Work on TapThatDraft began because of a community that wanted a BeerSheets replacement.

So we didn’t just want to create a draft guide that was based on the best theory and math. It had to be extremely easy to follow— while still containing the essential information you need.

Work began in early 2025, after a Reddit post for people who miss BeerSheets.

After getting Reddit's encouragement, we spent the year with a constant goal: a sheet that can work better than BeerSheets in basically every way.

Side by side comparison of example versions of BeerSheets vs. TapThatDraft, shown in the "By Position" view.

We simplified a lot.

If we’ve done our job, then the output of the sheet as fooled you into thinking that it was easy to create!

But behind the curtain, there’s a lot of processing. Not just to display good numbers, but to figure out what numbers NOT to display. We want TapThatDraft to cut down on "number clutter" and reduce mental effort. After all, your attentions can easily get scattered in a draft situation! Some people will prefer draft sheets that give you 100 columns of information. But we wanted to suit the needs of people who want to enter the draft room with the most critical information upfront— without needing to perform your own study.

That simplification means you might even miss how TapThatDraft continues to display all the categories of information that the old BeerSheets used to.

Here’s a direct comparison below. We think these items are now changed for the better:

1. Methodology: You can read about these improvements in some of my other articles, such as: Baselines, Snake Value.

2. Access. It was fine to download files for BeerSheets, but tedious to repeat for every NFL update. We made TapThatDraft so you just save your URL, and so you can easily always get your up-to-date sheet, in a fast-loading webpage. Here's an example Snake Draft sheet to see how fast you can access.

3. ADP: The old ADP column frankly required too much thinking, while drafting. You had to compare ADP against the player's rank... And then you had to mentally compute if the difference was significant.... And it didn't really matter in most cases! We changed it to delta-ADP, which is more useful because it directly indicates "earlier or later". (With the symbols “…” and “!”.) Because we measure differences in rounds, and because we blank out values <½ round, it's quick to interpret.

4. ECR: Whereas ADP has purpose, ECR always seemed silly! The whole point of a VBD tool is to adapt rankings for different league settings and sizes-- But ECR is only relevant for 1 specific league setting, e.g. 12-team. We improved the use of ECR by integrating the ECR within each position. So you could say "the overall ECR gets calibrated to your league settings." It's baked into the valuation.

5. Ceiling / Floor: The old "C" / "F" were useful (they only appeared some years, and they used to be a single "SK" column), but remember, they weren't usable for most players. Sure, all player projections will deviate by some typical amount-- but only a fraction of them deviate more than what's typical. It's a waste of space to display decimals for every player! We hate clutter when it makes you less effective at drafting. So we simplified the display for utility: Upside / Downside arrows only show deviations that are actually worth considering (as determined by formulas designed to find relevance). Now you can more effectively judge who's a risk and who's worth a flier.

6. PS: Yes, we kept PS% column in our Auction sheets! But it's clear that "PS" always created confusion for users, especially for snake drafts. This is why I created the new Snake Value: it automatically integrates positional scarcity-- in a smarter calculation-- to reorder the rankings of players, specifically for a better snake draft. That's why the PS column is eliminated in snake drafts-- it's baked in, and all the thinking is done for you.

7. Tiers: The old grey/white alternating rows were fine, but occasionally awkward (you can't put two grey tiers adjacent). We introduced hues, so you know if you're near the top of bottom. (Note: TapThatDraft finds and creates tiers automatically. And to make it consistent, the same tier color is applied within each position too.)

8. Grouping by position. We wanted to keep the great idea of seeing players grouped by their positional groups. The benefit of a web page is that we enable you switch back and forth seamlessly between views: grouped by position, or combined in one long list. (You don't need to print out two different sheets, because TapThatDraft remembers marked players.)

9. Kicker and D/ST: The streaming positions are my natural territory...! In addition to just listing players ranked, we have separate tables showing the near-term strength of schedule, according to my personal future-week streaming projections.

The core of BeerSheets is preserved, and the root logic is the same. But we think these updates remove time spent deciphering— and make it even easier to concentrate on your actual draft.

Looking forward

TapThatDraft will continue to progress with features that make drafting simpler. Upcoming additions include:

• Paper print-out formatting

• Dynasty league rankings

• AAV for comparison to auction values

• ADP and rank ordering from major platforms, for comparison

I hope you all enjoy using it! Looking forward to having you follow the journey.

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