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Strongbad - as great as Peyton is, he still needs an O-line to block, a Wayne, a Clark, a crazy gun-toting dude, and some running game

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Aug 13 '10, 09:52

Peyton by himself is not a predictor of success for a team

whereas a shutdown defense can be a predictor of success for a team

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word is that Jeff Saturday is really struggling after his knee surgery -- nm - Remlik Aug 13, 10:01 1
- thats a shame, I like Saturday. Also, did you Halo last night? I'm taking a comment from groiny to mean you had problems -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 10:03
the con against making defenses that powerful is that only 10 matter and if you're in more than a 10 player league - crash davis Aug 13, 09:53 19
- Why not draft individual defensive players? How did FF evolve with Team D's instead of individuals? - musubi Aug 13, 09:56 18
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    - My one critic of IDP is it's partially counter-intuitive. The best CB's don't get balls thrown their way therefore they don't get a ton of tackles. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:08 6
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      - Not sure why that's counter intuitive. Draft safeties instead of corners. (nm) - musubi Aug 13, 10:10 4
        
        Look at the Top 20 scoring IDP's, some of those names will make you scratch your head. That's all. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:14 3
        
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        You want the tackle machines, right. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:27
        
        True, but thats true of offense too. Goal line fullbacks get tons of points in TD leagues, but it's just part of the strategy. - musubi Aug 13, 10:17
  - either 1) lack of enough usuable stats until recently, or 2) hyde complained about the length of drafts -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 09:57
  - I am anti-IDP. (The more fantasy sports I play, the more I think over-complicating things ruins 90% of leagues.) -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 09:56 8
    - I'm not pro or con, really. I'm more curious. It's weird that it evolved that way. - musubi Aug 13, 09:58 7
      - Most fantasy sports settings are derived from whatever was in the newspaper box score, pre-computers. - TFox Aug 13, 09:59 6
        
        Especially USA Today. -- (link) - mara Aug 13, 10:13
        
        Good point. I tend to think of FF in modern terms (ie with internet), so I never really thought about that. - musubi Aug 13, 10:01 4
        
        I brought up the same dang point earlier, where is my praise? -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 10:02 3
        
        You didn't explicitly say "newspaper box score". Brievity over clarity cost you. - musubi Aug 13, 10:03 2
        
        you didn't read my mind? shame on you -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 10:04 1
        
        Apologies. (nm) - musubi Aug 13, 10:11
NFL? Yeah, I agree. I'm talking fantasy football. - Strongbad Aug 13, 09:53 8
- are we not talking about BF here? if so, then ignore all my comments. -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 09:55 5
  - We're not, it's another league I'm in with even more weighting towards DEF -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:06 4
    - 40 points for shutouts. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:07 3
      - I'll grant that might be excessive -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 10:08 2
        
        Here's their scoring - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:09 1
        
        Yeah, that's a little silly. -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 10:10
- if things were easy to predict, we should just have a random assignment of numbers and declare who gets #1 the winner -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 09:55 1
  - Pixie Feud! -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 09:55

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Strongbad - as great as Peyton is, he still needs an O-line to block, a Wayne, a Clark, a crazy gun-toting dude, and some running game

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