Scumleague FF 2018 (First Game 9/6)

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Lemme get back to the states to respond to d3 pls

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Y'all know that .5 PPR exists too, right?

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IMO .5 ppr > ppr > standard

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I mean ultimately we're all playing by the same rule set, it's just nice to make the top RBs slightly less OP (which is the main perk of PPR/.5 PPR)

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Van

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When r we setting a time for the d3 draft?

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What if we used hotness?

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I'm gonna be in 3-4 leagues ugh I should do prep for all the scorings

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Yeah draft order s defos wrong.

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rob why the fuck did you tell nero the wrong order

this

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It's okay I got CMC in the 4th

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CMC is going to be a top 10 RB this year, even in standard scoring.

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Wtf happened with Brady in draft 2?

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More that Brady was the 5th QB off the table

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Anyways Yahoo seems to care a lot about late picks that should be speculative (for instance, it hated my ASJ pick when ASJ isn't on my roster after week 4/5 if he doesn't pan out to the upside I think he'll have), which is kind of weird

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I took Watson aggressively because I feel he has the most upside, and I draft pretty aggressively for upside over value

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Play to win. Draft only upside.

It won me gay DC summer soccer. It's gonna win me some Fantasy Football

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but upside doesn't always pay off. You gotta hit a strike a balance between reliable production and upside.

No upside only.

Obviously you don't take upside if there's someone reliable at that person's upside, but upside always

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RIP to everyone who took McKinnon in the third.

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Uh Morris is getting the majority of touches.

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Bell honestly needs to understand that he probably isn't worth as much as he thinks he is.

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The point of PPR isn't to make it harder tho.

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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.

woo scared carr and scared playcalling.

feelsgoodman.

Cooper and Nelson play solid games and Carr is like "what if I never look downfield"

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The point of PPR isn't to make it harder tho.

how does it make it harder?

This post is the most "missing the point" post I've ever seen. Literally:

Me: PPR isn't about making fantasy harder
You: Yeah but how does it make it harder???

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Like the point of PPR is to make WRs feel less bad from a design perspective

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Your problem is that you care about "reflecting on-field value" when that's not why PPR is good.

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Like by your logic you should make QB passing yards worth the same as rushing (same with TDs). There's a reason Cam is a top 5 fantasy QB but not even in the top 1/2 of QBs in the league in terms of actual value to his team.

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Oh and while we're on the topic of QBs why don't we add stats to QBs to approximate game-management skill because that's a huge part of what the QB (with the help of the OC) does.

Actually let's also add an OC position that incorporates this.

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Ooh and for RBs, let's add stats about how well they open up the passing game by forcing teams to stack the box (great buff to Fournette, for instance!).

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Blocking stats for RBs and TEs?

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Anyways now that I'm done with that rant about why that argument for being anti-PPR is bad and inconsistent with the rest of how Fantasy Football is set up, what I actually came here to say was:

Every UI needs to fucking fix how they do waivers. I have 20 waivers set for my work league for contingencies to make like 4 changes, and that's *with* me having 1st on the Waiver Wire so my first drop never needed to be repeated.

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Perfect pop passes like that are surprisingly difficult tho

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Things that lead to more decision points and less swing (because injuries exist) are good game design choices

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What does that look like when you change it to z-scores?

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Also how does it inform wr vs rb in draft positions and the flex spot

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His obsession with making QB more important because it's more important in real football is dumb

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Tru let's do fantasy rugby next year

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I only play PPR Fantasy Rugby.

Jokes on you receptions aren't a rugby stat

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Rugby stats are more fun tho

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Enunwa is a WR2 ros IMO

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What are people's thoughts on Flash Gordon + Breida for Cooks, 1/2 PPR?

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Imo best draft strat this year would have been:

R1-3: RBs
R4: Brandin Cooks
R5: TE if people didn't reach for all the T1 TEs
R6: Mark Ingram
R7-8: Woods and Kupp
R9: Mahomes
R10-16: Who the fuck cares you're definitely winning this league. Just make sure to get BEARS D in there (and who was gonna stop you on that).

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I bet there are a whole ton of ppl angry that they didn't start Kupp this week.

I started Woods and Cooks vs Kupp and Gurley pls kill me

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Told you

@bro

Yeah my favorite drafts in retrospect were the ones where I didn't QB reach.

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It's okay tho I got Mahomes.

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The flip side is it's easier with WRs to chill and see what comes up on waivers

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That's true but you can get a WR1 or 2 off waivers the first few weeks pretty consistently

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Holy shit I am likely winning my work league despite Cooks posting 0 points and Lambo only posting 2. Just need zeke+Thomas+Texans d to post less than 55 points combined

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Didn't u say ur bench could beat my team???

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I an 3-2 or 2-3 in all 5 of my leagues.

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For my work league:

Cooks/Woods/Ridley/Boyd, which three so I start this week. 1/2 PPR, RB options for my flex aren't better than any of my WRs (Ingram on bye, Brenda out, Lindsay id rate as a worse option than the WRs)

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Woods
Ridley
boyd

???

Would you really sit Cooks if he passes protocol?

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Poor brenda

Autocorrect and I am keeping it

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all three rams WRs are WR1 or 2s ROS because lol that offense

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I do get your point about upside and think it's right. That said, the rest of what I'll be starting is:

Cam
MGIII
Yeldon
Kittle
Bears
Lambo

All of those guys have pretty solid floors with decent upside. I'm against:

Luck
Saquon
Mixon
Allen
Demaryius Thomas
Ebron
Michel
Jags
Fairbairn

I'm not super concerned about the QB matchup because luck is playing vs a Jets d that's been decent vs the pass + Hilton is still out and Mack is coming back. RBs could go either way, but the Giants playing Philly and Cincinnati playing Pit both help me. Allen's been underwhelming so far, but the browns have been average s receivers. Thomas could have a decent game vs a subpar rams secondary. Michel is poised for a big game, as is the jags d. Kickers are who knows.

Basically idk if I should go for upside to counter a potential big game from Michel or floor for mediocre games from his RBs relative to mine (im expecting well over 40 pts 1/2 PPR from MGIII and Yeldon).

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If Cooks is out none of this matters tho

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Okay it'll be snowing in Denver snow is bad for WRs right?

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Yeah okay starting boyd and ridley now after Saquon put up THIRTY THREE 1/2 ppr points kill me

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Yeah PJ just hates fun.

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I enjoy winning

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in L3 me and Bro are a lock for the playoffs. Snakes and Auto draft special likely get the wildcard spots leaving me as the only Dupe that made the playoffs.

I remember y'all shit-talking me during the draft too

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They're cursed because of their racist name

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MGIII going as late as he did this year was dumb in general tho

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Who is that he's hot.

In other news remember when y'all shat on my L3 draft? Good times

(It was actually not a great draft, though)