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In response to "the con against making defenses that powerful is that only 10 matter and if you're in more than a 10 player league" by crash davis

Why not draft individual defensive players? How did FF evolve with Team D's instead of individuals?

Posted by musubi Aug 13 '10, 09:56

That'd be like if fantasy baseball used Team pitching, instead of individual pitchers.

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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

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