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Brownhat posted:No one deserves to win in a week 17 league.  Welcome back Fantasy Sports Fans, it's 2018. It's officially time to  Free League Hosting Services
Football Guys @Sigmundbloom Produces the excellent "Audible" podcast. My favorite follow. @MattWaldman Writes the Rookie Scouting Portfolio. I'm not sure he sleeps. @JeneBramel MD and Football Guy, excellent for injury updates on gameday morning and IDP advice Misc. Writers @4for4_Paul - from 4for4, most accurate guy the last couple years @ChrisWesseling Former writer for NBC rotoworld, works for Falcons media now I think. Not sure if he's still gonna do fantasy when 2013 rolls around. If he does, he's one of the best, and well worth the follow. @dpbrugler Dane Brugler, former NFL scout and writer for CBS, good follow. @SC_DougFarrar Doug Farrar of shutdown corner @LanceZierlein Runs thesidelineview.com, great follow @Dumonjic_Alen Bleacher report/sidelineview contributor, player evals. Smart kid. Pro Football Focus @MikeClayNFL Accurate, prolific, one of the better writers @JeffRatcliffe Great for IDP @PFF_RossMiles Also great for IDP, does a weekly IDP show with Ratcliffe @dynastytim used to write for Dynasty League Football, just joined PFF. Great dynasty follow. NFL Guys @AlbertBreer @gregcosell @mortreport @AdamSchefter Varg posted:Footballguys just emailed out an entire list of who to follow on twitter for every team's fantasy purposes.. I might actually pay attention to twitter now. I put it into an excel file in case anyone who's not subscribed to their mailings is interested. BeerGod feel free to add this to the OP too if you want Podcasts
 Introduction Fantasy Football is the ancient art of nerds pouring over statistics in the hopes of predicting how infinitely more athletic and successful men will perform over the course of a professional football game. In recent history it has become a billion dollar industry while infusing itself into the collective psyche of the NFL. Countless podcasts, articles, websites, and every other source under the sun have sprung up in support of what is essentially glorified socialized gambling. There's even a television show about a league. Fantasy Football is basically Dungeons & Dragons for The leagues themselves vary from friendly to insane, including at least one where the loser gets a tattoo chosen by the winner. Other leagues have pots worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, or byzantine rules about relegation, delegation, salary caps, and every other statistic under the sun. We are collectively insane, and we can't get enough. Fantasy Football itself is a lot of fun. Not only do you get to make a game out of watching football, but it also forces you to learn about the sport as a whole. I would never have known (or cared) that last year Darren McFadden was struggling with the Raider's transition from a power blocking scheme to a zone block until he became my first round draft pick and started costing me games. It makes you a better fan when you know all the players on the field. Dirt Worshipper said it best: Dirt Worshipper posted:Before I played fantasy I despised it. We all know the obnoxious guy at the sports bar in the Brady jersey, running in between TV’s screaming ”Throw Jennings the ball!”. They disagree fundamentally with the lessons our fathers taught us about football: You root for your home team, through good years and bad. The bad years are meant to be borne with grim fidelity, the good years are our reward. Fantasy was just wrong. The Basics A league consists of several owners (typically 12), one of whom is the commissioner who manages the league. At the beginning of the season each owner drafts a roster of players. Rosters are typically fifteen players and consist of starters and a bench of reserve players to replace starters who are injured or on bye weeks. A typical starting lineup that will mirror NFL positions and consist of 1 Quarterback (QB), 2 Running Backs (RB), 3 Wide Receivers (WR), 1 Tight End (TE), a Place Kicker (PK), and a Team Defense/Special Teams (DST). Each week your players will score points for your team according to their performance. Scoring can be very simple or incredibly complicated depending on the league, but many leagues use a standard scoring system where passing provides 1 point per 25 yards, 4 points per passing touchdown, and -1 point per interception and receiving and rushing gain 1 point per 10 yards, 6 points per receiving/rushing touchdown. Field goals are typically worth 3 points, and team defense scoring depends on a number of factors including sacks, interceptions, points allowed, defensive touchdowns, etc. Many leagues will use different scoring systems depending on the preferences of the players. One significant difference is PPR, or Points Per Reception, where wide receiver are awarded a set number of points (typically 0.5 or 1) for every reception. The league season will go for a set number of weeks during the regular NFL season. Typically the last two to four weeks of the regular season are reserved for the playoffs, and most leagues end on the sixteenth week because many NFL teams will sit their star players in Week 17 if the outcome doesn't matter. Variations There are many roster variations that different leagues will use. Many leagues use a flex position where different positions can fit into a slot. The most common form of flex position replaces the third WR position in the standard lineup above with a WR/RB/TE flex position. That means that any Wide Receiver, Running Back, or Tight End player could be used in that slot. Leagues where that flex position allows a QB are typically called "2 QB leagues" because quarterbacks typically score far more points that other players. Other leagues utilize IDP or Individual Defensive Players instead of Team Defenses. IDP players score points for tackles, sacks, interceptions, touchdowns, etc. Many leagues are several years old and include rules to provide continuity between seasons. In contrast to a redraft league where every player is drafted at the start of each season some leagues use keepers where team owners are allowed to keep a set number of players per year. Other leagues are dynasty leagues where the entire roster is kept from year to year. Typically dynasty leagues use much deeper benches and include a rookie draft. The Draft Every league starts with a draft, where team owner pick their players. There are two major types of draft; the snake draft and the auction draft. A snake draft is where every owner receives a draft position and then picks a player in order for a number of rounds equal to the roster size. It's called a snake draft because the order "snakes" back and forth each round. In other words the owner who picked last in the first round will pick first in the second. Auction drafts are where each team owner has a set budget and they bid for each player until everyone's roster has been filled. There are numerous drafting strategies out there, but ultimately the goal of any draft is to get the maximum amount of value for your players. Trades and the Waiver Wire While drafting is essential, the most successful teams typically win by taking advantage of the waiver wire and trades. Trading is precisely what it sounds like; players offer each other trades that are accepted or rejected. Many leagues incorporate an approval process to prevent collusion where two players will deliberately stack one team and then split the winnings; there is no universe where Adrian Peterson is worth Mark Sanchez. Depending on the league trading may either be nonexistent or commonplace. Many leagues will end trading several weeks before the playoffs begin. The NFL has hundreds of players and most of them will not be on a team roster. As players are injured or fall out of favor team owners will be forced to pick up free agents to replace them. To do this they use the waiver wire. Each week individual players are locked the moment their team starts their game. For the duration of this "waiver period" owners who wish to claim a free agent submit a "waiver claim." Owners who wish to make more than one waiver claim must indicate the priority of their claims. At the end of the waiver period (typically a day or two after the beginning of the new week) the league software checks the standings of the teams. Going in reverse order (worst standing to highest) the teams get their highest priority claim. If multiple teams have submitted waiver claims for the same player it will go the team with the lowest standing, and the other teams will get their lower priority claims. After the waiver period has ended every player is available to be claimed immediately. The waiver wire is extremely important. Alfred Morris, the 5th ranked running back of 2012, was a free agent in most leagues until the first week. Many owners use the waiver wire to "stream" defenses and other players based on that week's match. Beer4TheBeerGod fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Apr 26, 2018 |
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 Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Every year I put together a list of general suggestions for draft strategies, and the community provided some wonderful insight and updates. Now that the NFL draft is over and fantasy football season has started I thought it would be appropriate to revisit those ideas and put together some new thoughts and suggestions. Consider this a living document, and let me know what you think! Teemu Pokemon posted:If it's a 1 keeper league, the goal should just be to keep the best ADP bargain, or a top end stud like Brown or Johnson if you have one, and then just treat the draft and subsequent rankings as a redraft. Don't reach on young guys because it's a "keeper league" because it's not. Spoeank posted:DON'T 👏 DRAFT 👏 TIGHT 👏 ENDS 👏 Beer4TheBeerGod fucked around with this message at 02:57 on Apr 30, 2017 |
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Apr 29, 2017 23:50
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Slow draft? Slow draft.
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Apr 29, 2017 23:55
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Only suggestion is add the link to that rules post that is a work of art
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Apr 30, 2017 00:35
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So did the NFL bring back the [D]oubtful status? wait maybe it was [P]robable that's gone now Football's been over for like three months so my brain has flushed all my football knowledge down the toilet and I have to re-learn everything in august
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Apr 30, 2017 00:40
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Ironically, you forgot to mention Beersheets. Those things are too invaluable not to be in the OP.
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Apr 30, 2017 00:42
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DON'T 👏 DRAFT 👏 TIGHT 👏 ENDS 👏
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Leperflesh posted:So did the NFL bring back the [D]oubtful status? [P] is gone. Sataere posted:Only suggestion is add the link to that rules post that is a work of art Which post? Forever_Peace posted:Ironically, you forgot to mention Beersheets. Those things are too invaluable not to be in the OP. I'll probably update the OP once I have them ready for 2017.
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Apr 30, 2017 01:28
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Good thread titleSpoeank posted:DON'T 👏 DRAFT 👏 TIGHT 👏 ENDS 👏 Add to advice post tia
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I'm excited about Perine ending up with Washington. I have the seventh pick in my dynasty league and I might be targeting him with it.
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drizzle posted:I'm excited about Perine ending up with Washington. I have the seventh pick in my dynasty league and I might be targeting him with it. He seems like a fairly one dimensional player in a crowded backfield. What makes you think he's worth drafting?
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Apr 30, 2017 05:12
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What hosting site has the best mobile app? Been using Yahoo which was fine until last year where it got really buggy.
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Apr 30, 2017 20:11
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ESPN's mobile app is 1500x better than ESPN's web client which is utter garbage and actually somehow worse than Yahoo (who is also crap but both are better than CBS) Everything is poo, we all die, our decisions don't matter. Unless we choose CBS then we have, indeed, hosed up. Teemu Pokemon fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Apr 30, 2017 |
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Apr 30, 2017 20:49
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dkj posted:What hosting site has the best mobile app? Been using Yahoo which was fine until last year where it got really buggy. ESPN is my favorite, but I haven't tried any others. Suffice to say that ESPN has been good enough that I haven't cared to look elsewhere for years. The only other site I use is MFL.
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Apr 30, 2017 20:52
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Yahoo had a great app for maybe 6 months then they went and smeared it with poo poo and now it's terrible.
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Apr 30, 2017 21:16
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*all of your teams disappear off the dashboard once every two weeks*
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Apr 30, 2017 21:34
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drizzle posted:I'm excited about Perine ending up with Washington. I have the seventh pick in my dynasty league and I might be targeting him with it. Well, just don't fall in love with him before seeing how the draft goes. Reaches happen. One of Mixon, Williams, Howard, or Cook could easily fall. In the 2 QB dynasty league I'm in that has started drafting, Deshaun Watson went 1.01, Trubisky 1.05, and Mahomes 1.09. I started the day with no picks, but swooped in for Mixon at 1.06 and desperately tried to trade for Mike Williams at 1.12.
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Apr 30, 2017 21:58
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Teemu Pokemon posted:*all of your teams disappear off the dashboard once every two weeks* ESPN's app keeps logging me out constantly. It's fun!
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:He seems like a fairly one dimensional player in a crowded backfield. What makes you think he's worth drafting? It's just as crowded as any backfield right now and it's not like there are any studs there. From what I hear his pass pro should be good enough to get him on the field if he can beat out kelly in camp and I don't think he's any more one-dimensional than anyone else on the roster anyway. And short strong heavy RBs are my favorite type of RBs too for some reason, just fun to watch.
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drizzle posted:It's just as crowded as any backfield right now and it's not like there are any studs there. From what I hear his pass pro should be good enough to get him on the field if he can beat out kelly in camp and I don't think he's any more one-dimensional than anyone else on the roster anyway. And short strong heavy RBs are my favorite type of RBs too for some reason, just fun to watch. NFL channel seems infatuated with him as well. I think I'll look at him as a late pickup for sure based on all the gushing they're doing, plus your comments.
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May 1, 2017 03:20
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Just saw he was Mayock's #5 RB. Could be interesting, but I have to imagine they're still going to be really pass-heavy in Washington.
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May 1, 2017 03:36
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Chris Thompson will keep catching passes, but it isn't like Rob Kelley will be hard to unseat as the early down guy.
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May 1, 2017 04:13
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In my dynasty league I've got a classic "BPA vs Need" decision I may have to make at 1.3 of the rookie draft. I have a very good group of WRs and a good QB, but my RB situation is atrocious since neither Jones nor Furgeson seem to be panning out. The same guy has 1.1 and 1.2 and he's all but announced he's going RB/RB, so one of Fournette/Mixon/McCaffery and Corey Davis will be available at my pick. If it's Fournette I've got no problem passing over Davis, but if it's Mixon or McCaffrey it gives me heartburn. I just think that Davis is a substantially better player who will be better long term. The issue if if I pass up on him I'll be stuck in round 2 drafting whoever falls to 2.5. I could get lucky and get Perine or Foreman, but they could easily be taken (RB talent is concentrated in this league; at least 7 teams have a real need for an RB) and have no legit options left. So my question is, with the team below (which isn't in 'win now' mode but I think should be competitive with a good RB) would you pass over Davis for either Mixon (forget about character issues) or McCaffrey? The league is .5 ppr, 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 3 Flex (RB/WR/TE), with a 19 player roster. Team: QB: Russell Wilson, Eli Manning WR: Odell Beckham Jr, Keenan Allen, Jordan Matthews, Jamison Crowder, Josh Doctson, Devin Funchess, Tajae Sharpe, Kamar Aiken TE: Tyler Eifert, Austin Hooper RB: Carlos Hyde, Adrian Peterson, Paul Perkins, Terrance West, Bilal Powell, Matt Jones, Josh Furgeson
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^^^ Draft on value, trade for need.Veritek83 posted:Just saw he was Mayock's #5 RB. Could be interesting, but I have to imagine they're still going to be really pass-heavy in Washington. Keith Marshall might also be healthy.
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Also it's effectively a 5WR league so I wouldn't even worry about RB.
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Also it's effectively a 5WR league so I wouldn't even worry about RB. Yep. Go Davis happily.
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Anyone starting up a brand new dynasty draft anytime soon? I've never tried dynasty but i've been dying to try it out and none of my RL friends are willing to try it.
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May 2, 2017 03:16
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Seems like I can finally drop Devin Smith in my dynasty league right? It's a 12 person, 30 player per team league so I'm sure there's some equally valuable trash available
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Thelonius Van Funk posted:Seems like I can finally drop Devin Smith in my dynasty league right? It's a 12 person, 30 player per team league so I'm sure there's some equally valuable trash available Yeah. 30 players is pretty deep but he's an easy drop for another flyer.
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May 2, 2017 12:19
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He also just tore his ACL again, so yeah, he's done :/
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May 2, 2017 12:38
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hey anybody ever hear of this Christine Michael guy who just got cut from the Packers? Seems pretty athletic could be a good sleeper pickup
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Forever_Peace posted:hey anybody ever hear of this Christine Michael guy who just got cut from the Packers? Seems pretty athletic could be a good sleeper pickup I drafted CMike last year, and you're right. He's a very good sleeper.
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Ben Nevis posted:I drafted CMike last year, and you're right. He's a very good sleeper. CMike was huge part of my team last year, but I managed to trade him for a total upgrade right before he fell off a cliff.
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May 2, 2017 14:54
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Is a dynasty league doable on ESPN or Yahoo? Or is MFL the way to go? My redraft league is on Yahoo, so I'd like to keep both on the same website if possible. Nothing is set in stone regarding dynasty rules yet, but we are looking to start one up this year.
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May 2, 2017 14:55
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I literally laughed out loud when I got a news alert CMike got cut
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Spoeank posted:I literally laughed out loud when I got a news alert CMike got cut He tries really hard, he just can't cut it. Feel bad for him
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VietCampo posted:Anyone starting up a brand new dynasty draft anytime soon? I've never tried dynasty but i've been dying to try it out and none of my RL friends are willing to try it. We have an open slot in the I Paid What for Who? dynasty money league, if you're interested! We had a guy bail out. The annual dues are $25 + 1/12th of the cost of the MFL league fees, and there's a cash payout for first through third place plus the winner of the consolation tournament bracket. Here's the thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3740832 Here's the league: http://www64.myfantasyleague.com/2016/home/79286 Here's our rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UnTCMrEn7Wx5ofw_mG_ke_htdtVIY1LZWr907Cx8gn8/edit?usp=sharing Here's what would be your team: http://www64.myfantasyleague.com/2016/options?L=79286&O=07&F=0002 2016 player salaries are still listed, so all the salaries will be going up by 10%, you'll have an opportunity to drop players, and then we'll have our free agent & rookie draft shortly before the season begins. e. I'll be honest, though, this team went 2-12 last year and needs serious rebuilding. But we have a salary cap system so if you dump garbage players and work hard during the year on the waiver wire there's no reason you couldn't turn it around in a year. RCarr posted:Is a dynasty league doable on ESPN or Yahoo? Or is MFL the way to go? My redraft league is on Yahoo, so I'd like to keep both on the same website if possible. Nothing is set in stone regarding dynasty rules yet, but we are looking to start one up this year. We ran our dynasty league on ESPN the first year and then switched to MFL. It's possible to do it on Yahoo or ESPN, but their options for customization of your league are fairly limited. You cannot do things like taxi squads, trade draft picks for players, automatically adjust player salaries, etc. However they are free. The cost for an MFL league if you sign up during the summer and defray the cost across all the owners is pretty minimal, though. When setting up dynasty league rules I highly recommend being completely explicit and thorough. It can be a pain in the rear end and people will call you a nerd but anticipating and ruling on the key sources of friction will help a lot. It's more important to get it right with dynasty than it is with a normal redraft league for obvious reasons. Even more important if there's money involved. The most critical things I'd say is making sure that people don't burn out, especially anyone with a losing team. Also make sure the one guy who was lucky enough to draft a rookie David Johnson doesn't forever dominate the league... e.g., escalate player salaries or have player contracts that end after 3-5 years or whatever you need to do to ensure there's gradual turnover of ownership. Make sure you have rules in place for how disputes will be handled, and don't succumb to the temptation to change rules mid-season. Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 20:55 on May 2, 2017 |
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Leperflesh posted:
Beer, this is what I was talking about.
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MFL is your best bet for dynasty.
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Leperflesh posted:We have an open slot in the I Paid What for Who? dynasty money league, if you're interested! We had a guy bail out. The annual dues are $25 + 1/12th of the cost of the MFL league fees, and there's a cash payout for first through third place plus the winner of the consolation tournament bracket. Mostly looking for a brand new start up atm, but i'd probably be happy to join closer to the season if it's still open and i haven't found one yet.
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