2013 NFL Season is here!!!

As we enter the final full week of July, NFL teams are starting up training camp. Here is a link to all the team start dates: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/trainingcamp.

Last year was the first time in a decade that I was not party to 5 Fantasy Football leagues. While not every year do I win the league I am, it is rare that my teams haven't been competitive to the point of still in the mix when week 15 comes around. By no means do I assert my self as an expert or all knowing when it comes to compiling a winning team year after year; yet I do feel confident enough to put this blog together. My hope is that people will come here and share their ideas, concepts and strategies on playing fantasy football. If no one wants to participate that is fine as well as this blog will be therapy for me as it looks like I will again be involved in 4 or 5 leagues this year.

In the leagues that I will be involved with this year, I won't be in one that has the same format. While all of them will be performance based scoring, the methods of draft an degree of Dynasty are very different. Here are the type of leagues I am:

1. Yahoo league - prerank draft and no keepers
2. Family league - live straight draft with potential keepers - can keep a player for 2 years 
3. ESPN league - Auction draft with potential keeper - 1 player 
4. Fantrax league - Auction draft with potential keepers - any # players based on salary escalation scheme.

My favorite style of league is the real Dynasty league that utilizes the auction draft with a salary cap. Owners in this league must keep room in the salary cap for picking up or trading players throughout the year. The next season owners can keep any or all players in so far that they don't exceed the salary cap with the salary escalation.

What is your favorite league? How many leagues are you in?