Unlike a redraft league, where every manager starts over, a dynasty league keeps the entire franchise alive. Your players, manager identity, roster history and rivalries continue through successive seasons. This creates a real long-term team-building challenge: you balance contending now with finding new talent for the future.
Your inaugural franchise
Create a league with the Dynasty format and real NFL player mode. Dynasty leagues begin with a 20-round snake draft. All franchise slots must fill before draft night. Those initial players become your persistent roster, not rentals for one season.
The same owners return
At the end of a completed season and championship, the commissioner archives the old year. Each franchise keeps its name, ownership and player roster. The prior year’s draft, results, standings and championship remain in a private downloadable history record.
Annual supplemental draft
The next fantasy year opens a three-round draft. The worst regular-season team drafts first in each round. Before the first annual pick, the commissioner can choose all available NFL players or rookies with a verified year and exact player identity in the imported roster source. A rookie draft requires enough eligible players for every selection; an unavailable future class is never replaced by last year’s rookies. Managers may rank private annual-draft queues and use an optional automatic selection from the same eligible pool.
Trade unused draft picks
Before annual draft choices are used, managers may offer an unused choice for an unused choice belonging to another franchise. Both owners must approve and the system checks current ownership again at acceptance. Already exercised choices cannot be moved.
Roster cutdown and new schedule
New picks temporarily expand the team roster. Each manager then releases enough players to return to the standard 20-player roster size while retaining a legal starting formation. Once every team is compliant, the commissioner creates the following season’s schedule.
Compete for a lasting legacy
Scoring, trades, waivers and championship competition operate for the new season, while season archives remain available to all league members. Repeat the cycle year after year with your chosen annual player pool. Pick exchanges cover allocated annual selections; markets for unallocated future-season picks are not available.
Draft night, from start to finish
Learn how to prepare a private snake or auction draft, build a ranked queue, make selections, and safely complete draft night.
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