Leagues where defenses score a lot (1 Viewer)

[Sabertooth]

I find myself in a very fun league Superflex league where defenses score a lot of points. Last year the top 75 was broken down like this:

23 QBs

12 Running Backs

27 Wideouts

5 Tights Ends

8 Defenses

0 Kickers

How would you tackle defenses in a league like this? People often ask about league scoring and what not but just from a supply and demand standpoint, how do you attack a league like this.

Is it important to have a good D. More than say a good TE? Are they almost as important as RBs?

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

whats the scoring parameters?

 

[nightmare]

Take the Question and do this-league where QB's score a lot, TE's score alot, etc.

The defense you think is going to separate itself from the pack goes earlier.

Gronk, Luck, and Rodgers go early in drafts amongst RB's and WR's

Usually once you get past the top four or five players in any position the six

through twelve players are only separated by two points or less per game.

I think Defenses are such a crap shoot from season to season(like K's)

that you can wait on one.

Maybe you have a D that you really like but would you take them before

WR2 or TE1? I wouldn't because you have 8 in the top 75. A lot of FF

leagues have K's that score in the top 100. No one takes a kicker that early.

The point separation between the 3rd-4th kicker and the 10th kicker is not

that big. I think it's the same with your D's

The Defenses that scored 1-3 in this system were they projected there before the

season started? I doubt it.

 

[Freelove]

It is only important to take a defense early if your specific league parameters are such that the top defenses are very predictable, AND if there is a large and predictable value gap between those top tier D's and the rest.

I can't imagine what such a league would look like, however.

A plain-jane non-ppr standard league like ESPN or Yahoo had 7 or 8 D's in the top 100, so this doesn't appear much different. Those same leagues had 15-20 K's in the top 100. I doubt you'd ask this question about kickers in a standard league just because they score well. Same principles apply.

In the absence of any other info, it looks like a pretty typical league with respect to defensive values.

 

[Sabertooth]

I guess I agree with this. The league I'm talking about scores points for the obvious stuff like turnovers and scoring. Also for yardage allowed. Also for points allowed. I think when we set the league up it was with the intention of using real life defense as a barometer of defensive scoring. So Seattle has been a juggernaut in that league. From Week 11 on last season on Beckham, CJ, and Bell outscored them. The Rams were outscoring players like Cobb, Dez, and Demarco.

 

[B Maverick]

Not counting QBs, our top 2 defenses would have been #11 and #12 overall and landed between Foster and Charles. This pushes some of the top defenses up a little in the overall process. For me, its nice to have a TE and a Def that you can plug in and let ride minus the bye week. Its contracts and salary caps so streaming defenses is not a big option. We start 1qb, 2rbs, 3wrs, 1te, 1def, 1k. I may also look at Defense and TE above WR3 depending on how the draft is going.

 

[bostonfred]

Take Houston.

 

[Sabertooth]

I traded for the Rams actually. Almost everyone had them second to the Hawks. Hawks guy wouldn't budge. I gave up Denver, Dwayne Allen, and a second next year (late I hope cause it was mine). A lot to pay no doubt. But if I can score 23 instead of 10 at a forgotten position, that's gold to me.

 

[Freelove]

Ìf that's the case, then by all means.

In my leagues, those two D's were virtually identical last year. But in mine, a 13 point advantage per week would have been worth more than an extra Gronk.

 

[pghrob]

I load the scoring rules and line up requirements into the draft dominator. Then based on the projections that are loaded, the dvbd tool helps me gauge where the best place is to draft a d/st. But I know you know that. Play with the did and run mocks and change d/st projections to get a feel for it.

 

[Buffaloes]

I had Zach Thomas in a tackle heavy league one year. Something like 350 points or so from my LB1.

as for the op's question, the answer clearly is to not play in leagues w/ team d.