# SDMB FF Dynasty League: Year Six **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 7, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045 "2014-08-07T17:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**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:** [September 29, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/421 "2014-09-29T15:17:22Z")
See. Hamlet didn’t appreciate that when I crushed him. An important game tonight. Varlos has a 6.5 point lead over Isotopes with Gostkowski still to play against Alex Smith and Dwayne Bowe. Isotopes is clearly the favorite, although Alex and Bowe certainly have the chance to be pretty low this year. This game affects the division lead for both the Northeast and Sunbelt divisions - technically Isotopes isn’t out of the division lead with a loss, I catch up to him a full game and he’s only a few points ahead of RNATB for the tiebreaker. I picked up a much needed division win. Hamlet destroyed RNATB, another favorable result for me, and important to Hamlet to not start off 1-3. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/422 "2014-09-29T15:26:01Z")
I still have two players left. I only need Edelman and Vereen to beat their projections by… um, 20 points each. Assuming Jamaal Charles scores zero, that is. I think I’ll go ahead and pin my hopes on Smith/Bowe doing nothing so I retain a share of the division lead, though. I don’t have him in this league by I am fucking pissed at the Ravens for making Bernard Pierce a healthy scratch. I started him as a flex in two leagues. I would have started Jerrick McKinnon instead in one of them had they just made him inactive again. Fuckers. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/423 "2014-09-29T19:21:05Z")
My team might not won a game this season. My two bright spots (Green & Lacy) haven’t lived up to expectation, and Brady (with tonite still to prove me wrong) has seen a decline. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/424 "2014-09-29T20:37:09Z")
It is so nice not to have two starters or more go out with injuries in the first half. ---
**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 30, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/425 "2014-09-30T03:09:33Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Fortunately, thanks to Stringer, it’s moot. I would have lost either way, being down over 42 points with nobody left to play and he still has the NE DEF (which he could theoretically just sit to guarantee a victory if I were only 5 points down). Gah!!! Of course the Patriots DEF scored -6. -6! So if I made all those changes, and Stringer actually started his DEF with me being 5 points behind him, I would have won. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/426 "2014-09-30T12:50:28Z")
I probbbbably would have benched the Pats defense if I had only been up by 5. ---
**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 30, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/427 "2014-09-30T13:23:02Z")
> [@Stringer](#): > > I probbbbably would have benched the Pats defense if I had only been up by 5. In any case, what we learned this week is that if the other team is close behind with nobody left to play, and you have a DEF left to go, _sit that DEF!_ ---
**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:** [September 30, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/428 "2014-09-30T13:30:07Z")
Bah. That always seems like a dirty play to me. It just seems wrong to not field a full team. Anyway, he only told you that to make you cry. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/429 "2014-09-30T13:30:39Z")
Ugh, my once so-promising title defense season is in serious danger. 2-2, a game back in the division, with a Week 5 matchup against \*\*Beef \*\*and his 140 projected points. I badly need at least one of Doug Martin and Zac Stacy to break out and start producing as more than a low-end RB2. (I mean, I’m probably going to have the 2nd or 3rd highest projection every week even if that doesn’t happen, but apparently that’s not good enough.) ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/430 "2014-09-30T13:36:12Z")
I’m very surprised to be leading this league in points scored after 4 weeks. Antonio Brown being the #1 WR in fantasy is certainly helping. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/431 "2014-09-30T13:40:09Z")
I miss Rashad Jennings already. And I regret not trusting my gut and getting more shares of him. Still, it’s nice to have an every-week TE again. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/432 "2014-09-30T14:06:49Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > Ugh, my once so-promising title defense season is in serious danger. 2-2, a game back in the division, with a Week 5 matchup against \*\*Beef \*\*and his 140 projected points. I badly need at least one of Doug Martin and Zac Stacy to break out and start producing as more than a low-end RB2. (I mean, I’m probably going to have the 2nd or 3rd highest projection every week even if that doesn’t happen, but apparently that’s not good enough.) Honestly, I have no business being 3-1. I’m #9 in points and I’ve missed my projected score by at least 20 every week. If my team keeps producing the way they’ve been producing, I’ll be lucky to go 7-7. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/433 "2014-09-30T14:34:16Z")
I’m not entirely sure why it has you in third overall when we have the same record and I have more points - though thanks to this week I have now been outscored by all three teams in my division. Hamlet beat me by _80_+ points this week. Erk. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/434 "2014-09-30T14:47:05Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I’m not entirely sure why it has you in third overall when we have the same record and I have more points - though thanks to this week I have now been outscored by all three teams in my division. I’m a division leader. The wild card slot, even if they have a better record than 3 of the 4 division leaders, will always be fourth overall. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/435 "2014-09-30T15:07:13Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > Ugh, my once so-promising title defense season is in serious danger. 2-2, a game back in the division, with a Week 5 matchup against \*\*Beef \*\*and his 140 projected points. I badly need at least one of Doug Martin and Zac Stacy to break out and start producing as more than a low-end RB2. (I mean, I’m probably going to have the 2nd or 3rd highest projection every week even if that doesn’t happen, but apparently that’s not good enough.) It’s a big week for both of us. But I think my guys are going to get 110%, while your guys are probably going to smoke crack and get stabbed by their baby mamas. Let me ask you something, Varlos. Do you want me to start Trent Richardson? Because on one hand, you might think that will give you the victory. But on the other hand, you could potentially have your season trashed by a team starting Trent Richardson. ---
**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, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/436 "2014-10-01T23:05:23Z")
Well, I dropped Kenbrell Thompkins. So that whole thing was a bust. If I had kept my first round pick this year I’d have had Brandin Cooks, so that was a huge misstep. Yahoo still loves to project my team highly. Varlos has the third highest projection (a point behind the 2nd place) and yet I’m still projected to beat him by 20 points. It’s a little weird since none of my matchups seem particularly great, I’m not sure why projection is unusually high. This is a surprisingly important game for both of us this early in the season, both at 2-2. It may end up being one of those ones where we’re the #1 and #2 scorers in a week, which sucks for the loser. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/437 "2014-10-02T15:49:29Z")
Well, my odds just got a little better, I think. Rarely do you hope for one of your own players to get injured, but I have both Reggie Bush and Joique Bell, and they split Detroit’s fantasy production at RB pretty much 50/50. It’s a good offense, so that means they’re both startable, but it also caps their expectations at about low/mid-level RB2. This week Bell is doing the whole concussion protocol thing, which makes me \*extra \*ghoulish for hoping he’s too dinged up to play Sunday. Bush, Bell, Stacy, Martin, Tate … still waiting for \*one \*of them to exceed expectations and become more than adequate. If that happens I’ll have a pretty bitching team. ---
**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 3, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/438 "2014-10-03T02:09:54Z")
It’s actually a pretty bad first half that Green Bay managed to score 28 points but I’m only at 30 points for Nelson/Rodgers combined. I’m concerned they’ll take their foot off the gas. I should be getting at least 40 out of those two positions, and that would be kind of dissapointing ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/439 "2014-10-03T03:02:50Z")
If not for that one bomb to Nelson, it would be a pretty good game for me. Hopefully Flynn throws a few passes to Cobb in the 4th… ---
**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:** [October 3, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/440 "2014-10-03T03:27:10Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > It’s actually a pretty bad first half that Green Bay managed to score 28 points but I’m only at 30 points for Nelson/Rodgers combined. I’m concerned they’ll take their foot off the gas. I should be getting at least 40 out of those two positions, and that would be kind of dissapointing Waahhh, my QB only threw 3 TD’s and my WR only had one catch (for 66 yards and a TD). First world problems. If I were you, I’d be more worried about Cordarelle Patterson doesn’t seem to have developed into a legit wide receiver. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045.md?page=23)