Draft League Info and Q&A

Draft Pool 1941-24
our Draft Series will be leagues at 50,55, and 59 mil
We will have one Big 50 mil Snake Draft period - 16 rounds
Rounds 1-11 single picks
Rounds 11-16 will be double picks to speed things along
These 21 drafted players & units are the base of your football franchises and not shared.
Important : When you use a drafted Player or Unit in one of these leagues 50,55,59 - they are Done !!!
You will then turn to your next man up for the next league

Special Teams, Kickers and Punters are all pool players and can be shared

You will draft these exclusive positions and units - QB,RB,WR,TE, these are exclusive by year OL,Def
Note : all undrafted players can be shared as we fill out the remaining roster spots each season

Draft - positions to fill
(3) QBs ^1 per league Total exclusives 72
(3) RBs ^1 per league Total exclusives 72
(6) WRs ^2 per league Total exclusives 144
(3) TEs ^1 per league Total exclusives 72
(3) Flex optional 1 per league- flex out of the positions listed above ^
(3) OLs 1 per league Total exclusives 72
(3) Ds 1 per league Total exclusives 72
(no) ST
(no) K
(no) P

Q- What if someone wants to use the player pool to fill a position and draft only 2 QBs and flex to an extra RB or WR in the draft ?
A- You can flex up to 3 players in this draft. But, only 1 flexed player can be used in each league, as each team must contain 7 draft picks

Q- Why 1 draft instead of 3 separate drafts ?
A- A ton of logistics go into a WIS draft. So, 1 draft will stock your base of 7 for each team

Q- How long will the Draft take ?
A- 16 rounds should take roughly 3 weeks

Q- Will all 3 leagues run at the same time ?
A- No, It will start at 50, then move to 55 and finally 59

Q- Can an owner field 2 teams ?
A- Yes, Theme leagues do not fill without some owners fielding 2 teams

Q- What if an owner doesn't like to comment in the Forum, Can they be a part of this Draft ?
A- Yes, Proxy drafting by sitemail is allowed. A total proxy draft is not recommended. This feature is for times when you are busy, just put a list of players together ahead of time

Q- Will there be in-season Challenges ?
A- Yes, 50milPromos will deal out prizes

Q- What if someone quits in the middle of this Series ?
A- If that happens that team and it's players/units can be claimed by another owner or those players/units go back into the player pool at season's end. Then 50milPromos will fill a team totally from the player/unit pool for the next season if no new owner joins

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Your players and units can be placed in these Leagues, as you draft to help with budgeting for your franchises
These are private leagues, so invites will go out after we fill our Owner list

NFL29078	DCarden34		50mil Draft Series League	...	$50M
NFL29079	DCarden34		55mil Draft Series League	...	$55M
NFL29080	DCarden34		59mil Draft Series League	...	$59M

Q1: I draft Aaron Rodgers. I use one of his seasons for the 50Mil league. After this, neither I nor anyone else can use any of his seasons for 55M or 59M. Correct? Or is it only a single season of Aaron Rodgers that I exclusively draft?

Q2: Same query, but for the units; O-lines and defenses. Obviously drafting 72 unique franchises would be .... difficult.

Q3: My higher math skills inform me that 8 players/units (QB,RB,WR, WR,TE,OL,Def, Flex) times 3 leagues = 24 draftees per owner. Not 21. Maybe I don't understand how the Flex works.

Posted by tomhanrahan on 12/29/2025 7:21:00 AM (view original):
Q1: I draft Aaron Rodgers. I use one of his seasons for the 50Mil league. After this, neither I nor anyone else can use any of his seasons for 55M or 59M. Correct? Or is it only a single season of Aaron Rodgers that I exclusively draft?

Q2: Same query, but for the units; O-lines and defenses. Obviously drafting 72 unique franchises would be .... difficult.

Q3: My higher math skills inform me that 8 players/units (QB,RB,WR, WR,TE,OL,Def, Flex) times 3 leagues = 24 draftees per owner. Not 21. Maybe I don't understand how the Flex works.

This is the reason we have a Q&A session going, thanks tomhanrahan

A1: Correct, a player say Aaron Rodgers 2011 is drafted, that will be the only version of him that can be used. Pick the league and he's one and done.

A2: True, great point about Units. Units are not as plentiful as players so. I think when it come Units, only a certain year can be considered exclusive.

A3: Flex is a good tool but it's Only an option and doesn't count in draft rounds unless it is used. The guidelines for the draft are 3 QBs, 3 RBs, 6 WRs, 3 TEs. Example - you can flex and totally dump all 3 TEs picks and use the post draft pool for TE's. Then use the 3 flex picks to add to draft picks at QB,RB or WR if you want ...Note: But, remember those 3 TE's are 1 for each league, so the draft picks can only be used 1 for each league.

and the same franchise using the flex option on 2 spots

QB 1 - Joe Burrow 2024 - 59
QB 2 - Aaron Rodgers 2009 - 55
QB 3 - Johnny Unitas 1967 - 50

RB 1 - O.J.Simpson 1973 - 59
RB 2 - Marshall Faulk 2001 - 55
RB 3 - Tiki Barber 2002 - 50
RB 4 Flex from TE to 50 or 55

WR 1 - Crazy Legs Hirsch 1951 - 59
WR 2 - Calvin Johnson 2011 - 59
WR 3 - Puka Nacua 2023 - 55
WR 4 - Warren Wells 1970 - 55
WR 5 - Adam Thielen 2016 - 50
WR 6 - Tyreek Hill 2024 - 50
WR 7 - Flex from TE to 50 or 55

TE 1 - Jimmy Graham 2011 - 59
TE 2 - 55 Flexed to WR - 50 or 55 - this now becomes a post draft fill
TE 3 - 50 Flexed to RB- 50 or 55- this now becomes a post draft fill

OL 1 - 1963 Cleveland Browns - 59
OL 2 - 1972 Miami Dolphins - 55
OL 3 - 1991 Washington Redskins - 50

DEF 1 - 1965 San Francisco 49ers - 50
DEF 2 - 1987 Philadelphia Eagles - 55
DEF 3 - 1983 St. Louis Cardinals - 59

I propose them that if I draft Joe Burrow, I don't need to declare which season I will use until the rosters get set for that league. In contrast, the 1963 BRowns off line gets exclusively drafted for that year only.

Do I need to declare when drafting Joe Burrow which league he will be slotted in (50, 55, 59)..... Or can I leave this open , again, until the rosters are set? Ditto the 1963 browns off line.

With drafted players there is no need to designate a year or league until they are ready to play in it. Leaving the year open does leave room to fit the league budgets.

Units will need to be drafted by the year and don't have to be designated for league assignment until they are ready to play. This will allow for some mystery in our D-Challenges

OK What I take from this is I want BIG Name Players whom have played for Many Seasons to give me options. For my starters !
Back up QB,RB,WR,TE can be anyone whom was NOT drafted by a team
OL DEF each team drafts 3 of each. Team not important just the Team and Year not to be duplicated( we could all use the Ravens OL if they were all different years )
PK,Punt and ST any will do for All.

Is all the Above Right

Yes sir slingers25- On offense it will benefit to have Star players with a variety of salary options because the OL's and D salaries will be set.
and Yes all OL's & D's could/can be the same team just different years. Pickup your ST's, kickers and punters after the draft

A big part of this Draft Series is trying to bridge the gap between fun football in our 50 mil Theme Leagues and the very stale product called welcome to WIS 60 mil Open League football . Live outside the box and try different players with us, WIS NFL football has a future here and that goes beyond waiting for an update that you may or may not like.

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