ffinmyblood said:
Again, everyone here is missing the real ossue(s). Why the hell are we subtracting points in Fantasy games anyway(this would be a total non discussion if that were the case), and secondly, on the whole "individual player/special teams issue", don't use TEAM defenses. Use individual defensive players. Your guy scores a TD on special teams, you get the points, if he doesn't, you don't. I don't understand why Fantasy football rules/scoring have changed so much they now leave themselves open for questions such as this. KISS....keep it simple stupid. Award points for the things the NFL does, give bonus points for 100 yds rush/receiving/300 passing(and above) and use individual defensive players. Easy peasy japaneasy. Why make it so difficult like it is now?? It's not a basketball game folks(where todays FF 100+ points is the norm) it's football. 35 points in an NFL game is a lot of points, it should be in fantasy too. Period. End of discussion.
That's far from the end of the discussion. If you aren't being rhetorical and really want an answer to your question I'll give you my version. The idea with a fantasy football scoring system is to as accurately as possible translate the value of the production of real life players into value for your fantasy team. If your goal is to match values, then you can't ignore everything that happens between the end zones as you suggest we should. A RB who grinds out yards all the way down the field but doesn't get the touchdown is still very valuable to his NFL team, and a good fantasy scoring system translates that value to a fantasy team.
That is why you give negative points for some things, that is why you give points for yards, or sacks, or fumble recoveries, and that's also what makes it even more fun to watch football when you have fantasy players playing in a game.