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Shake and Bake People!!! It’s the 2021 installment of the Pros vs Joes Best Ball Draft Challenge!!! I’M ALL JACKED UP ON MOUNTAIN DEW!!!<\/p>\n
The 2021 FFPC Pros vs Joes Draft Challenge enters its 13th year of competition. As in the past, the competition pits the high stakes players (Joes) of the FFPC (Fantasy Football Players Championship) against a slew of fantasy industry experts (the Pros). In 2021 we are using the FFPC’s Best Ball Slim League as the competition format, which means that there are NO KICKERS OR DEFENSES<\/b> drafted. These drafts are a lean and mean 18 rounds of high intensity drafting against the best minds in the industry (analysts and players alike). Your weekly starting lineup will consist of 1 QB – 2 RB – 2 WR – 1 TE – 2 Flex (RB,WR,TE). The compressed format also means your live draft will be much shorter as well. Live draft will run about 1 hour and 15 minutes.<\/p>\n
These drafts are conducted at the end of July before training camps open. Draft your skill players and go to war. With “groupthink” often seeped in to the fantasy community around certain players, you may need to reach early and get your guy.<\/p>\n
To get into this event, you must have been invited as an industry “Pro”, or won a spot via lottery as an early bird entrant into the 2021 FFPC Main Event. This is about bragging rights, showing who the best drafters are, and who wants the FREE entry into a 2022 FFPC Main Event (valued at $1,900) which is awarded to each winner of the seven 12 team leagues. “IF YOU AIN’T FIRST, YOU’RE LAST!!” There is no prize for any finish except first in your league. You must draft with that mindset. Go big or go home. Play it safe with your picks, and you will likely be mired in mediocrity.<\/p>\n
Seven individual 18 round Slim Best Ball drafts are conducted to see who the best fantasy prognosticators are, as they draft BEFORE the preseason games of the NFL begin.<\/p>\n
Six of these drafts are BROADCAST LIVE on the High Stakes Fantasy Football Hour<\/a>. We have added one additional league which will be a SLOW draft, likely kicking off shortly before the first live one.<\/p>\n Prizes for the league winners in 2021 once again consist of FREE entries into the 2022 FFPC Main Event valued at $1,900 per entry. That’s a 1 in 12 shot at a huge prize for each participant, so this continues to be a highly coveted, limited, and exclusive contest.<\/p>\n The 2021 Draft dates are listed below:<\/p>\n Sunday July 18 – 8:00 PM EST Sunday July 25 – 8:00 PM EST Slow Draft starting TBD (but before the first live draft starts).<\/p>\n So how does one get an invitation to participate?<\/p>\n The “Joes” consist of players from the Fantasy Football Players Championship. A lottery system is used to determine who will participate, and the candidates for selection are pulled from the players who register early for the 2021 FFPC Main Event. Registration by Monday May 31st, 2021 makes you eligible for the drawing.<\/a> In addition, you will receive $100 off the regular price for the first team, and $400 off the regular price for each additional team. Each team purchased counts toward one (virtual) ping pong ball in the selection lottery.<\/p>\n The “Pros” consist of industry experts\/analysts, and are included via an invite-only basis after consideration by the FantasyMojo\/FFPC selection committee.<\/p>\n This year’s list of Pro Representatives (So Far): <\/p>\n Sigmund Bloom – FootballGuys.com<\/a> – @sigmundbloom<\/a> <\/p>\n The Joes<\/p>\n Alexander Bulazo: “Spearmint Rhinos” <\/p>\n Interested in seeing the all-time leaderboard for this competition and check out the names that have participated in this contest over the years? GO HERE <\/a>.<\/p>\n It’s never too early to start your training for this annual extravaganza. Start drafting now, and keep up to date with the draft boards as we approach the event.<\/p>\n
\nMonday July 19 – 9:00 PM EST
\nTuesday July 20 – 10:00 PM EST<\/p>\n
\nMonday July 26 – 9:00 PM EST
\nTuesday July 27 – 10:00 PM EST<\/p>\n
\nJohn Paulsen – 4for4.com<\/a> – @4for4_John<\/a>
\nMike Schopp \/ Adam Krautwurst The Deep End Fantasy Football Podcast <\/a> – @Schopptalk<\/a> – @Adam_Krautwurst<\/a>
\nRich Hribar – SharpFootballAnalysis.com<\/a> – @LordReebs<\/a>
\nPat Thorman – EstablishTheRun.com<\/a> – @Pat_Thorman<\/a>
\nHoward Bender – FantasyAlarm.com<\/a> – @rotobuzzguy<\/a>
\nBob Harris – FootballDiehards.com<\/a> – @footballdiehard<\/a>
\nBob Lung – BigGuyFantasySports.com<\/a> – @bob_lung<\/a>
\nMatthew Freedman – ActionNetwork.com<\/a> – @MattFTheOracle <\/a>
\nTod Burros – Run To Daylight Podcast <\/a> – @BestBallNFL<\/a>
\nPeter Overzet – Ship Chasing <\/a> – @PeterOverzet <\/a>
\nDarren Armani – FantasyMojo.com<\/a> – @fantasymojo<\/a>
\nMichael Leone – EstablishTheRun.com<\/a> – @2Hats1Mike<\/a>
\nMike Tagliere – FantasyPros.com<\/a> – @MikeTagliereNFL<\/a>
\nShane Hallam – FakePigskin.com<\/a> – @ShanePHallam <\/a>
\nJared Smola – DraftSharks.com<\/a> – @SmolaDS<\/a>
\nMatt Schauf – DraftSharks.com<\/a> – @SchaufDS<\/a>
\nCurtis Patrick \/ Ryan McDowell- Rotoviz<\/a> – @CPatrickNFL<\/a> – DynastyLeagueFootball.com<\/a> – @RyanMc23<\/a>
\nBrian Drake \/ Dwain McFarland – FightingChanceFantasy.com <\/a> – @DrakeFantasy <\/a> – Pro Football Focus <\/a>– @DwainMcFarland <\/a>
\nScott Engel – RotoBaller.com<\/a> – @scotteTheKing<\/a>
\nHuseyin Aksu – FantasyCouch.com<\/a> – @fantasycouch<\/a>
\nEvan Silva – EstablishTheRun.com<\/a> – @evansilva<\/a>
\nJeff Mans – EliteFantasy.com<\/a> – @Jeff_Mans<\/a>
\nDavis Mattek – SportsGrid.com<\/a> – @DavisMattek<\/a>
\nMichael Nazarek – FFMastermind.com<\/a> – @FFMasterMind<\/a>
\nJim Coventry – RotoWire.com<\/a> – @JimCoventryNFL<\/a>
\nDan Williamson – Goat District Podcast<\/a> – @OverHypedSleepr<\/a>
\nJustin Boone – TheScore.com <\/a> – @justinboone <\/a>
\nDavid Dodds – Alien Fantasy – @fbg_dodds <\/a>
\nJeremy Browand – Dynasty Trades HQ Podcast <\/a> – @DynastyMadman<\/a>
\nJake Ciely – TheAthletic.com<\/a> – @allinkid<\/a>
\nNelson Verbit – DynastyDepot.com<\/a> – @thedynastydepot<\/a>
\nJason Petropoulos – BRotoFantasy.com<\/a> – @BrotoFantasy<\/a>
\nJosh Hayes – RotoBaller.com<\/a> – @JoshHayesFS<\/a>
\nPat Kerrane – NBCSportsEdge.com<\/a> – @PatKerrane<\/a>
\nScott Barrett – FantasyPoints.com<\/a> – @ScottBarrettDFB<\/a>
\nJeff Ratcliffe – FTNFantasy.com<\/a> – @JeffRatcliffe<\/a>
\nBilly Muzio – Fantasydata.com<\/a> – @FFMuzio<\/a>
\nAlex Dunlap – RosterWatch.com<\/a> – @AlexDunlapNFL<\/a>
\nJohn Daigle – NBCSportsEdge.com<\/a> – @notJDaigle<\/a>
\nDoug Orth – FFToday.com<\/a> – @DougOrth<\/a>
\nMarcas Grant – NFL.com<\/a> – @MarcasG<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAndrew Miller: “Bashing Bunnies”
\nBeth Riches: “InIt2WinIt”
\nBill Ezzell and Don Ezzell: “Ezzell Brothers IV”
\nBiplab Mandal: “Bipcoin”
\nBradley Petri and Darren Larson: “Frying Pan Inc 2”
\nCurtis Hirsch: “Fairways & Greens”
\nDanny Mueller: “Blitzers”
\nDavid Strumeier: “Strumen”
\nDerek Kappes: “dkappes”
\nEdward Vu and Mike Vu: “Mike\u2019Ed Up”
\nEric Rubin: “Jungle Catz”
\nHillard Newsome: “Death Dealers”
\nHudson Reeve: “Shadows on Plato s Cave”
\nJason Conn and Aaron Leyser: “Team Shocker KFFSC”
\nJay Flake: “AW1”
\nJay Harding: “Chosen By God”
\nJay Reid and Scott Connor: “Chasing The Helmet”
\nJC Gifford: “BBWC”
\nJeff Tirabassi: “Cornfins 9\/6 10am”
\nJeffrey Burger and Dan Pohlner: “E. Grand Rapids Trailblazers”
\nJetshada Jaruboon: “Jet s Demons”
\nJohn Kleinfelder and Dave Byer: “Fester”
\nJohn Shaw and Jay Wenning: “CaliBama”
\nKeith Douglas and Steve McMahon: “SMcKD Blue”
\nLev Noryan: “Boris”
\nMark Palmer and Amy Palmer: “ZC Riley FFPC 911 1600”
\nMatt Stone and Andrew Stone: “Ronald Ocean”
\nMatthew Jones and Monty Phan: “Straight Outta Whatcom”
\nMichael Abt: “Golden Sack 8”
\nMichael Cobb: “Menobrown”
\nMichael Guzylak and Joe Scoza: “Ho Hummers N Goose Eggs 4”
\nMichael Reed: “Chaotic Jelly”
\nMichael Sheffer: “The Return of Ashley and Ally”
\nMike Stanowski: “Det. Gino Felino”
\nNick Thompson: “DFSOracle”
\nRichy Nishiura: “Jimmy Bears”
\nRob Vieyra: “Camels”
\nRobert (RCR) Russell and Robbie Russell: “Vegassquad 2021”
\nRobert Coe: “FANTASY WINGMEN #1”
\nRobert Trenz: “The Damage Done”
\nRyan Lipps and Brad: “Athos.2”<\/p>\n“You either win, or crash the car trying to win”<\/strong><\/h3>\n