Identity Unknown's Fantasy Football League

Keeper League 2015 (Year 2)

Congrats to the Winners!

December 29, 2015

Congrats to the winners and another great year of Fantasy Fooball! I can't believe how quick and crazy this year was. I will update this page and other pages as soon as I can, so we can all start planning for Year Three in our Keeper League.

2015 Winners:
1st Place - Total Mayhem ($275)
2nd Place - Black Kitty ($200)
3rd Place - Harvsdogs ($150)
4th Place - Al Archers ($125)
Toilet Bowl - Dirty Birds ($55.50)

Reminder this year it was $80 entry ($75 for payouts, $5 for trophies and shipping) and all waiver movements were $0.25.

Final rosters have been posted. View them here.

A few things to note going forward.

• Kickers will no longer be part of the keeper leagues. It added zero value for majority of players and can be just drafted.
• Clarification on keeping players for three years in a row... This applies if you kept a player. If you didn't keep them, but drafted them, that doesn't count.

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Draft Order for 2016

December 29, 2015

These standings will be used to determine draft picks next year. Reminder, starting with 10th place, draft postions are chosen not automatic order.

1. Ponder This!
2. Big Bad Papa Bears
3. The Expendibles
4. Dirty Birds
5. Ace in the Hole
6. Vicious Fish
7. Al's Archers
8. Harvsdogs
9. Black Kitty
10. Total Mayhem

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Team Keepers (Final)

August 23, 2015

Thanks everyone for getting back with me on the players. They have been posted and can be viewed on the Team Keepers page. Please make sure you have reviewed and crossed these players off your lists, so we don't have more confusion on draft day. It's going to different getting use to, but hopefully, you all are liking the keeper league so far.

Keeper Players

August 22, 2015

Once I have heard back from everyone, I will post the link for people to look at what players are being kept.

After I've posted the players, please make sure you cross the players off your draft sheet on Wednesday before the draft, so we don't have people trying to take players that are already taken and slow the draft down.

Rankings Posted

August 1, 2015

Rankings have been posted! Start working on what players you plan on keeping. I'll be asking for these picks here fairly soon, so we can all start working on our drafting strategies.

Final Rosters / Draft Dates

July 27, 2015

I've gotten a few questions about the players from last season. If you haven't seen that page, it's located on 2014 Final Rosters page. Additionally, the rookie you chose is part of your salary cap and the 5 player max. So keep that in mind as well. If you decide not to keep the rookie you chose, he will go in the pool for drafting.

We really need to decide a date so everyone can plan for it before making other plans. I've already written dates that currently won't work. (Aug Fri 14-16, Friday 21-23, Friday Aug 28th - Sept 1st).

Rookie Picks are in!

July 23, 2015

Thanks everyone for getting back to me on the picks. We really need to start outlining a draft date. I've only heard from one other person. For sure the weekend of the Aug Sat 15-16, Friday 21-23, Friday Aug 28th - Sept 1st will not work. Any inputs for the other dates? Please let me know.

Draft Picks are in!

July 20, 2015

Thanks everyone for the quick responses on draft picks. Now we need to finish the rookie picks. I will post them as I get them.

Draft Order:

1. Harvsdogs
2. Vicious Fish
3. Anchormoose
4. The Expendables
5. Total MayHem
6. Dirty Birds
7. Black Kitty
8. Al's Archers
9. Ponder This!
10. Big Bad Papa Bears

NOTE: I hope to get the rankings from Yahoo in next week or two. Originally, I was thinking around 1 August, but now that we have draft order, it might be better to get it up sooner so people can start working on their strategies. One thing to note, once the rankings is put up, if the player gets injured, this list WILL NOT reset. So if a player you choose to keep gets injured before season starts, his cap number will not change. It's vital we get a draft date decided so we can have the choosing the players completed the week before and hopefully no/minimal injuries happen between the dates.

Picking Draft Picks and IUFFL league renewed on Yahoo

July 17, 2015

Welcome to a new year of fantasy football, and our second year of the Keeper League. I've sent out invites for everyone to join the Yahoo League again. If you didn't recieve it, let me know and I'll resend it.

Draft Picks:

Reminder: Draft order will be determined based on how each team finished and what spot they want. I'll start contacting in order of what pick they are wanting and update this as I get them.

• Harvsdogs takes pick - 1st
• Big Bad Papa Bears takes pick - 10th
• Vicious Fish takes pick - 2nd
• PonderThis! takes pick - 9th
• Anchormoose takes pick - 3rd
• The Expendables takes pick - 4th
• Al's Archers takes pick - 8th
• Black Kitty takes pick - 7th
• Total Mayhem takes pick - 5th
• Dirty Birds gets pick - 6th

Draft Dates

It seems every year we struggle to find a draft date that works for everyone. I'm hoping we can nail it down early, so we can all schedule it. Let me know what dates work.

Dates that WON'T work:
Aug 15-16

Rookie Picks

I'm still working on how best to implement this in a fair way. In the meantime, I'll have everyone pick a rookie as well, and we will factor it in one way or the other.

• Harvsdogs takes - Melvin Gordon (RB, SD)
• Big Bad Papa Bears takes - Amari Cooper (WR, OAK)
• Vicious Fish takes - T.J. Yeldon (RB, JAX)
• PonderThis! takes - Jay Ajayi (RB, MIA)
• Anchormoose takes - Marcus Mariota (QB, TEN)
• The Expendables takes - Todd Gurley (RB, STL)
• Al's Archers takes - Kevin White (WR, CHI)
• Black Kitty takes - Ameer Abdullah (RB, DET)
• Total Mayhem takes - Jamison Winston (QB, TB)
• Dirty Birds takes - Tevin Coleman, (RB, ATL)

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Keeper League Rules:

1. Second Season of Keeper League (5 Years). Everyone has already agreed to commit for next 5 years.
2. All teams can protect a max of (5) players; but no player can be kept more than (3) years in a row.
3. Can't keep any TEAM DEFENSE, all other players are open to keep.
4. Drafting future years; kept players will be ranked using Yahoo's Ranking for the new year. This leaves it generic and out of one person's hands.
5. CAP Room for Keeper Players will be 299pts.
   • Top 150 Players (excluding DEF) - Point rankings will be ranked as follows: 1st - 150pts, 2nd - 149pts, 3rd- 148pts, ... ... 148th - 3pts, 149th - 2pts, 150th - 1pt.
   • If you want player (rookie) that isn't ranked in the top 150, his value is worth 1 pt.
   • Again, max players you can keep is (5).
6. Draft order for future years; Reverse order you finished in; you pick the draft number you want that is available. (i.e. Finished 10th; you can choose any of the 10 spots; 9th place, picks from remaining 9 spots; etc.)
7. After the NFL draft in April; each team owner in reverse order of finishing; can choose one rookie they want for the next year. However, this player will be ranked at start of season, and will follow the CAP space set above. Each yearly NFL Draft you will be able to do this. (Basically gives you a chance to take a rookie before he plays.) On our league draft day, you decided whether to keep that NFL rookie draft pick, or drop him and draft another player. This player will be ranked at this time, and will factor into your total keeper values.
8. Every year, around 1 August, I will grab the rankings and post values on the website. These values WILL NOT change up to our draft day.
9. At least one week before draft, you will decide what players you are going to keep so I can prepare the drafting software, and others can prepare their draft according to players that won't be drafted and players that will come off the 3 year terms.
10. Trophies for 1st place. I have already purchased trophies for past winners, and will send them out when I can.

Yahoo League Setting Changes (2014)

1. Injured Reserve (IR). Reason if you lose a keeper player for the year, you can still maintain him without losing him. Lose two or more, you must choose to either keep on your bench, or drop them. By adding this, you basically can hold on to one more player if injury occurs, doesn't have to be your keeper to use it.
2. Passing Bonus - 325 yards = +5 (Was 300 yards)
3. Rushing Bonus - 125 yards = +5 (Was 100 yards)
4. Recieving Bonus - 125 yards = +5 (Was 100 yards)

Costs / Fees

1. $80.00 per team. ($75.00 for Winner Payouts / $5.00 to pay for trophies and shipping)
2. All player movements cost $0.25 and that money goes to toilet bowl winner. (Avg 25 movements) - winning go to Toilet bowl.
3. Trophies, if everyone pitches in

Pay Outs

1. 1st - $275.00
2. 2nd - $200.00
3. 3rd - $150.00
4. 4th - $125.00
5. Toilet Bowl - Money from waiver/trades

A few things that need to be said:

1. Life happens, and sometimes plans can change. If someone absolutely can't continue to play, let me know, and we will find a solution.
2. If someone drops out and they have to be replaced, I have a few people that really want in the league; best case scenario that person coming in would take the person's spot.
3. How do we prevent someone from dumping players and losing on purpose to get the 1st pick the next year? The Commish's call. If I see it, you will be kicked out of the league. We have all been playing together enough years, we know how each person plays. We are committed to a keeper league for the improvement of the league. No need to sabotage it. So I'm keeping it simple... If you want to keep playing and maintain the friendships, then don't do it!
4. Mass hording players to prevent another person from picking up is not a strategy, it's playing with the bad attitude, and will be stopped.