A lot of improvements have been added to the site within the past few weeks, and I would like to highlight them all here.  Most of them relate to the Lineup Calculator and the saved teams that come with a membership.

Dashboard

Now you can quickly see all of your bye week players and injured players for the upcoming week for all of your teams in the dashboard on your user page.

This makes it a lot easier to spot problems with a lineup and reduce the chance of accidentally starting a player who won’t score you points that week.  This feature is only available for members.

Sortable Custom Projections For All Players

Embedded within the Lineup Calculator is the option to display the projected points for every player for every week. It’s at the bottom of the page below the roster table.

These projections are based on the league settings that you can customize.  The column headers are sortable to make it easy to find the best player for any week.

User Interface Improvements

For members with multiple teams saved, there is now a drop-down list of all of your saved teams for quick access within the Lineup Calculator. If you’re viewing one team with the Lineup Calculator you can quickly switch to a different team without going back to your user page.

Also, there were several speed improvements so it’s now faster to load the Lineup Calculator and to add and drop players.

Additional Settings Values

By request, I’ve added some more scoring values to the customizable settings.  For instance, you can now have 5 yds/pt for running backs and -4 pts for an interception.

Next year, there will be even more options like defense scoring, return yards, negative points for missed field goals, and distance-TD bonuses.

Bug Fixes

The biggest fix is that there was a bug that caused extra players to appear within a lineup. It was annoying because it took extra work to remove those players. This bug is completely fixed now.

Help Section

There is now a lengthy help page that answers common questions and describes how to use the tools.

For instance, the meaning behind the color shading in the Lineup Calculator is described here:

http://fantasyfootballcalculator.com/help#player_views

Contact Form

If you have suggestions, complaints, or would like to share a success story, you can now easily do that through the contact page.  The email address of FFCalc@gmail.com still works, but there’s now an easy form to fill out to make it a little easier for you.

Don’t Miss Out

There’s still plenty of time to take advantage of these improvements.  Whether you have a team struggling to make the playoffs or you’re trying to find players to score big for your championship game, these tools can help you. Check out the membership page to see everything that’s available.

Drafts are done and the season is now underway.

Good luck in your leagues this year. Hopefully you dominated your drafts and are on your way towards a league championship or two.

Remember to check back to the site often.  Even though the mock draft season is over, there is still a lot to come.

The projections for the Lineup Calculator will be updated throughout the season, and even more additions are planned.  Also, here on the blog I will dig into the fantasy predictions every week.

Two new site updates for anyone that’s wanted to either:

1. Use the draftboard to to help monitor a draft in real-time, or
2. Start a new draft with only computers

These new products are the Draft Calculator and Draft Simulator. They’re part of the 2008 Membership Package, which also includes the Lineup Calculator and saved Mock Drafts.

The Draft Calculator lets you pick a team size (6 to 18 teams), number of rounds (up to 20) and draft position.  You then manually enter every draft pick during your live draft to easily see how the draft is going.

This is an early version of the Draft Calculator, and it does not offer any suggested picks (that will be next year).  It is a good tool for visualizing a draft in action. You don’t want to waste precious time scrambling to see if the guy next to you has already drafted a QB.

The Draft Simulator is similar to the Draft Calculator except that the computer selects for everyone else in the draft.  It’s especially useful if you need to prepare for a draft with more than 15 rounds.

These two additions have been requested by a lot of people, and it’s exciting to see the draftboard used for other applications than just mock drafts.  You can get started now by signing up for a membership.

I’m pleased to announce new additions to the site.  You can now keep track of your mock drafts and save teams in the Lineup Calculator. It’s all part of the 2008 membership package. To get started now, click here.

Mock Drafts

As a member, your mock drafts will be automatically saved for you and will appear in your user page. The Lineup Calculator is used to automatically calculate a predicted score for each team that you draft. In your user page, you can sort the drafts by best projected fantasy score and filter by league size or draft position:

In the table there is a link to the original draft and a color-coded list of your first eight picks for convenience. It’s pretty handy for evaluating draft strategies.

Additionally, clicking on the team name imports the drafted team directly into the Lineup Calculator for further analysis.

Since it’s never too early to think about the playoffs, the average fantasy points for weeks 14 - 16 are included in the table as well.

Lineup Calculator

A membership also includes the ability to save unlimited teams in the Lineup Calculator. Your saved teams are kept separate from your drafts in the user page. During the season, the projections will be updated daily to reflect injuries and recent performance.

If you haven’t tried the Lineup Calculator yet, it’s an easy-to-use tool for evaluating all sorts of scenarios about your lineup. You can evaluate trades, adds, drops, and draft strategies.

Before the season starts, the Lineup Calculator will be upgraded to let you edit the scoring system. At the moment it still uses the default settings. So if you have a PPR league or a 2-QB league, you won’t have to wait much longer. IDP will not be supported, however.

Get Started!

The membershp only costs $12.95 for the entire season. That’s less than $1 per week to gain an advantage in all of your leagues. Sign up now!

You’ve probably noticed that the mock drafts aren’t open right now. There’s a temporary problem with a hosting company the site uses that should be resolved around 6 - 7 PM EST.

I’m working on solving the problem so that the drafts can operate even if this issue occurs again.

Sorry for the inconvience, you should be drafting again in no time.

(Edit: 7:18 PM) Drafts are back online!

Hi! I’m starting this blog to post updates about the site and to write about other fantasy football related thoughts that I have.

First, I’d like to say thank you to everyone who has participated in the mock drafts. It really is the community that makes the drafts useful and fun. I’ve been in a lot of great discussions on fantasy football in the draft rooms.

I started this site three years ago because I wanted a better live mock draft program. I am incredibly pleased that so many people have found the mock drafts as useful as I have.

This year is also the debut of the Lineup Calculator. I’ll have more posts about that later.

If you have questions or thoughts about the site, leave a comment below or send me an email at FFCalc@gmail.com.