Here are some ideas for the new guys who aren't addicted to Fantasy Football (yet).

We're going to be using the Fleaflicker.com site to administer our draft, and you can sign up and look around the site here

I signed up and created a team (which I will delete later) so I could look at the rules and see how the site works, you can do it too if you want.  Check out that Mock Draft button:  It lets you see how the live draft works on this site and even lets you make your own picks.  It's fake though, so don't get excited if you get LaDainian.  Or Reggie.  Note how the Mock Draft board ranks the players according to how it thinks they should be valued.  True value will depend on how Commissioner Saintsational Dave decides our league should keep score (how many points for a touchdown, for each yard gained, etc) and how our starting rosters must look (1 or 2 quarterbacks?  1 or 2 running backs?  2 or 3 wide receivers?  etc)  I'm sure that announcement is coming soon.

After we know the scoring and roster rules, you need to get ready for the draft by having some kind of idea of how the players' values should be ranked.  Yahoo has a regularly updated Top 100 here for example.  Other sites have them too, some want you to pay for it.  Lots of magazines on the rack have cheatsheets, but that information is dated.  Better find a website with up to date info on who is probably starting and who is hurt.  NFL.com's ranking page is here

I know a lot of guys (and I am one) who will join a league (Fleaflicker has thousands of free leagues, as do Yahoo, Fox Sports, NFL.com, ESPN.com and others) just for the draft experience, to see if Adrian Peterson ever gets picked first (or if anyone accidentally picks Adrian Peterson-Chicago Bears by mistake, HA!) or how soon guys start picking quarterbacks.  Just to get a feel for how things are going.  Sometimes I abandon the league, sometimes I play it throughout the year, just depends.  I think I was in 6 last year.

Even if you have the best inside information and make the best picks, the boys still have to play the games.  Injuries and just plain luck have a big impact on who wins and loses each week.  Get ready, and good luck!