Last week, I wrote a fantasy football auction primer, which basically gives a roadmap on how to prepare for and execute your auction. As I said there, succeeding at a fantasy football auction isn’t all that complicated, so long as you follow some pretty basic steps.

But over the many years it took me to become even a remotely competent auction player, I found that the most helpful thing of all was actually watching how someone prepared and then seeing how or what they were thinking as their auction played out. I think that’s probably why Mike Tagliere has a restraining order against me – sorry, Mike. I had to learn!

But, rather than have you follow around Tags prior to and during his fantasy football auctions this season, I thought it might make more sense to run through an auction I did last year using the exact principles I laid out in the auction primer. My hope is that this will allow you to see how those principles get put into practice, and it can hopefully be another tool to help you prepare for and dominate your auction.

Prepare for your auction draft with our Auction Draft Simulator

Before I get into the preparation, let me give you a little background about the format, so you’re not wondering why I went through the entire auction without drafting a tight end! The league is .5 point PPR, with the following roster positions: