Fantasy Football Tips for the Extremely Casual Participant - Gawker

denboy posted a pic said Fri, Aug 21st 2015 at 3:26pm ET

Gawker posted a pretty nice little article for extremely casual FFLers.

Since we have a whole league of casual people, figured I'd share this. @joelmw, this is a must read for you.

When you're not this casual about fantasy, it can be hard to give good advice about how to casually enjoy it. Hope this article helps even 1 person to enjoy this misguided passion of mine.

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Teripie said Fri, Aug 21st 2015 at 3:28pm ET:

Never a good tight end around when you need one.

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- @Teripie It's an age thing.
  
  mfladd said Fri, Aug 21st 2015 at 4:10pm ET
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connorbush said Fri, Aug 21st 2015 at 3:56pm ET:

sorry @mfladd I can no longer trade with you "People are going to get upset when you refuse to trade with them. “Are you serious?” they’ll say. “Trading is part of the whole thing of it!” they’ll say in one way or another, maybe not this way exactly. “Gimme your guy, I’ll give you my guy—an even trade,” they’ll say, lying, right to your face. You don’t know enough to trade. They want your guy? Good—seems like you have a good guy, then. Never trade." or at all

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- This is for the causal player only. Experienced FFL'ers know exactly how to evaluate a trade based on needs. Unfortunately, there are too many that are unwilling to commit to fair trades. They are the assholes you avoid.
  
  mfladd said Fri, Aug 21st 2015 at 4:06pm ET
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- @mfladd I jest, I jest. :-)
  
  connorbush said Fri, Aug 21st 2015 at 4:08pm ET
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- @connorbush I know, I just don't want people getting the wrong idea about trading. I blame @denboy for this article!
  
  mfladd said Fri, Aug 21st 2015 at 4:09pm ET
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- @mfladd I think that as a newcomer, it is a good idea to not trade OR to run it by a trusted adviser. do not be of the advantage taken
  
  connorbush said Fri, Aug 21st 2015 at 4:12pm ET
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- @mfladd what? blamed by the goat? does not compute.....
  
  denboy said Fri, Aug 21st 2015 at 4:42pm ET
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- @mfladd Just so we're all aware, the causal player is not a correlative player ;)
  
  (I don't know shit about real or fantasy football, but I will always jump at the opportunity to make a typo joke).
  
  brhfl said Fri, Aug 21st 2015 at 9:54pm ET
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- @brhfl "YOUR" worse than a grammar nazi. You are a ytpo nazi!
  
  mfladd said Fri, Aug 21st 2015 at 9:59pm ET
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- @mfladd
  
  This is for the causal player only. Experienced FFL’ers know exactly how to evaluate a trade based on needs. Unfortunately, there are too many that are unwilling to commit to fair trades. They are the assholes you avoid.
  
  This is why I usually don’t trade in my random FFLs. If I do offer a trade, I usually don’t know what the value of my guys are, so I try to offer a 3-4 for 1 trade of mostly 3rd starters and subs for a starter level guy. Never get offers though…
  
  thejackalope said Tue, May 23rd 2017 at 1:59pm ET
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stinks said Fri, Aug 21st 2015 at 8:16pm ET:

Beginner's Tip: Before drafting, make a list of everyone whose ACL went out or groin muscle separated from their bone during preseason, so you don't accidentally draft Arian Foster (or similar).

You may send 10% of your winnings to me later.

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KittySprinkles said Fri, Aug 21st 2015 at 8:21pm ET:

I giggled when I saw this at the 2nd hand store today, and thought of my meh friends.

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- @jaremelz lucky they were able to buy that 2nd hand
  
  nadroj said Fri, Aug 21st 2015 at 8:25pm ET
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- @nadroj - Would have been easy to scroll on by.
  
  kdemo said Fri, Aug 21st 2015 at 9:41pm ET
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- @nadroj - Guess that's a wrap.
  
  kdemo said Sat, Aug 22nd 2015 at 6:29pm ET
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sammydog01 said Fri, Aug 21st 2015 at 9:31pm ET:

Thank you @denboy. Any other recommended reading would be appreciated. As long as it's short.

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