How do you get over starting the wrong player? (1 Viewer)

[UFO]

So I had Avery in my starting line-up this past weekend because heard Plax was in the doghouse again. But then heard right before kickoff he would only sit first series. Something told me I should keep Avery in there but decided to roll with the proven stud. the rest is history, lost critical game and am now 4-4 and will be in a do fight for a playoff spot. I know go with your gut but too many times I went with "my gut" and sat a stud which has back fired as well.

Anyhow it's Tuesday night and I am still steaming about it. Makes me want to quit fantasy football. I drafted a great team (2nd highest scoring in league) but am 4-4.

How do you guys shake it off?

 

[Hoss_Cartwright]

The key is to not take this stuff too seriously. You can still try your best and not be consumed by it. I would have won in Fantasy Legends II this week had I started Cotchery, but hey, s--t happens. As a result I'm now 3-5.

 

[Chicago Hooligan]

Kill self. Repeat as necessary.

 

[hellz_fireflies]

Well its like me too..drafted Romo and Rivers..before Romo got hurt it was a up and down for both..seems Rivers was best pick most weeks before Romo got hurt..in other words you DON'T know..its all luck then..no need to feel bad!

 

[TidesofWar]

Beer, and then I pick up Tatum Bell

 

[supermark_28]

So I had Avery in my starting line-up this past weekend because heard Plax was in the doghouse again. But then heard right before kickoff he would only sit first series. Something told me I should keep Avery in there but decided to roll with the proven stud. the rest is history, lost critical game and am now 4-4 and will be in a do fight for a playoff spot. I know go with your gut but too many times I went with "my gut" and sat a stud which has back fired as well.Anyhow it's Tuesday night and I am still steaming about it. Makes me want to quit fantasy football. I drafted a great team (2nd highest scoring in league) but am 4-4. How do you guys shake it off?

I used to struggle with the same thing but a couple of years ago I came to the realization that this honestly a crapshootsometimes and that luck has more to do with it than I care to admit.

 

[zdaddy]

It's a game, and it should be fun.

If stuff like this eats at you for to long, you should move to hold em'.

 

[two_dollars]

I would have won if I started Lendale over Ronnie Brown. I changed it at last second. I was pretty ticked right after, but I'm over it now.

 

[hitman2]

Drink good scotch, and lots of it!

PS - How do you get over drafting Reggie Brown over Eddie Royal (by accident) in a new startup dynasty this summer?

That's MOTRIN pain that hurts EVERY WEEK man!

 

[packersfan]

So I had Avery in my starting line-up this past weekend because heard Plax was in the doghouse again. But then heard right before kickoff he would only sit first series. Something told me I should keep Avery in there but decided to roll with the proven stud. the rest is history, lost critical game and am now 4-4 and will be in a do fight for a playoff spot. I know go with your gut but too many times I went with "my gut" and sat a stud which has back fired as well.Anyhow it's Tuesday night and I am still steaming about it. Makes me want to quit fantasy football. I drafted a great team (2nd highest scoring in league) but am 4-4. How do you guys shake it off?

I used to struggle with the same thing but a couple of years ago I came to the realization that this honestly a crapshootsometimes and that luck has more to do with it than I care to admit.

I agree. You do the best you can to make the right lineup decisions but crazy s**t happens in this game every week. How else do you explain Leonard Weaver looking like Barry Sanders against the Niners or Tyler Thigpen looking like Joe Montana against the Jets? I didn't see either one of them ranked high by anybody last week and with good reason. But this game rarely plays out exactly as expected. To answer the original question, I shake it off on Monday morning if some things didn't go the way I expected on Sunday and then I start planning ahead for the next week. Always try to remember this is supposed to be fun. That's not always easy to do - especially if you're playing in a league with a lot of money riding on the outcome - but over the years I've come to the realization that the best I can do is put the best possible lineup together each week. If something crazy happens to undermine things on Sunday (and/or Monday), I have to move on. There's nothing I can do about it.

 

[zdaddy]

I would have won if I started Lendale over Ronnie Brown. I changed it at last second. I was pretty ticked right after, but I'm over it now.

I'm with ya...right on the border of the playoffs in the league.I sat D. Ward and started McFadden before I left for Work early Sunday morning...But like I said, it is a game and #### happens. I make just as many brilliant last min. moves as I do bad ones.

 

[Limp Ditka]

I send threatening letters to the player that underperformed

 

[mozzy84]

So I had Avery in my starting line-up this past weekend because heard Plax was in the doghouse again. But then heard right before kickoff he would only sit first series. Something told me I should keep Avery in there but decided to roll with the proven stud. the rest is history, lost critical game and am now 4-4 and will be in a do fight for a playoff spot. I know go with your gut but too many times I went with "my gut" and sat a stud which has back fired as well.Anyhow it's Tuesday night and I am still steaming about it. Makes me want to quit fantasy football. I drafted a great team (2nd highest scoring in league) but am 4-4. How do you guys shake it off?

I'm in enough leagues (4) where at least something always goes right and something usually goes wrong, its all good.edit to say I usually dont do the last second lineup changes though unless its because of injury....

 

[Abstract]

I've also found that doing last second line up changes usually does more harm than good. I try to set my line up early in the week and make a final decision no later than Thursday, barring injury.

 

[WiDDoW_MaKeR]

I normally treat my fiance like #### for a couple days.

 

[packersfan]

I normally treat my fiance like #### for a couple days.

My girlfriend knows that if she hasn't heard from me at any point in the afternoon on Sunday things probably aren't going well and she steers clear.

 

[hauser42]

Having almost 20 years of fantasy football I have learned to live with this stuff. When I first started playing, I would be furiuos that I missed on pts by having the wrong player started. Did not help that the league is made of all hometown guys and a bunch of us lived together at college when we started playing. Back then a couple of cocktails would also is they pain and there was not too much responsibilty in my life.

Now grown up and having three sons, there are a lot more improtant things to care about. As others have said you can put in tons of research and it still comes down to the player putting the numbers on the board. Not starting Avery would not bother me, what has he shown this season to warrant him staring. I dont have him so maybe his stats have been building to this.

Now the guy with Romo and Rivers at QB, there is a tough call each week. Tight lineup choices still irk me, but I now that player was my choice and thought it was right. Cocktails still help the pain, just dont need as many.

 

[BobbyLayne]

To answer the original question, I shake it off on Monday morning if some things didn't go the way I expected on Sunday and then I start planning ahead for the next week. Always try to remember this is supposed to be fun...If something crazy happens to undermine things on Sunday (and/or Monday), I have to move on. There's nothing I can do about it.

Egg zackly.It's a fun hobby, but by Sunday or Monday night I'm already mulling over the WW and WDIS for the next week. I'm the defending champ in my standard redraft and could easily be 8-0 (except for QB, thought I killed it in the draft)...simple NBYS would put me at 6-2...but you keep doing your research, make your best decision on imperfect info, and hope for the best.Works out, great, if you leave points on the bench, think about your thought process that led to the decision...but don't dwell on it, just get ready to put a whupping on somebody in the next week.

 

[EdwardCat]

If you play long enough, you get over it. It happens all the time. Just remember, most of the time you start the wrong player, your opponent could have probably started someone else to counter-act it.

 

[Anonymous Internet User]

trade away all your depth so you don't ever have to worry about things like this

 

[Black]

So I had Avery in my starting line-up this past weekend because heard Plax was in the doghouse again. But then heard right before kickoff he would only sit first series. Something told me I should keep Avery in there but decided to roll with the proven stud. the rest is history, lost critical game and am now 4-4 and will be in a do fight for a playoff spot. I know go with your gut but too many times I went with "my gut" and sat a stud which has back fired as well.Anyhow it's Tuesday night and I am still steaming about it. Makes me want to quit fantasy football. I drafted a great team (2nd highest scoring in league) but am 4-4. How do you guys shake it off?

At about 11:44am CST Sunday week 8 I switched A. Bryant into the lineup based on my GUT and took out Avery and DROPPED him. I could have dropped just about anyone else, but dropped him since I am fairly strong at WR...just needed a bye week fill-in. Now, I barely won, so all was 'ok' for the day, but I sat and watched Avery get picked up in the Waiver process (I couldn't claim him since I dropped him)...by a guy I was trying to trade another WR to. DOH! Guess he won't be needing a WR now, and guess I won't be upgrading my QB via his roster anytime soon. So, I am not sure what's worse...losing one game, or losing a guy who might be a good starter the rest of the year.So, your answer....LOOK FOR NEXT WEEK'S AVERY! Whether it's in your starting lineup or off the Waiver Wire. Easy come, easy go. Have fun and move on. I make alot of bad decisions, but it's all percentages...so if I wheel and deal, I am certain to make some bad picks and lineups...but have made some good ones too.I lost Brady week 1. (It's redraft, but still...my first rounder). Then Colston (my 3rd rounder) is out week 1 or 2 (don't recall). After losing about 3 games (including one where I went with STATS and not my gut), I am back in the hunt.Everyone takes a hit, everyone leaves points on the bench. Be the guy that keeps at it and keeps putting the best team 'out there' each week.

 

[jerry jones]

trade away all your depth so you don't ever have to worry about things like this

ok...there is truth to this statement....one auction league i am in, for 5 years was constantly picking the wrong guy,missing playoffs...basically a .500 team each year.now, last year i made the effort to do that exact thing...i went with only a couple players over our 13 playerminimum, and pretty much had no choices each week. finished with 1 loss (best record) i have done the samething this year and also have only 1 loss and the best record. record aside, it feels good to know that "this is it, win or lose"

 

[Black]

Oh yeah, the other thing I do is rename my team when I lose.

This year, I rename my team every week, often mocking the team name of the team I play.

 

[MikeApf]

So I had Avery in my starting line-up this past weekend because heard Plax was in the doghouse again. But then heard right before kickoff he would only sit first series. Something told me I should keep Avery in there but decided to roll with the proven stud. the rest is history, lost critical game and am now 4-4 and will be in a do fight for a playoff spot. I know go with your gut but too many times I went with "my gut" and sat a stud which has back fired as well.Anyhow it's Tuesday night and I am still steaming about it. Makes me want to quit fantasy football. I drafted a great team (2nd highest scoring in league) but am 4-4. How do you guys shake it off?

I too left Avery on the bench this weekend, but fortunately was able to hang on and win this week. But, I do know exactly how you feel...it's a crappy feeling.In answer to your question: you get over things like this by always having a solid rationale for setting your starting lineup. Once you have made your decisions, then you let the chips fall where they may. Let's take an extreme example -- let's say you have Anquin Boldin and Donnie Avery. You start Boldin over Avery one week and Avery does better. Are you to kick yourself for your "stupid move?" Of course not, you made the best decision at the time and it just didn't work out for you. Over the LONG HAUL though, making the right decisions should pay off. Everyone has good luck and bad luck it's true, but you have to just hold to the idea that if you keep making solid decisions, it will come around for you.This is true in life generally I think, not just in FFL. OK, I'm off the soapbox now. M

 

[proteus126]

trade away all your depth so you don't ever have to worry about things like this

ok...there is truth to this statement....one auction league i am in, for 5 years was constantly picking the wrong guy,missing playoffs...basically a .500 team each year.

now, last year i made the effort to do that exact thing...i went with only a couple players over our 13 player

minimum, and pretty much had no choices each week. finished with 1 loss (best record) i have done the same

thing this year and also have only 1 loss and the best record.

record aside, it feels good to know that "this is it, win or lose"

This is actually really important, and might deserve its own thread. Does this strategy work? Has there been a study (hey, I'm an engineer)? Lord knows I prefer when I have two good RBs and one stiff, and the answer is obvious.I'm in one of those leagues with limited rosters of 14 players with no defensive players (1 backup per pos, start 1 QB 2 RB 2WR, 1TE, 1K, 1DST) and a salary cap, so we have to be judicious. Lots of decent QBs go undrafted because of the salary cap, like Rodgers, Orton, Edwards. Perhaps getting a few stud players is the answer, and riding them to playoff glory? Unless they are 2008 Tom Brady.

I have a team where I have been fortunate enought to assemble a roster with a good backup at all positions, since that seems to make sense in my league format. But I feel I have not maximized my playoff league possibilities because I am just trying to get through the bye weeks (again, just one backup per position, and no flex). Backup QB is Delhomme (starter Rodgers). Backup WR is Welker (Smith, Colston [got him off waivers!]). Backup RB is Graham (Jackson, Forte[cheap - my good draft pick]). After bye weeks I am riding the studs anyway. So why not deal off the Grahams and Welkers of the world to pick up a better QB? Salary cap makes that hard - they are too expensive, and Forte is cheap but I don't want to lose him just to upgrade on QB. Tough league to manage in.

But the bottom line is: Does managing towards a few studs rather than stockpiling depth work?

 

[craxie]

switch to a best ball league

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Arsenic.

 

[NYG Endzone]

The key is to not take this stuff too seriously. You can still try your best and not be consumed by it. I would have won in Fantasy Legends II this week had I started Cotchery, but hey, s--t happens. As a result I'm now 3-5.

JohnnyU? New Alias?

 

[Da Guru]

10 years ago I would stew for days over bad lineup choices.

Now my kids are getting older and I am bust every weekend I just put in my lineup and do not worry.

I also benched Cotchery and lost my game because ot it..of well.

 

[[scooter]]

How do you guys shake it off?

Trade your good bench players. Problem solved.

 

[The Jerk]

Pick one of the following strategies and stick with it all year:

1. Start your best player at each position regardless of matchup.

2. Start players based on matchup but keep at it even if it backfires for a few weeks.

I tend to use the first approach early in the year (no or little track record) and also come playoff time, but if I am committed to either approach, I know that the decisions tend to even out in the long run.

This year, I was burned a few weeks with bad RB decisions, but from Weeks 6-8 I've gotten nearly every one right. Unfortunately, I'm 3-5 in my most important league, but that's mostly due to bad luck from matchups (3rd in total points).

My most frustrating week came in Week 2 when bad lineup decisions were compounded by Eddie Royal getting 8 points thanks to Ed Hochuli. But I'm at the point where I can just laugh at it. Look, the same things happen in the real games, so I can't be more upset than the Chargers for a bad call or a given coach for a bad decision.

It's part of the game, and the sooner you can actually appreciate the lows the better you'll be at maintaining your poise in future decision-making. Luck is a part of everything in life, and more so in FF than many other pursuits, but in the end, skill and preparation still matter.

 

[BoltBacker]

switch to a best ball league

Exactly.Some people find the fun in FF trying to play Russian-roulette with the weekly coach speak as to who is healthy/hurt and how much they'll play. I don't, takes all the fun out of FF to me. What's more you don't have to be "that guy"..... the one that can't make any plans on a Sunday for a third of the year because he has to babysit his lineup because a last minute scratch cost him getting into the playoffs one year.

 

[SproutDaddy]

I've also found that doing last second line up changes usually does more harm than good. I try to set my line up early in the week and make a final decision no later than Thursday, barring injury.

I've come to this realization as well. The only last minute changes that should be made are strictly injuries that you didn't know about until gameday.

 

[cstu]

The key is to not take this stuff too seriously. You can still try your best and not be consumed by it. I would have won in Fantasy Legends II this week had I started Cotchery, but hey, s--t happens. As a result I'm now 3-5.

JohnnyU? New Alias?

Johnny U is having a nice season, guy.

 

[Anon]

There are a a lot of theories on how to pick a lineup, but you must manage your expectations. How hard is it to pick the right guy ?

Assume start 3wr and you have 5 to choose from, all projected to score within 10% of each other. You may expect a 60%(3/5) chance of picking the right guys. Not true, The two bench guys need only outscore the low guy of the three. Thats two chances to outscore one guy. Now, add in the choices for 2 RB/5B+1/2DEF+1/2PK+1/3QB. Fielding that perfect lineup is longer odds than you imagine.

It is normal for me to go an entire season without being able to field a perfect lineup for any given week. SO I don't expect it. Pick a target for each player in your lineup, tell yourself if my QB scores more than 15 this week then he was a good play. Did i have more good plays than bad plays this week ? I also tell myself bench scoring is a good thing. Here is a player that i didn't value as much as the rest, but now he is more valuable to my team. Perhaps he is a viable choice in the future, perhaps he is valuable in a trade. And at the least, its good i wasn't playing against him.

 

[Ruffrodys05]

trade away all your depth so you don't ever have to worry about things like this

ok...there is truth to this statement....one auction league i am in, for 5 years was constantly picking the wrong guy,missing playoffs...basically a .500 team each year.

now, last year i made the effort to do that exact thing...i went with only a couple players over our 13 player

minimum, and pretty much had no choices each week. finished with 1 loss (best record) i have done the same

thing this year and also have only 1 loss and the best record.

record aside, it feels good to know that "this is it, win or lose"

Yep, going to agree here. In '06 I had virtually no bench to speak of and a lot of studs. Won my division at 7-7 and went on to win the title. I dealt with injuries through the waiver wire and picked up Colston and MJD, who both helped me to the title. Of course, I still had no bench.I would not recommend this strategy, but it does work occasionally.

As far as this year, I've got good depth at all positions and have made a few bonehead calls on starters. Only cost me one game so far, so I got over it quickly enough and vowed to stick with my studs the rest of the year unless injury prevents it.

 

[mistersmith]

If it makes you feel better I benched both Boldin and Avery this week, and started Colston and Welker instead. Avery being a long time rookie. And as for Boldin, I read he'd only be getting a certain percentage of snaps coming back from an injury and he'd playing against the top ranked pass D of Carolina. Also, I had been burned by Colston the last time I played an injured guy coming off the bench playing against Carolina, so that factored into the decision. Also, I was playing against the lowest team in our league - so I thought I could play it safe and conservatively and get away with a win. I still had a nice lead on Monday Night but he still had Peyton Manning and Dallas Clark, and I had Dominic Rhodes. Of course that lead dwindled to nothing after those 2 td passes to Dallas Clark.

I then thought I won when Rhodes ran it in, but instead the officials called it down on the 1 and the Colts had Manning sneak it in.

Of course half the league mocks me for benching Boldin after the fact even tho no one questioned me before the games started.

So...just remember...someone out there always has it worse. When I look back on the situation, my thinking was relatively sound. But I will not bench Boldin again for the rest of the year, that's for sure. Just try to learn something from it and you'll be better off. After I lost I just laughed in amazement. tt's not worth getting all stressed out about - it's not a job, it's a game. Most of us do bet money on fantasy football, but I think it's safe to say most of us don't bet our life savings on it. You will make wrong choices, especially if you have good depth at certain positions. And look at it in a different way - at least you know you have a good player on your roster for the rest of the year.

 

[Winning IS Everything]

I've also found that doing last second line up changes usually does more harm than good. I try to set my line up early in the week and make a final decision no later than Thursday, barring injury.

This is absolutely !!! Messing with my lineup on Sunday never works out (well rarely does).

 

[PoolShark]

Reading thru the thread & others I know there are a lot of schools of thought on this subject. I've never played in a "best ball" format league, and that actually sounds interesting. I think I normally draft a pretty solid & deep team no matter what league I'm in, so having "no lineup choices" would require a lot of trading (and eliminate depth, which I hate to do considering byes & injuries). I've had those issues this year even with decent, deep rosters.

I'm 7-1 in one CBS-hosted league despite having the worst coach rating last time I checked. The week I lost was the 1st week after Rodgers' injury & even though I knew he was playing I didn't want to risk it & played Garrard instead. Of course Garrard bombs & Rodgers has his best game of the season. Same week I started BUF D vs ARI, mainly because this league gives tons of pts for sacks & turnovers & the Cards had been prone to both. 3 hours later the game is over, BUF has 0 sacks, 0 turnovers AND gives up 40+, scoring me -5 pts (while the Giants sit on my bench w/ 15). I also made another bad start that week at RB (don't remember who), but my lineup decisions left 50+ points on my bench in a league where I lead scoring at 112 ppg. I lost something like 105-87, but could have won easily with the "correct" lineup.

This week, my RBs were toast (Jacobs, Bush, LJ, Rudi). I dropped Rudi & picked up BJGE & Benson. Started BJGE w/ Jacobs (though I considered both WW guys since Jacobs was facing PIT (& it turns out that would have been the better play, though not by much). The kicker however is that I could have stuck w/ Jacobs & Rudi, saved two $5 add/drops and scored about the same points. I probably spent 3 or 4 hours researching & debating my RB situation last week from start to finish, and the end result wasn't much different than if I hadn't done a thing. I also started BUF over NYG again, costing myself a bunch of pts again. On the upside, I also made the bold (& correct) decision to start Bowe over TO, so that (& winning) makes me feel a little better about the whole week.

There's no way to consistantly get everything right. There's no "correct" way to go about it. Frequently the matchups don't work out the way they should on paper. Sometimes your "scrubs" outscore your (always start your) "studs." There's nothing you can do about it but TRY to make the right moves each week & hope it works out. Frankly, there's a lot of luck involved & it's rarely going to work out perfectly top to bottom. If you go in expecting that, you should be able to control your disappointment much more easily.

The league I commish, I've had much better lineup luck this year, I'm 3rd in total points, and eeked out a win this week to improve to 3-5. In spite of making good decisions every week, I keep losing due to bad scheduling luck. After 4 weeks, the teams I had played all posted their best score of the season the week they played me & I only won once. Sometimes **** happens even when you do make the right lineup decisions.

In the end, it's still just a game & it's supposed to be fun. No matter how much research & effort you put into it, there is always going to be a significant amount of luck involved.

 

[Downontheupside]

So I had Avery in my starting line-up this past weekend because heard Plax was in the doghouse again. But then heard right before kickoff he would only sit first series. Something told me I should keep Avery in there but decided to roll with the proven stud. the rest is history, lost critical game and am now 4-4 and will be in a do fight for a playoff spot. I know go with your gut but too many times I went with "my gut" and sat a stud which has back fired as well.Anyhow it's Tuesday night and I am still steaming about it. Makes me want to quit fantasy football. I drafted a great team (2nd highest scoring in league) but am 4-4. How do you guys shake it off?

So far this year I have had:Kevin Walter on the bench twice in his 2 TD weeks...when I was considering starting him.Marvin Harrison on the bench when he had his 2 TD weekI started Graham over Ronnie Brown in the week Brown put up a 40 spot and Graham got me 1 pointLuckily I'm still 5-3 but I could be 7-1 and lead the league in scoring. I almost went to start using the George Costanza method and go against whatever I would normally do.

 

[eric rymer]

switch to a best ball league

Exactly.Some people find the fun in FF trying to play Russian-roulette with the weekly coach speak as to who is healthy/hurt and how much they'll play. I don't, takes all the fun out of FF to me. What's more you don't have to be "that guy"..... the one that can't make any plans on a Sunday for a third of the year because he has to babysit his lineup because a last minute scratch cost him getting into the playoffs one year.

Came here to post the same thing. Played in my first best ball league this year and really enjoyed it. It's either that or keep the freezer stocked with Jager.

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

switch to a best ball league

Exactly.Some people find the fun in FF trying to play Russian-roulette with the weekly coach speak as to who is healthy/hurt and how much they'll play. I don't, takes all the fun out of FF to me. What's more you don't have to be "that guy"..... the one that can't make any plans on a Sunday for a third of the year because he has to babysit his lineup because a last minute scratch cost him getting into the playoffs one year.

Came here to post the same thing. Played in my first best ball league this year and really enjoyed it. It's either that or keep the freezer stocked with Jager.

Best ball can be fun, but also changes the game a bit too much to make it my main league. Instead of looking for great players, you can "stock up" on a bunch of guys and hope somebody hits each week. For me, trying to field a strong lineup is part of the fun. But best ball does eliminate lineup stress.

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

So I had Avery in my starting line-up this past weekend because heard Plax was in the doghouse again. But then heard right before kickoff he would only sit first series. Something told me I should keep Avery in there but decided to roll with the proven stud. the rest is history, lost critical game and am now 4-4 and will be in a do fight for a playoff spot. I know go with your gut but too many times I went with "my gut" and sat a stud which has back fired as well.Anyhow it's Tuesday night and I am still steaming about it. Makes me want to quit fantasy football. I drafted a great team (2nd highest scoring in league) but am 4-4. How do you guys shake it off?

If I really can't choose which guy to start, the last tie-breaker for me is "Which one would bother me more having a huge game on my bench?" In your case, it would bother you more having a hunch and still not playing it. If Plaxico had a big game, your hunch was wrong. You can probably live with that. But to take a guy out you believed would have a good game...that probably stings as much as the loss.

 

[glumpy]

Always try to remember this is supposed to be fun. That's not always easy to do - especially if you're playing in a league with a lot of money riding on the outcome - but over the years I've come to the realization that the best I can do is put the best possible lineup together each week. If something crazy happens to undermine things on Sunday (and/or Monday), I have to move on. There's nothing I can do about it.

There are times I feel so disappointed with the way these games work out I'm ready to throw in the towel as well, and I have to remind myself that I could have spent that money for one night on the town--but playing in a competitive league stretches it out to more than four months of insanity. A dollar just doesn't go that far anymore anywhere else!

 

[Hoss_Cartwright]

The key is to not take this stuff too seriously. You can still try your best and not be consumed by it. I would have won in Fantasy Legends II this week had I started Cotchery, but hey, s--t happens. As a result I'm now 3-5.

JohnnyU? New Alias?

I've had it for awhile now. I thought most knew.

 

[Hoss_Cartwright]

The key is to not take this stuff too seriously. You can still try your best and not be consumed by it. I would have won in Fantasy Legends II this week had I started Cotchery, but hey, s--t happens. As a result I'm now 3-5.

JohnnyU? New Alias?

Johnny U is having a nice season, guy.

7 leagues - 4-4, 5-3, 3-5, 5-3, 4-4, 8-0, 2-6

 

[eric rymer]

switch to a best ball league

Exactly.Some people find the fun in FF trying to play Russian-roulette with the weekly coach speak as to who is healthy/hurt and how much they'll play. I don't, takes all the fun out of FF to me. What's more you don't have to be "that guy"..... the one that can't make any plans on a Sunday for a third of the year because he has to babysit his lineup because a last minute scratch cost him getting into the playoffs one year.

Came here to post the same thing. Played in my first best ball league this year and really enjoyed it. It's either that or keep the freezer stocked with Jager. :(

Best ball can be fun, but also changes the game a bit too much to make it my main league. Instead of looking for great players, you can "stock up" on a bunch of guys and hope somebody hits each week. For me, trying to field a strong lineup is part of the fun. But best ball does eliminate lineup stress.

I can't argue that. I play in both types and really enjoy both. The bottom line is if you are in a league that uses weekly lineups, you are always going to risk a player having a huge day from your bench. It happens. Sometimes you hit and sometimes you miss. It's just the nature of the beast. Either way I just try to remember why I started playing. Try to have fun with it.

 

[Wu-banger]

I have Andre Johnson, Terrell Owens , and Randy Moss penned in as starters in my PPR dynasty league. (see sig)

Roddy White has been glued to my bench .......

I HAVE BEEN STARTING THE WRONG PLAYERS ALL YEAR..!!!!

How do I get over it ..?? .................. by being 7-1..!!!!

 

[pats3in4]

I'm 4-4 and have lost 2 games because of coaching decisions, the latest by 0.5pts. But here were the circumstances:

1. Week 1. Started Selvin Young over Chris Johnson, costing me a close game. My rationale going in was that although Johnson shined during the preseason, he'll still take a backseat early in the season as Fisher relies heavily (no pun intended) on Lendale and eases the rook into the offense over the course of the season. On the other side, I knew Denver was RBBC, but figured Young would still get a heavier load.

Oops. Johnson was a stud and Young split carries evenly with Hall between the 20s and then Pittman got the GL carries. Live and learn. It was week 1. There's no way I'd make that mistake again in any other week.

2. Week 8. Since I lost by 0.5pts, the blame can be pointed a couple directions:

a. Started Delhomme over Warner. Figured Delhomme has been great recently at home, Warner was a turnover machine in his last two east coast trips (maybe it's part of that 3-time-zone struggle teams seem to have) and the Panthers have had an excellent pass defense, especially at home.

b. Started Jacobs over Faulk. I knew Jacobs was going to find it rough going @ Pittsburgh, but how was I supposed to know he'd get stuffed 3 times in a row from the 1, part of it in thanks to Eli inadvertently letting Pittsburgh know which hole the play was going. And Faulk was more an insurance pickup in case Westbrook couldn't go for me anyway.

I figured I played the percentages and they just didn't work. While some may consider them questionable, I don't think any of my decisions were outright blunders. I'm not happy with the way my decisions played out, but I'm not all that angry with the decisions themselves. They made sense to me at the time.

 

[Chaka]

I have been playing long enough and seen this situation enough times that I am generally unfazed when it happens.

Shoulda-woulda-coulda...

ETA:...didn't.