Late Games...Anyone Else... (1 Viewer)

[Bad_Mo]

...feel the need to start the guy playing in the 4PM game or Sunday/Monday night game? Like it gives you an advantage or something? If anything, it stretches out your week, clinging to that guy or two that...if they have a career game...could get you that win.

Anyone else have that late game bias?

Before I get the...always start your players that give you the best chance to win stuff...admit it if you are one of those that takes it into consideration.

 

[DoubleG]

Nope. I'm one of them "most points" guys.

Sorry.

My son plays double-header fall baseball games on Sundays - I'm an assistant coach. I usually stroll in at about 6:00 and see how I'm doing. So most of the time, I don't even know who scores what, when - and have found it doesn't usually make a difference. If the guys I started score more than the guys I benched I'm happy.

 

[otb_lifer]

"'Tis better to chase, rather than to be chased" < Machiavelli>

Will admit that it does factor in, when I am choosing between less than stellar options.

 

[bonesman]

Yea, I like to have a guy going on SNF or MNF and will do mental gymnastics to justify to myself why they're a better play than someone else at times.

But for the morning games, there's one 10 team league w/ FCFS waivers that I'm in where I prefer mostly morning games. Because if I have a huge lead after the morning games and it looks like I'm gonna win, I don't have to drop a guy to pick up a kicker. This week it's Torrey Smith. I'll probably wait until halfway through the afternoon games or so before I look to add a kicker and cut Smith. If I'm way up, I'll go with out a K... if not, I'll add Barth Connor or Cundiff and then try to add Smith or whomever is the hot pick up when the waivers open Monday night.

 

[comfortably numb]

I do this a lot with my CB/S/DT/K that are not studs, and will also use it as a tie breaker if I can not choose between 2 guys.

Don't know why, but just like going into SUN/MON night games with a few players left over.

 

[socrates]

"'Tis better to chase, rather than to be chased" < Machiavelli>Will admit that it does factor in, when I am choosing between less than stellar options.

In terms of fantasy football I would prefer to be the team with the lead. The competitive advantage to a late game player is only where you have multiple players to select from. I have used this strategy and selected my player based on my opponent's early output which determined if I should play it conservatively or needed to swing for the fences. Points are points, regardless of where (or when) they come from, but I do understand the desire to have a player in Sunday night or Monday night to extend the game.

 

[kardplayer]

If I have two guys who are otherwise a toss up, MNF is the first tiebreaker and SNF is the second one. I'm not saying I would even think about starting Starks over Adrian Peterson, but a coin toss, absolutely.

 

[Tree Shaker]

I don't make lineup decisions based on when they play, but I do admit that I like having later game players when my opponent doesn't. it makes me feel like I still have a chance if the earlier games are not going well for me.

 

[Dought Man]

funny...i prefer running off to a big lead, rather than being the chaser all Sunday/Monday.

 

[theoneandonly]

Yea I love having players running on primetime. I do not bench someone who I think is a much a better start for a Monday/Sunday night player. If I have a close call between two players though I probaly take the primetime player so I have someone to cheer for.

edit to add: Not that I think its a advantage to have the later running players strategicaly. There is something special about making a Monday night comeback though.

 

[krsone21]

It never comes into my thinking at all. I always start the best player regardless. More times than not most of my games are played earlier in the day. Which I like because I can sit back and enjoy the sunday and monday night games with a cold beer and no stress of worrying if a player on my team is doing good or bad that game.