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Community => JD Sports Forum! => Topic started by: Morgbug on May 29, 2013, 08:56 PM
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Yup, we're up and running again. No openings if all renew their places in the league.
League ID: 1079
Password: berry
Any problems logging in, let me know. Will add pick 'em, etc. as they come available.
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Guys,
I posted regarding a discussion of how the group would like waivers to work on the league page. Please post your responses there or here and don't respond directly by email. It does no good for me and the email recipient being the only ones seeing them, everyone needs to be part of the discussion so we can reach a consensus.
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The replies don't go to everyone? I got Patrick's - which I assume is what you're talking about since he texted me asking what you meant when you asked him to use the thread.
Personally I don't have a strong opinion on this any more. I used to dislike the change, but I've adapted and am okay with whatever everyone decides.
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The replies don't go to everyone? I got Patrick's - which I assume is what you're talking about since he texted me asking what you meant when you asked him to use the thread.
Personally I don't have a strong opinion on this any more. I used to dislike the change, but I've adapted and am okay with whatever everyone decides.
No, the replies don't go to everyone though I suspect you can choose that as an option.
Rather I'm trying to have everyone post their responses in that thread, so it largely mimics posting on a message board. The posts become essentially permanent and everyone can see everything everyone else says. Given a couple of folks don't post here at all and some not so much, otherwise I'd suggest we hold the discussion here.
I got Patrick's too, obviously, but I was really surprised it didn't show up in the thread, so he took another option of responding to Ruiner's post in that thread. I didn't really examine how he did it, I just know that only some of us would have seen it and if you don't keep all your emails, there's no record. If it's posted on the thread on the league "board" it stays there and no one can come back later and say they didn't see that message or anyone else's either.
If I can paraphrase, basically Patrick and Ruiner have opposing points of view. Ruiner's opinion is there for all to read, Patrick's isn't. So at this point Patrick's viewpoint is only visible to a few. I know for example that Jim/chuckles/can't remember his team name didn't see Patrick's response to Ruiner.
As commissioner, I'll go with a majority opinion but it sure would be nice to get everyone to post it on that thread so we don't have the debate during the season - again. I won't change things during the season. And I do have an opinion but I won't post mine unless we need a tie-break vote, because otherwise we have a nice odd number of 11 to discuss. My vote could simply tie it.
And I don't care about being commissioner either, so if anyone wants it, I can transfer it. I just get stuck with it because I restarted the league. I'm ok doing it but I do get tired of you whiney bitches at times. :-*
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If you're sick of being commish, I'll do it. I run another league on another site and basically handle things pretty much the same as you... I set it up, and if a majority want a change, I make it - so long as we're not in the middle of the season.
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If you're sick of being commish, I'll do it. I run another league on another site and basically handle things pretty much the same as you... I set it up, and if a majority want a change, I make it - so long as we're not in the middle of the season.
Hold the phone. I think we all love Brent as the commish, so unless he's officially stepping down, no need to pursue this any further.
If Brent is looking to hand over the reigns, then no offense, but Rob is not my first choice to take over. Nice of you to offer and I'm sure you're capable, but with 2 family members in the league I think judgement calls could be touchy. Maybe Ruiner or someone who's got a strong track record of objectivity? Hopefully Brent sticks around and we can put it off a few more years. ;)
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No, I'm still fine doing it, I'm just not sure if everyone still wants me there so I thought I'd make it known that I'm not attached to it. It's just that I spend altogether too much time looking at the nerd-verse that is Yahoo sports, so when a new registration period pops up for one of our leagues, I'm usually the first to see it and figure what the heck, I'll re-register us and then I become commissioner.
I'm far from perfect at it, so I'll stay if you're fine but if there are complaints, I'll hand it over. No worries either way :)
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I think I have yet to hear a complaint from anyone about you as commish since I joined the league, so sounds good to me!
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or someone who's got a strong track record of objectivity?
I understand the familial concern, although I don't agree with them on everything and am much more of a majority rule kinda guy and much less of a grease-the-wheels-for-my-buddies kinda guy. I'm still happy to do it though if Brent ever needs a break. Like I said, I've been running another league for 4 or 5 years now without incident. I'd assume that such a thing would go to some kind of vote if it ever happened, and just like the way the league is typically run, I'd think some sort of majority-rule would apply there to.
Thankfully, it's a moot point.
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Take a look at what I did to the waivers and comment here or on draft day.
Didn't get much conversation when I posted a while ago on the league page and it seems harder to find with the Yahoo format changes so have a gander.
I won't be setting waivers to open all the time. I appreciate that some feel that those that spend more time watching football should be rewarded but more than half don't have that option available to them. If someone wants a league that runs with completely open free agency they'll have to sign up for a league like that because this one isn't it. :) Upon review, that option doesn't seem to be there anymore anyway.
Our options are bolded below:
Waiver priority options:
1. Continual rolling list: waiver claims are processed in waiver priority order and each successful claim moves a manager to the end of the waiver priority list
2. Reverse order of standings: waiver claims are processed in reverse order of standings and successful claims do not affect waiver priority list
3. Weekly rolling list based on standings: waiver claims are processed in reverse order of standings and each successful claim moves a manager to the end of the waiver priority list
*We were on a continual rolling list but this option was suggested to me by a number of people. I don't care where it ends up, I just changed it to stimulate discussion.
Weekly waiver options:
1. Sunday (10:00 PT) to Tuesday (11:59 PT)
2. First game of week to Tuesday - self explanatory I hope and only different when Thursday/Saturday games exist
3. Continuous - all players on waivers all the time
4. Game time - player goes on waivers when their game starts until Tuesday.
Draft is Wednesday night. Pre-apologies to our east coast friends for the time.
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Thanks Brent. Does this mean the worst team gets the first pick up of the week, and if they stay the worst team they get the first pick the next week and so on? When do the waiver submissions actually process?
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If it's how Justin is describing, I'm Not sure I like that.... I'd finally gotten used to how to best use the newer way we've been doing it. Why mess with it again?
Or, is this how it's been the last two years and we are just misinterpreting the description?
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Yeah it's been hard for me to read ANYTHING since the terrible new layout debuted on Yahoo, so I obviously missed the discussion. I prefer the "old" way, which would be option 1.
As for the draft, I work overnights so I decided to sleep in and do the autodraft... kinda wishing I hadn't. Not terribly thrilled with my lineup and stable of WRs. But we'll see what happens. I gave up on my team in week 1 last year so I'd like to avoid making that same mistake this year.
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Can I make the suggestion that draft order no longer be random? Most leagues when they draft go in opposite order of the finish from last year. Not that I am complaining where I drafted last night but we've been doing this long enough that would be only fair.
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Can I make the suggestion that draft order no longer be random? Most leagues when they draft go in opposite order of the finish from last year. Not that I am complaining where I drafted last night but we've been doing this long enough that would be only fair.
I think I'd disagree there...When the order flips each round, I don't think draft order is very important at all and that everyone is in a more or less level playing field. If you get the last pick in the round, you also end up with 2 of the top 13. If you get the first pick, you end up with 3 of the top 25...
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Can I make the suggestion that draft order no longer be random? Most leagues when they draft go in opposite order of the finish from last year. Not that I am complaining where I drafted last night but we've been doing this long enough that would be only fair.
I would vote for that too. I like know the draft order a little earlier and actually didn't read it correctly at first last night while trying to get the kids ready for bed. Kind of a shocker to not know, then think you're drafting third, then actually draft 9th all in a 15 minute time span. I would be cool with an online auction too if we want to go that route, though I'm not looking forward to a biddign war with Marin for all the Packer Players.
Count me for wanting to revert to the old waiver system as well, assuming my interpretation earlier was accurate. The new set up penalizes top performing teams, which I don't think is very fair. I'm not in favor of the free agent free for all either, so the pick a player then move to the back of the list format seems the most fair to me.
I also think we need a rule that says you can't draft more than 3 players from the same team. I was reading my draft grade this morning and was shocked to find out that I have 4 Rams on my team. I get 4 Falcons or 4 Saints, but 4 Rams? That's embarrassing.
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When the order flips each round, I don't think draft order is very important at all and that everyone is in a more or less level playing field. If you get the last pick in the round, you also end up with 2 of the top 13. If you get the first pick, you end up with 3 of the top 25...
Actually, Fanball or one of the big draft groups did a study on that. I can't seem to find it, but will keep looking. They essentially looked at performance of teams drafting in the early rounds of a snake draft versus teams drafting in the back of the pack. Using standard Yahoo/ESPN scoring, the teams drafting first outscored the teams in the back by something like 50+ points year after year.
They made the arguement that teams drafting early maintain an advantage throughout the draft. When you draft early in the first, you get the top talent, so by end of round one you should have a better team. In the second round, your advantage diminishes with later drafters getting higher picks. The later drafters start catching up to the early drafters in points, but early drafters are no worse than even by the end of the second round. Then they get an advantage again in the 3rd and the cycle continues.
The writer's suggestion was to either hold an auction draft or to set up your snake draft where position 1 drafts at the end of rounds 2 AND 3. They recalculated average point totals and the spread between early drafters and later drafters fell to about 10 points, though still in favor of the earlier draft picks.
I am not suggesting we follow that for a snake draft, but I think it clearly highlights an advantage for earlier draft positions. I'd much rather see the worst performers from last year get those earlier spots the following year than just random placement.
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Yeah I know what you are saying Rob but you also get like Justin said #1, #24 and #25. It just so happened Cory was last place year anyway so that worked out but Brent was like 2nd to last and got the 11th pick. I'd say it a standard that is has a proven track record.
The idea of an auction is a good one and it totally gets rid of all of that bias. I'd be OK with that too.
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If it's how Justin is describing, I'm Not sure I like that.... I'd finally gotten used to how to best use the newer way we've been doing it. Why mess with it again?
Or, is this how it's been the last two years and we are just misinterpreting the description?
Yeah it's been hard for me to read ANYTHING since the terrible new layout debuted on Yahoo, so I obviously missed the discussion. I prefer the "old" way, which would be option 1.
As for the draft, I work overnights so I decided to sleep in and do the autodraft... kinda wishing I hadn't. Not terribly thrilled with my lineup and stable of WRs. But we'll see what happens. I gave up on my team in week 1 last year so I'd like to avoid making that same mistake this year.
Thanks Brent. Does this mean the worst team gets the first pick up of the week, and if they stay the worst team they get the first pick the next week and so on? When do the waiver submissions actually process?
Why change it? Mostly to try and get people reading things. It had also been suggested to me and the only way to get feedback (understandably, the new Yahoo layout is hard on the eyes and difficult to navigate) is to make the change and then see what comes from it. A few people had suggested it, certain aspects seemed reasonable so I thought what the heck.
That said, I'm not wed to it in any way. Rolling waivers seems to place value on retaining your standing and not making frivolous waiver wire selections that will send you to the bottom of the order. It creates a certain value to your waiver standing that won't occur if you keep winning. But there are negative aspects in that some players will predatorily pick up players they have no need of just to use them as trade bait or to keep other owners from obtaining them. I say negative but do understand that it is part of the game. It also functions as insurance against future injury.
Since it's the start of the season we have a couple of days to mull it over (post draft waivers open up Friday, I think - I can't check Yahoo from work any longer). Early responses to the change are negative. In the absence of arguments for (either here, on yahoo or by email to me) I'll just change it back to how it was last year on Sunday (later on as I have a CFL game to attend and my kid is at a basketball tryout) or Monday, prior to the usual deadline so it functions as it did previously.
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Yeah I know what you are saying Rob but you also get like Justin said #1, #24 and #25. It just so happened Cory was last place year anyway so that worked out but Brent was like 2nd to last and got the 11th pick. I'd say it a standard that is has a proven track record.
The idea of an auction is a good one and it totally gets rid of all of that bias. I'd be OK with that too.
The randomness of the draft order doesn't actually bother me that much, though Justin's discussion is somewhat interesting. I drafted 11th (9th last year) and it does suck frankly (and according to Yahoo who gave me a C+ for my draft) but through all JD fantasy sports I don't think I really have all that much to complain about as I've drafted across the board fairly randomly as should be expected. Someday I'll get notched back up higher but thus far this year my draft position hasn't been all that friendly (in our NHL ticket draft I got picks 8/9 out of 9 ::) )
I'm fine with changing the draft order to be the inverse of the season finish the preceding year and it is very easy to set up on Yahoo. Any new players would have to assume the draft position of someone that's dropped out, though our group is pretty stable overall. Again, would like more comments from people here, yahoo or email to get better representation of what the group thinks.
On the auction side of things that could be very interesting though I confess I have no experience in it at all. My only concern that way would be in terms of time commitment in doing the auction. I'd think an auction draft would take quite a bit longer, probably 4-5 hours total and that's going to be tough to schedule. Works well for in person drafting I assume where all can get together, but time zones alone would complicate matters. I assume that someone here has participated in auction drafts, how long would we need and is it reasonable?
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I think I've got to take issue with the waiver settings. As things are set now, waiver moves won't be processed until Saturday. The season opener, however, is TONIGHT. And I can't say that I'm pleased with Yahoo, since I had to autodraft and wound up with a player in a roster spot who had just been put on IR. Yahoo, however, is listing that particular player as NA (not active). Hence my desire to make a waiver move since I got screwed by the autodraft process.
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I think I've got to take issue with the waiver settings. As things are set now, waiver moves won't be processed until Saturday. The season opener, however, is TONIGHT. And I can't say that I'm pleased with Yahoo, since I had to autodraft and wound up with a player in a roster spot who had just been put on IR. Yahoo, however, is listing that particular player as NA (not active). Hence my desire to make a waiver move since I got screwed by the autodraft process.
All JD leagues have a two day wait following the draft, not just football. You can take issue with it but it's the proximity of the draft to the start of the games that is the issue, not the setting. I appreciate it sucks for you but those settings really weren't open to discussion. We always try to draft as close to the start of the season as we can so that folks don't end up with an injury shortly after the draft.
Autodraft sucks. Almost invariably.
Looking at your team I'm not sure I understand the urgency to make a move. I know the opener is tonight and maybe there's someone you want badly but we're talking about one game here. I can't think of anyone that's going to make a huge difference tonight that isn't already drafted. Help me understand.
As for the NA player, he doesn't play until Sunday and players are FA on Saturday. It's a little frustrating, but it's autodraft and it was a player taken in the 11th round.
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;D
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I think I've got to take issue with the waiver settings. As things are set now, waiver moves won't be processed until Saturday. The season opener, however, is TONIGHT. And I can't say that I'm pleased with Yahoo, since I had to autodraft and wound up with a player in a roster spot who had just been put on IR. Yahoo, however, is listing that particular player as NA (not active). Hence my desire to make a waiver move since I got screwed by the autodraft process.
That sucks, but the solution is not to autodraft. I wound up losing my connection one or twice the last few years and just a single autodraft pick can throw off your draft plan. Like Brett said, you still have an opportunity to pick up guys before the Sunday games, so heopefully that helps you land who you want. Good luck this week.
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The more appropriate solution moving forward seems to be having the draft an appropriate length of time before the season opener in order to accommodate any waiver moves. I understand the concern regarding injuries leading up to the start of the season. But the first game of the season seems as if it should be the chief concern, not having that waiver wire clear one day before the first SUNDAY of the regular season.
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I'm honestly for drafting anytime that works for everyone else, but I don't agree with the need to draft earlier to ensure we have added waiver time. The vast majority of the time, you shouldn't need to make a waiver claim between the end of the draft and week 1. In the event that you do need to make a change, you have Saturday to do so. Pushing the draft earlier means we all have less information on player health and more risk that any player can develop an injury prior to the start of the season. If we had drafted a week sooner and someone wasted a high pick on Andre Brown, or even earlier and grabbed Le'veon Bell, they would be pretty dissapointed as well. There's no one on the waivers that could compensate you for the loss of those draft picks, so drafting as late as possible really is the fairest approach. You must really be excited about someone on the waiver given it's just one guy for one week...
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Ok guys, I’ve been in discussions with Justin about a waiver issue he has. The background story is thus:
On September 10th Justin PM’d me to indicate he had inadvertently dropped Julian Edelman for the Washington Defense. He tried to pick him up again immediately but was unable to do so because Yahoo setting put a two day wait on picking up your own guy again right away. This is consistent across the leagues I’ve played in though I don’t honestly know if this is adjustable on Yahoo (I can’t check while I’m at work, Yahoo is blocked).
I explained to Justin that I can’t do anything about Edelman (and trust me this is difficult because I’m the guy who ended up with him off waivers) because the two day wait on players you drop has been consistent in all JD leagues that I’ve ever played in (we can discuss whether we want to change that going forward, but it’s not the point right now). Justin was accepting of that though he was unaware of the two day wait.
Justin subsequently requested that I restore his waiver wire position to #2 position where he feels he should be, rather than at #9. As this conversation did start prior to the week 1 waivers being processed I indicated I’d put it to the league for a vote.
So am I restoring Justin’s waiver position? Yes or No?
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Just to add some clarity here...
I dropped Edelman for a second defense week 1. No accident and totally my fault. I had waiver position #3 and figured I could probably get him back when waivers processed the following week if I really needed to. The system wouldn't even let me put in a claim for him though. I tried contacting Brent and posted on the site, but Brent was out of town. Wasn't sure if this was a glitch or what, so I tried putting in a claim for another player dropped about the same (A. Brown) just to test the system. That claim request worked - I thought I deleted it, but it still went through for some reason. We have come to figure out that if you drop a guy, you cannot put a claim on him the following week - don't know why and don't agree with it, but at least now we know.
Now, Brent did pick up Edelman, but he had the #1 waiver spot anyway. I took the risk in dropping him, so that's my loss and on me regardless of the waiver setup. I have no issues with that pick up beyond kicking myself for dumping him in the first place. What is bothersome though is that I lost my wavier pick. I believe oth guys in front of me have picked up players, so I should be at #1 now (if Winterfell Wolves haven't grabbed anyone, then I should be at #2). I missed out on pickups this week because of my low waiver priority, so unfortunately this single waiver issue has had multiple negative consequences for me.
Ultimately, the mistake was mine, but it was made without fully understanding the wavier rule for adding back players you drop. I don't think any of us knew about this from what I've heard thus far. I'm not asking that anyone change out any of the players they've picked up, but I do think it's fair to at least restore my waiver priority to #1 to set things right. Thanks for hearing me out and sounds like you can vote one way or the other on the site. Good luck to everyone this week!
Jman
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Scored 2nd most points this year...missed the playoffs. Proving once again how much luck is involved in FF!
Good Luck to all who did make it.
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And I squeaked in at 6-7, with possibly the worst team I've ever drafted. It was my fifth draft (too many...) and after the first two I tried to do things differently so I wouldn't have the same team over and over... I avoided Spiller, Brady, and Wayne like the plague everywhere else... here? Why not....
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Scored 2nd most points this year...missed the playoffs. Proving once again how much luck is involved in FF!
Good Luck to all who did make it.
Yeah, pretty much. It's amazing how much luck is involved in this.
BTW, Ridley should be gold next year. He's only crap when I own him (twice now) and I'll likely avoid him next year.
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And I squeaked in at 6-7, with possibly the worst team I've ever drafted.
Ditto for me at 7-6. Not holding out much hope against the 3rd place Banthas though. My squad vs. Manning, B. Marshall, Peterson, V. Davis...? Seriously? How are you only in 3rd place? I will need Gronk to get all four of Brady's TD's this week against Cleveland just to keep up. I should have tanked and shot for 8th place like Rob. ;)
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Felled by a snowstorm. Oh, the irony.
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I didn't think I had much of a shot against Cory this week. Good season and good luck to everyone moving on!
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Wait, we're not still playing?
Ok, then congrats to What the Deuce? on eeking out a win in classic fantasy football fashion. Up by a slim margin with the opposition still having Vernon Davis to play, Davis puts up a subpar game (there's something in my eye coach). Fickle fantasy gods fell another team.
So looking forward to next year, are we using reverse draft order to this year's order of finish or are we going to continue with random draft order as set by Yahoo?
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Wait, we're not still playing?
Ok, then congrats to What the Deuce? on eeking out a win in classic fantasy football fashion. Up by a slim margin with the opposition still having Vernon Davis to play, Davis puts up a subpar game (there's something in my eye coach). Fickle fantasy gods fell another team.
So looking forward to next year, are we using reverse draft order to this year's order of finish or are we going to continue with random draft order as set by Yahoo?
Fun season again. For next year, is anyone willing to try an auction style draft? I was in a few this year and they're a lot of fun. You're not subject to the randomness of your draft order and worrying about where to slot new people - everyone has a shot at every player.
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I don't think we can schedule a long enough time for an auction draft to be honest. I'm open to it, but see it as unlikely we get all 12 people on the net at the same time.
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I don't think we can schedule a long enough time for an auction draft to be honest. I'm open to it, but see it as unlikely we get all 12 people on the net at the same time.
My auction drafts were both less than 2 hours - the automated systems make it pretty slick. I think anyone who doesn't show can either pre-bid or gets listed players for the after draft price listed. I'm okay sticking with snake - just enjoying the freedom of auctions more these days. I don't think I've ever drafted earlier than 5th or 6th in this league.
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I said somewhere that most leagues I have ever been in, set the draft order based on the last year. Last place gets first pick and snake from there...I'd be fine with that...although I have never had a problem with random.
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Well since I would get first pick I would love to draft based on rank, but I don't care either way.
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I'd be okay with that if we were going to a full blown keeper league...
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Renewed the league and invites have been sent. If you aren't planning on returning, please let me know and I'll open up your spot to someone else.
No ability to sign up for pick'em or suicide pools yet.
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Could you resend to the Golden Girls team? Marin doesn't seem to have gotten the invite.
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Could you resend to the Golden Girls team? Marin doesn't seem to have gotten the invite.
Done. If this one doesn't go through, PM me her email addy and I'll send again.
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She got it this time, just has to get around to signing up. I'm going to check with the Cranes too to make sure. Thanks.
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More fantasy football:
Survivor
Group ID# 292
password: berry
Pick Em
Group ID# 532
password: berry
I think Mikey or someone was commish last time around, so I don't have the ability to invite last year's group.
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Looking forward to the draft tonight...
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Hate my running backs. Even more I hate my draft position. Football has not been nice to me: my JD drafting record:
2005 - 5
2006 - 11
2007 - 11
2008 - 4
2009 - 8
2010 - 7
2011 - 7
2012 - 9
2013 - 11
2014 - 11
Seriously? I've been in the top half twice in 10 years.
::)
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I end up with better picks in other sports, but here's my history with JD FF just for comparison and where I finished each year.
2014 - 10 - n/a
2013 - 03 - 6th
2012 - 07 - 7th
2011 - 12 - 1st
2010 - 10 - 3rd
2009 - 09 - 5th
2008 - 06 - 1st
2007 - 08 - 5th
2006 - 02 - 11th
2005 - 04 - 5th
2004 - 08 - 1st
I seem to do better with later picks.
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Who's getting all the early picks then? Pearson???????? >:(
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Not me. I'm always towards the back. Drafting 3rd this year was a treat!
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Man, I have not done very well here at all...2nd time with the #1 pick. I look at my team last year and I still don't know how I missed the playoffs. I had the 2nd most points and most points scored against me :-\
2014 - 01 - n/a
2013 - 06 - 9th
2012 - 12 - 8th
2011 - 02 - 12th
2010 - 04 - 7th
2009 - 06 - 4th
2008 - 07 - 11th
2007 - 04 - 7th
2006 - 01 - 10th
2005 - 09 - 2nd
2004 - 12 - 12th
2003 - 02 - 2nd
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Well I got curious (and a little bored) so I looked back. Pretty easy to calculate average draft position so:
Name - number of years in league - average draft position
Where average draft position is just sum of draft position/number of years in league. I can't go back further than ten years because that's when I started so I dropped those numbers off Rob and Scott's totals:
Hawaiian Curse - 10 years - ADP = 8.4
The Zods - 10 years - ADP = 7.1
Ice Cream Maker Guys - 10 years - ADP = 5.2
What the Deuce? - 8 years - ADP = 8.7
Ruiner's Cornballers - 8 years - ADP = 5.2
Tatooine Banthas - 4 years - ADP = 4.2
Golden Girls - 10 years - ADP = 6.5
The Cranes - 8 years - ADP = 8.4
Winterfell Wolves = 10 years - ADP = 5.3
Ramminators = 7 years - ADP = 6.0
Bullet Club = 5 years - ADP = 7.2
Falcons of the Vale = 3 years - ADP = 3.3
Dressel Rebel - 8 years - ADP = 7.0
Matt - 6 years - ADP = 5.5
I did it by hand so didn't calculate the error but +/- 1 from six is pretty close to normal distribution. More than 1 away from six is good/bad luck depending on where you're at. Big losers are Patrick, Jim and myself (and slightly Rob). Winners are Nick and Cory. Marin's had an interesting run over the last four years drafting fifth each time.
Patrick has drafted in the top half three times.
Brent has drafted in the top half only twice.
Jim has drafted in the top half only once.
Rob has four top half picks.
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I'm not really happy with how my draft turned out. I think I was kinda sideswiped by picking 9th and I felt like I was just picking at random. Missed the playoffs the last two years so I'm hoping I can at least make the cut this year, but anything would be better than my team last year.
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I picked 10th, felt good about the draft and then Yahoo said I was going to win every game outside of week 10 when I have 8 players on bye.
So you guys might as well just fork over the trophy now.
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I picked 10th, felt good about the draft and then Yahoo said I was going to win every game outside of week 10 when I have 8 players on bye.
So you guys might as well just fork over the trophy now.
That site is hilarious. I got a B grade for my draft and have the most "powerful rushing attack" in the league, but am also only expected to win 5 games this season. At least I'm projected to crush Rob in week 11 unless he can somehow come up with a replacement for B. Pierce by then. ::)
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Two of my starting Running Backs out for a month with injuries, and I have zero depth on my bench. :-\
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Y'know what I love about fantasy football? Luck.
This week and last week I put up the second and third highest scores of the week. Averaging 102+ points per week. I love both head to head match-ups.
#fantasyfootballisallaboutwhatyouknow
#nolucknecessary
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I've had the opposite luck this year, fortunately. I have a winning record despite scoring fewer points than points against and I think I might have the lowest overall points scored in the league at this point. It has definitely been a year for close games though. Out of my last five, win or lose, the spread has been only about 10 points or less. I'd actually have one more win if not for a 2pt loss to Patrick back in week #4.
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I'm doing alright - except Scott is going to get an easy win against me this week. I literally only have 5 players who aren't on a bye. I have no idea how I'm going to cobble together a starting line up.
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I'm doing alright - except Scott is going to get an easy win against me this week. I literally only have 5 players who aren't on a bye. I have no idea how I'm going to cobble together a starting line up.
Well either you jettison guys you don't want to, or accept the loss as it is. Piss poor drafting I say. ;)
I think I'm heading towards Scott's year from last year.
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I knew week ten would be a problem, but Yahoo said I'd be 9-0 going in and it would be okay. :)
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Yeah. Yahoo. Hot tip.
This week's hot tip for me is the following:
Jeremy Hill has averaged 11.25 targets plus carries per game. The NFL average for RB's is 21.08 targets plus carries.
Last week they told me not to play Hill as well. Were Bernard healthy and playing, I'd probably listen. ::) ;)
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Ooh, another precision insight appeared midway through today's games.
Carson Palmer is listed as out for this week but you currently have him in your starting lineup. It is highly recommended you bench him. Consider adding Michael Vick, who is the best projected QB this week that is still available in your league.
Um yeah, my league is really super strict and the commissioner is a total dick, so he won't let us change quarterbacks halfway through the game. ::)
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I have Palmer in another Yahoo league and I got the same notification sent to my phone. It advised me to pick up Nick Foles... ya know the same Nick Foles who is currently out indefinitely with a broken collarbone.
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Y'know what I love about fantasy football? Luck.
This week and last week I put up the second and third highest scores of the week. Averaging 102+ points per week. I love both head to head match-ups.
#fantasyfootballisallaboutwhatyouknow
#nolucknecessary
My average is down around 98 points over the last three weeks, so clearly I under-performed this week and am deserving of the loss, what with the third highest point total.
#Ihatefantasyfootball
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Man, you had me right up until those garbage TDs for Kelvin Benjamin. At least you still have a teeny tiny shot at the playoffs. ;)
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Due apologies Rob. I know how it feels to score that well and still lose.
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The results of this week pretty much lock up the final two playoff spots for Brent and OCB, no?
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The results of this week pretty much lock up the final two playoff spots for Brent and OCB, no?
Looks that way. I got shafted with a 57.21 to 57.53 loss last week, but I guess I was due to lose a close one.
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The results of this week pretty much lock up the final two playoff spots for Brent and OCB, no?
Looks that way. I got shafted with a 57.21 to 57.53 loss last week, but I guess I was due to lose a close one.
Ooh, you put up a whopping 57 points and got shafted? :-*
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Due apologies Rob. I know how it feels to score that well and still lose.
I got shafted!
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Thrilling stuff this week! Cory was 5 points away from taking that last playoff spot.
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I kept watching the point total tick up and up and up and I thought I was done...I guess call this Karma for losing a game by 0.2 points :P
I just read my recap and I'd be 8-3 if I played the GG's schedule and she would be 5-6 #luck
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I just read my recap and I'd be 8-3 if I played the GG's schedule and she would be 5-6 #luck
She's been pretty baffled by the winning streak. She'll be the first to tell you that there's nothing all that amazing about her roster outside of Rodgers...
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Up less than 15 versus Patrick and he still has 3 positions going with Cobb, Crosby, and Packers Defense. Not feeling good about my chances unless Lacy has a big game. Going up against Cobb in another playoff game as well, so here's hoping the TDs favor Lacy and Nelson instead.
Pretty impressive win by Brent this week - 90.97 to 90.60. Does it get any closer than that? Unreal. Kudos to Marin on easily knocking off Scott. Fitting match up and result for Packer fan vs. Viking fan this year. ;D
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Up less than 15 versus Patrick and he still has 3 positions going with Cobb, Crosby, and Packers Defense. Not feeling good about my chances unless Lacy has a big game. Going up against Cobb in another playoff game as well, so here's hoping the TDs favor Lacy and Nelson instead.
Pretty impressive win by Brent this week - 90.97 to 90.60. Does it get any closer than that? Unreal. Kudos to Marin on easily knocking off Scott. Fitting match up and result for Packer fan vs. Viking fan this year. ;D
In spite of my high scoring losses this season, I've had a similarly equal horseshoe in winning three games by a grand total of 2.2 points spread over all three of those wins.
I'm not celebrating just yet in case there is a scoring correction.
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This week certainly was a squeaker, Brent. Winning by .37 points? I'd be surprised if there was a tighter score in the league over the entire season.
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I didn't do myself any favors by having two guys get goose eggs...Harvin and Davis makes tonight close but alas it is over
And I lost to Marin by 0.21 in week 2
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Wow, I figured I was done when I was down 20 points and all of my top scorers were on my bench... thanks Jordy Nelson!
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Thanks for nothing Jordy Nelson!
And also, thanks for nothing Peyton Manning - who for the first time in 51 games didn't throw a TD pass and contributed a whopping 0.17 points.
Such is fantasy football though, so congrats!
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Can't believe I have to face off against Brent again this week. Thanks Yahoosports for not being able to figure out how to correctly work a bracket.
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Holy crap, I'm in the finals! Good luck Brent, although I'm sure you won't need it with the points your team has been racking up lately.
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Holy crap, I'm in the finals! Good luck Brent, although I'm sure you won't need it with the points your team has been racking up lately.
And good luck to you too.
I'm still a firm believer in Luck (hopefully not the guy on your bench this week though) so I really think it's anyone's game.
Aloha from the Big Island all.
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Aloha from the Big Island all.
Nice! I've been to Oahu and Maui which were both fantastic. But I hear the Big Island is amazing. Are you going to go check out that lava flow in Pahoa?
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Aloha from the Big Island all.
Nice! I've been to Oahu and Maui which were both fantastic. But I hear the Big Island is amazing. Are you going to go check out that lava flow in Pahoa?
Likely we will. We saw the flow two years ago when it was going into the ocean so this might be a little less visually exciting but still cool. We were on Maui last week. :)
The Big Island is probably our favourite (haven't been to Kauai yet) because it's so diverse and there's so much to do. The only problem lies in the name - it is very big. Where you can drive around the other islands and never really be that far away from anything here it's heck of a drive to most places. We're currently 2 hours one way from Pahoa largely because the beaches and weather are far better on this part of the island (Waikoloa in the south Kohala district). So if we go see the lava flow we're looking at a really long day but it would be worthwhile.
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No, there aren't any openings. At least not so long as ruiner signs up. Anyone seen his presence in the last little while? 11/12 are signed up. Draft is two weeks hence, August 26th, 8:30 CST.
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Just a reminder that the draft is tonight at 8:30 Central.
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I'm off to a great start this season. ::)
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And now everyone has a win and a loss!
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And now everyone has a win and a loss!
Bah, good game this week Nick. Not going to complain much about my season, but stinks to score 95 points and still lose. >:(
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And now everyone has a win and a loss!
Bah, good game this week Nick. Not going to complain much about my season, but stinks to score 95 points and still lose. >:(
I've got another league where I have the highest scoring team but was 0-4. It was crazy, the points against was insane.
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I had to redeem myself after getting eliminated in the first week of the survival pool.
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I was surprised to get some notifications from Yahoo Fantasy Sports on my phone this morning. Notably, game scoring updates! I didn't know until today that the Jags and the Bills were playing this morning in London. And I was even more surprised to learn that the game is being streamed exclusively on the web by Yahoo! (The Jacksonville and Buffalo tv markets being excepted).
Impressions? The webstream has looked a little dodgy at points. The speed of action in an NFL game in HD combined with streaming video is not a match made in heaven. I've seen lots of artifacting in the video on the web feed. And then the delay? Hooboy! I'm actually working today, and in my job I get access to a lot of live video feeds. I compared the broadcast feed of the game to the webcast, and the webcast is delayed AT LEAST 30 seconds behind the action from the broadcast feed that's going out to all of the NFL partner networks. If I were a Jaguars fan or a Bills fan who doesn't live in those markets, I'd be supremely annoyed that the game feed is delayed by that much.
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I didn't check out the live game, but did notice some updates pushed out for various scoring. It was kind of cool/kind of invasive. I'm assuming you have the ap? I dumped the NFL ap because it was constantly sending me updates throughout games.
Can someone please lay a loss on Rob to get some of the pressure off my back?
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I've got the Yahoo Fantasy Football app. I only get the push notifications for players on my Fantasy teams for scoring updates or injury reports.
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Congrats to the Banthas on winning the season out of the 4th seed. Well done, giant killer.
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And what a wacky season it was. I still don't understand how we had so many teams at .500 so late in the season. Congrats Cory!
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Nice win Cory. Congrats!
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Still drafting tonight?
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Yep.
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Wow, close game Scott. I thought I had a massive lead, but it came down to just a few points after last night. And of course T. Gurley goes off when I finally bench him... ::)
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I was screaming for NE to kick a FG at the end there...good luck to everyone left :)
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2nd highest point total, end up at 7-6, 6th seed and knocked from the first round of playoffs. Now I know how Brent felt a few years ago (although I think he won that year).
Here's hoping for some more close games over the next few weeks!
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For a good laugh check out Yahoo's draft day projections vs what were actually the final standings ::) ::) Their predicted 1-2-3 finished 10-11-12 :)
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For a good laugh check out Yahoo's draft day projections vs what were actually the final standings ::) ::) Their predicted 1-2-3 finished 10-11-12 :)
Hahaha! Computer simulation rankings are the kiss of death.
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Wow, close game Scott. I thought I had a massive lead, but it came down to just a few points after last night. And of course T. Gurley goes off when I finally bench him... ::)
The Fantasy Gods giveth, the Fantasy Gods taketh away...garbage time losses are the absolute worst part of FF
I've seen some really weird **** over 20 years and know many people lost on a Cam Newton kneeldown or Crowder fumble that meant nothing to the game being played at all
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Wow. I just caught the score. Is that a victory by just one yard? Ouch. Maybe a stat correction will come through to save my day. Otherwise congrats and good luck to you Matt!
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff43/jman5544/Misc/Jedi_zpsmith4qi7.jpg)
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Thanks, Justin! Cousins was so horrible in the first half I went to bed in the third quarter thinking I was done for. Wow. Can't believe I pulled that off.
It's been a fun season. Good luck to Brent this weekend.
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Bit late, but congrats to Virex for his win!
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Bit late, but thanks to Diddly for his congrats! ;)
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Bit late, but congrats to Matt for his win!
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Well I'm off to a great start completely forgetting about the draft. ::)
Good luck to everyone!
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I had to autodraft since I've been working ridiculously early hours this week, so don't worry there.
But in other news, the Vikings new stadium looks pretty cool.
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Given my recent history, maybe an autodraft would give my team a boost. Good luck everyone!
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I'm a little puzzled by what Yahoo might be doing with the Tampa Bay and Miami teams/players in terms of statistics. Their game has been postponed due to Hurricane Irma, and will probably be rescheduled for their bye week (both teams had the same bye week). But TB and MIA players are being listed for the week with 0 points, as if they game has already been played. That's kind of messed up for anyone who was planning on starting players from either team.
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I'm a little puzzled by what Yahoo might be doing with the Tampa Bay and Miami teams/players in terms of statistics. Their game has been postponed due to Hurricane Irma, and will probably be rescheduled for their bye week (both teams had the same bye week). But TB and MIA players are being listed for the week with 0 points, as if they game has already been played. That's kind of messed up for anyone who was planning on starting players from either team.
I was curious how this was going to work on all the sites. Might need the commish to do some adjustments. Hopefully people get those players out of their lineups before anything gets locked down.
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Yeah, everyone just needs to update their lineups while they still can. I'm putting all my Bucs on the bench, and I have a lot of them across the 4 leagues I'm in. :(
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I'm a little puzzled by what Yahoo might be doing with the Tampa Bay and Miami teams/players in terms of statistics. Their game has been postponed due to Hurricane Irma, and will probably be rescheduled for their bye week (both teams had the same bye week). But TB and MIA players are being listed for the week with 0 points, as if they game has already been played. That's kind of messed up for anyone who was planning on starting players from either team.
I was curious how this was going to work on all the sites. Might need the commish to do some adjustments. Hopefully people get those players out of their lineups before anything gets locked down.
Yeah. I only noticed because I looked at the matchup view and saw that Brent had 1 Bucs player and 1 Dolphins player who were caught up in this particular kerfuffle. I like to win a fantasy matchup as much as anybody else, but not because two roster slots on my opponents team yield 0 points because a hurricane is causing the game to be cancelled.
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Big thanks to Yahoo for the "make your picks" email reminder, that came 3 hours after the Bears / Packers game started.
That was the easiest point in the league this week, and I totally forgot without the reminder.
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Belated congrats to Patrick for winning the league this year!
I'm still not sure how I managed an 11 game win streak, but luck obviously ran out in the finals against Gurley.
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Congrats on the big win Patrick!
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He doesn't read this forum, but I'll pass it on. :)
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Not that I actually expect the season to make it through completion, but Yahoo football is up.
I'm retiring at this point but I'd be happy to assist in renewing the league and then passing the commissioner role to someone that is acceptable to the group. It's probably the easiest route for it to be set up again. I'd then drop out and there would be an open space for anyone that wants to join.
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Maybe post about it in the League page on Yahoo? I don't know that this site, and particularly this section, has enough traffic that the word would get out.
I'd hate to see the league fold personally. I've been in it since like 2003 or 2004...
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I did that as well just now.
Patrick messaged me that he is not returning and I think Jim may drop out as well, so there may be as many as three new open spots.
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I'm out too, sorry guys. Totally unprepared for the few leagues I'm still in.
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I’m in for continuing. Sorry to see everyone else leave but I understand. It’s taxing to keep up with FF these days
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I'm going to tap out for this year. There's just too many things that need my attention these days.
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Out:
Brent
Nick
Patrick
Justin
Jim
So down to 7 teams as I understand it now and nobody has volunteered to be commissioner as of yet.
I set a draft date but it's going to functionally be a dead draft. Nobody has withdrawn their teams as of yet. If I withdraw, the league goes away, so I'm hamstrung on this.
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yeah I just don't know if anyone's paying attention. You can email the league through Yahoo (or select managers). Maybe that would be the best way to see if anyone wants to take over, and if no one does, just nuke it?
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I know I've only been playing for a short time compared to most of you guys, but just wanted to say thanks, Brent, for being the commish for all these years.
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yeah I just don't know if anyone's paying attention. You can email the league through Yahoo (or select managers). Maybe that would be the best way to see if anyone wants to take over, and if no one does, just nuke it?
I did send out the email via Yahoo to all managers so covered that base. I'll just leave it as is for now in case anyone wants to step up.
As it is, manage your team or not. Delete it from the league on your own if you wish - I'm pretty sure you can leave on your own and don't need me to delete.
@Matt, thanks for the kind words.
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I got notified that my team autodrafted last night despite my not wanting to sit out this year. Whoever is the commissioner, I don't want to just sit on players when I don't intend to play. Can you please remove my team from the league for this season?
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It looks like no one is playing. It's a ghost league. Everyone auto drafted.
Next year maybe I'll try to resurrect it if there's interest, but just ignore it.
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I didn’t auto draft. It was lonely last night.
Corman
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It looks like no one is playing. It's a ghost league. Everyone auto drafted.
Next year maybe I'll try to resurrect it if there's interest, but just ignore it.
LEt me check out my team - maybe I'll still play if my team is awesome and no one else is managing their teams. ;D
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Congrats @Scott for winning what is likely the last season of JD Fantasy Football. Couldn't be a more fitting champion in my mind.
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Congrats Scott.
Brent... are you able to reassign a commissioner? I used to play in 5 leagues and if this one folds, I'm down to 2. Five was too many, but two isn't quite enough for me.
I can try to find us some fresh blood over the course of the year and see if it's salvageable. Seemed like we had 5 or 6 people still playing already even though it wasn't competitive.
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WTF???
I did not do ANYTHING with my team this season. Not a move - I just was not able to focus on FFL this year. So it was a true ghost team. And I came in 2nd???????
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I checked mine once a week and made a few moves, but I missed the draft and my team was pure ****. It was a waste of time.
I'd love to take it over and see if I could get us 8 or 10 dedicated participants for next year though...
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Congrats Scott.
Brent... are you able to reassign a commissioner? I used to play in 5 leagues and if this one folds, I'm down to 2. Five was too many, but two isn't quite enough for me.
I can try to find us some fresh blood over the course of the year and see if it's salvageable. Seemed like we had 5 or 6 people still playing already even though it wasn't competitive.
I am able to assign a new commissioner I think at this point still I think. Would you like me to assign to you?
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Yeah, go for it.
I got a notification for Hockey the other day with a draft in a little over a week. Are you guys all still in for that one?
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Congrats to Scott on the win!
I am definitely interested in staying on if the league continues.
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Cool, well that's two!
Three after I talk Marin into it. I'll see if I can get Patrick back too.
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Yeah, go for it.
I got a notification for Hockey the other day with a draft in a little over a week. Are you guys all still in for that one?
You should be commissioner now. I sure hope so as I no longer have access.
As for hockey I'd guess that the league is a little over 50% active? Not many will show up for the draft is my guess. I'd say I can think of 5-7 people that will be active through the year with pickups/drops/setting their roster. We could use more people in it but interest is low in hockey.
It is showing you as active commissioner now so that's good. As for next year I can be in or out depending on the league needs. If I'm in, I'll likely be minimally active, like this year - auto draft, a few pickups/drops through the season. If you find you have others who are interested and want a fully active league, either boot me or ask and I'll remove the team myself, whatever works to make the league better.
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I haven't tested it out, but I got an email saying I'm the commissioner now. So it should be good.
We've got months until we need to worry about it, but I'll try to get a decent league together.
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I'm game for next season as well, if you'll have me.
Corman
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Totally! I’ll check this thread as a starting point when we get to that point.
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I forgot to say, Congratulations Scott for beating my ghost team in the Final, LOL!
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Congratulations Scott!
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Thanks Boyos...and thanks to Lamar Jackson finally turning it on when it mattered most