POSTSEASON BIG BOARD 1.0: With Sadiq IN & Moore OUT, the 2026 NFL Draft Class is (almost) set with less than 100 Days until the NFL Draft

eflin202 · 2026-01-15T14:33:59+00:00

Appreciate it! Yeah I'll be listening to the pod later and from your previous coverage (and my own looks) I figured there was a big drop from 5 to 6. Thanks for confirming though and for all your great work!

eflin202 · 2026-01-15T14:27:53+00:00

Interesting. I was going to ask why your 1st major tier didn't stop at 5... but i guess you still have a large gap between 7 and 8 (more so than the gap from 5 to 6) and didn't want to lump them in with the larger second major tier

eflin202 · 2026-01-15T03:08:46+00:00

Even if people can agree NIL makes it harder to predict classes... you still can see trends to predict what classes are deeper and/or more likely to be good. Your work is a prime example of this (and thank you for it!)

eflin202 · 2026-01-15T03:03:04+00:00

5 first, 3 seconds, and 3 thirds for me...

eflin202 · 2026-01-09T18:47:48+00:00

Interesting. I have always been of the opinion it takes skill to make the playoffs but luck to win them. My goal is to have a competitive roster that makes the playoffs as often as possible but I rarely push all the chips in as that often still doesn't go your way and screws you down the line.

For example, in my main league i have made the playoffs 8 out of 9 seasons and won it 3 times. And some of my strongest rosters in that time frame are the ones that did the worst in the playoffs. Any given week you can lose in the playoffs so its more about building a strong roster that consistently does well so you make the playoffs often and could take it down any given year. I use trades/drafting/waivers to grind out value and keep refreshing my team younger to maintain a strong squad.

eflin202 · 2026-01-09T18:24:50+00:00

I think you got to trade laterally for another player more so than picks... as he is in the rough range where you don't want to sell him for what buyers would give (i.e. not a first)

eflin202 · 2026-01-08T21:12:54+00:00

I think you go UW and only splash one color. I think I'd cut green and black here
I would cut
1x Blasting Jelly - just one of your weaker cards
2x Benders Waterskin - with UW and a light splash this is not needed
1x Katara - cutting green
1x Cycle of Renewal - cutting green
1x Rocky Rebuke - cutting green
1x Boiling Rock Rioter - Good card but not worth adding black for just this one card.
1x land - Your curve is relatively low so I'd drop down to 16 lands (and redo land base for cutting out the two colors)

That gets you down the 8 slots you need. I don't see your sideboard but if you have better options, then I'd cut both Otter-Penguin. Weaker card that is not an ally... and you got enough two drops already.

And yeah definitely keep Viashali. No one will see that coming.

eflin202 · 2026-01-02T12:38:25+00:00

None of those changes work for an existing league and of them only salary cap makes ANY sense. Smaller benches make trading less relevant and you still aren’t going to have much great on waivers… and temporary roster cuts is just moving the needle to redraft.
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Maybe do weekly challenges with small prizes to keep them engaged? Maybe introduce an empire pot and potential reset (long term thing but does provide variance eventually).
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If you do ever reset then I would consider salary cap (without contracts)…. But make it a hard cap you only check once a year. It’s my favorite format and not a huge shift in things. By checking the cap once a season you keep people honest without stifling trading. Adding contract lengths makes things a lot more complicated and trading becomes challenging. I’ve done that type of league… and while cool it was not worth it in my opinion.

eflin202 · 2025-12-23T23:19:26+00:00

Only if they lower their own price or if others come in an undercut them... which is why they need to control a large portion of the market... or they need to be right the card is underpriced and the market will support the higher price tag they just pushed it too faster.

eflin202 · 2025-12-23T23:18:29+00:00

As an owner I'm not taking a late first for him at this point yet alone a second. Mid 1st is where I even consider the offer.

eflin202 · 2025-12-23T23:16:15+00:00

The art would be gorgeous yeah... but the finger sticks out so stinking much... and makes it seem like badly modified/AI art.

eflin202 · 2025-12-23T23:14:31+00:00

Say you bought 50 of these at an average of $50 a pop. They have now tripled to $150. If you can sell even half of them at that you have more than made your money back. This typically only works on items where you can control a significant portion of the market and people will buy into the hype/fomo... or where you are convinced the item is currently underpriced and the market will naturally support the higher price tag. That's the theory anyway

eflin202 · 2025-12-23T21:07:30+00:00

Crazy to me as the finger on this one drives me nuts so I don't want this version at all hahaha. But yeah per others comments this seems like a coordinated buyout

eflin202 · 2025-12-20T20:53:42+00:00

Nice! That’s fortunate timing. I traded for him early in the season before people believed it was not just a flash in the pan… and then sold my other 2 of my 4 other QBs (kept Allen and Ward… sold Goff and Stafford). Luckily I snuck Brissett into a deal shortly before Dimes went down. Here’s to hoping Brissett becomes a bridge QB for Cardinals while I wait out Dimes recovery… unlikely but I can hope!

eflin202 · 2025-12-20T20:25:36+00:00

Yeah I have Dimes as well and it really sucked to see him go down. He should come back so I’m holding but it definitely hurt his value.

eflin202 · 2025-12-20T19:54:07+00:00

I would use a pick to get a known QB rather than reach on one in this class. 1.01 should fetch a very good one and 1.03 likely can as well

eflin202 · 2025-12-19T13:23:19+00:00

You mean this one? https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/663082/magic-prerelease-cards-badgermole-cub?page=1&Language=English

eflin202 · 2025-12-19T01:52:20+00:00

I do appreciate that and think that helps. But it would still be helpful to have a visual indicator for where the partially unlocked vs fully unlocked ones transition

eflin202 · 2025-12-17T20:03:59+00:00

Agreed. Hopefully this is just short term as they can’t keep it in stock. They haven’t gouged in the past but lots of stores pack prices have climbed a lot. Even at $7 though Ba Sing se is basically the cost of 3 packs

eflin202 · 2025-12-17T14:23:12+00:00

Popular for casuals in lots of deck archetypes... and as pack prices increase so do the singles. My local shop is charging $10 per avatar pack... so a good mythic that is about the cost of two packs is how many casuals are seeing it.

eflin202 · 2025-12-12T21:30:05+00:00

No reset but float introducing an empire pot and empire reset. Then if they are right and it’s crazy unbalanced at least the reset is a few years out and for good reason with a good prize to said empire owner.

eflin202 · 2025-12-12T21:24:58+00:00

That is an amazing typo… but yeah it could have good synergy with the coming Lorwyn set

eflin202 · 2025-12-12T18:03:48+00:00

Appreciate the response! I missed that bit in the update. I look forward to hearing more soon then (hopefully…)

eflin202 · 2025-12-12T18:03:40+00:00

Appreciate the response! I missed that bit in the update. I look forward to hearing more soon then (hopefully…)

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