Scumleague FF 2018 (First Game 9/6)

[Rob14]

/in

[Rob14]

And will play in two leagues if necessary provided my next year seeding is based only on L1

[Rob14]

L1=MLB
L2=AAA
L3=AA

This is contradicted by the fact you're in L1. ZING!

The trash talk starts early this year.

[Rob14]

DOOOOOOORY

[Rob14]

Ok, dropped L3 and passed commish duties to Nero. Draft order is:

pickemgenius's Team (pickemgenius)
Bro's tbd team (BROseidon)
Prolicious (entreri)
Snakes on a Plane (Snakes)
Brass's Best (brassherald)
Nero's Neat Team (Nero Cain)
Get Reckt (xRECKONERx)
Electric Boogaloo (Rob13)

Wait, that's not the draft order. You used my L1 draft position for L3, but I was much higher up in L3.

[Rob14]

I misread the draft order and fucked up. Sorry guys.

[Rob14]

Hey Nero, you forgot that all of the first round picks were supposed to be swapped to my team after the draft. Get on that, please.

Joking aside, Nero shouldn't take the blame. This was completely my fault. :/

[Rob14]

Yahoo was very salty about my draft. Predicts me finishing 4-10 and says I was "clearly unprepared". Might as well stop playing now, am I right?

[Rob14]

Brady before Watson, for me. By a good margin. Watson probably has more upside, though, if that's your thing.

[Rob14]

Bell might legitimately be holding out for 10 weeks. He didn't report at today's deadline, meaning he forfeited his game check.

God, I hope so. I made a series of bets with a friend.

I win $20 if Bell didn't play Week 1.
I win $20 if Bell doesn't play Week 8.
I win $20 if Bell doesn't play Week 10.

So I've already won $20. If he holds out, I'll win $60.

Separately, I bet Kamara will end with more fantasy points in PPR than Barkley.

[Rob14]

TBH his teammates are just mad that Bell hasn't clearly communicated his intentions. They assumed that this would be a repeat of last year - that Bell would hold out until after Labor Day as a statement of protest and then report as normal. They made multiple public statements that this was what they thought was going on. Since he didn't, and went even further, they now look like idiots and feel betrayed. It's still messed up.

I fully support Bell in a holdout - the bosses need to pay him or trade him. But I wish he'd just nakedly stated he was going to hold out from the start. While keeping the potential length of your holdout intentionally murky can be a valuable bargaining chip, I don't think it served him well here.

A lot will depend on how Conner performs in the first two weeks, and looking at the match-ups Bell might be pushing his chips to the center of the table based on that. Cleveland doesn't have a pushover run defense, nor does KC.

Conner was good enough that I don't see Bell reporting before Week 10. He's not going to make significant ground in negotiations.

[Rob14]

Conner was good enough that I don't see Bell reporting before Week 10. He's not going to make significant ground in negotiations.

Kinda feel like its the other way around. If he's got nothing to gain by holding out he'll probably just report. Whereas if conner couldn't hack it he'd think eventually the steelers might cave. Idk just glad I was able to grab conner off waivers after having to miss the draft

He's maximizing value next year, not this year. He wants a long-term deal in Pittsburgh. Failing that, he wants to minimize his touches so he's fresh for his next team and can get more $$$.

[Rob14]

Wraith, if we had a different setup, we all would have drafted differently and you'd have a different team. If you have a team that doesn't match the setup, it's because you made a mistake. You constructed the team knowing the setup.

[Rob14]

Also, Agar, I'm one decent Amari Cooper game away from kicking your ass.

[Rob14]

Also, Agar, I'm one decent Amari Cooper game away from kicking your ass.

Or Cooper could just spend the whole game jacking off in the corner and not catch a damn thing.

[Rob14]

And to provide more balance to RBs. Pass-catching RBs are suddenly fantasy-relevant.

[Rob14]

You just named two elite RBs who can also run the ball. Sure, if you're a Gurley or a Bell or a Kamara, you can be extremely fantasy relevant as a pass-catching back who can also run the ball. But people like Riddick or Sproles are as good as non-pass-catching RB2s in terms of how they benefit their teams, and they don't get similar numbers in non-PPR.

[Rob14]

Like think about it this way. If Kamara didn't run the ball at all last season and just had his 81 catches for 826 yards and five touchdowns, that is still a really solid year. That role would still be hugely important to the Saints. In non-PPR, he would have averaged only 6.6 points. In PPR, he would have averaged 11.4 points. I'd consider the latter number way more representative of how a receiving-only Kamara would benefit the Saints.

[Rob14]

This season is bullshit. I'm starting to understand how Mith always feels.

Meanwhile, I'm kicking some ass in my money league ($150 buy-in, 12 teams - money to 1st place, 2nd place, and 1st place of the regular season). 140 points each week in PPR, and I managed to pick up Lindsay. So that's very nice.

[Rob14]

This season is bullshit

you're only saying this b/c you are 0-2. This doesn't seem any different from any other season.

Very true. Still very bullshit.

[Rob14]

I'm continuing to kick ass in my money league. Likely 5-0 after this week. I'm averaging ~140 points per week. It's PPR, but still.

Can't say the same for the MS leagues. 3-2 in both after this, which isn't bad, but I think both of my teams categorically suck.

[Rob14]

I'm 5-1 now in my money league after Gostkowski cost me what looked like a clear win with absurd five field goals. Why can't the Patriots just go back to sucking?

I'll be 6-1 after this week, since I caught someone on their big BYE week and with Le'Veon Bell and Devonta Freeman as their top two RBs from the draft. RIP him.

Sadly, that doesn't mean much for taking regular season champ. There are currently

four

people with 5-1 records, which is kind of insane.

[Rob14]

I can't wait for next year when we get a video of Luke and Zoe fighting to the death to see who gets to pick the draft order.

[Rob14]

And I have AJ Green in my big money league. Fuck my life.

[Rob14]

Obviously, the Luke/Zoe draft picks should continue. They're adorable.

Speaking of cute things with mith's kids, I fully expect to see Luke on Jimmy Kimmel for his Halloween "My parents ate my candy" segment in a couple years. Make it happen, mith!