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Not true. If you look at a continuing league over the course of a decade, the good teams consistently make the playoffs, while the bad owners only do occasionally - if it was all luck one would see all the teams making the playoffs about half the time.
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Ok.
This IMO is the difference between winning and losing teams. You're probably going to start the wrong guy from time to time - it happens. But there's no excuse to let WW gems go to some other team because you're not paying attention.Hell, the only reason I won my league last year is because I liked what I saw out of Hillis. He turned out to be a stud and carried me for the rest of the year.
It's true. I've been in the same league for 8 years and we see the same thing. Out of 12 teams, the same five have made the playoff at least 6 of the 8 years.
If you insist on being an ###, you could at least reply below the quotations just like everybody else.Thanks in advance
Or, to put this more broadly: Beware rookies. Rookies get a lot of attention in preseason because there is nothing else to talk about and they are unknowns. Every year one or two rookies will strike it big and everyone wants to be the guy who gets that rookie. Ok, don't ignore rookies. But really, I would not want to count on a rookie as one of my starting core players. Too much risk to waste a high or even medium pick on in my opinion.If you do pick up a rookie, go after one that you can get later. Or, go after a guy like Moore on FA as soon as you see him producing in a real game and showing the "it" factor.Another point: don't over analyze the preaseason but use it to identify possible upside talent (for the FA wire later in year) and to decide if a player who is coming off injury or switching teams is going to be as effective. But beyond that, the value of the preseason is pretty limited and you have to always take it with a grain of salt.
Not a fair comparison... you're pitting "guppies" against "sharks." To compete in that scenario, the guppy needs a great deal more luck than the shark. All things being equal - 100% luck (IMO).Back to the original idea, "Ignore the match-ups for top-tier players... NEVER BENCH YOUR STUDS!"
I have known several guys who put a lot of effort into FF, but never seem to do well.Exactly. Don't let the fear of regret drive your waiver wire decisions. If you don't at least SOMETIMES regret dropping a guy for someone else, I don't think you're taking enough chances on the waiver wire.
If it were 100% luck, there would be no such thing as "guppies" or "sharks".Or "hawks".
Not true.
I think what you just said is assuming skill is equal, it's all luck?? Doesn't that mean skill plays a factor?
We already got your opinion in this thread. Thank you. You are still wrong and I could cite a multitude of examples from personally observing the best high stakes players in the industry. But that won't change your mind either, regardless of how many times you want to state your opinion.
This is a good one. Never draft the "Donald Driver" type player of this year. Always draft high upside guys in the second half of your draft.
When certain owners consistently do well (meaning, they are almost always in contention to win it), while certain owners do not (meaning, they are almost never in contention), year in and year out, that is not luck or a coincidence.LOL......It said my team was "brutal". 5-0, 159 points ahead in total points over #2.
+1I'll add that when scouting the waiver wire the best way to avoid fools gold is to somewhat ignore total points. Not that points aren't important, but the #1 thing I look at when scouring the FA market is targets. Targets mean opportunities, and that they have the trust of the QB/get their number called enough to justify playing them.
I took Calvin Johnson over andre in 2 leagues. Not our fault you can't rank em right.
You are completely missing the point. Yes, sometimes people luck into players, but they can still botch it. The guy who drafted AP first last year in the main league I was in also got Michael Vick on the WW after Week 1...and still finished dead last in points scored for the season. And that had nothing to do with luck. It had everything to do with him being an owner who simply isn't good at FF. He botched most of the rest of his draft.
So your reasoning that FF is all luck is that had you had a choice between AJ and Calvin, you would have chosen incorrectly?
I think the Rate My Team app is based on preseason rankings that aren't updated over the course of the year. So if you have Cam Newton and Steve Smith on your team as your QB1 and WR1, for example, it's going to say your team is a lot worse than it actually has performed.
