Nobody should want to play me right now. With Rashee Rice back and Rachaad White temporarily usable, I am tough to beat.
Sorry I wasn’t tuned in on this discussion last week but figure I’ll make an unhelpful comment now.
I’m a night owl and when I can sleep in, I do. This means I have an unfortunate habit of getting bit in the ass by late scratches. I don’t know that this has cost me many games since my team is perennially terrible, but I’ve absolutely taken unnecessary zeros as a result. I simply never thought to press the issue since it was my mistake. I’m sure I’m not alone on that.
Two thoughts.
- I dislike the fact that this feels like a squeaky wheel situation. Games (or at least tie breakers) have probably been affected by this over the years, maybe even this season, but there’s no way to retroactively apply this to all players.
- This rule does seem non-problematic in its application, and as an occasional victim to the late scratch, odds are good that I will profit from it before too long.
On a separate topic, kind of amazing that me and @RetroVertigo are last and second to last in scoring but have combined for 7 wins.
You’re right that there may have been people who were eligible in the past but never asked for it and that’s somewhat unfair, but I think going forward it’s a solid rule that everyone can be aware of. If I happen to notice it when it happens I’ll point it out.
I’ll point out that we’ve always had a rule that says you can declare a conditional start in the thread BEFORE the games in the event that you’re unable to set your roster before the game. People rarely take advantage of it but we’ve always done it. You can essentially say “if so and so is inactive, I want this player starting in that WR slot instead” and then I’ll make the switch if that player ends up being inactive. That’s just in case someone is unavailable during the window before a game when they won’t be able to set their roster or check injury status. It’s come in handy a few times over the years, but it’s rarely used so people may forget about the option.
After Ellis and Petey beat me by small margins, Hamlet is now 7-1 and in first place. Which is pretty unexpected. And good. I like when teams that aren’t regular contenders have a good year and break into contending.
In fact, midwest, the weakest division for the last few years, has the two highest scorers right now. Great Old Ones is #2 in scoring even though he’s been unlucky in H2H and only turned that into a 4-4 record.
RNATB actually has the third highest score right now and also unluckily that has resulted in a 4-4 record.
But it’s early enough in the season that if they keep up the good performance they can both easily make a playoff run.
I think in Hamlet’s case it’s the reverse. He’s normally good; last year was the aberration. In fact, he won the championship in 2023.
I’ll glad for the win, but being 2-6 is rough.
I really thought I had a chance at contending, but this is starting to feel like a lost season at this point.
Stop talking about my season! As soon as my chances at another championship are talked about, it won’t happen! The Gods of Fantasy Football find ways to punish hubris. So shut up!
I’m rooting for Hamlet to win this year. I think his team can do it. In fact I think it’s unavoidable at this point. His is the team of destiny.
Damn you @SenorBeef!!!
Petey has the third highest score. I’m fourth (but second in points against).
I’m only one game out of the wild card now which is amazing considering I started 1-4, but my remaining schedule is pretty tough.
Well that didn’t take long. The Gods have punished me for my hubris by taking away Travis Hunter to IR. I was really excited to have him for the second half of this year, and, of fucking course, he goes to IR. Right after I trade for him.
Happy now @SenorBeef?
Why would that make me happy? I’m rooting for you to win it all. I think you’re still going to.
Well that’s just mean.
I’m having really bad luck with Thursday night games the last few weeks:
-2.0 Week 7: DEF: Steelers
0.00 Week 8: WR2 Quentin Johnston, WR, LAC
1.40 Week 9: RB2 Ollie Gordon, RB, Mia
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-0.60
I suppose it all evens out, since in week 6 Saquon only put up 7.70 but I got a solid 30.00 out of Skattebo. *sobs*