Refs emphasis on holding/pass interference effects on Fantasy Football (1 Viewer)

chad in Indy said:

If the regular season follows the preseason trend, it seems pretty clear the refs are going to be calling a lot more defensive holding/illegal contact calls this season. With that in mind, I wanted to see the SP's thoughts on how this will impact drafting and rankings for fantasy football. I think redzone WR's may be a good ROI. I would speculate offensive coordinators will take advantage of this rule and be willing to dial up a lot more passes/jump ball situations and even more so on passing in the redzone. Why wouldn't they take more shots knowing that DB's can no longer be as physical without drawing a 5yd (and more importantly a 1st down) penalty?

Which brings up the second point. For the RB position, if a higher percent of pass interference calls begin occurring in the endzone, it will translate to more 1st and goal from the 1 yard line. With this in mind, I will be keeping a much closer eye on how coaches change their personnel around the goalline. The trending argument for RB's has traditionally been that it's safer to rely on a RB who is consistent on yardage with TD's being unreliable. If the holding and pass interference calls continue into the regular season, short yardage TD's may be much more reliable than in the past.

Players ALREADY at risk to lose GL touches become even more of a risk when they lose touches between the 20's due to defensive penalties moving the chains. I will be more wary of the likes of Gio, Bush, Spiller, etc. performing up to their ADP.

Thoughts??

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ldizzle said:

chad in Indy said:

If the regular season follows the preseason trend, it seems pretty clear the refs are going to be calling a lot more defensive holding/illegal contact calls this season. With that in mind, I wanted to see the SP's thoughts on how this will impact drafting and rankings for fantasy football. I think redzone WR's may be a good ROI. I would speculate offensive coordinators will take advantage of this rule and be willing to dial up a lot more passes/jump ball situations and even more so on passing in the redzone. Why wouldn't they take more shots knowing that DB's can no longer be as physical without drawing a 5yd (and more importantly a 1st down) penalty?

Which brings up the second point. For the RB position, if a higher percent of pass interference calls begin occurring in the endzone, it will translate to more 1st and goal from the 1 yard line. With this in mind, I will be keeping a much closer eye on how coaches change their personnel around the goalline. The trending argument for RB's has traditionally been that it's safer to rely on a RB who is consistent on yardage with TD's being unreliable. If the holding and pass interference calls continue into the regular season, short yardage TD's may be much more reliable than in the past.

Players ALREADY at risk to lose GL touches become even more of a risk when they lose touches between the 20's due to defensive penalties moving the chains. I will be more wary of the likes of Gio, Bush, Spiller, etc. performing up to their ADP.

Thoughts??

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interesting. I havent looked into it but what line is crossed when it turns into a pass interference? Will there be more holding penalties to prevent big passing plays?

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sho nuff said:

Some very ticky tack stuff called from what I have seen.

As if it wasn't already geared towards offense in the league anyway.

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Ghost Rider said:

Defenses usually adjust pretty quickly, once they figure out what they can and cannot get away with it.

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