A pair of revisions have been implemented for the custom scoring. These will interest people in leagues with two quarterbacks, and also those participating in the FFPC national competition.

With the FFPC, it’s got a pair of unusual rules. Most notably, tight ends get 1.5 points for each reception (but other players do not). And in addition, there are two flex players. That is, you have two float players who can be tight ends, wide receivers or running backs.

So we’ve got an FFPC option in there now, and it will deal with rules. Strategy-wise with that kind of scoring, it’s my opinion that players should pretty much ignore RB-WR-TE designations and just treat that as one big position. Obviously at some point you need to make sure that you have enough players at each position, but contestants especially in the early and mid rounds should focus on getting production, while not worrying so much where it comes from.

Anyway, there’s an FFPC option in there, and it’s all wired up and ready to go. To access those rankings, go to “MY STUFF” and click on the “SCORING PROFILES” link. Then you need to create a scoring profile. There’s a drag-down menu (where you are asked to name your profile, and you pull down to the FFPC option).

Once into that FFPC scoring profile, you may dinker with the supply-demand numbers if you wish. The programmers only point out that if you choose to re-name the profile, you must retain “FFPC” in the name. If you change the name to something like “Ian’s big league rankings” I believe you will lose the 1.5 points per catch for tight ends and double-flex wiring.

With the double-quarterback leagues, we’re throwing that one in there because we get a lot of calls from people who wonder how rankings change with two starting quarterbacks. So that’s in there now as an option you can choose.

With that one, it’s actually an easy fix you can do on your own. Those changes are handled in the AUCTION SETUP portion of the scoring profile. You check the button saying you use an auction (even if you don’t) and in there, are supply/demand numbers for quarterbacks. In a regular league, we suppose that 24 quarterbacks will be picked, and 14 of them will be worth be coveted – “worth more than $1” in an auction). In a double-quarterback league, we change those numbers to 36 being picked and 24 being worth more than $1. This changes the baselines and makes quarterbacks show up earlier in the overall rankings.

Carry on.

—Ian Allan