How much does scoring system affect draft strategy? (1 Viewer)

[Brothers Mayhem]

I am in a slow draft right now where QB's receive a 20 point bonus for 300+ passing yards in a game. They also get the typical 1 pt per 20 yds passing and 6 points per td. It is a ppr league as well.

Now I don't normally reach for a QB early in the draft because I can usually make do going QBBC. However, this is my 1st time playing where their are bonuses involved. I am wondering if that 20 pt. bonus per 300 yd game is incentive enough to reach earlier for an elite QB? Not sure if it's important or not to note that RB's & WR's also get 15 bonuses per 100yd games rushing/receiving. This may offset the significance of the QB bonus - I don't know.

What does the tank think about this situation? Is it business as usual? (QBBC unless an elite becomes a value pick) Or does the QB position gain stock value enough to garner early draft pick attention?

 

[Godsbrother]

I am in a slow draft right now where QB's receive a 20 point bonus for 300+ passing yards in a game. They also get the typical 1 pt per 20 yds passing and 6 points per td. It is a ppr league as well. Now I don't normally reach for a QB early in the draft because I can usually make do going QBBC. However, this is my 1st time playing where their are bonuses involved. I am wondering if that 20 pt. bonus per 300 yd game is incentive enough to reach earlier for an elite QB? Not sure if it's important or not to note that RB's & WR's also get 15 bonuses per 100yd games rushing/receiving. This may offset the significance of the QB bonus - I don't know.What does the tank think about this situation? Is it business as usual? (QBBC unless an elite becomes a value pick) Or does the QB position gain stock value enough to garner early draft pick attention?

If you're getting bonus points + 6 pts per TD then I think you need to bump up the elite QBs a round or two. In our league we allow QBs as a flex so they go early anyway (usually every team has a QB by the start of the 3rd round).

 

[Catbird]

It seems to me your scoring system puts an even greater emphasis on stud producers over the above average guys than any I have heard before. With big game-changing extra points for 100 Yds rush/rec, and for 300 Yds passing, you have to take elite guys until they are gone, regardless of postion. So I would say defeintely take a top passer early, as well as anyone elite and available. And take the Stewart/Felix risk/reward guys over teh Grants and Morenos. Depth even within the starters is a less immediate consideration that elite capability.

 

[Hobbes]

Scoring system is everything.

For instance, if I retroactively apply VBD to our league's actual end-of-year results for the last 10 years...the QBs are significantly higher than most rankings that I see in other places. For us the average VBD for QBs 1-5 would rank them #2, #5, #6, #7, and #10 on the board (the others are all RBs except WR1 at #11). Our league definitely scores QB pretty highly and there is good QB value in rounds 2-5 since most of our teams follow more "traditional" drafting patterns.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

In my 2PPR TE leagues it pushes Gates and Clark into the 1st, Witten, Finley, and Gonzo sometimes into the 2nd...makes a huge difference.

 

[GloryDaze]

It's the first thing I look at in a league. Then move on to starting lineup requirements, then roster spots, then league size.

 

[Brothers Mayhem]

Tx guys - the picture is getting clear now. I am not as experienced with fantasy football in multiple formats. I have been playing for years, but always with the same group of guys and with the same website. This is my first year stretching my legs with IDP's and PPR's and the duel-flex. As I was comparing my draft lists against each scoring format, I had guys coming up in different places as I went from one league to the next.

I appreciate the insight and the help.

 

[hostile]

I play in a very competitive redraft where the QB's score 6pts/TD.

Once the top RBs off the board, say starting around 1.06-7, your best move is to take a QB.

Here are the top 20 producers from that league last year (non-PPR, btw):

Aaron Rodgers 387

Drew Brees 348

Brett Favre 340

Peyton Manning 338

Chris Johnson 329

Matt Schaub 327

Tony Romo 319

Tom Brady 317

Philip Rivers 314

Ben Roethlisberger 309

Eli Manning 274

Jay Cutler 270

Kurt Warner 268

Donovan McNabb 267

Adrian Peterson 265

Maurice Jones-Drew 255

Kyle Orton 248

Jason Campbell 243

Carson Palmer 240

Joe Flacco 238

Now, b/c this league is non-PPR, WR's are knocked down significantly, but I think you get the idea. When QB's are scoring 6pt/TD in any format, they are much more valuable. Even the worst starting QBs in the league are still throwing around 14 or 14 TDs and 2,200 yds.

If you could draft a running back in the first round who was going to put up 2,000 yds and 13 TDs, you would salivate being able to get them at 1.07, let alone 1.01. The elite QBs like Manning, Brees, Brady, Rodgers, are absolute gold in this kind of scoring format.

 

[videoguy505]

I don't consider the scoring system at all when I draft.