Since I've started this blog, I've been pondering whether to chronicle my successes and failures of assorted fantasy teams. On the negative side, having a pile of teams will by necessity dilute the enjoyment I get from each. Two or three teams seems to me to be about as much as I can reasonably care about. On the other hand, I get to start drafting early and often and I get to try out a few strategies to see how they compare at year's end.
One idea comes from about 6 years ago. A guy in a Yahoo league drafted all the Packers - even some that didn't matter at all like the WR3. I just knew he'd lose every other week, plus the bye week and miss the playoffs. Turns out, he won the league. He even managed to somehow win his bye week I believe. I've always wanted to try to recreate that and finally tried last year.
In an ESPN.com league, I drafted all the Saints I could. The TE got traded after our draft, I got beat to Devery Henderson and I got beat to the waiver wire for Colston, so it was an incomplete experiment that didn't go well. I think I shall try again, but which team to try it with?
I can also try different fantasy sites. Of those I've tried so far, Yahoo is the benchmark for ease of use but they don't offer live scoring unless you pay for it. Fox Sports is another free site that is almost as user friendly as Yahoo, but offered free live scoring so it's my favorite so far. ESPN, unless you're an Insider, is a frustrating puddle of cold snot. NFL.com is okay, but was clunky to use compared to Fox Sports and Yahoo.
So I'm open to suggestions. Teams to try to draft all of? Sites to try?
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