If you hang around #fantasytwitter long enough, you’ll see many specific dynasty leagues discussed. In the past few weeks, I saw a new league being talked about by many in our dynasty community. The league is called Dynasty Trial By Fire and I quickly figured out the concept was a league filled with dynasty first timers. I had to know more.
I reached out to the commissioner, Kevin O’Brien, a dynasty writer for TheFakeFootball.com to ask him about the idea of an entire league for dynasty newbies.
DLF: What inspired you to start this dynasty league for first time players?
KO: Actually, Doug Green from DLF inspired me with his Beginners to IDP leagues. I had done some basic dynasty articles for The Fake Football and received a lot of positive feedback, with many long time redraft players asking how to get into a dynasty league. I tweeted a feeler to my followers to gauge interest for anyone who had never played dynasty, and wanted to start a league with other first timers, and I was overwhelmed with the response.
DLF: Since you are the only player in the league with dynasty experience, do you feel you have an advantage over the others in the league? If so, what advantages come from dynasty experience, in your mind?
KO: Yes, I do think I have an advantage. The major advantage I feel is in startup draft experience, however with 11 other beginners I didn’t know what to expect in terms of when certain players would come off the board. Now that the draft has completed, I can say I was very impressed with the group. I periodically would check dynasty ADP by position and gauge how differently the draft was developing. For instance, I would check which players were taken …read more
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