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Use Individual Defensive Players
8/8/00
Email Commish
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Hey all we have a winner of the last weeks name the column
contest! Not only did the winner supply us with the winning name
he added about 20 others in for good measure. It didn't hurt that
he added that he was my number one fan. I am not sure how beat
my momma out for that one but anyway… good work Ken Melton!
Those Taylor-Made Golf Balls are on their way to you.
On the menu for this week, I want to show you commissioners a
way to spice up a league that might be a bit to dull. It's a problem
that every league runs into, especially those that have been existence
for a while without many major changes. What can you do to breathe
some life back into an old league? Well, beyond the things that
I mentioned a few articles back like golf tournaments, parties
and penalties, you can add a position or three to your weekly
line-up. Now this isn't for everyone and unless you have some
hard core guys it may not work for you. It takes a little extra
work and I am certainly not an expert in this category. Add the
linebackers, defensive lineman and defensive backs to your league.
Those hard working, slobber knocking, real football players that
these fantasy leagues so often ignore. To many people football
is 3 yards and a cloud of dust. However, to me football is dislocated
fingers, bitten off ears and noses and cheap shots to the groin
during a pileup.
Before you go off and just add these guys to your league you have
ask yourself if your league is ready and more importantly my little
commishes, are you ready? It takes some groundwork to get a league
ready for this kind of change. The allegiance on Survivor has
nothing on the underhanded dealings that take place when trying
to influence voting in a new rule like this.
1. Does your league software calculate the various categories
necessary when using defensive players? Things like, tackles,
assists, passes defended, fumbles recovered, and passes intercepted.
If you use software already make sure it can calculate these categories.
I had several people suggest a couple of programs to me two weeks
ago after my article talking about fantasy football software.
They were all great programs and looked sharp but I couldn't use
them because they didn't calculate defensive player stats.
2. Is your league ready to study up on 6-8 new roster spots?
Do the guys in your league do it strictly for fun or for blood.
The fun guys will say it's too much effort and eventually will
leave the group. The blood guys will say let's add offensive lineman.
Be ready for either circumstance.
3. Where do you get your stats? Unfortunately the NFL doesn't
consider the tackle an official stat. If you go their website
you'll see stats for every player under tackles but the league
depends on each team to turn in weekly tackle stats. Are you ready
for changes that might come up because of these stats being turned
in by the teams and not the league?
4. Are you ready for an extra two or three hours at the
draft? My dynasty league now has a continuous roster size of 28
players. We draft over the Internet and it took three weeks for
the eight round defensive draft alone. Be ready to spend some
extra time.
As I mentioned my dynasty league just added individual defensive
players to our mix. Last year was our first year of the dynasty
format and we all had between 13-18 players on our rosters prior
to our defensive draft. Each team will start 3 players (on the
low side for most leagues with defensive players) and can carry
as many or few on their roster as they like. We used an independent
draft to allocate the defensive players in the first year and
starting next year will have our rookie/free agent draft in combination
with the defensive players so that any owner may draft any position
at any time.
| O U R S C O R I
N G S Y S T E M |
| LEAGUE |
TYPE |
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1 point for every 2 assists |
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1 point for every tackle |
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1 point for every pass defended |
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2 points for every sack |
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2 points for every fumble recovery |
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2 points for every interception |
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6 points for every fumble returned
for td |
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6 points for every interception
returned for td |
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The average defensive player
will account for about 5 points per game. Each line-up now consists
of 1 qb, 2 rb, 2 wr, 1 te, 1 k, 1 dl, 1 lb, 1 db or 1 qb, 1 rb,
3 wr, 1 te, 1 k , 1 dl, 1 lb, 1 db. It'll be very interesting. Below
I have listed our draft as it went pick by pick. Let me know how
you think I did.
| O U R D E F E N
S I V E D R A F T: Rounds 1-4 |
| RD |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| Rod |
Ray Lewis |
Rodney Harrison |
Willie McGinest |
Barry Minter |
| Sal |
Derrick Brooks |
Courtney Brown |
Jay Bellamy |
Ron Rice |
| Chris |
Jevon Kearse |
Jamir Miller |
Sam Shade |
Marty Carter |
| Mike |
Donnie Edwards |
Tony Brackens |
Tony Parrish |
Dwayne Rudd |
| Hank |
Greg Biekert |
Mike McCary |
Kwame Lassiter |
Brian Simmons |
| Ryan |
Warren Sapp |
Deion Sanders |
Peter Boulware |
Corey Simon |
| Gonzo |
Lavar Arrington |
Champ Bailey |
Vonnie Holliday |
Michael Barrow |
| Kevin |
Kevin Hardy |
Robert Griffith |
Kevin Carter |
Takeo Spikes |
| Don |
Jesse Armstead |
Donnie Abraham |
Gary Walker |
Rod McKinnon |
| Steffy |
Wali Raineer |
Simeon Rice |
Sammy Knight |
Brian Urlacher |
| Justin |
Zach Thomas |
Lawyer Milloy |
Lance J-stone |
Marvcus Patton |
| Dave |
Victor Green |
Jermiah Trotter |
Robert Porcher |
Chad Brown |
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| O U R D E F E N
S I V E D R A F T: Rounds 5-8 |
| RD |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
| Rod |
John Lynch |
Stephen Boyd |
Troy Vincent |
Phil Hansen |
| Sal |
John Mobley |
Sam Adams |
Keith Bullock |
Ty Law |
| Chris |
Rob Fred. |
Brian Dawkins |
Rob Morris |
Grant Wistrom |
| Mike |
LaRoi Glover |
Billy Jenkins |
Lance Schulters |
Mike Peterson |
| Hank |
Michael Strahan |
Devin Bush |
Ed McDaniel |
Percy Ellsworth |
| Ryan |
Sam Cowart |
LeRoy Butler |
Marvin Jones |
Samari Rolle |
| Gonzo |
James Hasty |
Cortez Kennedy |
Keith Mitchell |
Rod Woodson |
| Kevin |
Darren Sharper |
Darrell Russell |
Andy Katz. |
Eric Brown |
| Don |
Reggie Tongue |
Chad Bratske |
Levon Kirkland |
Marcus Robertson |
| Steffy |
Trevor Pryce |
Ahmed Plummer |
Carlos Emmons |
Joey Porter |
| Justin |
Greg Ellis |
Brian Williams |
Charles Woodson |
Shawn Springs |
| Dave |
Chuck Smith |
Ashley Ambrose |
Bryant Young |
Chad Cota |
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Next week I will add a new
feature to my articles… since were coming from the kitchen how about
a recipe you can make for your next draft party!
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