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My guess is it would even out things a little bit in leagues where QB's skew high (such as mine). I really like the idea, but my concern is it turns guys like Welker waaaaaay too much value in a PPR league. As a substitute for PPR, I really like it.
I like it more than PPR, just because something like a guy that catches a bunch of bubble screens (pierre garcon anyone?) for -2 yards don't net +.8 points on the play.
A first down catch wouldn't be worth more than a run unless it was a PPR league (although obviously a 10-yard catch for a first down would be worth more than a 4-yard run for a first down). I think we're looking at it as a substitute for PPR though.This is still a very rough idea but I would imagine runs and receptions by QB's would count, just not passes.
This is interesting...I'm in a 6 pt. TD league too and QBs have become way too valuable. This would even things out a little bit for every position, although I suppose puts even more of a premium on every-down backs who also catch lots of passes.
I'm in a league that is having a "to PPR or not to PPR" debate and I think first downs could be a good compromise. Using my awesome-o commish powers I noticed that MFL lets you either score all first downs the same or separate it out into rushing, receiving and passing as you have. I appreciate your restraint in not going into detail, but if you don't mind explaining/expanding I'm very interested. 0.8571 is an intriguing number.
I believe MFL supports first down scoring.
CBS certainly does.
Sorry I missed the requests for the logic behind our scoring. I'll try to keep this as concise as possible: 1) All scoring is driven by the value of a TD (6pts) 2) We chose to determine our rushing values 1st and base other scoring around that standard - using the argument that a run is the "simplest" football play. 3) Average field position NFL was about the 28yd line at the time, we rounded to the 30 yard line and established that carrying the ball from a team's starting field position to the goal line was worth exactly as much as the act of punching it in for the TD. 6pts. 6/70 = .08571/yd 4) From there, we decided that rushing first downs naturally had the same value as 10 yards (.8571) Once we felt comfortable with these numbers, we moved on to passing and receiving values, essentially tweaking the base yardage value until we came up with numbers that felt right. Ultimately we settled upon: 6pts per 200yds pass, 70yds rush, 50yds rec, 80yds kickret, and 70yds puntret.First down scoring then fell right into line: 6pts per 20 first downs passing, 7 rushing, and 5 receiving.We then ran the numbers for the previous season to see if we had reasonable balance between positions - scores not unreasonably elevating one position over another - and were satisfied. If anything I've listed isn't clear, I'll be happy to reiterate.We've been quite happy with the results this season and will not likely make any changes for the upcoming season.I'm in a league that is having a "to PPR or not to PPR" debate and I think first downs could be a good compromise. Using my awesome-o commish powers I noticed that MFL lets you either score all first downs the same or separate it out into rushing, receiving and passing as you have. I appreciate your restraint in not going into detail, but if you don't mind explaining/expanding I'm very interested. 0.8571 is an intriguing number.
