Axe Elf Breaks the Seal

[AxeElf 787]

Postscript

In retrospect, I'm kind of glad that Mostert's clunker ended the suspense last night.

If I had won that game (and in losing, I became only the 2nd team in 230 games this season to score 110 points and lose) it would have come down to Zeke needing to outscore Schultz by 8 points tonight for the Team That Must Lose to vacate the final playoff berth for me.

I would have had to sit here tonight and watch Schultz and Zeke trade touches on that final drive, only to be left down by 3 points as Zeke gets stuffed on three consecutive carries from the 1 yard line.

I would have gone insane.

[AxeElf 787]

Post-Postscript

The highest-scoring team in the league has 1,263 points in 13 games (97.2 average).

Since Week 7, my team averaged 100.4 points per game (despite being without a QB again in Week 12).

I woulda been the favorite in the playoffs with a fully healthy team, if I could have just cleared that last hurdle.

Man...  what could have been...

[weepaws 3,191]

The good news, is now you have more time to work on that next Fourth of July video. 

[AxeElf 787]

2 hours ago, weepaws said:

The good news, is now you have more time to work on that next Fourth of July video. 

Everything in its time.  Got a couple of $250 leagues to win first...

[stonewall 647]

On 9/2/2020 at 1:58 PM, stonewall said:

Yes, please keep us posted on how this team fares, good or bad. 

 However, after examining all 20 rosters, it is my initial conclusion that your Virus team will do well to reach a .500 record.

Yep

Was at least an honest apprisal on your part of the disappointing results. That's worth something.

Fantasy football can be a cruel mistress......and 20-teamers ain't no joke. 

[justforbeer 41]

Well, an early end to the story.

You showed us all what the reality was....I told you your team was weak, but noooo, don't listen to me! Lol.

Thanks for the documentation. 
 

meanwhile, I will head into the playoffs of my 12 team ppr league. 
Going in with the #1QB and #1RB.....should be good.

 

[AxeElf 787]

1 hour ago, justforbeer said:

You showed us all what the reality was....I told you your team was weak, but noooo, don't listen to me! Lol.

Thanks for the documentation. 

Um, are you reading the same thread as the rest of us?  What I documented was that my team, when healthy, averaged more points per game than the top-scoring team in the league.  If I could have kept a QB and my RB1 on the field, I would have finished the regular season alone at the top of the standings with a 10-3 record and the most points scored.

So if you want to stand by that "weak" comment, I'll credit your stubbornness--but question your sanity.

[TimHauck 2,851]

5 hours ago, AxeElf said:

Um, are you reading the same thread as the rest of us?  What I documented was that my team, when healthy, averaged more points per game than the top-scoring team in the league.  If I could have kept a QB and my RB1 on the field, I would have finished the regular season alone at the top of the standings with a 10-3 record and the most points scored.

So if you want to stand by that "weak" comment, I'll credit your stubbornness--but question your sanity.

I imagine the guy with Barkley & McCaffrey would’ve done pretty well if they stayed healthy too

[Hardcore troubadour 15,403]

Head to head leagues are outdated. Way too much luck involved. Bad teams make the playoffs and good teams don’t. 

[weepaws 3,191]

51 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Head to head leagues are outdated. Way too much luck involved. Bad teams make the playoffs and good teams don’t. 

Agreed 

We do both , 13 week head to head, and a full season  total points.  

[AxeElf 787]

4 hours ago, TimHauck said:

I imagine the guy with Barkley & McCaffrey would’ve done pretty well if they stayed healthy too

That was actually the team that beat me in Week 13--he does pretty well when McKissic and Thomas have career days, too.

But yeah, I will give that guy credit; he ended up with a credible QB (Cousins) for $11 when most of them were going for $20 or more, and he hit on a couple of his bargain-basement WRs (rookies Jefferson and Claypool for $1 each).  He also had the foresight to draft Gallman for $1, and obviously, his $1 TE, Logan Thomas, paid off too.

I agree; had both of our teams stayed healthy, we would have probably been the top two teams in the league.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,403]

2 hours ago, weepaws said:

Agreed 

We do both , 13 week head to head, and a full season  total points.  

We do a side action of h2h, but the main pot is decided via breakdown. 12 teams, high scorer for the week gets 11 wins, second 10, and on down the line. Went to it in 2007. Nearly a 25 year league. Everyone loves it.  Best team wins. 

[weepaws 3,191]

2 hours ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

We do a side action of h2h, but the main pot is decided via breakdown. 12 teams, high scorer for the week gets 11 wins, second 10, and on down the line. Went to it in 2007. Nearly a 25 year league. Everyone loves it.  Best team wins. 

Now that’s sounds fun. 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,403]

1 minute ago, weepaws said:

Now that’s sounds fun. 

Never once has their been a time where we felt the best team didn’t win. Plus you get to play in week 17. 

[weepaws 3,191]

1 minute ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Never once has their been a time where we felt the best team didn’t win. Plus you get to play in week 17. 

That’s what I like about it, best team wins , and the full 17 week season.  

Thats what we like about total points.  

But that style that your league plays sounds fun. 

 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,403]

29 minutes ago, weepaws said:

That’s what I like about it, best team wins , and the full 17 week season.  

Thats what we like about total points.  

But that style that your league plays sounds fun. 

 

We also went to a best ball format with trades and pick ups this year due to Covid. Staying with that too. We discovered plutonium by accident. More intense waiver wire activity, but no lineup nonsense to worry about. We have found it to be more strategic believe it or not. 

[justforbeer 41]

On 12/9/2020 at 11:53 PM, AxeElf said:

Um, are you reading the same thread as the rest of us?  What I documented was that my team, when healthy, averaged more points per game than the top-scoring team in the league.  If I could have kept a QB and my RB1 on the field, I would have finished the regular season alone at the top of the standings with a 10-3 record and the most points scored.

So if you want to stand by that "weak" comment, I'll credit your stubbornness--but question your sanity.

You are the one that has their head in the clouds dreaming about what if’s.

That team was weak, and the results are the facts, Not your convoluted Determination that your team is the best still.

Try giving every team a healthy team that never had injuries.  You try to compare your team without injuries to other teams that did. That’s just stupid.

[justforbeer 41]

On 8/31/2020 at 3:37 PM, justforbeer said:

Honestly, I’ll probably take just about any other team than yours.

The team with McCaffrey, Barkley, Debo, boyd, cousins is a solid team.  

If this team had a healthy McCaffrey and Barkley, they would’ve dominated.

Having Jefferson, ClayPool, Boyd. 

[AxeElf 787]

3 hours ago, justforbeer said:

You try to compare your team without injuries to other teams that did. That’s just stupid.

 

2 hours ago, justforbeer said:

If this team had a healthy McCaffrey and Barkley, they would’ve dominated.

 

Have another beer, you poor confused lush...

[AxeElf 787]

The #1 seed in the playoffs scored 63 points this week.  My team scored 89.

I'd be on to the semifinals, if Kenyan Drake had only busted a 49 yard garbage TD instead of a 69 yard garbage TD in Week Whatever.

[weepaws 3,191]

Oh my soul.  

[justforbeer 41]

On 12/13/2020 at 8:46 PM, AxeElf said:

The #1 seed in the playoffs scored 63 points this week.  My team scored 89.

I'd be on to the semifinals, if Kenyan Drake had only busted a 49 yard garbage TD instead of a 69 yard garbage TD in Week Whatever.

Ha ha....

As you dream, onto the second round of the playoffs for me. Thank you Derek Henry and my last minute pick up of the Washington defense!

[AxeElf 787]

32 minutes ago, justforbeer said:

Thank you Derek Henry ...

You mean, 

Thank You, Axe Elf!

I drafted him in 4 out of 5 leagues myself, so like you, I'm looking forward to the second round of the playoffs in my two $250 leagues.

[justforbeer 41]

4 hours ago, AxeElf said:

You mean, 

Thank You, Axe Elf!

I drafted him in 4 out of 5 leagues myself, so like you, I'm looking forward to the second round of the playoffs in my two $250 leagues.

Get real, I would never listen to you.

I had the 6th pick and it was a no brainer. 

you probably play in 20 leagues. 

Then when you somehow win one, you talk about how amazing you are.  You are not. 

By the way, way to go out on a limb for D.Henry.....nobody saw that one!

[AxeElf 787]

1 hour ago, justforbeer said:

I had the 6th pick and it was a no brainer. 

By the way, way to go out on a limb for D.Henry.....nobody saw that one!

As the #1 pick in the draft?

If that was the case, you'd never have scored him at #6, no-Brainiac.

[justforbeer 41]

1 hour ago, AxeElf said:

As the #1 pick in the draft?

If that was the case, you'd never have scored him at #6, no-Brainiac.

As you brag about picking Derek henry in a PPR as the number one pick while Kamara and Cook have outscored him by 3 to 4 points a game.  Not to mention that McCaffrey and Barkley have been hurt and they could very well have been higher scoring backs then Henry. Again you saying he should be the number one pick in a PPR league shows about as much information to everyone as your 20 team draft that you had and the result of it.

Value, picking a player at value is what’s important not just saying I think he’s going to be good.

[nobody 2,667]

Guys, you're both good at fantasy football!

[AxeElf 787]

24 minutes ago, justforbeer said:

As you brag about picking Derek henry in a PPR as the number one pick while Kamara and Cook have outscored him by 3 to 4 points a game.  Not to mention that McCaffrey and Barkley have been hurt and they could very well have been higher scoring backs then Henry. Again you saying he should be the number one pick in a PPR league shows about as much information to everyone as your 20 team draft that you had and the result of it.

Value, picking a player at value is what’s important not just saying I think he’s going to be good.

The fact that you're framing your nonsense in terms of more primitive snake-draft formats tells me that you probly aren't ready for advanced auction strategies, but the top RBs in one of the leagues in question went for:

Christian McCaffrey $97

Saquon Barkley $89

Ezekiel Elliott $80

Alvin Kamara $74

Dalvin  Cook $71

Clyde Edward-Helaire $70

Derrick Henry $70 (me)

Joe Mixon $70

Austin Ekeler $69

Kenyan Drake $67

Josh Jacobs $65

Kamara and Cook had a few good games earlier in the season, but down the stretch (over the last month), when it counts, Henry has been winning ballgames for me (and for you; you're welcome).

Over the past 4 weeks, Henry is averaging 25.2 PPR points per game==and that's with the 6 point clunker he threw up in Week 13, which was perfect, because I had already locked up a playoff berth in Week 12 and could afford to give him a week of rest as long as he came back strong for the playoffs (and he did not disappoint).  Over that same time frame, Cook has averaged 19.5 points per game--more than 5 points per game less--and Kamara has averaged a paltry 14.2 (both of those totals also in PPR; so yeah, Henry is a good RB even in PPR).

I'm quite pleased with the value I drafted in Henry; especially given that 6 of the other 10 backs listed are currently completely useless (if their owners even made the playoffs at all).

[weepaws 3,191]

7 minutes ago, nobody said:

Guys, you're both good at fantasy football!

Disagree, lucky.  

[justforbeer 41]

1 hour ago, AxeElf said:

The fact that you're framing your nonsense in terms of more primitive snake-draft formats tells me that you probly aren't ready for advanced auction strategies, but the top RBs in one of the leagues in question went for:

Christian McCaffrey $97

Saquon Barkley $89

Ezekiel Elliott $80

Alvin Kamara $74

Dalvin  Cook $71

Clyde Edward-Helaire $70

Derrick Henry $70 (me)

Joe Mixon $70

Austin Ekeler $69

Kenyan Drake $67

Josh Jacobs $65

Kamara and Cook had a few good games earlier in the season, but down the stretch (over the last month), when it counts, Henry has been winning ballgames for me (and for you; you're welcome).

Over the past 4 weeks, Henry is averaging 25.2 PPR points per game==and that's with the 6 point clunker he threw up in Week 13, which was perfect, because I had already locked up a playoff berth in Week 12 and could afford to give him a week of rest as long as he came back strong for the playoffs (and he did not disappoint).  Over that same time frame, Cook has averaged 19.5 points per game--more than 5 points per game less--and Kamara has averaged a paltry 14.2 (both of those totals also in PPR; so yeah, Henry is a good RB even in PPR).

I'm quite pleased with the value I drafted in Henry; especially given that 6 of the other 10 backs listed are currently completely useless (if their owners even made the playoffs at all).

Yep, move the goalposts.  You stated #1 pick.  That refers to a snake draft, not value auction bidding.  Nobody thanked you. So whine about how you knew more than anyone else but  was unlucky because of injuries, then no need to argue.  Gotta let the child have her tantrum and cry herself to sleep.

Your poor record is crystal clear and continue on with your Narcissism. Your need for admiration is a clinical mental disorder. Yet instead of admiration, you have become the court jester.

[AxeElf 787]

4 minutes ago, justforbeer said:

Yep, move the goalposts.  You stated #1 pick.  That refers to a snake draft, not value auction bidding. Nobody thanked you.

I quoted my statement which was made in the context of a snake draft, which more broadly indicated that I felt Derrick Henry was the best RB to draft this season.  For that, you (and everyone else who followed Axe Elf's suit and targeted Henry as the best RB in the draft, regardless of format) are welcome.

Then, you chastized me about draft value, saying that I shouldn't draft Henry #1 overall, because he could be had a few picks later.  Now we're talking about MY specific drafts--which were all auctions, in which I milked a great deal of value out of putting my money on my mouth's #1 RB in four out of my five money leagues this season.

9 minutes ago, justforbeer said:

So whine about how you knew more than anyone else but  was unlucky because of injuries, then no need to argue.

Axe Elf would never do such a thing.  Axe Elf observes that he knows more about fantasy football than everyone else, and demonstrates that fact by making money (or at least looking very likely to cash) in even the wackiest of seasons--like 2020.  And as a philanthropist, Axe Elf does this for no greater reward than the upturned smiling faces of Axe Elf disciples holding aloft Championship trophies, drowning out the cheers with their chants of...

Thank You, Axe Elf!

13 minutes ago, justforbeer said:

Gotta let the child have her tantrum and cry herself to sleep.

I think this was probably supposed to be a text to someone else that accidentally found its way into your post--it's hard to keep track of all the windows you have open sometimes--but I'll axe you to be careful not to include personal information about your illegitimate children in our fantasy football conversations.  It just doesn''t need to be here. 

Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this matter.

16 minutes ago, justforbeer said:

Your poor record is crystal clear 

If by "poor record" you mean "the highest fantasy football winning percentage ever recorded," then yes, I agree with you--it's right there for anyone to see.

[justforbeer 41]

Clinical Mental Disorder.

[AxeElf 787]

6 hours ago, justforbeer said:

Clinical.

Neuropsych, axually, with an emphasis on sensation and perception--but yes, I do have a Master of Science degree in Psychology.

How'd you know?

[stonewall 647]

12 minutes ago, AxeElf said:

Neuropsych, axually, with an emphasis on sensation and perception

So, is perception truly reality?

[AxeElf 787]

2 hours ago, stonewall said:

So, is perception truly reality?

To the extent that you believe it to be.

[huskyhater75 242]

On 12/15/2020 at 7:24 PM, AxeElf said:

I quoted my statement which was made in the context of a snake draft, which more broadly indicated that I felt Derrick Henry was the best RB to draft this season.  For that, you (and everyone else who followed Axe Elf's suit and targeted Henry as the best RB in the draft, regardless of format) are welcome.

Then, you chastized me about draft value, saying that I shouldn't draft Henry #1 overall, because he could be had a few picks later.  Now we're talking about MY specific drafts--which were all auctions, in which I milked a great deal of value out of putting my money on my mouth's #1 RB in four out of my five money leagues this season.

Axe Elf would never do such a thing.  Axe Elf observes that he knows more about fantasy football than everyone else, and demonstrates that fact by making money (or at least looking very likely to cash) in even the wackiest of seasons--like 2020.  And as a philanthropist, Axe Elf does this for no greater reward than the upturned smiling faces of Axe Elf disciples holding aloft Championship trophies, drowning out the cheers with their chants of...

Thank You, Axe Elf!

I think this was probably supposed to be a text to someone else that accidentally found its way into your post--it's hard to keep track of all the windows you have open sometimes--but I'll axe you to be careful not to include personal information about your illegitimate children in our fantasy football conversations.  It just doesn''t need to be here. 

Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this matter.

If by "poor record" you mean "the highest fantasy football winning percentage ever recorded," then yes, I agree with you--it's right there for anyone to see.

So you did a 15-0 season too? Didn't know that congrats, I did back 2013.

[AxeElf 787]

1 hour ago, huskyhater75 said:

So you did a 15-0 season too? Didn't know that congrats, I did back 2013.

I try to do four or five perfect teams per season, at least in years without COVID.

I was talking about the highest LIFETIME fantasy football winning percentage ever recorded, of course.

[huskyhater75 242]

Haha that year I set 5 records for all time in our 29 year old league-unbreakable records that PO’ed league commish so much it was never recorded/recognized, the whiners! Good luck this week.

[TimHauck 2,851]

On 12/15/2020 at 10:24 PM, AxeElf said:

I quoted my statement which was made in the context of a snake draft, which more broadly indicated that I felt Derrick Henry was the best RB to draft this season.  For that, you (and everyone else who followed Axe Elf's suit and targeted Henry as the best RB in the draft, regardless of format) are welcome.

So you would have taken Henry with the #1 pick?   In the McCaffrey thread kinda sounds like you would have taken him, save for some slight concern for his week 13 bye.

[nobody 2,667]

I think I probably have the highest lifetime winning percentage.  I play in a lot of leagues against dummies.