Jamalisms Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Just to be clear, he didn't slyly slip an answer past my defenses did he? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted September 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Just sit back and imagine how much your minds would be blown if I were to say that neither team was mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 I've considered and will remain unsurprised by any and all contingencies, with the exception of myself owning one of the teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted September 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 I've considered and will remain unsurprised by any and all contingencies, with the exception of myself owning one of the teams. I'll give you a hint: you play on one of the teams. This league is in a parallel universe where you are an NFL wide receiver. You suck, of course, but it's a PPR league (in the parallel universe) and you average like 19 catches a game, although none of them go for more than 2 yards. So you're still useful. You also like cheeseburgers and Patron. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmeade- Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 I'll give you a hint: you play on one of the teams. This league is in a parallel universe where you are an NFL wide receiver. You suck, of course, but it's a PPR league (in the parallel universe) and you average like 19 catches a game, although none of them go for more than 2 yards. So you're still useful. You also like cheeseburgers and Patron. Can I have a separate hint different than Jamal's? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Can I have a separate hint different than Jamal's? haha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted September 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Can I have a separate hint different than Jamal's? Your hint is that you're from the planet Melmac. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmeade- Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 I quit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abenjami Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Sanchez as an example worked so well, why not his backup? Top 10 for everyone! This comment is all sorts of stupid, but I'll indulge. First of all, if you are talking about the NFL.com league, he scored the 8th most points (for a QB) in this scoring system last year. Fast forward to this year when Julio Jones is currently the second highest ranked WR on NFL.com and Roddy White is the sixth, I think I'm pretty comfortable assuming he's vastly underrated as the 9th ranked QB. Second of all, this was a 12 team league and fully half of those teams took a QB in the first round. I took Matt Ryan as the 7th QB. Setting aside Julio Jones and Roddy White for a moment, I took the 8th highest scoring QB from last year and drafted him as the 7th QB this year. Forgive me while I laugh at your faux incredility. Third of all, let's begin explaining to you how and why I might have moved Ryan up the list at least one spot from last year (I actually have him at 4th so this was true value). Firstly, there are those guys we chose to ignore a moment ago. Ryan has two targets who, depending on the rankings list, are top 5 talents. I'll just assume you aren't dense enough to miss the connection. Secondly, the run game is expected to be scaled back. Thirdly, Matt Ryan wasn't just 8th last year, he was 8th the year before that. He is consistent money. Fourthly, and connected to the third point, the only QB available who scored more than Ryan in 2011 was Eli Manning. I've already noted why Ryan is in a better position than he was last year, but let's look at Eli. He had 900 more yards than his previous career best. His 589 attempts was 50 more than he had in 2010, 80 more than 2009, 110 more than 2008, 60 attempts than 2007, and so on. It was a career high as well. Why is that? Does it have something to do with an injury riddled team that gave up scores to the tune of (25th in the NFL) 400 points? Does it have anything to do with the 6 regular season game winning drives he had to go out and pull off? (the answer is yes, and therefore Eli is likely to do worse in 2012... which is why he's rated 10th on NFL.com) Fourth of all, let's forget theory and look at that specific draft. Could I have gotten Matt Ryan in the fourth round? QBs drafted after my pick of Matt Ryan but before my 4th round pick, in the order taken: Peyton Manning, 3rd round, who switched to a new team and maybe can throw the ball. Philip Rivers, 3rd round, who I like generally as a fantasy QB but he didn't outscore Matt Ryan last year and he subsequently has lost his top target. Eli Manning, 4th round, previously discussed. Assuming that everyone who took a QB would still have taken one, I would have had to hope that Matt Ryan fell to be the 10th QB drafted (six in the first round, two in the third, one in the fourth before my pick) in order for him to have fallen to me the fourth round. That's one spot below his actual ranking and it assumes nobody else is high on Ryan after considering the points above. In fact, we'll never know if Ryan would have fallen that far but... let's use my favorite new term... it's realistic he would not have. More than realistic, it's doubtful. The real question is whether or not I should have waited until the third round... and that is a damn good question. I was pretty close to the bookend with only two guys each getting a couple picks before my third round pick. One took Aaron Rodgers with his first pick which means there's really only one team (two picks) to worry about. I rank Ryan as the 4th QB and all the other guys available are a solid tier down. I also rank Murray and Steven Jackson a solid tier above where the other available RBs are. There are two teams (four picks) to worry about taking those guys. Odds are even. Which do I risk losing? The answer... is clearly the RBs. 1. QBs are going early, so the odds another QB isn't taken are questionable. Elite WRs are still there, so maybe they get taken and non-elite RBs fall. 2. Murray and Jackson stand a far better shot of being injured. 3. Murray and Jackson stand a far better shot of being phased out of gameplans if a team gets down. 4. The biggest and most important factor - QBs just score too many points. In fact, by choosing Matt Ryan I took the 10th highest scorer in this league (at any position) with the 22nd pick... and I suspect he'll do even better. Risking a top 10 scorer, the 4th QB on my list, or risking mediocre RBs... I'm happy with my choice even if Murray going the pick before me still pisses me off. Please, though, regale me with more stories about Jake Locker's 30 TD season. This was awesome. I also loved how Dmeade's retort was essentially "i'm not going to address your long winded bs" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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