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Free agent pickups - fantasy postseason (1 Viewer)
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Road Warriors
Footballguy
In a keep 2 league, we do the following:
1. Rosters for keepers are final as of the end of the regular season.
2. Teams still alive in the playoffs are able to pickup free agents.
3. Teams out of the playoffs are locked.
This rule was brought in for a couple of reasons. Locking rosters for the playoffs caused a lot of problems with injuries on the teams in the finals, so allowing teams to manage their roster through the playoffs is necessary, IMO.
Rosters for keepers being final after the regular season was introduced to stop teams from picking up injured stars that have been dropped to stock keepers off the waiver wire. If you want one of those guys, you'll need to put him on your roster during the season.
1. Rosters for keepers are final as of the end of the regular season.
2. Teams still alive in the playoffs are able to pickup free agents.
3. Teams out of the playoffs are locked.
This rule was brought in for a couple of reasons. Locking rosters for the playoffs caused a lot of problems with injuries on the teams in the finals, so allowing teams to manage their roster through the playoffs is necessary, IMO.
Rosters for keepers being final after the regular season was introduced to stop teams from picking up injured stars that have been dropped to stock keepers off the waiver wire. If you want one of those guys, you'll need to put him on your roster during the season.
bjlmonster
Footballguy
Yes we still allow it. A major reason is even in our week 16 superbowl a lot of playoff teams sit their guys. Also a lot of teams that are out of it are benching guys to see what they got on the bench. Hate to see a guy in the playoffs get a goose egg because a few of their guys are sitting and resting.
With that said, shouldn't championship caliber teams have enough depth on the bench already?
With that said, shouldn't championship caliber teams have enough depth on the bench already?
ShadowMaster
Footballguy
We freeze before our playoffs start (trades and FAs).
Just prior to week 14 in our case
Just prior to week 14 in our case
Ted Lange as your Bartender
Footballguy
Our trading and waiver deadline is the Sunday of week 11. Every NFL team is past their byes at that point.
thebestupsman
Footballguy
Ours lock at the end of our championship game in week 16.
TommyGilmore
Footballguy
Trades through Week 11.
Waiver Wire through Week 13.
Playoffs are Weeks 14-16.
Waiver Wire through Week 13.
Playoffs are Weeks 14-16.
mcnabbmcnow
Footballguy
IMO, free agent pickups or trades should ABSOLUTELY NOT BE ALLOWED after the end of the regular season. To allow it, opens your league up to people who are out of it trying to ship their good players to those in the playoffs. Friends can help out friends, and it creates a mess. In ESPN league last year, the guy didn't lock free agent pickups. I told the commish this was a big mistake and why, and he agreed, and this year he is going to lock it. I like the idea of having to plan your team for the entire playoffs a couple weeks in advance. Pays to think ahead, and also rewards those who had comfortable margins for getting into the playoffs with more time to prepare.
Road Warriors
Footballguy
One other approach that can solve this is to lock rosters of teams that are out of the playoffs. No rostered players that aren't competing can hit the wire. Our league bench is 6 deep. You may only have one or 2 backups at a position. Over the course of 3 weeks of playoffs, you could easily lose enough players to injury or sitting that you would have difficulty fielding a competitive team for a championship game. If your league has a deep enough bench, I can see it. But to have a championship game decided because an owner couldn't field a full team would suck.
Nemesis
Footballguy
My league takes the middle of the road approach.
Trade deadline - wk 11 kickoff
FA deadline - wk 12 kickoff
However, for every team that makes the playoffs, we have an emergency FA rule.
A team is allowed to make 1 (and only 1) move during wks 13-16.
However,.......here's the kicker: They pay $10 for this move (our normal fee is $4).
IMO, it bails out the owner that's desperate, but since they have to pay an abnormal amount.....it isn't abused.
Trade deadline - wk 11 kickoff
FA deadline - wk 12 kickoff
However, for every team that makes the playoffs, we have an emergency FA rule.
A team is allowed to make 1 (and only 1) move during wks 13-16.
However,.......here's the kicker: They pay $10 for this move (our normal fee is $4).
IMO, it bails out the owner that's desperate, but since they have to pay an abnormal amount.....it isn't abused.
