(04-21-2024, 11:10 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(04-21-2024, 07:51 PM)mikesez Wrote: PPR is garbage.  Changes the game too much.  It basically makes every NFL team have a fantasy draftable RB, which is nice, but it really changes the top of the rankings.  For instance, Fred's best year had more first downs and more touchdowns than Jones Drew's best year, yet with PPR Joe's Drew is assigned more points.

I play in both PPR and non-PPR leagues. There's always going to be a healthy degree of luck involved with fantasy sports, but scoring deviations from standard formats often times shift the balance a little more toward skill in my opinion.  I'm in one local non-PPR league, one local .5 PPR league and the rest (there's a bunch) are all 1 PPR.  I'm always annoyed with the non-PPR one because of how much more luck seems to play a part, probably because TDs are so variable and mean more in them.  Although I did win that league last year for the 2nd time since I joined about 8 years ago.  At any rate, I strongly disagree.  PPR is vastly superior unless you like luck having a greater say in determining week to week match ups and by extension league champions.

Either way you can't count on TDs.  You need to find guys whose bad or unlucky games are still pretty good.  A guy who puts up 80 yards and no TDs on one of his bad weeks is more valuable than a guy who will put up 150 and two TDs one week then disappears the next. It's all about avoiding zeros. And that's true whether you play PPR or not.

My main gripe with PPR is it allows you to build a good team with guys from bad teams who routinely catch that 5 yard swing pass on 3rd and 10. Fill your RB and flex positions with those guys and let every other owner chase the next derrick Henry.  I wouldn't have a problem with that if real NFL teams had real success with such a strategy but they don't. The team has to punt but the fantasy owner gets a point.  Dumb. But I do see how it can be more fun for the guys who don't draft well.

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