What, no PM when this shit gets going? Goddamn cloudy. Well just like Lebron I've got my title so whatevs
Since Cloudy started making some wild proposals I guess I better chime in.
The Frankman said:
Not sure what it is, although the whole waiver rule issue will be big later on.
It's just a no-brainer rule change that was so obvious Yahoo added it to default rules.
Last year: We had a choice of Sunday-Tuesday waivers or Thursday-Tuesday waivers. Sunday gives you time to make moves until 10:00am PT, but you could pick up anyone playing a thursday game during or after the game, which was pretty unfair. Thursday prevents those pickups but then there's no pickups at all Friday, Saturday, Sunday, which equally sucked.
This year:
1. The DB is smart enough to just lock each player individually based on gametime until Wednesday morning.
2. Bye week players go on waivers when MNF begins.
3. Any BN (Bench) player on your roster can be dropped for someone else, even if their game has begun. (ie: if Frankman didn't start Felix Jones during a thursday game, he can dump him for somebody who plays sunday without being locked in until after waivers)
Cloudy said:
Roster: QB,WR,WR,RB,RB,TE,W/T
Bench: -1
+ Tight Ends definitely need to be flex compatible, it's just a no brainer given league-size.
+ 2RB/2WR makes too much sense. Glad you switched back.
+ -1 Bench is a great idea, will keep waivers fresh and options open.
= W/T. Hmm. Given 5 bench slots most teams are going to draft 4-5 WR and 3-4 RB, which means 64 RB and 75 WR. This has a few results:
a. WRs 50-75 score significantly better than RB 50-75, basically almost double once you hit 75. It's more boom-and-bust, but the WRs at 70-75 are still more recognizeable than the RBs at the same spot.
b. On the other hand, this means we are all basically drafting 3WR. TE obviously when fortune provides, but there were only 24 viable TEs last year so it's highly unlikely everyone is going to be rolling with 2 TEs this season.
So I'm split. It kills a viable draft strategy to pick RB value, but it does emphasize WR in waivers over the course of the season.
cloudy said:
Fine with these. I thought the -1 for sacks was too brutal especially with the elite QB class forming. Pick 6 is funny and a good offset since this league scores INTs lower than my keeper league. I may bring this one up in that league as an idea.
cloudy said:
This is always the controversial issue because:
a) it's basically never covered by any draft guide
b) it's basically never standard in any popular league system
c) it can do some wonky things to player values.
However! If we adjust last season based on 0.04pts/yard (25yds = 1pt), the following emerges:
RBs:
#2. Darren Sproles: +43pts (RB7 -> RB4)
#3. Leon Washington: +43pts (unused -> RB45)
#4. Joe McKnight: +43pts (unused -> RB46)
#23. Dexter McCluster: +28pts (RB39 -> RB33)
WRs:
#6. Josh Cribbs: +39pts (WR54 -> WR27)
#7. Randall Cobb: +37pts (WR85 -> WR52)
#12. Ted Ginn Jr.: +32pts (still mostly useless)
#15. Devin Hester: +28pts (becomes WR52)
#27. Percy Harvin: +21pts (WR7 -> WR5)
The long and short of it is that Sproles and Harvin both get significant stock jumps, but nobody becomes overpowering based on yardage, and it adds a few guys into the receiver and RB pool. At best, +40 means an extra 2.5pts/week. And some of these guys shown here will either not play as much this year or get moved up to full time receiving, at which point returns might not happen as much. Harvin and Sproles are a sort of special breed.
The other factor to consider is within the kickoff rules last year, there were more touchbacks, further limiting ridiculous return games.
So I think I'm okay with it. Doesn't change the rules nearly as much as I thought it would.