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Just joined.
I tweaked the rosters and rules a bit to add .5 PPR for WRs and RBs and 1 PPR for TEs. These values are obviously negotiable and something we will chat about over the next week or so. The idea of these settings in addition to the superflex is to make QBs and TEs much more valuable than the afterthought they tend to be in standard scoring leagues.
For now, the rosters are set to:
1QB
1RB
1WR
1TE
1SFLEX
4FLEX
1LB
1DL
1DB
1DFLEX
35 players total (may push that to forty).
Haven't set up IR spots yet, as we need to discuss if we'll be doing a taxi squad. If so, that takes the place of IR and we won't be allowed to use IR for injured players (unless, of course, they are taxi-eligible). If not, we'll probably just have two standard IR slots.
Those 4 flex slots.
Are they WR/RB or WR/RB/TE
Right now they are WR/RB/TE and the SFLEX is QB/WR/RB/TE.
Even with the TE premium, though, I doubt it makes much of a difference seeing as there is a massive drop-off after the top few TEs in fantasy scoring. Even the full PPR won't make a mid-tier TE more valuable than a WR2.
But this does add a point to trying to add multiple elite TE's over WR's.
I'll make an account and join soon, sorry. In the process of moving and haven't had any spare time.
I'm in.
One question I have - I've never played in a league where you draft individual defensive players as opposed to a team. I'm not opposed to it, I'd actually think it'd be kind of cool, but how valuable are defensive players?
Is an elite defender like Khalil Mack as valuable as an elite offensive producer like Julio Jones? How does the scoring work?
I'm in.
One question I have - I've never played in a league where you draft individual defensive players as opposed to a team. I'm not opposed to it, I'd actually think it'd be kind of cool, but how valuable are defensive players?
Is an elite defender like Khalil Mack as valuable as an elite offensive producer like Julio Jones? How does the scoring work?
Last year in my other dynasty league that does IDPs, here were the top scorers at each defensive position:
DL - Khalil Mack - 11.8 PPG, 188 total
DB - Landojn Collins - 15.3 PPG, 245 total
LB - Kwon Alexander - 15 PPG, 240 total
To compare, here are the top scores at RB, WR, and TE in that same league's scoring:
RB - David Johnson - 23.5 PPG, 375 total
WR - Antonio Brown - 17.2 PPG, 257 total
TE - Travis Kelce - 11.7 PPG, 186 total (not a TE premium league, mind you)
So generally speaking, the top DB and LB can are less valuable than the top RBs and WRs, but they are comparable to the second tier at those positions. The best IDPs can also be more valuable than TEs, although keep in mind that this will be a TE premium league so TEs will be more valuable. It is worth noting that JJ Watt is listed at DL and has 300+ point seasons in his career.
In that league, the first IDP player selected during the start-up draft was in the eighth round, I believe. Myles Garrett also went in the first round of our rookie draft, but there are a lot of Browns fans in that league (it's my Ohio friends league) and he was probably overdrafted.
Also, how would you guys feel about doing a tiered PPR system? .5 for RBs, 1 point for WRs, and 1.5 for TEs? This would help make the top WRs roughly as valuable as the top RBs, and the top TEs probably only slightly less valuable. It would also probably make WRs more valuable overall, which I don't think is necessarily a bad thing in dynasty, as their careers are more stable and less volatile than RB.
Another question: why no kicker? I've had Justin Tucker in every league I've been in for the last few years and I don't want to lose him