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Westbrook has a very high ceiling. Presti is a witch. How does he see all of these players? Westbrook, Harden, Ibaka. Make the trade that brought Perk. Sign Cook and Nazr.

I thought Westy should have stayed in school another year and I also thought the Perkins trade would put you guys over the top. Guess I was wrong on 2 counts there. He did not look like the guy that gave the Lakeshow fits at all IMO.
Sam

Sorry guys, but I'm not into baseball at all. I love hockey, and I've tried fantasy hockey but even that is too much work to stay on top of NHL schedules and starting goalies. I would imagine that fantasy baseball (and starting pitchers) is just as intensive. And I have even less time during the summer.

I tried fantasy baseball, but for me it actually diminishes the game. For some reason in football it improves it.

As we think about next year, we're certain to expand to at least 16 teams, and I think we'll add a flex. Here are some of the people who've said they want in:

dog - a definite add
TKO Spikes - almost made it in this year
Tour O - long-time poster, would be a good addition
jacobbartley - showing up quite a lot, including here
aa73081 - solid poster who respectfully asked in
heyuguys - sounded pretty interested a while ago, but no sign of him since
Titanfan - was invited early this year but showed up too late to participate; hasn't been posting much this year

Others to consider: Tlance and guruforyou (with a name like that...)

Wil-

Just wondering....Can you do a 16 team league here on CBS?  If not, what about two 10-team leagues?  And if you can't find enough owners for a second 10-team league, I'd be interested in running another fantasy team in the MBBRL Version 2.0. 

If not, what about two 10-team leagues?

Sorry, I meant 12-team.

I agree with Duff. Maybe two 12 teamers where the leagues are H2H and we have two SB winners and one points leader.
Sam

Defended in the early games (in our dry run):

Treff defends Gronk (me picking for him)
Scape defends DJAX
DUB defends the Texans DST

And since I'm on the road and this is just a dry run and won't affect the real league, I'll go ahead and list the rest for the weekend:

Foot defends Romo
Boomer defends M. Bush
one 4 defends Gore
Lefty defends Lynch
(all the above were me doing the picking)
Sam defends Jordy
Duff defends Tebow
Joe defends Jennings
Fuzzy defends DeMarco

 

So are you guys going to do this next year?

I like the idea of just FF for this group. The extra volume of adding Fantasy Baseball could dilute the action and maybe smooth off some rough edges-we don't need that.

Two twelve team leagues are good for me. The important part is that we maintain the quality of owner and smack talk so continued screening by Will the Statman is necessary.
Dog and Spikes would be great. I appreciate the insights of Tlance in his posts. The rest I don't know so much but would leave that in the hands of Will.

Well Foot, it doesn't look like either of our teams are trying to win this week.  I think both our teams officially qualify to have a fork stuck in them because we are just plain done.

I gree duff. Sam you are right about our trade and I obviously I feel football is all there is in life, but just thought baseball wold be a nice way to keep us in touch till next season. The more i think about it though i agree with fuzzy we are football first and foremost and that should be it. So no baseball. Now as far as two leagues I don't like it. It should be one league. I want dog and some of the other guys to have a chance to get in but I think the way to do it would be to keep our league as the major league and keep with 12 and then we set up a minor league so to speak where 12 new guys can compete and then going forward year to year the top 6 teams in each will play in the major MBBR league and the bottom 6 teams in each league go to the Minors MBBR league. That why you have to eran you spot each year but because this is year one og the league we 12 are in again next year by default.

Waiver Wire Playoff Order question/debate.  I am going to ask this question as it was raised also in the pay league I play in...

 *In the BYFL league, I assume the same will be in the MBBRL as well:
1. We currently have the playoff waiver wire going each round worst seeded team picks first each round to best seed picking last.  IT HAS BEEN RAISED TO ME THAT A FEW THINK THIS SHOULD BE REVERSED soooooo  here is what the following would read IF you guys AGREE to this RULE CHANGE:For playoffs the waiver wire will go best seed picks first to last to reward those owners who have earned a better position in the waiver order. (Let me know thoughts)

Thus like the entire season the best ranked team/s are always at the back of the bus which they also have to over come injuries, schedules, match-ups etc...

I'm just trying to figure out the best but truly the fairest way for teams to compete and not get what seems to be a punishment in the playoff race in a way.  (Picking last most of the year and last even in the playoffs where money is on the line!!)

Some have said waiver is so thin in a 12 man league that it wouldn't make a the end all be all to a owner but is that the only case?!?!

Thoughts on this matter would help fellas.

Thanks...

Sorry DUB but I disagree.  The top seed usually got to be top seed for a reason, most of the time since luck does play a part in the H2H schedule and win/loss records.  However, most of the time, a top seed tends to be the healthiest team with usually one of the highest scoring rosters.  For me, that team already has an advantage in playing the lower seeds.  It should still be a "struggle" for the best team to prove themselves with what they've got.  Besides, this late in the season, one waiver wire player won't make or break anyone's season unless your best player just went down with injury inwhich case you're already at a disadvantage since their aren't many players available good enough to adequately replace them.  About the only players a top seed should need, barring recent injuries, would maybe adding a handcuff QB or RB if your starter is going to get benched after his team locks up a playoff bye week or can't change their playoff seeding with a win or a loss.

And as I can see, this scenario would benefit you the most (cheater! LOL).

Also, on a side note, Why should this next week (a playoff week) be any different than any other week when it comes to teams acquiring the best available players?  If the non-playoff teams are still allowed to add free agents, I believe it is their right and duty to sign any players which may be of use to the playoff teams and do their best to throw a monkey wrench into the playoff teams' plans.  That's why I've always been a strong advocate of having a Losers Bracket playoff as well.  It makes the playoff teams use their skill at identifying the best available and sleeper-of-the-week players.  That is what I think shows a playoff-bound owner's skills off.

And as I can see, this scenario would benefit you the most (cheater! LOL).

I meant your #1 seed situation in our MBBRL.

Foot, I've got a one-way ticket to Hades as it appears that I sold my soul for Romo going ape-poop last night.  Good game.  For a while there, I didn't think I had a chance in catching you.  I was thinking how fitting it would be for me to lose with yet another low scoring showing by my team.

Unfortunately, Treff's is the only team that didn't take part in my 3-point plan of having all of us bottom feeders winding up with a 5-9 record.  

DUFF  put down the can, ok! haha.  Thanks for the thought and I hope a few more chime in as well.

Oh just so you know onces teams are out of the playoff picture they are locked SO THEY CAN'T DO ANY ADDs or DROPS.  Because in the playoffs only teams in it SHOULD and I HOPE that is the case in the MBBRL as well be able to pick up anyone.  


WIL?????? 


 

Oh just so you know onces teams are out of the playoff picture they are locked SO THEY CAN'T DO ANY ADDs or DROPS.  Because in the playoffs only teams in it SHOULD and I HOPE that is the case in the MBBRL as well be able to pick up anyone. 

Disagree with that too for the reasons I previously stated.  Why should this part of the season offer slightly better options for the playoff teams and make it any easier on them?  To win a championship, a team should be able to demonstrate the ability to make do with what they can get off of waivers just like any other week of the season.  That's what helped them get to the playoffs in the first place.

Sorry, DUB.  I guess I'm just a hard-azz that thinks playoff teams should have just as hard a time as they had all season long in order to earn their trophy at the end.  I think it also helps to detract from the "luck factor" for those teams that had an "easy" H2H schedule who made the playoffs with a better seed.  And it keeps teams that are out of it still involved in stonewalling the playoff teams by grabbing players they might need.
On yet another side, I play in quite a few deep keeper/dynasty leagues and there are always a few younger players at the end of the year who pop up who may be worth keeping.  So, that's another reason for where I'm coming from.  And as a commissioner, I like to have as many teams involved as possible until the end.  And who doesn't like to be the reason somebody (hopefully their rival) didn't get a needed player and causing them to lose in the championship, because they simply "raided" the waiver wire?

First off congrats to Lefty on a fine if not luckless season. I am happy I could beat you this week but not so happy that Bradshaw was benched and didn't give you much of a chance with him being your only guy left last night. Also not much of an injury kinda guy and never ever root for anybody to get hurt but it looks like holding Felix Jones might have paid off for me so now maybe I can replace Ricky Williams as my RB #2................as far as the wire, in my money league that bad boy is open to all teams all the time as we have a weekly high score payout and all teams are in that til week 17. All the other leagues I've played in either the wire closes the week the playoffs start or it stays open to all teams............looks like I get a third shot at DUB this week, huh? Maybe I can score that extra point or two and finally beat him. Good luck to all in this league and in your money leagues!
Sam

My opinion on the above: add/drops after the regular season shouldn't be allowed at all. With the possible exception of players declared inactive by their NFL teams, in which case a team would be allowed to drop that player and pick up a player at the same position.

But to the big news:


The SPORTBOYS make the Playoffs; Fuzzy Blows Up Again

Congratulations to Sam and condolences to Lefty. Lefty had it there for the taking, but no good options at QB this week sunk him.

And what is up with Fuzzy's team? Yet another stupendous, league-leading score. That's three weeks straight he's done that, and it hasn't even been close - nobody's been within eighteen points of Fuzzy since before Thanksgiving. Along with that, he's blasted from mediocrity in the points standings three weeks ago to the top spot now, and is leading by a far wider margin than anyone has had this year.

So who plays Fuzzy in round one? DUB or one4? Nobody knows yet! With the #1 seed up for grabs and the #2 seed doomed to face the Fuzzy Terror right away, DUB holds the edge in record but one4 holds it in points. The #1 seed (and the chance to face Sam) goes to one4 instead of DUB if DUB loses and one4 wins. DUB has a 13-pt lead with Lloyd to go vs. SJAX, while one4 has a 17-pt lead and nobody left vs. the Seattle Baldwin.

(Sorry to be slighting you there, Sam, but you just flat out ain't as scary as Fuzzy right now.)


Dry Run Results So Far

Boy, when I asked Fuzzy and Joe who they wanted to defend, I wasn't asking who they wanted to knock out of the whole game. That's some defense!

Actually, Murray and Jennings ended up being wasted calls, since it dropped the scoring on each from 2 ff points to 1.

Here are the scores we'd have so far, had the defending business counted:

Treff 87 - Fuzzies 127 (Murray -1, Gronk -14)
Actual score: Treff 88 - Fuzzies 141

Sam 85 - Lefty 66 (Lynch TBD, Rice -9)
Actual score: Sam 85 - Lefty 75 (unfinished)

one4 107 - Joe 84.5 (Jennings -1, Gore -6.5)
Actual score: one4 108 - Joe 91 (unfinished)

Duff 74 - Foot 70 (Romo -12, Tebow -5)
Actual score: Duff 86 - Foot 75 (unfinished)

Boomer 70.5 - Scape 108 (DJAX -5.5, M. Bush -7)
Actual score: Boomer 76 - Scape 115

wilwhite 87.5 - DUB 102.5 (Texans DST -5.5, Mendy -3.5)
Actual score: wilwhite 93 - DUB 106

The Duff-Foot match-up would have been a little tighter, but most of these match-ups aren't close at all and the only W/L result "defending" may affect is me vs. DUB - I still have a chance to win this week, and if that actual victory is narrow I might lose in this test.