Zazzali Draft Path WEAK

[bmcauley]

I am in year 5 of the Zazzali draft and I have to say its been very weak. Besides the first couple of years and a few amazing prospects like LT Oshinowko and WR Bender, this draft path is brutal. Its very top heavy. If you dont have a top 10 or 15 pick its tough to get players with POT over 90.

I did the Ozzie Jones path before this one and every year I found numerous players with high POTs even in the later rounds.

Is there a draft path that you have been through that is better than the rest?

[parrothead]

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English

[Glorious Arc]

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Most people will say that the English class is by far the easiest. You can find talent in every position early, late, and often. It is by far has the most talented players.

[MrNFL_FanIQ]

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I think it adds to the challenge, I have the Zazzali and my brother has the Ozzie, and he was showing me one of the years' and the Ozzie had an absurd amount of great players late.

[BillNyeTheScienceGuy]

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i think its sweetney(only done 1 year) then zazzali then jones in terms of difficulty from hardest to easiest

english actually becomes more challenging after year 5 or so(at least for me) but the first few years its really hard to not go undefeated with the talent in the draft

[coachchris]

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I agree with the OP the Zazzali path is brutal for the first 5 years at least. I am currently in year 4-5 in the Sweetney path and it is starting to pick up but the first few years are pretty tough.

I think they rank from easiest to hardest English, Jones, Sweetney, Zazzali.

I had a theory that the drafts switch meaning English is easy early and hard late and Zazzali is hard early and easy late. However someone posted that they did the whole 15 years of Zazzali and said the last 5 years are tough. If that is the case there might not be any hope for the ZAZ draft.

It seems that if you start your carreer with a bad team you get the English/Jones paths and if you start with a good team you get the Sweetney/Zazzali paths.

I know you can save before he announces the draft and restart to get the path you want but it seems to me the first option for bad teams is always English and the first option for good teams is Zazzali.

If anybody has done more than 5 years on any of these paths please share your thoughts.

[bmcauley]

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Makes sense. I do think its challenging and I appreciate that. I'm just comparing one to the other. I seems like the Jones draft was FULL of great RBs and Safeties. The Zazzali is full of great QBs and WRs and thats about it.

English looks to be the consensus "easiest" path.

[rpeiper]

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I also happen to have the Zazzali class in my current franchise and it is frustrating to have so many mediocre players. I scouted the year 4 draft and saw so little talent I traded away almost all my picks for veteran players.

One thing I do like is it makes you build a little differently. My current team is built on trades and FA's with some filler draftees. Last franchise my entire team was from draft classes, but this time I am still holding onto about 80% established players.

[rdnk]

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It seems that if you start your carreer with a bad team you get the English/Jones paths and if you start with a good team you get the Sweetney/Zazzali paths.

I'm in year 4 of Sweetney, and the easiest so far of it was the 2nd year. I'm not sure about the 4th yet, haven't gotten far into it.
As for your theory, I am the Lions and I got the Sweetney, so I dunno.
The first year was very top heavy, and the third was balanced, but good guys were pretty scarce. The second year was better, much better.
Heh, at the end of the 1st round, there is an undersized speed end with a POT of 93; he's short, but a beast in a 4-3 blitz heavy defense.
The other problem in the Sweetney is the inability to find good defensive tackles. You better stock up on Dre Moore, or you will be dry for many years. Oh, and there are basically no good centers whatsoever.

[slacker2]

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I played as the bears and in my first year i won the superbowl. In my second year i am currently undefeated 13-0 and i will probably win the superbowl.

I am doing the Sweetney draft path and so far i do not understand why everyone thinks its tough. Maybe the next couple of years will be worse but i picked up 3 guys in the 7th round with pot over 90. I also picked 6 or 5 guys with a pot above 85 in the 5th and 6th round. Prehaps im missing something but the sweetney draft path seems easy.

[rdnk]

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Are sure you sure you don't have a different path? Or do you have motivation or something. Because there are like 7 guys in total the first year with a POT of 90.

[bmcauley]

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Yea its fun because its a different way to play the game. You really do have to focus on FAs and trades and not just drafting. I am definitely the type of coach to build through the draft but now i may think differently. The English draft sounds like more my style but im having fun with the Zazzali because its a little more challenging.

[slacker2]

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no im in the sweetney draft path. I know im new to the forums but i gurantee you that i know what draft path im on.

I do have to make one correction. In my last post i said i found 3 guys with pot higher then 90. That was incorrect one of them was 89. Its a small diffrence but the wr from i think unlv is only a 89 not 90.

Besides those two players my other players had a pot of over 85. Of the top of my head i found four olbs over 85 in the late rounds. I found 2 wr with ovr of over 90. I found three OL with 85 pot or over. I also found 1 rb with i think 86 pot in the late rounds but from my invidivdual scouting i also saw that there was one other back aviable in the last round with a pot of either 84 or 85 i don't remember. But the colts picked him up right before my pick and i had already picked the other rb so i didn't feel it was a big deal. Those are only the ones i have off the top of my head i think after adding up the numbers i drafted one more but agian im not sure. Later tonight when i get home i'll check.

Edit: forgot to say what my rb philopshy is. It is workhorse. And no i do not have motiviation although im currently saving up for it.

[rdnk]

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Ah, just checking. Yeah, maybe they were different because of my philosophies.

[bmcauley]

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That could be. i forgot that has a lot to do with POTs