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[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by wheeler08

When is next game?

I'll defer that to cdcox. Did you check your pms about League 2?

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by ntexascardfan

How frequently will you all update player positions...or how big of a difference do you guys consider it between the MLB and ILB.

I plan on running a 3-4 scheme and just drafted Jordan Hicks. He did well in Philadephia's 4-3 scheme, but has really blown up this year being one of the ILB's in Arizona's 3-4.

Will players, like Jordan, get re-designated as their positions shift?

They generally get updated year over year.

So there's a way to kinda game the system here, but it's hard to pull off. For instance, if you see someone named as a safety but they're being converted to CB or a G who's being shifted to T, you may be well served to pay them long-term NOW because you'll pay them tier 3 or 4 prices instead of tier 2.

Conversely, if you draft the inverse situation where a tier 2 player is being converted to a tier 3 or 4 position this season, pay them for a single year and then use one of your 2 'franchise' options on them in the offseason to pay them under the cheaper tag NEXT year without letting them hit the market.

Now how quickly they're getting those updated in Beta mode remains to be seen, but back version 1.0, that was kinda the idea.

As for MLB vs. ILB - I've seen little real distinction. In fact, I'm often running an ILB as my Will and I've seen good results from him thus far.

As Rain Man has said when I've tried to get a straight answer from him here several times - "use your common sense". They won't give you a concrete response but ultimately you can probably get away with moving an ILB to MLB or even WLB/SLB, but you probably won't have much success doing a converstion to a strict OLB. You can probably take an OLB and get some pass rush productivity as a DE but if you take that same guy and make him a SLB or MLB, you'll probably wish you hadn't. Putting a T at G might work okay, putting one at C probably not. Putting a C at G probably okay, putting a C at T probably not.

[wheeler08]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'll defer that to cdcox. Did you check your pms about League 2?

Yep. I feel like Clark Hunt, live in Indiana and have a team in Spokane

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Players will get re-designated each year if they play more snaps (roughly) at a different position. You can move players around to a reasonable degree, but there'll be some degradation if they're out of their NFL position. You can use common sense on it - a 4-3 MLB moving to 3-4 ILB won't have much degradation, but a FS moving to 3-4 OLB will have a lot of degradation. If you're moving a player too far, you may be better off just going with a street free agent. But if you're not moving him much, he'll be almost as good as his natural position.

See?!?

They ain't gonna tell you the answer here...

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'll defer that to cdcox. Did you check your pms about League 2?

I'll half-ass ownership of a team if you have a dead one. I just didn't feel like re-building a draft board from scratch.

[ntexascardfan]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

They generally get updated year over year.

So there's a way to kinda game the system here, but it's hard to pull off. For instance, if you see someone named as a safety but they're being converted to CB or a G who's being shifted to T, you may be well served to pay them long-term NOW because you'll pay them tier 3 or 4 prices instead of tier 2.

Conversely, if you draft the inverse situation where a tier 2 player is being converted to a tier 3 or 4 position this season, pay them for a single year and then use one of your 2 'franchise' options on them in the offseason to pay them under the cheaper tag NEXT year without letting them hit the market.

Now how quickly they're getting those updated in Beta mode remains to be seen, but back version 1.0, that was kinda the idea.

As for MLB vs. ILB - I've seen little real distinction. In fact, I'm often running an ILB as my Will and I've seen good results from him thus far.

As Rain Man has said when I've tried to get a straight answer from him here several times - "use your common sense". They won't give you a concrete response but ultimately you can probably get away with moving an ILB to MLB or even WLB/SLB, but you probably won't have much success doing a converstion to a strict OLB. You can probably take an OLB and get some pass rush productivity as a DE but if you take that same guy and make him a SLB or MLB, you'll probably wish you hadn't. Putting a T at G might work okay, putting one at C probably not. Putting a C at G probably okay, putting a C at T probably not.

Thanks that makes a lot of sense and helps me out with a few other choices that I've made...especially when it comes to how it relates to our cap.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

See?!?

They ain't gonna tell you the answer here...

We're basing our policy on secret formulas after Coca Cola.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I'll half-ass ownership of a team if you have a dead one. I just didn't feel like re-building a draft board from scratch.

Cool. Check your pms in about five minutes.

[wheeler08]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I'll half-ass ownership of a team if you have a dead one. I just didn't feel like re-building a draft board from scratch.

Lol I spent probably 2 hours last night making my board. Holy shit has it been a terrible draft so far

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by wheeler08

Lol I spent probably 2 hours last night making my board. Holy shit has it been a terrible draft so far

Yeah, I was in for a team 2 league and then remembered that I put WAY too much time into trying to create a roster last time. At least we're halfway through now and I can just kinda fill in the gaps.

I'm not doing a contract matrix like the Columbia squad. Dorsey would be jealous as hell of my cap management skills. We won't ever have to worry about losing a Chris Jones type to FA here in Columbia; we always keep the long-view in mind...

[wheeler08]

Sweet Jesus, does league 2 have any alive owners? I think every pick has been an auto pick taking 1 hour time. I’ve been an owner for 2 days and haven’t made a pick yet! Lol. This is messing with my severe lack of patience like terrible. It’s like ThaVirus owns every team except mine....

[cdcox]

I just released the lineups. We will sim tomorrow evening.

[Hammock Parties]

julian edelman is HERE!!!

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by wheeler08

Sweet Jesus, does league 2 have any alive owners? I think every pick has been an auto pick taking 1 hour time. I’ve been an owner for 2 days and haven’t made a pick yet! Lol. This is messing with my severe lack of patience like terrible. It’s like ThaVirus owns every team except mine....

Yeah...this is kinda rough.

But it is what it is. #betastuff.

[Rain Man]

League 2 is just very thoughtful.

My defense is going to kill people.