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BeerSheets!old dog child posted:Goon Fantasy Football IRC  Welcome back Fantasy Sports Fans, it's 2016. 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 00:01 on Aug 30, 2016 |
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if I'm listening to the podcast I probably already know about it). 4 for 4 has been one of the most accurate sites for a few years now, so I'll give this one a go til the start of the season anyway.
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Slow draft time. Let's slow draft. Slow draft? Slow draft.
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timp posted:Slow draft time. Let's slow draft. Absolutely. Either reply here or PM me and let me know if you want in for a draft only MFL league starting as soon as I get 12 people. I'll need e-mail addresses to invite people.
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May 1, 2016 00:00
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Good god do I want to be in another slow draft? Of course I do
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May 1, 2016 01:53
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whoa aaron rodgers has a weekly show?
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May 1, 2016 01:55
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Definitely down for a goon MFL draft only
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Absolutely. Either reply here or PM me and let me know if you want in for a draft only MFL league starting as soon as I get 12 people. I'll need e-mail addresses to invite people. I'm in again this year.
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May 1, 2016 02:30
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In again for a slow draft. The gambling addict in me would like to put a $10 entry fee on the slow draft. Or we could have a free one and a $10 one.
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coronaball posted:In again for a slow draft. Let's make this one free, but I have no doubt others would be down for some MFL10s.
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Let's make this one free, but I have no doubt others would be down for some MFL10s. More slow drafts are better than fewer slow drafts.
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I can't slow draft because I'll be in the Bahamas & Santa Barbara on my honeymoon for two weeks  (humblebrag) Also that podcast list may need an overhaul. Fantasy Underground is out, Harris Football Podcast is in(sufferable). Fantasy Footballers may be better than any podcast in the OP
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May 1, 2016 04:23
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Spoeank posted:I can't slow draft because I'll be in the Bahamas & Santa Barbara on my honeymoon for two weeks I am down for burning the whole list and starting over with Goon Approved sources.
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May 1, 2016 05:03
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I still miss Grantland.  Doesn't Barnwall have a new one? Is it any good?
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Absolutely. Either reply here or PM me and let me know if you want in for a draft only MFL league starting as soon as I get 12 people. I'll need e-mail addresses to invite people. Got 2 spaces? Me and the missus are looking for a league. She's not a goon, but I can vouch for her.
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Rahzmataz posted:Got 2 spaces? Me and the missus are looking for a league. She's not a goon, but I can vouch for her. This isn't a league, just a draft. You two are welcome to draft though! Also if you want a rather crazy league my charity one is always looking for more!
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:This isn't a league, just a draft. You two are welcome to draft though! Well I feel like a dumbass. Also, tell me more about this charity league!
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May 1, 2016 11:54
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Forever_Peace posted:I still miss Grantland. I've listened to like half of Barnwell's podcasts so far. He's doing more than just football. Of the 5 or so episodes so far, I think it's been 2 football, 2 basketball, 1 soccer, but I think the idea is that during the season, it'll be much more football oriented. Basically, as long as you like Barnwell, I'd bet you'll like the podcast.
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Rahzmataz posted:Well I feel like a dumbass. Also, tell me more about this charity league! It's called "Cheating For Charity" and we all play for our own charities, with the pot going to the top two teams in the championship game. It's an IDP league and a key mechanic is that players can donate to increase their FAAB and cheat by swapping out players after they've done well. In the three years I have done it we've raised over $7K. The competition is fierce.
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:It's called "Cheating For Charity" and we all play for our own charities, with the pot going to the top two teams in the championship game. It's an IDP league and a key mechanic is that players can donate to increase their FAAB and cheat by swapping out players after they've done well. That actually sounds really fun, and we're up for the idea of giving to charity. Can you PM me some details?
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Oh God Cheating for Charity is going to be 20 teams next year isn't it And the best part is you can cheat in the finals to steal away the title. Like me. Technically the league champ.
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Rahzmataz posted:That actually sounds really fun, and we're up for the idea of giving to charity. Can you PM me some details? Here's last year: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3728593 Spoeank posted:Oh God Cheating for Charity is going to be 20 teams next year isn't it Technical champ best champ.
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May 2, 2016 00:40
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So Zeke Elliott is the 1.01 pick in redraft leagues, right?
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May 2, 2016 00:42
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Tiptoes posted:So Zeke Elliott is the 1.01 pick in redraft leagues, right? Not even close
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Benne posted:Not even close Yeah, I think if you want him in redraft you're probably going to have to take him in the first, but that doesn't seem like a good idea to me. 1.01 in dynasty, though...that's probably right.
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May 2, 2016 01:32
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Anything over half-ppr has got to be Julio/Brown. I don't think I'd even consider anybody else.
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I'd honestly take ODB over anyone else but I do think Elliott's a candidate for RB1 in a weak year for RBs. He could make magic behind that line.
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May 2, 2016 02:07
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Top 3 WR's are AB/Julio/Hopkins imo
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VietCampo posted:Top 3 WR's are AB/Julio/Hopkins imo I would say OBJ has earned the right to be among those names. For me the unquestioned first rounders this year are Antonio Brown, Julio Jones, DeAndre Hopkins, Odell Beckham Jr, and Rob Gronkowski. Everyone else has a question mark. LeVeon Bell, Jamaal Charles, and Dez Bryant are coming off of injury. Adrian Peterson is getting older. Todd Gurley and David Johnson are sophomores. Allen Robinson and AJ Green have questionable QB situations.
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May 2, 2016 05:08
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Does tate deserve an honourable mention now?
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Metapod posted:Does tate deserve an honourable mention now? I'm cautiously optimistic.
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Fight Club Sandwich posted:whoa aaron rodgers has a weekly show? Not anymore, he kept getting quoted out of context by the media so he cancelled it
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The Seahawks drafted like 20 RBs, which tells me two things: 1. Rawls' ankle isn't healing as fast as they were expecting/hoping 2. They're still not sold on CMike So, file away C.J. Prosise in your "late-round flier" columns.
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Metapod posted:Does tate deserve an honourable mention now? Honorable mention for what? Definitely not a 1st rounder, almost certainly not a 2nd either. I haven't written them all out to be sure, but pretty confident there are 23 WRs/RBs + Gronk that I'd want ahead of Tate. I'd be super happy with him as my WR2, but pretty unhappy if he's my WR1, and I doubt I'd draft WR/WR if he's the best available WR in the 2nd.
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2QB, dynasty, full PPR, 4 PT passing TD, which side do you like for two teams looking to compete: Julio Jones, Teddy Bridgewater, pick 1.10 vs Cam Newton, Allen Hurns Team getting Cam needs QB help (only has Teddy, Eli, and Foles), but doesn't really have the depth to lose Julio (probably starting two or three of Marvin Jones, Kevin White, and Rishard Matthews weekly). Team getting Julio would be starting Teddy or Alex Smith as QB2 behind Big Ben after losing Cam, but would be rolling out easily the strongest WR corps (Julio, AJ Green, Keenan Allen, Devante Parker).
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RVProfootballer posted:2QB, dynasty, full PPR, 4 PT passing TD, which side do you like for two teams looking to compete: I would not make that trade if I was the team with Cam Newton. Having Newton and Big Ben is a ridiculously solid core, and in 2015 dropping from Newton to Smith/Teddy would have resulted in a loss of around 7 (for Smith) to 11 (for Bridgewater) points per game. Last year Allen Hurns was the WR14, and the difference between Julio and Allen last year was only 4 PPG. Now is it possible that Newton regresses and Bridgewater improves? Sure. But Cam Newton's worst season since 2011 averaged him 17.8 PPG. In a 2QB league Newton's value is incredible and it would take a king's ransom to let him go.
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:I would not make that trade if I was the team with Cam Newton. Having Newton and Big Ben is a ridiculously solid core, and in 2015 dropping from Newton to Smith/Teddy would have resulted in a loss of around 7 (for Smith) to 11 (for Bridgewater) points per game. Last year Allen Hurns was the WR14, and the difference between Julio and Allen last year was only 4 PPG. Now is it possible that Newton regresses and Bridgewater improves? Sure. But Cam Newton's worst season since 2011 averaged him 17.8 PPG. In a 2QB league Newton's value is incredible and it would take a king's ransom to let him go. You don't think Hurns likely regresses significantly? 10 TDs seems very unlikely again, no? And are you sure that's his full PPR ranking? Looks like he was WR19 in total points and WR23 in ppg in this league, for what it's worth. Hurns averaged 15 ppg, and Julio 23 ppg. But yeah, certainly should take a ton to get Newton. I see it as Cam slightly more valuable than Julio, but that small difference + Bridgewater + 1.10 is plenty for a Hurns that'll likely regress and a Bridgewater that will likely improve at least a little over the next few years.
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Here's last year: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3728593 Sounds good, I think we're probably in. Only thing is we might have trouble with the draft (UKers so the time difference is hell). Is autodraft an option?
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This Reddit link is cool and good.RVProfootballer posted:You don't think Hurns likely regresses significantly? 10 TDs seems very unlikely again, no? And are you sure that's his full PPR ranking? Looks like he was WR19 in total points and WR23 in ppg in this league, for what it's worth. Hurns averaged 15 ppg, and Julio 23 ppg. I based the numbers off of FantasyPros, and I thought I had selected PPR. In the end it all depends on our individual perspectives. I think Hurns will regress, sure, but I also think Davante Parker will improve and could easily be a WR1 or WR2 this year. More specifically I think that the PPG disparity between Newton and his replacement will be significantly greater than the disparity between Julio and Hurns or Parker. So in my eyes I wouldn't want that trade.
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ESPN's mock drafts are supposed to have just gone live for the season, but I haven't actually found them yet. They've been streaming their fantasy rankings summit all day today and it was pretty decent background noise, with a couple of interesting discussions on rankings, injuries and projections. Mike Clay did some interesting stuff on red zone production and projections that I'm hoping gets written up into an article at some point. They're continuing the live stream tomorrow.
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Barring some weird offseason bullshit, I don't know how AB84 isn't a unanimous #1 overall in redraft, especially PPR. He dropped to me at 8 last year in a 12-team 0.5PPR which will never happen again. What exactly is a slow draft? I would be interested in doing some mocks, which is the best site?
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