Suggestions for Improvement (1 Viewer)

[Islander]

I have a few suggestions for improvement on the FBG subscriber material for 2006. This should not be viewed as a complaint. I let my wallet do the talking. I renewed so I am satisfied. However I see areas where FBG can improve.

For weekly defensive projections, there should be decimals for sacks, INTs, forced fumbles, etc. Those projections are supposed to be expected values for the upcoming week. No DL should have a projection of 1 INT because you have to think “if they played this game 16 times, would the DL end up on average with 16 INTs?” The answer is almost always no. Same thing for sacks. Projecting 2 sacks is almost always too high. 1.6 or 1.3… ok… but not 2. Using decimals will result in projections that make a lot more sense and will be more precise. This is already being done on offense with the decimal TDs (and INTs for QBs).

The overall ADP list provided during the offseason is generally for 12-team leagues. I would like to see the same for 8, 10, 14, and 16 team leagues. What I mean is that in a 12-team league, RB20 might be the 31st player taken overall based on ADP. But in an 8-team league he will most likely be taken maybe 36th… in a 16-team league he will be taken maybe 25th. We can assume the same starting requirements for all league sizes. I would find this very useful. Currently we use the same ADP list in the draft dominator, regardless of league size. It is flawed mainly for 8 and 16 team leagues. I currently make my own manual adjustments.

There should be consistent naming conventions for players across the site. I don’t care if you write Carnell Williams or Cadillac Williams, I don’t care if it’s Donté Stallworth, Donte Stallworth, or Donte’ Stallworth… Bert Berry or Bertand Berry. You can write

“Palmer, Carson” or “Carson Palmer, CIN” or “Carson Palmer”. But just stick with one standard for everything: pre-season consensus rankings, pre-season ADP lists, pre-season projections, weekly projections during the season, YTD stats, etc. I frequently copy & paste material from the site into a spreadsheet to combine information from various webpages. I have to spend substantial time to get the names consistent and be able to match up all sources of information together.

 

[Your Mom]

There should be consistent naming conventions for players across the site. I don’t care if you write Carnell Williams or Cadillac Williams, I don’t care if it’s Donté Stallworth, Donte Stallworth, or Donte’ Stallworth… Bert Berry or Bertand Berry. You can write

“Palmer, Carson” or “Carson Palmer, CIN” or “Carson Palmer”. But just stick with one standard for everything: pre-season consensus rankings, pre-season ADP lists, pre-season projections, weekly projections during the season, YTD stats, etc. I frequently copy & paste material from the site into a spreadsheet to combine information from various webpages. I have to spend substantial time to get the names consistent and be able to match up all sources of information together.

talk about nit picking. Good luck with this request.

 

[Challenge Everything]

How are you doing on those TPS reports?

 

[ShaqAttaq]

The overall ADP list provided during the offseason is generally for 12-team leagues. I would like to see the same for 8, 10, 14, and 16 team leagues. What I mean is that in a 12-team league, RB20 might be the 31st player taken overall based on ADP. But in an 8-team league he will most likely be taken maybe 36th… in a 16-team league he will be taken maybe 25th. We can assume the same starting requirements for all league sizes.

at antsports, you can search ADP based on league size. the predominant league size appears to be 12, but there is data available for 8 - 16 as well.

 

[David Dodds]

I have a few suggestions for improvement on the FBG subscriber material for 2006. This should not be viewed as a complaint. I let my wallet do the talking. I renewed so I am satisfied. However I see areas where FBG can improve.

For weekly defensive projections, there should be decimals for sacks, INTs, forced fumbles, etc. Those projections are supposed to be expected values for the upcoming week. No DL should have a projection of 1 INT because you have to think “if they played this game 16 times, would the DL end up on average with 16 INTs?” The answer is almost always no. Same thing for sacks. Projecting 2 sacks is almost always too high. 1.6 or 1.3… ok… but not 2. Using decimals will result in projections that make a lot more sense and will be more precise. This is already being done on offense with the decimal TDs (and INTs for QBs).

This will be done this season. We agreed to it in March in our offsite. John Norton is on board.

The overall ADP list provided during the offseason is generally for 12-team leagues. I would like to see the same for 8, 10, 14, and 16 team leagues. What I mean is that in a 12-team league, RB20 might be the 31st player taken overall based on ADP. But in an 8-team league he will most likely be taken maybe 36th… in a 16-team league he will be taken maybe 25th. We can assume the same starting requirements for all league sizes. I would find this very useful. Currently we use the same ADP list in the draft dominator, regardless of league size. It is flawed mainly for 8 and 16 team leagues. I currently make my own manual adjustments.

We will see what we can do here. I understand the issue and agree that the first 50 picks probably could use a different baseline. After that though I think our base number converted is likely just as legitimate as anything else.

There should be consistent naming conventions for players across the site. I don’t care if you write Carnell Williams or Cadillac Williams, I don’t care if it’s Donté Stallworth, Donte Stallworth, or Donte’ Stallworth… Bert Berry or Bertand Berry. You can write

“Palmer, Carson” or “Carson Palmer, CIN” or “Carson Palmer”. But just stick with one standard for everything: pre-season consensus rankings, pre-season ADP lists, pre-season projections, weekly projections during the season, YTD stats, etc. I frequently copy & paste material from the site into a spreadsheet to combine information from various webpages. I have to spend substantial time to get the names consistent and be able to match up all sources of information together.

We try and do that now, but get stats from multiple places, etc that sometimes tweak this. Internally we tag everything to our PlayerIDs which links everything up. If you see issues, email me so we can correct going forward.

 

[Musesboy]

What a great response

The content offered by Footballguys is superb in my opinion. I have been thinking about what I would even want to see that isn't already offered and have only come up with one thing in an hour.

First of all, I want to mention the things I like about the content we already have:

Face Offs/Player Spotlights - Very useful if you are interested in a particular player. It can help highlight possible trade opportunities by showing how others may rank players differently.

IDP Coverage - The level of information is already the most detailed I have found and it is improving rapidly. I play in two IDP leagues but I still don't have the instinctive feel that I have for offense. It's useful to know when defensive schemes change. I want to know when a talented back up is given his first opportunity to make an impact as I won't automatically know.

Top 200 Going Forward - Although it's an impossible thing to do with very much accuracy, I like to follow the weekly trends and see whether others think a player's value is rising or falling. It's also good to have an impartial view which can be used to compare values at different positions. It can even be worth showing your trading partner that the values are similar so that they know you are not trying to pull something.

Targets - I place a lot of value on these. It can highlight so many things. If a player is being phased in or out of the offense, this is a good way to spot it. It can help spot undervalued players, particularly early in the season when high targets haven't translated into production for some reason.

Game Recaps - I may be a bit biased here because I wrote 19 of them last year, but I also read every other recap every week. I want to know how close players were to making big plays, and if a receiver dropped two passes in the end zone. I want to know when McGahee is being pulled on third down or if the Bills use trick plays at the goal line. I wish I could watch every game every week, but this is as close as I can get.

Freelance Submissions - I like knowing that if I present an opinion well, it has a chance of being taken seriously and may be published. It's also useful to get some truly unique opinions from those that may not be regular writers. We all love this hobby and anyone might have something to offer that I can learn from.

Statistical Information - It's all there. From Clayton Gray's SOS, to Doug Drinen's studies, to Mike Herman's kicker and return stats. The data dominator can save hours when I want to make a point or add something to an article.

The Message Board - I don't post much but I read a lot. Many of the people here have good opinions backed up by strong analysis. All kinds of strategies are discussed. Breaking news surfaces here - fast. I can discuss anything and find the inside scoop on a lot of things because of the collective knowledge here.

Draft Dominator - I don't actually use it because I want to win or lose based on my own ratings and opinions, but I respect the fact that it is there.

Dynasty Coverage - This is not easy to maintain and is very subjective. I respect the effort taken to keep the information current. The rankings are very useful when I am looking to trade. It helps show me the differing opinions on players I want to trade for or trade away. It gives me an idea of what to ask in return.

There are so many other things of interest. The daily emails and the blogger. The inactives posted on the message board during the season. The weekly rankings. A page for every player. Cheat sheets that can be adapted to virtually any scoring system. I have probably forgotten a lot of things that I find useful. The free competitions are a nice bonus too.

So after all that, I have only thought of one possible thing that I would find valuable that isn't already offered. How about extending a version of the Top 200 Going Forward to dynasty rankings? I realize that it would be diffiult to update that weekly, but some sort of hard dynasty value for the top players would be something I would find useful, even on an intermittent basis or at the end of the season.

Overall, I am in awe of the content offered. It is worth a lot more than the subscription price, and it gets better all the time.

ETA: It's cool that the staff are prepared to come in here and defend their opinions or debate topics. They even admit when they may have been wrong. It all helps us fine tune the tools we use.

 

[BoltzNBrew]

I have made this suggestion the past couple of years so I might as well go for the hat trick. I would still like to see a FBG draft sheet of some sort. Just a sheet broken down by position to jot down who I draft. Also included are colums for team, pos, and bye week. Naturally this will have Black Eyed Joe plastered all over it. Not everyone can use DD for every draft so something like this would be a nice added feature.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Thanks Guys. Great thread. Always interested in how we can make this service better for you. Keep them rolling.

J

 

[Rushmore]

I know you can sort of get this by lineup dominator, but a basic IDP version of top 200 (like the offense one) would be super cool.

 

[bucki4life]

I have made this suggestion the past couple of years so I might as well go for the hat trick. I would still like to see a FBG draft sheet of some sort. Just a sheet broken down by position to jot down who I draft. Also included are colums for team, pos, and bye week. Naturally this will have Black Eyed Joe plastered all over it. Not everyone can use DD for every draft so something like this would be a nice added feature.

This would take you 30 seconds to whip up in Excel and print off prior to your draft.

 

[radballs]

I'd like to see a few updates with the Draft Dominator.

1. An end of season player file that you can use to plug in there to review player values for all positions at the end of the regular season. One was done by a couple of board members which was cool but it wasn't complete and didn't include receptions or IDP (I don't think).

2. An initial version that comes out within a week of the NFL's release of their upcoming schedule as well as any free agent movement up to that point. This version would have all of the updated bye weeks for each team.

3. An initial Draft Dominator version released within 7 to 10 days following the NFL draft that contains all of the updated rookies and their respective teams.

Love this tool but some of us have a few drafts early in the offseason. Thanks.

 

[kylechoffman]

You guys do a great job and provide so much depth its nuts. Longtime user, first year subscriber .

These may be way out of scope for 2006 but just some thoughts -

1 - In addition to the projections or rankings, how about adding a FBG subscriber avg Ranking - a chance for the subscribers to put forth their thoughts each week and spit out the avg for the users to see.

2 - Live Gameday Chat for last minute updates and support - Staff run and supported. Shark Pool tracks threads on gameday prior to tipoff but a realtime chat might also add some value. Or possibly just a live gameday advice type chat.

IF you already have this forgive me as I dont know the ins and outs of the entire site yet (First year subscriber).

Cheers and keep up the good work!

 

[BoltzNBrew]

I have made this suggestion the past couple of years so I might as well go for the hat trick.  I would still like to see a FBG draft sheet of some sort.  Just a sheet broken down by position to jot down who I draft. Also included are colums for team, pos, and bye week. Naturally this will have Black Eyed Joe plastered all over it.  Not everyone can use DD for every draft so something like this would be a nice added feature.

This would take you 30 seconds to whip up in Excel and print off prior to your draft.

Yeah but why not take a blackeyedjoe.com sheet to the draft instead of some bland excel printout? They could whip out a printable version and put it in the subscriber area in no time as well.

 

[Islander]

I have a few suggestions for improvement on the FBG subscriber material for 2006.  This should not be viewed as a complaint.  I let my wallet do the talking.  I renewed so I am satisfied.  However I see areas where FBG can improve.

For weekly defensive projections, there should be decimals for sacks, INTs, forced fumbles, etc.  Those projections are supposed to be expected values for the upcoming week.  No DL should have a projection of 1 INT because you have to think “if they played this game 16 times, would the DL end up on average with 16 INTs?”  The answer is almost always no.  Same thing for sacks.  Projecting 2 sacks is almost always too high.  1.6 or 1.3… ok… but not 2.  Using decimals will result in projections that make a lot more sense and will be more precise.  This is already being done on offense with the decimal TDs (and INTs for QBs). 

This will be done this season. We agreed to it in March in our offsite. John Norton is on board.

The overall ADP list provided during the offseason is generally for 12-team leagues.  I would like to see the same for 8, 10, 14, and 16 team leagues.  What I mean is that in a 12-team league, RB20 might be the 31st player taken overall based on ADP.  But in an 8-team league he will most likely be taken maybe 36th… in a 16-team league he will be taken maybe 25th.  We can assume the same starting requirements for all league sizes.  I would find this very useful.  Currently we use the same ADP list in the draft dominator, regardless of league size.  It is flawed mainly for 8 and 16 team leagues.  I currently make my own manual adjustments. 

We will see what we can do here. I understand the issue and agree that the first 50 picks probably could use a different baseline. After that though I think our base number converted is likely just as legitimate as anything else.

There should be consistent naming conventions for players across the site.  I don’t care if you write Carnell Williams or Cadillac Williams, I don’t care if it’s Donté Stallworth, Donte Stallworth, or Donte’ Stallworth… Bert Berry or Bertand Berry.  You can write

“Palmer, Carson” or “Carson Palmer, CIN” or “Carson Palmer”.  But just stick with one standard for everything: pre-season consensus rankings, pre-season ADP lists, pre-season projections, weekly projections during the season, YTD stats, etc.  I frequently copy & paste material from the site into a spreadsheet to combine information from various webpages.  I have to spend substantial time to get the names consistent and be able to match up all sources of information together.

We try and do that now, but get stats from multiple places, etc that sometimes tweak this. Internally we tag everything to our PlayerIDs which links everything up. If you see issues, email me so we can correct going forward.

Great! Thanks for the response. I am glad to see that you already expect to make some progress this year especially for defensive projections. Keep up the great work!

 

[CalBear]

I would love to see a version of the Draft Dominator (or another tool) that's specifically designed to display the results of an in-person auction (or draft) in progress. You can use the current interface but it's klunky.

 

[shamrock84]

I have just one question about the podcasts. Any chance you could get an RSS feed set up so that we could receive updates automatically through an RSS/XML client?

 

[BassNBrew]

I'd like a premium package made available around the $50 price point. Along with the standard content, Dodds would come to the draft and select my team for me. Of course we'd cover his beer and eastern style barbecue. For those on a budget, maybe a low grade service where Rudnicki would show up in place of Dodds.

I can honestly say that you've already exceeded the number tools and info I'll have time to digest this year.

 

[rzrback77]

I'd like to see a few updates with the Draft Dominator.

1. An end of season player file that you can use to plug in there to review player values for all positions at the end of the regular season. One was done by a couple of board members which was cool but it wasn't complete and didn't include receptions or IDP (I don't think).

2. An initial version that comes out within a week of the NFL's release of their upcoming schedule as well as any free agent movement up to that point. This version would have all of the updated bye weeks for each team.

3. An initial Draft Dominator version released within 7 to 10 days following the NFL draft that contains all of the updated rookies and their respective teams.

Love this tool but some of us have a few drafts early in the offseason. Thanks.

I'm totally with Rad on all of these. The DD rules and I use it for the Off-Season drafts, but just the update of the rookies and bye weeks would be awesome, even without projections.Great Job all around!

 

[gang-wars]

Great thread. And great site Joe.

1. I also agree with the end of year player file for DD (with actual #s for projections). Helps us to play with if we have an early draft, or review of last years draft.

2. Some kind of news flash through the web page on sundays. The forum works, it's just more work wading through the other noise.

3. A rough set of projections/DD out a week after the nfl draft. Some leagues have super early rookie drafts, and or initial dynasty drafts. Even if the projections are rough, it would be better then nothing.

All fairly minor. The site awesome.

 

[acefootball]

I'd like a premium package made available around the $50 price point. Along with the standard content, Dodds would come to the draft and select my team for me. Of course we'd cover his beer and eastern style barbecue. For those on a budget, maybe a low grade service where Rudnicki would show up in place of Dodds.

I can honestly say that you've already exceeded the number tools and info I'll have time to digest this year.

At that price, you'd be lucky to get a Dodds style blow-up doll to sit next to you.

 

[diesel7982]

I'd like a premium package made available around the $50 price point. Along with the standard content, Dodds would come to the draft and select my team for me. Of course we'd cover his beer and eastern style barbecue. For those on a budget, maybe a low grade service where Rudnicki would show up in place of Dodds.

I can honestly say that you've already exceeded the number tools and info I'll have time to digest this year.

Man, talk about getting what you pay for.

 

[LHUCKS]

It's to the point now that there are so many tools/articles I have to spend 45 seconds just to find what I want.

 

[Mister CIA]

I would like to see the interactive schedule return to the tools menu - very useful.

 

[shamrock84]

I have just one question about the podcasts. Any chance you could get an RSS feed set up so that we could receive updates automatically through an RSS/XML client?

Never mind... should have done a search first... Link for anyone else who's interested.

Carry on people... carry on.

 

[Righetti]

I've said many times that I'd like to see how much a player has changed week to week in the going-forward rankings..

for example....I'd like to see how much a guy like Samkon Gado moves from week 10 to week 12 in the opinion of others

 

[Don Quixote]

One thing I'd like to see... when you update the weekly cheatsheets, is there a way you can indicate how a player's projections/rank has changed since beginning of week/prior update?

I always had to scroll through the updates to see if anything has changed. Would like to be able to see at a quick glance who is moving up and who is moving down.

Thanks.

 

[BassNBrew]

One thing I'd like to see... when you update the weekly cheatsheets, is there a way you can indicate how a player's projections/rank has changed since beginning of week/prior update?

I always had to scroll through the updates to see if anything has changed. Would like to be able to see at a quick glance who is moving up and who is moving down.

Thanks.

You guys do realize that the difference between WR16 (must start) and WR25 (bench) was 8 yards in one of the weekly projections sets last year. I guess the reason I mention it is that as soon as Dodds adds "arrows", then people will want explanations for a drastic change like WR16 to WR25. Between the daily players in the news updates and looking at the actual projection numbers, FBGs usually has the answers covered.

 

[Don Quixote]

One thing I'd like to see... when you update the weekly cheatsheets, is there a way you can indicate how a player's projections/rank has changed since beginning of week/prior update?

I always had to scroll through the updates to see if anything has changed. Would like to be able to see at a quick glance who is moving up and who is moving down.

Thanks.

You guys do realize that the difference between WR16 (must start) and WR25 (bench) was 8 yards in one of the weekly projections sets last year. I guess the reason I mention it is that as soon as Dodds adds "arrows", then people will want explanations for a drastic change like WR16 to WR25. Between the daily players in the news updates and looking at the actual projection numbers, FBGs usually has the answers covered.

It's covered in the player updates, but I don't have the time to read all those. Arrows would make it more convenient. If I see a down arrow next to a player's name that I am starting, it will cause me to then look at the player updates and see if something is going on that I should be concerned about.

 

[The Jerk]

One thing I'd like to see... when you update the weekly cheatsheets, is there a way you can indicate how a player's projections/rank has changed since beginning of week/prior update?

I always had to scroll through the updates to see if anything has changed. Would like to be able to see at a quick glance who is moving up and who is moving down.

Thanks.

You guys do realize that the difference between WR16 (must start) and WR25 (bench) was 8 yards in one of the weekly projections sets last year. I guess the reason I mention it is that as soon as Dodds adds "arrows", then people will want explanations for a drastic change like WR16 to WR25. Between the daily players in the news updates and looking at the actual projection numbers, FBGs usually has the answers covered.

It's covered in the player updates, but I don't have the time to read all those. Arrows would make it more convenient. If I see a down arrow next to a player's name that I am starting, it will cause me to then look at the player updates and see if something is going on that I should be concerned about.

At the very least, the top 200 forward/weekly projections could use a color coding similar to predraft rankings: green going up, red going down, black staying nearly the same. It would allow people to get a quick read on player movement without reading the detailed updates. Yes, the answers are covered, but every subscriber doesn't want to read all of the information, especially not every week. That real life thing occasionally gets in the way...

 

[BassNBrew]

One thing I'd like to see... when you update the weekly cheatsheets, is there a way you can indicate how a player's projections/rank has changed since beginning of week/prior update?

I always had to scroll through the updates to see if anything has changed. Would like to be able to see at a quick glance who is moving up and who is moving down.

Thanks.

You guys do realize that the difference between WR16 (must start) and WR25 (bench) was 8 yards in one of the weekly projections sets last year. I guess the reason I mention it is that as soon as Dodds adds "arrows", then people will want explanations for a drastic change like WR16 to WR25. Between the daily players in the news updates and looking at the actual projection numbers, FBGs usually has the answers covered.

It's covered in the player updates, but I don't have the time to read all those. Arrows would make it more convenient. If I see a down arrow next to a player's name that I am starting, it will cause me to then look at the player updates and see if something is going on that I should be concerned about.

At the very least, the top 200 forward/weekly projections could use a color coding similar to predraft rankings: green going up, red going down, black staying nearly the same. It would allow people to get a quick read on player movement without reading the detailed updates. Yes, the answers are covered, but every subscriber doesn't want to read all of the information, especially not every week. That real life thing occasionally gets in the way...

This makes sense as we're talking about perceived value over a period of time instead of an eight yard projection change.

 

[Don Quixote]

One thing I'd like to see... when you update the weekly cheatsheets, is there a way you can indicate how a player's projections/rank has changed since beginning of week/prior update?

I always had to scroll through the updates to see if anything has changed. Would like to be able to see at a quick glance who is moving up and who is moving down.

Thanks.

You guys do realize that the difference between WR16 (must start) and WR25 (bench) was 8 yards in one of the weekly projections sets last year. I guess the reason I mention it is that as soon as Dodds adds "arrows", then people will want explanations for a drastic change like WR16 to WR25. Between the daily players in the news updates and looking at the actual projection numbers, FBGs usually has the answers covered.

It's covered in the player updates, but I don't have the time to read all those. Arrows would make it more convenient. If I see a down arrow next to a player's name that I am starting, it will cause me to then look at the player updates and see if something is going on that I should be concerned about.

At the very least, the top 200 forward/weekly projections could use a color coding similar to predraft rankings: green going up, red going down, black staying nearly the same. It would allow people to get a quick read on player movement without reading the detailed updates. Yes, the answers are covered, but every subscriber doesn't want to read all of the information, especially not every week. That real life thing occasionally gets in the way...

This makes sense as we're talking about perceived value over a period of time instead of an eight yard projection change.

I'm quite confident a code could be come up with so the "arrows" only appear for more significant changes (perhaps only where there has been a 10% change in projected points). I don't always have the time to read the weather reports. If Dodds significantly changes his projection of Brady because of a significant chance of heavy snow, an arrow would bring my attention that there is something about Brady I should be concerned about and cause me to check to see.

I don't really see the harm to having an arrow. If you would find the arrow an annoyance, just stick a piece of tape over your monitor.

 

[Nemesis]

I see a common theme being stated by a couple of the above posters.

"I don't have time to read everything."

"every subscriber doesn't want to read all of the information, especially not every week."

This has also been my biggest problem...........Dealing with the OVERLOAD of information that FBGs puts out. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining and it's a blessing to be able to come to FBGs and get instant updates on Sunday morning, or the amount of analysis that they do. But, sometimes it's hard to keep up or skim through all the info just to get the info that matters most to me.

Suggestion 1: In the off-season emails, pls make sure that the IDP info is ALWAYS at the bottom of the email. Personally, I don't play IDP so it would be nice to read all the offensive email updates at the top and then when I get to the IDP section at the bottom.........I could decide if I wanted to keep reading or not.

(maybe you already do this, but I'm not aware of it)

Suggestion 2: Is there a way for subscribers to look over the normal in-season weekly info available and check off what they want emailed to them, sort of like a "cafeteria style" plan for each subscriber?

Don't want the Game Recaps?..........then, leave it unchecked.

Don't want the Defensive Upgrades?.......again, leave it unchecked.

Want Joe's Random Shots (and who wouldn't)........make sure it's checked.

Suggestion 3: I think that WR Targets should be an emailed report. Very useful info in determining WR trends. I believe you USED TO email this report in 2004, but stopped emailing it in 2005...(if you agree with me, pls let Joe and company know by responding here)

 

[inca911]

My main suggestion is to correct the current VBD calculation of auction value. Something is amiss since Team A scoring 400 points doesn't cost the same as Team B scoring 400 points. If Draft Dominator and other tools use VBD values as a starting point, this is an even bigger issue.

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...howtopic=223643

 

[Razon]

The end of season file would be useful. I usually take the Spreadsheet App and use a mix of mainly Yahoo, NFL and Footballguys to fill in most of the stats. I have been doing this for a few years now. It works out pretty good. It doesn't take that long, if anyone wants it I would be willing to send it to them.

But it is nothing special. But if FBG did this.

The RSS feed was talked about last year but it was mentioned that it would be for the News Blogger. It never came to be. Maybe it is too much work or would use to much bandwidth. But I would still like to see it.

The ability to pick and choose what reports you got via email would be cool too.

Still great site, tons of info and it is always a good sign when you are nit-picking things.

 

[Joe Bryant]

I see a common theme being stated by a couple of the above posters.

"I don't have time to read everything."

"every subscriber doesn't want to read all of the information, especially not every week."

This has also been my biggest problem...........Dealing with the OVERLOAD of information that FBGs puts out. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining and it's a blessing to be able to come to FBGs and get instant updates on Sunday morning, or the amount of analysis that they do. But, sometimes it's hard to keep up or skim through all the info just to get the info that matters most to me.

Suggestion 1: In the off-season emails, pls make sure that the IDP info is ALWAYS at the bottom of the email. Personally, I don't play IDP so it would be nice to read all the offensive email updates at the top and then when I get to the IDP section at the bottom.........I could decide if I wanted to keep reading or not.

(maybe you already do this, but I'm not aware of it)

Suggestion 2: Is there a way for subscribers to look over the normal in-season weekly info available and check off what they want emailed to them, sort of like a "cafeteria style" plan for each subscriber?

Don't want the Game Recaps?..........then, leave it unchecked.

Don't want the Defensive Upgrades?.......again, leave it unchecked.

Want Joe's Random Shots (and who wouldn't)........make sure it's checked.

Suggestion 3: I think that WR Targets should be an emailed report. Very useful info in determining WR trends. I believe you USED TO email this report in 2004, but stopped emailing it in 2005...(if you agree with me, pls let Joe and company know by responding here)

Thanks Nemesis,To answer your first question on the Daily Email Updates, I do put all the IDP stories at the bottom of the list and clearly mark them with a DEF heading. For the exact reason you said - if a guy doesn't play IDP, he can stop reading where they start and it's a clean break.

For the other ideas on the "cafeteria style" thing, that's something I've looked at for a long time and it's on the list of how to implement. You bring up a good example yourself with the Targets - some people love those. Some don't use them at all. It's about finding that right balance between giving the guys enough and overloading their email box. There is such a wide range of interest level there. Some people want breaking updates in may on a backup left tackle that tweaks his knee. Others send me complaint mails about filling up their mail box in September when a #1 RB is hurt. So we have a wide range and what you're saying would address that. Implementing is another issue but we'll work on it. Thanks.

J

 

[Sabertooth]

Here's a thought. Take a stand on somebody. Instead of posting both positives and negatives on every guy, tell us where you'd take him. Tell us to avoid guys. Take a stand in general.

Having one guy tell me how great he is and then another tell me to stay away does me know good.

 

[CalBear]

Here's a thought. Take a stand on somebody. Instead of posting both positives and negatives on every guy, tell us where you'd take him. Tell us to avoid guys. Take a stand in general.

Having one guy tell me how great he is and then another tell me to stay away does me know good.

I totally disagree with this. FBG "takes a stand" in the projections; the Upside/Downside articles are much more valuable than the projections, because a person with critical thinking ability can read the arguments and decide on the merits of both cases.

 

[Meatwad]

Here's a thought.  Take a stand on somebody.  Instead of posting both positives and negatives on every guy, tell us where you'd take him.  Tell us to avoid guys.  Take a stand in general.

Having one guy tell me how great he is and then another tell me to stay away does me know good.

I totally disagree with this. FBG "takes a stand" in the projections; the Upside/Downside articles are much more valuable than the projections, because a person with critical thinking ability can read the arguments and decide on the merits of both cases.

 

[The_Hunchback]

I'd like a premium package made available around the $50 price point.  Along with the standard content, Dodds would come to the draft and select my team for me.  Of course we'd cover his beer and eastern style barbecue.  For those on a budget, maybe a low grade service where Rudnicki would show up in place of Dodds.

I can honestly say that you've already exceeded the number tools and info I'll have time to digest this year.

At that price, you'd be lucky to get a Dodds style blow-up doll to sit next to you.

Basically you would get Shick! as your drafting guy?

 

[jaemcy3]

I have made this suggestion the past couple of years so I might as well go for the hat trick. I would still like to see a FBG draft sheet of some sort. Just a sheet broken down by position to jot down who I draft. Also included are colums for team, pos, and bye week. Naturally this will have Black Eyed Joe plastered all over it. Not everyone can use DD for every draft so something like this would be a nice added feature.

This would take you 30 seconds to whip up in Excel and print off prior to your draft.

Yeah but why not take a blackeyedjoe.com sheet to the draft instead of some bland excel printout? They could whip out a printable version and put it in the subscriber area in no time as well.

Because I don't want the Tuna's in my league (or the guppies for that matter) to know that The three of us that dominate every year use FBG's. I tell everyone I know about this site except the guys I compete with.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Here's a thought.  Take a stand on somebody.  Instead of posting both positives and negatives on every guy, tell us where you'd take him.  Tell us to avoid guys.  Take a stand in general.

Having one guy tell me how great he is and then another tell me to stay away does me know good.

I totally disagree with this. FBG "takes a stand" in the projections; the Upside/Downside articles are much more valuable than the projections, because a person with critical thinking ability can read the arguments and decide on the merits of both cases.

Hi CalBear and Saber,You're both right. I love the face offs because it let's two of our guys build their argument. I do agree that if you believe both guys, you often cancel each other out. The goal with the faceoffs is to get you to think about the player and situation and more closely examine the factors. Football #1 says A, B, and C are why he'll be good. Footballguy #2 says D, E and F are why he won't be good. Those are good points to have on the table and you can weigh out for yourself both will those factors really cause the effect, and also how likely those factors are to come to fruition.

But if you really don't want to hear both sides, just go to the projections where we officially make our stand on where we see the guy.

J

 

[Pictus Cat]

I really like the offensive line rankings. I really wish for

1 Updated offensive line rankings with changes (injury, promotion) and degree of impact.

2 How long a o-line has been working together (with before last change in ())

3 Weekly o-line/d-line matchups in general terms would be cool too.

I am excited about the improvements to IDP and really liked the previous IDP Start/Bench.

PS: Your organization of information seems consistant enough so that I find what I want to read in your emails once I got used to it. Thank you.

 

[fatness]

Cheerleaders.

Joe Theisman dartbords.

Live game audio on all the Official Game Threads.

 

[LAUNCH]

I would love to see a version of the Draft Dominator (or another tool) that's specifically designed to display the results of an in-person auction (or draft) in progress. You can use the current interface but it's klunky.

I really hope you can do that this year. It is always a pain to have to click back and forth between teams because it defaults to the next team in the serpentine style drafting.LAUNCH

 

[wannabee]

I really like all of the tools and info. I do have one suggestion that I think would be easy to implement.

I love and utilize the target info often and have one thought for improving the target info:

Somehow integrate who the QB (passer) is for the targets. I think of situations like the Holcomb/Losman to Moulds/Evans and the QB injuries mid year in which we could get a better feel for which QB favors which WR/TE in terms of targets.

This info is not available on the individual targets or the aggregate targets. I think this would be a great addition to the target info.

My $.02

 

[Sweet Love]

I see a common theme being stated by a couple of the above posters.

"I don't have time to read everything."

"every subscriber doesn't want to read all of the information, especially not every week."

This has also been my biggest problem...........Dealing with the OVERLOAD of information that FBGs puts out.  Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining and it's a blessing to be able to come to FBGs and get instant updates on Sunday morning, or the amount of analysis that they do.  But, sometimes it's hard to keep up or skim through all the info just to get the info that matters most to me.

Suggestion 1:  In the off-season emails, pls make sure that the IDP info is ALWAYS at the bottom of the email.  Personally, I don't play IDP so it would be nice to read all the offensive email updates at the top and then when I get to the IDP section at the bottom.........I could decide if I wanted to keep reading or not.

(maybe you already do this, but I'm not aware of it)

Suggestion 2:  Is there a way for subscribers to look over the normal in-season weekly info available and check off what they want emailed to them, sort of like a "cafeteria style" plan for each subscriber?

Don't want the Game Recaps?..........then, leave it unchecked.

Don't want the Defensive Upgrades?.......again, leave it unchecked.

Want Joe's Random Shots (and who wouldn't)........make sure it's checked.

Suggestion 3:  I think that WR Targets should be an emailed report.  Very useful info in determining WR trends.  I believe you USED TO email this report in 2004, but stopped emailing it in 2005...(if you agree with me, pls let Joe and company know by responding here)

Thanks Nemesis,To answer your first question on the Daily Email Updates, I do put all the IDP stories at the bottom of the list and clearly mark them with a DEF heading. For the exact reason you said - if a guy doesn't play IDP, he can stop reading where they start and it's a clean break.

For the other ideas on the "cafeteria style" thing, that's something I've looked at for a long time and it's on the list of how to implement. You bring up a good example yourself with the Targets - some people love those. Some don't use them at all. It's about finding that right balance between giving the guys enough and overloading their email box. There is such a wide range of interest level there. Some people want breaking updates in may on a backup left tackle that tweaks his knee. Others send me complaint mails about filling up their mail box in September when a #1 RB is hurt. So we have a wide range and what you're saying would address that. Implementing is another issue but we'll work on it. Thanks.

J

Continuing with this theme, maybe you could implement a way for us to have our own "subscriber page". I can chose the information I want on this page (cafateria style) so each time I log in, I do not need to sort through all the material I am looking for.

 

[Sabertooth]

Here's a thought.  Take a stand on somebody.  Instead of posting both positives and negatives on every guy, tell us where you'd take him.  Tell us to avoid guys.  Take a stand in general.

Having one guy tell me how great he is and then another tell me to stay away does me know good.

I totally disagree with this. FBG "takes a stand" in the projections; the Upside/Downside articles are much more valuable than the projections, because a person with critical thinking ability can read the arguments and decide on the merits of both cases.

Hi CalBear and Saber,You're both right. I love the face offs because it let's two of our guys build their argument. I do agree that if you believe both guys, you often cancel each other out. The goal with the faceoffs is to get you to think about the player and situation and more closely examine the factors. Football #1 says A, B, and C are why he'll be good. Footballguy #2 says D, E and F are why he won't be good. Those are good points to have on the table and you can weigh out for yourself both will those factors really cause the effect, and also how likely those factors are to come to fruition.

But if you really don't want to hear both sides, just go to the projections where we officially make our stand on where we see the guy.

J

That works. I don't have the time I used to have to put into this hobby so the projections are probably a good way to go for me.

 

[BroadwayG]

I mentioned this in another thread, but I'd like to see an offseason team list showing any coaching changes, free agents lost and signed, as well as draft picks in one place.

I also need to buy a new FBG hat. Mine turned from black to purple in the sun.

 

[Husker]

While we are complaining about the site, I would like to note that I promised myself I would never, never, NEVER, pay for fantasy football information.

Joe has now made a liar out of me and collected my cash.

I'm very disappointed in Joe. Joe, please stop providing so much dang good stuff at a reasonable price and tempting poor souls like me.

TIA.

 

[Crimedogg32]

I really like all of the tools and info. I do have one suggestion that I think would be easy to implement.

I love and utilize the target info often and have one thought for improving the target info:

Somehow integrate who the QB (passer) is for the targets. I think of situations like the Holcomb/Losman to Moulds/Evans and the QB injuries mid year in which we could get a better feel for which QB favors which WR/TE in terms of targets.

This info is not available on the individual targets or the aggregate targets. I think this would be a great addition to the target info.

My $.02

I would also love to see that. This is very helpful in the situations with the ever changing QBs