2019 Draft Announcement

== Introduction ==
We are less than a month away from the start of the LOC season. The draft is being held August 25th at 8PM. For those who are also in Headhunters, that draft takes place directly after at 915PM. The LOC Empire is expanding and soon there will be more LOC leagues than there are NFL teams. 
On a personal note, I'm starting a big new job on Monday and I'm concerned about the amount of time I'll be able to devote to the league in 2019, but I'm going to do my best to continue bringing decent and fun content. 
But for today, there is business that needs to be taken care of. Every year I present a keeper chart to make it easy for people to see who they have available to them and what round it is going to cost. We also have the official 2019 draft order. So come on in to the July writeup for all your draft news. 
== Important Dates ==
* August 17, 2019, 11:59pm - Keeper Deadline
* August 25, 2019, 8:00pm - LOC Draft
== LOC Keepers Corner ==
As a reminder: 
* You can keep up to two players drafted in the 3rd-16th rounds of the 2018 draft. 
* Free agents cost a 6th. 
** STARTING THIS SEASON, any free agent you decide to keep in 2020 will now be a 7th. Again, louder, for the people in the back, for the 2019 draft free agents cost a 6th. In the 2020 draft and onward, free agents will cost a 7th. 
=== The 4-four-for Rule ===
Based on Patrick's 4-four-for curse (a player drafted before round 4 will be hurt before week four and be out for the entire season). IF a first or second round player goes on IR within the month of September, that player is eligible as a keeper and will cost you THAT round (i.e. a second will cost a second, a first will cost a first) in next year's draft. October 1st, IR 1st and 2nd rounders become ineligible.
=== Eligible Keepers ===
Again, because last year there was confusion: The "cost" is what round you give up for the player in your column.
I have made it even easier for you this season. I have the chart here of all the traded picks. I have done all the legwork for you and placed your players in the round they would cost based on what rounds you have traded away. Seven teams have traded away picks for this draft. 
 
Eligible Keepers (Teams A-PAD)
Cost 	Bell of da Ball 	Duck Punchers 	Garoppoblow Me 	ma ma momma 	P9
1 	 	 	 	 	
2 	 	 	 	 	
Jarvis Landry 	 	 	 	 	
Doug Baldwin 	Keenan Allen 	 	 	 	
3 	Amari Cooper
Derrick Henry
Allen Robinson 	Aaron Rodgers 	 	 	
Tom Brady
Kenyan Drake	 	 	 	 	
4 	Evan Engram
LeSean McCoy 	 	 	 	
Emmanuel Sanders	 	 	 	 	
NO PICK 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Drew Brees 	 	 	 	
NO PICK 	Jay Ajayi 	NO PICK 	 	 	
6 	Corey Davis
James Conner
Tyrell Williams
Cole Beasley
Brett Maher 	Baker Mayfield
Josh Adams
Dante Pettis
Kenneth Dixon
Ka'imi Fairbarin	NO PICK 	DeSean Jackson
Theo Riddick
Spencer Ware
Mitch Trubisky
Cooper Kupp	Brandin Cooks
Jaylen Samuels
Stefon Diggs
Tim Patrick
Austin Ekeler
Michael Badgley
7 	NO PICK 	Josh Gordon 	Russell Wilson
Alvin Kamara
Eric Ebron
Robert Woods
Phillip Lindsay
Gus Edwards
DaeSean Hamilton
Jared Goff
T.J. Yeldon
Austin Hooper	NO PICK 	-
8 	Kyle Rudolph
Isaiah Crowell 	Jordan Reed 	NO PICK 	Sammy Watkins	Jamaal Williams
Sony Michel
Peyton Barber
9 	- 	Duke Johnson Jr. 	Jax Defense 	Jordy Nelson
Chris Thompson	Matt Ryan
LAR Defense
10 	NO PICK 	James White 	Stephen Gostkowski	Randall Cobb 	NO PICK
11 	 	 	 	 	
- 	NO PICK 	NO PICK 	Patrick Mahomes
Marlon Mack
OJ Howard	 	
12 	 	 	 	 	
Kenny Golladay 	- 	NO PICK 	 	 	
13 	Nick Chubb
Houston Defense 	Adrian Peterson 	Denver Defense 	NO PICK 	
14 	NO PICK 	Baltimore Defense	- 	NO PICK 	
15 	 	 	 	 	
Derrius Guice 	NO PICK 	Matt Breida
George Kittle
Greg Zuerlein
Philly Defense	 	 	
16 	 	 	 	 	
- 	Michael Thomas (lol I know you all hate me for this and it brings me immense joy)	 	 	 	
- 	 	 	 	 	
Eligible Keepers (Teams PAI-Z)
Cost 	PAIN TRAIN 	PAPA'S POSSE 	RIPDAB 	THE SHOTTI BUNCH	SWEET DEE
1 	 	 	 	 	
2 	Joe Mixon
Travis Kelce	Golden Tate 	Demaryius Thomas	 	
3 	Chris Hogan 	Lamar Miller 	Mark Ingram 	Jimmy Graham 	Dion Lewis
4 	NO PICK 	Deshaun Watson	 	 	
Chris Carson 	- 	 	 	 	
5 	NO PICK 	Zach Ertz 	Trey Burton 	 	
JuJu Smith-Schuster	 	 	 	 	
6 	Josh Allen
Kalen Ballage
Robert Foster
Josh Reynolds
Tyler Boyd
Mason Crosby
Jerick McKinnon
Davante Adams
Kerryon Johnson	Big Ben
Adam Thielen
Adam Humphries
Chris Godwin
Jared Cook
LeGarrette Blount
Antonio Callaway
CHI Defense
NYG Defense	Elijah McGuire
Courtland Sutton
Dak Prescott
Jalen Richard
M. Valdes-Scantling
Chris Boswell
Green Bay Defense	Lamar Jackson
Curtis Samuel
Justin Jackson
David Moore
Chris Conley
Harrison Butker
TENN Defense
Tarik Cohen	Damien Williams
Vance McDonald
Dede Westbrook
Doug Martin
Jeff Wilson Jr.
John Kelly
Indy Defense
7 	Alshon Jeffery 	 	 	 	
NO PICK 	Melvin Gordon III	- 	 	 	
8 	Kirk Cousins 	 	 	 	
Robby Anderson
Aaron Jones	David Njoku 	 	 	 	
9 	- 	 	 	 	
Tyler Lockett 	 	 	 	 	
10 	MINN Defense 	 	 	 	
Bilal Powell 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sterling Shepard 	DJ Moore 	- 	 	
CJ Anderson 	 	 	 	 	
12 	 	 	 	 	
- 	NO PICK 	Calvin Ridley 	 	 	
13 	 	 	 	 	
- 	Philip Rivers
Tevin Coleman	 	 	 	
14 	 	 	 	 	
Will Lutz 	Julian Edelman 	Mike Williams 	Andrew Luck
Justin Tucker	 	
15 	NO PICK 	- 	- 	 	
16 	NO PICK 	- 	- 	 	
- 	 	 	 	 	
== 2019 Draft Order ==
# RIPDab
# Bell of Da Ball
# The Shotti Bunch
# Ma ma momma said
# Papa's Posse
# Duck Punchers
# Paddock 9
# Garoppoblow Me
# Pain Train
# Sweet Dee
== Draft Charts ==
Final standings by year sorted by draft order.
DRAFT PICK	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Average
1 	2 	3 	4 	8 	9 	8 	7 	1 	5.3
2 	4 	4 	6 	5 	4 	5 	8 	9 	5.6
3 	10 	2 	9 	9 	5 	6 	3 	10 	6.8
4 	11 	7 	2 	7 	3 	2 	9 	6 	5.9
5 	9 	6 	8 	3 	8 	9 	6 	5 	6.8
6 	8 	1 	7 	1 	6 	7 	5 	4 	4.9
7 	5 	10 	1 	10 	1 	4 	4 	3 	4.8
8 	1 	9 	5 	2 	7 	3 	2 	2 	3.9
9 	3 	5 	10 	6 	2 	10 	10 	8 	6.6
10 	7 	8 	3 	4 	10 	1 	1 	7 	5.1
11 	6 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	6
12 	12 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	12
Looks like 8th pick continues to be the best spot in the league, while Shotti's pick of 3rd has actually produced the worst average finish. However, 2nd overall (Bell of Da Ball's 2019 spot) is the only pick that has never produced a top-10 finisher.
Point totals drafted in the first round
DRAFT PICK	2011 	2012 	2013 	2014 	2015 	2016 	2017 	2018 	Average
1 	387.10 	414.70	348.35	335.23	194.55	346.08	15.73 	511.38	337.67
2 	1163.67	382.68	152.05	430.55	408.83	291.70	495.33	0 	471.58
3 	233.20 	697.35	IR 	299.38	IR 	496.43	411.60	494.75	287.73
4 	614.85 	634.53	381.20	S 	DNF 	345.98	307.03	336.70	329.43
5 	IR 	254.30	233.38	375.08	IR 	251.63	282.90	413.30	185.74
6 	457.87 	736.48	505.18	432.90	214.15	218.60	96.25 	577.53	427.53
7 	1028.65	433.40	485.78	282.70	325.10	107.80	151.80	154.93	443.91
8 	119.00 	179.58	377.73	561.33	500.10	435.78	255.20	425.58	362.26
9 	1012.23	314.80	214.60	253.90	106.10	13.55 	225.88	311.47	319.20
10 	809.87 	375.50	785.35	387.00	332.40	220.60	563.08	205.63	485.12
11 	262.50 	- 	- 	- 	- 	 	 	 	262.5
12 	192.20 	- 	- 	- 	- 	 	 	 	192.2
You can always tell where I drafted because it's whatever pick had 155 points or less. No 1st overall pick has ever finished as the league's top scorer.
Positions taken in the first round by year
DRAFT PICK 	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017 	2018	Most Common
1 	RB 	RB 	RB 	RB 	RB 	WR 	RB 	RB 	RB
2 	QB 	RB 	RB 	RB 	RB 	WR 	RB 	RB 	RB
3 	RB 	QB 	RB 	RB 	RB 	RB 	WR 	RB 	RB
4 	QB 	QB 	WR 	RB 	RB 	WR 	WR 	RB 	WR/RB
5 	RB 	RB 	RB 	RB 	RB 	RB 	WR 	WR 	RB
6 	RB 	QB 	RB 	WR 	RB 	WR 	WR 	RB 	RB
7 	QB 	WR 	RB 	WR 	TE 	TE 	WR 	RB 	WR
8 	WR 	RB 	RB 	QB 	WR 	RB 	RB 	WR 	RB
9 	QB 	RB 	RB 	TE 	WR 	RB 	RB 	WR 	RB
10 	QB 	WR 	QB 	WR 	QB 	WR 	RB 	RB 	QB/WR
11 	RB 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	 	 	
RB 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
12 	RB 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	 	 	
RB 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Most Common	RB 	RB 	RB 	RB 	RB 	WR 	RB/WR	RB 	X
I anticipate another RB-heavy start to the draft, with a big WR push as we head towards round 2.