One thing I noticed is that Yahoo's passing TDs are now 4 points. I believe that's a change from last year, when it was 6. I'll try to doublecheck. This, to me, is a bummer. A TD is 6 points, by golly. Who every thought a 4 point TD made sense? The goal, I assume is to make QBs less valuable. Pfft. If anything, they need to make RBs less valuable. There are fewer stud RBs and the gap between RB performance has historically been higher - by which I mean the gap between #1 QB and the number #12 QB isn't usually as high as between the #1 RB and the #12 RB. Brady may have blown that curve last year, but the rest of the league is going to catch up.
Don't kid yourself because this is significant. High-TD, low yardage QBs such as Roethlisberger are going to be less valuable in Yahoo this year. Big Ben threw 32 TDs last year. The rules change removes 64 fantasy points from him - 4 points per game. Without running the numbers to see the exact impact, I'm pretty certain that would drop him several slots in the final rankings below higher yardage QBs.
On the plus side, Yahoo is now offering a free keeper league. Count me in. Redraft is nice, but auctions and keepers are certainly better options for competitive players. Both formats remove some of the luck element. Any schmo with a magazine might get lucky and beat you, but if you can look forward or find a value, you can separate yourself from the also-rans in keeper or auction formats.
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