Thanks Guys. Much appreciate you taking the time to click on the surveys and let us know what you think.
I kind of threw this together real quickly and Keith did a great job of making it happen online and I failed to have a space on the surveys for you to write comments. If you've got stuff you want to share, feel free to shoot me an email at bryant@footballguys.com Thanks.
J
I noticed that the News Blogger wasn't found anywhere on the survey. Obviously I am biased (News Blogger team)...but for me, the main content of value at FBGs.com that I use in helping me play in my FFL leagues is (in order):1. Player records (Game logs, weekly summary of performance,
recent news, etc.)
2. Depth Charts.
3. Expert Rankings (dynasty in particular...use this information both to see how my rankings compare, as well as to see how other league-mates might be thinking in trades or drafts).
For me, the timeliness of info is key. If I'm in a league with FCFS waivers and it's just been reported that Plaxico Burress has shot himself in a club, I want to know that information NOW. The big thing that is missing though (related to the News) that would be an easy and massive improvement would be for FBGs staff (you, David, Bloom, Jene, Jeff P., Jeff T., etc.) to add "Our Take" blurbs after the news we're reporting.
We get the News up, but then NOBODY here actually says what the news means or why FFLers should care (apart from the 10-20 items that are cherry-picked for the Daily email). You add an Our Take sentence or two after the news summary itself (kind of like what Rotoworld does), and you have an incredibly useful tool for FBGs site users...only minus the fluff pieces, guess-work and innuendo, and bad/missing citing of information like Rotoworld.
I've heard more than a few people say that they like Rotoworld's news! The only reason I think some people prefer it though?
1. THEIR TAKE (AKA what does the news mean? Why should FFLers care?)
2. They'll link to sites like Scout.com, ESPN Insider and ProFootballTalk.com that we cannot (and they probably should not either, for copyright purposes...unless they've worked out deals with those providers).
That's it. I turned in my survey too with my email addy. I just wanted to make sure and post this response in here too. News (especially within individual player records...as I use it there ten-times more than I do simply trolling the Blogger, though the RSS news feature makes sifting through news nice too), depth charts and rankings first...everything else (except the Draft Dominator, which absolutely ROCKS) probably comes after that.