Interested in an ES Contract/Keeper FF League?

[Fan since a Fetus]

I was wondering who would be interested in an ES Keeper/Contract FF League. I’ve ran this league with some buddies the last several years, but recently moved and the league disbanded. This league takes people who stay current with their teams. I want a $50 buy in and a 70%-30% Super Bowl payout. We could use League Safe or something else that people feel comfortable with. The league is run on MyFantasyLeague. Part of the $50 buy in will go to MFL for using their software. I think it’s about $7 per team.

 

I’m going to give a general idea of the league without going into every detail.

 

12 teams – 4 divisions

 

Players are very competitive in this game. For example, you don’t necessarily need the stud QB. There are a lot of ways to win. The players overall score is similar to each other. So, that stud DE may score just as well as the stud QB. The scores are high from last year, I am looking to lower those to more NFL type weekly scores.

 

14 Offensive players – This is a flex position. 7 starters. You have to start a QB and a K. The WR, TE, RB positions can be flexed. So, you can run 4 WR and 1 RB or 3 TE, 1 WR, and 1 RB. There are about 10 different offensive sets that can be used. You can change the lineup weekly.

 

18 Defensive players – 11 starters. These positions include 3 or 4 DL, 3 or 4 LB, 2 CB, 2 S. You can run a 3-4 or 4-3 system with 2 CB and 2 S each week.

 

Contracts - You get X amount of years to use any way you want to.

Offensive – you get 33 years for 14 offensive players

Defensive – you get 43 years for 18 defensive players

The highest amount of years for 1 player is capped at 4

Let’s say you put 4 years on Aaron Rodgers. He counts 4 years against your cap every year.

You can cut him any time without penalty. There is a lot of strategy in how you use the years.

 

Offseason Tags – How to keep players

                You have 3 offseason tags – Franchise, RFA, Transition

Franchise – This costs you a 1^st and 4^th round pick. You keep the player but you must give him a 4 year contract. It’s a heavy price to pay.

RFA – Costs nothing to tag, but someone can steal him from you. If they do, they owe you their 2nd round pick in the upcoming draft

Transition – Same as RFA, but they owe you a 3^rd round pick

 

Here are the top 64 scorers from last year in this league.

                                                                          Yearly   Weekly Scores                                    

1.            Mahomes, Patrick KCC QB               572.9     35.81    

2.            Kelce, Travis KCC TE                        566.5     35.41    

3.            Ertz, Zach PHI TE                              556.0     34.75    

4.            Kittle, George SFO TE                      522.0     32.62    

5.            Barkley, Saquon NYG RB (R)           498.8     31.18    

6.            Gurley, Todd LAR RB                       496.3     35.45    

7.            Ryan, Matt ATL QB                           475.2     29.70    

8.            Donald, Aaron LAR DE                     473.5     29.59    

9.            McCaffrey, Christian CAR RB          468.2     29.26    

10.          Roethlisberger, Ben PIT QB            451.1     28.19    

11.          Watson, Deshaun HOU QB              450.5     28.16    

12.          Hunter, Danielle MIN DE                 448.0     28.00    

13.          Elliott, Ezekiel DAL RB                     438.5     29.23                    

14.          Luck, Andrew IND QB                      438.2     27.39                    

15.          Watt, J.J. HOU DE                             436.0     27.25    

16.          Leonard, Darius IND LB (R)             428.9     28.59    

17.          Rodgers, Aaron GBP QB                 424.9     26.56                    

18.          Campbell, Calais JAC DE                 424.0     26.50                    

19.          Hill, Tyreek KCC WR                        423.7     26.48                    

20.          Kamara, Alvin NOS RB                   421.3     28.09                    

21.          Hopkins, DeAndre HOU WR            409.7     25.61    

22.          Adams, Jamal NYJ S                       409.3     25.58    

23.          Goff, Jared LAR QB                         409.3     25.58    

24.          Jones, Julio ATL WR                        409.0     25.56    

25.          Williams, Shawn CIN S                    404.5     25.28    

26.          Brees, Drew NOS QB                       402.3     26.82    

27.          Wilson, Russell SEA QB                   399.8     24.99    

28.          Johnson, John LAR S                        398.0     24.88    

29.          Bethea, Antoine ARI S                    394.5     24.66    

30.          Buckner, DeForest SFO DT            387.5     24.22    

31.          Ebron, Eric IND TE                            385.0     24.06    

32.          Rivers, Philip LAC QB                       384.8     24.05    

33.          Adams, Davante GBP WR              382.1     25.47    

34.          Cook, Jared OAK TE                          381.0     23.81    

35.          Cousins, Kirk MIN QB                      379.6     23.73    

36.          Pierre-Paul, Jason TBB DE             378.0     23.62    

37.          Evans, Mike TBB WR                       376.9     23.56    

38.          James, Derwin LAC S (R)                375.1     23.44    

39.          Newton, Cam CAR QB                     374.8     26.77    

40.          Brown, Antonio PIT WR                 372.1     24.81    

41.          Lawrence, Demarcus DAL DE       371.5     23.22    

42.          Prescott, Dak DAL QB                     367.0     22.94    

43.          Jones, Chris KCC DE                         365.5     22.84    

44.          Brady, Tom NEP QB                         364.5     22.78    

45.          Conner, James PIT RB                     359.1     27.62    

46.          Gordon, Melvin LAC RB                  355.7     29.64    

47.          Thomas, Michael NOS WR            355.3     22.21    

48.          Trubisky, Mitchell CHI QB              354.7     25.34    

49.          Bates, Jessie CIN S (R)                     354.4     22.15    

50.          Smith-Schuster, JuJu PIT WR        353.0     22.06    

51.          Thielen, Adam MIN WR                  351.1     21.94     22.5      

52.          Martinez, Blake GBP LB                  350.8     21.93    

53.          Wagner, Bobby SEA LB                   348.9     23.26    

54.          Jordan, Cameron NOS DE              347.0     21.69    

55.          Harrison, Damon DET DT               345.5     20.32    

56.          Kuechly, Luke CAR LB                      343.5     21.47    

57.          Reid, Justin HOU S (R)                     343.0     21.44    

58.          Poyer, Jordan BUF S                        340.4     21.27    

59.          Jones, Chandler ARI DE                  339.0     21.19    

60.          Vander Esch, Leighton DAL LB (R)  338.8     21.18    

61.          Bears, Chicago CHI Def                   337.0     21.06    

62.          Jenkins, Malcolm PHI S                   336.2     21.01    

63.          Mixon, Joe CIN RB                            335.7     23.98    

64.          Littleton, Cory LAR LB                     335.6     20.98    

 

Let me know if you have any questions. The initial start up draft is long. There are a lot of players chosen. Plan to spend a few hours on the startup draft.