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It's barely an hour into Week 2 and already we've lost Moreno, Green, DJax, and Martin. Plus AP suspended during the week...
Yeah... not so much.
R: Injuries have been steadily rising.
Yeah, uh-huh. Just since the start of this thread this morning RGIII dislocated an ankle and J. Charles left the game with an ankle injury.
Totally with you. I've been playing since '98, won a number of leagues, always used to enjoy it. But the last two seasons have been a disaster as far as seasonal leagues go -- especially this year, which is only two weeks old! I think the future is daily leagues, where you are wedded to a roster only for a week. My head's spinning and I already feel exhausted by all the goings on with injuries, suspensions, misleading coach speak, etc. We all know there's a lot of luck involved but man, like you, I feel like I don't even have fun; it's becoming a chore.
So in the 3 seasons that they've been able to accurately track injuries they've recorded more injuries than in the season that they couldn't accurately track injuries? Interesting...Yeah... not so much.
The large spike was due to increased accountability for injury reporting... however since then FootballOutsiders tracking of AGL (Adjusted games lost) have shown record numbers for each of the last 3 seasons.
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To have an excuse to do a little research, to see those educated guesses be at least somewhat more productive than random guesswork, to have a rooting interest in a number of games, etc...but if everyone you select drops like flies left and right, a lot of that goes away. And seriously even as far as the real game goes, do you want to see AP or Asiata? Big names have always fallen, but this season is crazy. If you can provide stats to the contrary, I'm willing to recant but it sure seems worse than most of the last 16 years I've played.
Just scanned Rotoworld: Moreno out 4-8 weeks, Hurns on crutches, Tavon Austin left game with knee injury.
You need 4 good RBs to even make the playoffs. At least 2 of them will get hurt at some point in the season.
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Zero RB as in don't require an RB or require only 1 or just flex 'em. Not Zero RB as in draft bargain RBs later. One such bargain back, Moreno, already went down today, so even drafting 'em late is not protection. But it might hurt less since you only gave up a late pick rather than a top-3 round one to get the dude.
RB is most likely to see injuries, so it follows that people will take RB later outside of the obvious studs. "Zero RB" from what I've read means loading up on WR, QB and TE early, then taking a lot of backup & high upside RBs later. IMO it's more a response to RBBC and RB specialization than it is to injuries, though both are a factor.
I wouldn't say "never" if I've got a top 3 pick and there are obvious stud RBs...but I've been taking QBs in the first round for the past several years despite the experts suggesting that it's a guppy move. It's crazy all the podcasts I've heard and never once have I heard them "admit" they own Peyton, Brees or Rodgers, like it's too easy or something.
i could legitimately see the league using weight limits for different positions at some point. though HGH testing miiiiiight be relevant?
