bcb1213 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Yea. I'll likely be out if we go to blind voting or sim tbh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesPeteC Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 I would say my biggest frustration with BDL is that some points your roster can get to a point where the majority of people will never think it is good enough to win, so therefore you won't win no matter what your game plan is, so what is the point? This is especially true at QB. What I like about a sim as a theory is the randomness of it. Because the NFL is random. A team rotating with Davis Mills and Jeff Driscoll almost beat the Cowboys. Brock Purdy blew out Tom Brady. Weird random stuff happens, which means you feel like even if your roster is a true underdog, you still might be able to pull out a win. A voting system doesn't account for that nor can it because it is an inherently bias system. Which is fine, no matter what system you put in place is inherently flawed. A sim is also flawed because it can be so random and it might do things that the majority might not think makes sense. Basically, I'm fine with either one (I'd prefer the sim but I know I'm likely in the minority) because nothing will ever be perfect, so that should not be the expectation or the goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlash Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 Quote NewOrleans.football's Nick Underhill reports Eno Benjamin was waived by the Cardinals and Texans due to his "difficult personality." Heyooooooo called it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoundrel Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 22 minutes ago, Jlash said: Heyooooooo called it. He’s been nothing but an angel here in Anchorage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ny92mike Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 (edited) What if there was a split between simulating some weeks and writeups and voting for other weeks to reduce the workload? Reading that some are in favor of the sim while others are dead set against it. I just think we should all keep an open mind about it all and review the plus and negatives before it gets brushed under the rug. At least, see how the sim would operate before refusing it. Edited December 16, 2022 by ny92mike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuskieTitan Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 So I'm curious to hear people's opinions on how much weight we put into how we structure our teams in BDL vs real life. For example, it's been called out that we've leveraged Trevon Diggs as our other safety opposite Dugger due to injuries wiping out the rest of our safeties (3 on IR, with another out with injury lately). In reality he's still a corner on the Cowboys, but in BDL he would have been practicing and playing at safety for 2 weeks now, potentially 3 this coming weekend. Would he still be viewed as much of a duck out of water, or would it make some sense that he's had 'practice time' and 'playing time' at the position? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlash Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 5 minutes ago, RuskieTitan said: Would he still be viewed as much of a duck out of water, or would it make some sense that he's had 'practice time' and 'playing time' at the position? To me he would be, otherwise you could 'cross train' anyone to play another position reasonable to his skill set and if week by week he gets "better" it would get pretty wonky. It's different if a guy has SOME experience doing it in the pros, to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlash Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 Like CJGJ played safety exclusively for the Eagles this year, but early on I left him in as my slot corner because he had 3 years doing it in NO. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuskieTitan Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Jlash said: To me he would be, otherwise you could 'cross train' anyone to play another position reasonable to his skill set and if week by week he gets "better" it would get pretty wonky. It's different if a guy has SOME experience doing it in the pros, to me. I can respect that. It's not ideal for Diggs, but figured with his ball-hawk skills he'd make the best candidate for zone coverage over the top, and get away with more gambling in man coverage on TEs / HBs. It's basically by necessity, as I remember how Pickle got slaughtered for trying to use just 1 safety in a matchup, so trying to get the guy who would most 'easily' transition into the role. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcb1213 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 It also kinda depends on the defense you're running. If you're assigning him to just cover a TE and not do safety things, that is obviously less disadvantagous to him than having him do other safety tasks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmad Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 3 hours ago, EaglesPeteC said: I would say my biggest frustration with BDL is that some points your roster can get to a point where the majority of people will never think it is good enough to win, so therefore you won't win no matter what your game plan is, so what is the point? This is especially true at QB. What I like about a sim as a theory is the randomness of it. Because the NFL is random. A team rotating with Davis Mills and Jeff Driscoll almost beat the Cowboys. Brock Purdy blew out Tom Brady. Weird random stuff happens, which means you feel like even if your roster is a true underdog, you still might be able to pull out a win. A voting system doesn't account for that nor can it because it is an inherently bias system. Which is fine, no matter what system you put in place is inherently flawed. A sim is also flawed because it can be so random and it might do things that the majority might not think makes sense. Basically, I'm fine with either one (I'd prefer the sim but I know I'm likely in the minority) because nothing will ever be perfect, so that should not be the expectation or the goal. If you want a sim you'd just go play madden or fantasy football. Human element does give it the random chaos factor because human bias in itself is chaos. BDL is Bizzare, not random, not a sim and definitely not perfect. But like me running a team it sure as hell never gets taken seriously (at least it shouldn't unless someone's actually like ya know cheating) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 3 hours ago, EaglesPeteC said: I would say my biggest frustration with BDL is that some points your roster can get to a point where the majority of people will never think it is good enough to win, so therefore you won't win no matter what your game plan is, so what is the point? This is especially true at QB. What I like about a sim as a theory is the randomness of it. Because the NFL is random. A team rotating with Davis Mills and Jeff Driscoll almost beat the Cowboys. Brock Purdy blew out Tom Brady. Weird random stuff happens, which means you feel like even if your roster is a true underdog, you still might be able to pull out a win. A voting system doesn't account for that nor can it because it is an inherently bias system. Which is fine, no matter what system you put in place is inherently flawed. A sim is also flawed because it can be so random and it might do things that the majority might not think makes sense. Basically, I'm fine with either one (I'd prefer the sim but I know I'm likely in the minority) because nothing will ever be perfect, so that should not be the expectation or the goal. Voting system DOES account for that. If you think it doesn't, your problem is with the voters, not the system. Case in point: On 12/15/2022 at 1:26 PM, Blue said: Why shouldn't I take into account what players have done lately? Should I be voting based on how players performed two and a half months ago? If a guy goes off in a certain week, I generally take that into account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnarok Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 15 minutes ago, Xmad said: If you want a sim you'd just go play madden or fantasy football. Human element does give it the random chaos factor because human bias in itself is chaos. BDL is Bizzare, not random, not a sim and definitely not perfect. But like me running a team it sure as hell never gets taken seriously (at least it shouldn't unless someone's actually like ya know cheating) You should come back and co-own with someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoundrel Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 minute ago, Ragnarok said: You should come back and co-own with someone. He might need to just outright take a team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnarok Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 minute ago, Scoundrel said: He might need to just outright take a team He'd have two very good options. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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