# SDMB Fantasy Football Auction League **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 13, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836 "2008-08-13T13:05:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/101 "2008-09-28T18:37:48Z")
> [@Kiros](#): > > Ellis, it will warm your heart to hear that in an actual League For Money this week, due to injuries, byes, and the luck of who was available… I am starting Favre, Cotchery, Stuckey, Jones, and the NYJ defense this week. For real. > > And I hate the Jets. Too bad you didn’t have Coles. With the Giants on a bye, I am all Jets this week. Favre, Cotchery, Coles, Jones, Washington, Keller, (Open Spot), Feely, and New York. Looks like I might actually win my matchup, which just adds insult to injury for the $44 Cooley guy. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/102 "2008-09-29T21:44:54Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > Matt Ryan vs. Kyle Orton… truly this is a matchup of titans. Damn Kyle Orton’s black hearted soul. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/103 "2008-09-30T03:07:42Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Too bad you didn’t have Coles. > > With the Giants on a bye, I am all Jets this week. Favre, Cotchery, Coles, Jones, Washington, Keller, (Open Spot), Feely, and New York. > > Looks like I might actually win my matchup, which just adds insult to injury for the $44 Cooley guy. Which would be me. Yes, that was embarrassing - but not as much as my other league, in which I made 2 substitutions from last week’s game (benching Stephen Jackson and Chris Johnson), turning a victory into a 33-point loss. At least in our league here, I would have lost no matter who I started. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/104 "2008-10-01T03:10:01Z")
I have an issue with resolving the waivers this week. There’s an issue with Robert Meachem I need to resolve. He won’t be awarded yet but he’s not a free agent. The issue is this, here’s the waiver claim list this week: 3 auction ryle ortman: TJ duckett, mcalister 6 auction spiritus: mcalister, mcclain 10 auction overly sentimental: mcalister, meachem 12 auction beef: meachem I can’t remember for sure how we agreed to do it. Omni with waiver 3 gets Duckett, Spiritus with 6 gets McAlister - now Overly Sentimental with priority 10 picks before me, but his first pick was McAlister. Do I skip his McAlister pick because he’s already gone, and award him Meachem here? Or do we process it as all first claims are processed, then all second claims are processed, etc.? I’m reasonably sure the latter is how we’ve done it in the past, but I’m not positive and I don’t want to award myself a player without being confident. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/105 "2008-10-01T03:50:15Z")
All first choices are awarded, then waiver priority is reset, then all second choices are awarded, etc. That’s why we have to list waiver claims in order of preference. Unless I’ve misunderstood the situation, you should get Meachem. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/106 "2008-10-01T04:54:16Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > All first choices are awarded, then waiver priority is reset, then all second choices are awarded, etc. That’s why we have to list waiver claims in order of preference. Unless I’ve misunderstood the situation, you should get Meachem. This is not how I do it in the keeper league, which is the system this one is based on. He is higher priority than you, which means it stands to reason that he should get preference over you. Conceptually, when a player is awarded, he disappears from everyone else’s wish list and everything is refigured from there. To put it another way, because McAllister is gone, Meachem _is_ his first choice. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/107 "2008-10-01T06:15:35Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > This is not how I do it in the keeper league, which is the system this one is based on. > > He is higher priority than you, which means it stands to reason that he should get preference over you. > > Conceptually, when a player is awarded, he disappears from everyone else’s wish list and everything is refigured from there. To put it another way, because McAllister is gone, Meachem _is_ his first choice. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/108 "2008-10-01T08:06:00Z")
Oh, right. I missed the fact that Overly Sentimental missed out on McAllister. Yeah, Meachem is his first choice. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/109 "2008-10-05T16:50:15Z")
Is a one armed Carson Palmer better than Kyle Orton? And does a one legged Westbrook get the most carries? Gah… ---
**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:** [October 5, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/110 "2008-10-05T17:24:48Z")
Standard yahoo D/ST scoring doesn’t include return TDs? In the all pro league, I was credited with Philly’s return TD, but not in the auction league. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/111 "2008-10-05T18:03:21Z")
Correct, in standard Yahoo scoring you only get the return TD if you’re starting that player individually. As a DeSean Jackson owner going against the Philly D in my big money league this week, that is fine with me. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/112 "2008-10-26T16:34:43Z")
Mundi, fix your roster. I don’t want to beat a team that’s half absent. Also needing adjustment: RNATB (Matt Jones). It’s kinda funny that the guy we were all worried would screw up our draft with random odd behavior is now kicking all our asses. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/113 "2008-10-28T04:10:55Z")
Thank you COoley High for starting a defense. SD’s -2 points was my margin of victory. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/114 "2008-10-28T13:41:45Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > Thank you COoley High for starting a defense. SD’s -2 points was my margin of victory. Plus that rushing TD by Peyton in the last minute of Monday Night Football… I can see getting beaten by Manning tossing a TD, but by his legs? Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/115 "2008-10-28T13:45:17Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Also needing adjustment: RNATB (Matt Jones). _Au contraire, mon ami_, to the tune of 117 yards and a touchdown. His suspension will be delayed because he appealed. 🆒 ---
**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 19, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/116 "2008-11-19T04:18:14Z")
I just now noticed that we have a 4 player playoff setup. Did we ever discuss the issue? I had assumed that the default for a 12 man league was 6 players but I hadn’t given it any thought. Should we debate changing it at this point? I’m not bringing this up because I’m in 4th, but because I was always under the impression we’d have a 6 man playoff. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/117 "2008-11-19T06:04:11Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > I just now noticed that we have a 4 player playoff setup. Did we ever discuss the issue? I had assumed that the default for a 12 man league was 6 players but I hadn’t given it any thought. > > Should we debate changing it at this point? I’m not bringing this up because I’m in 4th, but because I was always under the impression we’d have a 6 man playoff. I don’t have a strong opinion either way. I’m just shocked that my team is doing this terribly. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/118 "2008-11-19T07:17:00Z")
Either way works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/119 "2008-11-19T14:27:02Z")
I really haven’t been paying much attention. Anyone know who is winning the league? Anyone? As to playoffs, as long as we don’t play week 17, I’m flexible. I don’t think we talked about it, so either is good for me. If forced to vote, I’d go with the 6 team playoffs with byes for the #1 and #2 seeds and 3 weeks of playoffs. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836/120 "2008-11-19T14:38:32Z")
I’ve never been in a Yahoo league that didn’t have the same structure: 4 playoff teams and four teams in the consolation bracket. I don’t have a strong opinion, and it doesn’t matter at all to my cellar-dwelling team, but if forced to vote I’d go with 4 playoff teams. Having three rounds of playoffs adds an extra element of randomness to the final results, and increases the number of weeks with a lot of owners sitting on the sidelines. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/459836.md?page=7)