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What's your biggest downfall as an FF owner? (1 Viewer)

Dirty Weasel

Dirty Weasel

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Mine happens to my close-mindedness. When I get it into my head that Marion Barber will never be worthy of RB1 status, it seems that nothing will sway me. I've tried for years to overcome this, but I am just too hard-headed. If you are like me, you probably keep players past their prime, and also hold onto young "projects" waiting for a breakout season that never comes. It's this mindset that has kept Marc Bulger on my dynasty team for the last 5 years. Yes, this will be the year Marc plays all 16 games and finishes as a top 5 QB. It's a sickness, I tell ya.

So, what is your biggest downfall?

 
This is easy for me...I hold onto players way too long and don't pull them from my starting lineup. I usually do this with running backs, I love to hord them on my bench and sometimes don't pull the trigger on a WW move or a trade because I am waiting on them to "bounce back."

 
Dirty Weasel said:
Mine happens to my close-mindedness. When I get it into my head that Marion Barber will never be worthy of RB1 status, it seems that nothing will sway me. I've tried for years to overcome this, but I am just too hard-headed. If you are like me, you probably keep players past their prime, and also hold onto young "projects" waiting for a breakout season that never comes. It's this mindset that has kept Marc Bulger on my dynasty team for the last 5 years. Yes, this will be the year Marc plays all 16 games and finishes as a top 5 QB. It's a sickness, I tell ya.So, what is your biggest downfall?
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1. Picking my sleepers too early when quality talent is left on the board.2. Having no patience for sub par performance at the start of the season, like trading LT away 2 seasons ago for Clinton Portis and Bolden. The year LT Was not just a stud but superman.3. Not following my own advice like picking Cedric Benson (Who I detested before I drafted him) last year when MBIII was still available. I still won the league but that was by pure luck, I had maybe the 8th best team out of 16.
 
I'm a huge Buccaneers homer. I always have Bucs players rated higher than everyone else. So what I did last year, I brought my personal rankings and Football Guys rankings to my draft. I would draft based on my own rankings, except when I was deciding between a Bucs player and someone else, I would use the FBG rankings. This strategy worked by me drafting Edge over Cadillac in the 4th round. But unfortunately, it also had me take Santana Moss over Galloway.

 
Andy Herron said:
Overanalyzing."Thinking" I've found a better matchup than the one staring me right in the face.
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Agreed :confused: Somtimes it is better to go with your first impression (after research, of course!)Biggest weakness, as also mentioned above- IMPATIENCE! My mid-level players, I often dump them too soon on waivers trying to pick up the latest flash in the pan, who proves to be just that- a flash in the pan. Then the mid-level guy goes out and performs to his usual "average" points, which is most often lots more than the flash in the pan languishing on my roster.
 
The first step is recognizing the problem. Sometimes it's the cure too.

1. Not drafting the most valuable player I need because he should drop to my next pick according to ADP. ( New rule, 1 round trigger, 2 round absolute limit.)

2. Not admitting I or my sources were wrong. Addai...

3. Thin skin, forgetting it's a game, anything that let makes this not fun

 
I don't like that term downfall. It's too negative. Anyone can have weaknesses to their game but as long as their willing to work on them they can be overcome. It doesn't resort to a downfall and a lost season.

If I have a weakness it's that I can be too quick to dismiss a player due to them having a poor start. As a result I suck at buying low on good players. Maybe I'm just scared of getting burned trading for a player who winds up being a bust. I call it trading this year's studs for last year's studs. I just have to try and trust guys more.

 
Always waiting too long for a QB, thinking I can get by with my RB depth. You can only start 2, #######. You don't need 4 on your bench, and frakkin' Jake Delhomme as your QB1.

 
1. Manlove for "my players." Since I invested so much time learning about the players I want to acquire, I sometimes overvalue them. I know I turn down trades over this, even if another player has comparable talent and production. I prefer the guy I studied up on.

2. I like the old producer too much. I tend to keep the wily old vet until he's dead to the league instead of trading him away a season too soon. Luckily I can compensate for this by being a good drafter and waiver wire evaluator. But it's still a problem area.

 
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I am flawless!!!

OK, maybe not. While probably not my biggest problem, starting players because they play on a Thursday or Saturday gets me every year, especially on Thanksgiving.

 
Too impatient with my end of the roster guys. I picked up Ryan Grant in every league the day the Packers made the trade. The problem came when I dropped him week five or six :wall:

I wish this was an isolated incident. I am one the feels that the bottom two spots on a fantasy roster are for high upside players so they turn over quite a bit.

 
Believing I have an eye for upcoming talent, and taking a sleeper or relatively new player that is "about to break out" too early, because I am afraid someone else will get him.

 
1. anti-homerism. I often look too deep for reasons not to take the studs I like.

2. too much trading

3. relying too much on mistakes made in the past, not wanting to make those, I'll make the opposite.

4. wanting every player I think can be good - you can't have EVERYONE :wall:

 
I overvalue rookies every friggin season. It's helped when I've swiped guys like Reggie Bush, Randy Moss, and Adrian Peterson before anyone even gave them a 2nd thought. For every one of those guys I get, I grab even more Frank Sanders, John Averys, or Reidel Anthonys. :wall:

 
Over-trading. I enjoy the bartering and sometimes will do deals that don't improve my team for any specific reason (more or less remain status quo, never hurt my team) other than the rush of trading. I've never been overly hurt by one yet, but last year traded away Brandon Marshall too early and was scrambling for WR depth all year.

 
Jayded said:
Over-trading. I enjoy the bartering and sometimes will do deals that don't improve my team for any specific reason (more or less remain status quo, never hurt my team) other than the rush of trading. I've never been overly hurt by one yet, but last year traded away Brandon Marshall too early and was scrambling for WR depth all year.
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Probably the same, and also trading away to many rookie picks in a dynasty league and not getting any young players to work with.
 
1. Trading too much. Sometimes too no great benefit. Sometimes to my detriment (trading away bench player I should keep).

2. Overvaluing the old-timers

3. Drafting my "sleepers." Waiting half the season for them to "break out" and then trading them away after one or two games when I should hold them (See #1)

 
Nice thread.. recognizing ur weakness just makes u a better player.

I Always pass up Big time WRs for RB or even my 1st TE, I simply hate shifting the sands every weak looking for a TE inthe WW...

I usually have 1 top 15 WR and then run w/ crap... not good in PPR

I have little patience; this must be my big problem... especially in dynasty. A couple of times I had a decent player then let them go.

 
Jeff Tefertiller said:
Too impatient with my end of the roster guys. I picked up Ryan Grant in every league the day the Packers made the trade. The problem came when I dropped him week five or six :(I wish this was an isolated incident. I am one the feels that the bottom two spots on a fantasy roster are for high upside players so they turn over quite a bit.
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EXACTLY the same for me. I did the same with Grant. Oh, and did it with Pierre Thomas in week 16 after holding him all year. In fact, it became a joke with a couple league members because almost every player I dropped on a weekly basis during waivers blew up the following week.Oh, and my other weakness is when I hear "hey, we have one more opening for this new league.....". It's like crack, I tell ya......
 
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King of the Jungle said:
My biggest fault is favoring youth upside versus veteran production.
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This was my biggest fault the first few years I played. Now the pendulum has swung in the other direction. I probably take too many veterans with low ceilings and ignore youth with potential too much during the draft.During the season, my biggest fault is over-analyzing the match ups of my players and changing my lineups to my detriment.
 
KellysHeroes said:
I usually have 1 top 15 WR and then run w/ crap... not good in PPR
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I do this, too. I'm in 5 dynasty leagues, and my team's best WR's are Marshall (1), Boldin (2), Holmes (1), and Holt (1). Across 5 teams, I do not own any elite WR's (no Wayne, Fitz, Colston, AJ, etc.) You could argue that Holt *was* one, and Marshall is on his way (perhaps), but still... And even worse, it's not like I have two "draft in the third or fourth round of a startup" guys on these teams. For example, on the two teams where Boldin is my lead guy, he's backed by Cotchery and Deon Branch as the #2 respectively. Holt has Chambers as the #2.

But I have good RB's in most leagues :rolleyes:

Oh, and my other weakness is when I hear "hey, we have one more opening for this new league.....". It's like crack, I tell ya......
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yea, that too....
 
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1 -- I seem to spot greatness in RB's a season too early in redraft leagues. Too many times a guy I picked last year did nothing special but blows up the following year on someone else's roster.

2 -- I suck at trade negotiations. I'm a bottom line guy and offer what I want to trade immediately instead of playing the game for a few days and dancing around what I really want.

3 -- In my two keeper league I seem to always pick the bust for my second keeper (my first keeper is LT), such as Maroney last year, Lamont Jordan the year before that instead of Westbrook, Culpepper the year before that.

 
I love to draft and put a lot of effort into that. When the draft is over I'm so proud of all my picks that I hold on to my under performers while everyone else is dropping their weak players for up and coming new players. After a few weeks, what I thought was a superior roster is now about average.

 
Denver RB's - they always look good before the season and for some reason I belive that things will change and they will rely on one RB, not 5.

 
1- Paralysis by analysis (too much off-season work).

2- Not admitting there is a "luck" factor involved with fantasy football.

3- Taking my "sleepers" way too early.

4- Putting too much stock in SOS as opposed to taking the better talent at any given position.

5- Finally,taking it waaaay too seriously,it's just a game. right?

 
making bad trades

Blind-hatred for all things Miami Dolphag related

holding grudges against players that have burned me in the past (Bulger, Delhomo...)

 
Beefeaters said:
oh, and I tend to pull the trigger to quickly on trades.
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I probably would say the opposite is true with me. I'll get a good deal on the table and overanalyze and stress on it and then when my mind is made up to take the trade it's gone.I also get into the Gates (and previously) Gonzo mode and draft the stud TE too early (like round 4) and get an inevitable disappointment. I've done the best with late round TEs which I'll return to this year.-QG
 
One of my many issues is sticking with my draft strategy and ignoring values that come along. In one league league last year, I so adamant from my draft prep to wait on QBs that I passed on Tom Brady, who I had at QB2, at the top of the third round. This year, I'll do y draft prep, but I'll let the draft come to me.

 
munchkin said:
Wanting that sleeper RB to work out so badly that I don't notice he is actually ASLEEP!!!
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This is key for all of us. Sometimes we WANT that player to succeed for whatever reason - "our" sleeper, from a college we like, etc. that we often don't realize it's the COACH that makes the decision on how to utilize a player, and the player may, actually, not be all that good.

 
I am guilty of almost every flaw listed at one time or another. If I had to pick one I would go with information overload.

Someone mentioned that they sometimes forget that they can't have every player they like...this is also a problem for me.

 
I tend to carry too much depth and not be willing to cash it in on a better player. I always feel that is way too much to get that guy.

Not reacting quickly enough and be willing enough to maybe pay a little extra in a trade to improve my team's weak spot.

 
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