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"Best ball" league advice (1 Viewer)

matttyl

matttyl

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My dynasty league is thinking about doing a "best ball" or whatever you call it league this season on the side. This is the type of league where you go through a normal draft for your roster, but then it's totally hands off from there. Your "best lineup" is always set for you each week, there is no "head to head" matchups as it's all points based, and we kick out the lowest scoring team each week starting in week 3 or something like that. There are no waivers or trades....what you draft if what you get.

My question is has anyone done a league like this, and what's the best strategy to implement?

My initial thought with the new high octane throwing offenses in the league is to get a minimum of 3 QBs, as you'll get a good/great output from at least one every week, and if you're stuck with only 1 great QB (Cam, Brady, Brees) and then a guy like Moore or Gabbert or an Arizona QB....you're really up a creek if your #1 goes down or has a bye or has a bad matchup.

Next, I think you should get a few "if they just get a shot" type guys - Ben Tate, Redman, Spiller come to mind. Maybe even Javid Best as when he's healthy....

Any other suggestions for this type of league?

 
NFL WR#2s become more valuable -- especially the deep threats who might go 1-17-0 for a few weeks then blow up with 5-121-2.

 
It is called a "Survivor" league if you are kicking teams out 1 week at a time. In that instance, you need to plan your bye weeks accordingly. You don't want your top 2 WRs and #1 RB all on bye the same week, for instance. Also, you want to plan your studs' byes, possibly. Do you want early byes, when a lower score may get passed through due to the number of teams? Or a later bye, when other teams may be dealing with injuries, so a guy on bye may not hurt you as badly.

If you look at the Mock drafting section of these forums, you can look at the multitude of survivor threads that are there already. We have already drafted SSL1-SSL4 (spring survivor league), so you can look at some strategies there. Of course, those are 16-team leagues, so talent REALLY gets thin at the later rounds.

 
How big is the roster? S Ridley/S Vereen, A Brown/E Sanders, R Meachem/M Floyd combos.

Other- A Bradshaw/D Wilson, D Martin/L Blount, If you draft A Foster B Tate is a must handcuff.

 
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How big is the roster? S Ridley/S Vereen, A Brown/E Sanders, R Meachem/M Floyd combos. Other- A Bradshaw/D Wilson, D Martin/L Blount, If you draft A Foster B Tate is a must handcuff.
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I assume it will be the same as our current league - 10 teams, 1 QB, 1 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 2 flex, 1 K, IDP players (2 each). Rosters are currently 31 players deep (but assuming at least 9-11 IDPs, we're talking 20ish).Those WR combos in the later rounds make sense, but like the above said you don't want to get in a bye week bind. Also, while it is "survivorship", it's also kicking out the team who's lowest in total points (so 3 full weeks of points when the first team is eliminated in week 3 if that's how we do it, but we may push it back to week 5). That way one low scoring week (due to byes or injuries or both) won't kill your season as long as you've had good weeks leading up to it.
 
That roster size is to small with no waivers. Injuries will play a BIG role

in who wins. I love the concept though-just with bigger rosters.

 
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That roster size is to small with no waivers. Injuries will play a BIG role in who wins. I love the concept though-just with bigger rosters.
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I guess that's where the strategy comes in. For reference, my 31 man roster in the dynasty league that this will "piggyback" has -3 QBs9 RBs (but 2 pairs from the same team)5 WRs2 TEs1 K4 DLs (one is on IR, Suggs, so he won't count against the 31)4 LBs3 DBsMaybe we stretch it to 35 or so, but that's where strategy comes in I guess.
 
Rethinking the strategy-draft stud wr's instead of rb's.

Take these rb combo's late Vereen(96)/Ridley(137) or D Brown(98)/D Carter(157)

paired with P Hillis(87) or I Redman80) or BJGE(69) BJGE is way under rated at rb 23.

You 4th/5th RB would be B Seine(245) and A Green(217) of Green Bay.

Parenthesis is average draft position current FBG ranking.

First 6 rounds would be WR/TE/QB starters/strong backups.

7,8,and 9 the rb's listed. Way late on the GB guys-Starks is not the answer.

Also Raider's T Jones(179)/M Goodsen(141) D McFadden has yet to stay healthy

for a full season. Others-D Martin(72), L Blount(101) W McGahee(71) R Hillman(172)

combos. The Redman pick is IF Mendenhall is out for 6-8 weeks.

The Hillis pick is RBBC, J Charles will not be the "feature" back (he should be).

The D Martin pick would probably have to be a 6th rounder but I like his "value"

You could do WR's late- R Meachem(82)/M Floyd(109), S Rice(95)/D Baldwin(167)

A Brown(64)/E Sanders(201), I think Baldwin and Sanders will move up as we get

closer to the season. You could go for 3 wr's on the same team STL B Quick(166)

D Amendola(182), and S Smith(229)-way under rated. SF M Crabtree(104),

M Manningham(122), and R Moss(134)

With the roster limit the 3 wr's is probably a bad idea. The SD and Pitt combo

is something to really consider. It would be your 6th, 8th, 9th, and 16th round

picks.

 
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In the second half of the draft, don't waste roster spots and don't worry so much about upside.

Most fantasy leagues are all about upside. If you knew that a player would end up WR50, then in a typical league he'd basically be undraftable since he'd never crack your lineup. The late rounds of a typical draft are the time to look for high-upside sleepers who have a shot to break out and become starters (your sleeper pick may be more likely to bust, but if he does you can always cut him & pick up the next guy).

In a draft-only best ball league things are different. WR50 is a useful player - he'll crack your starting lineup a few times when he has his best games, and he'll have a few more decent weeks where he may end up in your lineup if other players have a down week. If you find a few players like that in the late rounds that's a significant boost to your team. Sleepers can be a significant drag on your team, because if they bust then you're stuck with them on your roster all year.

So in best ball, you generally want to avoid young receivers who are fighting for a job in camp, or third-string running backs who could emerge if things break just the right way, or backup quarterbacks who could be good fantasy QBs if only they took over the starting job. You want to focus on guys who are likely to be on the field, because as long as they're on the field they'll occasionally have a good game which will put them in your starting lineup.

That means that you should try to take care of your RBs and QBs in the first half of the draft, before you get to the point where there's no one left except for high-risk sleepers.

 
'nightmare said:
That roster size is to small with no waivers. Injuries will play a BIG role in who wins. I love the concept though-just with bigger rosters.
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You think they need more than 31 spots? The SSL league I am in is 18 roster spots (no IDP), so you have to pick very carefully...with only 10 teams and 31 spots, they should have more than enough players. Remember, they are not going to have to dig too far into the offensive players to have to select guys who will never see the light of day.In mine, I went with 3 QBs, 4 RBs, 5 WRs, 2 TEs, 2 Def and 2 K. Went extra on the QBs, because I chose to select two backups (Skelton/Kafka), so that I could take better positional players when others were going for QBs. We'll see how it works out, but I do like the suggestion someone made of picking players on early byes if it is a toss up. QB is my weakest position (16 teams and my starter is Freeman), but he is on an early bye, so even if my other QBs do not get a point, I only have to NOT have the worst score of the week out of 12 teams.
 
He posted they were looking at "20ish". 31 is good.

I play in a dynasty best ball with 26 spots and 5 practice squad.

Yeah, my advice was geared for a 12 teamer.

 
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'nightmare said:
Rethinking the strategy-draft stud wr's instead of rb's. Take these rb combo's late Vereen(96)/Ridley(137) or D Brown(98)/D Carter(157) paired with P Hillis(87) or I Redman80) or BJGE(69) BJGE is way under rated at rb 23. You 4th/5th RB would be B Seine(245) and A Green(217) of Green Bay. Parenthesis is average draft position current FBG ranking. First 6 rounds would be WR/TE/QB starters/strong backups. 7,8,and 9 the rb's listed. Way late on the GB guys-Starks is not the answer. Also Raider's T Jones(179)/M Goodsen(141) D McFadden has yet to stay healthy for a full season. Others-D Martin(72), L Blount(101) W McGahee(71) R Hillman(172) combos. The Redman pick is IF Mendenhall is out for 6-8 weeks. The Hillis pick is RBBC, J Charles will not be the "feature" back (he should be). The D Martin pick would probably have to be a 6th rounder but I like his "value" You could do WR's late- R Meachem(82)/M Floyd(109), S Rice(95)/D Baldwin(167) A Brown(64)/E Sanders(201), I think Baldwin and Sanders will move up as we get closer to the season. You could go for 3 wr's on the same team STL B Quick(166) D Amendola(182), and S Smith(229)-way under rated. SF M Crabtree(104), M Manningham(122), and R Moss(134) With the roster limit the 3 wr's is probably a bad idea. The SD and Pitt combo is something to really consider. It would be your 6th, 8th, 9th, and 16th round picks.
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:goodposting: Some real thought put into this one. Really appreciate the detail put into this. One of the best posts ive seen in a while.Thanks :thumbup:
 
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