'OrangeCurtain said:
Joe must have
really been burnt in a week 17 championship game at some point in his life. How else to explain today's strange note:
Bigger issue - Week 17 Super Bowls are a terrible idea. If you're being forced to play today in the biggest week of your fantasy year, do EVERYTHING you possibly can to get your league to move to a Week 16 Super Bowl like most leagues do now.
I look at week 17 games as a plus for two reasons:(1) It extends the season. Why not have 1 more week to enjoy FF? There's already 35 weeks without it, why add one more?
(2) Competitive advantage. If you're better prepared, with quality backups, whether or not Ray Rice sits should be immaterial to your chances. I would think the owner of a fantasy football business would favor of anything that increases - not lessens - the need for his services.
Maybe that's just me.
Let me take a shot at it. The more people that play championships in wk 17, the more people that get screwed when their blue chip guy gets rested, causing them to say "this sucks, I'm not playing FF anymore."That goes against his interests more than whatever paltry revenue he might see in week 17, especially given that lots of us are still here even though we're done with our season.
I think JB makes his money per year, not per week, so I doubt there's much difference between one more week. Every league is different and unique. If it's one that has been quite involved from like May all the way til week 16, it's frustrating to go into the championship game without three starters.
Most sites mail it in week 17 and are worn out from a long season of work for their visitors. Very few actually put up new reworked rankings and predictions. It's like for one week the NFL doesn't have ADP, Peyton (whatever stars sit, I know those two didn't just an example) so lets rework things-how's his backup gonna do? will they pass more? who will win? Ya start to rerank a little and one player affects two affects four affects eight and...it really is quite involved for a site owner. Again, it's very hard to have worked all year then suddenly have to redo so much just for week 17 so many sites mail it in. FBG seems to adjust and put this work in.
An FF participant playing in a league that loses three starters, probably longs for a draft or extra waiver system or some form of being able to add players. That's usually what bugs me personally. I can't afford to lose the three gems(dynasty) for next year and the replacements available are sooo not worth it. I mean the week 17 waiver wire cupboard is so bare it's most assuredly the worst it's been all year.
I've noticed a lot of frustrated leagues seem to go to a total points format for the playoffs. I don't like this. "Do or die" is like part of sports in my opinion and us old farts that can't still play sports much need that competitiveness. Still, I think total points helps with the week 17 replacement concern. When you're rocking (and keep in mind that you are if you're into week 17) you usually have a nice cushion of points over the other teams.
There's some teams that we all knew at least a month ago could possibly be sitting players. In years past, I've made trades to have better backups and played the waiver wire to add an extra RB etc. once I saw it coming. I imagine most shark pool guys have all been in this predicament and done the same. The "oh my I had no idea" shocked reaction some make when their stars sit week 17 irritates me. I often feel like "cmon now" when that owner writes his whiney email to the league.
Since the 80s, many coaches have only played their stars for a half. I think Dungy and Peyton started this sit a full game trend 10 years ago or so, but players have been sitting out for halves for a long time. Those halves usually aren't useful for FF. This week 17 stuff is not new, even before byes it was week 17 concerns.
I was once in a league that went thru to the Super Bowl and there was a mini trend where other leagues were trying this too. I found that to be unique and fascinating. I know this time of year you're thinking the idea stinks, but you should see how many drafters swear in August that they know who is making the Supe and who is a wildcard team. The August debates of this wildcard team is playing while the good team rests a week but the Supe teams play an extra week...those were fascinating. I never bothered with those thoughts on weeks skipped, but I did think about sure bet playoff teams. Those weeks skipped talkers were changing the value of players...in August...you had to pay attention and consider trading or drafting moves. In FF we often hear some guy standing at a podium claiming this player is a sure bet to be great. You should see how many claim teams are sure bets when ya draft this way.
Sorry for rant...every league is different and it's not about one team, it's about the whole league. If week 17 is best for the league's 12 teams, ya gotta consider that before you boast how it's not good for your one team.
