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The SLFF podcast crew erupt emotionally yet again because of controversy involving the Super Bowl, but they also yet again ultimately demonstrate that not even such tension can derail the essence of what makes SLFF so great !
The shocking on-field cardiac arrest of a player has led to an elimination of a key game from the NFL season, resulting in chaos in both real and fantasy football. Non-conventional playoff seeding and home field decisions have generated serious controversy with many AFC teams. More importantly, the outcome of the Super Bowl for many fantasy leagues, including the SLFF podcast test league, has been left undefinitively resolved.
As football fans and fantasy football junkies, this situtation exposes some of the disparate points of view we hold about playing football, the role and responsibility that football in general has within our society, and conducting a fantasy football league. Hear what the experts at small league fantasy football play have to say about these issues, including what considerations they weighed to resolve yet another year-end Super Controversy, this time in declaring their Super Bowl winner under unprecendented circumstances. What a thrilling end to the 2022 season of the Small League Fantasy Football podcast !
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The SLFF podcast crew answer questions from the listener mailbag that provide some perspective on how to maximally enjoy playing small league fantasy football next season.
Small league fantasy football season is done (well, not in the SLFF podcast test league, but who's counting ?) ! Most small leagues have completed their Super Bowl with the conclusion of Week 16. As we all know, it was a delightful ride, win or lose, and next season can't start soon enough.
The experts of small league fantasy football play want to ensure that your experience this year informs how to increase your pleasure for the next year. Every year you play, you can refine your approach to derive even more fun from this game we all love. Let us show you how !
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The SLFF podcast crew advise you on how to avoid the classic strategic mistakes that often prevent yearly participation in the Super Bowl.
Good tidings and past performance from last Christmas don't always predict future results and you may be left with a lump of coal in your fantasy stocking this Christmas. You crushed it into the Super Bowl last year, figured you figured out the winning strategy, and -- Wham ! -- you are out this year.
Listen to the experts at small league fantasy football play do a deep dive into the wrongful thinking that may hinder you from receiving the ultimate fantasy football gift every Christmas. Be one of the last men standing in the promised land this Holiday Season ! And in a bonus segment, Raj provides his annual year-end "top ten" list the SLFF podcast way on why Small is Better.
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The SLFF podcast crew reveal their feelings about mid-season competitive collapse and about loss in individual matches.
We all love a winner, but you just can't win 'em all, either in life or -- more importantly -- in SLFF. Occasionally, you can find yourself hopelessly out of the championship hunt way before the regular season ends. Sometimes you lose the Super Bowl. And, of course, you will find yourself defeated in multiple individual games during the regular season.
The experts of small league fantasy football play describe their emotional state following these types of beatdowns. Measure how your distress in similar situations compares. It's always nice to have company ... especially when you are a loser !
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The SLFF podcast crew question the value of rostering players because of their name recognition and social popularity.
Star football players comprise the roster in all small league fantasy teams. But some players -- both offensive and defensive -- transcend stardom, perhaps by social media following or actual game impact.
Hear what the experts at small league fantasy football play have to say about the risks and benefits of selecting stars based on their fame. Are these high profile players worth stashing on your fantasy team ?
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The SLFF podcast crew voice their opinions re jacking up DST scoring and the addition of IDP to the fantasy experience.
Defense. So important in the game of real football, but so undervalued in the game of fantasy football. Well, this year commish Brian Lewis decided to rectify that in the SLFF test league. Significant changes were made to emphasize contribution from more than just the big defensive highlight plays and to acknowledge the existence of high-end defensive players.
Listen to the experts of small league fantasy football play discuss the rationale and means to accentuate the defensive side of the ball, as well as how doing so impacts strategy and enjoyment of our beloved fake game. Defenses are always taking a beating and rarely bask in glory. It's time to get up again.
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The SLFF podcast crew conduct a wide-ranging interview with a thoughtful veteran LLFF founding commissioner to compare and contrast aspects concerning the creation and maintenance and play experience of fantasy football leagues of different sizes.
Fantasy football. We love it ! But even as the basics of the beautiful contest remain the same, there are so many formats among the various leagues in the fantasy football universe.
At least to the SLFF podcast crew, the most significant variation is league size. And the crew has always had a curiosity about the the high-level elements of living in a large league format. How connected and invested are the manager rosters year-to-year ? What disputes arise more frequently and are the resolution mechanisms satisfying ? How tricky is it to alter league settings ?
Huddle with the experts at small league fantasy football play as they learn the answers to these and other questions involving how fantasy football broadly may be similar or different between large leagues and small leagues. Is small really better ?
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The SLFF podcast crew advise you how to respond when your superstar player may be coming back from a serious injury and may be ready to play.
It's a rough game. We're talking about fantasy football, not necessarily real football. Your very high-end players gets injured and you have no access to the severity of the injury nor provided any real insight by the team as to its true intentions regarding said player after he is deemed ready to play again. Start, stash, or waive ? Ooh, that's gonna be a painful decision. You are left alone to struggle with the challenge of figuring out how to manage a former foundational piece to your small league fantasy team.
Will you just have to take a chance ? Increase your odds in choosing wisely by learning what the experts at small league fantasy football play think about when they consider a pre-eminent star recovering from a grim health setback.
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The SLFF podcast crew make strained efforts to draw parallels between football and politics -- and mostly succeed.
The American government seemingly decided to coincide the midterm elections this cycle with the midterm of the 2022 NFL season. The politicians clearly understand the significance of football in American life !
Remember that whether your goal is to build a strong fantasy team or merely a strong democracy, it is critical to invest in the best personnel. Join the experts at small league football play as they discuss which incumbents were kept and which pretenders were thrown out of office -- and why.
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The SLFF podcast crew acknowledge the NFL trade deadline by studying key trades of the past pre-season and by making predictions about recent mid-season activity in order to help you consider the effect of player changes on your small league re-draft roster.
Situational changes involving high-end footballers can lead to all sorts of repercussions to the value of your small league fantasy players, both directly and indirectly. When NFL general managers shuffle the deck to ostensibly improve their respective real teams, we small league fantasy team owners/managers have to ponder the consequences in various ways.
Gain some insight from the experts at small league fantasy football play in deciding how changes in player environment, both pre-season and mid-season, should influence how you draft and how you shape your team as it moves along during the season. Change is part of life. Learn how to embrace it and become stronger !
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The SLFF podcast crew guide you on how to react when your commish establishes enhanced scoring rules on your small league.
Is small really better ? With Brian Lewis as the commish, scoring is up this season in the SLFF podcast test league. Changes were made pre-season to last year's conventional scoring rules and the results are in. Big points are here to stay this year !
Hear what the experts at small league fantasy football play have to say about how to value positions on the offensive side of the ball when scoring rules are tweaked and how you should compensate. You want big points and big victories ? Of course you do. You want it all !
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The SLFF podcast crew toss around winning ideas on how to thrive amidst the chaos of the bye weeks.
Bye weeks have begun. You are no longer going to be able to count of the presence of all the healthy superstars on your small league team. Your starting line-up is going to be sporadically incomplete for the next couple of months and a host of less desirable players will have to plug the holes. What to do ?
Join the experts of small league fantasy football play and gain insight on how to manage your roster and the waiver wire during this challenging stretch of the fantasy football season. Even in a small league, the bye weeks test your command of personnel and it's time to ace the gauntlet !
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Most of the SLFF podcast crew remain hungover from their trip to the Big Easy, leaving only commish Brian Lewis to comment on their main takeaway from watching the Saints play in Week 5.
What do you get when you cross a QB with a TE ? Possibly a valuable stash on your small league team -- or perhaps an impermissible chess piece.
Consider the thoughts of the small league fantasy football experts' professor and decide how to deal with the conundrum that is Taysom Hill.
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The SLFF podcast crew dig into the listener mailbag to illustrate how to deal with the unpredictability of the running back position in a small league, both on the roster and in the starting line-up.
Running backs. Most consider the position the foundation of any solid fantasy team and you probably agree. But good ones are so few and they are so prone to injury ! At the conclusion of Week 4, two top-flight RBs have already gone on IR and four have already missed at least a game.
Follow the experts of small league fantasy football play and make the right decisions on team construction at the RB position. Even if the RB injury bug has bitten deep, there is still no reason not to continue to pound the rock and dominate your league !
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The SLFF podcast crew disclose critical winning strategies unique to small league play when the situation becomes tenuous at the end of the Week.
An impending loss ! Your opponent has finished significantly ahead at the end of Sunday but you still have a small but not unrealistic chance to earn a W. You have two positions playing the Monday night game. The only thing is that they are your DST and the top skill position player playing against your DST. What to do ?
Listen to the experts at small league fantasy football play and learn the right moves to own Monday night. It's never too late to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat !
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The SLFF podcast crew explain to you how they manage the complexities associated with the QB position in a small league.
Quarterbacks. You need a good one badly, but they can drive you crazy ! Particularly in a small league, between insane production on the bench, injuries of unclear severity to a starter, and overall moral misbehavior off the field, those naughty high-end quarterbacks can really frustrate you.
Listen to the experts at small league fantasy football play to gather tips on the maintenance of the quarterback position not only for your team but also for your league.
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The SLFF podcast crew pay tribute to a legendary band as they evaluate their draft strategy and discuss how that played out in Week 1.
Weeks of planning and where has that gotten you ? After the inaugural week of the 2022 NFL season, did your thinking pay off ? Are you on track to be the Queen of your small league ?
Hear what the rock stars of small league fantasy football play have to say about the importance of successful execution of draft strategies and the value of algorithmic grading of draft results, as reflected by the actual standings following the highly-anticipated Week 1 of America's pastime.
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The SLFF podcast crew provide you with draft strategies tailored for small leagues.
Draft season! It's a time of hope, when we can all just about feel the the trophy within our grasp. Hope is not a strategy, though. But, if you play small league fantasy football, listening to the experts at small league play on the SLFF podcast Draft Special to learn key tips on building your team foundation is.
Start being your best fantasy self in 2022!
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The SLFF podcast crew motivate YOU to start or join a small league fantasy football league and preview what's ahead for Season 2.
Are you ready for some football? It's that time of the year again! Learn how to deepen your connections to all your communities by enhancing your enjoyment of America's pastime.
Back by popular demand in 2022, the experts at small league fantasy football play will explain it all in the inaugural episode of Season 2 of the acclaimed worldwide phenomenon that is the SLFF podcast!
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Paying homage to the 80s in their last weekly show of the 2021 season, the SLFF podcast crew exult and lament over the results of Championship Week, deliver a Late Night styled Top 10 list recapping why SLFF is so enjoyable, and provide final thoughts on how to succeed in SLFF.
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