Due to a failure to stream players I have dropped to 8th in my money league. This means I am 3-4 with a low enough amount of points scored to fall behind the other 3-4 teams. I am 3rd in my own division, but that is largely meaningless in terms of playoffs, I believe. So far as I suspect, the top 6 advance to the playoffs with a 3 week system in place. I am fairly uncertain how to get back on top of things, because I have crap for players and continue to fail at recruiting for major positions such as Running Back. To make a long story short, I don’t have high chances of success in this league.
On the other side of the spectrum my Beach Born League is going a lot better for me. I lost the last game (and 1st place) entirely on a failure to start the reliable players, but despite many talents being on a bye week I have a solid chance to pull a W this week and stay in the hunt for first.
I’m thinking about the trophy situation for this league. I am torn between the belt and the trophy with multiple slots for names. We can put at least 6 years into this thing, and that could make the trophy worthwhile. Each winner gets to keep it for a year. I am also considering the ‘dud’ trophy where the last place person gets a small but weak sauce trophy but it also awards them first pick in the draft next season with the remaining players randomized. That way absolute failure is rewarded. I want to talk that last part over with the partner to see how she feels about it.
Generally speaking it has been good to get back to fantasy. While my lack of player knowledge exposed me in the early goings of the money league, I am learning in leaps and bounds and feel confident of a season 2 rebound followed by utter domination on out. It helps that I finally know how the league is scored. Drafting a team under the auspices of PPR really messed me up in the early goings and continues to sting now.