For those who signed up to the league. Two things:
1. You should have gotten an invite to the league. @ski_nerd still has not accepted the invite. If you need me to resend please let me know.
2. We are supposed to draft tomorrow and still have 2 spots. If any if you have suggestions about how to address this, please let me know in comments below.
3. Defense scoring. Unlike most leagues, I believe it is appropriate to reward defenses that are good at keep teams from scoring or moving the ball rather than merely rewarding sacks/turnovers and special plays which are often more luck than skill. Accordingly, when each Defense starts the game, the stary with 25 points (I think its 12 for 0 points and 140 for 0 yards.) As they allow yards/points, that erodes. I think it is a loss of 2 points for every 6-7 allowed or thereabouts. As they allow yards, they lose points as well (I believe I set roughly a loss of 2 points for allowing 100 yards and another 2 points lost every 50 yards allowed by the defense. The upshot is that a defense which allows 10 points and 180 yards, but has no sacks or turnovers, will score a lot more for you than a defense that allows 400 yards and 30 points but managed to luck out with a pick-6. I think this a better reflection of strategizing to pick a defense that will do well rather than being garbage but opportunistic.
4. The draft is slated to be tomorrow at 6:15 PM EDT. I need to push that back to 6:30 to accommodate a friend who is willing to help fill out a slot and cannot start before 6:30. I have another friend who is willing to join if needed. That is 8. We really need 2 more minimum. I plan on running the seeding for auction via Locals. I will set up a stream here. Please make sure you are signed into the system timely.