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Originally Posted by essendoubleop
In short, though, the goal of adjusting the scoring settings was to make it balanced so no position was disproportionately more important than another. In Yahoo standard leagues, you may as well call it Fantasy Quarterback. Whoever has the uber-quarterback for the season generally wins (barring no holes in their roster). Also, defenses are generally rewarded in fantasy football for sacks, interceptions, safeties, that sort of thing. However, not much weight is actually put into the most important defensive statistic--keeping the other team from scoring points. I toned down the "event" statistical categories and turned up the points awarded for points allowed. This way it's more of a reflection of the ability and performance of the real-life counterpart defense.
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I didn't really think the QB was of much importance in standard-like settings; unless the position was garnering points every 10 yards like RBs and WRs, as well as getting the full value of a TD, well, then that'd have a different thing altogether. (as I see it, 4 points-TD, 1point-25 passing yards is conservative)
I do see your side on the defense argument, though. Personally, I love the defensive side of the ball; it always looks like an opportunity to sway the balance of the game for me and snatch away what looks like a runaway (ol'-school smash-mouth fanatic).
I mean, the most unregarded and unsexy team defense last year was Washington, and they finished overall as a top-5 DEF. I guess they really bogged down the other team, and bent, but never broke, allowing only field goals instead of TDs. Washington games, over the past four years I've noticed are never high-scoring affairs, for either team.
I mean, they lost to the Giants in the opener by a small margin (16-7, I think), then they beat both the Cardinals and Saints (2 of top 3 scoring leaders), and squeaked past the Browns and Lions, and Eagles, in what was probably the least interesting game ever witnessed, winning eventually to the tune of 10-7.
Although you say you want to emphasize the ability of a true defense to limit the amount of points gained, your score setting actually nets you fewer points than the standard Yahoo! settings in every category, save for shutouts. I'd say raise those back to standard, or +1 higher, if you tone down the "event" categories instead.