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Forfeiting week 7... bad idea ? (1 Viewer)

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Half way through this year's draft @ Hooters I realized my first 4 picks all had the same bye week. In my blurry, distracted state I decided this was good and I'll be 6-0 and take the loss week 7 and not worry about all those bye week add/drops. Here we are and I almost made it - I've lost 1 game (via league tie-breaker) so am 5-1 and points leader but can barely field a team this week. If I'm lucky I can grab Dom Rhodes off WW otherwise I'm gonna let it go as is. I'm afraid the other teams are going to be mad at my apparent lack of effort or think I'm a deadbeat owner even though I'm not. Should I be worried about their opinions? It's a 12 team league and I only know 1 guy. I just don't want to trade away my guys for 1 week when I probably won't win this week anyway and risk not getting them back. Curious what you guys thought about this...

 
Of course they won't think less of your team...there are FF experts out there who actually think it's all right to group players on a bye week since it means your team will be much better comparatively all other weeks.

 
Hooters and beer is never a bad combo. :angry:

don't sweat it, you have to be among the league's leaders so far.

 
Half way through this year's draft @ Hooters I realized my first 4 picks all had the same bye week. In my blurry, distracted state I decided this was good and I'll be 6-0 and take the loss week 7 and not worry about all those bye week add/drops. Here we are and I almost made it - I've lost 1 game (via league tie-breaker) so am 5-1 and points leader but can barely field a team this week. If I'm lucky I can grab Dom Rhodes off WW otherwise I'm gonna let it go as is. I'm afraid the other teams are going to be mad at my apparent lack of effort or think I'm a deadbeat owner even though I'm not. Should I be worried about their opinions? It's a 12 team league and I only know 1 guy. I just don't want to trade away my guys for 1 week when I probably won't win this week anyway and risk not getting them back. Curious what you guys thought about this...
Dont be such a sensitive sally.Dominate.

 
My only running backs for this week are Buckhalder, Westbrook, Felix jones, and MJD, Addai...

yes, i have zero starters... but they league knows i tried.

 
Your job as an owner is to maximize your chances of success, namely to win the league championship. If that means putting a lineup out there one week out of 16 that's stinko in order to increase your chances of winning the other 15, so be it.

 
I actually wish I had drafted all players to have the same bye. You will be the one guy who will not have to worry about a starter on most other weeks other than this one...I am sure that the league will not only not care, some may even be a little jealous of the situation overall.

 
I used to try to space out my bye weeks during the draft. Then I finally realized that I was passing on guys I really wanted just to avoid bye week conflicts. Now I draft he best team I can and if it means I basically forfeit one week - fine. That means instead of playing 4 or 5 weeks missing one of my top players - I get it all done in one week. So I think what you are doing actually makes better sense.

 
I actually wish I had drafted all players to have the same bye. You will be the one guy who will not have to worry about a starter on most other weeks other than this one...I am sure that the league will not only not care, some may even be a little jealous of the situation overall.
More likely they'll enact a rule that states "you must field a complete team"Or something like that.I'm in the same boat except I'm not dominating (one game out of 1st).I'm more or less punting this week due to byes and injuries.My starting RB this week is Tashard Choice!! Wooo Hoo.
 
Thinking about this again, 3 things I can say with certainty.

1. In leagues with small benches, I will try to get them all in the same bye week. I hate cutting a player I like to pick up another each week. Give me the zero one week, I'll win the rest.

2. In total score leagues, this is a bad idea.

3. YOUR team, YOU figure out how to manage it. Screw the others.

 
I'm in a 12-team, 18 man roster, 3-keeper league, and of my 18 players, 5 had a week 6 BYE, and 5 on Week 8, while the rest are scattered.

I don't even look at BYE Weeks for RB/WR/TE positions, and I won't compromise on my QB2 if the drop-off is severe.

Especially if you're conflicting BYEs are weeks 7,8,9,10...who knows how different your roster will look by then.

I wouldn't worry about this 'loss' if it means you have the best possible lineup when the playoffs roll around.

 
I face the same problem in Week 9, having drafted Bush and Gore as my primary running backs. My fill-ins that week will be MacLain and Fred Taylor. I have had a few owners compalin that I will be giving a win to the guy I face that week and they want to help me out by taking Bush or Gore off my hands for Michael Turner, Willis McGahee, Kevin Smith, etc.

I think I'll just take my lumps. Nothing wrong at all with sacrificing one week for solid RB play in the remaining weeks.

 
I will have to put up two zeros next week. As many have stated the goal is to win more than you lose. To do that you have to put together the best team possible regardless of bye weeks.

 
I am in a 16 team redraft, with a short bench of 5 players. Among my regular starters are Rivers, Gates, Kaeding, and the Chargers D.

Because I am among league leaders and late in the waiver order, and quality on the waiver wire is very limited due to the size of the league, I picked up Scaife and the Cardinals D last week, even though the Chargers' bye isn't until week 9... they have decent matchups that week. I already had Kerry Collins, who is a better option than any other available free agent QBs.

So I am approaching this like I don't want to concede a loss. But it is killing my ability to pick up value off the waiver wire... during week 9, 4 of my 5 bench spots will be Rivers, Gates, Kaeding, and the Chargers D, so I only have one more spot until week 10. I can only hope some value players will remain at that point to shore up my bench for the playoffs.

Because of this situation, I've considered trying to trade these players for similar quality (e.g., Gates for Witten, or similar), just to break up the bye week problem, but I haven't done anything yet.

Anyway, if you're not going to concede a loss, it is better to have the bye week in question come early, leaving more time to restock your bench.

 
I never look at bye weeks when drafting. Just get the best player available to meet my needs. Too much can happen with injuries, suspensions, sucky play, crazy trade offers.

Of course I should never say never - best ball, no transaction formats like FBG's subscribers contest require one to consider bye weeks.

 

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