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skitch
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East of Heaven
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 28, 2014 - 08:46am PT
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Not sure why I signed up to be in a FF league this year, but I did. Now I'm damned confused on how I'm supposed to set a line up using the stats I have.
Any of you other time-wasters play Fantasy Football? Want to give me tips???
I've been reading lots of blogs and espn columns, but they assume I know anything about football, which I do not.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 28, 2014 - 09:07am PT
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Well, I consider myself fairly knowledgeable and I just don't get FF.
Seems like a big circle jerk. What's next, Fantasy Chess?
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Aug 28, 2014 - 09:13am PT
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Seems like a big circle jerk Sign me up! Let's do a drum circle too.
Sorry, the show The League is as close to American "Football" I get.
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skitch
climber
East of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2014 - 09:22am PT
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Actually The League is pretty much the only reason I signed up. I just r-watched the latest season and I understand the football jokes a lot better!
Mostly I'm just looking for one more thing to be mediocre at.
I would love to have a drum circle, but the drums have a dickhole in them, I'm thinking I could do 2 things at once! Oh the BASS!!
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Aug 28, 2014 - 09:25am PT
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Haha.
New The League starts next week I think.
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Modesto Mutant
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Aug 28, 2014 - 09:51am PT
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Fantasy Football helps you keep your interest in most of the games being played as you'll have players from multiple teams. The way the leagues are set up now, they're very user friendly, even for those who are fairly clueless. Avoid picking multiple players from your favorite team. You'll regret it when you have a bye.
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skitch
climber
East of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2014 - 09:52am PT
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Thank god I don't have a favorite team!
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skitch
climber
East of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2014 - 09:58am PT
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Tami,
I get Donini for Alpine, (if we get to count lifetime points OR season)
Tommy for Trad
Any 13 year old gym kid for sport
Any 8 year old gym kid for bouldering
Chris Mac for Aid
Cedar for Humor
Renan for Art/All-arounder/Flex Position
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Aug 28, 2014 - 11:43am PT
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they assume I know anything about football, which I do not
Heh, good luck, then! If it makes you feel any better, it's easier to play fantasy football with no knowledge of the game than it is fantasy baseball.
Who's on your team, and what's your league's roster set-up?
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John M
climber
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Aug 28, 2014 - 11:46am PT
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ah.. Fantasy football. where the teams are made up entirely of hot women.. and me.
oh.. thats not the kind of fantasy football you guys are talking about? huh..
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skitch
climber
East of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2014 - 11:56am PT
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looks easy from here
Who's on your team, and what's your league's roster set-u
My Team name is SuperTaco (after taco from the league, but super and like the climbers forum where people don't talk about climbing)
QB Matt Ryan, Atl
RB Matt Forte, Chi
RB DeMarco Murray, Dal
WR Julio Jones, Atl WR
WR Andre Johnson, Hou
TE Jason Witten, Dal
FLEX Joique Bell, Det RB
D/ST Rams
K Blair Walsh, Min
Bench
Ben Tate, Cle RB
Stevan Ridley, NE RB
Knowshon Moreno, Mia RB
DeAngelo Williams, Car RB
Anquan Boldin, SF WR
I've been trying to figure out how to use the OPRK (opponent ranking) to help decide which players to start:
e.g. Knowshon Moreno has a PRK (position ranking) of 5, but an OPRK of 22nd
Demarco Murray has a PRK of 8 and a OPRK of 7th. . .
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Aug 28, 2014 - 12:12pm PT
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Opponent's rank is going to change week-to-week. Based off the players and numbers that you gave me, it looks like it is the player's opponent's rank against that position: in week 1 Murray is playing the Niners, who are the 7th best against the run, and Moreno is going against the Pats who are 22nd against the run. So the lower an opponent's rank (i.e. the higher the number) generally the better for you. Of course you still have to take into account stuff like the fact that NE is going to hang 35+ points on Miami so the Phins are going to have to pass a lot more to keep up, devaluing Moreno.
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skitch
climber
East of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2014 - 12:47pm PT
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Sorry, Tami Knight was taken in the 2nd round after Andrew Bisharat.
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skitch
climber
East of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2014 - 01:46pm PT
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looks easy from here
Opponent's rank is going to change week-to-week. Based off the players and numbers that you gave me, it looks like it is the player's opponent's rank against that position: in week 1 Murray is playing the Niners, who are the 7th best against the run, and Moreno is going against the Pats who are 22nd against the run. So the lower an opponent's rank (i.e. the higher the number) generally the better for you. Of course you still have to take into account stuff like the fact that NE is going to hang 35+ points on Miami so the Phins are going to have to pass a lot more to keep up, devaluing Moreno.
What additional resources should I use to decide which player will likely be a better flex? I've been using sbnation, but I don't think they take the team's match ups into account. . .
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Aug 28, 2014 - 01:54pm PT
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walterfootball and ESPN are where I go for most of my information, but I use them mostly for just the player statistics they provide to make my own decisions rather than trusting their forecasts. Both are more reliable than Yahoo, though.
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skitch
climber
East of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2014 - 02:49pm PT
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Sorry Tami, some people don't value subtlety anymore. . .
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skitch
climber
East of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 8, 2014 - 04:52pm PT
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My bench killed it this weekend, my starters. . . not so much. I should win my weeks HTH though since my opponent played Cam Newton!
Come on Chargers.
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