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Sander said:
What? How is that counterintuitive?
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Because if he actually gets hurt his team doesn't finish the game playing with 10 men, do they? Your #2 picks up the where he left off.
Shortcoming of FF.
 
Cimmerian Nights said:
Because if he actually gets hurt his team doesn't finish the game playing with 10 men, do they? Your #2 picks up the where he left off.
Shortcoming of FF.
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You're not playing an actual team of players, as should be evidenced by the fact that you roster looks nothing like an actual team roster. You're selecting players who you think will do well in games. That's the core of the game, and injuries are an essential part of that as they're the biggest risk in the game. You're suggesting almost taking game-time injuries out of the game as a relevant factor.

Not only that, but it also forces people to have an active bench as well. And hey, what happens when your RB goes out? Which one of three RBs on your bench fills in?
 
meh. it's 90% dumb-luck and 10% strategy anyway.


)not that i didn't do some really stupid and hasty things this year, but my team shouldn't be as fucking shit as it is either)
 
TwinkieGorilla said:
meh. it's 90% dumb-luck and 10% strategy anyway.
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It's a lot of luck, especially on autodraft, but 90-10 is a bit off. It's probably something like 60-20-20 strategy-effort-planning.

Also, man this last week brawl's going to be something.
 
Cimmerian Nights said:
Yeah, you and I are #3 and #4 in scoring and locked out of the playoffs. :wall:
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That is something I would call a problem with the fantasy football system, although it does value consistency over boom or bust.

I don't remember where, but I recently saw a system mentioned where they run it like we do, but then give wildcard playoff spots to the top scoring teams.
 
UW mentioned it last page, Sander.

I wish we could do that. Though a 6-team playoff would mean a 3-week playoff period, no? Not a big fan of that. Also not sure if Yahoo can do it anywayz
 
Brother None said:
UW mentioned it last page, Sander.

I wish we could do that. Though a 6-team playoff would mean a 3-week playoff period, no? Not a big fan of that. Also not sure if Yahoo can do it anywayz
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Well, instead of the top 4 win-loss records and 2 high-scoring teams getting into the playoffs, you could make it top 3 and one high-scoring team.
Anyway, I doubt Yahoo! has that option.

Also, actually, I don't see how 6 playoff teams would work. Unless you throw in an empty wildcard round in week 15 and only have the wildcards play then, or do a round-robin, win-loss record champion in the playoffs. Both seem like bad ideas.
 
Playoffs? Playoffs?! I'll be happy if we win another game!

So, fantasy playoffs time is here.

*1. Sander SMASH 12-2-0 1451.27
*2. DammitMilkers 8-6-0 1288.41
*3. ChewbaccasButtPlug 8-6-0 1181.88
*4. None Is The Pigskin 7-7-0 .1199.02
5. Imalumberjackandimok 7-7-0 1144.07
6. Fuel Cell Regulators 7-7-0 1126.47
7. Diarrhea Mustache 6-8-0 1296.43
8. Roche Clippers 6-8-0 1242.55
9. Talking Mud Crabs 5-9-0 1035.96
10. The Simpletons 4-10-0 980.22

Sander is the only one who goes into the playoffs as a convincing 1team, having locked himself into the #1 position weaks ago with that ridiculous MoJo+Chris Johnson+Brees+Randy Moss team.

DammitBoy also strode into the playoffs with some confidence. A good team.

UniversalWolf has a strong team but needed a very close win over El Prez to get in.

Brother None backed his ass into the playoffs by a side-door after closely losing the last game in that week's highest-scoring game. Look for a one and out here.

El Prez narrowly lost his playoff spot to UW. ShadowFlux had a terrible game against Twinkie and did not make the playoffs. Twinkie and Cimmerian both have high-scoring teams that freakishly rank a low 7th and 8th. These 4 teams make up our consolation bracket.

SimpleMinded and Maphusio are done.

The playoff games are projected to be close. Let's hope Yahoo's right on that and we have some good playoffs to look forward to.
 
Brother None said:
Twinkie and Cimmerian both have high-scoring teams that freakishly rank a low 7th and 8th. These 4 teams make up our consolation bracket.
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He's #2 I'm #4 in scoring and we're both 2 games under .500.
Needed to finish with a 3 game win streak just to get to 2 games under .500. Fuck me.

I really do need some consolation. :cry:
 
:(

Justice would have either of you in the playoffs rather than my dead-man-walking team. Sucks. But it is what it is.
 
I have no right to be in the playoffs at 6-8 anyway.

I knew this would happen from draft day.
Autdraft's top picks for me:
1. Turner (love him, but apart from a couple games, bad/injured all year).
2. Jacobs - just didn't get the touches this year. Big dissappointment.
3. Marion Barber - Love him and Jacobs, but their brutal running style is not conducive to full, healthy, productive seasons. Guy was banged up all year. Plus he splits carries with 2 other guys. Traded him for Boldin who was just as banged up this season.
4. Dwayne Bowe. I'm sure he's great, but WRs are only as good as the guy getting them the ball. Plus I think he got suspended for the year for smokin' reefer.

That's a shitty top 4. 3 of which are RBs (2 of which are RB-by-comittee guys).

Fuck you very much autodraft.
 
Bowe was suspended for 4 games. I picked him up prior to the playoff games in hopes of him starting again, though that's not clear. They do need him and that's a plus.

Also, odd thing is, I can't fully blame autodraft. It picked up Pierre Thomas were I wouldn't have, but Forte and Slaton were both guys I was happy to get. Just too bad they both had major sophomore slumps.
 
I feel you Cimmerian... I had Brian Westbrook as my second round pick so I know what you mean about F*** autodraft haha.

After him and then Greg Jennings/Roddy White did crap this year, it just wasn't much fun for me.
 
Since I see you guys were discussing it, this is how the playoffs work in my money league.

The twelve teams are randomly drawn into four divisions of three at the beginning of the season. There are thirteen weeks of regular season, so you get to play every team in the league once, and the two teams in your division a second time. At the end all the division winners get in the playoffs (determined by overall record, with head-to-head victories followed by overall points being the tiebreakers). The two highest-scoring division winners get byes the first week of the playoffs. The two extra wildcard teams are selected from the non-division winners based solely on total points, without regard to record. 3-10? It doesn't matter.

There are several advantages to doing it this way. First and foremost, you have a 50% chance of making the playoffs. More importantly, there are always teams that score lots of points but end up with a poor record. Under this system those teams (and there's always at least one every year) still get in the playoffs, which is nice since you can't control the scoring other teams do against you. It also evens out any disparity in strength of schedule, at least to a degree. Finally, it takes a long time for even lesser teams to be completely eliminated from the playoffs. At least, that's the way it has worked in our league. The first year we did it this way, every single team in the league was still alive for the playoffs until the last week. There are always two or three "big" matchups with heavy playoff implications at the end of the season.

It's a system we've worked out over the course of several seasons, and everyone's been very happy with it the last three years.

Just FYI.
 
Yeah, that's about as likely as Brady Quinn winning the Super Bowl.
 
FCR is weird. He keeps winning these games with players who aren't even playing. I consider it a small miracle he didn't make it to the playoffs with the amount of luck he's had.

EDIT:
Congratulations UniversalWolf, really close and exciting game, and I lost one of those for once. Good game, sir, and maybe (just maybe) the point faeries will change the outcome of this one. I don't think so, though, so congratulations.


Two sit/start decisions could've saved me. I was close to starting Meachem over Bradshaw, but I thought it was real close and erred to the side of not starting the guy playing against my team. On the other side, I was doubting between picking up Todd Heap or Kevin Boss as a TE. Todd Heap got 2 TDs against the Steelers.
On the other hand, UniversalWolf also left a bunch of points on his bench, so it's all good.

Still, I'll take second place on my first season playing fantasy football ever.

So, when is Brady Quinn going to win the Super Bowl?
 
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