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Originally Posted by crewsor
Thanks Jet, looks like you really came on in the playoffs when it counted after some tough luck during the season. 2nd in points with only a slightly over .500 win % seems unlikely. Congrats.
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But that's the way it happened. I was less than 9 points from the points leader in week 12, even though dksuddeth had 5 or 6 wins over my team.
I had the same problem in this league that you perhaps witnessed in the mainstay TFP league I also happened to participate in (and win): I left a lot of points on my bench because, in essence, I had too many 'good players' on it, and overthought who to start when.
I can barely count the numerous times I left 20+ and 30+ point explosions by Ricky Williams, Steve Smith, Brett Favre, Jonathan Stewart, Jamaal Charles, Sideny Rice, and especially DeSean Jackson etc.
For example, I only played DeSean Jackson a total of maybe 4-5 times in this league, even though he had a Pro-Bowl caliber season, because, well, I thought for the longest time he was only a home-run threat, and couldn't maintain his lucky streak of 50+ TD strikes when he only averaged around 5 offensive touches per game. Then, when I got over that thought for a second, he gives me a big fat ZERO in points when I thought I could count on him (the Tampa Bay game). Additionally, I had what seemed like much better options at WR with Steve Smith catching around 9 balls per game, Sims-Walker having his best days when playing at home, and Sidney Rice becoming this year's second-best 3+ year breakout receiver (behind Miles Austin). Besides, Andre Johnson, who never came out of my line-up, I could only choose 1 amongst 4 quality receivers each week, most often times.
So, it gets to be bad breaks of line-up shuffling, when in actuality, the team is doing extremely well as a whole, that sinks the overall winning percentage.