Hey Taco...

[Kaylore]

Do you have ten running backs by design? I can't tell if this is some kind of secret technique you have or if you are just trying to play Al Davis in the early 90's and take players other teams want to try and undermine them at the expense of actually building a real team yourself.

[ludo21]

RB whore!!

As is Old Dude !!

[Kaylore]

What is Old Dude's team called? I just looked at Taco's points and he's actually done pretty well. I guess that's why I prefer leagues where you are limited in terms of the number of positions you can keep.

[Taco John]

It was a strategy. And so far, it's working. But I can't say it's quite bulletproof, and it's incredibly hard to adapt using this service.

[-Slap-]

This is why large roster limits suck. People can hoarde talent too easily. By about week six the waiver wire is a ghost town.

[Rascal]

This is why large roster limits suck. People can hoarde talent too easily. By about week six the waiver wire is a ghost town.

I agree.

TJ only has 7 RB's. There are a lot of teams that have 6 RB's. Heck, he could easily drop Scheffler, 0 points and still on your team???, and get another one if he wanted. I think last year Crunch'n'Munch had 8 RB's for a while. Of course like an hour before the waiver wire was closed for good he dropped two for some WR's but nobody else could get them. Smart move but that shouldn't be allowed (waiver wire should remain open for those in the playoffs).

[Taco John]

I agree.

TJ only has 7 RB's. There are a lot of teams that have 6 RB's. Heck, he could easily drop Scheffler, 0 points and still on your team???, and get another one if he wanted. I think last year Crunch'n'Munch had 8 RB's for a while. Of course like an hour before the waiver wire was closed for good he dropped two for some WR's but nobody else could get them. Smart move but that shouldn't be allowed (waiver wire should remain open for those in the playoffs).


It's not like my roster hasn't suffered for the strategy. My wide receiver depth was hatin' it. And many of the runningbacks I had on my team were guys I had strictly on potential. For instance, I just dropped Curtis Martin in favor of Marques Colston. I also dropped Stephen Davis in favor of Owen Daniels.

The strategy was to flood my roster with runningbacks, and then watch which ones panned out, drop the ones that flaked, and hold onto the borderline guys for depth. I found three workhourse runningbacks this way, one of which I picked up in a late round who is performing like a first or second rounder at this point (Ahman Green).

Perhaps there should be rules against this style of management... But I'd offer that if I didn't know what I was doing, I'd have paid for it through the WR position, and would have been in serious trouble if either of my starters there went down. It helped that I drafted the current touchdown leader in Darrell Jackson.

Drafting and riding Scheffler was a homer move, but it hasn't really cost me, and I just picked up one of the touchdown leaders at the position last night in Owen Daniels.

I'm just trying to put together a team that can go the distance...

[Blueflame]

Sometimes a roster that's "heavy" at one position (such as RBs) can be used as trade bait as well, guys. For example, whoever has Shawn Alexander right now might be willing to trade a pretty good WR for a temporary replacement RB....

[-Slap-]

In a league without absurdly large roster limits, there might be viable running back candidates on the waiver wire, not languishing on someone's bench each week.

Or there's Blue's method where the owner of Shaun Alexander gets jammed in a lopsided trade. We all know how easy it is to swing trades in these leagues, right?

[Blueflame]

In a league without absurdly large roster limits, there might be viable running back candidates on the waiver wire, not languishing on someone's bench each week.

Or there's Blue's method where the owner of Shaun Alexander gets jammed in a lopsided trade. We all know how easy it is to swing trades in these leagues, right?

Meh... it's not like the owner of Shaun Alexander is gonna be forced to "get jammed" or to agree to a lopsided trade. If he's on his toes, he oughtta be hitting the FA list or waiver wire the moment the injury makes the news, in search of Alexander's backup. And if he doesn't do that, he shouldn't expect to get a fair-quality RB from another team's roster without giving up some value in return.

The possibility of injuries at the RB position is one of the primary incentives for loading up a FF team with RBs... just in case your starters do happen to be bitten by the injury bug.

[ØrangeÇrush]

I agree.

TJ only has 7 RB's. There are a lot of teams that have 6 RB's. Heck, he could easily drop Scheffler, 0 points and still on your team???, and get another one if he wanted. I think last year Crunch'n'Munch had 8 RB's for a while. Of course like an hour before the waiver wire was closed for good he dropped two for some WR's but nobody else could get them. Smart move but that shouldn't be allowed (waiver wire should remain open for those in the playoffs).

Its hard to play that way, but I've found it works really well. But, to win consistently you have to constantly be watching the waiver wire, and keeping up with all teams rosters and players performance. Its the only way to be successful when picking WR's for each week.

As for whether or not its good gameship, I don't have a problem with it. We all are drafting at the same time, we all have the chance to go for RB's. If people want to start drafting QB's in the first, WR's in the 2nd, and TE's and defense in the third on, who am i to argue? Everyone goes in with their strategy. Hell Shacky even has his draft dominator software.

This year is a good example of crappy RB play. I drafted Caddilac Williams and Mike Bell in the first two rounds. I was hoping my drafting of M. Bell would push other teams away from T. Bell till I was ready to get him. Alas, that failed, and now both of my two RB's suck. However, I kept at it and have good enough RB depth to absorb the blow. You almost never win in FF if your first two picks bust. Not unless you drafted larry johnson in the 8th round last year.


Insofar as trading in this league goes, its almost impossible to facilitate an even trade. Shack and I traded and it was first trade in two seasons of OM FF. I wanted a WR, and Shack wanted a TE. I had good depth at TE and he had good depth at WR. It worked out well. This is the first time I wasn't offered a lopsided trade IMO.

[Rascal]

I didn't say it wasn't good gameship, what I didn't like is when the wiaver wire is closed to those in the playoffs. IMO it should remain open.

You knew the rules and you used them to your advantage. Nothing wrong with that.

[Odysseus]

This is why large roster limits suck. People can hoarde talent too easily. By about week six the waiver wire is a ghost town.

Agreed. It's really hard to find leagues that don't encourage that crap. This is why I like leagues that play defensive players because it tends to make a level playing field regardless of roster size.

I like a faster paced league with a tight roster where even if you free for all the meat pile a tight roster forces players to play the free agent pile.