What type of FF owner are you? (1 Viewer)

[Soulfly3]

as soon as someone is able to perfect the formula for predicting injuries, im in. 

imo, the only reason i havent finished first... every season

 

[Winchester149]

Aggressive  !!!

 

[dkp993]

I agree but I play in 6 pt per passing TD leagues and it really doesn't offset much. Even the bad QBs get the extra points so it still makes streaming QBs and late round QBs a viable strategy. I almost thing something like interceptions need to be weighted more heavily in the negative or passer rating being part of the scoring to really differentiate the QB position enough to make a real impact. 

Completely agree. We moved to SF 4/5 yrs ago because we had 6pt prior to and it didn’t move the needle.  We do 4pt and -2 for int, -3 for pick 6.  That helps some what offset the SF QB advantage.  3 WR positions helped too. 

 

[rzrback77]

Inactive players usually aren't the quickest to the wire.

The point is more that there are many who only go by email or Twitter alerts for info and those guys had the same opportunity to grab him on waivers.

 

[matuski]

You know what I mean, don't go there.  It's a fact that some FF players work at it harder than some others, whether they have equal content available to them or not.

No, I don't.

That is my point in my first post.. you USED to be able to out work people to your advantage.  Now that work goes out the window when the guy that doesn't even watch football has a twitter feed.

I really have no idea what work you can do of consequence these days.  It might be more fun, you personally might know more about certain players and teams.. but in terms of information directly relevant to FF?  Drafting, ranking, free agent ranks/recommendations, starting, trading, injuries, trends, and what color socks they are wearing?  Nope, my wife can get that alert sent to her and beat you to it.

eta - I see the reasoning switched to "inactive".  An entirely different conversation imo.

 

[JohnnyU]

No, I don't.

That is my point in my first post.. you USED to be able to out work people to your advantage.  Now that work goes out the window when the guy that doesn't even watch football has a twitter feed.

I really have no idea what work you can do of consequence these days.  It might be more fun, you personally might know more about certain players and teams.. but in terms of information directly relevant to FF?  Drafting, ranking, free agent ranks/recommendations, starting, trading, injuries, trends, and what color socks they are wearing?  Nope, my wife can get that alert sent to her and beat you to it.

eta - I see the reasoning switched to "inactive".  An entirely different conversation imo.

I can't remember the last time a casual player won in my leagues.

 

[Ack88]

As a 26 year player, my participation has, like my life. changed. As a squarely middle aged Dad, I play in one league that I've been in since the beginning- a ten team, standard scoring league that has essentially had the same core group of owners. We all started as 20somethings sans wives and kids. Now, we are all married (some for the second time) with kids. We gather in person for a long weekend for our auction, hang out, eat good meals and have a few drinks.

In my earlier days, I played in as many as eight leagues of numerous formats and $ buy ins. VBD and projections, along with a fair amount of college football viewing was how I prepared. Now, I follow the flow of information, listen to a few podcasts and perhaps spend a few hours right before the auction putting together my big board. (Of course- this is primarily driven by outside sources that I trust.)

My time and energy lies in other places now- but I still really enjoy the auction and the season.

Honestly, the flow of information is so robust, you can get every analytic piece you desire in short order. You used to have to grind it out, listen to preseason games on the radio and follow team reports super closely to gain any type of advantage. Of course actual winning comes down to how you actionize what you learn but there is no shortage of sources. 

My bottom line has not really changed, I've probably won a bit more that I've lost over the years, but not in any significant way. My league tracks all time winning percentage, I'm at 58.4% over 25 years, which is the best overall, with the worst player at just over 41%. The 17% differential between top and bottom, over a 25 year period, is not huge.

At the end of the day, it's about having fun, getting together with longtime friends for a weekend, and having bragging rights now.