# SDMB FF Dynasty League: Year Four **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 15, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336 "2012-07-15T20:03:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**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 26, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/581 "2012-11-26T07:55:06Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > Also: Fucking Knowshon Moreno! I picked him (I think) in the 5th Round of our inaugural draft, watched him disappoint for three years, then I finally cut him a few weeks ago after he’d spent almost all of this season as a healthy scratch. Now after one injury he’s _starting?!_ Gah! Fucking tell me about it. After McGahee got hurt, all the Denver coaches could talk about was how Ronnie Hillman was the starter and Lance Ball would be his backup. Then… at like 8 in the morning on a fucking Sunday… they announce that Moreno is the starter. Why? He wasn’t even in uniform over the last two months and now they make him the starter literally hours before kickoff and after days of saying “Hillman is the starter.” And then he rips off 13 points! Which is way more than should-be castoff Brandon LaFell will put up tomorrow. Injuries have killed my team this year and its making me crazy. ---
**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 26, 2012, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/582 "2012-11-26T08:00:32Z")
The other thing is that I’m absolutely terrible at giving up on any of “my” players. I was digging through the free agent pool when both Danario Alexander and Mohammed Sanu were available for $0 and I didn’t grab either one because I didn’t want to drop any of my current players. At least Jacoby Jones was a halfway decent pickup. ---
**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 26, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/583 "2012-11-26T15:13:28Z")
> [@Stringer](#): > > I do want to trade for a non-terrible QB. I have a lovely Christian Ponder available. I don’t think he’s ripe yet, though. ---
**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 26, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/584 "2012-11-26T15:22:50Z")
Ryan Fitzpatrick is also available for a RB or WR (preferably a RB). ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/585 "2012-11-26T17:26:53Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I have a lovely Christian Ponder available. I don’t think he’s ripe yet, though. > [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Ryan Fitzpatrick is also available for a RB or WR (preferably a RB). I already have king of trash heap QBs, Carson Palmer. I have a ton of depth at RB and WR and I really want one of these: Rodgers Stafford Ryan Luck Griffin Brees Brady Trade deadline is Friday and I’m itching to make a move. ---
**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 26, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/586 "2012-11-26T17:28:56Z")
Oh yeah Rodgers is up for grabs. For Mike Tolbert or something. ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/587 "2012-11-26T17:30:01Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Oh yeah Rodgers is up for grabs. For Mike Tolbert or something. After last night I’m not surprised. ---
**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 27, 2012, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/588 "2012-11-27T09:14:16Z")
LaFell! LaFell! LaFell! Sorry **Varlos** , I pretty much had no right to win our matchup, but I’ll certainly take it. So the playoff picture looks like this… **Beef** and his Exploding Pancakes have clinched the Sunbelt division while my Gusterrhoids remain atop the Northeast Corridor with an 8-4 record (3-1 divisional and 1467.91 points). **Furt** ’s Fightin’ Quakers are right behind me with an identical 8-4 record (including 3-1 in-division). I own the points tiebreaker though as furt has 1278.5 points. This puts furt firmly in the wild card slot. At 6-6, **Hamlet** and **Varlos** are the only remaining wild card contenders. **Hamlet** has a slight edge in the points tiebreaker, 1477.54 to 1451.14. ---
**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 27, 2012, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/589 "2012-11-27T09:26:03Z")
Forgot two scenarios: **Hamlet** or **Varlos** have to win out while **furt** or **me** have to lose our final two games for either to stay in it. ---
**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 30, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/590 "2012-11-30T21:33:04Z")
Stringer and I have worked out a trade. I think he’d like it to go through before the start of games Sunday, so he can kick whoever’s ass he is playing this weekend. Oh… Fuck … ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/591 "2012-11-30T22:19:56Z")
Me trading for QBs late in the year is becoming a tradition in this league (Favre, Vick and now Stafford.) I am not crazy at all about helping Hamlet’s team (one of the top 3 teams in this league talentwise, and in my division), but hopefully my bad QB saga is over. My RB depth takes a huge hit, but my title window is probably open for only 2 more years so I gotta go for it when I have the chance. I will miss Jamaal Charles, he’s been on my team since the inaugural draft and he’s one of my favorite players. Gonna be weird seeing him play against me this week. And yeah if **VarlosZ** could push this trade through before Sunday that’d be great! ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/592 "2012-12-01T03:38:00Z")
Will do what I can, assuming no major uproar in the next day or so. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/593 "2012-12-01T18:21:08Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > Will do what I can, assuming no major uproar in the next day or so. I object! It might hurt my playoff chances. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/594 "2012-12-02T04:20:13Z")
I processed the trade manually. I’m thinking next year I’ll just follow Beef’s lead and set trades to simple Commish approval. Potential rules changes to discuss this offseason: – Commish approval of trades instead of voting. – KR/PR touchdowns counting for DEF/ST – Trading of future draft picks. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/595 "2012-12-02T04:25:03Z")
Anyway, if the deal was Stafford for Charles, I guess my offer of Matt Ryan plus other stuff for Ray Rice never had a chance. Man, no one ever wants to give up one big piece for multiple smaller pieces – has one of those trades ever happened in this league? I wonder if there might be an opportunity to sell of superstars like this at a profit, especially for weaker/rebuilding teams. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2012, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/596 "2012-12-02T09:34:04Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > Man, no one ever wants to give up one big piece for multiple smaller pieces – has one of those trades ever happened in this league? It looks like it happened twice: 10/20/10 **furt sends:** RB C.J. Spiller WR Sidney Rice WR Devin Hester **dalej42 sends:** WR Andre Johnson 11/18/12 **Justin Bailey sends:** WR Jabar Gaffney RB Ben Tate QB Christian Ponder **RNATB sends:** WR Vincent Jackson ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/597 "2012-12-02T16:32:03Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > Man, no one ever wants to give up one big piece for multiple smaller pieces – has one of those trades ever happened in this league? I wonder if there might be an opportunity to sell of superstars like this at a profit, especially for weaker/rebuilding teams. Those types of trades are hard to stomach for a team in my position. I wanted to leave my starting lineup as intact as possible while upgrading QB. If I was rebuilding, 5-quarters-for-a-dollar trades are the way to go. ---
**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 2, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/598 "2012-12-02T17:38:23Z")
Not the commish for this league, but since the trade is still pending and I think Varlos intended to make it go through, it would be good to clearly state how you’d change your rosters if it did go through so he can fix it retroactively. ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/599 "2012-12-02T17:40:53Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Not the commish for this league, but since the trade is still pending and I think Varlos intended to make it go through, it would be good to clearly state how you’d change your rosters if it did go through so he can fix it retroactively. Varlos did the lineups manually, everything should be good to go. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336/600 "2012-12-02T17:44:53Z")
I think in the past when I’ve done this, the trade stayed pending after manually putting it through, then effectively evaporated when the review period was over. Should be all good as long as lineups are set for this weekend. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-four/628336.md?page=31)