Scoring: PPR or Non-PPR

Does The League Want To Switch To PPR? PPR is Point Per Reception.  PPR will put a premium on the wide receivers, tight ends, and pass-catch...

Does The League Want To Switch To PPR?

PPR is Point Per Reception.  PPR will put a premium on the wide receivers, tight ends, and pass-catching running backs.

To #PPR or Not To PPR... that is the question. https://t.co/j3X0hDYomb #fantasyfootball #dynastyleague #dynastyfootball #nyofacefootball

— J.F. Perseveranda (@JFPerseveranda) July 25, 2017

Here's a good article from Rotoworld - To PPR or Not to PPR?  The author's conclusion:

• If the primary goal of a PPR scoring system is to make more “fantasy-relevant” players, I don’t believe it’s succeeding. Sure, it’s inflating scoring so that more players score 10 or more points each week, but is that really making more players relevant if nearly everyone is getting a bump for reception scoring?

• PPR does shift some value from RB to WR and TE, but it also deflates the most important position in football: the quarterback. As it stands, the position is so deep that owners can ignore it for the first half of the draft and still end up with a quality passer in the 8th or 9th round. There are strategies that revolve around streaming QBs from the waiver wire. While this is a valid strategy for one-QB PPR (and standard) format, given how important the position is in the NFL, shouldn’t fantasy football better reflect this importance? 

• PPR does a poor job of rewarding real-world value. Why should a player get a full point (equal to 10 rushing/receiving yards) for a catch that nets his team zero yards? If the goal is to reward players for moving the chains, then award a point or a half-point for each first down.

• After going through this process, if I were starting a league, I would not use a PPR format. I think there are better ways to improve the balance between the positions and to reward on-field production. I’ll be back with a Part 2 of this scoring system study to discuss a few different options that commissioners and owners have to better balance positional value.

I discussed moving to PPR with an owner who has only done PPR.  I was pretty much convinced we should switch to PPR, but then I read the article above.

Reading the Rotoworld article reminded me why we chose not to use PPR when we started in 1998 and when we went "dynasty league" in 2004.  The league wanted to value yardage and TDs.  Those statistics would be devalued by PPR.