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uh, because the people you are playing also have $65ki've been playing the 55k ones mostly. i have been doing better in those relative to the competition.
It's really pretty embarrassing....bassnbrew88.1Drew BreesNO @ CAR (Final) 21Stevan RidleyNE v ARI (Final) 11Chris JohnsonTEN @ SD (Final) 3.8Demaryius ThomasDEN @ ATL (Pre-game) Percy HarvinMIN @ IND (Final) 17.7Brandon LloydNE v ARI (Final) 10Jimmy GrahamNO @ CAR (Final) 16.6Garrett HartleyNO @ CAR (Final) 11Oakland RaidersOAK @ MIA (Final) -3Figure Brees would be good for 350 and 3 TDs. Not too bad here. Expected CJ to bounce back...he really is who he was last year. Graham had most of those stats in the first half. I don't think I've ever gotten negative pts from a defense in 20 years of ff.Now since this isn't a 50/50 contest I did swing for the fences with big play guys Lloyd and Thomas.
I would pick a male body part out of a bag full of female body parts.
CJ is horrible for this type of contest. You need guys who are going to be almost shoo-ins for points, which he is not.Also, when a player is extremely popular one week (as Spiller was this week), if he explodes and you DON'T pick him, you are screwed.I just looked at one of the 50/50's I won, and I noticed the Spiller was on 9 of the 10 winning rosters.Hunt around on these threads and see if there is a player showing up on almost everyone's list. If so, it's not a bad idea to include him, unless you strongly feel he will have a bad game.
My theory with 65k is that they are too easy. Even an idiot can pick a team full of studs. That brings luck into the equation, as the winner is just the person who picks the best studs. Kind of like an 8 man espn league with small rosters.The 55k, I originally discounted. Why? Because I felt that even though I feel like I could outsmart 50% of the people in expert, you are forced to take guys that are not necessarily a sure thing. A 60k roster seemed to be a good middle ground.Even though I had a good weekend though, I think I'm heading back to 55k next week. I just think that "sharks" can dominate the 55k. I wish I had played in one, just so I could look at history for this past week and see what rosters looked like.
For the 50/50s its a decent strategy but its almost 50/50 with these guys going off. Many were high on Spiller but they were also high on DMC. You have to play some of the no brainers but also fade some of them at the same time. The bigger thing is getting your few low salaried guys to go off like if you had Amendola. The other problem is that almost everyone else in these leagues are sharks so they ain't stupid. In a standard FF league esp. with friends, you can use shark behavior to your advantage. On Fanduel, as you alluded to, it was more rare to not see Spiller on a roster so if you faded him and he doesn't hit, you almost guarantee a win. While I saw plenty who played him and still lost.
Try removing all the filters? Or filter for 21+ playersEarly analysis shows these values:Spiller 7.8 still a thousand under the top backs, so good valueWayne 6.4 keep riding him at this priceFloyd 5.8Celek 5.7'[icon] said:
'shader said:
i don't think that is good advice. you could also say if you pass on a popular player and he does bad (marshall for example), you have a huge advantage. i took reggie over the popular ridley pick and that payed off big time for me this week. dont avoid popular players, but don't pick them just because everyone else is.the only mistake i see is the CJ4 pick. not because he scored 4 points but because we have 4 great value plays at rb that week and you passed on 3 of them. morris, ridley, spiller and reggie all had super good matchups for 5.9-6.6kthose guys were must starts. you can't control andre johnson going for 3 points, but you can control obvious plays like those rb's we mentioned.stick with the 50/50 games until you get better at this. you weren't far off from the normal 50-50 league cut off with that team.this week, start m bush vs the rams. no reason for him to not be in every lineup. some will still pass on him and those are the people that will be handing us thier money this week
Adding on:Colston at 6Decker at 5.8Torrey Smith at 5.4 (I have trust even though its .5 ppr and Pats haven't really faced a real passing team)Bush and Sproles still have value b/c of .5 pprDoug Martin at 6.7And some "stud" RBs at bargain prices if you think CJ or Charles breaks out this week.
Thanks for the advice guys. I've been playing the free rolls that only pay out the top spots so I've been trying to pick one guy with big upside that's not going to be frequently rostered. I'd take a different approach if I dip into the 50/50 leagues. Heck, may just copy some of the guys here that know their stuff and profit.'shader said:i don't think that is good advice. you could also say if you pass on a popular player and he does bad (marshall for example), you have a huge advantage. i took reggie over the popular ridley pick and that payed off big time for me this week. dont avoid popular players, but don't pick them just because everyone else is.the only mistake i see is the CJ4 pick. not because he scored 4 points but because we have 4 great value plays at rb that week and you passed on 3 of them. morris, ridley, spiller and reggie all had super good matchups for 5.9-6.6kthose guys were must starts. you can't control andre johnson going for 3 points, but you can control obvious plays like those rb's we mentioned.stick with the 50/50 games until you get better at this. you weren't far off from the normal 50-50 league cut off with that team.this week, start m bush vs the rams. no reason for him to not be in every lineup. some will still pass on him and those are the people that will be handing us thier money this week
if all else is equal...diversitfy if you are playing h2h or in the 50/50'spair them up if you are playing in front heavy prize leagues
Your advice is contradictory. The point is to be really careful with "popular" players. I'd spend the majority of my team researching those players that seem to be popular.Because if they are popular for good reason, you need to be with the crowd. If the crowd is wrong, it pays to be on the other side.'shader said:i don't think that is good advice. you could also say if you pass on a popular player and he does bad (marshall for example), you have a huge advantage. i took reggie over the popular ridley pick and that payed off big time for me this week. dont avoid popular players, but don't pick them just because everyone else is.the only mistake i see is the CJ4 pick. not because he scored 4 points but because we have 4 great value plays at rb that week and you passed on 3 of them. morris, ridley, spiller and reggie all had super good matchups for 5.9-6.6k
those guys were must starts.
you can't control andre johnson going for 3 points, but you can control obvious plays like those rb's we mentioned.
stick with the 50/50 games until you get better at this. you weren't far off from the normal 50-50 league cut off with that team.
this week, start m bush vs the rams. no reason for him to not be in every lineup.
some will still pass on him and those are the people that will be handing us thier money this week
Pairings are risky in 50/50. In the other games, you need to go for high upside and hope you get lucky. Winning the big matchups is all about luck, which is why I don't play them.In 50/50, you diversify and spread out, imo.Unless of course you are super confident in a duo. But then the Stafford/Calvin duo in week 1 against the Rams was pretty ineffective, and probably hurt a ton of people.I personally took Newton/Steve Smith this week in 50/50's, just because Smith was a great deal. It worked out pretty well, although Smith didn't score.
Awesome man. Best of luck to you. I think it is Roddy's turn tonight for a couple of TD's
WAT ARE YOU SAYING?if a player does good its better to have him on your team and if a player does bad its better to not have him on your team? is that your point here?Your advice is contradictory. The point is to be really careful with "popular" players. I'd spend the majority of my team researching those players that seem to be popular.Because if they are popular for good reason, you need to be with the crowd. If the crowd is wrong, it pays to be on the other side.'shader said:i don't think that is good advice. you could also say if you pass on a popular player and he does bad (marshall for example), you have a huge advantage. i took reggie over the popular ridley pick and that payed off big time for me this week. dont avoid popular players, but don't pick them just because everyone else is.the only mistake i see is the CJ4 pick. not because he scored 4 points but because we have 4 great value plays at rb that week and you passed on 3 of them. morris, ridley, spiller and reggie all had super good matchups for 5.9-6.6k
those guys were must starts.
you can't control andre johnson going for 3 points, but you can control obvious plays like those rb's we mentioned.
stick with the 50/50 games until you get better at this. you weren't far off from the normal 50-50 league cut off with that team.
this week, start m bush vs the rams. no reason for him to not be in every lineup.
some will still pass on him and those are the people that will be handing us thier money this week
Bottom line is that things happen. But this seems to be the type of contest that you can win 60-70% of the time if you play it right.
I think everyone is making the same point, just beating around the bush. Ultimately, you have to pick your own team but these boards are very good to sense the general public. That said, there will always be sure plays that hit and sure plays that sink. If you played Spiller and faded DMC, you struck gold. If you played DMC and faded Spiller, you got burned. But in the 50/50's you'll probably see many of the same players rostered since only guys who know what they are doing will be betting money. So you'll see Bush on a lot of teams esp. if Forte is ruled out. Now do you fade him or start him is the ultimate question that each of us will have to answer.WAT ARE YOU SAYING?if a player does good its better to have him on your team and if a player does bad its better to not have him on your team? is that your point here?Your advice is contradictory. The point is to be really careful with "popular" players. I'd spend the majority of my team researching those players that seem to be popular.Because if they are popular for good reason, you need to be with the crowd. If the crowd is wrong, it pays to be on the other side.'shader said:i don't think that is good advice. you could also say if you pass on a popular player and he does bad (marshall for example), you have a huge advantage. i took reggie over the popular ridley pick and that payed off big time for me this week. dont avoid popular players, but don't pick them just because everyone else is.the only mistake i see is the CJ4 pick. not because he scored 4 points but because we have 4 great value plays at rb that week and you passed on 3 of them. morris, ridley, spiller and reggie all had super good matchups for 5.9-6.6k
those guys were must starts.
you can't control andre johnson going for 3 points, but you can control obvious plays like those rb's we mentioned.
stick with the 50/50 games until you get better at this. you weren't far off from the normal 50-50 league cut off with that team.
this week, start m bush vs the rams. no reason for him to not be in every lineup.
some will still pass on him and those are the people that will be handing us thier money this week
Bottom line is that things happen. But this seems to be the type of contest that you can win 60-70% of the time if you play it right.
my point is not contradictory. my point is the amount a player is on other rosters should be irrelevant in your decision making. you dont need to be with or against the crowd. you need to do a good job creating the best lineups you can.
m bush at 6k is a great play imo and will most likely going to be in my lineup this week. i could't care less how many other teams are going to use him.
ok, i do agree. its better to play conservative in the 50/50's. i will add 1 more tip that we didn't mention.never ever start vjax in a 50/50
VJax did pretty well last week. I agree in a .5 ppr he isn't usually worth it esp. with this output probably making him too expensive. But yeah 50/50 you don't need to beat everyone so you don't need to fade everyone and you can win without starting Amendola meanwhile in a big league, you probably had to start Spiller, Amendola, and RGIII just to have a chance.
