Optional "Bye-Week" Roster Slot
Proposing a "bye week" roster slot that works like an IR slot.
Players would only be eligible for this slot when they're on a bye week and would have to come off upon completion of the bye week. This frees up a roster spot for the user.
Reason: Having to burn a roster or potentially even drop someone because they're on a bye isn't an objectively good thing and should be optional - bye weeks can penalize you for having too many good bench players and cause an unpleasant experience. There should be an option to stash bye week players in a slot similar to the IR slot.
The more options, the better!
Jimmy Brooks
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8 comments
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Anonymous
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Just add more roster spots to each team.
Then, you don't need to have a "bye-week" slot. -
Andrew Luce
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Don't agree at all. Allowing people to draft and sit on a roster for 16 weeks isn't "playing" fantasy football. Navigating the season with injuries and bye weeks by trading and being active on the waivers separates good players from bad.
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texaskdog
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yes as anonymous said, we have 7 bench slots. some teams have 2 kickers or DEF...trade offs you make.
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texaskdog
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It's like adding the DH...I don't like it Part of strategy is dealing with bye weeks.
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David Bricker
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I like this idea. Better than just making the bench larger because that means nothing on the waiver wire.
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Mike McGovern
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I like this. Obviously up to your commish to add extra bench spots, but it would be good to have a limited number of Bye Week slots (1 or 2 max bc teams should still pay attention to Bye weeks when drafting. If you draft 7 guys on Bye week 10, then thats ur fault). But 1 or 2 could help. Especially when you have one of the few top tier defenses or kickers and you are forced to drop someone them or a very good bench player just to get through a Bye.
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Rocco Markese
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Interesting...this is actually isn't a bad idea. It could be pretty cool, but would definitely change the dynamic of fantasy football roster strategy.
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texaskdog
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Need to have bigger benches