Not that it matters, but if I had been playing Jerome Harrison in place of Quinton Ganther, I’d be looking at 167.05 points with Devin Thomas, Fred Davis, and Lawrence Tynes still to play. Figures I’d wait until it doesn’t matter to get a good score. … if I hadn’t benched Harrison, that is.
By the way, is Harrison’s 48.8 points the highest fantasy score this year? I can’t remember one any higher although Chris Johnson may have had one. Figures I’d pimp the guy in all my fantasy leagues all year, and not start him when he gets the year’s high score.
I think we agreed to make the rookie draft 12-1, 12-1, 12-1, but I’d have to go back and look to be sure. Drafts typically serpentine in order to balance out the draft, but since we’re using it as a parity mechanism it didn’t seem necesary (or productive) to try to make all draft positions (roughly) equally valuable.
As this season winds down (and I likely lose yet again while scoring above 125, fucking hell!!!), I think we need to decide a few things, some already mentioned:
Draft Order - I think we should go non-serpentine, like the NFL does, and the consolation bracket playoffs should determine draft order for those spots.
Roster Close - I think we should give everyone a week or so to scour the waiver wire after the playoffs end (week 17 in the NFL), and shut down the rosters until next year’s draft on December 31st at midnight (purely for symmetry of the end of the year). Whoever has waiver money left can bid for the guys at the bottom of the 2009 barrell who will rise like cream to the top of 2010 (damn mixed metaphors).
That’s all I got for now. That and a boatload of animosity over most likely losing in the first round of the playoffs.
I agree with the non-snaking draft idea. Since it’s effectively a rookie-only draft (ie., nobody useful will be released back into the player pool) the value of the top picks should be increased.
Hamlet, you also have 4 points from Ryan Longwell that aren’t showing up on StatTracker for reasons I can’t figure out. So it’s not an automatic win for me yet.
I can’t decide which way of losing hurts the most. In one money league, I am 1-14 and dreaming of next year’s draft already. In the other, I limped into the playoffs after injuries decimated my juggernaut, and lost to Peyton Manning & Dallas Clark when I lost DeAngelo in the first quarter of the game and Portis and K. Smith during the season. That hurt alot. But at least I have the injuries excuses. But in the dynasty league, I built a great team and scored a shit load of points, and still lost. It’s painful. Especially losing to someone like you!
Wow, that was a close win for me (Warner’s Brothers).
I will be out of town on Sunday so I can’t make any last minute roster changes. Still, I’m liking Boldin and Breaston against the pathetic Rams. I think Fitz’s time will be limited so that should open up the other receivers. And Drew Brees, against the Bucs, after a loss…
Well, you’re the only one who drafted Eddie Royal, and I am the only one who drafted Jackson. I’m not sure Royal isn’t just going through a sophomore slump, though, or having trouble adjusting to McDaniels’ scheme. He was absolutely dominant at times as a rookie, both with Marshall in the lineup and without.
Plus, I’m not at all confident that Jackson will be able to sustain his current level of production when McNabb hangs up his cleats, though of course he’ll still be one hell of a punt returner, and McNabb might pull a Favre. God knows he’s playing well enough to keep his job for another 5 years.
I’m also a bit worried about The New Old Steve Smith (ie., the NY one). He was absolutely dominant in the first half of the season, and now he’s just decent. In fairness, though, he’s my third wideout after Vincent Jackson and DeSean, so 80 catches for 1,000 yards is not exactly a bad return on investment.
Thank you, thank you. I would like to thank SenorBeef for not drafting DeSean Jackson - my highest-scoring non-quarterback by a mile.
I would also like to thank Matt Schaub for being my quarterback in *all three *SDMB leagues I’m in and not sucking.
Finally, I would like to thank the football gods for not punishing me even though I changed my league blast to “weeeee are the champions” way before the championship game was decided.
And for everyone thinking, “well, there’s always next year”, just remember - they don’t call it a dynasty league for nothing.
Congrats to RNATB. He spent the whole year assuring us that we are all just playing for 2nd Place, and, well, he was right. It’s especially impressive considering that his 1st Rounder, the 2nd pick overall, Michael Turner, did exactly what somepeople warned (871/10 with all of 5 catches on the year, the 28th ranked RB).*
Actually, **RNATB **won it all without any of his players having dominant years. The closest was DeSean Jackson, who heads up a fantastic WR Corps by being the 2nd highest scoring player at his position; the champ also has the 10th, 11th, and 23rd ranked WRs, and the respective ages for this quartet are 23, 24, 26, and 25. Be afraid for the future, everyone else. At every other position, our champ had a bunch of players who were good but not great: the 5th and 13th ranked QBs, 7th and 14th ranked TEs, 4th ranked DEF, and 4th ranked Kicker. At RB, he wasn’t even good: 15th, 22nd, 26th, and 28th. He played good week-to-week matchups, somehow turned Nate Burleson into Jason Witten via trade, and stayed very consistent: average points scored per game in the regular season for the league was 114.57, and **RNATB **failed to best that number only twice in 16 games (including the playoffs). It was a well deserved Championship.
–> Sorry, I know it’s bad form to throw an I-Told-You-So into a congratulatory post, but I couldn’t resist.
Honorable mention goes to hard-luck Hamlet, our highest scoring team. The champ was pretty close behind, but **Hamlet **outscored the 3rd highest scoring team by an average of over 18 points per game. 10 out of 14 regular season opponents put up above average totals against him; he never scored less than 100 points in a week (107.55), one of only two managers to accomplish that feat (Stringer/We Do HGH is the other); from Weeks 5-8 he average 143.1 points, but lost three of four games, by a total of 16.2 points. And after dominating over the last three weeks (164.4 average) just to sneak into the playoffs, his very good game ran into the champ’s *great *game in the first round.
Thanks, Varlos. And I’ll give you the I-told-you-so, but with an asterisk for injury.
I did find it exceedingly odd that running back actually turned out to be the weakest position on my team, although it’s worth noting that two of my three guys were top-10 producers when healthy, and Kevin Smith was a top-flight #3 when healthy.
I was actually most worried about my wideouts after the draft. I’m sure I’m going to regret trading away Brandon Marshall for ever and ever, but I’m also rather excited about the offseason trade possibilities with a TE corps of Owen Daniels, Jason Witten and Jermichael Finley.
