Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
I have a few of these but what I'm about to share is going to be painful for some of you.
-I used to sit there and run stats all day in the 90s, then the internet and sites like this one made it a little easier to get a grand total and make a few adjustments, I did that for a while.
Here is the truth, a few players at all the positions are consistent year in and year out and it's really not that many, very few WRs can post 1,000 yds a year 3-4-5 years in a row, it's not common.
Why do we try and pigeon hole ourselves by being chained to a bunch of stats that are not likely to show up the same as last season or as they are projected?
Many will giggle and laugh at me but I use index cards and just keep making notes on the back after the season and so on and so forth and sometimes I have to staple a 2nd index card to keep writing season after season. Sometimes we forget about big things that happen during the season that we should try and remember when we are evaluating players in July for Redrafts
Many times stats don't tell the whole story and we forget sometimes why we like or dislike a player.
I might write something like this on the back, scored but was busted coverage in a blowout, that's important IMHO, when are these stats coming and are they sustainable?
Not exactly blowing your kilt up yet you say? I have a few more for you to chew on.
-ADP or Average Draft Position...now I love me some ADP but not for the reasons you might think.
This is MoP on the com, we're not passing out popcorn and lollipops right now, you need to know why this tool is so valuable in my eyes vs what most use it for.
I'm a rotten no good Son of a Biscuit and when the herd takes off, MoP uses that info not only to go another way but to also circumvent you and your ability to take players off my personal draft board that might be coveted. I cannot tell you the number of times I read things like "What was I gonna do on the 4/5 turn?"...well what difference does it make what round it is other than the fact you have a certain number of roster spots?
Outside the Box: What if you knew players that were going later in other rounds or very late or even undrafted but you could peer into the future and see their stats?
What if in order to get these guys and not run out of roster spots, you had to start drafting guys in the 8th or 9th round, double digits but it's the 4/5 turn and there isn't anyone down the board next 2-3 rounds that will help you because you can see their stats as well, what would you do? Would you just keep taking guys that aren't gonna help you? Hell Bleeping No, you would start collecting all the top players even if you have to reach because its really not a reach when you get comfortable with your evaluations of players.
I have news some of you, there are guys going in the 1st round that shouldn't which is scary and we're gonna hear these folks cry about it before we even get out of September
There are guys going in the 2nd and 3rd round, maybe a little further out that I think will be 1st round picks next year, see what I did there? Who will be drafted in the 1st round of 2025?
And if you think that's a goofball way of thinking, all the better for MoP
BTW: Underdog $3 best ball leagues, payout is 27-10-6, no waivers, just draft and forget about it.
Best ball vs setting a line up each week but no real management needed. If you haven't checked it out, I would tell you it's a great way to practice up for some of your other more established leagues, don't get hung up that it's best ball, that's the best format for what they are doing or offering here.
My 3rd entry into this OP is going to focus on what I find to be misleading many times and folks fall for it every year time and time again...just to really land the plane I am going to share something some of you may not be aware of but you would if you frequent the FFA...75% of all TV ads running right now are put there by Pharmaceutical companies "Talk to Your Doctor" Without going on a complete sidetrack I just want to get your attention and understand that ALL of us are victims to wanting to find answers and then we get served some info that really does not help but appears like a real solution such as "O-O-O-OZempic, you knowwwwww, never believe what we say"
And so I turn to the Sports media/social media outlets/media of all kinds
Now I like a good camp report as much as the next person, eyes on the field and can see who the fastest guy is, which WR is having the best connection with the QB, etc...
But the reality is most of these folks get paid to report on the team, however they cannot come right out and say this team sucks in preseason
Chris Perkins
Omar Kelly
Armando Salguero...he carried that Miami flag for many years when they SUCKED
Barry
Greg Cote, yes him too
David Hyde
and I can keep naming the local beat writers for the Miami Dolphins, there's 1 or 2 that are not connected directly to the Miami Herald, The Palm Beach Post...these guys that write have to be welcome into the building of the teams they support. If you're banned from the stadium for being honest, you can't exactly get a good interview after the game. Most of these writers are *** kissers to be honest with you. I had a guy inside that was working with Miami back in 2010-2011, somewhere around that time I felt lucky to have am inside connection. I can't reveal this guy's name for what I'm about to share but when I would go to support him at events and mingle, I quickly discovered he had a rather large cocaine problem and I don't judge, we've all been there...oh we haven't? OK, but here is what I know about people who are trying to work professionally and are addicted to drugs, they usually cannot filter and will make bad decisions at terrible times and find themselves out of a job...this guy was too honest and he didn't last long around here.
The guys who keep their jobs on the local level tend to kiss up to the owner and players, it's just part of the job
Who do you think leaks out info to the public when "sources" within the organization want to use a media member for their selfish purposes?
We all got to make a living, these guys are no different and they try not to bite the hand that feeds them but we gotta call it like it is.
-Let's take that and expand out on a lot of websites that are not really local but spit out info faster than you can print and read it on the run up to the season starting
I would bet there are numerous articles online I can find that will tell you Cooper Kupp is toast and Puka Nacua is now the bonafide No 1 in L.A.
And I bet there are numerous articles that are telling you to grab Cooper Kupp and cash in on his discount in the 3rd-4th round
Whatever player you want to find out about, you'll find an article online to meet your needs, I just don't think many writers can watch games the same as I do and I definitely don't think they take down note cards and keep an ongoing list of items to draw from.
From opening kick off to about the last whistle on SNF, i try and watch as many/ALL of them. You know people in your leagues that don't and yet they will draft players they've rarely seen play and hope for the best.
And I know what a few of you are thinking and that brings me to FBG which I feel is one of the more/most honest sites and they should be, not affiliated with any one team, just a passion for what we do here in the Shark Pool, reporting the facts as they see it. Joe has every game covered on Sunday, he has people that will watch all 3 hours without much interruption, most newspaper writers have deadlines and a lot of their article is already written by about midway thru the 3rd quarter and a few of them are too busy drinking and eating hot dogs up in the press box to really focus on the game.
-Media bad, dishonest and spits out misinformation, you're far better off watching the games yourself and forming your own opinions...in a nutshell
I like the Twitter clips where guys break down film as we are watching it, I find those to be somewhat informative but again they just focus on one or two plays sometimes, doesn't tell the whole story. Did I say Twitter? Sorry, what's it called now, Y or Z?
And with this I am going to pause and conclude the OP but i want to hear from many of you and you tell me what traps you find common
I have more but this is a good place to stop and digest some of this. I'm sure a few of you are going to tell me I'm nuts and have counter POV, all good
-I used to sit there and run stats all day in the 90s, then the internet and sites like this one made it a little easier to get a grand total and make a few adjustments, I did that for a while.
Here is the truth, a few players at all the positions are consistent year in and year out and it's really not that many, very few WRs can post 1,000 yds a year 3-4-5 years in a row, it's not common.
Why do we try and pigeon hole ourselves by being chained to a bunch of stats that are not likely to show up the same as last season or as they are projected?
Many will giggle and laugh at me but I use index cards and just keep making notes on the back after the season and so on and so forth and sometimes I have to staple a 2nd index card to keep writing season after season. Sometimes we forget about big things that happen during the season that we should try and remember when we are evaluating players in July for Redrafts
Many times stats don't tell the whole story and we forget sometimes why we like or dislike a player.
I might write something like this on the back, scored but was busted coverage in a blowout, that's important IMHO, when are these stats coming and are they sustainable?
Not exactly blowing your kilt up yet you say? I have a few more for you to chew on.
-ADP or Average Draft Position...now I love me some ADP but not for the reasons you might think.
This is MoP on the com, we're not passing out popcorn and lollipops right now, you need to know why this tool is so valuable in my eyes vs what most use it for.
I'm a rotten no good Son of a Biscuit and when the herd takes off, MoP uses that info not only to go another way but to also circumvent you and your ability to take players off my personal draft board that might be coveted. I cannot tell you the number of times I read things like "What was I gonna do on the 4/5 turn?"...well what difference does it make what round it is other than the fact you have a certain number of roster spots?
Outside the Box: What if you knew players that were going later in other rounds or very late or even undrafted but you could peer into the future and see their stats?
What if in order to get these guys and not run out of roster spots, you had to start drafting guys in the 8th or 9th round, double digits but it's the 4/5 turn and there isn't anyone down the board next 2-3 rounds that will help you because you can see their stats as well, what would you do? Would you just keep taking guys that aren't gonna help you? Hell Bleeping No, you would start collecting all the top players even if you have to reach because its really not a reach when you get comfortable with your evaluations of players.
I have news some of you, there are guys going in the 1st round that shouldn't which is scary and we're gonna hear these folks cry about it before we even get out of September
There are guys going in the 2nd and 3rd round, maybe a little further out that I think will be 1st round picks next year, see what I did there? Who will be drafted in the 1st round of 2025?
And if you think that's a goofball way of thinking, all the better for MoP
BTW: Underdog $3 best ball leagues, payout is 27-10-6, no waivers, just draft and forget about it.
Best ball vs setting a line up each week but no real management needed. If you haven't checked it out, I would tell you it's a great way to practice up for some of your other more established leagues, don't get hung up that it's best ball, that's the best format for what they are doing or offering here.
My 3rd entry into this OP is going to focus on what I find to be misleading many times and folks fall for it every year time and time again...just to really land the plane I am going to share something some of you may not be aware of but you would if you frequent the FFA...75% of all TV ads running right now are put there by Pharmaceutical companies "Talk to Your Doctor" Without going on a complete sidetrack I just want to get your attention and understand that ALL of us are victims to wanting to find answers and then we get served some info that really does not help but appears like a real solution such as "O-O-O-OZempic, you knowwwwww, never believe what we say"
And so I turn to the Sports media/social media outlets/media of all kinds
Now I like a good camp report as much as the next person, eyes on the field and can see who the fastest guy is, which WR is having the best connection with the QB, etc...
But the reality is most of these folks get paid to report on the team, however they cannot come right out and say this team sucks in preseason
Chris Perkins
Omar Kelly
Armando Salguero...he carried that Miami flag for many years when they SUCKED
Barry
Greg Cote, yes him too
David Hyde
and I can keep naming the local beat writers for the Miami Dolphins, there's 1 or 2 that are not connected directly to the Miami Herald, The Palm Beach Post...these guys that write have to be welcome into the building of the teams they support. If you're banned from the stadium for being honest, you can't exactly get a good interview after the game. Most of these writers are *** kissers to be honest with you. I had a guy inside that was working with Miami back in 2010-2011, somewhere around that time I felt lucky to have am inside connection. I can't reveal this guy's name for what I'm about to share but when I would go to support him at events and mingle, I quickly discovered he had a rather large cocaine problem and I don't judge, we've all been there...oh we haven't? OK, but here is what I know about people who are trying to work professionally and are addicted to drugs, they usually cannot filter and will make bad decisions at terrible times and find themselves out of a job...this guy was too honest and he didn't last long around here.
The guys who keep their jobs on the local level tend to kiss up to the owner and players, it's just part of the job
Who do you think leaks out info to the public when "sources" within the organization want to use a media member for their selfish purposes?
We all got to make a living, these guys are no different and they try not to bite the hand that feeds them but we gotta call it like it is.
-Let's take that and expand out on a lot of websites that are not really local but spit out info faster than you can print and read it on the run up to the season starting
I would bet there are numerous articles online I can find that will tell you Cooper Kupp is toast and Puka Nacua is now the bonafide No 1 in L.A.
And I bet there are numerous articles that are telling you to grab Cooper Kupp and cash in on his discount in the 3rd-4th round
Whatever player you want to find out about, you'll find an article online to meet your needs, I just don't think many writers can watch games the same as I do and I definitely don't think they take down note cards and keep an ongoing list of items to draw from.
From opening kick off to about the last whistle on SNF, i try and watch as many/ALL of them. You know people in your leagues that don't and yet they will draft players they've rarely seen play and hope for the best.
And I know what a few of you are thinking and that brings me to FBG which I feel is one of the more/most honest sites and they should be, not affiliated with any one team, just a passion for what we do here in the Shark Pool, reporting the facts as they see it. Joe has every game covered on Sunday, he has people that will watch all 3 hours without much interruption, most newspaper writers have deadlines and a lot of their article is already written by about midway thru the 3rd quarter and a few of them are too busy drinking and eating hot dogs up in the press box to really focus on the game.
-Media bad, dishonest and spits out misinformation, you're far better off watching the games yourself and forming your own opinions...in a nutshell
I like the Twitter clips where guys break down film as we are watching it, I find those to be somewhat informative but again they just focus on one or two plays sometimes, doesn't tell the whole story. Did I say Twitter? Sorry, what's it called now, Y or Z?
And with this I am going to pause and conclude the OP but i want to hear from many of you and you tell me what traps you find common
I have more but this is a good place to stop and digest some of this. I'm sure a few of you are going to tell me I'm nuts and have counter POV, all good
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