Integrated IDP Dynasty Startup Mock Draft

Tom Kislingbury

ADP for individual defensive players is notoriously hard to source. League settings are so different that it tends to make draft data more misleading than useful.

Regardless of this, we’re trying to press on with providing useful information and we’re planning on running regular mocks to observe and share general trends with you.

This draft was completed in February and had a few settings to note:

  • We drafted 50 rounds and 600 players total.
  • We assumed True Position. All edge players were assigned as DE. All interior linemen as DT.
  • Scoring was set using the Hyperbole Hyperbowl league. Details can be found here.
  • This league was bestball, which rewards building a deeper roster with boom/bust players more valuable.
  • It was a superflex league to try and assign more value to QBs.
  • Missed picks (always a hazard in mock drafts around the world) were set to skip picks to avoid ‘standard’ ADP polluting the results.
  • This league was set to start three each of all five IDP positions each week. So, that's 15 total IDPs compared to 11 offensive players and a kicker.
  • Drafters were asked to concentrate on player value rather than roster building.
  • No 2022 rookies or picks were included.

Total selections

The total players selected by position were as follows.

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General positional trends

This chart shows the proportion of picks by each round by position. When viewed like this, some clear trends emerge.

As you’d expect in a superflex league, quarterback dominated early then tailed off relatively fast as the viable/valuable QBs were chosen.

Running backs and wide receivers were also very prevalent in early rounds, without quite such a steep drop-off. In fact, they were taken steadily throughout the whole draft.

No tight ends were selected until the fourth round, then we saw a steady drip of them for the next 35 rounds.

Similar patterns existed for linebacker, safety and cornerback. Noone took them for a while, but once the dams were broken, they were steadily taken for the rest of the draft.

Kickers were available and part of the league, but none were selected until the 29th round.

Positional drop-off

This chart shows a line for each position that indicates how early each positions were selected, and what that gradient looked like.

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Integrated IDP Dynasty Startup Mock Draft