Backups for position/team

[Cretins 22]

My apologies if this is covered somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it. I'm very, very close to buying the compiler before the price goes up after tonight, however watching the Screencast it hits me that it may not fit my league. Let's see if anyone can assure me that it will work.

 

In the screencast, I see that you're supposed to fill in backups per position. We're not restricted by position for our "bench spots". While it would be a bad plan, technically I could have 7 RB's sitting on the bench with no other position being backed up (including IDP players). The screencast doesn't appear to have an option for flex bench spots. How will that effect the draft buddy?

 

Or am I completely off, and without having the app to play with it I just can't see the option for flex bench spots?

[zhinz 0]

My apologies if this is covered somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it. I'm very, very close to buying the compiler before the price goes up after tonight, however watching the Screencast it hits me that it may not fit my league. Let's see if anyone can assure me that it will work.

 

In the screencast, I see that you're supposed to fill in backups per position. We're not restricted by position for our "bench spots". While it would be a bad plan, technically I could have 7 RB's sitting on the bench with no other position being backed up (including IDP players). The screencast doesn't appear to have an option for flex bench spots. How will that effect the draft buddy?

 

Or am I completely off, and without having the app to play with it I just can't see the option for flex bench spots?

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.

[Mike MacGregor 20]

Yep. Just keep it reasonable. And let's keep in mind that the backups will not have a major impact on the overall rankings. It will depend on what overall ranking method is used too. Last Starter, for example, the backups will have no impact on the overall rankings.