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Best Ball - why no waivers? (1 Viewer)

Parts of Best Ball appeal to me.  The thing I like most is that your best lineup is played each week.  However, I do not understand why the standard format does not allow you to make waivers.  What is someone gets hurt?  What if your team sucks?  It seems like I would lose interest early on as some lucky SOB catches fire. 

Has anyone who has played this format let me know if it is fun and interesting enough to keep your interest all year?

 
Bill "Commissioner" Davies said:
Parts of Best Ball appeal to me.  The thing I like most is that your best lineup is played each week.  However, I do not understand why the standard format does not allow you to make waivers.  What is someone gets hurt?  What if your team sucks?  It seems like I would lose interest early on as some lucky SOB catches fire. 

Has anyone who has played this format let me know if it is fun and interesting enough to keep your interest all year?
i think they are seen more as "draft and forget".  no time for rooster management.

 
I do both a draft best ball league and the FBG subscriber league, neither with waivers. I am already maxed out on team management during the year and I enjoy thinking of the strategy of putting a team together without having to babysit it. 

 
Bill "Commissioner" Davies said:
Parts of Best Ball appeal to me.  The thing I like most is that your best lineup is played each week.  However, I do not understand why the standard format does not allow you to make waivers.  What is someone gets hurt?  What if your team sucks?  It seems like I would lose interest early on as some lucky SOB catches fire. 

Has anyone who has played this format let me know if it is fun and interesting enough to keep your interest all year?
I have played BB with no waivers (most common) and also a variant with only week 8 waivers...FAAB bidding auction

 
Bill "Commissioner" Davies said:
Parts of Best Ball appeal to me.  The thing I like most is that your best lineup is played each week.  However, I do not understand why the standard format does not allow you to make waivers.  What is someone gets hurt?  What if your team sucks?  It seems like I would lose interest early on as some lucky SOB catches fire. 

Has anyone who has played this format let me know if it is fun and interesting enough to keep your interest all year?
The idea is that you just draft a bunch of them and don't sweat the week to week outcomes so much. Some of the teams will be good and down the stretch you will root for them and just ingore your bad teams. 

 
Chicken Piccata...

Ingredients

2 large skinless, boneless chicken breasts

Kosher salt

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

3 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, divided

4 garlic cloves, smashed

1/3 cup dry white wine

1 Tbsp. drained capers, coarsely chopped

4 Tbsp. unsalted butter, cut into pieces

2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice

Chopped parsley and lemon wedges (for serving)

Preparation

Slice chicken breasts in half crosswise into 4 cutlets and lightly pound each piece between sheets of plastic wrap until an even thickness (about ½" thick or less). Season lightly with salt. Place flour in a medium shallow bowl. Working one at a time, place cutlets in bowl and toss to coat in flour. Knock off excess flour and transfer to a plate.

Heat 2 Tbsp. oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Working in batches if needed to avoid overcrowding the pan, cook cutlets, without moving them, until deeply browned underneath, about 2 minutes. Turn over and cook on the other side just until chicken is nearly cooked through, about 30 seconds. Transfer to a clean plate.

Add garlic and remaining 1 Tbsp. oil to the skillet and cook, stirring often and reducing heat if needed to keep garlic from scorching, until golden brown, about 2 minutes. Add wine and capers and cook, swirling pan and scraping up any browned bits stuck to the bottom of skillet, until liquid is almost completely evaporated, about 3 minutes. Add ½ cup water, followed by the butter. Swirl pan vigorously while butter melts to help it form an emulsion with water, about 1 minute.

Return chicken to skillet and simmer until chicken is cooked through and sauce is thick enough to coat a spoon, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir lemon juice into sauce; season with salt. Transfer chicken and sauce to a platter and top with parsley; serve with lemon wedges

 
I've played in Best Ball Tournaments before.  Only waivers I signed were on the Par 3 with the car giveaway.

 

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