2015 Off-Season Update

[tino38]

We'll pencil in the start of free agency now:
Monday morning April 13th at 8am ET

All tags, RFA decisions, first round 5th year options must be set by 4/12 end of day ET. Teams must also be under the salary cap by that time or they won't be able to place bids.

Contract restructurings and trades will be the next roster management tools activated. Trades will be available the weekend prior to free agency starting at the latest.

That 4/13 date is just in pencil now, subject to change depending upon other factors leading up to that time, but we'll work toward that. It's just about the same start as last year and should give us time to finish up peak free agency activity prior to the NFL draft.

I'm guessing where you said trade potentially opening the weekend prior to trading meant 4/11 or 4/12 and not 4/4?

[Goodell]

Yeah I still have a lot to do before I turn trading on. In particular, I want to finalize the draft order (including adding in compensatory picks) so there is no confusion over exactly what pick is being traded and in what order. When trading turned on, it will include the exact overall number of the picks this year. I hope to do some finalization of draft order loading this weekend.

Also working on gathering the retirement eligible players to add that eligibility for them soon.

[chiefbrody]

I don't mind not having the draft completely done before opening trades

[tino38]

I wasn't meaning to stir up anything. I just was trying to figure out how attentive I needed to be to fangm this weekend lol

[Onyxgem]

Bummer lol

[Goodell]

Just a reminder that we're one week to free agency start.
Monday morning April 13th at 8am ET

Trading will be turned on before this upcoming weekend.

[Onyxgem]

Just a reminder that we're one week to free agency start.
Monday morning April 13th at 8am ET

Trading will be turned on before this upcoming weekend.

Great news!

[Jared A]

Just for the record... I will be gone Saturday and Sunday for business. Hopefully trades are opened by Thursday so I can get things processed before FA.


Not trying to add pressure. I'd rather FA get pushed back lol.

[Goodell]

Official draft order for first round is below for each league. If I have a record listed after a team, they are in a tie-breaker situation and those teams next to them in the draft order with same record will be rotated in rounds 2-7. If you see an issue, let me know (our draft order by NFL rules). These will be uploaded this week.

AFFL DRAFT ORDER
1 GB
2 CAR
3 CIN
4 NYG (3-13)
5 KC (3-13)
6 PHI (4-12)
7 SF (4-12)
8 NE
9 DET (6-10)
10 IND (6-10)
11 PIT (6-10)
12 DAL (7-9)
13 BUF (7-9)
14 DEN (8-8)
15 NYJ (8-8)
16 HOU (8-8)
17 STL (8-8)
18 SEA (9-7)
19 BAL (9-7)
20 MIN
21 NO
22 JAC
23 MIA (12-4)
24 TB (12-4)
25 TEN (11-5)
26 OAK (11-5)
27 WAS
28 ATL
29 ARI
30 CLE
31 CHI
32 SD

CFFL:
1 OAK
2 CAR (1-15)
3 WAS (1-15)
4 PHI (3-13)
5 CHI (3-13)
6 STL
7 ARI (5-11)
8 BUF (5-11)
9 DEN (6-10)
10 GB (6-10)
11 CIN (6-10)
12 BAL (6-10)
13 MIN
14 TB (8-8)
15 CLE (8-8)
16 SD (8-8)
17 NYJ (8-8)
18 TEN (8-8)
19 SEA (9-7)
20 HOU (9-7)
21 NYG
22 NO (11-5)
23 JAC (11-5)
24 MIA
25 DET (11-5)
26 KC (11-5)
27 ATL
28 NE
29 IND
30 SF
31 DAL
32 PIT

DFFL:
1 STL
2 JAC
3 TB (3-13)
4 MIN (3-13)
5 SD (3-13)
6 BUF (3-13)
7 CIN (3-13)
8 NYG (3-13)
9 NE
10 CAR (5-11)
11 PHI (5-11)
12 ATL
13 OAK (7-9)
14 HOU (7-9)
15 DET (8-8) *
16 GB (8-8) *
17 KC (8-8)
18 CLE
19 BAL (10-6)
20 SEA (10-6)
21 DEN (11-5)
22 DAL (11-5)
23 CHI (12-4)
24 PIT (12-4)
25 MIA (11-5)
26 IND (11-5)
27 ARI
28 NO
29 WAS
30 NYJ
31 TEN
32 SF

* DET/GB in DFFL same record/SOS, so divisional tie-breakers (same 6-6 against common opponents CAR/NYJ/MIN/ATL/NE/CHI/BUF/NO/MIA/TB -- but GB higher conf record so DET picks higher first round).

[Goodell]

I have the comp pick evaluations done for all leagues now so that'll allow me to set the final draft order for all rounds tonight, upload that, make any new season trade tweaks, and then possibly have trades available tomorrow if all goes well.

For comp picks, those are based upon last year's free agency results:
http://fangm.com/football/comppicks.php

Teams have to have had more UFA losses than gains to be eligible for picks. We have more than 32 eligible in all leagues so no teams with same amount of additions/losses will get picks (must have been more UFA losses on that chart).

The way those are assigned, for eligible teams I list out all the LOSSES and match up to all the GAINS. I find the close grade matchups to cancel each other out. For example, if a 7.0-ish player lost but a 7.0-ish replacement player signed then no pick coming for that. Then it's the top 32 not really replaced players of eligible UFAs that turn into comp picks. Street free agents with no team affiliation for unlimited bidding don't factor into comp pick calculations for losses/gains and don't ever show within those comp pick figures updated throughout free agency. I use the highest losses (7.5+) as 3rd round picks, then a range of good to mediocre losses in in the 4th-6th round levels up to the top 32 values only. Not every team will get all of their eligible picks as each league has over 32 eligible (most in the 40s) as it's capped at 32 total comp picks. In NFL they use 7th round comp picks for teams with same number of losses/gains if applicable, but we hardly ever get that situation and use the 7th rounders for the lowest grades still within the 32 comp slots for eligible teams.

Full draft information including comp picks and 2nd-7th round orders may be available late tonight and trades soon after hopefully. Thanks