Fantasy Football for Regular People

in fantasyfootball •  8 years ago 

I currently play in 2 leagues. Although I do play to win, I do this for fun. Between both leagues, I’ve always at least made it into the playoffs every year, even if its “one and done”, it’s still fun and exciting. I don’t pick my players based on complex graphs, pages and pages of stats or do what every other internet expert says I should do. I try to base my picks on how well they “should” do, taking into consideration the offensive style, run or pass heavy and most importantly, is this guy going to have the opportunities to have the ball in his hands. Before, after and during the season I like to write about who I drafted and why then also what goes into setting a line up every week. I’ll be splitting my posts up between my 2 leagues.

 One league is taken a little more serious.  It’s a “keeper” league, where we are allowed to keep up to 7 players that are on our roster from the previous season.  It is also scored as PPR, which means Points Per Reception.  The Defensive scoring is also a little funny in that it’s not only based on how many points they give up but also yardage given up.  A little more research goes into this league as we have to decide which, if any, players from the last season that we want to keep and build around.  Some players have gone all in, where they won’t keep any players and start their team from scratch, this is a good strategy for those trying to land a good rookie.  Doesn’t always work but its fun to watch. 

  My other league is a “Redraft” league.  We start from scratch every year.  This is more of an old school approach, we just started using elements of PPR this last season.  Where the Keeper League is made up of friends and co-workers, this league is mostly family members and while still fun, it’s not as serious.  We have some guys that base their picks on name cognition alone, this can lead to some funny moments when a few years ago a guy tried to be sneaky and draft Brett Favre with his last pick.  He’s not coming back, let it go!  

 I’ll try to keep my posts to the point when I start posting weekly.  I won’t go too heavy into stats or predictions, mostly recaps and what changes I’m making for the next week.  Basic stuff that might help out other players in the same boat as myself.  My drafts will be held at the end of August and the beginning of September.  I can’t wait for the fun to start!
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