2014 Fantasy Leagues Focus Group Thread

[spurraider21]

i'll join too just so i could destroy spurraider21

make it $50

as long as symple stays on hiatus im coming for the official league tbh

[Holden_Caulfield]

as long as symple stays on hiatus im coming for the official league tbh

hes trolling you bro

[TrainOfThought5]

HOLY I DONT ACTUALLY USE MY YAHOO ADDRESS!! im still in.

[TrainOfThought5]

Last year, our payouts (with a $300 pot) were:

1st: $175 (58.3%)
2nd: $75 (25%)
3rd: $50 (16.7%)

This year, with the $1200 pot, the payouts under the same percentages would be:

1st: $700
2nd: $300
3rd: $200

Before I open the floor to a vote, I'd like to revive an earlier discussion on the "3rd place" prize. Instead of awarding it to the actual third place finisher, who would have to lose a playoff game before winning 3rd place, I propose we award the 3rd place prize to the Season Points Leader.

Now, as a failsafe to protect against 1st or 2nd place winning the 3rd place prize as well, if the 1st or 2nd place winner is also the Season Points Leader, the 3rd place prize would then revert to the 3rd place finisher. I proposed this earlier in this thread and it looks like only DOK and Lincoln responded to it. I'd like some more input on this from people before I put it up for a vote. We can adjust the percentages if need be, but I wanted to show everyone what the numbers look like first. Waitlist folks can chime in as well.

1. I agree on points leaders. There should be no retribution in the annals of history for third place. However, if 1st or 2nd are points leaders i believe they SHOULD also win the points leaders pot. Its unfair to punish a dominator for dominating.

2. I agree on all scoring settings as currently constructed for red blue and purple.

3. I do agree that missed field goals should be negatively counted but it seems that wont pass the vote.

4. I agree on weekly point leaders. Leads to great monday night finishes.

5. J.T. i PM'd you.

[J.T.]

I don't understand the reasoning for the negative points for missed kicks. Unless you're a ing idiot, that guy is your absolute last round draft pick. He's already only playing on 4th down, so whether he does his job or not the other team is getting possession. The only situation it maybe kinda sorta makes sense in is missed FG's from PAT distance (19 yards), but good luck passing a vote.

Imagine if you lost a week by 1 point because Tony Romo couldn't get the ball past the 45 yard line and Dan Bailey shanks a rushed 62 yard attempt with time running out.

[Blake]

Yeah I ing hate losing points on a missed field goal.

[spurraider21]

I don't understand the reasoning for the negative points for missed kicks. Unless you're a ing idiot, that guy is your absolute last round draft pick. He's already only playing on 4th down, so whether he does his job or not the other team is getting possession. The only situation it maybe kinda sorta makes sense in is missed FG's from PAT distance (19 yards), but good luck passing a vote.

Imagine if you lost a week by 1 point because Tony Romo couldn't get the ball past the 45 yard line and Dan Bailey shanks a rushed 62 yard attempt with time running out.

according to holden's proposal you dont lose points on field goals longer than 49 yards

[Holden_Caulfield]

so i did a mock fantasy draft and eddie lacy is apparently a top 5 fantasy player..... wtf?

[spurraider21]

so i did a mock fantasy draft and eddie lacy is apparently a top 5 fantasy player..... wtf?

i've done a handful of mocks, and Lacy is a unanimous first round pick. i've rarely seen him go in the top 5. its typically some combination of Peterson, McCoy, Charles, Forte + Calvin

[Holden_Caulfield]

i've done a handful of mocks, and Lacy is a unanimous first round pick. i've rarely seen him go in the top 5. its typically some combination of Peterson, McCoy, Charles, Forte + Calvin

i just saw on yahoo his avg draft position is 4.9, is gonna be the doug martin of last year, tbh

[spurraider21]

The deadline to announce you will return or voluntarily give up your spot is Friday, August 1st, 2014.

[J.T.]

PM me your email address at 12:01am PST if you're gonna wait up for the ball to drop. I got an appointment early in the morning but I will get the deets to you on my lunch break.

[spurraider21]

[Holden_Caulfield]

rip symple

[J.T.]

Sent PM with the particulars. Welcome spurraider!

[DD]

What are we doing about playoffs? Would love a 6-team set-up, with first rd byes to the top 2 teams. We do this in my other leagues and 3 rounds of playoffs is always better than the standard 2. This also allows one or 2 teams to weather the storm if they suffer key injuries early on

[djohn2oo8]

What are we doing about playoffs? Would love a 6-team set-up, with first rd byes to the top 2 teams. We do this in my other leagues and 3 rounds of playoffs is always better than the standard 2.

Think we did that last year too IIRC

[DD]

Don't remember cause I was out of it

[djohn2oo8]

Don't remember cause I was out of it

oh

[Flintstones32]

love the idea of weekly points leader getting paid, not that I would have won last year, but good idea. As for points, ill go with the consensus.

[J.T.]

What are we doing about playoffs? Would love a 6-team set-up, with first rd byes to the top 2 teams. We do this in my other leagues and 3 rounds of playoffs is always better than the standard 2. This also allows one or 2 teams to weather the storm if they suffer key injuries early on

We voted in-season to change from 4 to 6 teams last year.

[J.T.]

Alright, based on the responses I got from the post about the scoring settings, I'm going to proceed with eliminating the bonus points for QB and WR. PPR will remain unchanged at 1 point, RB's will continue receiving 2 bonus points at 100 yards and nothing beyond that.

That leaves us with only one issue on the scoring front to settle before permanently locking in these settings. I added -1 for the act of an offensive player fumbling. If the defense recovers, he gets another -2 points for a total of -3. This is to mirror the TD(6):INT(-3) ratio of QB's. However, there is not an entry in the D/ST settings for forcing a fumble. Defenses are awarded 3 points for intercepting the ball. Should we change a recovered fumble to 3 points instead of 2? Looks like Yahoo only allows points for forced fumbles under the IDP settings. Or eliminate the -1 for fumbling?

[spurraider21]

Alright, based on the responses I got from the post about the scoring settings, I'm going to proceed with eliminating the bonus points for QB and WR. PPR will remain unchanged at 1 point, RB's will continue receiving 2 bonus points at 100 yards and nothing beyond that.

That leaves us with only one issue on the scoring front to settle before permanently locking in these settings. I added -1 for the act of an offensive player fumbling. If the defense recovers, he gets another -2 points for a total of -3. This is to mirror the TD(6):INT(-3) ratio of QB's. However, there is not an entry in the D/ST settings for forcing a fumble. Defenses are awarded 3 points for intercepting the ball. Should we change a recovered fumble to 3 points instead of 2? Looks like Yahoo only allows points for forced fumbles under the IDP settings. Or eliminate the -1 for fumbling?

imo just give -3 for a fumble lost, no points lost for fumbling. an interception is -3, a fumble lost should be -3. if we dont charge qb's negative points for bad passes that should have been picked off, why would we charge a running back for a fumble recovered by the offense anyway.

same goes for defense. 3 points for an interception, 3 points for a fumble recovery. a turnover is a turnover

i agree with the rest of the scoring settings. i never cast my votes since i wasn't "in" the league at the time

[Blake]

What are we doing about playoffs? Would love a 6-team set-up, with first rd byes to the top 2 teams. We do this in my other leagues and 3 rounds of playoffs is always better than the standard 2. This also allows one or 2 teams to weather the storm if they suffer key injuries early on

I concur

[Trill Clinton]

y'all doing espn??? how are y'all scoring the fumbles??? i got my league set up as -1 for fumbles and -2 for fumbles lost. overkill or nah???