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It's been a while since I needed to ask a question, Mike. But I'm in a new league this year that is going to go 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, TE, K, DEF, and Off Flex (which can be QB, WR, or RB). Now, I knew already from the sound of it that the best course of action is starting 2 QBs (we only do 3 pts per passing TD, but 2 for every 25 passing yds). But I wanted to get verification from the compiler. So I entered the one O-Flex and compiled. And I didn't see what I was looking to see. After fiddling with it for a while, I remembered you saying that we need to change the baseline for 2 QB leagues. It's got to be one of the last 3 (Last Starter, Median Player, or Last Player), right? We also do a hard position cap, where we have to draft 2 QBs, 4 WRs, 4 RBs, 2 TEs, 2 Ks, 2 DEFs, and 1 open position. I have no idea how that open position is going to shake out. We're either going to be 10 teams or 12. If we're 12, I know the best course of action is to get a 3rd QB (one I'm sure is starting), because the difference between having a 3rd QB and not having 1 for bye weeks is a pretty big deal. But if we end up with only 10 teams, then drafting a 3rd QB isn't as big a priority, as there should be a starting QB available for a bye week start. So that's QBs, and the rest of the backups would be some combination of RB, WR, and TE. (Yes, TE. Our TE scoring is such that the 25th TE is projected for more points than the 49th RB or WR). I wish I could set up an offensive flex backup, where it would take the highest backup available. I know backups aren't a huge deal, but I'm such a perfectionist, that unless I figure out what to enter it'll drive me crazy. Any thoughts? I guess I'll have to prepare two sets of numbers, and then enter them once I see how many teams we'll have.

So download and install it when you're less than a month away from your draft date, I guess.

That's exactly our scoring on WRs. Our scores are different on other positions. Just yesterday I did some figuring of what my settings should be. It worked like this: I made a list of the top 50 WRs, and how many points they actually scored last year. I subtracted the points that were due to every other scoring category (TDs, receptions, and whatever else). The remaining points were therefore solely due to the receiving yardage. For each player I divided their yardage totals by the number of yardage points. I then tried different values of the 100+ games setting in order to minimize the standard deviation of the pts/yard. The end results was 1.1 point for every 10 receving yards, with 6 points for every 100 yard game. Am I explaining what I did properly? I can show a spreadsheet of what I did if anyone's interested (probably would make more sense). Did the same thing for RBs, (under a different scoring system), and their 100+ rushing was also 6. I was surprised by that, so I did it for TEs (also in a different scoring system) and it was only like .5 a point per TE 100+ receiving game. I imagine the 6 pt per 100 yard game means that WRs who go over 100 yards receiving must average 130 yards (which would give an additional 6 points in this scoring system).

Hey, so it kind of works in OpenOffice. I'm no expert, so I'm not sure if I understand it right. But it seems like OpenOffice includes a form of BASIC called StarOfficeBASIC. The systems are not entirely compatible. There's a big pdf made by openoffice about converting macros. It's not a simple process. http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO...arBasicXref.pdf I don't really understand what they're saying the differences are. OpenOffice tries to convert it automatically. Some things work. The Save League Profile button seems to work fine (although one of the things that is different is the command to turn off screen updating, so all the text quickly scrolls by). The other functions seem to run into problems with the RANGE function. In StarBASIC, it's getCellRangeByName (or something like that). I'm sure the last thing you would want to do (even if you had the time) would be to learn a new form of basic and then convert all the macros into that. It might solve your Macintosh problem though, as there's a version of OpenOffice called NeoOffice which is designed for the Mac and appears to have the same BASIC support built into it.

I would say the problem with this analysis is that it relies on the VBD number. There are many different ways to calculate the VBD baseline, and each works well for some situations, and not so well for others. Making the last starter as the baseline overrates the highest players, especially in deep leagues. Making the last drafted player as the baseline overrates players at the positions with the least depth. I like having the baseline be the average starter. The best system would probably be one that used different baselines at different times. But no one's ever tried to figure out how to do that. The point is that VBD is an approximation for value. At the extremes, it's not as correct. Personally, I think you'll know when your cheatsheet is in the right order when the #1 drafter's points are as close as possible to the #12 drafter. In other words, I don't think your numbers say anything about one spot being better than the other. Instead, they prove that VBD isn't accurate enough.

You know, I was trying to figure out how to remove extra spaces from things. The TRIM function. I'll have to remember that.

Yeah, the complier will be fine. You can have like 5 separate league settings in there. The Draft Buddy, however, can only hold one set of draft data at a time. What you can do, however, is save two copies of the Draft Buddy, with each one holding one league's data. Have the first league active in the compiler, then create the draft information in the draft buddy. Choose Save As, and name it something like "Draft Buddy League A". Go back to the compiler, make the other league active, and set up Draft Buddy once again. This time save it as "Draft Buddy League B". You can then deal with each of the league's drafts separately.

No, you're right. There isn't anything for that. IIRC from what Mike has said in previous years, the best that you can do is approximate the most likely number of backups at each position (most teams have a backup qb, backup wr, backup rb, etc.). As long as your guesses match what most of the league does, it should figure out their overall value correctly. Note that you can use decimals for your backups as well. My league is strict on all backups except one. I figure that last backup will be either a QB, RB, or a WR, so I entered it in as .33 backups at each position.

IDK if you've gotten it figured out or not. If not, then here goes. When you are in the download area, there's a section to the right called "More Links". Highlighted in yellow is a link that says "Projection Pal Download". That's the one if you're looking for.

Thanks for the reply man. I've been reading as much as I can about the game, and I feel better about Deuce now. Anyone else have any other thoughts though?

We'd have to add a crappy 12th team to have a championship. And yes, I'm counting Notre Dame in among the crappy teams.

The numbers show that TO is the greater big play receiver. 14.6 ypc to 13.4. Nearly as many TDs while playing nearly a season less. Oh, and Manning > (Garcia | McNabb). Harrison is a special player too, don't get me wrong.

I posted this in A Little Help, but there's no one (literally) there. I'm at a moral crisis, and I don't know what to do. I really need someone's help. We are doing our playoff draft this week. It's an 8 team league, and 6 RBs have been taken (we only start 1 RB). I am down to Deuce McAllister or Joseph Addai. I already have Drew Brees, Muhsin Muhammad, Donte' Stallworth, and Todd Heap. It's a league that gives lots of points for TEs, so I had to get a good one. I feel like McAllister is the better pick, but I'm worried about him being on the same team as Brees. If Philly pulls off the win, I've lost both my starting RB and my starting QB. Given the circumstances, do I take Deuce, do I take Addai, or do I let the 7th owner choose his RB and take whichever one is left? Thanks in advance for any help.

My playoff league has its draft in the divisional round instead of the wild card round. 6 teams have taken their RBs. I'm down to Deuce McAllister or Joseph Addai. It's a PPR league, otherwise pretty normal scoring. If anyone sees this, what do you recommend?

Sounds don't work on a Mac. Disable the sound, and it should be fine.