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Judgy Fucker posted:Hi fantasy football thread, I do not follow the NFL at all (college guy) but I’m tired of being the only person in my social circle who doesn’t play fantasy football so I’m diving in this year. I see a bunch of resources in the OP, I will take a look at those but wanted to ask: I started playing FF for the same reason as you, except that at the time I had never watched a football game other than a Superbowl here and there (and I was only there to hang out). The first year I auto-drafted and basically had the internet manage my team. Second year I actually recognized some of the players and I drafted myself. From there I just started slowly learning more, watching more games, reading and so on until eventually I won a championship. Some random advice in no particular order: -There is a some skill involved but it all comes down to luck. You can read every article, make every "right" decision, spend hours looking at stats and still lose. -Stay involved in the waiver wire, setting up your team, and considering trades. You can actually turn a bad season around or keep improving a winning team. -If you will be playing again with the same people it is best to offer win-win trades or at least make offers that aren't insulting. You might fleece someone once but then they won't ever want to trade again. People value players differently and might have other needs so you can actually win on a trade. -Pay attention to the league rules, especially if it is normal, PPR (point per reception), or Half PPR. PPR shifts the value of players towards pass catching backs and WRs with more targets as opposed to pure RBs and long stretch WRs. -IMO it is not worth it to pay attention to BYE weeks when drafting, you can worry about that during the season. -Try not to draft too many players from the same teams. While it could work out it could also tank your season. If for example, you had a QB, WR and RB from the same team and the QB got injured that would make the whole offence worse and you'd be down 3 players. -TE, K and DST are mostly a crapshoot unless you have a top 3 TE, so usually it is better to just throw a dart during the season until you find a serviceable one. Only one person will have Kelce and most other will be playing the TE roulette. -Good player IRL does not necessarily mean good FF player. Justin Fields last season was pretty bad/average passing but he had some insane runs and you could get him off the waiver wire during the first half of the season. This year he is now going as a top 5-8 QB.
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IIRC Andrews started really well last year and then he fell of a cliff. I also had Hock in another league and he won me a couple of weeks with insane numbers but most other games he did nothing noteworthy.
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Jul 21, 2023 16:54
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Got pick #1 in PPR snake draft, who do I start with, JJ?
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Aug 30, 2023 03:34
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Cool, ty.
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Aug 30, 2023 03:44
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Well, this is my draft. Let's see how it goes.
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Aug 30, 2023 04:43
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Cat Hassler posted:Looks good! Especially if Geno is even better with new weapons Yeah, I'm a Seattle fan so I wanted to take at least one player and I think last year wasn't a fluke. If it doesn't work out I can always find someone on the WW.
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Aug 30, 2023 05:08
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Scruffy the janitor posted:I know it's PPR but chubb and jacobs coming all the way back is insane. How many teams? 10 teams Went: 1- JJ 20- Chubb 21- Jacobs 40- Allen 41- Andrews Feel like I got some great value this draft.
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Aug 30, 2023 14:55
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It's a 10 team so you get better teams overall, but 3-4 of the the owners are bad at drafting and a few more said they didn't have time to prepare this year. Also, they always panic when a QB is taken early by one of the bad owners so they go on a QB run which frees up value at RB and WR. This draft went my way too because Andrews was still available at the 4-5 turn so then they went on a TE run after I picked him, freeing even more value to come back to me.
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Aug 30, 2023 19:04
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Yeah, he was on my "do not draft" list as well.
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Aug 30, 2023 21:17
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DSTs are very unpredictable during the first 3 or 4 weeks anyway.
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Sep 2, 2023 16:16
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One one hand, I started Geno. On the other, I also started Dallas.
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Sep 11, 2023 02:11
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My league just started using FAAB this season, any advice for it? What % would you give for Allgier?
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Sep 12, 2023 21:54
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I got both Puka 33% and Williams 20%. Think I messed up my claims because I had Allgier first but he went for 20%.
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Sep 13, 2023 15:16
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I'm gonna puka.
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Sep 15, 2023 01:51
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Turns out my league's first year with FAAB everyone is very conservative so out of $150 I got Puka for 50 and Kyren for 30 last week, and this week Ford for 51 (after losing Chubb). So while I'm almost out of FAAB now it's looking like it will be worth it.
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Sep 20, 2023 16:12
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As a Seahawks fan I think JSN will be great IRL but I don't see him being fantasy relevant/reliable this season unless DK or Lockett get injured. I actually avoided Seahawks receivers this year because there are too many mouths to feed.
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Sep 20, 2023 17:22
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Who would you rather have in 10 team PPR? Herbert or Spears
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Sep 20, 2023 20:37
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Yeah, lol. Realized kinda late I meant Spears. And it is K. Herbert.
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Sep 20, 2023 20:39
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EconDad posted:I've also done the Tajae Sharp(e) thing too with him. Brings back excellent (no) memories of Sharp. Same team too, if I recall. WR: JJ and Allen Flex: Puka Bench: Godwin, Jeudy, Ford, Herbert, Monty.
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Sep 20, 2023 20:59
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Despite losing Chubb I somehow have the highest projection I've ever seen  Can't wait for all my team to underperform.
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Sep 22, 2023 19:13
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Obviously this is the week I go against Fields.
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Oct 1, 2023 19:52
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I think I broke my league's record. My lowest scoring non-kicker player was K. Allen.
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Oct 2, 2023 01:45
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I'd rather have AR if it is 4PATD
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Oct 4, 2023 05:34
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Drop Jeudy for Wilson? Also lol, just got an offer of R. Stevenson for my Kyren.
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Oct 4, 2023 18:48
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Don't know why I trusted the Washington DST instead of leaving the acowboys in.
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Oct 6, 2023 02:03
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I lost JJ, Chubb and AR. My team is still pretty solid and Im 4-1 so not all is lost yet but I have no depth now and have to go back to streaming QBs.
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Oct 10, 2023 14:41
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Got Burrow off the wire. Do we think he's back? Or should I rather stream somebody else?
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Oct 11, 2023 14:09
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Burrow or Russ? For streaming this week and ROS.
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Oct 12, 2023 16:12
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Should I drop Jeudy? Or keep him just in case he gets traded and doesn't suck?
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Oct 15, 2023 02:01
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I'm going against a 2-4 team and obviously he has Oloukun and Kirk to start the week so now I'm in a 44 point hole.
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Oct 20, 2023 15:54
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He's a LB, not an OL.
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Oct 20, 2023 18:15
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Who's a better hold? Mitchell or Henderson?
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Oct 22, 2023 00:12
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I'm up by 16 against the Eagles DST and Kittle. Not looking good...
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Oct 23, 2023 01:24
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If Kittle gets literally 0.5 points I lose 
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Oct 23, 2023 04:23
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I had Najee last year so I learned from experience.
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Nov 2, 2023 23:20
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I'm still holding him but he's probably the first to go if I need to drop anyone.
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Nov 3, 2023 16:12
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My team is collectively collapsing. At least it was all during the same week.
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Nov 12, 2023 20:40
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Im going to be 6-4 with most points for. I've got JJ and Kyren W. hopefully coming back soon so my team should be pretty good.
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Nov 13, 2023 18:33
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Andrews and Burrow owner checking in.
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Are Andrews and/or Burrows droppable now? Might be able to grab other players before the games.
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