NFL 2015 Season - Page 78

On August 31 2015 13:03 Jibba wrote:

Right, but you're not just taking Gronk, you're taking Gronk + a tier 2/3 RB/WR next. The ceiling on TE is so low that even if Gronk kills every other TE, the gap is still only 2/3 of the gap between RBs. The standard deviation of the top 12 RBs in ESPN standard last year was 42. TE was 27 and QB was 30. Interestingly, WR was only 26, but in PPR it would've been a lot higher.

Gronk is like getting an extra tier 2.5 WR, but to do so you're missing out on a tier 1 RB/WR. The opportunity cost is just so high. I think he's a good 2nd round pick, but his ADP is too high at 1.x. I think people are too focused on how dominant he is, and not paying enough attention to the absolute value of that dominance. Now, you can make an argument that Gronk is easier to predict as the #1 at his position than Antonio Brown and Demarco Murray were last year, but you can still make some very safe picks with guys like Dez or Charles and even if they're #4/5 at their position, the gap will be larger than the gap among TEs.

My league is doing IDP this year and now that I'm looking through the numbers, it's actually pretty stupid. JJ Watt broke everything last year (way more than Gronk), but after that you just take the LB on your favorite team and call it a wash. It's even less interesting than defense/kickers.

For the first time, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was believed to be "open" to serving a one-game suspension for not cooperating with Ted Wells' investigation as part of a potential settlement. It was a possibility heading into settlement talks in court Monday, according to someone briefed on his thinking.

However, talks never got that far.

Settlement talks between Brady and the NFL broke down Monday when Judge Richard M. Berman visited the two sides and informed them they were too far apart and there was no point to continuing. As has been the case over the past several weeks, talks never evolved because the Patriots quarterback maintained his position that he would not accept the findings of the Wells Report and was unwilling to accept responsibility for his potential role in the deflation of footballs.

Publicly and privately, Brady has maintained that he had no involvement in the situation. He has realized, and his lawyer Jeffrey Kessler has said it publicly, that he should have been more forthcoming in cooperating with Wells' team.

Meanwhile, the NFL appeared poised to offer to shorten Brady's four-game suspension by two games, provided he accept some responsibility. But no offer was made because discussions never reached that point.

Until there is a ruling by Berman, the door remains open for a settlement, according to a source involved in the situation.

On September 01 2015 09:18 AgentW wrote:

Re: Jibba's IDP

My league is doing this for the first time this year as well, except we have a $200 auction budget. I'm legitimately considering bidding like $50 on Watt. He's just that good.

On September 01 2015 13:11 Jibba wrote:

IDP had the biggest gap between #1 and #2 of any position last year. The problem is that's boosted by his 5 freaking TDs and it's too hard to predict. Once Watt is gone, the position is a crapshoot and basically every team has a LB within a few points of each other. I may pick up Levy in the last round, just to be a homer and maybe he gets a bit more action with Suh gone.

On September 01 2015 13:58 Jibba wrote:
Normally I'm good, it's just it's IDP. Players #2-14 are all like within 10 points of each other on the year.

I'm not falling for the Abdullah hype, and Megatron is so underrated right now it's crazy - that's not homerism.

On September 01 2015 12:11 Shellshock wrote:
wow so I just found out I'm picking 1st overall because I lost the consolation game to the 3 win team in my league last year lol. Person running the league also says keepers don't affect your first round draft picks so I get to keep Andrew Luck and pick 1st overall? One team had Jamaal Charles and DeMarco Murray so he cant keep both so I guess I'm going to get one of them first?

nvm he's stupid it does take your first round pick but the "2nd round" is just the 1st round repeated for people who kept like normal. Oh well hopefully everyone keeps. Then I can get a good RB

Just gonna not keep then. I can probably get Luck or someone else good with my 2 early picks

On September 01 2015 13:11 Jibba wrote:

IDP had the biggest gap between #1 and #2 of any position last year. The problem is that's boosted by his 5 freaking TDs and it's too hard to predict. Once Watt is gone, the position is a crapshoot and basically every team has a LB within a few points of each other. I may pick up Levy in the last round, just to be a homer and maybe he gets a bit more action with Suh gone.

On September 01 2015 11:11 whatisthisasheep wrote:
I swear all Brady has to do is say he is retiring as a direct result of the commissioners ineptitude and gross misconduct. Goodel would drop the case against Brady to save face.

On September 02 2015 23:04 Jaaaaasper wrote:
You got a rb suspended for the first three games of the season with the 9th pick, shocker.

On September 01 2015 13:58 Jibba wrote:
Normally I'm good, it's just it's IDP. Players #2-14 are all like within 10 points of each other on the year.

I'm not falling for the Abdullah hype, and Megatron is so underrated right now it's crazy - that's not homerism.

On September 03 2015 02:49 Jibba wrote:

He's suspended 2 and he's the best PPR rb prospect this year, after the suspension. Even with, he shouldn't fall below 5, after AP, Charles, Lacy, Brown.