Gridiron Challenge Game

[Sunstroke]

ESPN has a fantasy football game where you build a roster with individual players each week. There is no draft, just a budget to stay within. You can have any players on your team. Want your two QBs to be Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady? So be it... Want to team up Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice? Go for it... Just set a roster each week, and score (standard FFL scoring) as much as you can!

Here is a link to the game...

http://games.espn.go.com/gridiron-challenge/en/frontpage

Group name (once your entry is set up): TDMMC
password:  MARINO

(all caps on both parts of group login)

Look forward to seeing some of you in there...

[SportsChick]

I'm in.

[Brian Fein]

I'm in but I gotta say its kinda silly.  I picked the top 2 guys at every position and had plenty of room under the cap.  Wonder where the challenge is....

[AZ Fins Fan 55]

I am in as well.

[Sunstroke]

I'm in but I gotta say its kinda silly.  I picked the top 2 guys at every position and had plenty of room under the cap.  Wonder where the challenge is....

You can get away with that for week one, if you're convinced that the top two guys in each list will end up being the top two scorers (not sure it's ever worked out that way). Once the first week is in the books, the player values will start changing. By week 2, it will be difficult to grab all the top guys... By week 3, it will be impossible.

[Brian Fein]

OK, so if I have a guy that's cheap now and his value goes up, can I keep him at the cheap value?  Or will I be forced to cut all my guys cause I picked good sleepers?

[Sunstroke]

You can keep your players, and if their value goes up, you can lock them in at the initial value.

[bsfins]

Remember to set your line ups,the season starts Tomorrow!

( After reading the last few posts) I might have f- up right off the bat, I didn't take all the top guys,and went for some sleepers,and kept some money for later down the road... Ohh Well It's a live and learn....Woohooo..

[Sunstroke]

^^^ You know you can change your roster up until each player's individual game starts...

I don't have "all studs" in my roster either...I have a few matchup guys like Matt Forte accompanying the studs like Rodgers and Vick.

[fyo]

I'm in as well.

Spent every dime... hard to know the tactics to take without knowing what the salary adjustments are going to be like. Glancing over the rules, it doesn't seem like the swings are going to be wild. Max adjustment of .4 salary per week (up or down) and salary has to stay between 2 and 8.5 (odd values).

Not sure why the "Renegotiate Salaries" function isn't just applied automatically after every round. It adjusts salaries DOWN, never up, so it can only help your team, never hurt it. And there's no mention of a limit on its use, so why wouldn't every owner just use it every week?

[Brian Fein]

I have a question about this game because I'm confused.

I have Aaron Rodgers on my team - I have since Day 1.  Since then, his value has "skyrocketed" to +1.4 over what I bought him for.

He has a bye this week.

If I cut him and pick up someone else, will I be able to re-sign him as his "Locked in" value, or will it be market value?

I think this game is kinda wierd - they should adjust your cap when you sell guys that have increased in value.  Like stocks.  I buy a sleeper at 3.0, his value goes up to 4.0, I should get 4.0 added to my cap space when I cut that guy.  Would make this game so much better...

[Sunstroke]

The moment you drop Rodgers, the +1.4 value you've built up for him disappears like a mustard fart in a stiff breeze...

[Brian Fein]

thanks.  Makes me feel like taking the zero on the bye week (like I did with Brady) and keeping him at the discounted rate.

[Sunstroke]

^^^ I've used that strategy before with "out of nowhere" players (usually RBs) so I can lock them in at a ridiculously low rate before they blow up.

[AZ Fins Fan 55]

thanks.  Makes me feel like taking the zero on the bye week (like I did with Brady) and keeping him at the discounted rate.

This is exactly what I am doing this week. I had a couple of Packers on my team and as much as it hurt to drop Jennings knowing I would not be able to pick him back up there is no way I am dropping the highest scoring player in the league because of a bye week. If he were to get injured and miss a few weeks I would but I will take the damn 0 this week and not look back!!!!! The thought of dropping Rogers never crossed my mind.