching the remaining funds of all your opponents pcDrafter really is designed for having your PC or laptop at your draft But there are leagues where that s not allowed or maybe you re a belt and suspenders person and you need an insurance policy in case the laptop dies mid draft Enter the old standby the Cheat Sheet Unlike a magazine cheat sheet pcDrafter s cheat sheets are optimized for the specific scoring rules of your league and updated with the latest player projections from 4for4 com If you can t have pcDrafter with you in the draft here s how to get the most from your Cheat Sheets 1 Create cheat sheets from the Reports menu Choose either auction or standard depending on your league type pcDrafter Demo Auction League Last Player File Up E Orat Re D aen Oraft av da Avadable Playen Power Calculeted Foi Listen ean Seectice File Edit f bonr Flemember thet the prce isted dek P
40. a Falcons Heath Evans as well as a number of other players 3 Results are shown in the available players window You can re sort the results list by clicking on any of the column headings Clicking once will sort the column in ascending order Clicking again will sort the column in descending order 4 To Draft or Edit a player you must highlight the player in the Results list and then press the appropriate button 5 The Available Players window remains filtered by your search criteria until you click the Reset button PC Drafter then reverts back to showing all available players 40 Reports There are a number of reports in PC Drafter that can be generated to help you prepare and analyze your draft In addition to printing these reports each of these reports can be saved to either a simple text file txt or a tab separated csv file In most cases the csv file will contain more information and is best suited for further analysis in any spreadsheet program Microsoft Excel is the most common The text file is limited to 80 characters wide so that is can be easily printed on any standard printer These reports vary from player cheat sheets to the draft results These reports fall into two main categories Draft reports and Player reports Both of these categories and associated reports are described in the following sections Draft Reports There are two different draft reports current available in PC Drafter These two reports ar
41. ade To complete a trade you select the players involved in the trade from both teams and add any additional money involved in the trade and press the Trade button The players and money will be traded and both teams will be updated with the new information All available views will be updated with the results of the trade There are a few items to note when trading in an auction league 1 The same number of players do not have to be traded between teams This is due to the fact that that the draft order is not set so a team could draft several players later 2 All roster requirements will be enforced based on the rules you had configured for each position This is to ensure that all rosters are valid 3 PC Drafter will not allow a trade that would cause you to run out of salary cap space before drafting the minimum number of players at every position 4 It is possible that a trade would allow one team to exceed their starting salary cap if money was involved in the trade In this case the team may have more currently available money than the initial salary cap If the draft is reconfigured all teams are reset to the initial salary cap 63 PC Drafter User s Manual PC Drafter also provides an option to evaluate a potential trade for auction leagues This can be used to validate a trade if you are unsure whether to proceed To evaluate a potential trade select the players and money that will be involved in the trade and press the Ev
42. al 2 One click acceptance of PC Drafter s top draft pick 3 Allowing PC Drafter to automatically complete an entire draft in Mock Draft Option 1 is the most common option during your live draft as you keep record of your opposing team picks In this case you find players and assign them to the appropriate team as each owner makes his or her selection Options 2 and 3 allow PC Drafter to use the calculated player rankings and the league roster requirements to determine the best player to choose for the current pick These options are best suited for use during your draft preparation Each of these options will be described in the following three sections Draft A Player The most common method of selecting a player during a draft is simply to manually draft the player A player can be drafted in six different ways Choose the one you re most comfortable with 1 For the recommended pick that is the player shown in the pcDrafter Highly Recommends Selecting box just click the grey button labeled Draft 2 Double click the player name in the Available Player List 3 Highlight the player in the Available Player List and select the Draft gt Draft Player menu option 4 Highlight the player in the Available Player List and press the right mouse button Then select the Draft menu option to draft the player 5 Highlight the player in the Available Player List and use the mouse to drag and drop the player into the Draft List
43. aluate button After pressing the Evaluate button you will be presented with the Evaluate Trade screen pictured in Figure 51 E Evaluate Trade m Trade Analysis The total money that would go to Team 1 is 75000 The highest ranked player that would move to Team 1 is Shaun Alexander Alexander was initially ranked 2 overall The total initial power of all players that would move to Team 1 is 284000 Potential Team 1 Players Player Pos Points Value Alexander Sha RB 320 Uae Gates Antonio TE 147 L t Potential Team 2 Players Player Pos Points Value Johnson Larry RB 337 lop cane Figure 51 Auction Trade Evaluation The Evaluate Trade screen displays the possible results of the trade as well as comparing the value of players and money involved After viewing the results click the X button at the top of the screen to close this window You can then either approve or modify the trade The items displayed in the Evaluate Trade dialog are listed below Trade Analysis This section described the trade and displays which team may benefit most from the trade based on the player projections and money involved in the trade Team 1 Players The players that would be traded to the first team Team 2 Players The players that would be traded to the second team Additional Note Some trades are more complex than can be represented with this tool For the brave and computer savvy the PC Drafter forum accessed from t
44. an be fractions to indicate such conditions as you may either start two RBs with three WRs or 3 RBs with 2 WRs This would be entered as an RB start value of 2 5 and WR start value of 2 5 Quite often these RB WR flex positions favor RBs however Experience has shown that if you keep the total correct but bias toward the RB you improve your drafting slightly For example RB start of 2 7 and WR start of 2 3 The total is still 5 but the 7 indicates that 70 of the time the RB WR flex will use a RB and 30 of the time will use a WR Edit Position The primary function of the Position Editor is to provide you with a way to enter your league scoring rules For each position the full set of statistics supported by PC Drafter is displayed See Appendix A for the complete list of available statistics Select the Edit gt Scoring Rules menu option to configure your positions You will then be presented with the Position Configuration dialog To edit a position highlight the position in the Position Configuration dialog and select the Edit button You will then be presented with the Position Editor pictured in Figure 20 24 E Position Editor TA Position Information Abbreviation RB Name Minimum E Maximum Starter Count 12 00 Draft Pattern Typical League M Statistics Click in the Multiplier column to edit the points awarded for each statistic Statistic Multiplier Value Points Completions 0 00 100 Incompletions 0 0
45. an be used as the starting point for initial assignment of the draft positions Individual rounds can later be adjusted using the Modify Draft option described in the next section Draft Order The Draft Order list displays the draft order for the first round of the draft The team order in the proceeding rounds will be adjusted based on the Draft Type selected To modify the draft order select a team in the Draft Order list You should then use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to adjust the initial draft order Once you have adjusted the draft order to meet your league requirements you should press the OK button to reconfigure your draft If you decide not to change your existing draft you should select the Cancel button 50 Modifying the Draft Order Rather then reconfiguring the draft there may be times when you need to modify individual draft rounds This would be the case if trades have occurred before the draft began or if your league uses a draft style other than serpentine or cyclical Unlike Configure Draft Modifying the Draft Order will not reset the existing draft Instead any player already drafted will still be assigned to their original team Both the team and drafted player will simply be assigned to a new draft position These changes will be reflected in the Draft List Window in the main PC Drafter screen Quick note Use Configure Draft to modify the draft order across all rounds Use Modify Draft Order to change the draft
46. ction drafts Selecting the View gt Team Salary menu option will open the Team Salary view pictured in Figure 29 This pictures a draft in progress with Running Backs being auctioned 38 E Team Salaries K EE 2155000 1428000 1530000 725000 700000 733000 720000 713600 707000 683000 League Available Team 2845000 Team2 3572000 Team3 3470000 Team4 4275000 Team5 4300000 Team6 4267000 Team 4280000 Team8 4286400 Team9 4293000 Team10 4317000 a DODD O DOO G i oooccc Cc ccc 2 ooccccc cco Figure 29 Team Salary View The Team Salary view closely resembles the Team Position view The difference comes in the fact that while the Team Position view displays the count of players drafted at each position the Team Salary view displays the salary cap money spent on each position as well as the money available for each player Like the Team Position view each number will be highlighted in a different color depending on the number of players drafted If a team has reached the minimum roster count for a position the column will be highlighted in blue If a team has reached the maximum roster count for a position the column will be highlighted in red This view can be used to quickly track the available money for each team as well as the positions on which they will most likely spend that money This will allow you to better manage your money to get the greatest value with each pick Find Players Tool The
47. cular position or highly undervalue other position s you may indicate it on this page Keep in mind that this bias indicator is reserved for very strong bias not mild tendencies You re almost done Proceed to the sixth page of League Setup 12 Page 6 Enter League Teams Data New League Setup Page 6 League Teams Double click on each of the Team Names below to rename them to the correct names for your league Note that the Abbrey is the primary value used to display the teams in pcDratfter rou should also signify which team belongs to you This will provide additional highlighting and validation during the draft The highlight options can be changed at any time using the Edit gt Options menu Abbrev Name Owner Ema Team 1 Owner 1 Emaill email Team 2 Owner 2 Email2 email Team 3 Owner 3 Email3 email Team 4 Owner 4 Email4 email Team 5 Owner 5 Emailb email Team 6 Owner 6 Email6 email Team Owner Email email Y een Select your team for this league Figure 9 New League Setup Wizard Page 6 In the sixth page of the New League Setup Wizard PC Drafter has created the number of teams that were entered back in step 1 These teams were assigned default settings that you will need to configure for your specific league To edit a team highlight the team row and double click This will open the League Team Editor pictured in Figure 16 League Team Editor Abbreviation Tm3 Name peGOLD Owner
48. e best players it would always advocate spending the manager s entire payroll on the very top players Note that this method gives the correct relative value for each player but some people will always overbid for players There are several excellent articles on the web regarding the emotional dynamic of participating in an auction league General observations include less experienced managers spending too much too early and getting caught in a bidding frenzy Advanced strategies include nominating players that are likely to generate an overbid situation and waiting for your opponents to spend their money while you keep yours and wind up in a more powerful bidding position later in the auction 87 Appendix G Keeper Leagues Many leagues allow owners to keep a certain number of players from year to year This can apply to both auction and standard draft leagues PC Drafter allows you to configure your draft based on these keeper players though it does require some manual work To configure a league that allows players to be maintained from year to year you should follow these background steps first Set up your league as you would any normal league by configuring your league settings and scoring rules and adding all your league teams Set up your draft based on owners not keeping any players Update the player file so that you have all the possible players available You must now take the time to draft the players for each owner who i
49. e modified and all new players you have added ent x Figure 26 Player Reset Warning Additional information PC Drafter tracks your customized player data edits in a separate file userplayers csv stored in the LeagueFiles directory Using Excel or Notepad it is possible to review exactly which players you have customized information for and even to make adjustments But we caution you that this is for experienced computer users only You run the risk of deleting data or adding an extra field that would throw off PC Drafter s player projection process Always make a backup copy of any file you are about to open or modify 36 Views No matter what draft type you choose there are a number of special views that can be displayed to help you manage your draft These views were designed to help you to better track your opponents and find information faster so that you can make better draft decisions PC Drafter has a pre configured draft view that opens several windows concurrently and arranges them on your desktop to give you maximum visibility of how your draft is progressing You will see this arrangement when you click the Start Draft or the Mock Draft button and the Start Draft button includes a brief tutorial that explains each window You will have the option of disabling the tutorial after viewing it the first time All of these views can be displayed throughout your draft and minimized or placed on the background of
50. e options that you can set from this page are Default File Directory The default directory where all league player and report files will be saved This is also the directory that will be selected by default when opening a league or player file File Save Prompt Selecting this option will cause a prompt to appear if you attempt to exit a newly created league without first saving your changes Automatic Save Selecting this option will cause PC Drafter to automatically save any league or player changes when you exit a league Automatic League Backup During a draft PC Drafter will save your league file after every 5 picks so that in the event of something catastrophic you can recover and proceed with your draft You may change the number of picks between saves from 5 to any number here The league is backed up to the file Recovery bak in your default league directory See Also Recovering a League File Backup 16 Highlight Options Once you have set your General options selecting the Highlight tab will present you with the selection screen pictured in Figure 13 Options General Highlight Draft Highlight my draft picks in the Draft Round list Highlight players who are no longer draftable by My Team due to roster constraints Highlight players of positions who have reached their minimum roster requirements Cancel Help Figure 13 Options Dialog Highlight Options The options available on the Highlight sc
51. e the Draft Results report and the Team Rosters report Both of these reports are listed under the Reports gt Draft Reports menu option These reports can either be used after your draft to act as a recap of the completed draft or during the draft to give you a hard copy overview of the current draft The data contained in each of these reports is outlined below Draft Results Team Rosters Draft Results Report The Draft Results report is designed to show an overview of the existing draft You can select either an individual round or team to display or you can choose to print out the entire draft If you do not have a computer available at your draft you could use the Draft Results report to print out the entire draft order so that you could manually track the draft progress See our Cheat Sheet Tips for recommendations on sorting and printing reports in Excel While this is written for Cheat sheets the same technique applies to any report generated in pcDrafter Team Rosters Report The Team Roster report is designed to show a breakdown of each league team The players can be sorted by name position points or power depending on how you want to view the data You can print out the entire league to view a breakdown of all the rosters or simply print out an individual team Once the draft is complete this is the best report to print the results of the draft in an easy to view form See our Cheat Sheet Tips for recommendations on sortin
52. eFiles where 20XX is the current year Should you choose to uninstall PC Drafter there are two methods of removing the program First you can use the Uninstall menu option located in the Windows Start gt Programs folder under the name PC Drafter PC Drafter Secondly you can use the Windows Add Remove Programs dialog located in the Windows Control Panel In the Add Remove Programs window scroll down and select the entry for PC Drafter Then press the Change Remove button Select the Yes button when prompted to uninstall PC Drafter Uninstalling PC Drafter will remove all files directories and registry settings associated with the program Any league or player files that you have created may not be deleted by the uninstall procedure The directories containing these files should be removed manually PC Drafter General Functionality This section outlines the general functionality available in PC Drafter There are certain options screens and settings that are different depending on what type of draft your league employs The functions included in this section are common to all draft types After reading this section you should understand the basic functionality provided by PC Drafter Splash Screen When you first run PC Drafter you will be prompted with the Splash Screen pictured in Figure 1 To close the Splash Screen simply click on the screen or press any key on your keyboard The window will disappear automatically after 8 sec
53. eague Team Configuration The League Team Configuration dialog displays the general information about each team in your league It also allows you to Edit league teams To edit a team highlight the team in the League Team Configuration screen and select the Edit button This will open the League Team Editor pictured in Figure 16 League Team Editor Abbreviation Tm3 Name peGOLD Owner peDrafter Email Support pcDrafter com Figure 18 League Team Edit Window This screen allows you to enter the information specific to each team These items are outlined below o Abbreviation The name used on most PC Drafter screens 22 o Name The complete team name o Owner The name of the team owner o Email The email of the team owner The final two options are available only for Auction leagues o Salary Cap The salary cap for this team o Current Money The current available money for this team Once you have successfully edited the team you can press the OK button to save your changes If you have made a mistake you can press the Cancel button to cancel your changes NFL Teams PC Drafter automatically knows the NFL teams their abbreviation and bye weeks PC Drafter makes use of a file in your League Files directory named bye csv This file has no user editable data and must be in a certain strict format for PC Drafter to properly display your bye weeks and opponent defense strength Scoring Rules The
54. echt rafter Email Support peD rafter com Figure 10 League Team Edit Window 13 PC Drafter User s Manual This screen allows you to enter the information specific to each team These items are outlined below o Abbreviation The name used on most PC Drafter screens o Name The complete team name o Owner The name of the team owner o Email The email of the team owner optional just for your record keeping PC Drafter does not send emails The final two options are available only for Auction leagues o Salary Cap The salary cap for this team o Current Money The current available money for this team Once you have successfully edited the team you can press the OK button to save your changes If you have made a mistake you can press the Cancel button to cancel your changes Continue editing information for each team in your league You can return to this dialog later after completing the wizard by using the Edit League Teams option from PC Drafter s top menu When you have completed all team entry information be sure to select which team is yours by using the drop down box just below the team listings as shown in the top illustration Telling PC Drafter which team belongs to you ensures that Mock Drafts and Live Drafts respond properly with highlighting and team information Click Next to go to the last page of the Wizard 14 Page 7 PC Drafter Options New League Setup Page 7 pcDrafter Options
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56. es the best draft choice based on the league s need to fill a current position your team s need for a current position the remaining players on the board and several other factors including biases your league may have for particular positions Simple Value Based Drafting Power Calculation Simple VBD Algorithm The GOLD Algorithm Power Calculation Gold Algorithm Computation Overview See also Auction Price Calculations Simple VBD Power Calculation In the Simple Value Based Draft algorithm The power value is the difference between a player s points and the average points of other players at his position The number of other players to include in this average is determined by the Power value that is computed based on your league s rules For instance if the Power value for a running back is 1 and there are 10 teams in your league the power ranking for a running back will be his calculated points minus the average of the top ten running backs It is important to recognize that as players are drafted the power rankings will change as the average value for the remaining players changes For instance as more running backs are drafted the value for the remaining running backs will either increase or decrease based on what player is chosen Using the above example if a running back is drafted the power ranking now becomes each running back s points minus the average of the top nine running backs If the top running backs are consis
57. ese changes to your new player information data This will be written to your player data file and used by all of your leagues if you track more than one league in PC Drafter o Click Cancel Changes to abandon your modifications and leave the player data as it was before you began this edit o Now that we ve told you how to modify that projections keep in mind that the latest projections are always available with the click of the update players button automatically imported into pcDrafter and adjusted for likelihood of injuries team performance strength of schedule etc by the experts at 4for4 com 30 o NOTE Your changes are not saved until you save the current league file o When you update your player file using the Update Players gold button your custom edits will NOT be overwritten as long as you have SAVED your data by saving the league file PC Drafter protects your edits but you may loose the benefit of more up to date information To reset your edits and revert to the latest projection file use the Reset Player Data function in the Player menu E Player Projection Grid FirstName LastName Pos__ Team_ Points_ Comp _ Incomp _ Pass YD_ Pa Ladainian CT merde Adrian ere RB MIN 279 Steven Jackson STL 233 Brian Westbrook 231 Frank Gore 214 Joseph Addai 231 Marion Barber 212 Marshawn Lynch 218 Clinton Portis 211 Larry Johnson 207 Tom Brady 303 Peyton Manning 265 Randy Moss 230 Willis Mcgahee 19
58. fficult ADP Overall fo ADP Selection Undrafted Passing Yards Passing Touchdowns Rushing Yards Rushing Touchdowns Receiving Yards Receiving Touchdowns 2 Point Conversions Cancel Figure 23 Add Player Dialog Filled In with Data The full items displayed in the Player Editor pictured above are described below o First Name The first name of the player o Last Name The last name of the player o NFL Team The NFL team containing this player o Position The player position 32 o Bye Week The bye week of the selected NFL team o Age The player s age if known o Points The points this player is projected to score per statistics below o EOY SOS End of last Year Strength of Schedule Very Easy Easy Average Difficult Very Difficult or NA for Def o Statistics The player projections for each statistic o Comments Any player comments o Injury Update Any player injury news or comments There are several items to note on the usage of these fields lk Two players cannot be given the same first and last names on the same team 2 When the editor first appears the section labeled Statistics will not be enabled This will become enabled when the Position value is selected 3 Only those statistics that were assigned a multiplier value for the selected position will be displayed 4 The Position NFL Team and Bye Week fields are assigned based on the values you had previously entered in the Positi
59. g Yards Passing Touchdowns Long Passing Touchdowns Passing Bonus Rushing Attempts Rushing Yards Rushing Touchdowns Long Rushing Touchdowns Rushing Bonus Receptions Receiving Yards Receiving Touchdowns Long Receiving Touchdowns Receiving Bonus Return Attempts Return Yards Return Touchdowns Extra Points Missed Extra Points Definition Position played NFL team name Player s age if known Strength of Schedule Very Easy Easy Average Difficult Very Difficult NA for Def Current salary if known Reserved for future use Number of completions Number of incompletions Number of passing yards Number of passing touchdowns Number of long passing touchdowns Number of times the player will achieve a passing bonus Number of rushing attempts Number of rushing yards Number of rushing touchdowns Number of long rushing touchdowns Number of times the player will achieve a rushing bonus Number of receptions Number of receiving yards Number of receiving touchdowns Number of long receiving touchdowns Number of times the player will achieve a receiving bonus Number of punt or kickoff attempts Number of punt or kickoff return yards Number of punt or kickoff return touchdowns Number of extra points Number of missed extra points 67 PC Drafter User s Manual Field Goals Long Field Goals Missed Field Goa
60. g and printing reports in Excel While this is written for Cheat sheets the same technique applies to any report generated in pcDrafter Player Reports The player reports provide the details for different views of all the player data imported added or modified in PC Drafter Most reports are available as TXT files plain text to open read and print in your word process like Microsoft Word or Notepad or in CSV format so that you can read print or manipulate it in a Spreadsheet application like Microsoft Excel These reports are listed under the Reports gt Player Reports menu option 41 PC Drafter User s Manual Player Reports Available Cheat Sheet Standard A handy backup in case your computer fails Cheat Sheet Auction Top 100 Standard similar to Cheat Sheet but only the top 100 Top 100 Auction also similar to Cheat Sheet just the 100 highest auction values Full Player Statistic Report a comprehensive CSV file of all player data See our Cheat Sheet Tips for recommendations on sorting and printing reports in Excel While this is written for Cheat sheets the same technique applies to any report generated in pcDrafter Cheat Sheet Standard The Standard Cheat Sheet report displays the players along with their points and SVB power projections If you do not have a computer available at your draft you could still create the cheat sheets for each of your positions so that you would have your SVB power rankin
61. g mock drafts and want a quick way to start over In this scenario you should select the Draft gt Reset Draft menu option This will cause all draft picks to be cleared and all players to be available in the draft While it is not likely that this option would be used during your official league draft it is useful when preparing for your draft Special note for Keeper Leagues your keeper choices will also be reset since they are draft picks in a certain order It s best to make a backup of your league file after you have assigned all keepers but before doing a mock or live draft Then when you are working with mock drafts use the save as function under the file menu to save working drafts under a different file name Run your mock draft then when you re done reopen the league file backup you made before the save as Trades There are few fantasy drafts that occur that do not involve trades PC Drafter provides the option of trading any number players or draft picks To begin a trade select the Draft gt Trade menu option You will be presented with the Trade dialog pictured in Figure 46 Note that trades can involve any combination of players and future draft picks i e I ll give you Larry Johnson plus my 2 pick in the 3 round for Shaun Alexander plus your 10 pick in the AN round E Trade LeaqueT eam Team 1 D LeagueT eam v Player Hd Pk Player Alexander Shaun Johnson Larry Jackson Steven D a OO JO OP wN zz
62. gs available Note that the report is saved in a text file txt usually in the same directory as your league file To use the cheat sheet open this text file in Notepad to print it or more creatively you can save it as a CSV file and open it in Excel or other spreadsheet to sort by position price or player name See our Cheat Sheet Tips for recommendations on sorting and printing your cheat sheet Cheat Sheet Auction 42 The Auction Cheat Sheet works identically to the Normal Cheat Sheet with the exception that the calculated player value is also added to the report In this way you can generate a cheat sheet for your auction leagues if you will not have a computer available This report will only be available if you have configured an auction league Note that the report is saved ina text file txt usually in the same directory as your league file To use the cheat sheet open this text file in Notepad to print it or more creatively you can save it as a CSV file and open it in Excel or other spreadsheet to sort by position price or player name i pcDrafter Demo Auction League Last Player File Up DER File Edit Players e Player Reports gt Z Draft Reports gt le CH Available Players Power Calculated For Current Team Selection yer Position All Remember that the price listed belg Too 100 te js spending Team d H lee Player Name oa Gol Price E Statistic Report Jackson Steven H Dratt
63. h team can draft o Start The number of starters for each team o Draft Pattern Indicating a strong bias your league might have for that position The Min Max and Start options all relate to highlighting and validation settings that can be configured in the PC Drafter Options dialog Unlike the other configuration dialogs many of the position settings can be changed directly in the Position Configuration dialog This was enabled due to the frequency of these updates To update the Min Max or Start options simply use your mouse to single click on the appropriate number You can then enter the new value directly into the highlighted column When updating the values please note the following validations 1 The Min value cannot be greater than the Max value 2 The Max value cannot be greater than the Min value 3 The Start value cannot be greater than the Max value Changing the Min values may affect the roster size identified in your league settings and may require you to reconfigure your draft use the menu option Edit gt Configure Draft If the minimum roster size is increased the roster size for each team must increase Changing the Min and Max values set the range that can be selected when configuring your draft If your league has required roster spots for certain positions the Min and Max values should be the same If your league uses flex positions the Min and Max values would be configured differently Start values c
64. he PC Drafter website contains information on manually editing your league file to accomplish a complex trade Try it But make a backup first 64 Final Word While reading this document will give you a good overview of PC Drafter the best way to learn any program is to begin running the program and walk through the screens outlined in this document Above all remember that the PC Drafter website always contains the latest FAQ Frequently Asked Questions program updates and the active forum for posting or browsing issues and tips There are a number of Appendices at the end of this documentation that can serve as your quick reference guide to many of the setup functions outlined in this document Please take the time to review this information Thank you once again for selecting PC Drafter to help you with your fantasy draft We are constantly looking for ways to improve the program If you have any suggestions please visit our site at www pcDrafter com and let us know what additional features you would like to see Good Luck The PC Drafter com Team 65 Appendices Appendix A Player Statistics in PCDrafter Table A lists each of the statistics currently supported by PC Drafter accessible via the Player Projection Grid the Player Editor or only available from the Player File Update Statistic Position NFL Team Age Schedule Strength Salary Completions Incompletions Passin
65. he latest forecast data but make small adjustments based on your own opinions regarding particular players Editing All Player Data the Projection Grid The latest player projections are available via one click of the Update Players button However you may wish to adjust these projections based on your own research You can use a spreadsheet view to review and edit all player projection data This powerful feature lets you compare players sort on different criteria and track your modifications until you save the new projection data To view all data for players in one or more positions choose the top menu option for Players gt Projection Grid You will be prompted to indicate the positions to be displayed edited as shown in Figure 23 below Position Selection Select the positions below for the players you would like to review Defense Kicker Quarterback Running Back Tight End Wide Receiver Cancel Figure 23 Selecting Positions to Display in the Projection Grid When you click OK the Projection Grid will open as shown in Figure 22 below Use this grid to modify individual projection statistics with the following functionality o Click a column heading to sort players based on that particular statistic o Click on an individual number to modify that item o More details on each statistic appear in the appendix C Player Statistics o Click Update Player Statistics to commit th
66. ill go from the first player to the last player The next round will then proceed from the last player to the first player The following rounds follow the same pattern so that the order of selections is reversed every round In a Cyclical draft the same draft order is used for every round The first player to draft in the first round will be the first player to draft in every round Some leagues have various keeper trades and randomization such that the draft order does not obey either Serpentine or Cyclical In these cases the draft order is customized by Modifying the Draft Order While PC Drafter will configure your standard draft using one of these selections by default you can modify the draft order for any round should your league use a different draft setup Auction Draft In an auction draft there are no assigned draft positions Instead each team is allocated an initial salary cap total budget that is used to bid on players Each team has the opportunity to draft any player as long as they have an open roster position and enough remaining salary cap space to purchase the player An auction draft is completed when either all of the available roster positions are filled or when every team has exhausted their initial salary cap Trades are allowed in auction drafts and may contain both players and money in an amount agreeable by league rules 79 PC Drafter User s Manual pcDrafter has a sophisticated robust algorithm for comput
67. ing the OK button below An internet connection is required to complete the registration process Registering pcDrafter provide you with the following benefits 1 Updated player projections through the start of the NFL season 2 Ability to complete a live draft in its entirety Not limited to 5 rounds 3 Ability to update player projections with your own projections 4 Ability to add and copy players to enter your own projections Visit our website at www pcDrafter com or click on the image above for more peDrafter information Cancel Figure 24 PC Drafter Registration PC Drafter Activation is available two ways through a membership license on sites like 4for4 com where activation is included in the annual membership price along with a bundle of other benefits or directly from PCDrafter com This activation procedure requests the email address you used when you made your purchase either through 4for4 or pcDrafter com If you install PC Drafter on multiple computers you will need to Activate PC Drafter on each computer Your registration code will permit you to install PC Drafter on a maximum of two machines 34 Privacy Information PC Drafter collects your email address at the time you purchase PC Drafter solely for internal use and to validate your registration Each time you refresh player information online your activation is verified before new data is sent We will notify you when next season s version of PC D
68. ing the maximum bid price for auction league players To see an explanation of this algorithm please refer to our Auction Price Calculation appendix Mock Drafts The Mock Draft is available in standard drafts In addition to helping you crush your opponents during your draft pcDrafter will also help you prepare for your draft and gain a HUGE edge Looking at mock draft results in a magazine or online can be helpful But actually participating in a Mock Draft with your rules and your league parameters is exponentially better With pcDrafter select the Mock Draft button and in seconds you ll see a draft unfold before your eyes You ll be able to participate and battle against Mock Drafter as it builds the rosters for the other teams in your league Have you ever wondered what the real consequences are of going with an elite QB like Peyton Manning early in round one How about drafting the two best Fantasy receivers in the NFL ex Steve Smith and Chad Johnson from the 12th spot Could it work Is it actually good bad or doesn t it matter as much as some might have you think How about drafting TE super stud Antonio Gates early Can you recover if you reach for him in the 2nd round then take four RBs in a row after How about if you take him in the third round In minutes the MockDrafter inside pcDrafter will get you answers and insights If you re really serious about your draft and we know that you are take MockDrafter out for a test drive B
69. ints Interceptions Fumble Recoveries 2 Points Sacks 1 Point Safeties 2 Points Shutouts 10 Points 1 10 Points Allowed 7 Points 11 20 Points Allowed 1 Points 21 Points Allowed 4 Points The default scoring rules for Kickers are Extra Points 1 Point Field Goals 3 Points Long Field Goals 2 Bonus Points Missed Field Goals 2 Points 75 PC Drafter User s Manual Custom Scoring Rules When you select Custom Scoring Rules in the League configuration wizard no scoring rules whatsoever are applied to the positions you have selected If you select this method you will need to manually set the scoring rules for each position Typically this option would only be selected if you have a very unique set of scoring rules 76 Appendix Appendix C Player Statistics File Format The table pictured in Figure C lists the columns used in a comma separated player file for PC Drafter typically found in C Program Files PCDrafterxXXX LeagueFiles pcDraft csv where XXXX is the current year A short description for each column is also included in the table If you create a comma separated file in a spreadsheet program rather than modifying the file directly from PC Drafter you should be sure to note the following guidelines It s best to start off with one of PC Drafter s files and modify it for your conditions Otherwise the file may not import properly 1 Each of the columns must be included in the file in the exact
70. ion 16 Overview of Standard Draft Leagues Setting up a Standard Draft League Reconfiguring the Draft Modifying the Draft Order Draft A Player Mock Draft Window Automatic Pick Undrafting a Player Resetting the Draft Trades 17 Auction Draft Leagues Overview of Auction Play Setting up an Auction League Auction Position Configuration Reconfiguring an Auction Draft Running an Auction Draft Draft A Player in Auction Trades in an Auction 18 Final Word 19 Appendices Appendix A Player Statistics in PCDrafter Appendix B Default Scoring Rules Performance 1 Scoring Rules Performance 2 Scoring Rules 34 35 35 37 37 38 38 39 41 41 41 41 41 42 42 43 47 49 49 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 56 59 59 59 60 61 61 61 63 65 67 67 70 70 71 Table of Contents Basic 1 Scoring Rules 72 Basic 2 Scoring Rules 72 Yahoo Default Scoring 72 FFTOC Scoring 73 WCOFF Scoring 74 ESPN Default Scoring 75 Custom Scoring Rules 76 Appendix C Player Statistics File Format 77 Appendix D Draft Types 79 Standard Draft 79 Auction Draft 79 Mock Drafts 80 Appendix E Power Calculations 81 Simple VBD Power Calculation 81 Simple VBD Algorithm 81 The GOLD Algorithm Power Calculation 82 Gold Algorithm Overview 83 Appendix F Auction Price Calculations 85 Auction Price Calculation Algorithm 85 Appendix G Keeper Leagues 88 20 Index 89 QuickStart Welcome to PC Drafter Feel
71. ion Play In addition to standard draft leagues PC Drafter also supports Auction drafts In auction leagues owners are not assigned draft positions before the start of the draft Instead each owner begins the draft with a certain salary cap and must bid on players The main strategy in an auction league is to know ahead of time what amount of your salary cap to spend on each player Auction leagues are a bit more difficult in this regard as person s feelings and salary cap management add a different level of complexity or fun over the standard draft philosophy of selecting the best available player To help you complete a successful auction draft PC Drafter calculates a player value based on your league rules team salary caps and minimum bid requirements This player value will be displayed in both the Available Player List and in the Player Editor when you have configured and auction draft The player value is the maximum price that PC Drafter recommends for a given player While you should always be free to use your best judgment this value should provide a sanity check when you are caught up in the momentum of bidding for your favorite player You should always remember to spend the least amount for any player as possible so you should almost never start the bidding at the projected player value Setting up an Auction League In the Getting Started section we described how to set up a new league so we will not cover the league setup in de
72. is calculation is Apply the league rules tweak for position map rank to auction value normalize apply an upper limit drop the lowest performers adjust for league size then apply the resulting factor for each player to the money available Recompute this as money available changes In more detail here s what PC Drafter is doing to arrive at the recommended maximum price for each player 85 3 4 86 PC Drafter User s Manual Players are ranked by position based on the league scoring rules and the latest projected stats for each player Call this variable FinalRank used in the formula below Assign each player a score call it OverallPoints based on these regression equations with the specific constants found through a regression analysis performed by 4for4 each season a QB OverallPoints A G FinalRank M pctStarters 10 if FinalRank 1 b RB OverallPoints B H FinalRank N pctStarters 10 if FinalRank 1 c WR OverallPoints C J FinalRank P pctStarters d TE OverallPoints D K FinalRank Q pctStarters 4 if FinalRank 1 Rank all the players based on OverallPoints from above For example Ladainian Tomlinson 1 Adrian Peterson 2 Steven Jackson 3 etc Assign each player an AuctionValue score based on where he ranks overall AuctionValue scores come from a static look up table essentially mapping the player s rank to an auction value An example would be PLACE Auc
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74. ke the Recovery bak file visible Select it open it and save it to a new league file name as you resume your draft See the illustration below Open League File Look in Leaguefiles irch Be Bh Auction Cheat Sheet csv ET E B Auction Cheat Sheet txt GL PlayerStats csv E auction Cheat Sheet xls KE recovery bak AL bye csv a Sample League TE as WR pcf BL copy of pcDraft cs a Sample League pcf a Demo Auction League pcf File name recovery bak Files of type All Files D v Cancel ocDrafter League Files pcf All Files D Figure 15 Select All Files to view and choose the Recovery bak League File Backup See also Automatic League File Backup in the General Options configuration Editing your League and Teams Once you have completed the New League Setup Wizard you may need to go back and modify some of the wizard settings or you may want to add additional details such as customize the team names and owner information The following sections will review editing your League teams NFL teams Scoring rules Positions and saving your work 20 Edit League Once your league is configured you can edit the settings for your league by using the League Settings dialog Select the Edit gt League menu option to open the League Settings dialog pictured in Figure 16 League Settings League Name Sample League File My Team Tem3 sl Roster Size 15 a Ze pn Cancel Figure
75. layer Name achoon Steven Figure 33 Choose Cheat Sheet from the Reports menu 2 Save your cheat sheet as a CSV file In this example wel show you the auction cheat sheet but it s the same for standard draft leagues minus the player price Use the Save as type drop down to choose the Comma Separated Files csv file type Enter a file name and click save to place the file in the same directory as your league files 43 PC Drafter User s Manual 44 Save Player Auction Cheat Sheet Save in O LeagueFiles e e ex B Glas Cou E pcDraft csv File name Auction Cheat Sheet csv Save as type Comma Separated Files csv D Cancel p d Figure 34 Save As CSV 3 Find your new file using Windows Explorer or My Computer Usually it s in the directory C Program Files PCDrafter20XX LeagueFiles where 20XX is the current year Double click the CSV file to open it in Excel Leaguef iles d ar Or Or 46 v Or a TF jD TAL ru a F a wi lt gt Figure 35 Locate the CSV File and Open it in Excel 4 In Excel Choose Data in the top menu then Sort E Microsoft Excel Auction Cheat Sheet csv i HX Elle Ede yew pw t Format Tools L Window Documents ToGo Help Adobe PCF id aria st B BR Sort DCK n z MT Cast Narn f cuter a gt H Auction Cheat Sheet Beach Figure 36 Choose Sort from Excel s Data menu There are many
76. llowed 7 Points 11 20 Points Allowed 3 Points 21 Points Allowed 1 Points The default scoring rules for Kickers are Extra Points 1 Point Field Goals 3 Points Long Field Goals 2 Bonus Points FFTOC Scoring The FFTOC Scoring Rules closely match the scoring rules used for the Fantasy Football Tournament of Champions at www FFTOC com If you would like to change any of these scoring rules these default values can be modified in the Position Editor once the league has been configured The default scoring rules for Offensive players are Passing Rushing Receiving Return Touchdowns 6 Points Passing Yards 04 Point for each Yard Rushing Receiving Yards 10 Point each Yard 2 Point Conversions 2 Points The default scoring rules for Team Defenses are Defensive Special Teams Touchdowns 6 Points 73 PC Drafter User s Manual Sacks Interceptions Fumble Recoveries 1 Point Safeties 2 Points Shutouts 15 Points 1 10 Points Allowed 10 Points 11 20 Points Allowed 3 Points The default scoring rules for Kickers are Extra Points 1 Point Field Goals 3 Points WCOFF Scoring The WCOFF Scoring Rules closely match the scoring rules used for the World Championship of Fantasy Football If you would like to change any of these scoring rules these default values can be modified in the Position Editor once the league has been configured The default scoring rules for Offensive players are Passing T
77. lowing an interception while a defense gains points for forcing an interception 11 PC Drafter User s Manual After adjusting any position you click OK to return to Page 4 of the Wizard then click Next when you are done adjusting positions You CAN go back to this after you finish configuring your league See the topic Scoring Rules for editing positions or scoring multipliers outside of the wizard Continue to the Fifth Page of the Setup Wizard Page 5 League Drafting Pattern New League Setup Page 5 League Drafting Pattern If you believe your league follows a typical drafting pattern and for the most part relatively mirrors Average Draft Position ADP data then keep the default selection Typical League for all positions However if you believe your leaque is HIGHLY UNIQUE and VERY STRONGLY tends to not follow a typical draft then click the position you want to change and select a different drafting pattern Position League Drafting Team Defense Typical Leaque Kicker Typical Leaque Q uarterback Typical Leaque Running Back Typical League Tight End Wide Receiver Typical League Strongly Overvalue Strongly Undervalue Figure 8 New League Setup Wizard Page 5 The fifth page of the New League Setup dialog allows you to indicate any unusually strong biases in your particular league beyond what is already accounted for in your scoring rules If your league has a tendency to highly overvalue a parti
78. ls 2 Point Conversions Interceptions Sacks Fumbles Fumble Recoveries Safeties Tackles Passed Defended Blocked Kicks Defensive Touchdowns Shutouts 1 10 Points Allowed 11 20 Points Allowed Over 21 Points Allowed 1 200 Yards Allowed 200 300 Yards Allowed Over 300 Yards Allowed Key Statistics modifiable via the Player Projection Grid the Player Editor Number of field goals Number of long field goals Number of missed field goals Number of 2 point conversions Number of interceptions thrown QB or captured Defense Number of sacks Number of fumbles Number of fumble recoveries by defense Number of safeties Number of tackles Number of passes defended Number of blocked kicks Number of defensive touchdowns Number of shutouts Number of games with 1 10 points allowed Number of games with 11 20 points allowed Number of games with over 21 points allowed Number of games with 1 200 yards allowed Number of games with 200 300 yards allowed Number of games with over 300 yards allowed only available from the Player File Update There are a number of items to consider when configuring these statistics in PC Drafter to match your league settings 1 You will configure these statistics to match your league rules in the Position Editor 2 Not all positions will use the same statistics For each position yo
79. mber of players at a position 3 Your team will be highlighted in green in the Team Information list if the highlight option is chosen in the PC Drafter Options dialog Once a player is drafted the amount bid on the player will be removed from the team salary cap deducted from remaining funds and all of the appropriate views are updated with the new information The draft will continue with the drafting of players using this approach until all team have been completed 62 Trades in an Auction As with standard drafts there are few auction drafts that do not involve trades PC Drafter provides the option of trading any number players or money To begin a trade select the Draft gt Trade menu option You will be presented with the Trade dialog pictured in Figure 50 E Trade LeaqueT eam Team 1 E LeagueT eam Available Payroll 4580000 Available Payroll a71 6000 Trade Amount Trade Amount Hd Pk Player Pos Price Rd Pk Player Pos Price 1 1 Johnson Lary RB 250000 1 2 Alexander Shaun RB 155000 1 3 Tomlinson Ladai FB 170000 1 4 Gates Antonio TE 129000 Figure 50 Auction Trade Dialog The left side of the Trade screen displays the players money and draft picks associated with one league team The right side of the Trade screen displays the players money and draft picks associated with a second league team You can use the League Team drop down boxes to select the league teams to participate in the tr
80. n the player on the main screen To change you draft order select the Edit gt Modify Draft Order menu To view a group of player projections at one time select the Player gt Projection Grid menu To print out a cheat sheet select the Reports gt Player Reports gt Cheat Sheet menu BOOKMARK the pcDrafter com website for video tutorials step by step instructions our Frequently Asked Questions and our live Forums to get up and running quickly PC Drafter User s Manual Introduction Welcome to PC Drafter We believe you have just discovered the most powerful Fantasy Football Drafting tool available PC Drafter makes use of a sophisticated formula the Gold Algorithm to continuously recompute the optimum draft choice based on the latest available player information the latest draft picks in your league your customized league scoring and draft rules and a host of nuances that only a modern computer could digest Truly PC Drafter does so many computations that only in the last several years has it even become affordable to have this sort of predictive power at your side during a live draft So strap in You re about to learn how to install PC Drafter configure it to the specifics of your league s get the latest player forecast data run a simulated draft mock draft and dominate your live draft Thank you for being a PC Drafter customer Install Instructions The minimum system requirements for running PC Drafter are
81. nternet connection is required to update the player file It s a good idea to save your league file and this can be under any name you choose it does not have to be the league name you entered in step 1 but it makes sense to keep the file name and league name the same Use File Save in the top menu to save your league From this point we recommend you proceed through a Mock Draft and dry run through a draft before you begin an actual fantasy draft in your league with the Start Draft button 15 PC Drafter User s Manual Options Configuration Very few of the menu items are enabled when you first open PC Drafter This is due to the fact that you must first open an existing league or create a new league to access most PC Drafter functions The Options dialog is one exception The Options dialog provides the global settings that will be active no matter what league or type of league you have opened The Options dialog pictured in Figure 10 is available by selecting the Edit gt Options menu Options General Highlight Draft Default File Directory EAIM E ele HENNEN Iw Prompt to save changes when closing a new league Automatically save the current league when closing an existing league Automatically save backup league file after every 5 picks Figure 12 Options Dialog General Options General Options When you first open the Options dialog the General page pictured in Figure 10 will be displayed Th
82. on Configuration dialog and the NFL Teams built into PC Drafter 5 You enter player projections by clicking on the Value column for the associated statistic and entering your projection The Points are then calculated by multiplying the projected Value by the Multiplier 6 The Points value is calculated and cannot be edited directly This value will be updated as the player is edited so you can review the total points scored by the player based on your projections and scoring rules Once you have successfully edited your player you can press the OK button to save your changes If you have made a mistake you can press the Cancel button to cancel your changes Copying a Player If you want to add a new player based on an existing player you can copy a player The new player will be assigned the same projections as the copied player and will have the term Copy of prepended to the first name You can then edit the player to correct the first name There are two ways to copy an existing player 1 Highlight the player in the Available Player List then select the Player gt Copy menu option 2 Highlight the player in the Available Player List then click the right mouse button On the popup menu you can then select the Copy option to copy the player Deleting a Player There are two ways you can remove an existing a player 1 Highlight the player in the Available Player List and use the Player gt Delete menu option 2 Highlight
83. onds with no intervention This particular Splash Screen will only appear until you have activated your version of PC Drafter Once activated you will be able to automatically update the player projections based on the latest available data from 4for4 com and you will see a new email address for priority support You have a Free Trial Copy of pcDrafter GOLD To Get the Latest Player Projections purchase a copy from pcDrafter com or sign up for a 4for4 com site subscription Email support Support pcDrafter com Figure 1 Splash Screen Main Interface The main PC Drafter screen is pictured in Figure 2 While some of the menu choices will be disabled depending upon your draft style the main interface will remain the same d pcDrafter Last Player File Update None File Edit Players Draft View Reports Help men too Save Update Lede League Players E Available Players Power Calculated For Current Team Selection Double Click on Selected Player to Draft Player Position peDrafter Highly Recommends Selecting rer area Tem Player Pos PlayerName Team Bye Poi ADP Rank Gold Rank an Search Aren Available Players window ter pest Draft Selections Selected Player NFL Schedule Rd Pk Team Pos Hauer Week Opponent Opponent Defense Draft List window Player schedule window i Figure 2 Main Interface The main menus and toolbar options are located at the top of the screen The primar
84. order within specific rounds only o Select the Edit gt Modify Draft menu option to modify an individual draft round You will be presented with the Draft Order dialog pictured in Figure 42 E Draft Order a 5 2 League Team Player Name Team 1 None Team 2 None Team 3 None Team 4 None Team 5 None Team 6 None Team None Team 8 None Team 39 None Team 10 None 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ge 8 a 1 lt Move Up Move Down OK Cancel Figure 42 Draft Order You have the following options available when modifying your draft order Draft Round The Draft Round drop down list at the top of the dialog allows you to select the draft round to modify You can modify any number of rounds once you have opened the dialog Only the currently selected round will displayed Draft Order The Draft Order list displays the draft order for the selected round of the draft To modify the draft order select a team in the Draft Order list You should then use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to adjust the draft order Once you have adjusted the draft order to meet your league requirements you should press the OK button to modify your draft If you decide not to change your existing draft you should select the Cancel button Once the league rules are set the players are updated and the draft is configured you can begin a draft PC Drafter provides three primary draft options 1 Manually drafting any player 51 PC Drafter User s Manu
85. oring Rules In the Basic 2 default rules touchdowns extra points and field goals will be used when calculating a players projected points In addition there are performance bonuses configured for rushing receiving and passing yardage The default scoring rules for Offensive players are Passing Touchdowns 3 Points Rushing Receiving Touchdowns 6 Points Passing Rushing Receiving Bonus 3 Points The default scoring rules for Defensive players are Defensive Special Teams Touchdowns 6 Points The default scoring rules for Kickers are Extra Points 1 Point Field Goals 3 Points Yahoo Default Scoring The Yahoo Default Scoring Rules match the most common league rules used on Yahoo com Fantasy Football leagues You should still select the correct number of teams for your particular league If any of these rules do not match your specific league these default values can be modified in the Position Editor once the league has been configured The default scoring rules for Offensive players are 72 Appendix Passing Rushing Receiving Return Touchdowns 6 Points Passing Yards 1 Point every 50 Yards Rushing Receiving Yards 1 Point every 20 Yards Interceptions 2 Points Fumbles 2 Points 2 Point Conversions 2 Points The default scoring rules for Team Defenses are Defensive Special Teams Touchdowns 6 Points Interceptions Fumble Recoveries 2 Points Sacks 1 Point Safeties 2 Points Shutouts 10 Points 1 10 Points A
86. ouchdowns 4 Points Passing Yards 05 Point for each Yard Interceptions 1 Point for each Interception Rushing Receiving Touchdowns 6 Points Rushing Receiving Yards 01 Point each Yard Receptions Yards 1 Point 2 Point Conversions 2 Points The default scoring rules for Team Defenses are Defensive Special Teams Touchdowns 6 Points Sacks 1 Point Interceptions Fumble Recoveries 2 Points Safeties 2 Points Shutouts 5 Points 1 10 Points Allowed 2 Points The default scoring rules for Kickers are Extra Points 1 Point Field Goals 3 Points Long Field Goals 2 Bonus Points 74 Appendix ESPN Default Scoring The ESPN Default Scoring Rules match the most common league rules used for ESPN Leagues You should still select the correct number of teams for your particular league If any of these rules do not match your specific league these default values can be modified in the Position Editor once the league has been configured The default scoring rules for Offensive players are Passing Touchdowns 4 Points Long Passing Touchdowns 4 Bonus Points Rushing Receiving Return Touchdowns 6 Points Long Rushing Receiving Touchdowns 6 Bonus Points Passing Yards 1 Point every 25 Yards Rushing Receiving Yards 1 Point every 10 Yards Interceptions 2 Points Fumbles 2 Points 2 Point Conversions 2 Points The default scoring rules for Team Defenses are Defensive Special Teams Touchdowns 3 Po
87. r your draft The other option is to modify the draft order This option leaves the drafted players alone but is only for changing one or two specific rounds in the draft Wel assume you need to change every round in your draft o Select the Edit gt Configure Draft menu option will open the Draft Setup dialog pictured in Figure 41 o When reconfiguring your draft you have the following options available in the Draft Setup dialog E Draft Setup General Roster Size Draft Type Serpentine x Draft Order H 5 Abbrev Name Owner Team 1 Tean 1 Owner 1 Team 2 Tean 2 Owner 2 Team 3 Tean 3 Owner 3 Team 4 Team 4 Owner 4 Team 5 Tean 5 Owner 5 Team 6 Team 6 Owner 6 Team Tean Owner Team 8 Tean 8 Owner 8 Team 3 Team 3 Owner 9 Tae 1M TT wess 1M CH es ss AM Move Up Move Down Cancel Figure 41 Draft Setup 1 2 3 4 5 6 A 8 9 lt Roster Size The roster size limits are based on the values that were entered during the position configuration of the League Setup Wizard The minimum value that can be entered is the sum of the Min values entered for each position The maximum value that can be entered in the sum of the Max values entered for each position The roster size will determine the number of rounds in the draft Draft Type The style of the draft The two choices currently available are serpentine and cyclical While these choices may not meet the requirements for every league they c
88. rafter is available and when we release a significant software upgrade PC Drafter will never sell your email address nor distribute E party email to you PC Drafter will never divulge your email address unless ordered to do so by law enforcement authorities with a proper court order Reset Player Information PC Drafter provides the ability to reset any of the player projection data that you have customized typically with the Projection Grid To see how to edit player information refer to Editing All Player Data the Projection Grid Reset Player Data From the top menu choose Players then click Reset Player Data as shown below peDrafter Test Last Player File Update 2008 07 22 DEAR Reports Help date d For Curent Team Selection Double Cick on Selected Plapar to Dralt Player rafter Highly Recommends Selecting fLadarian Tomlinson RB SO Player Name Team Bye SV HCT E a 28s E 28 A 3 Eat NewEngand N d 128 Ad 10 PK 10 4 29 r Minnesota MIN 12 Adt1 Pk 1 r e 26 f Opponent Defense Somewhat Ave mewhat Averag mewhat Aver Somewhat Ave taty Veler Dihet Detensve Opp Figure 25 Select the Reset Player Data option under Players Note that PC Drafter gives you a warning that you are about to erase all of your customized changes 35 PC Drafter User s Manual Warning re you sure you want to reset all player data This will remove any player projections you hav
89. rds 2Pt Conversions 2 Points The default scoring rules for Defensive players are lt Back Cancel Help Figure 4 New League Setup Wizard Page 2 The second page of the Setup Wizard pictured in Figure 4 allows you to select the scoring rules that should be used for your league Note that you can always edit the scoring rules at a later time but selecting one of the pre configured scoring methods here will allow PC Drafter to automatically configure the scoring rules with no other information required The details for each set of rules can be found in Appendix B When you select Custom the positions will be added but no scoring rules will be configured As you select each scoring method a detailed breakdown of the rules will also be displayed in the comments section of the screen Once you have selected your scoring method select the Next button to move to the third page of the wizard Page 3 Default Position Setup New League Setup Page 3 Default Position Setup Quarterback Running Back Wide Receiver Tight End Wide Receiver Tight End Combined Kicker Team Defense Individual Defensive Players Combined Defensive Line Linebacker Defensive Back Check the positions you would like to include in the default setup of your league The selected positions will be assigned the default scoring rules selected on the previous page of the Setup Wizard
90. reen pertain to colorizations that occur in the Available Player List or the Draft List on the main PC Drafter Screen This colorization allows you to more quickly process information during your draft Draft Round List This first option will highlight the draft picks for your team in green in the Draft Round list This will allow you to always see how quickly your picks are approaching if you are participating in a traditional draft For auction drafts selecting this option will only highlight your draft picks after they have been selected No Longer Draftable Selecting this option will highlight players in red that you can no longer draft based on your league rules This will allow you to concentrate on players from other positions without always double checking your roster to see what positions you still need to draft Minimum Requirements This option will cause players to be highlighted in yellow when you have drafted your minimum roster requirements for their position This will allow you to easily see what positions you need to concentrate on to correctly fill your roster based on your league rules 17 Draft Options Once you have set your Highlight options selecting the Draft tab will present you with the selection screen pictured in Figure 14 General Highlight Draft Iw Do not prompt me with the Draft Pick Dialog when make draft picks from the main window I Notify me if have already drafted another player at any po
91. rough 4for4 com 3 Make customizations to your league s team names scoring and player data as appropriate 4 Conduct a mock draft to test your strategies or begin the live draft At this point you have entered enough information for PC Drafter to begin your draft You may want to review the PC Drafter Options screen to determine if your highlighting and draft options are set appropriately If you have the highlighting options enabled you should see your team highlighted in green in the Draft List You may find that since you created your league you may have to reconfigure your draft This could occur for any number of reasons such as a new team joining your league a change in the roster requirements a change in the draft order or a trading of draft picks PC Drafter provides two different ways to reconfigure your draft to meet your league needs You can either completely reconfigure your entire draft or simply adjust the draft order for an individual round Both of these choices are described in the following sections Reconfiguring the Draft Modifying the Draft Order 49 PC Drafter User s Manual Reconfiguring the Draft Reconfiguring your draft allows you to change the length of the draft or reset the draft order of every round It should be noted the reconfiguring a draft that has already begun will reset the entire draft Reconfiguring your draft should only be done if these are major changes you need to make in preparation fo
92. rs The final two options are used to ensure that you draft all your starters described in the Position Edit dialog before you begin drafting your bench players Average Draft Position As the NFL fantasy draft season progresses a wide statistical base of Average Draft Position will be accumulated and downloaded when you refresh your player information Using this statistic PC Drafter can notify you if your pick significantly exceeds the ADP for that player If your league has unusual scoring rules you would not expect to follow ADP Note that these options are only warnings they would not prevent you from drafting a particular player during your draft These warnings are used only to help you take all options into consideration when selecting a player A popular topic on our forums is whether bye week management is important at all in a well managed team Some very 19 PC Drafter User s Manual credible research says to ignore bye weeks if you have an otherwise high value player available See help information on each tab Main Options Window General Options Highlight Options Recovering a League File Backup Recovering a League Backup File to recover the automatic league backup made by pcDrafter during a draft open PC Drafter and select the Open League button as you would normally When prompted for a League File however change the drop down File Type from PC Drafter League Files pcf to All Files This will ma
93. rs already drafted 3 Players are sorted based on descending power value regardless of position The best approach is to configure your draft based on your league then use the Mock Draft button to run a few mock drafts Compare the results of the mock drafts and modify the projections to most closely match your beliefs on player rankings You may find in your mock drafts that certain players or positions are not being drafted where you would expect An example would be kickers being taken in the third round or the first round being dominated by quarterbacks In these scenarios you have several options 1 You should validate your league scoring rules on each position to ensure you have accurately captured your scenario Modifying your player projections will immediately update the power in the Available Player List so that you can quickly view the results of the change 2 You could set the Starter values to make sure certain positions are drafted before other positions without changing the power rankings This will not affect the display of the players in the Available Player List Rather the results would only be seen when you attempt to draft a player either manually or via an Automatic Pick or Automatic Draft In these cases you would be warned about selecting certain positions until all the starters have been drafted 3 If only a few players appear out of line you may want to check your projections for those players Since the power
94. s before the start of the draft During the draft each owner selects a player when the draft proceeds to his or her pick The main strategy in a standard draft is to know when to draft a particular player too early and you might miss someone more valuable Too late and they re gone Most owners have somewhat similar draft lists and the timing of the selections is important Note that PC Drafter s player file updated through 4for4 com tracks the latest Average Draft Positions for every player and this will be how the majority of your ill advised opponents draft The really outdated opponents will use an average draft position list that isn t even up to date Standard drafts are also easier to coordinate than auction drafts as the real time interaction is not quite as important For this reason most internet based leagues are standard draft leagues Setting up a Standard Draft League In the Getting Started section we described how to set up a new league so we will not cover the league setup in detail at this point As a reference the following steps should be taken to configure your draft 1 Use the Setup League button to launch the league setup wizard and complete the seven screens choosing default information when no special cases exist 2 Use the Refresh Players button to load the latest projections on NFL players If you have a registered copy of PC Drafter these statistics will be the most up to date available provided th
95. s keeping them from a previous year In auction leagues this process is fairly simple as you only have to draft the player with the appropriate salary and all the other information is immediately updated For standard draft leagues follow these steps TL 2 Select the Edit gt Options menu On the Draft tab un check the first option for Do not Prompt me with the Draft Pick Dialog Simply drag and drop a player to draft them and now you will be prompted to select the Pick and Round where the player should be allocated drafted In turn when it is time pcDrafter will automatically assign the player to the appropriate team and in the appropriate pick Also if you just need to exclude certain players from the draft you can simply delete them beforehand Please note that if you reset your draft after configuring your keeper players your keeper information will be lost For this reason make sure to save your league after configuring your keeper players We recommend keeping a backup of your league file with the keepers assigned just in case or when you overwrite your league following a mock draft 88 Index 2 2Pt Conversions ea 70 OPIS siete sev Hag sane A aie ee 77 4 ALOU ets REE sae teat Nau A ATE AE AAT tae cae 29 A Activate PC Dratter ccccccccccsecseeeeseeeseeeeeeeessessseeeaes 34 Add Player Dialog 32 Appendix A Player Statistics in PCDrafter 0 67 ADPONOIX EE 77 Auction Cheat Sheet
96. sition lt lt lt Scroll down for further instructions gt gt gt Selected Position Setup Team Defense E Complete Kicker Complete Quarterback i Complete Running Back Complete Tight End Complete Wide Receiver Complete lt Back Cancel Help Figure 6 New League Setup Wizard Page 4 The fourth page of the Options dialog you to configure your league s position information for the minimum maximum and number of starters in each position that you selected in the previous page Double clicking the Scoring Rules for any position will open a dialog for you to adjust individual position scoring rules as shown below Use this in case the default scoring rules from Page 2 did not completely cover your league s rules 10 WW Position Editor Position Information Abbreviation Name Minimum 2 I Maximum Si Starter Count 12 00 Draft Patter Typical League Click in the Multiplier column to edit the points awarded for each statistic Statistic Multiplier Sample Val Points Rushing Bonus 0 00 100 0 Receptions 0 00 100 0 Receiving Yards DT J10 10 Receiving Touchdowns 6 00 100 600 Long Receiving Touchdowns 0 00 100 Receiving Bonus 0 00 100 Return Attempts 0 00 100 Return Yards 0 00 100 Return Touchdowns 0 00 100 E bes Dis zesbe ann ann lt Cancel Figure 7 The Position Editor is Accessed by Double clicking any Position NOTE To enter scoring rules you will be working with m
97. sition with the same bye week Notify me if have already drafted another player at this position with the same bye week Make sure that all starters are drafted before drafting backups or players at other positions e Do not prompt me with the draft instructions when Start a new draft Notify me if attempt to draft a player more than 1 round prior to their Average Draft Position Cancel Help Figure 14 Options Dialog Draft Options The options available on the Draft screen pertain to additional rules that would be applied when you attempt to draft a player in PC Drafter A description of each option is listed below Do Not Prompt Selecting this option suppresses the confirmation dialog that typically appears when you attempt to draft a player in a traditional draft This option has no effect for auction leagues You would uncheck this option in order to control which round and pick a drafted player should move into if not simply the next available slot Bye Week Notifications A Bye Week is a week that a player team is not playing in any NFL game The two options pertaining to bye week notification are warning messages that occur when you attempt to draft a player for your team If you have already drafted another player with the same bye week you will receive a warning message Note that you must also select your team in the League Edit dialog described in a later section for these prompts to appear Draft Starte
98. ss dialog pictured in Figure 44 53 PC Drafter User s Manual Mock Draft Mock Draft Settings Evaluation Method for Other Teams ADP Evaluation Method for My Team Gold v Iw Stop automatic draft at every pick for My Team Draft Progress Round DN Pick E Team en Player Tony Hot Draft Progress 26 aaa Close Figure 44 Automatic Draft Progress The best use of Mock Draft is to draft against opponents using either the Average Draft Position method most or the Simple Value Based Draft more sophisticated If everyone in your league uses PC Drafter then you would run mock drafts with Gold against Gold Select your opponent s draft evaluation method and your own Our suggestion is ADP for other teams and Gold for yourself as shown above After you select the Start button the progress bar will update as each player is drafted You can pause the draft at any point using the Stop button Restarting the automatic draft will resume the draft with the current draft pick When the draft is complete the Start and Stop buttons will become disabled and the status of the draft will be 100 You have the option to stop the automatic draft every time PC Drafter reaches a pick for your team This could be used for running a mock draft where you would still like the opportunity to make the picks for your team or at least pause to review PC Drafter s recommendation Note that you will need to close the Mock Draft progress windo
99. tail at this point As a reference the following steps should be taken to configure your draft 59 PC Drafter User s Manual 1 Use the League Setup button to create your new league with a seven step wizard a In this case you should select Auction league as the type of draft b You should enter the starting salary cap for each league team c You should enter the minimum bid that can be placed for each player 2 Use the Edit gt League menu option to configure your league 3 Use the Edit gt League Teams menu option to adjust your league teams a Note You can set the salary cap to a different value for each league team if you want to handicap certain teams 4 Use the Edit gt Positions menu option to configure the positions used in your league and your scoring rules 5 Update your player information by clicking the Update Players Gold button Registered copies of PC Drafter will automatically pull in the latest data provided by the experts at 4for4 com 6 You may adjust and customize the projections if you see fit using the Players menu item then choosing Projection Grid Auction Position Configuration You will note that the League Team Configuration dialog is the same as what is presented for standard draft leagues The Position Configuration dialog for auction leagues is pictured in Figure 48 Position Configuration Double click on a position in the list below or highlight a position and press the
100. tain position For instance you know that you can wait before selecting your quarterback if most of the other teams have already drafted the maximum number of quarterbacks This strategy information is automatically taken into account in PC Drafter s GOLD algorithm 37 PC Drafter User s Manual Team Rosters Selecting the View gt Team Rosters menu option will open the Team Rosters view pictured in Figure 28 This figure shows a draft in progress with Team 1 s roster through the 5 round of a serpentine draft WW Team Rosters Belt League Team v Display Draft Order D Name Position Alexander Shaun Dunn Warrick James Edgerrin Holt Torry Jones Kevin Figure 28 Team Rosters View The Team Rosters view displays a complete list of the players drafted by each team You must select a league team and a display order to view the results You select these items by using the drop down lists next to the League Team and Display labels This view is helpful for analyzing league teams in more detail When used in conjunction with the Team Positions view you get both a big picture and the details necessary to plan your draft strategy and review the GOLD recommendations At the very least you will probably leave the Team Rosters view open and set to your team This way you have a constant reminder of what players positions and bye weeks you have already drafted Team Salary The Team Salary view is only available for au
101. tently chosen the power value of the remaining running backs may drop as the top score is removed from the average On the other hand if lower ranked running backs are selected the power ranking of the top running back may rise as the average decreases This is a good way to identify players who may have been mistakenly passed over by other teams Simple VBD Algorithm 1 Based on the league scoring rules the projected points are calculated for each player 2 A Simple VBD power ranking is associated to each player The Simple VBD power is calculated in the following manner a Loop through each position in the league 81 PC Drafter User s Manual b Based on the number of starters configured find the baseline value for each position The baseline value is the average points scored by the top X players The X number of players is calculated using the formula number of starters number of league teams league draft pattern multiplier c PC Drafter then loops through each player at the position and takes their points minus baseline points to calculate the player power d Once that is completed for each position PC Drafter finds the lowest player score which will be negative and adds that to all the player power values This makes all the power values positive As the draft progresses and more players are drafted the baseline number becomes number of starters number of league teams league draft pattern multiplier of playe
102. the player in the Available Player List and press the right mouse button You can then select the Delete option on the popup menu to delete the player 33 PC Drafter User s Manual NOTE You can only delete players that you have manually added Most players are brought in through the player update function and these cannot be deleted If your reason for wanting to delete a player is because that player is part of one team s Keeper set then you need to follow a different procedure found in our Keeper League information Register PC Drafter The Help gt Register menu options allow you to enable the full version of PC Drafter immediately from within the application The registration window is shown in Figure 24 Until you have activated PC Drafter the Update Player functionality will be disabled and drafting is limited to just 5 rounds All other functionality will remain intact so that you can evaluate PC Drafter Note that once you register pcDrafter your league file configurations are preserved There s no need to reenter your league rules pcDrafter Registration Thank you for taking the time to register your version of pcDrafter Please take a moment to enter your email address below Please make sure to enter the email address you used when purchasing pcDrafter Email Address You mailAddress someD omain com After you enter your email address above please make sure you have an active E internet connection before press
103. this list are entered when you league is initially created These values are relatively static and easy to enter PC Drafter computes the SVB Power and arrives at a maximum Price for each player In a general sense PC Drafter calculates the player price by dividing the total salary cap for all the league teams among the different positions that will be drafted Once PC Drafter has calculated the correct amount of money to be allocated to each position it uses the Power rankings to determine the amount that should be allocated to each player The amount that is allocated to each player is also limited by the minimum player bid configured in your league When viewing price and bidding on your players you should note the following items 1 The Price value generated by PC Drafter is the maximum suggested price you should bid for a player In all cases you should attempt to pay less for a player then PC Drafter projects So you should not immediately bid the amount proposed by PC Drafter 2 Any player who would not typically be drafted based on their SVB Power will be assigned a Price value that is equal to the minimum player bid amount 3 As each player is drafted the Price associated with each player will be adjusted based on the remaining pool of money and the roster positions that must be filled Auction Price Calculation Algorithm Based on the league scoring rules the projected points are calculated for each player The short version of th
104. tionValue 1 5009 00 2 3710 35 3 3535 62 4 3506 98 112 2 70 114 1 00 Now for each player assign an AuctionPct as follows AuctionPct 100 13 AuctionValue average AuctionValue where the average is only based on the top 140 AuctionValue scores Tweak each player s AuctionPct as the minimum of 1 10 AuctionPct or 55 Now only work with players who have an AuctionPct greater than 0 5 Next adjust for the league size The reason being that the more people in your league the more likely that someone will drive up the price of a top player League Size Multiplication factor for AuctionPct 2 7 0 75 8 9 0 80 10 0 93 11 1 00 12 13 1 10 14 15 1 25 16 1 30 Show the Values Recalcuate the price based on money available pcDrafter gets the maximum amount of money that can be spent on any one player by taking the highest league team salary cap remaining and subtract the minimum player bid players yet to be drafted by that team In this way PC Drafter knows not to allocate more money for a single player than is possible Appendix a We then loop through and set all the player prices to 0 to set the baseline b Next PC Drafter loops through each position and does the following i We get the of players to consider by taking of starters number of league teams of players already drafted ii Next PC Drafter sets the value of any player that is ranked lower than the last power player to the league minimum bid amo
105. ttom of the screen You can cancel the Setup Wizard at any point by selecting the Cancel Button The options available on each screen are described in the in the information box in the lower section of each Wizard page PC Drafter User s Manual The first page of the Setup Wizard displayed above Figure 3 contains the basic league information d League Name The name of your league Number of Teams The number of teams or managers in your league Roster Size The roster size for each league team Draft Style The type of draft Serpentine Cyclical or Auction d Note the comments section appearing at the bottom of this dialog This comments box will display more specific information about the Draft Style you select to ensure that you are selecting the appropriate option for your league Once you have set your general league information select the Nextfoutton to move to page 2 of the wizard d Page 2 Scoring Rules New League Setup Page 2 Scoring Rules Scoring Method Performance 1 tnd Performance 1 Performance 2 In the Performance 1 defa a y used to calculate the proja Yahoo Default Scorina number of defensive categ FFTOC Scoring position selected on the p R be modified in the Position aen A The default scoring rules for Offensive players are Passing Touchdowns 3 Points Passing Yards 1 Point for every 25 yards Rushing Receiving Touchdowns 6 Points Rushing Receiving Yards 1 Point for every 10 ya
106. u only need to set the Multiplier for the statistics the position will use 3 Different positions can configure different multipliers for the same position For example interceptions may be worth 3 points for quarterbacks and 2 points for defensive players 4 The Multiplier can be modified at any time The player points power ratings and values will be recalculated based on the new position settings 68 Appendix When you edit a player in the Player Editor only those statistics that were configured for that player s position will be displayed to make the entry for player projections easier If you import a player file that contains more statistical projections than your league uses these projections will be maintained but will not be used in the point calculations for your league Note that a number of the statistics listed above such as the Bonus or Long statistics may be a combination of two or more statistics depending on your league For example your league may break out touchdowns scored by yardage where 20 yard 30 yard and 40 yards touchdowns are all worth different scoring amounts In these cases it would be nearly impossible to list all of the various scoring options available so we presented one general statistic that could be used by averaging the projections for your particular league 69 Appendix B Default Scoring Rules When you configure your league using the New League Setup Wizard you are presented
107. uation Method for Other Teams B0 Evaluation Method for Mu Team Gold l Stop automatic draft at every pick for My Team Draft Progress Round fi Pick f Team Team 1 Player Draft Progress 0 oe Figure 45 Mock Draft Settings Note the Mock Draft button is not available when the draft type has been configured for an Auction because who can predict how an auction would play out or if your draft is already underway see reseting a draft During a Live Draft automatic drafting is not allowed simply because you ll need to confirm each draft selection either made by you or your opponents Undrafting a Player In some cases undrafting a player may be as important to your draft as drafting a player There are few drafts that occur without somebody making at least one mistake when selecting a pick PC Drafter provides two ways to undraft a player once they have been drafted 1 Select the pick in the Draft List and select the Draft gt Undraft Player menu option 2 Select the pick in the Draft List and press the right mouse button Then select the Undraft Player menu option With either of these options you will be prompted to verify that the player should be undrafted The player will again be listed in the Available Player List and all views will be updated 55 PC Drafter User s Manual Resetting the Draft You may want to reset your entire draft at some point This would be true if you are runnin
108. ultipliers This is perhaps the most confusing part of PC Drafter and It s not bad at all if you read through the following steps Step 1 Click the Multiplier field for the scoring rule you want to modify The Multiplier is the rule that will be applied to determine the points scored for each player based on their projections Using the sample above you can see that a Multiplier of 0 10 for Receiving yards translates to 10 Points for every 100 shown in the Sample Value column Passing Yards Likewise you can see that using a Multiplier of 6 for every Receiving Touchdown will result in 600 Points if the player were projected to score 100 Passing Touchdowns Step 2 Enter a new Multiplier value to change the scoring rule Using the sample above if we change the Multiplier to 15 for Receiving Yards you will see that now 15 Points would be awarded for every 100 Receiving Yards Step 3 Edit as many scoring rules as you like to configure your league for each position Step 4 Press thre OK button to apply your changes Note that changing the scoring rules will cause all the projected player points to be recalculated and new SVB and Gold rankings to be generated automatically Please Note Some Statistics may be configured differently for different positions For example Interceptions may be configured with a negative Multiplier for Quarterback but a positive 1 Multiplier for Defenses This means a quarterback looses points for al
109. unt IL For every player that should be bid upon PC Drafter finds a total count of the power values for those players c Once we loop through all the positions PC Drafter sums all the individual positional position power counts to get a total power count for all the positions d Finally PC Drafter loops through all the players again who have not already had their price set to the league minimum and assigns them their price based on the function price total_remaining_money player_power position_power_sum position_power_sum total_power_sum e Atthis point PC Drafter also validates that no player is given a value higher than the maximum bid amount or lower than the minimum bid amount f As each player is assigned this value the total remaining money is decreased by the price associated with the player While the above routine sounds complicated it does work The real trick is the function in step f above We take the total remaining money allocate the correct percentage to the position based on the position s comparative power and then give each player the correct percentage of his position s money by getting the player s relative power to other players at his position As aside note PC Drafter has tried using just points the first time instead of power and it doesn t quite work right using points Also using this formula you may notice why the Gold algorithm wouldn t work Since the Gold algorithm really stresses th
110. ure such as each touchdown per yard or per sack The values displayed in the Value and Points columns cannot be changed These values are present only to help you verify your scoring rules Any position can be configured with any scoring rules and different positions may use statistics differently For example quarterbacks may receive 2 points per interception where a defensive player may receive 3 points for an interception 25 PC Drafter User s Manual Scoring rules can be changed at any time Any player currently present in the system will be reevaluated with the new scoring rules Once you have successfully edited your team you can press the OK button to save your changes If you have made a mistake you can press the Cancel button to cancel your changes Note getting your multipliers very close to your league s actual rules is perhaps the most important piece of information that you can control to improve your draft PC Drafter s website maintains a forum for posting and browsing scoring rules and tips Be sure to check it out on www pcDrafter com Delete Position We re in the Position Configuration dialog If you ve forgotten how we got here you click on Edit from the main menu then select Positions Scoring Rules In the rare case where you would need to delete an existing position highlight the position to delete in the Position Configuration dialog and select the Delete button If no players have been assigned
111. value Strongly Undervalue Cancel Figure E1 Position Configuration for Capturing League Bias 83 PC Drafter User s Manual So the Gold algorithm continuously recomputes the difference between the static and dynamic benchmarks the team need for particular positions the league need for positions and the league bias Just like you would without it GOLD focuses on the best players currently available For convenience the top pick is always featured in the box labeled pcDrafter Highly Recommends Selecting with a Draft button next to him Of course you don t have to pick this player but do focus on the top 10 to 15 players recommended by GOLD as its valuations spotlight the top picks Other drafting methods simply present a static player ranking and they put as much attention on the bottom picks as the top This points out yet another advantage of going with GOLD Be aware though if you re running an auction league the Gold algorithm isn t available That s because Gold does such a good job of highlighting the top players that it would create an overvalue situation in auctions Basic VBD is used for Auctions as described in Appendix F Auction Price Calculations 84 Appendix F Auction Price Calculations When preparing for an auction draft the most important question you need to ask is how much you should bid for any individual player It is not enough to simply know what players are more valuable you also need to
112. w make your selection then restart the mock draft with the Mock Draft Gold button REMEMBER You must tell PC Drafter which team is yours during the setup league wizard step 6 or by using the Edit gt League gt My Team drop down box Otherwise the automatic draft picker will continue through all teams without pausing for you to pick manually Closing the Automatic Draft Progress dialog will then update the Available Player List Draft List and any open views with the draft results NOTE During the automatic draft no other windows besides the progress window will update Automatic Pick During a Mock Draft pcDrafter defaults to automatically picking the best available player for you and your opponents The key however is how pcDrafter arrives at the best available player 54 In a Mock Draft pcDrafter defaults to picking the best available player for YOUR team see configuring your league based on the Gold algorithm pcDrafter picks players for the other teams based on either average draft position or simple value based drafting SVB You can configure this in the mock draft settings window shown below This window is presented when you click on the gold Mock Draft button in the center of the gold button toolbar pcDrafter can be set to automatically stop and await your draft choice or proceed directly with the top choice by the draft method you have selected ADP SVB or Gold Mock Draft Mock Draft Settings Eval
113. way to accurately predict when players would be put up for auction nor which teams would bid on specific players PC Drafter will disable any menu options that are not available for auction leagues Draft A Player in Auction Manually drafting a player is the only option for auction leagues due to the nomination and bidding process required by most auction leagues In most leagues a player is nominated and all teams bid on that player This is the format that is most closely enabled in PC Drafter A player can be nominated in five different ways These are identical to drafting a player in a standard league 1 Double click the player in the Available Player List This is the most direct approach 2 Highlight the player in the Available Player List and select the Draft gt Draft Player menu option 3 Highlight the player in the Available Player List and press the right mouse button Then select the Draft menu option to draft the player 4 Highlight the player in the Available Player List and use the mouse to drag and drop the player into the Draft List 5 Use the Find Player view to find the player and double click the player s name among those players found When a player is nominated you will be prompted with the Auction Draft Pick dialog pictured in Figure 49 This screen contains the interface for actually bidding and drafting the player 61 PC Drafter User s Manual Auction Draft Pick Player Information Team Information
114. y tools for PC Drafter are accessible from the large gold buttons Figure 2 shows all buttons disabled except Setup League Open League and Help Once a league has been created or a previously created league has been opened the disabled buttons will become enabled with the exception of View Salaries this is for auction leagues PC Drafter shows its Gold Algorithm recommendation in the recommended pick area disabled in auction leagues In the Player Search Area the Position and Team drop down boxes contain the filters used to search among the players that can be drafted The list to the right of the Position and Team drop down boxes upper middle of screen will display the currently available players This list is referred to as the Available Players Window You can re sort the Available Players Window by clicking on any of the column headings Position Name Team Bye Week Projected Points ADP rank Simple Value Based rank or Gold Rank The Draft List Window displays the players selected for each pick and round as the draft progresses The Player Schedule Window in the bottom right corner of the screen displays the NFL schedule for the currently selected player in the Available Players window Clicking on different available players will cause the player schedule window to update with that player s NFL schedule and relative defensive opponent s strength Getting Started Setup your League PC Drafter features a configuration
115. your desktop until your require the information All of these views are automatically updated after every draft pick to make sure you are provided with the most current information Any of these views can be opened by either selecting the appropriate menu option or the corresponding toolbar button Please note that the Mock Draft proceeds through it automatic selections without pausing to update each view However anytime you stop the mock draft and close the mock draft window the views will refresh with the latest draft progress Team Positions Selecting the View gt Team Positions menu option will open the Team Positions view pictured in Figure 27 E Team Positions E DO ma D a m League Team Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6 Team Team 8 Team 3 Team 10 ooo co oo oo oO me ooo oo oo oo 5 5 ie O O O EH oe oe oe oe EH EH Sooo oS oc ois N m A a E m A m E Im A l E m A Il A Im oooccceoccco Figure 27 Team Positions View The Team Positions view displays every team in the league and the count of each position they have drafted The player counts will be colorized as each team reaches the minimum and maximum players allowed at each position A blue number signifies the minimum count has been reached A red number signifies the maximum count has been reached and the team cannot draft another player at that position This view is especially helpful in determining the likelinood of a given team drafting a cer

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