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I'm ready to do battle! :yay3:
Good luck to everyone! :drink:
Good luck. You and I are butting heads once again.Quote:
Originally Posted by HometownGal
My season was going well, four straight losses put me out of contention. Oh well, it was fun!!
And because my team sucks now that like 60% of my roster is hurt....Quote:
Originally Posted by suitanim
Are we getting the winner the same trophy as last year? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by HometownGal
I would think so. :noidea:Quote:
Originally Posted by fansince'76
Good luck to you Pete (but not too much luck) :heh:
Love ya! :hug:Quote:
Originally Posted by HometownGal
Love ya too Pete! :hug:Quote:
Originally Posted by 43Hitman
Yay!!Quote:
Originally Posted by steeldevil
Well no repeat for me. My team got hit by injuries late. Fred Jackson going down really hurt.
Oh well good luck to the rest of you guys in the playoffs!!
Good game HTG. I thought Eli was going to bring you back by scoring 50 FREAKING POINTS! That's just crazy!
I'm hoping we can cut our keepers back to like 2 or maybe 3 next year. I made a ton of moves and was able to at least maintain some kind of inconsistent competitiveness, but my team was really doomed from the start due to not being all that great LAST year and being stuck with 12 mediocre players. Since all the studs were pretty much taken, there wasn't much of a chance for me to improve.
I have to agree, the amount of keepers we have now is a bit much. Even taking into account that you must drop one of your two best players, it still doesnt give any of the mediocre teams a chance to buid up a decent team because after round 1, every other good player is gone. Most leagues Ive played in only keep 3 or so players, or if there is more keepers than that it is offset by a rule saying no first or second round picks can be keepers (too late for that I suppose, the league has already been established).Quote:
Originally Posted by suitanim
Its a fun league, I enjoy it, so whatever happens, happens...just thought I would agree with suit so maybe it could be considered during the offseason.
An example is my running back situation. In 2010, I drafted a couple decent RB's but lost them due to attrition and/or injury. So I was forced to pick up some scrubs stop-gaps, like Mike Tolbert, just serviceable guys who really are more like 3rd options. My QB was also Shaub, who is good, but with the emergence of Arian Foster, played less and less of a role.
Fast forward to 2011, and I'm loaded up with very average RB's, and by time I drafted at like #5 or #6 or whatever, all the decent backs that were left (not already kept on rosters) were already picked over (edit: I drafted Marshawn Lynch, and he's started producing for me, but it took almost all season to get there). So, although I'm very deep and solid at WR, my QB situation was shaky and my RB situation was a wreck. Even with a favorable scoring system for passing like we have, fantasy leagues are still RB driven. I was doomed from the start.
If we can reset a little next year, back it down to maybe 2 or 3 keepers at the most, it will give us bottom feeders a chance to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps. I also might recommend changing the draft order from random to bottom up (just like the NFL). If I only win 5-6 games this year, and end up drafting #12 AND I'm stuck with 12 of these losers, I'll finish just as badly or worse next year...
^^^That quote is from Sep 3rd^^^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Hindes204
I may not have been too far off when I drafted him...he will most likely pass for 4000+ yards and 20+ TDs. Not too shabby for a rookie.
Im pretty sure the draft is bottom up.Quote:
Originally Posted by suitanim
I know some people say the amount of keepers we have is based on the amount of roster spots we have, but it should be based on the amount of "starting" roster spots we have. We start 12 players, if you take out the Def and kicker that leaves 10 marquee spots. So, essentially, the monster teams never have to drop any marquee players they have (besides one of the top two players, which are all scooped up in the first round anyway, so you are just trading talent for talent).
Again, Im not trying to stir the pot, its all just a game after all, just throwing out some suggestions to mull over.
I thought the draft was random....I could be wrong...
It was random the first year, pretty sure it went bottom up this yearQuote:
Originally Posted by suitanim
Then I sucked slightly less in 2010 then I thought!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hindes204
I'd be all for keeping 4-6 . I stated before keeping 10 or more has you selecting players to keep knowing full well you will drop them first chance you get. I think even the best teams had to do that.
We roll with a 12 man roster so I think you should have to keep at least half at the minimum in my opinion.
Therein lies the rub: The better the team, the less players you will want to drop. With 4-6, you're still talking about the top 50 (or more) players already being locked on rosters. 2 only means the top 24.
Along with a possible reduction in keepers I would also like to propose we drop the 10 point bonus for 5 tackles. No way a defensive player should score as much as a RB having a good day. London Fletcher is averaging 26.6 points and L. McCoy is only average 32 points. McCoy is having a Great season and barely beating out a LBer fantasy score. Also the #1 WR, Calvin Johnson is below the #9 LBer in scoring.
Every one of your concerns has been noted, and will be addressed when the new fantasy season begins.
I get that, but I have paid great attention to it and have researched and selected good D players for YEARS because of the weight of IDP. I think some fantasy players get lazy and skip the importance of IDP...maybe tweak the scoring a bit, but lending too much weight back to offense seems vaguely "Goodellian" to me, and I hate that creep...Quote:
Originally Posted by NCSteeler
The IDP seems too simple to me. top 10 MLBs in the league, throw in top5 OLBs from 3-4 teams, after that you play any MLB you can against Brady, Manning, Brees and Rodgers, unlike choosing a D to play, you grab a LBer against the best O you can find, so that he's out there racking up tackles.Quote:
Originally Posted by suitanim
If your spending time researching it Suit, your putting way too much thought into it.
I will say this much though, it does kinda suck to prepare under one set of rules and then have them changed swiftly and too much any given season.
Congratulations to The Wrecking Crew. Cleaned my clock good and dang near took trophies in both leagues.
Congratulations Wrecking Crew on winning the 2011 Championship.:clap2:
:drink::applaudit::thumbsup::cheer2:
Congrats Wrecking Crew!! Well done! :applaudit: :drink: :hug:
Thanks guys. Lets hope Wrecking Crew can be an inspiration to our Steelers in case they have to do it the hard way like the Crew did.
Edit: I came so close to winning all three of SU leagues this season. Stupid Romo! lol
I don't buy that. It's like saying "Oh, just start your best running back against the worst defense and you'll automatically win". Just recently guys like Donald Brown and Rex Grossman were outperforming certified fantasy studs.Quote:
Originally Posted by NCSteeler
In fact, I'd say that given the absolute shit talent level of my original 12 keepers, the only way I managed to win a few of my games was by having superior defensive players and using them wisely...
Congratulation to Wrecking Crew, and everyone that made the playoffs.
Only problem with the Rb analogy is the amount of quality RB scorers in the league, where there are really 32 MLBs with pretty good scoring stats just based on the position they play. I like IDP or I wouldn't be playing, I'm just saying Lbers who out score RBs and WRs constantly is a little out of skew with reality. I think the highest scoring WR ranks around 11 or 12 on LB scoring list, a bit off. When I look at the scoring only thing I can see that doesn't fit is a 10 point bonus for 5 tackles, I would move it to a 10 point bonus for ten tackles which really represents something that should be awarded, 5 tackles is a pretty average game. Scoring systems overall are so wildly different, Chicago RB this past week scored 29.5 I think in SU Keeper league and 19 in Black and Gold Keeper. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by suitanim
I'm fine with tweaking the system...especially since I pay so much attention to IDP players. It can only benefit me. ESPECIALLY if we continue to keep a ridiculous number of keepers.
Hey guys, I just activated our league for 2012. When you get a chance, post up and let it known that you will be back for 2012.
Im in.
Understandably, Ed will not be participating in this years league. So, we have an opening.
http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/clubhou...&seasonId=2012
Im in!!
I'm in.
I'm in