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My suggestion to vikingdave or anyone who wants to draft against guys like this in a competitive format to try the anarchy leagues and find out if you really stack up or not.At least I hope Anarchy leagues will happen again this year?BusterTBronco said:
Obviously, I did not know there are weekly waivers. It not a risk if Favre chooses not to play this year.
Would be a lot easier and more rewarding to just get into any of the satellites at WCOFF, FFCP, or NFFC where all these guys play.This particular double flex format with the higher PPR for TE is unique to the FFPC, but if you want to play against these players - play ehre they play - it does not have to be in the main events, there are tons of lower priced satellite leagues.
16 teams is harder.But more fun.
You may be right,and i considered taking Jennings instead of Bush.I considered them pretty even in the format,and took the rb as i already had a top wr.We can agree to disagree on DMAC,i like him and thats part of what makes the hobby great,we take who we like.Vjax was a shot,big question mark i agree.But right now in June,and at that spot,he was my highest rated wr,and i love wrs in a ppr league.I do appreciate your and everyones input here on this board,it just shows how opinions vary,and personally,i love it that way.An example is that over here,the FBguys board,the army of darkness team is getting alot of love,and on the FFPC board i am not sure if that team got any cred,but over there the Azurri team is the one lots of folks are in love with.Its only June,and anything can happen,but its all good conversation.comfortably numb said:
Anyone drafting DMAC in a re-draft must like his prospects.My main concern on your team is having he and Bush, 2 players that have a similar style.If starting both on a weekly basis, I can easily see weeks were both guys get 22 rushing yards each, and obviously your banking on the REC yards.in 1.5 PPR for TE's I personally would have opted for the safer TE picks.ButIf Dmac gets close to the Bush level, and Bush stays healthy, your team can be VERY explosive with those 2.GOOD LUCK
I personally think this will be the year Evans pays dividends.He will be undervalued (for once) with the signing of TO, and I think being a WR2 is where he really belongs IMO.I don't think he is a true WR1He will be looked at as the 2nd WR on the Bills by most, but I think the TO factor will open his game up which is his big play ability.But I agree 100%, Winslow would have been my pick there, and I would have been ecstatic.
I'm curious if this has been his winning strategy all along. Solid, safe depth over sexy upside.
Fitz is a beast, no one will argue, but to pass AP IMO is not smart, his upside is so huge its rediculous...Id rather take AP and team him with a stud WR like Jennings/Colston at the turn than Fitz and Bush...JMO...
Very good analysis. The funny part about the high stakes leagues is there are picks I never understand, and inevitably, at times they're right. I remember Royal taken VERY high in NFFC last year, and I just couldn't see it. Boy was I wrong. He was right.
First Scott - good job on even trying to cover a draft on the show - it certainly has generated more posts than I would have thought.....and I wonder if that was part of Tom's rationals - one would also think this was a perfect venue to "test drive" the idea.BUT you say VERY safe with TONS of upside and I disagree.Could it work out? Sure.....as most draft strategies couldDoes it rate to work out favorably? NO1) How many really think Warner will play a second full season? If/when Leinart has to go under center you can count of more Wells/Hightower carries (and that is the long term plan in Arizona)2) While Fitz may be a steady receiver - IIRC he was in double digits in PPR scoring (which this draft was for) EVERY game last year - let's not forget that not only did Warner play every game, BUT Boldin didn't which certainly helped his targets for those weeks.3) Also the Cardinals were again a very poor running team last season, so even in the red zone they were more likely to try and score via the pass than with a run - IF Beanie Wells adapts right away (or if Hightower with competition takes the challenge and steps up) they will be far more likley to try and run for some scores there4) The key to making the pick in addition to betting on Warner is being able to get a pair of RB who will far exceed their draft slots - it is more of a gamble IMO than getting a STUD RB and then grabbing several WR who may play up.Still it's probably not as bad a pick as some of the initial comments suggested - it is just a different gamble on how to get the most points from a draft - and as a guy who won $100,000 more than the rest of us last year (aplogies to Dave, Poochie, and Shane), tomdog has earned the right and respect to suggest it.
Is that a challenge?
by the way, they are in no way affiliated with the Scott and Mike from Red vs Blue.. a mere coincidence...
Why yes, Scott. Yes, it is. There are a lot of us owed money and not that they've contacted anyone lately, but they still haven't explained what happened to all the money... you know, besides the obvious. They spent it.Is that a challenge?
Sorry man, that sucks. I can relate. I am owed $3,300 by Neil Wickham and so I guess you can say i have motivation to get them on the air too. I'll do my best.Why yes, Scott. Yes, it is. There are a lot of us owed money and not that they've contacted anyone lately, but they still haven't explained what happened to all the money... you know, besides the obvious. They spent it.Is that a challenge?
Good interview guys.And I guess I hope the AFFL guys turn the thing around. But..The whole 'the money went to the software' thing still smells fishy, sounds like a bunch of BS.If they truly had one guy doing the work (Matt), then I can't see how the spending got out of control. Why is it that the developer had to be paid immediately, but the customers had to be the ones that were out of luck on payment? They obviously had a functioning system. There weren't any mandates that the new commissioner product or enhancements to existing functionality HAD to be rolled out by a certain time. You can build out new features on a different line of code and integrate them at any point in the future. (And what business sense does it make to build a commissioner product when the barrier to entry on that is high with so many proven products out there already?) They came out and said that the didn't have any programming background and didn't understand half of what Neil was telling them. If the software was such a valuable asset, then you would logically expect that they would have brought a developer versed in the technology used to help them understand the architecture, how extensible it was, and how much it might cost them to support it in the future, and that's just existing functionality. If you want to make enhancements to support new features, OF COURSE it's going to cost them more money. The question is how much will those enhancements cost you to build out. To be amazed at how fast it imports from MockDraftCentral, or how fast it processes waivers is a pretty shallow gauge of the software's quality. What kind of benchmarks are those to get a sense of comfort from?There are other high stakes startups that have entered the arena, with sucess, by leveraging existing software elsewhere and focusing on customer service and innovative product offerings. Let someone else incur the cost of the software development, especially when you don't have that expertise.
Thanks Joe. I'll remember that. This interview is getting mixed reviews thru email and text. Did they do a good job as new owners? Do you as a past AFFL subscriber feel like they HELPED a BAD situation?
WINNAH!
Reunion boys in here backing "our guy"...very nice draft, rad!
