# SDMB Big League Fantasy Football 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 1, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571 "2017-08-01T12:34:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/101 "2017-11-01T16:37:29Z")
Anyone have an RB for Dak? ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/102 "2017-11-02T21:43:28Z")
I don’t think Dak is on the trading block anymore, Deshaun Watson hurt his knee today ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/103 "2017-11-02T23:28:26Z")
> [@motu](#): > > I don’t think Dak is on the trading block anymore, Deshaun Watson hurt his knee today Now that you mention it… ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/104 "2017-11-05T17:27:02Z")
I deviated slightly from my rules for managing absentee Varlos’ roster. CJ Procise is technically the highest rated player for his flex spot, but yahoo says he’s unlikely to play, and with just a point of projected difference, I’ll start Tavon Austin who is playing for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/105 "2017-11-09T18:27:54Z")
_cough_ I just thought it was David Johnson, the Pittsburgh TE’s time to shine _cough_ I totally didn’t think I was getting the good David Johnson _cough_ ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/106 "2017-11-09T19:06:08Z")
So after my 0-5 start, I’ve won 4 in a row. But I have like 5 players on bye this week, there’s no way I can field a team. But if I could win out, I’d have a good shot of hitting the playoffs after a 0-5 start. So it hurts to give up a week. But I just don’t see how I can possibly drop 3 players to field a full team in this league - what I’d get would be scraps and I’d have to lose startable players. So I guess I have to punt this one. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/107 "2017-11-10T18:42:06Z")
Trade: Inglewood Chargers sends Allen Hurns Terrence Williams Exploding Pancakes sends LaGarette Blunt DeShone Kizer He has no QB and so Kizer is a big upgrade over nothing. I get some startable players this week and probably a minor upgrade at W/R/T most weeks. I’m going to push it through today since part of the deal was me getting starters for this week. Wish I’d have made the trade sooner - could’ve started Hurns over JJ Nelson. Ah well. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/108 "2017-11-13T01:15:22Z")
Save me, Vance Joseph - You’re my only hope! ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/109 "2017-11-14T17:54:17Z")
After starting 1-7 and I have now one 2 straight. I’m all but mathematically eliminated from the playoffs so It looks like I get to try and be a spoiler the next three weeks. My trade for Dion Lewis clearly worked out as he carried me to a win despite three of my players combining for 1.56 points. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/110 "2017-11-14T19:11:34Z")
Well I’m in first but I was being carried by Zeke who won’t be back until the Finals. As Satchel Paige said, “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.” ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/111 "2017-11-28T18:46:17Z")
Well, I had a weird 3 weeks. First, I win with 66 points. Then, I play the guy in 19th, and lose with 115 points. Finally, I play the guy in 18th, and on Sunday night, I have 127 points with two guys to go, and have a serious chance to lose. Thankfully I pull that off and I think I’m guarenteed playoffs now\*. \*Not mathmatically, but realistically. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/112 "2017-11-29T04:50:10Z")
I managed to get to 6-6 after starting this year 0-5, which is pretty remarkable I think given that my team didn’t even improve substantially. I have a shot at a winning record after that awful start which is kind of amazing. Outside shot at the playoffs. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/113 "2017-11-29T10:25:16Z")
I can’t remember the last time I was in the playoffs in this league. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/114 "2017-12-05T16:27:38Z")
You have never seen this before and will never see this again… Regular Season 1st Place - **Court Jesters** 🆒 Now to avoid being knocked out in the first playoff game. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/115 "2017-12-05T17:54:32Z")
Finished in 3rd, far and away my best finish in this league. Back in week 10, going into Monday night, I was up by 5 with just my DEF left to play (Miami - actually a bye week fill-in for my regular PIT defense). Meant to bench them before the Monday night game, but never got around to it. Then Miami puts a negative 11 score up, costing me the win. Changing that result would have had me finishing first. Ah well, hopefully my team will keep up its high scoring pace in the playoffs. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/116 "2017-12-05T18:08:23Z")
2012 - 7th 2013 - 9th 2014 - 4th 2015 - 5th 2016 - 7th 2017 - 19th Woof. My only condolence is that I that I had the 2nd most points against me. Better luck next year. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/117 "2017-12-05T18:39:29Z")
I ended up 17th. I started pretty well, and finished OK, but there was a big section in the middle where the season fell apart. I lost a couple of close ones, and then in one week I lost Aaron Rodgers for the season, and had my only decent running back benched for a week for violating team rules. Looking over the total results and the playoff teams, the final results fairly decently reflect overall performance. There are a couple of places where good fortune has smiled on some folks, and other places where one or two people were screwed by an unfortunate set of match-ups. Perhaps the unluckiest team, in terms of overall results, was **Frosted Lightning**. He scored the 8th-highest points total of the season, but had far and away the most points scored against him. He had 1429 points against, or about 110 points per game. The next-highest points total against was 1345. By contrast, **No Use for a Name II** got a bit lucky in his matchups. His points total, at 1097, was the third-lowest in the league, but he came up against teams that only managed a total of 1025 points against him, the lowest in the league by about 40 points. On average, **Frosted Lightning** lost his games 95.18 - 109.95, while **No Use for a Name II** won his games 84.38 - 78.86. **Court Jesters** is an interesting case, because he scored well enough to deserve to be at or near the top. His total of 1370 points put him third overall in points scored, but he also got some help from the matchups, and his 1097 points against was the third-lowest in the league. That was probably a factor in his first-place finish. One thing i’m always interested in, but didn’t check because i don’t have that sort of time right now, is how often people lost (or won) games based on lineup choices. My own lineup had a pretty weak bench, and a reasonably strong set of top players, so in most weeks i didn’t have too many agonizing choices to make about who to start. In a couple of games, i could have added a few points with a better lineup selection, but i don’t think my choices ever actually cost me a significant number of points, and they never cost me a win. Of course, in a big league like ours, where most people’s benches are pretty thin, lineup choices are less of a factor. I used to play in some 12-man leagues where i was benching guys who i would give my right arm for in our league. That actually sometimes makes things harder, because you agonize of whether to sit this RB2, or that WR2, and then one of the guys you bench goes out an has a career day for 24 points. I know that happened to the **Exploding Pancakes** the week i played them. Blake Bortles went to London and had himself a merry old time, but he was sitting on **SenorBeef** ’s bench. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/118 "2017-12-07T16:50:58Z")
We have our playoffs. 1. Court Jesters (d\_odds) vs 8. poopiusdickimus 2. Overly Sentimental vs 7. No Use A for A Name II (Retrovertigo) 3. Fourth and Nineteen (Wilson) vs 4. Team Anonymous (motu) Here are the end of regular season ranks sorted by points scored. Actual rank in paranthesis, playoff teams in bold. **1. (3) Fourth and Nineteen (Wilson) 1438** **2. (5) Dented Pixels (Pixel Dent) 1403** **3. (1) Court Jesters (d\_odds) 1370** **4. (6) Up By Three (Taber) 1314** **5. (4) Team Anonymous (motu) 1303** **6. (2) Overly Sentimental 1284** 7. (11) Garcon’s Cedilla 1239 8. (14) Frosted Lightning (Frosted Glass) 1236 9. (15) Nine Inch Neils (RNATB) 1231 **10. (8) poopiusdickimus 1218** 11. (9) Exploding Pancakes (SenorBeef) 1199 12. (10) Not Sure (brickbacon) 1189 13. (12) Bloom County Bills (It’s Not Rocket Surgery!) 1162 14. (19) Rough and Tumblrs (Enalzi) 1152 15. (16) The Str8Dope My Foot (Covfefe) 1140 16. (17) Inglewood Chargers (mhendo) 1113 17. (13) Red Hochuli Peppers (Darth Sensitive) 1106 **18. (7) No Use For A Name II (Retrovertigo) 1097** 19. (20) VarlosZ 1094 20. (18) Mundi Madness (Spiritus Mundi) 1056 ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/119 "2017-12-10T11:03:26Z")
Does anyone know why we don’t have a consolation bowl? It seems like we should. As far as I know there’s no seperate setting for it, it just happens automatically. Or it should. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/120 "2017-12-10T21:19:34Z")
And a disastrous showing in the early games has all but ended my season, unless Jimmy Graham can come up with 5 TDs or something else ridiculous like that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571.md?page=7)