It happens every fantasy football draft. Somebody gets stuck with the last pick and ends up completely depressed. He won't get a chance to select Adrian Peterson. He's never owned LaDainian Tomlinson in his life, and this year will be no different. Tom Brady? Long gone.

Well, it doesn't have to be this way. If you play Gridiron Challenge, you finally have the chance to select whichever players you darn well please. No more missing out on Terrell Owens just because your best friend picked him first. The only thing stopping you from picking the guys you want is yourself.

Well, all right, I lied. You can't pick everyone you want. You have to fit your starting lineup into a $50 million salary cap. With nine roster spots to fill, that means that if you have five $8 million superstars on your team, a bunch of scrubs will have to comprise the rest of your lineup. But even that option is available to you if you want to give it a try. It's your team. You can fill your roster how you want. And if you don't like how a player is doing, swap him out for someone else. As long as you stay under that salary cap, you're free to change your team as much as you like. You don't have to worry about whether another owner will trade with you or whether your league will void your moves with a veto.

Each week, as players play more games and accumulate more stats, their salaries will be re-evaluated. A good performance will cause a player's value to rise. A clunker may cause a player's salary to drop. Here's where we reward you for taking chances: If you wish to keep a player on your team after his salary drops, you can renegotiate his salary and use that extra money elsewhere. But if you take a chance on an unproven, discounted player who comes from out of nowhere to shine as Ryan Grant did last year, you'll be able to keep him on your team at the initial low salary at which you signed him, regardless of how high his market value climbs. … MORE

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