Outlaw PPR Fantasy Football Leagues

Outlaw PPR Fantasy Football Leagues

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August 30, 2021
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Started by Bookiemonster Sports

I want PPR fantasy football leagues outlawed. Here's why.

PPR makes the elite pass-catching running backs unstoppable.
Christian McCaffrey, Alvin Kamara, and Dalvin Cook are absolute nightmares to play against in PPR leagues. If you're not blessed with a top-3 pick, you begin the season at a significant disadvantage. These guys put up WR1 numbers...at running back. If they're healthy, they can singlehandedly wreck your season with 40 point outbursts in any given week. Nobody you'd draft in late round 1 is nearly as dangerous from week to week. It's unfair.

PPR diminishes the value of the deep threat.
Why are Cole Beasleys more valuable than DeSean Jacksons? Slot receivers get artificially boosted for no reason. There's nothing inherently good about catching a pass. You can literally catch a screen pass, lose five yards, and still gain points for your fantasy football team. How does your team get rewarded in fantasy for a negative play? At the end of the day, it is the yards gained or points scored from the catch that matters. In PPR leagues, forget about drafting low-volume deep threats. These game-breaking talents are irrelevant in PPR leagues. They don't catch enough passes.

PPR blurs the lines of the fantasy football hierarchy.
Runners, pass-catchers, quarterback, kicker/defense. That is the fantasy football caste system. It's the way it's always been. We all know this. I don't make the rules. PPR makes your weekly FLEX decisions so much harder. Do you go with the slot receiver who'll receive a bunch of catches or the running back who'll receive a bulk of the carries near the goal line? In standard scoring leagues, yards and touchdowns are all that matters. In PPR leagues, you have to consider an additional element of the game: pass-catching. This needlessly makes start/sit decisions much more complicated.

PPR is inherently stupid.
In 2020, Derrick Henry wasn't the top scorer in PPR fantasy leagues. You read that right. Derrick Henry, the guy that rushed for 2k yards and 17 scores last year, was not the top point scorer. If he isn't the Fantasy Football MVP, you're doing your league wrong. Many PPR advocates say, "It's better because it's higher scoring." It's not. If scoring really mattered that much, then just revise the point scoring system. Offer to add points for carries. They'll quickly shoot that down and call it dumb. It's literally the same idea as points per reception. It's just rewarding players for doing their job. Why should catching the ball be worth one whole point? You're telling me that catching a screen pass is the equivalent of a ten yard rush? That's insanity. PPR is affirmative action for pass-catchers, and I believe it's unjust. The Jarvis Landrys and JD McKissics of the world should not be considered lethal threats to your fantasy football team each week.

Stop this madness, and sign the #OutlawPPR petition.

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