BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Making you spend your fantasy windfall winnings eh? She sure has you on a short leash gb.
Oh and hurry the heck up and make a darn pick...
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Oh and hurry the heck up and make a darn pick...
Mr. Irrelevant
IBL Representative
"Going walkabout" is one of my favorite Australian phrases and I approve of any and every usage of it in American English.Anarchy99 said:
Also even if we don't want a Gobbler redux for League 5, I'd urge consideration of at least some sort of tweak - a field experiment, if you will. SSL3 introduced nothing save an extra flex spot and yet it's been fascinating how much that one simple change reshapes overall draft strategies.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
Anarchy99
Footballguy
Speaking of Love Child, we need 4 owners if anyone is interested. To briefly summarize, 32 teams, 10 man rosters. Still 21 week season total points league. The two main scoring differences are 1 PPR for all positions and defense scores or loses points for points and yardage allowed. The other wrinkle is you have the option of replacing one player on your roster after Week 1 of the season (waiver claims go in reverse draft order so the team with the #32 draft pick gets the first waiver wire claim). You can pick from any player not on a roster (you could pick up a player someone else dropped if you wanted to).
BassNBrew
Footballguy
But don't sign up if you aren't going to draft...
League 1 - Dickey Moe otc for 16 hours
League 7 - BoltNavia otc for 20 of the last 24 hours inc 17+ right now
Stinkin Ref
IBL Representative
Stinkin Ref
IBL Representative
He is up in 3 but Rudolph is long gone in early 4th. He did mean 7 and Anarchy got that one but anyways also up in 3
drafts are at
3 - 6.2 Bass for 4 hrs
2 - 5.11 minutes
4 - 5.6 for 4 hrs
6 - 4.14 couple of hours
1 - 3.15 just under 2 hrs
7 - 3.12 just over hour
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montana_grizzly_bears
Footballguy
I am in for ******* Child again, and can pick up a team any league other than 4 that you might need.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
Not Anarchy related, but ESPN's Bill Barnwell's rankings of offensive weapons:
01 - NEP
02 - PIT
03 - MIA
04 - ATL
05 - DAL
06 - CIN
07 - LAC
08 - OAK
09 - ARI
10 - TBB
11 - GBP
12 - CAR
13 - JAX
14 - NOS
15 - TEN
16 - SEA
17 - PHI
18 - HOU
19 - WAS
20 - NYG
21 - MIN
22 - DET
23 - DEN
24 - BUF
25 - IND
26 - CHI
27 - KCC
28 - BAL
29 - LAR
30 - CLE
31 - SFO
32 - NYJ
It certainly is not what I expected.
01 - NEP
02 - PIT
03 - MIA
04 - ATL
05 - DAL
06 - CIN
07 - LAC
08 - OAK
09 - ARI
10 - TBB
11 - GBP
12 - CAR
13 - JAX
14 - NOS
15 - TEN
16 - SEA
17 - PHI
18 - HOU
19 - WAS
20 - NYG
21 - MIN
22 - DET
23 - DEN
24 - BUF
25 - IND
26 - CHI
27 - KCC
28 - BAL
29 - LAR
30 - CLE
31 - SFO
32 - NYJ
It certainly is not what I expected.
Just noticed the complaints about me on this thread. I'm at the turn in all 3 leagues I'm in so I go days without picking at times. I was delayed on Tues morning because, believe it or not, I have a freakin' job. I'm monitoring all drafts by email an checking in occasionally. When at the turn I like to see who goes before me when I have multiple autopicks in front of me. Runs can kill you at the turn in these leagues. Pisses me off when you ##### about me while others are literally taking over 12 hours to pick.
Hawkeye21
Footballguy
Maybe you bit off a bit more than you can chew with three drafts? Also, I have a feeling that the majority of everyone drafting has a full time job, even a family. I will admit that you have not been anywhere near as bad as a lot of the other guys in my draft, league 6, but I am curious why you don't pre-draft at all. For instance, in league 6 right now there are only two picks in front of you which makes it really easy to pre-draft.
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Because I'm still awake to see if picks are made and I know that my morning is mostly free tomorrow to make timely picks. I don't doubt that others have jobs and I have a two year old myself. Just seems the #####ing and whining has gone to an all time high this year. I'm averaging less than 2 hrs a pick, not the best but far from the worst. This is supposed to be an enjoyable (reasonably) slow draft. Some people should calm down....probably including myself right now. So I'll let it go at this point. Have fun and good picking!
BassNBrew
Footballguy
Your probably catching crap because some guys like Hear The Footsteps is average 11+ hr per pick. If the rest of us don't pick up the pace we quickly end up a 3 days per round. Based on history, once a draft slows down to a snails pace, people don't bother checking in.
Stinkin Ref
IBL Representative
Kinda crazy all this talk about pick time etc...which is kind of cool in a way cause it shows passion for this "hobby"...because many especially the old timers are really into it and want to see it move along cause making picks is like "really fun and stuff" and its a free type of competition that helps us in our home leagues, and also there is some pretty serious bragging rights and street cred on the line.......and the commentary used to be the best part....we used to have to actually do the drafts here (post picks) and then PM the guy up next.....now others just think it something cool to try and sign up for and don't really respect the commitment you are making to 15 other people....and while the "I have a job" and "I have a life" excuses are valid for everybody to a certain extent, it really doesn't justify the complete lack of consideration that often happens...to be honest "checking in twice a day" really doesn't cut it, because depending on where you draft you can hold things up during prime drafting time for the rest of the league...checking in at 8am and the not again till 6pm is really not cool...realistically if you can't check in multiple times throughout the day...you shouldn't sign up.....this isn't even factoring in that YOU CAN SET IT UP TO BE NOTIFIED BY TEXT THAT YOUR ARE OTC.....if you are not willing to use that feature, then I would actually prefer you don't participate....if you are not willing to give up your phone number to receive the text that you are on the clock, then you need to be willing to check in every couple of hours or so to see whats up.....
oh....and you can also use the "predraft" feature if you know you will be out of pocket for awhile....there really is NO GOOD REASON to hold up the draft for even a semi extended period of time....
bottom line, sign up for the text notifications or check on these things throughout the day every few hours as a courtesy to others....drafts that stall and drag on frustrate people....dont sign up if you aren't going to be active.....I don't want to see these things go away....respect the fact that 15 other people are waiting on you....
sorry....much like when I have been drafting Hill and Pryor, I have been drinking....
oh....and you can also use the "predraft" feature if you know you will be out of pocket for awhile....there really is NO GOOD REASON to hold up the draft for even a semi extended period of time....
bottom line, sign up for the text notifications or check on these things throughout the day every few hours as a courtesy to others....drafts that stall and drag on frustrate people....dont sign up if you aren't going to be active.....I don't want to see these things go away....respect the fact that 15 other people are waiting on you....
sorry....much like when I have been drafting Hill and Pryor, I have been drinking....
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Biabreakable
Footballguy
Let em know whats what SR. That is one of your roles after all. I agree with the sentiment of your post.
While I would prefer to be present and drafting live... and to have time to talk smack about picks as we go, during the week I can't. But I pre-draft ahead so that no one should have to wait for me unless there were actually four rounds picked while I was away.
I don't think its too much to ask.
Some of your reasoning about a persons accessibility during the day may not be entirely fair. By some of that criteria I would not be able to participate, but again the pre-draft feature is a solution that trumps all that.
I certainly would prefer to be drafting live. I mean knowing how the last 10 or more picks fell could definitely affect my decision. As this isn't an option I just have to have good rankings/projections, which would be important if I were drafting live as well.
While I would prefer to be present and drafting live... and to have time to talk smack about picks as we go, during the week I can't. But I pre-draft ahead so that no one should have to wait for me unless there were actually four rounds picked while I was away.
I don't think its too much to ask.
Some of your reasoning about a persons accessibility during the day may not be entirely fair. By some of that criteria I would not be able to participate, but again the pre-draft feature is a solution that trumps all that.
I certainly would prefer to be drafting live. I mean knowing how the last 10 or more picks fell could definitely affect my decision. As this isn't an option I just have to have good rankings/projections, which would be important if I were drafting live as well.
renesauz
IBL Representative
Hawkeye21
Footballguy
I agree 100%. There are no excuses and if you can't do it then why even join the draft? I completely understand how everyone has a life that can keep them away from making picks and that is why there are features that help with that. Why do people refuse to take advantage of these features? That's really my biggest gripe.Kinda crazy all this talk about pick time etc...which is kind of cool in a way cause it shows passion for this "hobby"...because many especially the old timers are really into it and want to see it move along cause making picks is like "really fun and stuff" and its a free type of competition that helps us in our home leagues, and also there is some pretty serious bragging rights and street cred on the line.......and the commentary used to be the best part....we used to have to actually do the drafts here (post picks) and then PM the guy up next.....now others just think it something cool to try and sign up for and don't really respect the commitment you are making to 15 other people....and while the "I have a job" and "I have a life" excuses are valid for everybody to a certain extent, it really doesn't justify the complete lack of consideration that often happens...to be honest "checking in twice a day" really doesn't cut it, because depending on where you draft you can hold things up during prime drafting time for the rest of the league...checking in at 8am and the not again till 6pm is really not cool...realistically if you can't check in multiple times throughout the day...you shouldn't sign up.....this isn't even factoring in that YOU CAN SET IT UP TO BE NOTIFIED BY TEXT THAT YOUR ARE OTC.....if you are not willing to use that feature, then I would actually prefer you don't participate....if you are not willing to give up your phone number to receive the text that you are on the clock, then you need to be willing to check in every couple of hours or so to see whats up.....
oh....and you can also use the "predraft" feature if you know you will be out of pocket for awhile....there really is NO GOOD REASON to hold up the draft for even a semi extended period of time....
bottom line, sign up for the text notifications or check on these things throughout the day every few hours as a courtesy to others....drafts that stall and drag on frustrate people....dont sign up if you aren't going to be active.....I don't want to see these things go away....respect the fact that 15 other people are waiting on you....
sorry....much like when I have been drafting Hill and Pryor, I have been drinking....
Once I have a pick made I like to set up my pre-draft list. I make a list of players long enough to make sure that if for some reason I get busy I will not miss my next pick. We all should have some sort of list of players so it shouldn't be that hard to enter in the players you like. That's all I ask, use the features the site offers to keep the draft moving along.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
I will leave this here and if people want to discuss what this means for this year (if anything), so be it.
Annual rankings of rookie TE's in Anarchy Leagues since 2007:
Annual rankings of rookie TE's in Anarchy Leagues since 2007:
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John Carlson 2008 8
Dustin Keller 2008 13
Timothy Wright 2013 14
Rob Gronkowski 2010 14
Aaron Hernandez 2010 15
Zach Miller 2007 16
J Gresham 2010 18
Tony Moeaki 2010 19
Hunter Henry 2016 20
Will Tye 2015 21
Jordan Reed 2013 21
Zach Ertz 2013 22
Dwayne Allen 2012 22
Greg Olsen 2007 24
Jace Amaro 2014 25
Mychal Rivera 2013 25
B Pettigrew 2009 25
Tyler Eifert 2013 27
Jimmy Graham 2010 29
Clive Walford 2015 31
M Bennett 2008 31
Richard Rodgers 2014 33
Maxx Williams 2015 34
Kyle Rudolph 2011 34
Eric Ebron 2014 35
Coby Fleener 2012 36
Lance Kendricks 2011 36
Zach Miller 2009 37
Austin Hooper 2016 38
Joseph Fauria 2013 38
Andrew Quarless 2010 39
ASJenkins 2014 41
Charles Clay 2011 42
M Hoomanawanui 2010 45
Luke Willson 2013 49
Ryan Griffin 2013 50
Gavin Escobar 2013 55Biabreakable
Footballguy
As much as I love a lot of the rookie TE players from 2017 yeah the track record of a rookie TE performing really well is not good. Your mostly hoping the guy might be in the top 24 of TE performers.
There is a fairly good career track record of the TE who do crack the top 24 as rookies.
There is a fairly good career track record of the TE who do crack the top 24 as rookies.
There are also multiple one year wonders here as well due to many different events/factors such as injuries, murder and so on.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
I am going to do something new this year . . . a contest to join all the leagues together. Just before the start of the NFL season, all Anarchy participants can submit their entry for what he thinks will be the highest scoring team for the season using regular Anarchy League scoring. Feel free to pick from anyone on any NFL roster. Only one entry per person, so if you have three teams, you only get one entry. Should make for an interesting contest.
Ruffrodys05
IBL Representative
Hawkeye21
Footballguy
I'm curious, what's the longest any of you have gone without checking the draft? I've seen people going 2-3 days without logging in. I know we all get busy on the weekends but I'd think that everyone would at least check the draft on their phone when they wake up or go to bed or even when on the crapper. Our draft has been moving much better, mostly due to one team getting taken over, but I was just curious because I've seen it with a few people in our league.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
If you are set up for text or email notifications, there isn't a true necessity to check in at all (other than to see who else was selected). I generally don't even consider anyone until it is my turn to pick. That way I don't get frustrated hoping that PLAYER X will get through only a few more picks to me and WHAM someone snipes him.
It's also a little different for me as I have to make sure people are actually making picks in all the leagues . . . but as far as who I might want I just wait until I have to pick and then see who is still on the board. It keeps whatever sanity I have left that way.
Hawkeye21
Footballguy
I hate making others wait so I make my pre-draft picks right away just in case I get busy. I check it throughout the day and night to see where the draft is at and will adjust my pre-draft list occasionally. Right now we're waiting on ryheaps who is on the turn and it's only been two hours which isn't bad at all but I was curious how often he checks in. It shows he hasn't been on in just over two days. I can see him not being in too big of a hurry to check back since he has to wait so long but two days seems a bit of a stretch.
I like to check fairly often though as I like to keep track of what players are getting picked too.
Not sure how the check in registers as I have my three draft pages open and refresh at least a couple times a day. I surely did not go 2 days without looking. For the record, I'm taking between 50 minutes to 1 hr and 48 minutes in my three leagues. In my book, that is reasonable for a slow draft. I've admittedly had a couple misses and took longer than I wish I did, but I've also auto picked a number of times as well.
montana_grizzly_bears
Footballguy
Seems pretty normal pace to me. About 2 weeks to do the entire draft is about normal from what I remember.
Hawkeye21
Footballguy
You have't been too bad ryheaps. Our league just happens to have a good amount of people who don't pre-draft so we run into hang ups with the same people every time. Mikeya2k got us off to a terrible start by just not showing up the Ben & Jerry's took over as the new speed bump.
Hawkeye21
Footballguy
What round is your league in? I'm curious where everyone is at now that we're coming up on two weeks. League 6 is currently at the 11.2 pick. Right now we can't even finish a round a day so it's looking like we'll finish closer to three weeks.
I just looked at our draft from last year and we were on the 9th day with the 11.2 pick and finished the entire draft in 15 days which seems pretty typical.
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Biabreakable
Footballguy
No rush as there are still lots of chairs being rearranged on the titanic right now, just curious what your plans are for the love child? Estimated time for that madness to begin?
montana_grizzly_bears
Footballguy
From experiment, the check-in registers only times in which you are logged in and access the league's home page. I suspect many Anarchists here have the draft page rather than the homepage bookmarked (or kept on a browser tab), and so the "last activity" times are woefully inaccurate.
Also my leaguemates tell me that accessing from the mobile app never registers as an activity. I've had people make add/drops who don't show as having been on site for months.
Go DC Yourself
Footballguy
If these are held next year, and I can understand if they were not, I would suggest putting fast drafters together in leagues, and leave the slow ones in a league or leagues by themselves.
BassNBrew
Footballguy
Anarchy99
Footballguy
Mr. Irrelevant
IBL Representative
You could have the clock in effect just for the designated slow leagues. Even an 8-hour clock would improve the pace greatly and I don't think it's too much to ask of anyone who signs up for these things to check in every couple of days or so.
Another option is to put the slowest drafters from the prior year in the 16-hole. Not only does it serve as a (modest) penalty, if the slowest drafters keep being the slowest drafters it at least cuts the number of interminable delays in half.
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Anarchy99
Footballguy
I think what people aren't fully accounting for is that some folks have stayed on top of things and drafted quickly in YEAR X but that does not always translate to YEAR X + 1. Some people take new jobs, are on vacation, have other leagues, too much going on and drafting in these leagues takes a back seat. It happens. Probably shouldn't re-up or sign up in that case.
We tried using the pick-the-quickest-drafters strategy to fill up the ABLC league, and that didn't always carry over there either.
We tried using the pick-the-quickest-drafters strategy to fill up the ABLC league, and that didn't always carry over there either.
Hawkeye21
Footballguy
It all comes down to people being honest about being able to dedicate two weeks to the draft. If it's going to be tough but they still want to participate then they need to make pre-draft picks. If they find out they just can't make it work at all then they need to be responsible enough to let you know so you can fill in or find a replacement.Anarchy99 said:
BassNBrew
Footballguy
That would mean that people would half to be respectful and courteous. I think the terms of service have band those qualitiesThat would mean that people would half to be respectful and courteous. I think the terms of service have band those qualities
