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The thrill of victory, the agony of Only defensive players? Well I suppose if one of your dudes gets an interception he's technically on offense at that point, but to put it simply, yes. All defense, all the time baby. Sounds simple - but rest assured, it will make you feel foolish at some point or another. OK, what are the rules? Glad you asked - we started debating the idea of some rule changes at the end of our last thread. Last year, we were a 14 team league, and the lineups and rules were as follows: quote:POS quote:Tackle Solo: 1.5 I felt these rules worked very well last year (of course I do - I won mfers), but that is contingent on 14 players. Basically, if we fall short of that, the flex basically becomes an additional LB spot. I'm completely agreeable to hearing out what changes you guys might want, but here's my proposal: 12 or 14 teams - no changes. yes, at 12 teams the flex becomes a bit more pointless, but I'd rather advertise that and allow folks to use a different position at flex if they so choose. 10 (or less) teams: lose the flex, add a 5th LB spot, a 2nd DL spot, and a 2nd DB spot. Cool - what else should I know? Yahoo? Not ESPN?  ESPN BITCHES Alright, I want to join. Of our 14 from last year, we had 1 deadbeat, and 1 person who has said they won't be back next season, so we've got 2 SPOTS AVAILABLE at the moment for anyone else to sign-up. Past that, feel free to continue to throw your name in if you're interested - I'll create a waiting list and follow-up with any returners that I haven't heard from in a week.1. JoeRules 2. Epi Lepi 3. Teeter 4. Teemu Pokemon 5. Yoshifan823 6. GVOLTT 7. 3 DONG HORSE 8. timp 9. Sataere 10. chesneckbeard 11. OPEN 12. OPEN 13. OPEN 14. OPEN Please PM me your e-mail address for invites, or send me a message on gmail at SAJoeRules JoeRules fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Aug 29, 2016 |
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I'm fully down for this year, and I'd prefer ESPN for this year. Glancing at it, I think ESPN is better for autodrafters too, their rankings look closer to what I'd expect and you can edit you autodraft strategy i.e. if you want to hit certain positions in a certain order and if you want to set mins and maxes of what you draft.
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Aug 20, 2016 04:55
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I'm in! Should be able to put more time into it this year. I'd prefer ESPN as well
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Aug 20, 2016 18:08
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I usually prefer Yahoo to ESPN, but for the benefit of potential autodrafters I think a switch would be a good move
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Aug 20, 2016 18:31
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I'm back in this as well, looking to improve on last time. I don't mind which service we use, I've already got leagues in both and I genuinely don't have a preference one way or the other.
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Aug 20, 2016 21:15
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I guess I'm back in again this year. I prefer ESPN's interface a bit, but after using Yahoo last year I suppose it's okay.
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Aug 20, 2016 21:53
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I'm in. I prefer ESPN
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Aug 20, 2016 22:11
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Updated OP with a list of players so far. ESPN seems to be the favorite, and I'm totally cool with that - but as far as I can Turnover Return Yards is not an option in ESPN. As much as I'd like to add that, we lived without it last year, so I'll just throw that out there if it matters to anyone.
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Aug 21, 2016 07:40
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I'll be back and ESPN would be great since all my other leagues are there!
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Aug 23, 2016 08:12
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If there is still a spot, I will participate. Always wanted to try this league.
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You're in - updated OP with members and new info. YAHOO IS DEAD We're on ESPN now. PM me/email me to get your invite. We're at 9 members now, and I have one non-goon friend interested in playing if we need him, so I'm hoping we can get to at least 12 teams. I'll go ahead and say that if we make 14 teams, our scoring/rosters will stay the same at last year. But if you want to make your case for any changes in case of a 12 team league, now's the time. Also, we need to figure out a draft date/time. My suggestion would be one of Aug 30, Aug 31, Sept 1, or Sept 6 at 10PM EST.
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Generally, I am available for a draft at anytime in the evening after 8 o'clock on any day of the week. That being said, I might rule out Aug. 30 personally because I'll probably be following the congressional primary results in Florida (and to a much lesser extent, Arizona). I'm not completely opposed to that day if that's the best day for everyone else, but I've become quite a bit of a political junkie this election cycle.
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JoeRules posted:You're in - updated OP with members and new info. The first is the only one of those days that really works for me. The time is fine. The second would be much better for me.
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I PMed a couple of the people who played last year who haven't indicated whether they're in or out yet and made another recruitment post in the main thread, hopefully we get up to 12 at least. And if I have to autodraft then I have to autodraft, I do believe it will turn out better this year than last year. And heck, I made it to the playoffs last year on an autodrafted team. This year I'll be unstoppable!
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Just sent a PM for the invite. I think I'm fairly open with my schedule so I'll wait to see other responses. I've found that Doodle is pretty great for finding a time that works. I made a poll that includes the dates suggested. http://doodle.com/poll/beeiiuzpmvsfumcw
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Aug 25, 2016 19:00
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Eh what the hell, I'm back in this year.
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Azhais says he's skipping so that's another free slot to a new person.
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In as Popcorn Sutton coach of the Rum Runners.
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DRAFT IS SET FOR THURS, SEPT 1 @ 10pm EASTERN If you can't make it, ESPN has decent autodraft rankings, but you might want to spend a few minutes tinkering with yours. I still have a few folks who have posted that they're in, but haven't sent me an email address for their league invite. Chesneckbeard gives us 11 - and I've got my non-goon buddy who really wants to play - so we're unofficially at 12, and I'm hoping we can get 2 more to make 14.
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Happy to see it filled up. I may try and join again another year, but seems I'm not really gonna have a ton of time to keep up with all the leagues. Sorry for backing out!
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You'd think that after two years of this I'd at least have some idea of what I'm doing, but nope! I've got no clue how the gently caress this draft should go down or who to pick.
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OK, here's where we stand - we currently have 10 members, and I have 1 non-goon friend who badly wants to play, and 1 goon friend who wants less fantasy football this year, but will play to give us an even number. I'm going to invite both, so that we at least hit 12. If anyone joins between now and 5:00pm EST on Thursday, we'll bump who we need to, but I think that'll settle us at 12 teams no matter what. If there is any argument to change the rules for a 12 team league, do it now - I will not consider any rule changes once the draft begins. My view of the rules, with 12 teams, is that we should leave everything the same, but it should be well known that the FLEX spot will generally be best served as a 5th LB spot, with maybe a bye week or two causing you to flex a different position.
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If that's the case, is there really any argument against just adding a 5th LB slot to add a little more variance to the flex, or is that out of the question? Or maybe add a second flex to keep the individual position sizes a little more static?
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If we add another flex it'll be another LB spot. What if we added a DB flex?
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That's also an option. I think the way the numbers work out, 12 additional flex spots would make at least a few of them not guaranteed LBs though was my reasoning
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Not opposed to adding a spot. I think adding a DB position would only further enforce the "flex = LB" issue. since there'd be less reason to flex DBs. In the case of adding a 2nd flex, I think we'd still be pretty locked in that at least 1 flex = LB, so of the proposals so far, I'd be most in favor of adding a 5th LB to everyone's starting lineup.
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Yeah, it seems like an extra LB slot is the way to go.
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Yes - add 1 or 2 LB slots... I know I'm skipping out - but LB is so deep that it's already your flex most of time. Last year we really needed it as well which is why I''d push for adding 2 LB slots - but at least add 1. You're adding 16 LBs for 12 teams so even adding 1 slot you're still not as deep as last year at the position. Then add in the ones that got started at flex and even adding 2 slots isn't going to change much.
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An extra LB slot seems the way to go to me.
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I'd be in favor of whatever isn't a linebacker slot just to make things ever so slightly more chaotic. I've never played IDP though so I may be completely wrong in my impression of what would be chaotic.
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Randomized by ESPN.
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draft is TONIGHT - see you at 10 eastern
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Oh wow, I almost forgot that today was Thursday and the draft was today as a result.
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We did it guys! It went pretty quick too. Now lets hate our teams together!
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I have no clue what I just did. Without a doubt, my biggest problem last year was that waivers cleared on a different day than my normal league and I kept forgetting to set them in time. I'm not sure if it's a Yahoo/ESPN difference but I'll be on top of it this season since waiver claims will make or break teams.
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I'm sure my team is terrible
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I have no Browns...but I don't have any Pats or loving Ravens. As of now I am neutral to my team.
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Note to self: don't take any evening naps. Thanks autodraft for giving me a million safeties, and only giving me backups for that position and defensive end. Seriously, no backup linebackers? EDIT: Oh lord it's still nagging me. I did make some claims, but please, someone trade me a linebacker or two. I'm willing to consider offers for pretty much any player that got autodrafted to my team, except for Reshad Jones. GVOLTT fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Sep 2, 2016 |
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Oh wow, ESPN has IDP projections this year. This is great, last year I had to use a weird Firefox extension to scrape projections from other sites onto ESPN. Said extension no longer works, so this is much appreciated.
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