Thoughts on New Fantasy League

brooks85 · 05-23-09, 10:35 AM

brooks85 · 06-09-09, 03:54 PM

i thought we had some competitors here, guess not.

TheIntegrityKid · 06-09-09, 04:09 PM

not sure i really like your idea... i know what you are trying to get at

but i like leagues where you have to stick with guys for a full season

itd be kinda gay if we each took brees for the week...

i think theres a way to make your idea just a lil bit better tho... and how bout, making it where you can only use a player a certain number of times per season?? like, speaking of brees, we can only use him 4 weeks out of the year. that way you would have to have a min of 4 qbs thru the year...

something like that could work... idk, i may be down, i may not be... but if we can come up with something really good, then i will be lol...

brooks85 · 06-09-09, 05:41 PM

Originally posted by brooks85

I've had this idea for a few years now. Im not claiming I invented it but I have never seen it before. It is basically a mix of standard leagues with survivor leagues.

Roster would be beef'd up(2xQB, 3RB, 3WR,2TE,2K,2 DEF)
Scoring be similiar to regular leagues
There would be no draft. You would have access to every player.
Every week you pick X number of players to fill the roster and try to achieve the maxium number of points in that week or head to head to beat your opponent that week.
Whatever players are selected for your roster on any given week must remain on the bench the following 2 weeks.(Player plays week 3, cannot play again until week 6)
Winner would be decided by most points at the end of the year or we can do W/L into a playoff setup.(personally Id rather do season total)

Those are the major differences now, I just need some opinions on them or some participants would be even better. Ive been doing fantasy leagues since I was 14 and I never feel like a league deliveres a true champion even though they are extremely fun. And there is always whiners who complain about draft position or how many trades I make in a season yaddayadda.. Anyways, I think when it comes to fantasy sports a league like this would deliever a true champ.

So write back what you think, we need atleast 10 people i would say.

as far as winnings, since its the first season we can test it but I would glady throw 20 bucks into.

As it works out you could only use the same player about 5 or 6 times and thats if you start using them every time they are available starting from week 1 or 2, and also a bye-week could get in your way. The whole point of this style is to determine who can do a better week-to-week analysis which, i think would involve more skill so-to-speak than a regular league.

brooks85 · 06-09-09, 05:58 PM

using brees as an example

if you started with him in week 1 on your team

Week 1 vs Detroit
Week 2 bench
week 3 bench
week 4 vs nyj
week 5 bench (also saints bye-week)
week 6 bench
week 7 vs miami
week 8 bench
week 9 bench
week 10 vs stl
week 11 bye
week 12 bye
week 13 vs was
week 14 bench
week 15 bench
week 16 vs tampa
week 17 bench

so you could get 6 starts out of brees this season. But, i would be willing to bet their will be better matchups available week 13 or 16 for example. I think using any player 6 times will be risky. Brees could get a weak 13 points one week, while another mediocre Qb could be facing one of the leagues worst passing defenses. I think looking into matchups would be what gets you the most points, not just relying on few guys to carry you, which basically is what a regular league does.

TheIntegrityKid · 06-11-09, 10:23 AM

IF this idea gets some traction, I'll be down for it...

brooks85 · 05-28-10, 11:19 PM

Originally posted by brooks85

using brees as an example

if you started with him in week 1 on your team

Week 1 vs Detroit
Week 2 bench
week 3 bench
week 4 vs nyj
week 5 bench (also saints bye-week)
week 6 bench
week 7 vs miami
week 8 bench
week 9 bench
week 10 vs stl
week 11 bye
week 12 bye
week 13 vs was
week 14 bench
week 15 bench
week 16 vs tampa
week 17 bench

so you could get 6 starts out of brees this season. But, i would be willing to bet their will be better matchups available week 13 or 16 for example. I think using any player 6 times will be risky. Brees could get a weak 13 points one week, while another mediocre Qb could be facing one of the leagues worst passing defenses. I think looking into matchups would be what gets you the most points, not just relying on few guys to carry you, which basically is what a regular league does.

good thing i used brees as an example, so he could go win the super bowl

trying to get some people again this year

mtneer1212 · 05-28-10, 11:26 PM

I am putting together a 4-sport (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL) Fantasy league......... details will be coming in a few weeks.

Andy117 · 05-28-10, 11:54 PM

Seems like an interesting concept for a league.

brooks85 · 05-29-10, 08:51 AM

ya i just figured it is something different. I think the biggest turn off for people is the "no draft" part. I just want to reiterate in case anyone did not understand it. Even tho there is no draft and you can pick from the whole NFL roster any given week, you can only pick a player 6 times at most a year, and thats if their bye-week does not get in the way. And, with beefing up the starting roster it will create a lot of diversity in the teams. I also like it because the league could literally contain 100 teams and still have very diverse scoring. Where as my experience with 20 team leagues results in teams being watered down.

just another example -

If you start palmer

Week 4 @ CLE
Week 5- he is unavaibale for you to start(he must remain on your bench)
week 6- he is unavaibale for you to start(he must remain on your bench) (this is also bengals bye-week)
week 7 @ ATL - Palmer is now active and you can start him if you wish too

and this example applies to all the position QB, RB,WR,TE,K,D

CaptainPrice · 05-29-10, 05:33 PM

ive never done FantsyFootball

I feel it takes away from thegame