RedRyder wrote: ↑Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:29 pm
Greg Ambrosius wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 4:12 pm
Coltsfan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 3:23 pm
All looks good except for the team kicker Greg. I always felt like kicker meant MORE in a draft champions than a weekly contest as it's much more predictable in the scope of 16 games than it is any given week. For me this is completely backwards. But it will save those of us who spent a lot of time working on kicker stats, kicker salaries, and team salary caps so that we could make good decision, a lot of time this year. Now we just plug in any random team......
Wayne
I know you don't like the Team Kicker rule Wayne, but as we launch the site in February and give folks confidence in drafting so early I think it makes sense for the DCs. You can still use your Kickers research and strategies for FAAB leagues and KICK ASS!! Let's see if this helps the DCs grow even more this year and take some of the frustration away from this position.
I HATE, HATE, HATE the TEAM KICKER!!!!!!! YUCK!!!!!!!!!!! And I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE DCs...make that past tense, LOVED
We certainly understand that Team Kicker is not going to be loved by everyone for the DCs. But let's look at some facts to understand why this is being done ONLY in this format and then discuss.
We are now opening the DCs in February and we know the Kicker position is a crapshoot in May and June, so it will really be a crapshoot before then. Team Kicker should make it easier to draft a DC team in February, March and April.
But more importantly, to back up this position you need at least 3 and maybe 4 potential kickers in the DCs if you draft early. Guess how many Kickers were drafted last year? Any idea?
FIFTY-FOUR!!!!!
That's two full rounds of drafting Kickers. In fact, during Rounds 28 to 35, there were 34 different Kickers being drafted. Only 20 kickers have an ADP in the first 27 rounds, so if this is such an important position, WHY AREN'T PEOPLE DRAFTING THEM EARLIER?
This isn't a skilled finish to the DC, it's a CRAPSHOOT to back up ONE POSITION. With Team Kicker and with staying at 35 rounds, we could have 22 more skill-position players being drafted in Rounds 28-35. Isn't that good for the game?
I'm not a fan of Team Kicker. Tom and Darik aren't fans of Team Kicker. I never thought we'd add it to any NFFC contest. I will say, I don't see us ever adding this to FAAB leagues. But in this format where you can't replace an injured kicker or can't pick up a starting kicker who came out of nowhere, this position change makes sense. And it will likely make the game better as we spend most of our early off-season prep time on the skill position players. Hope this data helps.
Here's the list of Kickers from 2018 NFFC and their ADPs:
1 Zuerlein, Greg LA K 166.61
2 Tucker, Justin BAL K 174.11
3 Gostkowski, Stephen NE K 174.94
4 Lutz, Wil NO K 196.99
5 Butker, Harrison KC K 197.12
6 Bryant, Matt ATL K 210.33
7 Prater, Matt DET K 214.24
8 Elliott, Jake PHI K 214.37
9 Boswell, Chris PIT K 216.55
10 Gould, Robbie SF K 218.84
11 Gano, Graham CAR K 262.95
12 Crosby, Mason GB K 267.4
13 Succop, Ryan TEN K 270.38
14 Bailey, Dan MIN K 283.29
15 Vinatieri, Adam IND K 285.21
16 McManus, Brandon DEN K 288.79
17 Carlson, Daniel OAK K 291.33
18 Lambo, Josh JAX K 301.76
19 Hopkins, Dustin WAS K 324.88
20 Fairbairn, Ka'imi HOU K 326.99
21 Sturgis, Caleb LAC K 339.75
22 Parkey, Cody CHI K 343.08
23 Janikowski, Sebastian SEA K 347.4
24 Forbath, Kai JAX K 350.69
25 Hauschka, Stephen BUF K 352.27
26 Dawson, Phil ARZ K 353.94
27 Catanzaro, Chandler CAR K 357.21
28 Gonzalez, Zane ARZ K 362.34
29 Rosas, Aldrick NYG K 368.07
30 Bullock, Randy CIN K 375.96
31 Sanders, Jason MIA K 385.55
32 Santos, Cairo TB K 389.09
33 Tavecchio, Giorgio ATL K 392.29
34 Pineiro, Eddy OAK K 396.07
35 Maher, Brett DAL K 410.24
36 Nugent, Mike OAK K 410.95
37 Aguayo, Roberto LAC K 411.89
38 Myers, Jason NYJ K 412.03
39 Walsh, Blair SEA K 414.8
40 Novak, Nick LAC K 417.5
41 Bertolet, Taylor NYJ K 418.12
42 Barth, Connor CHI K 419.17
43 Ficken, Sam LA K 419.83
44 Murray, Patrick TB K 420.15
45 Rose, Nick HOU K 420.2
46 Martin, Ross CLE K 420.52
47 Joseph, Greg CLE K 420.65
48 Moore, Trevor TB K 420.75
49 Brown, Jonathan CIN K 420.76
50 Koehn, Marshall NYG K 420.8
51 Koo, Younghoe LAC K 420.87
52 Folk, Nick TB K 420.9
53 Coons, Travis LAC K 420.91
54 McCrane, Matt PIT K 420.92
Do you like any of those last 22 kickers? Did the gamble pay off?