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bulger2holt

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My team has the worst record (3-9) in the league and has the most points

QB- Ryan

RB- Charles

RB- Martin

WR- VJax

WR- Marshall

WR- Bowe / Moore

Flex- Spiller / DMC

TE- Rudolph / Hernandez

D- Texans

K- Bryant

 
'bulger2holt said:
My team has the worst record (3-9) in the league and has the most pointsQB- Ryan RB- CharlesRB- MartinWR- VJaxWR- MarshallWR- Bowe / MooreFlex- Spiller / DMCTE- Rudolph / HernandezD- TexansK- Bryant
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This is exactly why next year my main league will be awarding the last playoff spot to the remaing team with the highest point total.
 
That's a team that should be in the playoffs. My league has a rule where the last wildcard spot is given to the team with the most points scored regardless of record. I don't like the rule, but it was put in to avoid situations like yours. In practice, however, I think it tends to just reward a team that had a couple of huge weeks but otherwise wasn't that great.

Edit: I just noticed that Bobtender said essentially the same thing as I was typing. And I thought we were the only ones with that dumb rule.

 
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QB - Ryan

RB - Foster

RB -AP

WR- Percy Harvin

WR - Brandon Marshall

WR - Fitzgerald

TE - Gonzalez

K - Gould

D - Arizona

Bench - CJ Spiller, Romo, Brandon Lloyd, Malcolm Floyd, Steelers D and I dropped Mike Williams for Bryce Brown this morning.

I have the most points scored against and 5 of my 7 loses have been when my opponent has had their highest scoring week of the season.

If I win this week I can sneak into the playoffs as the last seed as long as a few other teams lose so I could potentially be a playoff team but am currently not.

 
If you have the most points and are 3-9 that means teams score on you at will. 1st thing to do is fire your defensive co-ordinator. He is your #1 problem. If that doesn't fix your problems, get back with me and we will come up with something else. This is a travesty of justice.

Oh...and my team would kill your team. I'd probably set the all-time high points in your league, I'm so awlsome.

 
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No one cares about your stupid fantasy team.

Oh, and I can beat it. A team in first place won't make the cut for the playoffs in one of my leagues. So there.

 
Seriously, why do people start these LOOK AT ME threads anyway? What's the point? We just hate you even more.

 
My dynasty team will miss the playoffs if I don't win this week.

Above average score in all but one week and scored over 100 pts more than next top team.

Rodgers/griffin

Richardson/Mathews/Stewart

Green/nicks/Fitz/Cobb/Britt/Gordon

Graham/Allen/Cook

 
'Sarnoff said:
No one cares about your stupid fantasy team.

Oh, and I can beat it. A team in first place won't make the cut for the playoffs in one of my leagues. So there.
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How is that even possible? Isn't first place, like, you know, first place?
 
Total points solves this problem. The best team wins, every time. Maybe that's boring to some...but I like that kind of boring.

Better luck next year.

 
'Bobtender said:
This is exactly why next year my main league will be awarding the last playoff spot to the remaing team with the highest point total.
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Over/under on the number of years until the "I would be guaranteed a playoff spot if I throw my game this week, what should I do?" thread from Bobtender's league: 3.5.
 
Victory points is the way to go. Best of both worlds. Head to head wins still count and scoring a ton but losing to the high scorer still counts for something, regardless of the loss.

 
I personally dont like total points to make final playoff spot. One huge week where you beat everyone by 100 points and this could get you in. Nope. Give me the all play record instead as this shows much more consistency from week to week in the end. Beating a team 200-50 does not really matter.

 
'Crippler said:
I personally dont like total points to make final playoff spot. One huge week where you beat everyone by 100 points and this could get you in. Nope. Give me the all play record instead as this shows much more consistency from week to week in the end. Beating a team 200-50 does not really matter.
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I lead my league in points but am currently in 5th place at 7-5, out of the playoffs (14G, 4 teams). In All Play I would be third. We're H2H and have debated All Play for a couple years. We'll probably stick to H2H. Most of us prefer the quirky randomness of Points Allowed (misnomer) determining playoff position. In an odd way, it mimics real life.Life isn't fair; I'm sorry if someone lied to you and told you it was. Why would you believe that? Sometimes good things happen to bad men, and bad things happen to good people. Great FF teams sometimes miss the playoffs. Deal with it. :suds: IME you are never given a greater burden than that which you can bear. With every great test and trial comes experience, wisdom, and a host of valuable life lessons. I don't expect anyone playing FF to come away with a greater level of maturity because of a bad beat, but stranger things have occurred.
 
'Insein said:
'Sarnoff said:
No one cares about your stupid fantasy team.

Oh, and I can beat it. A team in first place won't make the cut for the playoffs in one of my leagues. So there.
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How is that even possible? Isn't first place, like, you know, first place?
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Top 3 (out of 6) in the division make the playoffs. There is a 4-way tie for first.

But no one cares about my stupid league.

 
'bulger2holt said:
My team has the worst record (3-9) in the league and has the most pointsQB- Ryan RB- CharlesRB- MartinWR- VJaxWR- MarshallWR- Bowe / MooreFlex- Spiller / DMCTE- Rudolph / HernandezD- TexansK- Bryant
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With the exception of Brandon Marshall and to a lesser extent Doug Martin, your entire team is boom/bust. That's what happens when you have a team like that. You put up huge numbers some weeks, but other weeks you struggle.
 
'solorca said:
'bulger2holt said:
My team has the worst record (3-9) in the league and has the most points

QB- Ryan

RB- Charles

RB- Martin

WR- VJax

WR- Marshall

WR- Bowe / Moore

Flex- Spiller / DMC

TE- Rudolph / Hernandez

D- Texans

K- Bryant
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With the exception of Brandon Marshall and to a lesser extent Doug Martin, your entire team is boom/bust. That's what happens when you have a team like that. You put up huge numbers some weeks, but other weeks you struggle.
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Welcome to fantasy football

 
'bulger2holt said:
'solorca said:
'bulger2holt said:
My team has the worst record (3-9) in the league and has the most points

QB- Ryan

RB- Charles

RB- Martin

WR- VJax

WR- Marshall

WR- Bowe / Moore

Flex- Spiller / DMC

TE- Rudolph / Hernandez

D- Texans

K- Bryant
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With the exception of Brandon Marshall and to a lesser extent Doug Martin, your entire team is boom/bust. That's what happens when you have a team like that. You put up huge numbers some weeks, but other weeks you struggle.
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Welcome to fantasy football
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Not sure what this means (other than you trying to be snarky), but it's obvious to see why you lose pretty regularly. You have players who are just as likely to give you a big 30+ point game as they are to give you a 3-4 point game. Here's an example, using your team.

You have Jamaal Charles. Another team has Frank Gore. In the total points for my PPR league, Jamaal Charles is averaging slightly more points than Frank Gore on the season, but the person who owns Frank Gore is more likely to get consistent week to week points than you are, because you have a boom/bust players.

You happen to have a lot of players like that. A good fantasy team has a healthy mixture of boom/bust options with consistent week to week performances. Your boom/bust players outweigh your consistent performers by a large margin. There happens to be a team in my league that is one of the top 2-3 scorers, year after year...but he always seems to miss the playoffs. He constantly talks about how he is the most unlucky player in the league, but in actuality, he regularly builds teams that look much like the one you have. He has yet to figure this out, but maybe one day he will.

 
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This year if I learned nothing else is to not load a team with high risk/reward players. Some times the steady producer is a much better bet than the lottery ticket. One of the problems with the abundance of websites is that you tend to try to be too cute and the guy that drafts out of a magazine and makes all safe picks winds up walking away with the money.

Last year we had a team that not only had the most points scored (by a wide margin) but also had the fewest poitns against (by an even larger margin). It was the first undefeated team we have ever had in 19 years. Problem was he lost to the #8 seed in the first round of the playoffs when the #8 seed caught lightning in a bottle. This is a funny game.

 
I bet some NFL teams make the same argument for why they should be in the playoffs.

"But, but, we scored more points than that team. We're better."

Oh well, wait till next year.

 
'Mario Kart said:
I bet some NFL teams make the same argument for why they should be in the playoffs."But, but, we scored more points than that team. We're better."Oh well, wait till next year.
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This isn't accurate at all. In real football, you play defense so you have the ability to limit the other teams points. In fantasy football, you cannot.
 
'CalBear said:
'Bobtender said:
This is exactly why next year my main league will be awarding the last playoff spot to the remaing team with the highest point total.
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Over/under on the number of years until the "I would be guaranteed a playoff spot if I throw my game this week, what should I do?" thread from Bobtender's league: 3.5.
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Because throwing your game in a certain week somehow INCREASES your point total for the season? :confused:
 
'Canowupass said:
That's a team that should be in the playoffs. My league has a rule where the last wildcard spot is given to the team with the most points scored regardless of record. I don't like the rule, but it was put in to avoid situations like yours. In practice, however, I think it tends to just reward a team that had a couple of huge weeks but otherwise wasn't that great.Edit: I just noticed that Bobtender said essentially the same thing as I was typing. And I thought we were the only ones with that dumb rule.
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Why do you think it's a dumb rule? A good team that gets unlucky matchups doesn't deserve a playoff spot as much as a mediocre team that got lucky with matchups?How can you say a team that scored a lot of points over the course of the season "otherwise wasn't that great?"
 
Your team having the most points does not mean anything. How have you been managing your teams? Have you been rolling with Bowe and Rudolph? Or Moore. Spiller and Hernandez were both out for a stretch. DMC didnt do much before he went down in week 9.

But like a few others were saying, you have a lot of guys that gave you a lot of boom some weeks and let you down others. So it is easy to see why you are 3-9. Not a huge mystery.

 
'Bobtender said:
'bulger2holt said:
My team has the worst record (3-9) in the league and has the most pointsQB- Ryan RB- CharlesRB- MartinWR- VJaxWR- MarshallWR- Bowe / MooreFlex- Spiller / DMCTE- Rudolph / HernandezD- TexansK- Bryant
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This is exactly why next year my main league will be awarding the last playoff spot to the remaing team with the highest point total.
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Is Rex Ryan your head coach?I can see why your team probably was hit and miss all season but this is a team I wouldn't want to play in the playoffs. Our league also has the "last playoff team is the team with most points, regardless of record". We have only done it that way for two years but from what I have seen it is very deserving.
 
Dynasty league, went 13-0 in regular season last year, lost first round of playoffs then, and now 6-6 needing to win this weekend to make playoffs this year.

Rodgers, Flacco, Tanny

Rice, Spiller, Bradshaw (just traded future 1 for him due to playoff schedule), J Stew, Ingram, F Jax, D Will, B Powell

Calvin, Nicks, D Thomas, V Jax, Crabtree, J Gordon

Finely, Chandler

Tynes

Charles Johnson, Suggs, Mathis (still able to use as DL)

D'Qwell, Poz, Tulloch

Harper, Berry, Branch, Burnett

#### happens, life goes on......

 
'solorca said:
'bulger2holt said:
'solorca said:
'bulger2holt said:
My team has the worst record (3-9) in the league and has the most points

QB- Ryan

RB- Charles

RB- Martin

WR- VJax

WR- Marshall

WR- Bowe / Moore

Flex- Spiller / DMC

TE- Rudolph / Hernandez

D- Texans

K- Bryant
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With the exception of Brandon Marshall and to a lesser extent Doug Martin, your entire team is boom/bust. That's what happens when you have a team like that. You put up huge numbers some weeks, but other weeks you struggle.
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Welcome to fantasy football
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Not sure what this means (other than you trying to be snarky), but it's obvious to see why you lose pretty regularly. You have players who are just as likely to give you a big 30+ point game as they are to give you a 3-4 point game. Here's an example, using your team.

You have Jamaal Charles. Another team has Frank Gore. In the total points for my PPR league, Jamaal Charles is averaging slightly more points than Frank Gore on the season, but the person who owns Frank Gore is more likely to get consistent week to week points than you are, because you have a boom/bust players.

You happen to have a lot of players like that. A good fantasy team has a healthy mixture of boom/bust options with consistent week to week performances. Your boom/bust players outweigh your consistent performers by a large margin. There happens to be a team in my league that is one of the top 2-3 scorers, year after year...but he always seems to miss the playoffs. He constantly talks about how he is the most unlucky player in the league, but in actuality, he regularly builds teams that look much like the one you have. He has yet to figure this out, but maybe one day he will.
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Exactly right. These are also the teams that really need the bye week to win, as the likelihood of the boom/bust team winning three straight in the playoffs is pretty low. (And unfortunately, I have a team very similar to this this year)I read a good article a few years back in the Westbrook/ADP years. The author was explaining why, despite Peterson having more points for the year, he would rather have Westbrook, based upon the consistent point total week in and week out.

(It's probably why, despite not liking PPR that much, I've always done better in PPR leagues, as you reduce the WR TD luck factor somewhat)

 
If youre so concerned with a team that has a lsoing record because of bad matchups making the playoffs, then tell me why a team in the bottom half of scoring with an easy schedule SHOULD make the playoffs? THAT is luck and not skill.

 
I'll give it a try(6-6 most points) outside chance at playoffs

QB/2RB/2WR/1FLX/1K/1D

QB: P Manning, J Freeman

RB: Rice, Richardson, Bush, Vereen, B Brown

WR: Julio, Harvin, Amendola, Hilton, Blackmon

K: Hanson, Suisham

D: GB, NYJ

 
'Warrior said:
'CalBear said:
'Bobtender said:
This is exactly why next year my main league will be awarding the last playoff spot to the remaing team with the highest point total.
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Over/under on the number of years until the "I would be guaranteed a playoff spot if I throw my game this week, what should I do?" thread from Bobtender's league: 3.5.
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Because throwing your game in a certain week somehow INCREASES your point total for the season? :confused:
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No, because throwing your game in a certain week can put the top-scoring team in the playoffs, giving your second-top-scoring team the top-scoring playoff spot.http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=506258
 
'solorca said:
'bulger2holt said:
'solorca said:
'bulger2holt said:
My team has the worst record (3-9) in the league and has the most points

QB- Ryan

RB- Charles

RB- Martin

WR- VJax

WR- Marshall

WR- Bowe / Moore

Flex- Spiller / DMC

TE- Rudolph / Hernandez

D- Texans

K- Bryant
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With the exception of Brandon Marshall and to a lesser extent Doug Martin, your entire team is boom/bust. That's what happens when you have a team like that. You put up huge numbers some weeks, but other weeks you struggle.
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Welcome to fantasy football
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Not sure what this means (other than you trying to be snarky), but it's obvious to see why you lose pretty regularly. You have players who are just as likely to give you a big 30+ point game as they are to give you a 3-4 point game. Here's an example, using your team.

You have Jamaal Charles. Another team has Frank Gore. In the total points for my PPR league, Jamaal Charles is averaging slightly more points than Frank Gore on the season, but the person who owns Frank Gore is more likely to get consistent week to week points than you are, because you have a boom/bust players.

You happen to have a lot of players like that. A good fantasy team has a healthy mixture of boom/bust options with consistent week to week performances. Your boom/bust players outweigh your consistent performers by a large margin. There happens to be a team in my league that is one of the top 2-3 scorers, year after year...but he always seems to miss the playoffs. He constantly talks about how he is the most unlucky player in the league, but in actuality, he regularly builds teams that look much like the one you have. He has yet to figure this out, but maybe one day he will.
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Who is really being 'snarky' here? With the exception of his RB1 & WR1 he doesn't have machines who are locks for double digits? That's like, any team that doesn't have Foster/AJ Green or 1 of the big 3 QBs? Most teams with Ryan & Charles/VJax as their #2's are in the playoffs.
 
This is the reason we split the pot at the end of the year between H2H and total points (though I like all play but most in the league don't for some reason). Last year I had a pretty good squad, first in points for regular season missed the playoffs, won total points at the end of the year.

Total points also helps keep people playing longer (still accumulate points if you're out of playoffs). If your interested here's the payout structure:( 12 team 100 buy in)

League champ: $450

Runner up: $100

Third: $50

Total points: $300

Second points: $200

Third points: $100

Every year it stays competitive all year for people clamoring for their money back

 
6-6 Most Points in League :unsure: :banned:

QB Matt Ryan (Atl - QB)

RB Arian Foster (Hou - RB)

RB Adrian Peterson (Min - RB)

WR Brandon Marshall (Chi - WR)

WR Miles Austin (Dal - WR)

W/R/T Jimmy Graham (NO - TE)

K Dan Bailey (Dal - K)

DEF New York (NYJ - DEF)

BN Darren Sproles (NO - RB)

BN Knowshon Moreno (Den - RB)

BN Felix Jones (Dal - RB)

BN Ryan Broyles (Det - WR)

BN Danario Alexander (SD - WR)

BN Dallas (Dal - DEF)

 
'gethugefast1 said:
6-6 Most Points in League :unsure: :banned: QB Matt Ryan (Atl - QB)RB Arian Foster (Hou - RB)RB Adrian Peterson (Min - RB)WR Brandon Marshall (Chi - WR)WR Miles Austin (Dal - WR)W/R/T Jimmy Graham (NO - TE)K Dan Bailey (Dal - K)DEF New York (NYJ - DEF)BN Darren Sproles (NO - RB)BN Knowshon Moreno (Den - RB)BN Felix Jones (Dal - RB)BN Ryan Broyles (Det - WR)BN Danario Alexander (SD - WR)BN Dallas (Dal - DEF)
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I planned to post mine, but you've got me beat.
 
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