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FINE gently caress YOU HERE HERE'S THE GOD drat LINK TO THE GOD drat BEERSHEETS old dog child posted:Goon Fantasy Football IRC Welcome back Fantasy Sports Fans, it's 2015. It's officially time to In addition to the links below you can also check out this list from Dynasty League Football. This Reddit post also has a ton of useful information. Free League Hosting Services
Want to know when a previously unheard of player is starting, or that your stud is out for the game because of a DUI? Twitter is your friend! These recommendations come from Dirt Worshipper and Azhais. Football Guys @Sigmundbloom Produces the excellent "Audible" podcast. My favorite follow. @MattWaldman Writes the Rookie Scouting Portfolio. I'm not sure he sleeps. @JeneBramel MD and Football Guy, excellent for injury updates on gameday morning and IDP advice Misc. Writers @4for4_Paul - from 4for4, most accurate guy the last couple years @ChrisWesseling Former writer for NBC rotoworld, works for Falcons media now I think. Not sure if he's still gonna do fantasy when 2013 rolls around. If he does, he's one of the best, and well worth the follow. @dpbrugler Dane Brugler, former NFL scout and writer for CBS, good follow. @SC_DougFarrar Doug Farrar of shutdown corner @LanceZierlein Runs thesidelineview.com, great follow @Dumonjic_Alen Bleacher report/sidelineview contributor, player evals. Smart kid. Pro Football Focus @MikeClayNFL Accurate, prolific, one of the better writers @JeffRatcliffe Great for IDP @PFF_RossMiles Also great for IDP, does a weekly IDP show with Ratcliffe @dynastytim used to write for Dynasty League Football, just joined PFF. Great dynasty follow. NFL Guys @AlbertBreer @gregcosell @mortreport @AdamSchefter Varg posted:Footballguys just emailed out an entire list of who to follow on twitter for every team's fantasy purposes.. I might actually pay attention to twitter now. I put it into an excel file in case anyone who's not subscribed to their mailings is interested. BeerGod feel free to add this to the OP too if you want Podcasts Just listen to Azhais: Azhais posted:
Also Dren: Dren posted:You should add Christopher Harris's Fantasy Underground (available on iTunes) podcast to the podcast list. Introduction Fantasy Football is the ancient art of nerds pouring over statistics in the hopes of predicting how infinitely more athletic and successful men will perform over the course of a professional football game. In recent history it has become a billion dollar industry while infusing itself into the collective psyche of the NFL. Countless podcasts, articles, websites, and every other source under the sun have sprung up in support of what is essentially glorified socialized gambling. There's even a television show about a league. Fantasy Football is basically Dungeons & Dragons for The leagues themselves vary from friendly to insane, including at least one where the loser gets a tattoo chosen by the winner. Other leagues have pots worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, or byzantine rules about relegation, delegation, salary caps, and every other statistic under the sun. We are collectively insane, and we can't get enough. Fantasy Football itself is a lot of fun. Not only do you get to make a game out of watching football, but it also forces you to learn about the sport as a whole. I would never have known (or cared) that last year Darren McFadden was struggling with the Raider's transition from a power blocking scheme to a zone block until he became my first round draft pick and started costing me games. It makes you a better fan when you know all the players on the field. Dirt Worshipper said it best: Dirt Worshipper posted:Before I played fantasy I despised it. We all know the obnoxious guy at the sports bar in the Brady jersey, running in between TV’s screaming ”Throw Jennings the ball!”. They disagree fundamentally with the lessons our fathers taught us about football: You root for your home team, through good years and bad. The bad years are meant to be borne with grim fidelity, the good years are our reward. Fantasy was just wrong. The Basics A league consists of several owners (typically 12), one of whom is the commissioner who manages the league. At the beginning of the season each owner drafts a roster of players. Rosters are typically fifteen players and consist of starters and a bench of reserve players to replace starters who are injured or on bye weeks. A typical starting lineup that will mirror NFL positions and consist of 1 Quarterback (QB), 2 Running Backs (RB), 3 Wide Receivers (WR), 1 Tight End (TE), a Place Kicker (PK), and a Team Defense/Special Teams (DST). Each week your players will score points for your team according to their performance. Scoring can be very simple or incredibly complicated depending on the league, but many leagues use a standard scoring system where passing provides 1 point per 25 yards, 4 points per passing touchdown, and -1 point per interception and receiving and rushing gain 1 point per 10 yards, 6 points per receiving/rushing touchdown. Field goals are typically worth 3 points, and team defense scoring depends on a number of factors including sacks, interceptions, points allowed, defensive touchdowns, etc. Many leagues will use different scoring systems depending on the preferences of the players. One significant difference is PPR, or Points Per Reception, where wide receiver are awarded a set number of points (typically 0.5 or 1) for every reception. The league season will go for a set number of weeks during the regular NFL season. Typically the last two to four weeks of the regular season are reserved for the playoffs, and most leagues end on the sixteenth week because many NFL teams will sit their star players in Week 17 if the outcome doesn't matter. Variations There are many roster variations that different leagues will use. Many leagues use a flex position where different positions can fit into a slot. The most common form of flex position replaces the third WR position in the standard lineup above with a WR/RB/TE flex position. That means that any Wide Receiver, Running Back, or Tight End player could be used in that slot. Leagues where that flex position allows a QB are typically called "2 QB leagues" because quarterbacks typically score far more points that other players. Other leagues utilize IDP or Individual Defensive Players instead of Team Defenses. IDP players score points for tackles, sacks, interceptions, touchdowns, etc. Many leagues are several years old and include rules to provide continuity between seasons. In contrast to a redraft league where every player is drafted at the start of each season some leagues use keepers where team owners are allowed to keep a set number of players per year. Other leagues are dynasty leagues where the entire roster is kept from year to year. Typically dynasty leagues use much deeper benches and include a rookie draft. The Draft Every league starts with a draft, where team owner pick their players. There are two major types of draft; the snake draft and the auction draft. A snake draft is where every owner receives a draft position and then picks a player in order for a number of rounds equal to the roster size. It's called a snake draft because the order "snakes" back and forth each round. In other words the owner who picked last in the first round will pick first in the second. Auction drafts are where each team owner has a set budget and they bid for each player until everyone's roster has been filled. There are numerous drafting strategies out there, but ultimately the goal of any draft is to get the maximum amount of value for your players. Trades and the Waiver Wire While drafting is essential, the most successful teams typically win by taking advantage of the waiver wire and trades. Trading is precisely what it sounds like; players offer each other trades that are accepted or rejected. Many leagues incorporate an approval process to prevent collusion where two players will deliberately stack one team and then split the winnings; there is no universe where Adrian Peterson is worth Mark Sanchez. Depending on the league trading may either be nonexistent or commonplace. Many leagues will end trading several weeks before the playoffs begin. The NFL has hundreds of players and most of them will not be on a team roster. As players are injured or fall out of favor team owners will be forced to pick up free agents to replace them. To do this they use the waiver wire. Each week individual players are locked the moment their team starts their game. For the duration of this "waiver period" owners who wish to claim a free agent submit a "waiver claim." Owners who wish to make more than one waiver claim must indicate the priority of their claims. At the end of the waiver period (typically a day or two after the beginning of the new week) the league software checks the standings of the teams. Going in reverse order (worst standing to highest) the teams get their highest priority claim. If multiple teams have submitted waiver claims for the same player it will go the team with the lowest standing, and the other teams will get their lower priority claims. After the waiver period has ended every player is available to be claimed immediately. The waiver wire is extremely important. Alfred Morris, the 5th ranked running back of 2012, was a free agent in most leagues until the first week. Many owners use the waiver wire to "stream" defenses and other players based on that week's match. Beer4TheBeerGod fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Sep 8, 2015 |
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Here we go again
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Fantasy Football 2015: My Body Is Ready
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So as someone who knows nothing about the offensive rookies coming in, who's looking like good grabs?
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Zypher posted:Here we go again
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LmaoTheKid posted:So as someone who knows nothing about the offensive rookies coming in, who's looking like good grabs? http://brojackson.com/football/rummys-nfl-rookie-dynasty-rankings Edit to add: For me, I'm all about Agholor, DGB, and Perriman for WRs, and Yeldon, Gordon and Coleman as RBs. But with rookies I always wait until the pre-season to see how the depth chart is shaking out.
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I must keep my fantasy football activities secret from my wife, so that I can delay for as long as possible the moment when she gapes at me with that wide-eyed, hurt look, hugging the TV, and cries: "It's football season again already ??" She was out of town this weekend while I had the draft on the whole time, heh heh. She suspects nothing.
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Best thread title. Let's do this. Which pick do I use on Charles Sims? 1.01 or 0.01?
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Spoeank posted:Best thread title. Let's do this. Doug Martin's fifth year option did not get picked up today, gentlemen start your Sims
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Charles "Jesus Christ" Sims
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Is Graham expected to be #1 at TE again this year now that he's with Seattle, or has Gronk moved up (followed by a plummet in TE value)? I used my 1.12/2.1 picks on Graham and Ball last year in the league I run and missed the championship for the first time ever and I need to be talked out of doing that again.
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Hazo posted:Is Graham expected to be #1 at TE again this year now that he's with Seattle, or has Gronk moved up (followed by a plummet in TE value)? I used my 1.12/2.1 picks on Graham and Ball last year in the league I run and missed the championship for the first time ever and I need to be talked out of doing that again. 2015 TE RANKS 1. Rob Gronkowski HUGE loving DROP OFF 2. Jimmy Graham HUGE loving DROP OFF 3. Kelce/Olsen/Whomeverthefuck Seattle is a run first team, but Graham should see some serious work in the red zone. I think it is reasonable to expect similar production to what he did last year (zeroes included.)
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Leperflesh posted:I must keep my fantasy football activities secret from my wife, so that I can delay for as long as possible the moment when she gapes at me with that wide-eyed, hurt look, hugging the TV, and cries: "It's football season again already ??" she went out of town because she knew you'd be watching the draft but that neither of you are ready to admit it. a good wife.
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Hazo posted:Is Graham expected to be #1 at TE again this year now that he's with Seattle, or has Gronk moved up (followed by a plummet in TE value)? I used my 1.12/2.1 picks on Graham and Ball last year in the league I run and missed the championship for the first time ever and I need to be talked out of doing that again. I'd say Gronk is over Graham at this point. There's a metric fuckton of uncertainty going on with respect to Seattle and how they'll use Graham. Hopefully he'll bounce back this year, because while he was TE2 last year there wasn't really that big of a difference between him and the rest of the field.
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I'm very curious to see where Julius Thomas winds up. Also, whether Vernon Davis' massive, massive regression last year signals the end of his career, or if he's going to have something of a resurgence this year. Especially with new coaches, new OL, new plays, and a significant drop in WR talent available to the passer.
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Gyshall posted:2015 TE RANKS Seattle has recently been a run first team because their best receiver was doug baldwin, i think graham is undervalued in a lot of circles and i'm very excited to see what russel wilson can do with a competent passcatcher. That being said, gently caress TEs Spoeank posted:Best thread title. Let's do this. lol look at this scrub who didnt use his keeper on charlemagne sims
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Here's the 2015 strength of schedule for each NFL team (Combined 2014 record of all 16 opponents, combined winning percentage), taken from this article: 1. Pittsburgh Steelers: 147-107-2, .579 2. Cincinnati Bengals: 144-112, .563 3. San Francisco 49ers: 143-112-1, .561 4. Seattle Seahawks: 142-112-2, .559 5. Arizona Cardinals:142-113-1, .557 6. St. Louis Rams: 141-114-1, .553 T-7. Oakland Raiders: 139-116-1, .545 T-7. Kansas City Chiefs: 139-116-1, .545 9. Cleveland Browns: 138-116-2, .543 10. Denver Broncos: 138-117-1, .541 11. Baltimore Ravens: 137-117-2, .539 12. Minnesota Vikings: 138-118, .539 13. Chicago Bears: 136-120, .531 14. Green Bay Packers: 135-120-1, .529 15. Detroit Lions: 135-121, .527 16. San Diego Chargers: 132-123-1, .518 17. Miami Dolphins: 126-130, .492 18. New York Jets: 125-131, .488 19. Buffalo Bills: 124-131-1, .486 T-20. Washington Redskins: 122-133-1, .478 T-20. New York Giants: 122-133-1, .478 22. New England Patriots: 122-134, .477 23. Philadelphia Eagles: 121-134-1, .475 24. Dallas Cowboys: 119-136-1, .467 25. Jacksonville Jaguars: 118-137-1, .463 26. Tennessee Titans: 111-144-1, .435 27. Carolina Panthers: 111-145, .434 28. New Orleans Saints: 109-145-2, .429 29. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 108-146-2, .425 30. Houston Texans: 106-148-2, .417 31. Indianapolis Colts: 106-149-1, .417 32. Atlanta Falcons: 104-150-2, .409 quote:Based on 2014 records, the Falcons will play the easiest schedule in the NFL next season. Of the 16 regular season games Atlanta will play in 2015, only four of those will come against opponents who finished 2014 with a winning record. Matt Ryan and friends should have an easier time of it this year. What really stands out to me, though, is the Colts. When your opponents are this garbage, makes me wonder how often Andrew Luck will sit out the fourth quarter of blowout games. Could that actually negatively effect his numbers? Meanwhile, the Steelers, Bengals, and Niners are all teams to avoid. Of course, you can't read too much into SoS: quote:The Jets weren't helped by their strength of schedule either. Going into the 2014 season, New York was supposed to have the ninth toughest schedule based on their opponents' 2013 records, but after all the the games were played, the Jets played the second toughest schedule in the NFL. The Jets went from 8-8 in 2013 to 4-12 in 2014.
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Even if Luck sits in the 4th, he's going to be sitting with 300+ yards and probably 3TDs.
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Perfect thread tag e: Beer, can you add the IRC info to the OP? Goon Fantasy Football IRC There's always people idling. Stress about your flex in real time! #fantasyfootball irc.synirc.net Mibbit link 3 DONG HORSE fucked around with this message at 18:16 on May 4, 2015 |
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old dog child posted:Perfect thread tag Done.
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If you guys need me to add any AOPs on IRC, let me know.
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Gyshall posted:Charles "Jesus Christ" Sims Or maybe it's just getting Rainey in Tampa
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Gyshall posted:2015 TE RANKS This is the year for Kyle Rudolph. TE sleeper pick of the year, count on it.
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Jose Valasquez posted:This is the year for Kyle Rudolph. TE sleeper pick of the year, count on it. Yessss
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Also, as a podcast update since that post is like two years old. Shutdown Corner: No longer hosted by Cossell. Sever. Under the Helmet: Chad Parsons moved from DLF to his own site (uthdynasty) and his podcast went premium. I wasn't impressed with my UTH subscription last year and the cost went way up this year, so he can just go to hell. PFF's lineup: These all got merged into a single show ("the fantasy slant") you can subscribe to (and the hosts just change day to day with the same content it used to have). Major downgrade since I can't just subscribe to the Nickle anymore and instead have to download everything. MY BANDWIDTH
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Varg posted:you're missing the slow draft that you forgot you signed up for! check the other thread Bah. Twas a big sports weekend; I'm still recovering and only just stumbled into work. Sorry to slow things down!
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Jose Valasquez posted:This is the year for Kyle Rudolph. TE sleeper pick of the year, count on it. Oddly enough I'm on board. I streamed tight ends last year to great success, and for daily fantasy plays a bunch of those guys like Rudolph/Kelce/Walker can be huge versus the competition, but thats the only justification I can make for them. Its really Gronk/maybe graham/maybe kelce/maybe Cameron or bust this year, and then just take TE's once you've filled out your other positions.
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Gyshall posted:Oddly enough I'm on board. I streamed tight ends last year to great success, and for daily fantasy plays a bunch of those guys like Rudolph/Kelce/Walker can be huge versus the competition, but thats the only justification I can make for them. Hey pal, don't sleep on Olsen! He was consistent as hell last year and he just signed a 3 year contract. Consistency is about the best you can hope for in the land of TE bullshittery.
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Yeah I don't know why people always forget about Olsen when we're talking TE depth. He's perfectly adequate, and really reliable. Depending on how much of his usage last year was due to his injury recovery, Kelce could easily end the year posting numbers similar to what Jimmy Graham will likely do this year. I don't think there's a chance either of those two outpace Gronk (if Gronk stays healthy), but they're both good bets regardless. Olsen is in the same range, just more consistent and less talented. Rudolph, Walker, Bennett, Orange Julius, Jordan Cameron, even Witten are all pretty viable options of varying quality/draft point. Then there's a whole fuckload of young guys who are entering their second/third season (when TEs typically blossom), like Ertz, Amaro, Seferian-Jenkins, Eifert, Ebron... TE isn't as shallow as the babytime whiners like to make out, it just takes some actual draft strategy. After all, the guy who takes Gronk in the first round is going to be missing out on Julio Jones or whatever.
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Adam Levitan with a good look at the early "winners" of the draft, depth chart wise. Obviously some of these will change as teams sign promising UDFAs or sign a decent free agent/roster cut, but it's a good take on the depth chart situation for some of these guys. Charles Johnson, Blount, Josh Hill, and yes, CHARLES SIMS are the ones that I'm particularly convinced their respective teams' drafts amount to a vote of confidence.
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I'm at a complete loss with what I'm going to do with Ellington. I'm keeping Jeremy Hill for an 8th and can keep AE for a 10th but drat he's fragile. Apparently they've made the line better so maybe he'll have better blocking this year?
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LmaoTheKid posted:I'm at a complete loss with what I'm going to do with Ellington. I'm keeping Jeremy Hill for an 8th and can keep AE for a 10th but drat he's fragile. Apparently they've made the line better so maybe he'll have better blocking this year? Assuming you have no better options I think AE is worth a dice roll at that price.
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Spoeank posted:Assuming you have no better options I think AE is worth a dice roll at that price. I need to go through my team and the draft from last year. Off the top of my head I have that Bryant kid in PITT for a 13th and Roethlisburger for a 10th, or Jordan Matthews for a 7th.
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Correction, Bryant is a grown rear end man. None of those other mans seem like a worthwhile keep.
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Gyshall posted:Correction, Bryant is a grown rear end man. It's been really tempting to keep Bryant for sure. Kid was a monster to close out the season. And going in with a RB2 (borderline RB1) and a good WR would put me in a good spot.
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AE in the 11th is an amazing bargain. He's a starting RB with talent. Any starting RB with talent will be gone by the sixth round. Are you allowed to trade guys you kept as keepers?
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I'd definitely go with Bryant, he's the surer bet of the two, and I think he'll break out even more this season.
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Bryant is the man there not AE. Edit: my favorite MB fact that doesn't make sense but kinda does is he had more FPPG last season than Kelvin Benjamin (9.9 to 8.9375 according to my back of napkin math) Spoeank fucked around with this message at 23:56 on May 4, 2015 |
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Is CJ Anderson the favorite to be the Bronco's starter this year? I have the opportunity to keep him in the 18th.
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If he's not the starter, they're a pack of idiots. His performance last year completely rescued the team, after Peyton fell apart.
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