# SDMB Fantasy Football DYNASTY League: Year Seven **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 28, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425 "2015-07-28T22:42:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/541 "2015-11-29T20:21:17Z")
Would there be any interest in extending the trade deadline for a week? I don’t have anything in the works myself, but I still have a couple things in theory that I’d like to tweak (such as getting a good defense for the playoffs), and of course even teams that are totally out of it have good reason to make trades in our league. OTOH, how late is too late? Certainly no trades after the end of the regular season. Does it make sense to push it right up to the start of Week 14? Somehow that feels a little iffy to me, but I guess rationally there’s not much difference between that and the start of Week 13 or even Week 12 (which is our actual deadline as it stands). ---
**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, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/542 "2015-11-29T20:25:29Z")
Late trade deadline is fine with me. I don’t think you can extend it in yahoo, but you can manually execute trades. ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/543 "2015-11-29T20:25:56Z")
Fine with me. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/544 "2015-11-29T20:36:01Z")
Fine with me too, I’m fine with no trade deadline. ---
**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 29, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/545 "2015-11-29T21:26:22Z")
Yagi never saw the point of a deadline in a dynasty league. ---
**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 29, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/546 "2015-11-29T23:33:31Z")
My team mailed it in for a second straight week. Looks like I’ll be backing into the playoffs. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/547 "2015-11-30T00:43:43Z")
Ugh, I was looking good, but the Giants’ abortive comeback screwed me a little; also out-thought myself by playing Atlanta’s DEF instead of Carolina’s, because of matchups. Now I need Gostkowski to outscore Crockett Gilmore (Baltimore’s TE, apparently) by at least 1.1 points. Probably that’s about a 50/50 proposition. (By the way, I still don’t think we should use Kickers, but, since we do, it’s really nice to have Gostkowski. He’s won me at least a couple games.) ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/548 "2015-11-30T00:47:52Z")
I’ll wait to see if anyone else chimes in, but there’s a good chance we’ll extend the trade deadline if people don’t object. The question would be till when: Next Sunday (Week 13)? The start of Week 14 (Thursday night)? The last Sunday of the Regular season? I don’t think it’s kosher to have trades after the end of the regular season, though I couldn’t say exactly why I feel that way. ---
**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 30, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/549 "2015-11-30T01:43:48Z")
My season might get the nail in the coffin by a 35 point day by Doug Baldwin. As far as the deadline, I have no preference, but before the start of Thursday games on Week 14, or maybe Sunday games, seems like a decent cutoff. ---
**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 30, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/550 "2015-11-30T02:09:10Z")
No opinion on the trade deadline. Anything is fine by me. ---
**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 30, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/551 "2015-11-30T02:15:34Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > Now I need Gostkowski to outscore Crockett Gilmore (Baltimore’s TE, apparently) by at least 1.1 points. I picked up Gilmore off the waiver wire after week 2 for $20. The Ravens drafted him in the 3rd round last year, and after a middling week 1 he caught 5 balls for 88 yards and 2 TDs in week 2. He’s cooled off a bit, but over the last three weeks he’s caught 11 for 151 with 2 TDs. I’m really hoping he develops into a legit #1 TE for me. ---
**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 30, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/552 "2015-11-30T13:49:43Z")
I have many tight ends to trade in case he doesn’t. Ben Watson is available for a draft pick. ---
**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 30, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/553 "2015-11-30T22:17:40Z")
I need Travis Benjamin to outscore the Cleveland defense by 6 points or my season is over. Yahoo projects that to be the case, but I don’t think it will be. I actually think the Cleveland defense will surprise tonight and keep Baltimore down to around 13 points with a few turnovers, and Benjamin isn’t especially likely to have a big game with McCown playing. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/554 "2015-11-30T22:57:14Z")
Well, I sure hope you’re right about Cleveleand’s D, that would make it harder for Gilmore to get the 40 yards or so that \*\*Ellis \*\*needs from him to beat me. Shit, just saying it out loud makes me think I’ve got like no shot. In fact, what the hell, Yahoo? The projections think Gilmore will score 5.94 points tonight (whereas 5.97 beats me), and that \*\*Ellis \*\*and I are therefore exactly 50/50 to win. But that’s nuts, because Gilmore has exceed 7.8 points each of the last four weeks, and he’s \*averaging \*9.6 point per week on the season. Cleveland’s defense is statistically below average, and they’re middle of the pack against TEs. Serious question: what in Yahoo’s projection algorithm would cause him to be pegged so low? They have him down for 2.8 rec. on 4.4 targets, for 30.2 yards and 0.3 TDs. His actual averages are 3.6/5.3, for 48.1/0.5. At this point in the season they should need a decent reason to project him so far below his averages. The only thing I can think of is that they’re still weighting his preseason projection pretty heavily (they projected him as the 26th TE, he’s actually been 10th on a per-game basis). Which, yeah, you want to account for regression to the mean, but that shouldn’t be a real strong force for a guy in his second year overall and first as a starter – he has no established mean to regress towards. Ok, I’ve now spent entirely too much time thinking about this. tl;dr: I thik there’s like a 90% chance I’m screwed this week. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/555 "2015-12-01T02:49:31Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > Serious question: what in Yahoo’s projection algorithm would cause him to be pegged so low? Ah, Joe Flacco is out and the wonder that is late career Matt Schaub is starting for the Ravens – somehow I missed that. It would be a legitimate reason to lower Gilmore’s projection. Duh. ---
**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 1, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/556 "2015-12-01T04:21:21Z")
I’M STILL IN IT SONS! Last 2 minutes of the last game. Unless Cleveland scores another defensive TD… ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/557 "2015-12-01T04:24:00Z")
Your Browns just fucked me by scoring so quickly. Now comes Baltimore’s 2 minute drive that will get Gilmore the 2.5 point he needs. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/558 "2015-12-01T04:29:20Z")
Oh, but on the other hand, I’d like it if you win your game, since I have dale’s 2nd Round pick, and right now it’s slated to be the 14th overall. Please let this not go into OT. … Damnit, Beef, your boys are killing me. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/559 "2015-12-01T04:38:09Z")
Uh, ok, that’ll do for my purposes. Really shitty way to end the game for a Browns fan, though. ---
**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 1, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425/560 "2015-12-01T04:51:48Z")
Eh, I don’t mind it so much. It gives me a sense of “we could’ve swept you this year except for a flukey play” while still maintaining draft status. If the Browns were 6-6, I’d be kicking myself in the face though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-seven/726425.md?page=29)