archiebonker Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Just wonder if anyone has tried some of these ideas in their league. Be good to hear your opinions. Like to change it up a bit. - Blind Bidding - 15 Teams / 3 Divisions / 12 week regular season - Using a flex position and dropping the starting lineup to 8 from 9. ( Flex = RB or WR) And I want to figure out how I can make division teams play each other X2 and each other team once each using Double Headers for 6 weeks. Be Great to hear from you guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 MFL has built in ready blind bidding. Flex position is always nice. Depending on if your league is PPR, you might want to consider adding TE to the flex as well. Makes TE's very valuable and on par with RB/WR. Not sure how to swing a 15 man league with those parameters. You might want to poll the league and think about pushing it to 16 teams. Let me tell you though, a 16 team league is extremely difficult to win, especially if you are going up against very good Huddlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 MFL has built in ready blind bidding. so do all the other sites, even the free ones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiebonker Posted December 26, 2012 Author Share Posted December 26, 2012 (edited) We had 16 Teams 2 years ago. Guys were saying it was too hard to pickup on the waivers. We lost two last year and went with 14 and Double Header weeks. But I would like Divisions again and I think if I cut the benches by 3 on each team, and go with one flex position. I think it would open things up a lot regardless. As for the TE position. We made the reception points more for a TE and it's made it a very important position to have. Made it interesting. As for the the 15 team/ 3 Division /12 week schedule. I haven't tried to figure that one out yet. But I think if I could make 6 Double Head Weeks and 6 Single Game weeks. We could play each Division Team Twice and Each other team once. (now to figure that schedule out...haha). Oh, we do have a PPR League. Did you guys like Flex Positions? Should I add TE's to the Flex (I guess I would have to change the Reception points if I do) p.s. We had a great Playoff format this season. Ask me if you guys would like to see it. Edited December 26, 2012 by archiebonker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delusions of grandeur Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 You cannot have an odd number of teams unless you do away with head-to-head matchups. It would leave someone without an opponent every week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiebonker Posted December 26, 2012 Author Share Posted December 26, 2012 (edited) I was thinking I could figure out a Schedule that would use 6 Double Head Weeks and 6 Single Game weeks. Sounds like it could work, but I'm not sure yet. Edited December 26, 2012 by archiebonker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiebonker Posted December 26, 2012 Author Share Posted December 26, 2012 The More I look at this, the more I think it might be very hard to do up a schedule with 15 teams in 12 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Just wonder if anyone has tried some of these ideas in their league. Be good to hear your opinions. Like to change it up a bit. - Blind Bidding Yes, I definitely enjoy blind bidding as the FA/Waiver option. IMO, it is superior to waivers by standings, but, my caveat to this is that I would tend towards sticking with waivers by standings for more casual leagues. Blind bidding adds another layer of strategy, and if you're league is more recreational, it will merely tend to expand the gap between your more casual owner and the more involved owner. - 15 Teams / 3 Divisions / 12 week regular season And I want to figure out how I can make division teams play each other X2 and each other team once each using Double Headers for 6 weeks. See what MFL etc. have as defaults. It should be doable, but, if you tend towards loading up on division games in the non-NFL bye week weeks, you're division games will be loaded into the double header weeks. If that is not a major concern, this shouldn't be too difficult to set up. - Using a flex position and dropping the starting lineup to 8 from 9. ( Flex = RB or WR) Love the flex spot - should be RB/WR/TE for sure. Not so sure about dropping the lineup size though, guess it depends on the reason and what you already have as the lineup requirements. A lot of leagues are moving towards a double flex lineup, which I really enjoy. It allows a lot of flexibility in draft strategy, lineup decisions, trade discussions, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiebonker Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Thanks Country, things to think about. - I like the Blind Bidding myself. But yes, I wonder if guys might think it's too much. Not sure. - As for the Schedule. We had Double Headers all season last year and it was pretty fun. But if we went with 15 Teams. I won't be able to do this. I looked on MFL, but they don't have much selection for 15 teams or much for a 12 Week Reg season. - We had 9 starters and 6 Bench players last season. One of the complaints was the amount of worthy pickups on the waivers. So I was thinking of dropping it to 8 starters and 4 Bench. Not sure how this will go either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papajohn Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Blind bidding is a must. Everybody who is against it will apologize and admit they were wrong a few weeks into the season. There is no doubt about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Thanks Country, things to think about. - I like the Blind Bidding myself. But yes, I wonder if guys might think it's too much. Not sure. - As for the Schedule. We had Double Headers all season last year and it was pretty fun. But if we went with 15 Teams. I won't be able to do this. I looked on MFL, but they don't have much selection for 15 teams or much for a 12 Week Reg season. - We had 9 starters and 6 Bench players last season. One of the complaints was the amount of worthy pickups on the waivers. So I was thinking of dropping it to 8 starters and 4 Bench. Not sure how this will go either. Are you locked in to a 12 week regular season? My response to the "nobody is available on waivers" - I say BS - even in my leagues where there are 20 man rosters and 14 teams there was plenty of action each week on the waiver wire. Thing is, with those size rosters and savvier owners, there is more competition for the free agents and a lot of times, that new hot free agent was picked up the week before he blew up, rather than the week after.... additionally, if you don't see what you want on the wire, look to make a trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiebonker Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 I love the idea of Blind Bidding. I'm going to implement this for sure. As for the Waiver thing, I totally agree. There was things to pickup. But to open things up, I like to cut back the size of the benches. I'm hopping this will keep players collecting dust in someones bench. With the 12 week Regular season. Well, we always had 13 weeks, But we came up with a great Playoff format that lasts 4 weeks. It worked great and benefited teams that did well in the regular season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrab Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 I was thinking I could figure out a Schedule that would use 6 Double Head Weeks and 6 Single Game weeks. Sounds like it could work, but I'm not sure yet. With double headers you may be able to schedule every team to play 2 Are you locked in to a 12 week regular season? My response to the "nobody is available on waivers" - I say BS - even in my leagues where there are 20 man rosters and 14 teams there was plenty of action each week on the waiver wire. Thing is, with those size rosters and savvier owners, there is more competition for the free agents and a lot of times, that new hot free agent was picked up the week before he blew up, rather than the week after.... additionally, if you don't see what you want on the wire, look to make a trade. Great points about players on waiver, we have 18 man roster (9 starters) and 12 teams, while many players sighted on various free agent discussions may not be available some are. And like BC, they usually are gone before they blow up (as they are emerging). Decreasing your roster will definitely increase the free agent pool, and I think going to a flex makes a smaller bench easier to deal with during byes and injuries. Agree that figuring out a way to do the schedule with 15 teams is going to be hard. Without at least one team playing a DH each week you're left with a team who has no opponent. Even the weeks with DH may be difficult to do (haven't really tried to figure that out). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiebonker Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Ya, not sure how I would do the schedule. I just thought a 15 team / 3 Division League would be great. Seems easy, until you put it on paper. haha The Playoff format we started this year made up change our regular season to a 12 week Reg season. 4 weeks of playoffs. Worked well. I'll have to push for a smaller bench and maybe start with one Flex position. If the guys are ok with it. It would open it up to having more teams in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Out of curiosity, what is the playoff format that you are utilizing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiebonker Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 I'll e mail it to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiebonker Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 Any more ideas out there? I'm still looking for idea's. We have a14 team league now. Looking to expand to 15. (not sure I'm able to make a schedule though) 12 week regular season / 4 week playoff format PPR League Blind Bidding Waivers 8 make playoffs 6 make B Side playoffs now Looking for ways of making a better chat idea....something that might come on our phones (any ideas?) We have lots of payouts 4 Week NFL Playoff league using our same site. Be good to hear what some of you Commish's have for your leagues. Always fun to see your leagues too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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