Fantasy Footballers: General thread

[Carp]

I assume most on this forum play. How do your teams look this yr. This is the first yr I've played for a cash payout. 25 to enter to win 125. 2nd place wins 75.

We drafted last Tuesday in an 8 man league (hard to find players on night shift). Since it's a shallow league, everyone has a stacked team. Everyone went QB happy at the start, but I kept taking RB's since QB is deep this yr. Here's how my team panned out:

QB:
R. Wilson
Roethlisberger
Schaub
Locker


RB:
Ray Rice
Richardson
Demarco Murray
David Wilson
Shonn Greene

WR:
Megatron
Mike Wallace
Greg Jennings
Britt
Stevie Johnson - Bills
Kendall Wright

TE:
Jimmy Graham
Jermichael Finley

Defense:
Bengals
Giants

K:
Bironas



Overall, I'm very happy with my team. 4 of the top 15-20 backs, and Megatron. Wish I had a better 2nd WR, but I'm happy with what I have.


How is your team(s) looking? Are we looking to start a ChopCountry league?

[Bdawg2309]

12 team league
QB Newton
RB Lynch
RB Murray
WR Demaryius Thomas
WR Colston
WR T.Y hilton
TE Martellus Bennett(should've gone after a TE earlier)
Flex: Green-ellis
D: Bears
K: Zuerlein

my first opponent modified his starting lineup for week 1, going with Wilson over Brees at QB... LOL

Oh, and it's a QB favorable league.

[GMAJAH25]

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10 team league. Who do I start at QB?

[GMAJAH25]

Also I have offers of Kaep for AJ Green....and Richardson for Dez Bryant.

Kaep and Richardson for AP and a throw in.

[weso1]

Kaep for Green seems like a great trade for you, especially since you have Griffin on the bench.

[GMAJAH25]

Im just a little worried about Griffin. I feel it can be hit or miss for both those guys...

[Carp]

Im just a little worried about Griffin. I feel it can be hit or miss for both those guys...

I'd be more worried about Kaep than RG3 to be honest.

[thethe]

I'd be more worried about Kaep than RG3 to be honest.

Please elaborate.

[Tapate50]

14 team league where you can start a QB as your flex, so they go fast.

Brees (pick 5)
Alfred Morris
Lamar Miller
Jordy Nelson
Danny Amendola
Jared Cook
Michael Vick

Browns D\st
Phil Dawson

Mike Williams TB
Roy Helu
Shane Vereen
Zach Sudfeld
Terell Pryor
Josh Gordon

[NinersSBChamps]

12 man PPR league.

Kaep
Trent, Gore
Roddy, Steve Smith (Panthers)
Vernon Davis
Tavon Austin
Rams
Zuerlein

[Tapate50]

Lot of people on the Kaep bandwagon it seems.

[Heyward]

Lot of people on the Kaep bandwagon it seems.

I'm not, worried he may have a little bit of regression especially without Crabtree.

[NinersSBChamps]

I am not necessarily on the bandwagon per se. I think he will have a good season and when I picked him there weren't many quarterback options.

[Heyward]

I would take him, just not at the rate he's going.

The drop off from RB's in the first 2-3 rounds to 4-6 is HUGE.

Not a big difference fantasy wise from Rodgers to say, a Eli/Romo/Stafford in the 7th-9th round. I wait on QB's.

Got a draft tommorow, plan to do the same.

[Tapate50]

Got a 10 team PPR league drafting tonight. Won it last year. Has a nice little wrinkle in it though... Every transaction cost you a dollar, and you can auction a player off in weeks 7 or 8 and 50 % tax on the selling price goes to the pot to build it up. Also 50 dollar penalty for last and 25 for next to last.

[thethe]

Kaep will be a better real life QB than fantasy QB. He won't be runnign as much as he did last year. I wouldn't take him in fantasy for that reason.

[NinersSBChamps]

Kaep will be a better real life QB than fantasy QB. He won't be runnign as much as he did last year. I wouldn't take him in fantasy for that reason.

This is the first time I can remember where I actually had guys on my fantasy team that were on the 49ers. I have a handful of teams and I believe they are all have Vernon Davis.

[Tapate50]

Frank Gore may not be a flashy pick, but he is a rock solid No 2 RB in Fantasy football. Great OL helps.

I like what SJax will bring to Atlanta. Guy can be a PPR monster. Should score 10 tds easily.

[thethe]

They are going to dial back his carries this year and then increase for the playoffs. Hunter is a great later round rb pick.

[Bj1133]

12 team league - auction draft

QB - Vick
RB - Spiller
RB - McCoy
WR - Fitz
WR - Cruz
TE - Fleener
Flex - Ahmad Bradshaw
K - Blair Walsh
D - Cinci

B - James Jones
B - Mike Williams
B - Mark Ingram
B - Big Ben
B - Heath Miller
B - Ryan Broyles
B - Vincent Brown

[Carp]

Please elaborate.

Basically there's a pretty decent chance Kaep regresses this yr as the league adjusts to him. He barely started half a season's worth of games. Not to mention he lost his best WR. Oh, and there's the little fact that RG3 is the better player regardless of any of the other stuff I just mentioned.

[thethe]

Basically there's a pretty decent chance Kaep regresses this yr as the league adjusts to him. He barely started half a season's worth of games. Not to mention he lost his best WR. Oh, and there's the little fact that RG3 is the better player regardless of any of the other stuff I just mentioned.

Please explain why RG3 is the better player. What exactly does he do better?

[Carp]

Please explain why RG3 is the better player. What exactly does he do better?

Everything. More accurate, better/faster runner, better at reading defenses. Oh but Kaep might have a stronger arm. Whoop-ti-do

[zitothebrave]

Please explain why RG3 is the better player. What exactly does he do better?

You have to remember we're talking about Fantasy. For example Scam was one of the best fantasy QBs in the NFL. Ryan conversely was much better.

[thethe]

You have to remember we're talking about Fantasy. For example Scam was one of the best fantasy QBs in the NFL. Ryan conversely was much better.

Carp isn't. But I do think RG3 will be a better fantasy Qb

[Carp]

Carp isn't. But I do think RG3 will be a better fantasy Qb

Fantasy or real life, it doesn't matter. What did Kaep do better than RG3 at last yr that would lead anyone to believe he'll be better than RG3 in 2013?

[thethe]

Let's take this to the real football thread. I responded already there.

[Tapate50]

Ok, just got done drafting my 10 team full pt ppr.

RG3
Trent Rich ( I am all in on this guy)
Bush
Dez
BeBe
Fitz
Lamar Miller
Cook at TE

Richardson
Hilton
Manning jr
Sanders
J Bell

[Heyward]

Here's one I did.

Romo
Rice
MJD
Colston
Andre
Witten
Welker
Tucker
Rams D

Rg3
Sidney Rice
Lawfirm
Helu
Brandon Myers
Harvin

12 team league.

[zitothebrave]

This is my family's league. 6 teams so it has tons of starters and ****

Brees
Brady
Bryant
Cobb
Andre Johnson
Nicks
Martin
Lynch
McFadden
Witten
Wayne
Mathews
Stevie Johnson
Janikowski
Bailey
Seattle
Chicago

Bench

Atlanta
Gronk
Vick
Miles Austin
Tavon Austin
Green-Ellis
Sidney Rice
Zach Miller

Last 2 are cut bait.

[gilesfan]

10 team....I love my team.

Luck
Matthews
Chris Johnson
D. Thomas
Andre Johnson
Jimmy Graham
Gostokski
SF Defense

Lamar Miller
Jordy Nelson
Torrey Smith
Desean Jackson
Chris Ivory
A. Bradshaw
Roy Helu
D. Richardson

[NinersSBChamps]

Anything less than 12 teams is a waste.

[zitothebrave]

Anything less than 12 teams is a waste.

Guess you should blame my parents for not having more kids.

[NinersSBChamps]

Guess you should blame my parents for not having more kids.

I think they did us all a favor. :cooter:

I mean't as far as money leagues go. With family and such it makes more sense to have less teams. Based on purely a competition and prizes 12 teams is ideal.

[Tapate50]

10 team....I love my team.

Luck
Matthews
Chris Johnson
D. Thomas
Andre Johnson
Jimmy Graham
Gostokski
SF Defense

Lamar Miller
Jordy Nelson
Torrey Smith
Desean Jackson
Chris Ivory
A. Bradshaw
Roy Helu
D. Richardson

Did you trade away your first round picks? I don't see one there...

[Tapate50]

Anything less than 12 teams is a waste.

I have a 10 and a 14. I enjoy the 14 more.

[gilesfan]

Did you trade away your first round picks? I don't see one there...

Auction.... I went with quantity.

[sturg33]

10 team auction:

QB: Stafford
RB: Trent Richardson
RB: Steven Ridley
WR: Megatron
WR: Dez Bryant
TE: Vernon Davis
Flex: Lamar Miller
Defense: New England
Kicker: Janikowsky

My bench is terrible cause I went big on starters

[goldfly]

fantasy football is the worst

[thethe]

fantasy football is the worst

Yeah, I'm not a fan. Half of your team is on the DL by midseason.

[gilesfan]

fantasy football is the worst

Thanks for your input. Go send some more pictures why don't you.

[Tapate50]

fantasy football is the worst

Post O' The Year

:pound:

[acesfull86]

12 team

QB: R. Wilson
RB: A. Peterson, S. Ridley, D. Sproles, B. Green-Ellis, T. Gerhart
WR: J. Jones, W. Welker, Mike Williams, A. Jeffrey, S. Rice
TE: B. Myers

My league (stupidly, I think) doesn't use a flex, so I may have screwed myself grabbing Sproles when I could have gotten a better WR 2/3. Then again, I got a passing draft grade from Yahoo. :elefant:

[Bj1133]

<----- This genius picked up Julius Thomas this morning and started him

[NinersSBChamps]

<----- This genius picked up Julius Thomas this morning and started him

Nice job. He is going to be the most added player this upcoming week. I tried to get him a few days ago, but he was gone in my all leagues.

[Carp]

Whoever has Peyton Manning just won your match-up this week.

[Bdawg2309]

all the Julius thomas waiver wire claimers better hope he doesn't pull a Kevin Ogletree

[GMAJAH25]

all the Julius thomas waiver wire claimers better hope he doesn't pull a Kevin Ogletree

That is a pretty good comparison.


Ogletree's stock was on the rise due to Robinson's awesome season as the #3 WR for Dallas the year before...then he had that awesome game week 1 and it was all justified.

Thomas was getting that Antonio Gates BB Player crap all summer and now he goes off like that week 1? lol watch out

[Heyward]

I don't think it's near the Ogeltree comparisons.

I'm not sure he's worth a TE1 spot though but he will get touches.

Depends how much Manning trusts him.

[NinersSBChamps]

Fantasy is all about these knee jerk reactions when an unknown player has a good week.

[Carp]

My team really **** the bed this week. How does Stafford go 357 and 2 TDs with basically nothing thrown to Megatron?

Megatron, Richardson and Rice with 22 points totals.

I got the same amount of points with my kicker (Bironas) and my defense (Bucs).


FML.

[thethe]

My team really **** the bed this week. How does Stafford go 357 and 2 TDs with basically nothing thrown to Megatron?

Megatron, Richardson and Rice with 22 points totals.

I got the same amount of points with my kicker (Bironas) and my defense (Bucs).


FML.

I got the same amount of point with

Because Reggie Bush is going to be a beast this year.

[Bj1133]

Need a big night from Vick and McCoy tomorrow night

EDIT - Maybe not, with the way Victor Cruz is racking up the points

[Tapate50]

Went heavy in on Jared Cook this year at TE. Looks like early returns are good.

The bad part is I also drafted Lamar Miller in most leagues, and Wilson in another. Booo....

[NinersSBChamps]

Need a big night from Vick and McCoy tomorrow night

EDIT - Maybe not, with the way Victor Cruz is racking up the points

Goodness you must be well over 130 points this week.

[Bdawg2309]

up 30 pts and the redskins let mccoy rape them....:Sad:

[Bj1133]

Goodness you must be well over 130 points this week.

142 to be exact (Non PPR) - Vick/McCoy/Fitzgerald/Cruz/Julius Thomas all had big weeks and I got nothing from Spiller so it could have been more

[Tapate50]

2-1 in Week 1. Got Goose eggs from Lamar Miller and Wilson (-3) to kill me in my other league.

[TURBO]

8 leagues, Went 7-1

[Heyward]

Went 3-1.

Got 170+ despite Wilson screwing me over.

[Tapate50]

8 leagues, Went 7-1
Oh man, that makes me tired just thinking about it.

[Carp]

I think Wilson screwed everyone over. Now that he's definitely out of my starting lineup this week, he'll probably have 150 ttoal yards and 2 TDs

[Tapate50]

I think Wilson screwed everyone over. Now that he's definitely out of my starting lineup this week, he'll probably have 150 ttoal yards and 2 TDs

I think it would be a mistake to pull him out of your lineup that fast. He is all they got.

[zitothebrave]

They just signed Brandon Jacobs. Superstar!!!

[Carp]

I think it would be a mistake to pull him out of your lineup that fast. He is all they got.

They didn't sign Jacobs to be a bench warmer. I'm guessing it will be RB by committee until one of them Wilson can show he can be a feature back. His pass blocking is really bad and Coughlin obviously doesn't have much faith in him right now. I don't have to start Wilson anyways, since I have Rice, Richardson, and Murray.

Thinking I'll start either Julius Thomas or Edelman as my other Flex this week. Peyton loves throwing it to his TEs and Thomas looks like a beast. Edelman is basically all Tom Brady has in the passing game this week

[Tapate50]

They didn't sign Jacobs to be a bench warmer. I'm guessing it will be RB by committee until one of them Wilson can show he can be a feature back. His pass blocking is really bad and Coughlin obviously doesn't have much faith in him right now. I don't have to start Wilson anyways, since I have Rice, Richardson, and Murray.

Thinking I'll start either Julius Thomas or Edelman as my other Flex this week. Peyton loves throwing it to his TEs and Thomas looks like a beast. Edelman is basically all Tom Brady has in the passing game this week

They were going to sign a back before Wilson had his fumble issues, and Jacobs is like 32, and out of game shape. Consider he was 5th on the depth chart in San Fran when he played last (2 years back?). He is insurance pure and simple. I also didn't realize you were in a 5 team league.

[Carp]

Either way, Wilson is playing the Broncos D, and they shutdown Ray Rice in week 1. If Wilson were my No. 2 RB, I'd probably still be playing him. That is, if Joique Bell was not on the waiver wire.

And I don't expect Jacobs to get much more than 5 carries if he plays at all. But I do expect it to be more of a RB by committee. I doubt Wilson sees over 20 touches this week.

[Tapate50]

Still, he is a homerun hitter in a backfield full of waiver wire talent. He did the same thing last year. Might be first game jitters. He is basically all they got, and the NYG aren't good enough to have hiim sit. As Coughlin said " We need him".

[thethe]

It would be absolutley foolish to just give up on Wilson this early. LIke tapate said, he is a homerun threat everytime he touches the football.

[Tapate50]

I missed out on almost every single one of my claims on the wire. Really like the Eagles D this week. They will get burned, but they looked aggressive against Washington. They will creat some TO's.

Amendola\Vereen injuries have killed me in a 14 teamer. I was going to start Vereen over Lamar Miller this week. Amendola went down and someone already had Edelman. Gotta start Mike Williams TB instead. Yuck, but he is a TD killer.

[gilesfan]

David Wilson is ****in terrible. I've watched him since his VT days. He's got speed and may be good for 2 long runs a year, but on a per carry basis, he's bad. At best, he should be a 3rd down back (tho he can't block). What a terrible draft pick.

[thethe]

So would you then describe Wilson as a failure?

[Tapate50]

David Wilson is ****in terrible. I've watched him since his VT days. He's got speed and may be good for 2 long runs a year, but on a per carry basis, he's bad. At best, he should be a 3rd down back (tho he can't block). What a terrible draft pick.

Dude.

[NinersSBChamps]

Isaac Redman was my big disappointment from week 1. I was looking forward to Bell getting back in the lineup this week, but that isn't happening. Redman is still going to get a chance to prove himself according to Tomlin. I don't know if I want him in my lineup though.

[Carp]

Edelman had solid night for me in the flex. Not great but solid. Guy I'm playing against had Ridley as his #2 rb, so I'm happy he laid an egg yesterday.

Need rice and richardson both to have good games (which I think will happen and I need Megatron to go off versus Arizona

[Tapate50]

Amendola is going to kill me in one league. I had Mike Williams as my WR3 to sub, and he produced SQUAT. Vereen going down also hurt. Good to see life from Lamar Miller, that kid needs the full time starting job.

[Carp]

Ray rice and trent richardson are killing me. Rice has like 13 pts total on the yr. Richardson 15 I think. I win the last two weeks if these guys play up to abilities. Ravens coaching staff are morons as well. Rice is by far their best player. So whats their solution to get the offense going? Give him less touches.... Idiots.

[Tapate50]

How serious was Rice's injury? It was a non contact injury, so it can't be very good. Wilson shat the bed again...

T rich had faced some decent D's to this point. Would look for him to light it up going forward.