ILNFL™ Dirty Dozen: 2013 Fantasy Football Thread

http://y.ahoo.it/Tk2YaDvp

Invites are apparently a little different this year. If you have any trouble signing up, let me know.

Exact same settings as last year's league. The live draft will be Thursday August 29th at 9:30pm Eastern/6:30pm Pacific, but it can be changed if someone has immovable plans.

Woop!

Air Coryell, reporting for duty.

i'm in

every year i forget my yahoo password

notre fake dame reporting

8 in, 4 to go

i think i signed up. was my team already created?

anyway, ready to defend my title against any heel

That makes 10. 2 more available!

Full up! Who else is ready to come in 8th out of 12?!

Just me?

i'm in again

thursday aug 29 is still the magic day?

Unless there are any objections

what time?

9:30pm eastern

uh, hey i missed this! any room?

Not unless someone bails. :(

anyone have any interest in setting up and running an auction league?

let me know if this spins to another 12/16; otherwise i guess it's only my money league this year. Maybe that's more healthy?

http://davelozo.tumblr.com/post/56840635948/what-wouldve-happened-in-fantasy-football-leagues

I"m going have to drop out so If anyone wants a spot it's yours

Your move, forks!

yeah plz! what do i have to do?

Just follow the link at the top of the thread iirc

In!

3 weeks from tonight!

Guess I'd better start doing a minimum of research.

CHICAGO—Competitors in Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football league Super Bowl Shuffle expressed concern Thursday about the mental state of league member Evan Reeves, whose choice of team names over the past five years reportedly paints a picture of a man gradually descending into utter madness. “When we first started out a few years back, Evan just called his squad Butkus’ Dick, but his name choices these last few seasons have been increasingly unsettling,” fellow virtual manager Jay Steiner said of Reeves, 29, whose unhinged team names have since included “The Widening Gyre,” “What Does GOD Fear?” and “PLAGUEPLAGUEPLAGUEPL.” “I haven’t seen this guy since college, but judging from his behavior, he appears to be entering into some kind of bizarre state of irreversible derangement, all while actively participating in our friendly 12-team keeper league. It’s pretty disturbing to watch someone plunge into the darkest chasms of lunacy before your very eyes, plus all those Bible passages are really starting to clog up the message board.” As further evidence of Reeves’ ongoing slide into full-blown psychosis, Steiner noted that this year the deeply disturbed individual drafted Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco in the first round.

ONE WEEK, FOOLS!

I'm looking at the way this league is set up. Last year, under this scoring system, 22 of the top 25 players in total points were quarterbacks, including such luminaries as Christian Ponder and Ryan Fitzpatrick. This seems weird to me?

that's actually fairly normal (eg even in standard leagues last year drew brees was the top scorer). here their value is only going to be amplified. the cw generally is that the gap between the top tier qb's and the median fantasy starter isn't as significant as it is w/ rb's ie. much larger difference in points between a rb drafted in first round vs fifth round than w/ qb's (this may not really be true. esp the way our league is set up.). for example wait til fifth or sixth round to grab yr starting qb using espn's average draft position and you're getting matthew stafford or russell wilson. it's plausible you can win yr league w/ those guys as yr starting qb. wait til the fifth or sixth round to draft a rb and you're picking from lamar miller or ryan matthews. good luck w/ that. it's comparable to how when rookie salaries really got ridiculous it became a factor in qb's going number one cuz it's the position it's most easy to justify spending that much money on. our league is somewhat different and you can win waiting to the third or fourth (which is plausibly the latest you'd wait if you filled out all of yr other offensive starting slots first, so you'd get reggie bush or darren mcfadden as yr #1 instead of lamar miller), esp if you get lucky and someone always gets lucky w/ running back. i've never done a two qb league where you start two qb's and i hear that drafting strategy cw is the same or whatever but i've always thought if i was in a league like that and draft position made it possible (so i'm drafting mid to late first round i guess) i'd take two of the top qbs.

As a comparison, in ESPN scoring 9 of 25 top players were not quarterbacks:

http://tinyurl.com/nvme3bx

I dunno it just seems a little imbalanced to me.

Our league has not always had the same setup. I'm not saying we should change it, just thought it might be worth discussing.

i've never been totally clear on whether our setup actually makes qb's worth more since it's not like it does anything to increase scarcity. i know there's been drafts when i drafted whatever #3 rb i was "supposed" to and then someone snatch aaron rodgers and i was like 'goddamnit i KNEW it'.

The scoring has remained exactly the same for the last two or three seasons iirc. I've just forwarded the previous year's settings.

The draft isn't until Thursday night. If you guys can think of specific positions/situations you'd like scored differently, I've got time to change things.

i feel like after a few years of tweaks we've got to a scoring system that people have been pretty happy with. but all suggestions are worth considering imo.

on the specific issue of QBs seem to be overvalued in our system, i personally do not have a philosophical objection to that. this is your 2013 nfl after all.

True enough.

t-minus three hours...

I drafted in my other league last night, and wound up with the #1 pick for the first time ever. I took AP, obvs. But that's a situation I've never had to deal with before, and I probably did it wrong after #1.

this is a good warm up for my money draft and i am going in with no real research

ditto

Who else thought it was 6:30 Eastern Time and now needs to find a way to kill three hours?

Ole Miss/Vandy kicks off soon.

lol i'm watching Bowling Green v Tulsa

computers drafting for me tho

gotta give u mugs a chance

yahoo... stahhhp.... what r u doing???

http://i.imgur.com/y9P6UhR.png

http://i.imgur.com/c8BJXOD.png

This is the worst thing that's ever happened online.

I actually like it, but I get the complaints.

i like it?

Well sure, blue font on a black background, what's not to like?

I mean, we're talking about a 15-year dominance by Yahoo over those has-been sports sites ESPN and CBS. Obviously they could make it more dominant by making it look like the menu of XBox Online, another amazingly praised source of aesthetic computer design.

http://i.imgur.com/5UwnW1g.png

what the fuck is that? black on white? a clean design? a simple avatar? they were doing so well and now that.

I trust that you all are using this preference.

http://i.imgur.com/Y4ZSYNe.png

how do i make the chat log bigger than a fuckin sliver

wait, forgot something.

http://i.imgur.com/SBXIe7l.jpg

now it's something everyone can enjoy. TOUCHDOWN YAHOO.

man i just loved that snickers.

i mean the draft.

why isnt there a draft report card in our league

i think i did ok considering i picked last.

last is fine you get 2 picks in the first 13. it's the middle of the round you want to avoid imo

wtf is Brandon's Big Board

166 projected points scored week one and I don't get the best draft award? Suck my dick.

The report card will show up in your email shortly iirc from last night (another Yahoo! league).

(´・ｪ・｀) Draft Report Card

Powered by Automated Insights Led by a Terrific Group of RBs, (´・ｪ・｀) Threatens as a Legitimate Title Contender

Draft Grade: A

last is fine you get 2 picks in the first 13. it's the middle of the round you want to avoid imo

― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, August 29, 2013 11:00 PM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark

i used to think that, but not anymore. imo you wanna be as high as you can so you can get the best poss player in the first. picking in the middle means you get your 2nd dude not long after the last dude gets his, plus you're not waiting a million years between picks

I got a D+. I felt during the whole draft like I was drafting a D+ team, so that's fair I suppose.

Don't forget to sign up for this shit: ILNFL™ 2013 Survival League/Pick'em League thread

C-
yahoo's computer is upset that i didn't draft a complete starting lineup. despite my starting RBs and QB being in my "top 5 picks" it suggests i pick up danny woodhead and ej manuel to improve these weak areas. i do apparently have the "top trio of WRs in the league" although the real highlight of my team, i am assured, is the NE defense.

my report card said i ended up with one of the best receiving corps in the league but later indicated that my WRs were an "especially weak unit."

got a B

i got a b and it informed me that i should have a snickers

A

Rest on your laurels, assured of smooth sailing and championship banners ahead. But don't take our word for it -- read the full analysis by clicking the link below. And no matter your grade, remember: "That's why they play the game." Good luck!

At this point, my goal is a .500 season.

there were some very random defensive players way too high in my preset rankings

Peyty with 60+ points. Nice.

not for me!

lolz, in my other league I started the Ravens at D

i have peyty, d. thomas, and j. thomas.

i sat j. thomas. :(

woo! my D+ team just scored the most points this week.

Probably won't happen again, so let me have this!

up by .11 with two minutes to go

yea i thought harris got a 1/2 tackle that last run stop tbqh

yea i saw it but i think it was credited! there could be a recount on the final score tho, adding or subtracting random tackles

^this

i thnk lance briggs lost a sack?

whoa, i just noticed it changed. the recap still has me winning lol

Smooth Moves by Saints are gay turds
Smooth Moves by Saints are gay turds
Smooth Moves by Saints are gay turds

lolz I started the Raiders defense

Thank you Saints are gay turds for playing two players on byes and letting me squeak out a one-point win.

playofffffs

Aaron Hernandez is rostered in 1% of Yahoo leagues

I tried to flood waivers with my whole team for those still playing, but it wasn't allowed. Sorry.

yeah please don't do that

lol i started ace sanders <3

still will prob lose by ~40, tho hope peyton freezes dead, bury him under a papa johns location pls

tony romo and dez bryant and cj spiller can suck it. julio jones too, but it's not really his fault i guess.

Semifinals

We Shall Be LeVeon (1)
Saints are gay turds (5)
Defeating Mr. Snrub's top ranked, highest scoring team will be a challenge, but Hungry4Ass is hungry4 an upset!

Austinland (3)
Defending Champions (2)
Defending Champions (Brownie) scored a league-high 190.99 points last week. Soon to be the Defending Defending Champions? My team has been pretty lucky this season, with the least Points Against. Don't think that'll happen this week.

I was dead in this league a long time ago, but I'm #2 in my other one. With Gronk's injury, I can either go with Martellus Bennett (my te #2) or try to pick up Jordan Cameron or Charles Clay from freeagency. Recommendations?

browns have no running game so Cameron may be a smart play - Campbell runs hot and cold tho at QB. I have two browns (Gordon and Cameron) and two Cardinals (Floyd and Fitz) as my receivers so structurally I am suspect. I may have reach into my bag of tricks to pull out this semifinal win.

bennett's been pretty useless w/ mccown

just you and me, snrub

dammit

i got snrubbed. :(

commiserations poly. congrats snrub, wherever you are

good work, snrub! you owned this whole season.

just taking a moment to LOL at my first seven draft picks:

cj spiller
dez bryant
julio jones
tony romo
montee ball
rob gronkowski
kenbrell thompkins

http://www.videoraiders.net/site/wp-includes/images/smilies/suicide.gif

WEEEEEE SHALLLLL BEEEEEE LEEEVEONNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My fantasy team started 7-1, losing it's one game by 3 points then in succession I lost Reggie Wayne, Roddy White and Aaron Rodgers.

I finished 7-6.