sushinsky4tsar
Footballguy
I have a 14-team full re-draft league that has been 1QB league for the history of our league with a 1 R/W/T Flex. I need zero convincing on how much more enjoyable a superflex would be compared to 1QB. It would be refreshing to actually see the QB position valued the same way in fantasy as it is in the NFL.
The nuts and bolts of actually implementing the superflex in a 14-team league is another story. Even if we made a rule to prevent hoarding more than two starting QBs, we would still have bye weeks where teams would not be able to start a second QB.
I know that this is the whole point of superflex (vs 2QB), but I'm simply unwilling to yield that much of an advantage to the team that can start a second QB compared to the team sending out a second R/W/T Flex. We have fairly conventional 1/2 PPR scoring. I would estimate that a mid-tier QB2 averages 15-16 points in our league, whereas the second FLEX option at R/W/T is probably in the 8.5-9.5 point range. I find that disadvantage unacceptable for a team that simply has a QB on bye, or worse, loses one for the duration of the season. It's true that the advantage of a bottom of the barrel QB2 would be less, but that goes the same way for a team that has one of the top QB2 options. As a whole, the disparity gap is far too wide for my liking.
Solutions?
I might need to tweak our K scoring a little bit. However, this should put the scoring of a mid-level QB2 pretty close to the same score as the FLEX2 plus K making up most or all of the difference. It should take away any incentive to hoard QBs or legislate against that. Teams that don't get one of the top 22 to 25 QB options in the draft for their QB2 would probably choose to go the FLEX2 plus K route as their best alternative for most weeks. I think this is the right balance.
Thoughts or alternatives for a 14-team SF? The biggest drawback I can think of in the yahoo platform is that the 2QB teams would receive notices saying that they don't have a starting K in their lineup, when they actually shouldn't according to our adopted rules. As the commish, I would also need to manually adjust scores to deduct K points for any team that submits a lineup with a QB2 and K. Kind of a pain, but I honestly feel that it would be worth it for what the SuperFlex would add. I'm guessing premium options like MFL might allow us to customize the lineup settings for what I'm proposing?
The nuts and bolts of actually implementing the superflex in a 14-team league is another story. Even if we made a rule to prevent hoarding more than two starting QBs, we would still have bye weeks where teams would not be able to start a second QB.
I know that this is the whole point of superflex (vs 2QB), but I'm simply unwilling to yield that much of an advantage to the team that can start a second QB compared to the team sending out a second R/W/T Flex. We have fairly conventional 1/2 PPR scoring. I would estimate that a mid-tier QB2 averages 15-16 points in our league, whereas the second FLEX option at R/W/T is probably in the 8.5-9.5 point range. I find that disadvantage unacceptable for a team that simply has a QB on bye, or worse, loses one for the duration of the season. It's true that the advantage of a bottom of the barrel QB2 would be less, but that goes the same way for a team that has one of the top QB2 options. As a whole, the disparity gap is far too wide for my liking.
Solutions?
- go from .5 PPR to full PPR to narrow the gap between FLEX2 and QB2. FWIW, I'm definitely not a fan of full PPR.
- add .5 points per first down to narrow the gap. I don't like that this makes running QBs that much more of a cheat code. However, I like it a lot more than going full PPR. My leaguemates don't seem to have any appetite for 1st down scoring yet.
- Increase the deduction for interceptions thrown. Reduce TD pass scoring from 4 to 3, drastically reducing QB scoring to narrow the gap. I like it better than a full PPR, but there's still going to be a gap. Too big of an overhaul to scoring for my liking. Most QB2s should be scoring more than FLEX2s. Trying to artificially make them near equals in points per game just isn't the right approach in my opinion.
- PREFERRED SOLUTION: I think this one creates some mess and administrative tasks for me, but I think it's the best solution that won't require a major overhaul of our scoring system:
K position becomes optional. However, you can only start a K if you're using the FLEX2 instead of the QB2.
- In other words, the superflex option is: QB2 -or- R/W/T FLEX2 plus K
I might need to tweak our K scoring a little bit. However, this should put the scoring of a mid-level QB2 pretty close to the same score as the FLEX2 plus K making up most or all of the difference. It should take away any incentive to hoard QBs or legislate against that. Teams that don't get one of the top 22 to 25 QB options in the draft for their QB2 would probably choose to go the FLEX2 plus K route as their best alternative for most weeks. I think this is the right balance.
Thoughts or alternatives for a 14-team SF? The biggest drawback I can think of in the yahoo platform is that the 2QB teams would receive notices saying that they don't have a starting K in their lineup, when they actually shouldn't according to our adopted rules. As the commish, I would also need to manually adjust scores to deduct K points for any team that submits a lineup with a QB2 and K. Kind of a pain, but I honestly feel that it would be worth it for what the SuperFlex would add. I'm guessing premium options like MFL might allow us to customize the lineup settings for what I'm proposing?
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