Posted by ynot on Nov 15, 2016; 12:59pm
URL: https://forum.idpguru.com/Help-me-with-a-good-league-setup-tp4028504.html

We keep optimising our league, so the last few seasons we have expanded to being a 2QB league, gotten rid of kickers and DST and have introduced some IDPs instead. People don't want a full blown IDP setup, so last year we started 2 DEs and 2 LBs. There were alot of complaints of some IDPs exploding and scoring too much one week and then producing "nothing" for a month, DEs being too inconsistent etc, so this year we switched to 3 IDP flex spots with a tackle heavy scoring system.

This still feels like it needs tweaking. I am going to try to highlight some of the "problems":

1. Tackles are boring when watching a game live. There are too many of them, and difficult to know in game if your guy got the tackle, half tackle etc.

2. Sacks are too unpredictable and inconsistent. The DEs goes 5 weeks with nothing, then racks up 3 sacks when they play Tannehill, and then 3 weeks with nothing etc.

3. With us starting 3 IDP flexes it is too easy to find three random players that can get you 20-30 points any given week.

4. Interceptions are fun but difficult to predict and a really good CB might not even get thrown at.

Any suggestions? I am open to removing all scoring categories except sacks, interceptions etc. Anything that can make IDPs more fun to follow when watching a game, while still being fair. Suggestions right now are starting 2 safeties each, or 1-2 DEs only in a sack heavy scoring system.