# SDMB Fantasy Football DYNASTY League: Year 17 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [August 7, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819 "2025-08-07T16:49:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**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, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/401 "2025-11-09T17:46:53Z")
I may have screwed myself this week on inattentiveness. I forgot about the Thursday night game until literally 1 minute after kickoff. Denver’s D is the obvious play and I logged into yahoo to switch them in and the game clock was at 15:00 still in the first quarter but the game had officially started. They ended up scoring 18. I’m forced to start the Chargers with a much worse situation. I hope that doesn’t end up being the difference in a loss. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/402 "2025-11-09T19:36:44Z")
I have been Jonathan Stewarted. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/403 "2025-11-10T00:23:25Z")
Things change quickly, but at this moment, in every single matchup the team with the worse record is projected to win. I wonder if that has ever happened before ---
**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 16, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/404 "2025-11-16T19:27:21Z")
I somehow missed that BTJ was out / inactive for today’s game so as per the recently discussed rule I’m going to unstart him from my roster. I’ll have to replace him with someone who has a later game that hasn’t started yet, probably Kendrick Bourne. ---
**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 16, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/405 "2025-11-16T20:47:00Z")
I enjoy owning Josh Allen. Sean Tucker is having the one day a year where he just randomly completely goes off and then scores 2.4 points per game for the rest of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/406 "2025-11-16T21:04:50Z")
Which goes to show how idiotic this stupid game is. Josh Allen was pretty terrible today on the field, but fantastic in fantasy ---
**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 16, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/407 "2025-11-16T22:25:31Z")
I was under the impression that the new “I was sleeping in and didnt notice one of my players was inactive, so I get to retroactively change my lineup” was only for the international Sunday morning games. Am I wrong about that? And, for the record, BJT was inactive last week with the same injury and wad a limited participant listed as questionable all week. This wasn’t a surprise inactive. ---
**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 17, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/408 "2025-11-17T00:37:14Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > In the event that you have someone on your starting roster who is INACTIVE for the game and after the game starts, you can ask for that player to be pulled out of that starting slot. However, the only player you can replace them with is someone who starts in a later game. I will not swap out an inactive player for a player whose game has started. This is the wording of the rule, and me unstarting BTJ qualifies. While the early international games might be a good reason why someone didn’t see a player was inactive, there’s nothing in the rule about that being a requirement. A few days later Justin Bailey requested and was granted an inactive player started in a Sunday afternoon game. And in response to that post that laid out the rule, you said: > [@Hamlet](#): > > Seems like a fair resolution. ---
**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 17, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/409 "2025-11-17T13:33:53Z")
That’s on me. I read the problem post, skimmed the rest, didnt pay really attention, and trusted we’d solve the problem of not waking early enough. I could have paid much more attention. On the plus side, this let me turn off my 45 minutes before games start alarms named “Inactives” on my phone, so there is that. ---
**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 17, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/410 "2025-11-17T19:55:47Z")
So what’s your problem with it now? Just that it was used by your opponent this week? The whole point of the rule was that it removed subjectivity and special circumstances and made it clear. You make it sound like it’s only valid if you personally approve their excuse. It’s an international game early? Okay, you pass. Oh, you just couldn’t make it because you were at work, unavailable, sleeping? Not good enough. You also introduced the idea that it shouldn’t count of the injury was expected. That introduces things that are complicated and subjective to enforce, and why? What harm does it do? Yahoo could easily make it an automated feature that starting an out player automatically sticks them on your bench and it would be a pretty reasonable quality of life feature without much downside. No one would actually want to start an out player in a bench slot. You had the chance to object to it when it was written (very clearly). You had the chance to complain about it when Justin used it a few weeks later for something that didn’t match what you claim you thought it was for (he used it for 1pm eastern games). But now your opponent uses it and suddenly it’s sketchy and you have a problem with it? > [@Hamlet](#): > > On the plus side, this let me turn off my 45 minutes before games start alarms named “Inactives” on my phone, so there is that. You know it’s still better to set your roster, right? Even if you use this system, you can’t use most of the players you would’ve otherwise swapped in if you had checked before the game, you’re limited to only playing players from later games. No one is gaining some sort of competitive edge by doing this. ---
**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 17, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/411 "2025-11-17T23:25:08Z")
Quentin Johnston continues to confound me with another 0.00 points, though at least this time he was targeted three times instead of none so I guess that’s progress. In other news, pressing DJ Moore into service netted me a grim 2.6, meaning I got a grand total of 2.6 out of my flex spots. This makes me sad. He used to be better in Carolina, I feel like. Luckily the rest of my team performed well enough for the win. 20/20 hindsight, I should have started Devin Singletary and Hollywood Brown in my two flex spots for 23.20, but oh well. ---
**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, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/412 "2025-11-19T00:07:13Z")
Around week 4 or 5 I was talking about how polarized the scores and records were but it has actually tightened up significantly since then. 9 players are between 4 and 7 wins. The score gap at the top is relatively small. Teams sorted by score: 1. Re-Peteys 1379 2. Ol Gaffer 1366 3. SenorBeef 1336 4. RNATB 1324 5. Hamlet 1320 6. Ellis Dee 1272 7. Jules Andre 1268 8. Justin Bailey 1258 9. Spiritus Mundi 1239 10. dalej42 1138 11. Omniscient 1135 12. Retrovertigo 1062 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/413 "2025-11-19T14:27:52Z")
I think it’s only a matter of time until we get a season where everyone finishes either 6-8, 7-7, or 8-6. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/414 "2025-11-22T13:35:48Z")
I thought I was eliminated (despite having the fourth highest overall score), but it turns out I can still make the playoffs. I _am_ eliminated from the division because I need to win every game and have Beef and RePete los every game. That can’t happen because they play each other. To take the wild card I would need RP and Jules to lose every remaining game, which is obviously quite unlikely anyway. ---
**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 23, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/415 "2025-11-23T23:32:54Z")
I have to imagine this my lowest score ever in this league though with it being almost two decades only maybe it isn’t. I could barely field a team with all the injuries and byes. I even correctly picked Maye over Allen, who socred 6 points, otherwise my score might’ve been in the 30s. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/416 "2025-11-24T06:25:59Z")
Almost 136 points and nothing to show for it. This season really is cursed. ---
**Author:** ![PeteyPart2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/0ea827/32.png) [@PeteyPart2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeteyPart2)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/417 "2025-11-24T22:20:41Z")
A fussy baby kept me from noticing that Josh Jacobs was ruled out yesterday. I caught it an hour after game started but I didn’t want to cause a stink considering it wasn’t an international game. I’m still winning this week but this mistake may cost me the Petey Memorial Scoring Championship ---
**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 24, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/418 "2025-11-24T22:30:43Z")
That is clearly a valid use case given that just a few days ago we specifically discussed that it has no requirements as to game time of day or anything like that. In fact, it’s still valid – if you want, I will unstart Jacobs from your roster and you can pick up someone for the Monday night game. If people are really struggling with this we could just not do it and scrape the whole rule. ---
**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 24, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/419 "2025-11-24T22:37:34Z")
In fact, let me put it to a vote. I will remind people that this system cannot possibly be used to gain an advantage. It’s just a quality of life thing. It undoes the scenario where people who, for whatever reason, could not or did not remove a player who as out from their starting spot. They can’t swap them with a player who played at the same time, only players who played later, as if they left that starting spot empty in the first place and could only fill it with players who had not yet started. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/419))_ The change would take effect next week. ---
**Author:** ![PeteyPart2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/0ea827/32.png) [@PeteyPart2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeteyPart2)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819/420 "2025-11-25T00:01:03Z")
If it’s being allowed, then please put in Xavier Legette for Jacobs. If not, it’s not that big of a deal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819.md?page=22)