Easy n Dirty Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I've been thinking about the best PPR scoring scheme. I think PPR came about as a way to attempt to deemphasize the RB position a little bit by putting more weight onto receivers, and also by making more RBs startable. But as I look at some week 1 results this year, I think the balance maybe has shifted too much. I look at guys like Greg Olsen, Pierre Garcon, Jordy Nelson - they all had decent weeks, but PPR scoring made them into superstars. I'm beginning to think that 1/2 point PPR might be preferable to full point PPR - any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High201 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I still like 1 point per reception leagues vs 1/2 point or no point per reception. You just have to draft or pick up the PPR league superstars. I like the extra point and scoring and i think it makes thing more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedaiken Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I have a league that does 2pt PPR, so WRs are very valuable. However, one way they balanced it out was to give .5pts per carry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slambo Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 In the BOTH CA league we use a tiered PPR system where RB's get .5 pts, WR's get .75 pts, and TE's get 1 pt. Its interesting and for me it didn't really change my draft strategy compared to a standard PPR league where all catches are 1pt for all positions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I've been thinking about the best PPR scoring scheme. I think PPR came about as a way to attempt to deemphasize the RB position a little bit by putting more weight onto receivers, and also by making more RBs startable. But as I look at some week 1 results this year, I think the balance maybe has shifted too much. I look at guys like Greg Olsen, Pierre Garcon, Jordy Nelson - they all had decent weeks, but PPR scoring made them into superstars. I'm beginning to think that 1/2 point PPR might be preferable to full point PPR - any thoughts? The thing is that PPR, in general, makes a few backs even more valuable than they already are (guys like Forte, McCoy, etc. that are already top backs but also catch a lot), helped the few receiving backs out there (Bush, Sproles, Vereen) so they are playable when they are mediocre at best without PPR, and hurt the backs that rarely catch, like Alfred Morris. What it did to WRs was make the elite WRs even more valuable, as they catch 80+ per season compared to the 50-60 of the more average WRs. However, with PPR, those "more average" WRs are stellar flx options compared to the running backs generally up for consideration for the spot. An average WR can pretty regularly get 4 catches for 40 yards, which is 8 fantasy points is relatively standard PPR scoring. An RB would have to rush for 80 yards to match that...quite a feat when you consider that in a 12 team, start 2 RB league, you are usually talking about RBs ranked in the high 20s to low 30s at the position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrab Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Good points by BC. We still don't use PPR but years ago adjusted our yardage scoring for TE because they were mostly worthless (too many players getting 0-1 points). We used to do 1 pt/25 yards receiving, and changed it to 10 for TEs. Some years later we made them uniform for all positions at the more standard 1pt/10yards. We realized this inflated values of other positions relative to TE but the original idea was to just make TE more startable and not a wasted roster spot. That still stands. It took some time adjusting coming from a TD only league, some still don't like that 100 yards rush/rec is worth more than a TD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Football Follies Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 In all 3 of my leagues we use half point ppr...I think it is the best scoring system as it gives points for receptions but does not overweight mediocre players like brian hartline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chloroform Rx Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 A little off topic but when I joined my local 7 years ago QB's got a point per completion.This all ended the year Brady got hurt and Cassel stepped in to score 109 points for the owner. A real "wtf is going on" moment. It was fun while it lasted, though. Nobody keeps QB's now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 In my local WRs and TEs get 1 PPR, RBs get .5 PPR ... We tried a year with TEs getting 1.5 PPR and it really over inflated their value and teams were starting two TEs ... although this year I am starting 2 TEs ths year (Olsen and Pita) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcat Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 (edited) I'm a purist. Points for yardage and TDs only. We play 3 WRs . 2 RBs, 1 TE and a flex. No likey the dink and dunk WRs who get massive PPR points without doing much on the field. Edited September 10, 2014 by Dcat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I'm a purist. Points for yardage and TDs only. We play 3 WRs . 2 RBs, 1 TE and a flex. No likey the dink and dunk WRs who get massive PPR points without doing much on the field. Except do things like keep drives alive, get the hard first downs, put the team in scoring position. You know, the useless stuff like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 (edited) I'm a purist. Points for yardage and TDs only. We play 3 WRs . 2 RBs, 1 TE and a flex. No likey the dink and dunk WRs who get massive PPR points without doing much on the field. if you were a true purist you would only count TDs and FGs like it was when I started playing. Once you added points for yardage you left the realm of purism. [ETA] And you wouldn't have a flex, that came along later too Edited September 10, 2014 by Grits and Shins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrab Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 if you were a true purist you would only count TDs and FGs like it was when I started playing. Once you added points for yardage you left the realm of purism. [ETA] And you wouldn't have a flex, that came along later too You also wouldn't have more than 6 elegible players your line (QB/RB/WR/TE). I think most leagues had the standard pro formation line-up (QB/RB/RB/WR/WR/TE) and a kicker. USA today a spreadsheet and a beer during MNF, those were the days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 You also wouldn't have more than 6 elegible players your line (QB/RB/WR/TE). I think most leagues had the standard pro formation line-up (QB/RB/RB/WR/WR/TE) and a kicker. USA today a spreadsheet and a beer during MNF, those were the days THU-FRI USA Today chock full of stats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papajohn Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I used to prefer the 0,5 PPR. but in the last few years I have found 1 PPR leagues more fun. I still don't have much experience with tiered PPRs league, but I think that would become the norm at sometime in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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