1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 1: your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, 4 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 1: and whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show. 5 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: Now here's your host, Paul. Hello, and welcome to a 6 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: no fun edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. Yeah, you know 7 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 1: we're overdue to talk COVID in detail, but look, nobody 8 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: is having fun with COVID, and frankly, we're not gonna 9 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: have fun with it here either. But it's awfully important 10 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: to do some COVID planning now in the preseason. And 11 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: that's part of the reason that I'm here alone today. 12 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: Normally I've got my crew, some of my guys here, 13 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: but nobody wants to talk COVID. Everybody wants to have fun. 14 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: We want to talk about breaking down a DPS and 15 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: our mock drafts and all the news around the league. 16 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: This one is about the important steps that your league 17 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: needs to take to make sure that you've got an 18 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: action plan in place in the preseason for a variety 19 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: of COVID related items. Now, it's so important to get 20 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: this done in the preseason. If you wait until the 21 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: regular season to try to figure things out on the fly. 22 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 1: It's going to be a disaster. Friendships will end, leagues 23 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: will dissolve. I'll give you an example. Let's say it's 24 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: Week six and Bruce has no COVID players, and your 25 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 1: league is trying to decide what to do when there's 26 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: an outbreak of COVID. Bruce, who has no COVID players, 27 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: is gonna be like, well, they shouldn't get any special 28 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: consideration at all. But Becky's got four COVID players on 29 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: her roster and she's gonna want all kinds of special 30 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: consideration because she's going through a lot of difficulty with COVID. 31 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: You can't do it in the middle of the season. 32 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: Even worse, let's say it's like we twelve and the 33 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: NFL cancels the whole rest of the season. One person, 34 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: let's say Emma has got the best record. She's tending too, 35 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 1: and she's lobbying hard that a twelve game season, twelve 36 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 1: weeks season should be considered a full season and that 37 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: she should be the champion. Meanwhile, there might be another guy, Eric. 38 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 1: He's got a surging bubble team and he's convinced that 39 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 1: if the season hadn't been canceled, he'd a roarred through 40 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: the playoffs and he would have beat Emma and he 41 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: would have been the champion. And you can't just give 42 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: the championship to Emma. You have to decide some of 43 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: these key things, like what constitutes a full season for 44 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 1: your league? Right now? What are you gonna do when 45 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: your some of your players get COVID and they're going 46 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: to what are you going to do? You have to 47 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: decide now in the preseason, not today. We sent a 48 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: little time as a recording this it's July, but you 49 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: need to do it very important. Let's start here with 50 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: the draft or the auction. This part is really easy. 51 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: Just you may want to have an online plan ready. 52 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: Normally you're having your draft in person. For many of you, 53 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: maybe in person drafts just not possible. You know, you 54 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: might not. You may find that you can't get twelve 55 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: people that are all willing to sit in the same 56 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: room together. That's the case. You need to have an 57 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 1: online online plan ready. Many sites let you draft online 58 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: for free, and you could certainly use those sites if 59 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: you want to. You may have to change the starting 60 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: date of your draft or auction as well. So be 61 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: ready for that as well. The NFL. And I say 62 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: that because the NFL could end up pushing one of 63 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: its season start the start of the season back a 64 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: couple of could be weeks, maybe Monts who knows that 65 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: start of the season could move. And if the start 66 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: of the season removed six weeks, you'd probably want to 67 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: move your draft with it. So just be just be 68 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: ready to be flexible on the date for the start 69 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: of your drafter auction as well. One of the things 70 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: that I'll mention as a quick piece of draft or 71 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: auction strategy here to to think about with COVID. And 72 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: we're not gonna spend much time here on on strategy 73 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: around COVID, but I want to mention this. It's possible 74 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: that a whole team could get COVID, could like run 75 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: through the locker room of a whole team. You might 76 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: be like, man, I want Bucks. I want to have Brady, 77 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: and I want to have Chris Godwin and I want 78 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: to have Gronk. But what happens if what happens if 79 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: your your Buck heavy team gets swarmed under with COVID 80 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: and you know there's a real scenario where the Bucks 81 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: get shut down, the league continues playing, but the Bucks 82 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: get shut down for a week or two. So you 83 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: may want to give some thought to diversifying your roster 84 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: a little bit as well, something that I think would 85 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: make sense this year more than other years. Okay, now 86 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: let's talk about what to do when a player test 87 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: positive for COVID and your and your league needs to 88 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: make a decision. So first, when a player does test 89 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: positive for COVID, player probably gets quarantined. So when that happens, 90 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 1: I think most likely scenario is that player is going 91 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: to be unavailable for two or three weeks. While that 92 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: player is presumably alone in a bedroom someplace chilling out 93 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: for a couple of weeks. Now that player will not practice, 94 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 1: so the team obviously will have no chance of playing. 95 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: I think you you'd really accept in very large rostered leagues. 96 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,559 Speaker 1: I think you need to create, and by large roster 97 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,559 Speaker 1: I mean at least twenty plus where you've got most 98 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: of all the depth anybody you want to pick up 99 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 1: already in a roster. I think you need to create 100 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 1: a not necessarily an I are spot, because I are 101 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,239 Speaker 1: is one thing. This isn't quite I R some other 102 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: spot that you use, and you might have to designate 103 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: it in your league manager as I are, but I'm 104 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: gonna call it a a COVID slot. You need to 105 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: create a COVID slot that your league can use to 106 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 1: just slop people in who've got COVID, and those guys 107 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 1: are off to the side, and that opens up a 108 00:05:58,040 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: spot that you can go you can go fill up. 109 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: You're already punished enough that a starting player has COVID 110 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: and can't play for two to three weeks, So why 111 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 1: are you gonna double down on that and not let 112 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 1: that owner go pick up a free agent and fill 113 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: that spot. I think you should. You should treat it 114 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: just like you probably do. I R. Right now, player 115 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 1: goes on I R, he shelved until he comes back. 116 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: When he comes back, you take him off. I R. 117 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: Same thing you should do with your COVID slot. Now, 118 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 1: keep in mind, some teams so many new weeks gonna 119 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: be unlucky here, and it's gonna have three or four 120 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: players get COVID at one time. I mean, yeah, that's 121 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: why you need to have this COVID slot. You don't 122 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 1: want those teams to be in a spot where they 123 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 1: have They're in a a brutally tough position. With the 124 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: three or four players that have COVID and that they 125 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: either have to drop those presumably good players and pick 126 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: up some dregs or or or you know, or even worse, 127 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: you don't want to have that player who's already stuck 128 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: with COVID players having to then become a default win 129 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: and wreck the integrity of the league because they can't 130 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: they can't roster anybody. So really important to create the 131 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: COVID slot. Now, how many players can you put on COVID. 132 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: I've had some people on Twitter asking me how many 133 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: COVID slots should we create. In my mind it's unlimited number. 134 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: So if you do get struck with the three, four 135 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: or five COVID players, god forbid, but it could really 136 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: could happen. You need to just be able to use 137 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: as many as you need to use. Okay, next topic 138 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: for COVID, and this one I think is even more important, 139 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: and this one is gonna be thorny for a lot 140 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: of leagues. Your league needs to decide if you and 141 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: your co owners need to have a six team game 142 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: season to be considered a valid season, because the NFL 143 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: could end up torpedoing the season at some point. Maybe 144 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: it's eight weeks, maybe it's ten weeks, twelve weeks, whatever. 145 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: At what point have you played enough of the NFL 146 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: season for your league to consider it a valid season 147 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: where you're gonna crown a champion, where you're going to 148 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: award the prize money, where you're gonna send that traveling trophy. 149 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: How many games does it have to be? Does it 150 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: have to be a full sixteen game season? Bear in mind, 151 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: if you went twelve twelve weeks kind of a long time. 152 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:33,959 Speaker 1: It's three months of play out of four months. You're 153 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: early December. Twelve weeks is kind of a lot. I 154 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: think to me, it's my personal recommendation. Twelve weeks is 155 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: about the right number to be considered a valid season. 156 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: Now where it gets thorny is playoffs. You have a 157 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 1: twelve week season. You know, if the NFL cancels it 158 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: after twelve weeks, you will not have had playoff. But 159 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: I think that's just, you know, it's just unfortunate. We'd 160 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: all prefer to have playoffs, but you just you can't 161 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: know that it's going to happen that way. And if 162 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: you play three out of four months and you hate 163 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: to have it be worth nothing. You know, all the 164 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: epic victories, the Monday nights when you were crossing your 165 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:25,679 Speaker 1: fingers hoping your tight end is going to get that 166 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: fourth quarter touchdown that you needed. All that stuff is 167 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: totally invalidated because you needed a sixteen game regular season 168 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 1: when it just wasn't possible. So my recommendation, I feel 169 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: like twelve ish games is about right to be considered 170 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: a valid season. But let's um, let's talk it through 171 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: a little bit some scenarios where the season could be interrupted, shortened, modified, altered, aborted, canceled, whatever. 172 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: Number one, if they delay the start of the season, 173 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: that's pretty easy. You'll start when the NFL season starts. 174 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: So a delayed season really is not a big deal 175 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: for fantasy owners yet. Now, if there's an interrupted season, 176 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: so let's say they play four or five six games, 177 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: then they pause for a month to get everybody through 178 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: some COVID problems, and then they come back and play 179 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 1: the rest of them. They play a remaining sixteen game schedule, 180 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: however long. You just stop when they stop, you start 181 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: when they start, and you continue when the season comes back. 182 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: I think that's really easy for everybody to understand too. 183 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: So delayed starts not a problem. Interrupted starts, not a problem. 184 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:29,719 Speaker 1: Canceled seasons where it starts to get dicey for the 185 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 1: reasons we just talked about how many weeks do you 186 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: need for your league to consider it a valid season. 187 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,319 Speaker 1: So let's say you take my recommendation you go twelve 188 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: weeks for a valid season. You will not have started 189 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: the playoffs in twelve weeks, so you're gonna have to 190 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: come up in advance with what are our what are 191 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: our criteria for crowning a champion after twelve weeks? Is 192 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: it by best record, with a tiebreaker being most points scored? 193 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,439 Speaker 1: I think that's what it is, and that's what I 194 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: would recommend doing. Is you would after twelve weeks, you 195 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: just give it to over Scott or whatever you know, 196 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: twelve weeks or beyond. If you say you gotta have 197 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: a minimum of twelve weeks, could go four team weeks 198 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: whatever best record. What if it's uh week fifteen, you're 199 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:20,959 Speaker 1: halfway into the halfway into the playoffs, then I think 200 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: you would shorten it down to just the teams that 201 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: are still alive. Every team that's still alive, then who 202 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: had the best who had the best record, who had 203 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: the most points? So really important that you talked through 204 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: how many weeks of play you need to have to 205 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:39,319 Speaker 1: have a valid season if we get to a canceled 206 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:43,439 Speaker 1: season scenario where there's fewer than the number of weeks 207 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:47,079 Speaker 1: that you want played. So let's say you do believe 208 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: the bar at twelve weeks, but they only play ten weeks. Now, 209 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: what seasons canceled? What does your league do in some 210 00:11:55,440 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: very important situations, like what happens all the money? I 211 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: recommend you roll it forward to the next year. All right, 212 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 1: you paid in twenty twenty, it didn't work out, they 213 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: canceled the season, and you know, we're just gonna roll 214 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 1: everybody's money to next year. You could refund it to 215 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 1: everybody if you want, and you have to recollect it 216 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: again in the spring. I think you should just roll 217 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: it forward. Now, this last part is specific to Dynasty 218 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,319 Speaker 1: and Empire league owners. Now, if you're not in a 219 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: nice your Empire league and you just don't care about 220 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 1: COVID stuff, hanging up, this podcast effectively over for you. 221 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: This is only for Dynasty Empire League players commissioners. You 222 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 1: need to think about if you have a canceled season 223 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: that is not a valid season, what do you do 224 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: about the draft order next year. That's now we're really 225 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: future thinking. But this could be a huge problem later. 226 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 1: So again you get it squared away. Now, how are 227 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: you going to figure out the one draft order if 228 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 1: you didn't have a valid twenty season. The temptation maybe 229 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: to just say we're gonna roll over last year's draft order. 230 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: So the team that picked first in is also going 231 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: to get to pick first in one. Same thing. Whoever 232 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: picked second in would pick second in one. I think 233 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: it's a terrible idea. First of all, you've double rewarded failure. 234 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 1: These are the worst teams in your league last year, 235 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: they're going to get to draft at the beginning in 236 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:35,959 Speaker 1: and in. I like it. Here's what I would do instead, 237 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: for those of you in dynasty or empire leagues thinking 238 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: about how to set the draft order if you have 239 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:50,479 Speaker 1: an invalidated season, in I would have a reverse weighted lottery, 240 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: meaning that team that did finish last. Let's say it's 241 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 1: a twelve team league, the team that did finish last 242 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 1: would have twelve ping pong balls. In a twelve team 243 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: league in a lottery, the team that finished second to 244 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: last would have eleven, so on and fourth so forth 245 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 1: down to the champion who only gets one ping pong 246 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: ball in, and then I would pull draft order randomly. 247 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: That's how I would do it, and I think that 248 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: feels fair random enough that you're gonna get You're gonna 249 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: shake some things up. Gives everybody a chance at the 250 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: first pick and the second pick in the third pick, 251 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: and won't be identical as last year, so you're not 252 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: exactly rewarding failure the same way you would have been previously. 253 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: So there you have it. All the things that you 254 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: need to think about related to COVID, and that's a lot, 255 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: and it's not very fun being made it to the 256 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: end of the podcast, the No Fun Podcast of Fantasy 257 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: Football Weekly. I'm very impressed. All things to think about. 258 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: We'll look forward to more fun stuff next week. My 259 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: co host will be back. We'll talk about news you 260 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: don't at the things that really I'm excited to talk 261 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: about next week. Can you have a starting backfield that 262 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: is the two chiefs runners, Clyde Edwards A Laire and 263 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 1: Damian Williams. As you're starting running backs and that's it. 264 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: You go to war with those guys every week except 265 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: there by week. Is that a viable strategy. I'm excited 266 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: to talk to you about that next week as well. 267 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: So a lot to get to next week. Thanks for 268 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: making to the end of the special COVID edition of 269 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly on Paul Charchie and talk to you 270 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: next week. Fantasy Football Weekly is a production of I 271 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. For more podcasts from my Heart Radio, visit 272 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: the i heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you 273 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: listen to your favorite shows.