interested

Awesome. I'll add you to the list.

We will start ramping this up--Now that the Alums is filled. We will have all of February and beyond to get people joining.

The soonest live draft start would be Saturday March 14th at 10AM ET, this is when I could devote 7 consecutive days to draft updates.

We have like 8 interested/committed so far. But I'm thinking some of the frequent players will jump in as the numbers increase. If you are new to this, please don't hesitate to ask questions. We love new owners and the perspective that they bring. It normally improves and diversifies everything for an existing league or a reboot like this. Join us!

This was the Super Bowl winner in the last season. Listed is the Core 10 live draft spots before adding the other 13 spots post draft. Not what you would think personnel-wise! Owners have to keep the salary cap in mind, so their draft list has some names that can be strategic/financially selected by design. You could sometimes find undrafted gems thereafter to make it work. Owners would rather free up cash sometimes.

Winner:

Owner: tomhanrahan
QB- Bert Jones
RB- Jim Taylor
RB- J.D. Smith
WR- Mike Wallace
WR- Rick Upchurch
TE- Antonio Gates
Flex- RB Justin Fargas
Off- 2020-22 Tennessee Titans OL
Def- 1944-54 Philadelphia Eagles DEF
ST- 2000-10 Philadelphia Eagles ST

And listed below were the banned personnel using a live round format. We will switch to the ban list of 20 per owner to get the top 24 bans. When the draft starts, it’s the live draft on day one! You can see 9 QBs were banned here, and 4 people (6 teams total) didn't make their ban, so it wasn't a desirable or sustainable way to ban players or units going-forward. We had to come up with a proxy system using season 3 draftees to complete the live banned round last time.

If we have similar results with next seasons ban lists, then at least we don't waste a full day on the banned round, and you might have a chance at elite players. They won't be canceled out by a single owner.

1- DCarden34- WR Crazy Legs Hirsch
2- roadhouse19- QB Aaron Rodgers
3- kaniac- RB O.J. Simpson
4- tomhanrahan- QB Drew Brees
5- jfg1997- 1942-52 Chicago Bears DEF
6- riverratk- QB Daunte Culpepper (per proxy of highest 1st rounder from season 3 not already banned)
7- danpsull71- QB Tom Brady
8- PsychoWarper- 1945 Cleveland Rams- 46-55 LA Rams OL
9- DCarden34- RB Jim Brown
10- tomhanrahan- QB Peyton Manning
11-rjk2781- 1970-80 Pittsburgh Steelers DEF
12- seay00- QB Matt Ryan
13-riverratk- RB Adrian Peterson (per proxy of highest 1st rounder from season 3 not already banned)
14-tidealer- 1951-61 New York Giants DEF (per proxy of highest 1st rounder from season 3 not already banned)
15- CFSportsClub- WR Calvin Johnson
16- spaolo- RB Barry Sanders
17- kaniac- QB Ben Roethlisberger
18- seay00- RB Walter Payton
19- tidealer- QB Deshaun Watson (per proxy of highest 1st rounder from season 3 not already banned)
20- roadhouse19- QB Patrick Mahomes
21- danpsull71- 1960-70 Cleveland Browns OL
22- cellkev- WR Antonio Brown
23- jfg1997- QB Philip Rivers (per proxy of highest 1st rounder from season 3 not already banned)
24- coolmay_one- 2012-22 Green Bay Packers OL (per proxy of highest 1st rounder from season 3 not already banned)

Claim a spot and Join the live draft fun!

hey, it was tough to roster stud skill players given I dropped over $33Million on D.

I'll play

Awesome. You are going to love this milest!

certainly not a criticism tom, I was pointing out the financial foresight and discipline the winning team took in their draft selections and strategy. A trailer of sorts for those wondering what this is about. Not that there weren’t some teams that did well with bigger and more recognized names on the Core 10.

Anyone can view all rosters in the SF theme leagues thread. Change the drop down to All and find the divisions/rosters for seasons 1-4.

Join us. Ask questions. Poke holes in it. All are welcome!

Current interest and committed owners:

1- seay00- IN
2- tomhanrahan- possible
3- danpsull71- IN
4- coolmay_one- IN
5- PsychoWarper- possible
6- lilspike0738- interested
7- democolson- IN
8- nato6869- interested
9- milest- IN

Hopefuls/potential owners:

riverratk
tidealer
DCarden34
roadhouse19
cellkev
CFSportsClub
spaolo
ace666
mfnmyers
sjstapleton
jfg1997
lilspike0738
specsman
rjk2781
greenberet
napolean
soxyport71
bosey
bg3OG
b58hustler
mugwump
gmsf
horus
heavyhammer
gyrene
kern_82
sim_jedi
tommytripod
FadingAnno
undrafted
karcher

If I didn't mention you, I'll publicly ask for forgiveness after you join. Deal? And no grudges over past games, leagues, trades, or how you go about your team composition. Friendly competition. But real competition.

Just trying to offer a good league that I think you would enjoy. This is not to battle other theme or progressive leagues for owners or to trash the open leagues. Another fun option that's all. I will send a mini blast sitemail to some of the names above (that I haven't sitemailled in 2026). Nothing personalized. I don't have that kind of time right now! But you are super special for getting an invite.

I'll circle back to the other frequent players and previous owners thereafter. We also LOVE new owners trying out the NFL SIM for the first time or revisiting it after a long break or unpleasant experience. We will help explain anything to get you started. It is worth 9 dollars to give it a shot. The cheapest form of entertainment you'll find over the course of 2 months.

Come and show the Sim Football community what ya got in the live draft league!

A few other things to point to out that makes this league and its reboot unique.

In sequence and noteworthy details:

1- Once we are filled. We organize the divisions first and post in the theme league forum. You know who is in your division before anything happens. You do play 6 of your 16 regular season games versus them.

2- We start the personalized ban list of 20 per owner to be sitemailed. Ban the stuff your division mates like or have a tendency to select. Could be outside of your division or conference with an owner that routinely gives you problems. You decide what goes on your list of 20. You have the data to look up past rosters in this league forum or from just recalling playing them often in other leagues. Not many WIS leagues do this, I think it’s the one and only in Sim Football history. This is good GM competition stuff and the targeting of something only works if they land in the cumulative owners top 24 list.

3- We collect and post the top 24 bans in the theme league forum. Maybe someone became available that you didn't expect. How does this change your preferred location in the draft order? Do you want to move up or down wrt looking at the supply/demand in the player pool after the bans?

4- We start the draft election process. You select top, middle, or bottom. Randomizer determines order in each tier.

5- We post the draft order and scheduled time slots for each owner for each round. Craft your draft plan. Maybe a short list per position and units.

6- We start the live draft for 7 consecutive days!