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Draft pick order?

By Tanman721
8/16/2016 7:07 pm
My question is how are draft picks ordered for non playoff teams that finish with the same record? What is the tie breaker?

I'm pretty sure in the NFL it goes by strength of schedule, whoever had a weaker sos gets the higher pick but it doesn't seem to work that way on MFN.

Re: Draft pick order?

By lellow2011
8/16/2016 8:14 pm
Tanman721 wrote:
My question is how are draft picks ordered for non playoff teams that finish with the same record? What is the tie breaker?

I'm pretty sure in the NFL it goes by strength of schedule, whoever had a weaker sos gets the higher pick but it doesn't seem to work that way on MFN.


Basically Tanman wants to know why he didn't get the number 1 pick in MFN10 :P

Re: Draft pick order?

By punisher
8/16/2016 8:38 pm
lellow2011 wrote:
Tanman721 wrote:
My question is how are draft picks ordered for non playoff teams that finish with the same record? What is the tie breaker?
I'm pretty sure in the NFL it goes by strength of schedule, whoever had a weaker sos gets the higher pick but it doesn't seem to work that way on MFN.

Basically Tanman wants to know why he didn't get the number 1 pick in MFN10 :P


Custom 10 = https://cust10.myfootballnow.com/war_room

1st pick is Mayhem got the pick from phoenix
2nd pick is Blitz
3rd pick is Chicago
4th pick is Hawaii
5th pick is Mississippi Mudbugs got the pick from Milwaukee


those 5 teams finished 3 - 13 last season
Bellevue Blitz 3-13 ---- 202 PF ---- 491 PA --- 1-5 division record --- 2-10 Conference record
Chicago 3-13 ------------ 256 PF ---- 539 PA --- 0-6 division record --- 2-10 conference record
Hawaii 3-13 -------------- 284 PF ---- 477 PA ---- 2-4 division record --- 3-9 conference record
Milwaukee 3-13 -------- 313 PF --- 528 PA ---- 0-6 division record --- 3-9 conference record
Phoenix 3-13 ------------ 221 PF --- 519 PA ---- 2-4 division record --- 3-9 conference record

Re: Draft pick order?

By Tanman721
8/17/2016 12:19 am
lellow2011 wrote:
Tanman721 wrote:
My question is how are draft picks ordered for non playoff teams that finish with the same record? What is the tie breaker?

I'm pretty sure in the NFL it goes by strength of schedule, whoever had a weaker sos gets the higher pick but it doesn't seem to work that way on MFN.


Basically Tanman wants to know why he didn't get the number 1 pick in MFN10 :P


Exactly! My schedule and division were both terrible last year so it makes absolutely no sense to me how I didn't get #1 pick. And to make things worse I somehow ended up with the 4th pick out of the 5 3-13 teams. Something is wrong here.

Re: Draft pick order?

By Brrexkl
8/17/2016 1:48 am
Tanman721 wrote:
lellow2011 wrote:
Tanman721 wrote:
My question is how are draft picks ordered for non playoff teams that finish with the same record? What is the tie breaker?

I'm pretty sure in the NFL it goes by strength of schedule, whoever had a weaker sos gets the higher pick but it doesn't seem to work that way on MFN.


Basically Tanman wants to know why he didn't get the number 1 pick in MFN10 :P


Exactly! My schedule and division were both terrible last year so it makes absolutely no sense to me how I didn't get #1 pick. And to make things worse I somehow ended up with the 4th pick out of the 5 3-13 teams. Something is wrong here.


Nothing wrong...

you're just the Real Life Cleveland Browns. Never losing as much as you need to and never in position to Win.

It sucks.

Re: Draft pick order?

By WarEagle
8/17/2016 5:49 am
I say we should institute the draft lottery for non-playoff teams!

No extra ping pong ***** for the worst record, etc.

Re: Draft pick order?

By punisher
8/17/2016 1:55 pm
Tanman721 wrote:

Exactly! My schedule and division were both terrible last year so it makes absolutely no sense to me how I didn't get #1 pick. And to make things worse I somehow ended up with the 4th pick out of the 5 3-13 teams. Something is wrong here.


if you feel that way then just send this thread to the ADMIN or better yet I will and he will be able to tell you why this happened to you.


WarEagle wrote:
I say we should institute the draft lottery for non-playoff teams!
No extra ping pong ***** for the worst record, etc.


Yeah like that would help people would probably still make a thread asking why they didn't get a certain draft pick.

I think it would be better if there was like a table we could refer to that would tell us what draft position we would get and tell us why we are getting that pick then I would think problem solved in a way.

Re: Draft pick order?

By Tanman721
8/17/2016 5:13 pm
punisher wrote:
[quote="Tanman721"]
Exactly! My schedule and division were both terrible last year so it makes absolutely no sense to me how I didn't get #1 pick. And to make things worse I somehow ended up with the 4th pick out of the 5 3-13 teams. Something is wrong here.


if you feel that way then just send this thread to the ADMIN or better yet I will and he will be able to tell you why this happened to you.


Its really not that big of a deal just a bummer. I would just like to know what the tiebreaker is. At this point I'm convinced it's random.
Last edited at 8/17/2016 5:13 pm

Re: Draft pick order?

By WarEagle
8/17/2016 8:54 pm
WarEagle wrote:
I say we should institute the draft lottery for non-playoff teams!

No extra ping pong ***** for the worst record, etc.


FYI, I was mostly joking with this comment.

Although personally I am in favor of a true draft lottery for all non-playoff teams in every sport.
I am not a fan of tanking and I hate to see it rewarded.

Re: Draft pick order?

By punisher
8/18/2016 2:29 pm
Tanman721 wrote:

Its really not that big of a deal just a bummer. I would just like to know what the tiebreaker is. At this point I'm convinced it's random.


alrightly then

WarEagle wrote:

FYI, I was mostly joking with this comment.
Although personally I am in favor of a true draft lottery for all non-playoff teams in every sport.
I am not a fan of tanking and I hate to see it rewarded.


well I must have missed your joke .