Sunday Morning Carryovers

This time of  year people will tell you “Christmas time is here” In the Elite we say, “Playoffs are here.”  

Rave of the Week

Sons of Thunder. 8^th Season.

8. Eight years later and I still have no idea who is Darius, you guys…

I have no unique story for how I met Francois as I met him, Steve & Justin all at the same time. There is no one quite like Francois so meeting him among a group really doesn’t matter. We’ve been boys ever since and when he came back from Spain, I immediately introduced him to the game of fantasy football that we secretly play like Chess: Intelligence. Strategy. Forethought. Ploy. Observation. Minimal mistakes. He reads, writes, raps, disserts, lifts…I can’t think of one thing that he doesn’t do well if he decides to do it. I’ve learned many of life lessons from him both on and off the playing field.*

When he first joined the league, he came in with a witty poem and marched right to the Superbowl. Each year it’s obvious he knows how to play the game, unfortunately, life is not that easy. Our league is rich with statistical history. Since 2007, this how my division has played out for who will represent the West in the Superbowl and it’s usually been a rinse and repeat of these three teams: 

2007: Heartbreak Kid

2008: Sons of Thunder**

2009: Heartbreak Kid

2010: The Bane

2011: Limited Edition

2012: Heartbreak Kid (beat Limited Edition)

2013: Heartbreak Kid (beat Limited Edition)

2014: Sons of Thunder (beat Heartbreak Kid)

Each and every year the Sons of Thunder is right there; we shall see how this week plays out…

*We did GM a real life football team together; we’re definitely better at fairyland football. Heh.

**2008 Limited Edition was in the Superbowl; this was before we made division vs. division.

Rant of the Week

After ten years, I think it’s time for some change in the Elite. George Bush was still President when these rules were first made, people. It’s time to add a new level of complexity to the game. I’ve come up with a few recommendations that I think we could add to next year’s game without changing everything.

Keeper League

-          A great GM decision should be rewarded so this is how we would slowly transition it into our league: every team keeps one player at the end of 2016. The goal is to keep the highest valued player at the lowest valued position when you took them. I drafted Matt Forte 9^th in the 1^st round. In order to keep him, I would have to surrender my first round pick. Tyler Eifert was a waiver claim, meaning I would skip the 15^th round. Hence, Eifert has more value, than Forte.

Point per Reception

-          Let’s sadly face the facts, this league has become a passing league so this is how we would slowly transition it into our league: .20 points for every reception. If Antonio Brown finishes the game with 10 receptions, he would finish the game with an additional 2 points. It’s a great way to recognize today’s leading high volume players and just think what it would do to the RB value.

Five Team Bench

-          One reason our waiver pool is shallow is because we allow the bench to be too deep. The most RB or WR you can actively play each week is 3, yet our rules allow you own at least 6. This is how we would slowly transition it into our game: 5 man bench allows for 2 RBS, 2 WRS or additional QB, DST, K, etc. We’d replace the final slot with an IR for a hurt player you don’t want to drop.    

I’m out like some unfortunate GM this weekend…

HBK