Advice for forming a new league (1 Viewer)

[rockalum]

I don't want to use the head-to-heaad format. That's my No. 1 priority.

I want to utilize medium to deep starting lineups. Really, I'd like to utilize a use-all lineup.

Right now, I'm thinking 20-man rosters, 12 teams, maybe more.

No more than 2 QB.

At least 1 RB and 1 WR. No TE mandatory.

2 K.

At least 2 DL, 2 LB, 2 DB.

My problem comes in bye weeks and injuries. If I form a league where you start 20 players every week, injuries could be devastating. I would want it to be a keeper league.

Obviously, everyone would be affected equally by byes. But lose a guy like Carson Palmer and you're really hurting. So maybe I allow each team a 3-man taxi squad. And in order to be activated from the taxi squad, ... I don't know. I would want some kind of rule in place to make this a difficult decision.

We would use all 17 weeks of the season.

Anyone have any thoughts?

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

This probably isn't the kind of advice you wanted, but it's the best I can think of when starting a new league. Don't force yourself into 12 owners if you only have 10 solid ones. Don't be a league with a revolving door of ownership.

A league with 10 (yes, even 8) who are all committed to having a good time and doing what's best for the league is better than a dozen owners where two or three won't be around in two years.

People on the forum might look down on your league for not being the "necessary" size...but who cares? Your league experience will improve if you have 100 percent solid ownership. Good luck.

 

[Shtaym Syek]

Probably should use an escrow service if you're the commish.

 

[2323]

use all 17 weeks of the season?...meaning your super bowl would be week 17? you might want to rethink that.

 

[2323]

also, 20 man rosters and 20 starters??? 20 starters are ok but i dont think you meant 20 man roster right? if you are worries about injury deepen your bench or/and add a taxi squad like you said

 

[rockalum]

use all 17 weeks of the season?...meaning your super bowl would be week 17? you might want to rethink that.

its total points not head to head so no super bowl. actually, my new thought is to make it similar to rotis baseball ... pick categories and rank teams by combined stats. just not sure how i would do it right now. the season will be the full NFL season, though. i don't stop baseball when rosters expand. i've never understood why football leagues refuse to play a full season.thanks for the all the feedback to everyone. some good advice. keep it coming.

 

[GregR_2]

I don't want to use the head-to-heaad format. That's my No. 1 priority. I want to utilize medium to deep starting lineups. Really, I'd like to utilize a use-all lineup. Right now, I'm thinking 20-man rosters, 12 teams, maybe more.No more than 2 QB.

A good way to give the QB some meaning closer to what they mean in the NFL is to use a flex spot that can take a 2nd QB. That way no team should ever be stuck with having to take a 0 at the spot on a bye week, but QBs will take on more value since they tend to outscore the players at other positions that would be considered for starting against them.

At least 1 RB and 1 WR. No TE mandatory.

Personally I think leagues are better when TE is made a worthwhile spot rather than getting rid of them entirely. Starting 2 TEs and giving them a full 1.0 PPR while receivers and RBs get less is a way to have the 12th TE actually be worth something in a fantasy league and not be a position you should draft with your last pick in the draft.My own league starts 1 QB, 2 RB, 1 flex QB/RB, 4 WR, 2 TE, 1 flex WR/TE. PPR: 1 TE, .5 WR, .25 RB. I absolutely love the system. The best players at each position are generally of comparable value that way. Though of course if you go rotisserie you can set it up so everyone is equal value at the same ranked spot.

2 K.

Not sure what the reasoning is for wanting to start 2 kickers. However, one nice alternative if you want more special teams spots is to use punters. In a lot of ways they are better than kickers in that kickers are generally a crap shoot whose scoring seldom is predictable. While punter results (with points based on total yards) seem to correlate pretty well with the quality of their NFL team's offense. Better than kickers correlate, I believe, without having actually done the math.

At least 2 DL, 2 LB, 2 DB.

What I'd suggest is that you spend some time crafting your defensive scoring system so that IDP scoring is about where you want it to be vs the offensive skill positions. For example, in my league (which starts 11 offensive players, a full 11 man 4-3 defense, and coach, PK, Punter, coach), I didn't want IDPs to contribute more than about 40% of a team's total points. So I played with the scoring system until I achieved that, and then looked at the actual IDP VBD values and also confirmed they weren't after thoughts, but also were not as key as the offensive players.