2010 -2011 Realms Fantasy League

[Jerry_Damage01]

Mike you slaughtered me this week. There was nothing I could do against that juggernaut offense.

[mike_houghton]

Im personally hoping Jennings gets 30 pts. If he does then I dont have to worry about losing in one of my other leagues

[mike_houghton]

fyi I am scared crapless at my matchup next weekend. Thank God AP is out. Good pick ups of Arian, Javid, and Ryan Mathews. If this were a keeper league you would have it locked for the next few years/.

[phantalien]

This is the first week where I broke 100 points. I did not think I picked a bad team but MJD needs to post more than 5 points. He sucks big time.

[malakim2099]

Glad I picked up Orton. Favre was still old this week. Managed to keep my game close at least.

Yes. For all the good it shall do you. HAHAHA!

Finally, going to win both leagues for a change. Sheesh, I was wondering what the heck was going on.

[Iceman425]

fyi I am scared crapless at my matchup next weekend. Thank God AP is out. Good pick ups of Arian, Javid, and Ryan Mathews. If this were a keeper league you would have it locked for the next few years/.

And Ahmad Bradshaw....can't forget him...

That being said. I am looking for a solid #2 receiver if anyone is looking to upgrade their run game with one of my 5 starting backs...

[Jerry_Damage01]

You know I can still beat Mike tonight if Donald Driver catches 16 touchdowns.

What??? It could happen!

[Robo-Onion]

My team has been pretty carp to date. This week was slightly better, but Matthews needs more sacks and Rodgers needs more TDs.

[mike_houghton]

I do have Cribbs and Bryant for possible trade

[mike_houghton]

Took my butt whopping like a man

[mike_houghton]

So whos ready for this week? Im doing average in all my leagues. 2 and 2 in most :(

[Jarimy123]

Started off 2-0 in my $ league. Am now 2-2. Hoping for a better turnout this week. I messed up bad last week though, just trying to overthink the room.

3-1 in the realms league, doing better than I thought I would.

In my league with my buddies doing awful hahahah 1-3, but just got my first win after starting 0-3 so hoping for better. Doesn't help when Flacco is my starter and is getting 0-6 points a week.

[malakim2099]

So whos ready for this week? Im doing average in all my leagues. 2 and 2 in most :(

Yeah, that's where I'm at. And I'm not optimistic about this week. We'll see what happens though. Chris Johnson, I am VERY disappointed in you (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88eHU6EE0y0).

[Iceman425]

That's why I took AP with the one #1 pick I had. I thought C-Jax was gonna have some issues.

I'm 4-0 in league one. The traditional draft league.

The Auction league? 1-3. Ouch.

Money leagues I am 3-1 and 2-2. In the 2-2 league I won going into last Sunday night...then Cutler happened...and I lost. I lost because my QB scored Negative points and pulled me back behind my opponent. Some bad breaks in that league.

[veguto]

I have Donny McNabb riding the bench in league 2 if anyone has need of a QB and a starting running back for trade.

[Robo-Onion]

I'm not doing great in league 2, at all. Actually, pretty terrible. In another league, with school friends, I ripped off a few guys on trades and now I'm dominating. I have over 150 more total points than the next guy.

I agree on AP. I had a bad feeling about Chris Johnson. But 3.8 YPC? Ouch.

I'm also glad I was right on Arian Foster and drafted him in every draft league. (All 2 of them)

[absolutvt69]

Sigh... my team put up a 100+, even with me losing two guys to injury (and both scoring 0)... and I might still lose.

[malakim2099]

Jarimy.

I MUST BREAK YOU.

:grin:

[Gacy's Clown]

Looks like Johnson got back on track a little today. Haven't checked yet to see how I'm doing, though...

[malakim2099]

Looks like Johnson got back on track a little today. Haven't checked yet to see how I'm doing, though...

Well, I'm comfortably ahead of Jarimy in the League 2. In the crazy league where I'm up against Scott... I'm not TOTALLY out of it.

But it isn't looking good. :ermm:

[kontrol]

Dude, Scott scored 200+ points this week. Adrian Peterson will have to go absolutely bonkers I'm talking 250+ yard rushing 100+ yards recieving and like 4 TDs for you to win.

[malakim2099]

Dude, Scott scored 200+ points this week. Adrian Peterson will have to go absolutely bonkers I'm talking 250+ yard rushing 100+ yards recieving and like 4 TDs for you to win.

Yeah, I made that post before the Philly D decided to go berserk, okay? :cheeky:

[cattmoe]

Dang it, almost knocked off the undefeated Nebraska Cool Kids!

I can't believe I'm saying this, but if only I had started Kenny Britt...

[Iceman425]

At least one of my teams is winnin...

[phantalien]

MJD is the bane of my existence. Anyone on Jax is the bane of my existence.

[malakim2099]

Well, in two leagues... 4-2 and 2-4. I love symmetry. :cheeky:

[Stepper79]

wow now everyone on my team shows up 129 points 6 in double digits I even lost 3 points with the saints D

[absolutvt69]

The last two weeks my team has gotten so far behind to start with that I haven't even had a chance after the early games. Not much you can do I guess but it's pretty tough to look at the score at like 3 and be down by 50 points already when you have more guys playing than the other team.

[Jarimy123]

Who had Kenny Britt on their bench? I did! But that's in this league which doesn't matter, plus it looks like I'm probably going to win.

I had him starting in my money league. Gotta love a week where Chris Johnson goes for 6 points and I still end up scoring 121.

In my other league with a DP I had DeAngelo Hall hahahaha 32 points as my DP. That has to be a record or close to it.

[Iceman425]

@Absolut: You the Fightin Mongooses?

[Jarimy123]

Ouch malakim you had a shot to win it was 102-81, and now romo is out for 8-10 weeks with that broken collar bone. When I saw that I checked to see who had Romo starting in my leagues. Nobody else in my other leagues had him starting. That sucks especially since you had a shot having him and Miles Austin. You might have shot is Austin blows up with Kitna, but that's brutal.

[absolutvt69]

@Absolut: You the Fightin Mongooses?

Yep that's me. I had a bad feeling when I checked the score at like 1:30 and you had 50 points already. I just didn't have anything for you this week.

Brutal weekend for my teams in all my leagues. Not going to win a game. In one league I have Tony Romo and sat Darren McFadden... I was patching that team together as it was and QB had been my one solid position so it should be interesting going forward... already put in a claim for Matthew Stafford. :rolleyes:

[Robo-Onion]

Wow, first tie of the season for league 2. Tied at 121, no less!

[Jarimy123]

Wow, first tie of the season for league 2. Tied at 121, no less!

I saw a game that was 122-121. Didn't see one that was tied at 121... at least in league two hahaha. may want to check the score again, hope your the 122 hahaha.

[cattmoe]

Who had Kenny Britt on their bench? I did! But that's in this league which doesn't matter, plus it looks like I'm probably going to win.


Ouch man. It matters to me - I'm actually doing pretty well in this league!
(Unfortunately I had Britt on my bench as well. And I released Darren McFadden. :()

[Bubblehead]

Battle for 1st place in the division... I'm 4-3, Iceman is 5-2.



AND WE FRIKKIN TIE!


Just when I was feeling good about basically my "bye week" team and Scott subbing in for a busted Romo..... we tie. Because my Seahawks and Marshawn can't rush for 10 f-ing yards. Seriously.



But I'm glad da-Craig-O dragged me in. I've never played fant football before but there definitely is something to it!

[kontrol]

Well, I'm screwed this upcoming week, two of my workman RBs are on bye weeks and another is injured.

Might as well just work towards the following weeks.

[Iceman425]

Battle for 1st place in the division... I'm 4-3, Iceman is 5-2.



AND WE FRIKKIN TIE!


Just when I was feeling good about basically my "bye week" team and Scott subbing in for a busted Romo..... we tie. Because my Seahawks and Marshawn can't rush for 10 f-ing yards. Seriously.



But I'm glad da-Craig-O dragged me in. I've never played fant football before but there definitely is something to it!

Dude. I couldn't risk putting Gates in because of his injury and I was flying during the late games so I started Zach Miller who got hurt and only dropped 1 point.

Meanwhile Gates is on my bench with 25. 25!!!

That woulda been a win...but, alas, it wouldn't be a year in the Dog Daze league without a damn tie for me...

[wintremute]

I pulled out a 1 point victory. I thought for sure Manning was going to lead the other team in a comeback. HOORAY! My 2nd win of the season!

[phantalien]

I won and happy about it because I was projected to lose.

Can't believe Nebraska Cool Kids is 8-0 That means insta-playoff loss.

[Jerry_Damage01]

I went 0-4 last week and came back and went 3-1 this week. Not bad overall. I might actually make a playoff or two.

[Iceman425]

I won and happy about it because I was projected to lose.

Can't believe Nebraska Cool Kids is 8-0 That means insta-playoff loss.

Hey. That's me. Why is that an instant loss?

[phantalien]

Hey. That's me. Why is that an instant loss?

Just the way it goes. The one bad week will be when you need it the most. I have seen it happen way too much. Heck I succumbed to losing to someone who probably stopped paying attention after week 2. That was a horrible loss.

[absolutvt69]

Just the way it goes. The one bad week will be when you need it the most. I have seen it happen way too much. Heck I succumbed to losing to someone who probably stopped paying attention after week 2. That was a horrible loss.

Well fantasy football is as much about who you play against and when you play as it is who is on your team. In almost every league I'm in, the team with the least points against is in 1st or 2nd place... and the team with the most points against is near last place and that's something you have no control over. My goal every year is to make the playoffs and then hope to make a run then but even that's tough because you might end up with your best player sitting out the last few weeks or not playing much if his team has sown up a playoff spot. Obviously who you start on your team matters but the more I play fantasy football the more I think there's a lot more luck involved than I first thought.

[Bubblehead]

Dude. I couldn't risk putting Gates in because of his injury and I was flying during the late games so I started Zach Miller who got hurt and only dropped 1 point.

Meanwhile Gates is on my bench with 25. 25!!!

That woulda been a win...but, alas, it wouldn't be a year in the Dog Daze league without a damn tie for me...


See. That's part of the nuances, right? Because I've been riding the whole "probable" and "questionable" train all season long. And I've also gotten off the train at the right time (both Dallas Clark and Austin Collie).

But yeah...25 on the bench? That sucks. Think that happened with one of my players the other week...don't remember which...think it was Henne instead of my starter Ryan who did crappy).

Just didn't think a tie would EVER happen.

It's amazing what you look for when things go a bit askewed. You find "diamonds in the rough". And believe you me, that's been my bread and butter so far. Although I did learn something from you this week that I'll be applying to my team. Let's see if it pans out!

[absolutvt69]

Has anyone else noticed the defense scores don't update right? I'm missing two fumbles and a defensive TD right now from GB. I'm hoping it will update overnight but it just seems weird that sometimes it updates fumbles, ints, or TDs and sometimes it doesn't. It looks like it did update this morning.

Also it's kind of lame that a kicker gets -1 for ANY field goal miss. No way a kicker missing a 54 yard FG should cause you to lose points.

Also does anyone else understand the Individual Defensive Player scoring? It looks like solo tackles are the only tackles that count and I'm not sure if sacks count more or less or at all.

[Iceman425]

See. That's part of the nuances, right? Because I've been riding the whole "probable" and "questionable" train all season long. And I've also gotten off the train at the right time (both Dallas Clark and Austin Collie).

But yeah...25 on the bench? That sucks. Think that happened with one of my players the other week...don't remember which...think it was Henne instead of my starter Ryan who did crappy).

Just didn't think a tie would EVER happen.

It's amazing what you look for when things go a bit askewed. You find "diamonds in the rough". And believe you me, that's been my bread and butter so far. Although I did learn something from you this week that I'll be applying to my team. Let's see if it pans out!

Would that be kick return yardage getters?

[Jarimy123]

Yea I've noticed that it's such a crapshoot. Yea it helps to pay some good attention the matchups, injuries, etc. but most of the time it's really close to pure luck. I guess that makes it fun because nobody really has an advantage. I'm sure people who win want to claim they are brilliant, but in reality it's a lot to do with luck.

[malakim2099]

Yea I've noticed that it's such a crapshoot. Yea it helps to pay some good attention the matchups, injuries, etc. but most of the time it's really close to pure luck. I guess that makes it fun because nobody really has an advantage. I'm sure people who win want to claim they are brilliant, but in reality it's a lot to do with luck.

Well, looking at my record, I can't claim brilliance at all. Dur de dur! :)

Luck (or the lack of it), plain and simple.

[Bubblehead]

Would that be kick return yardage getters?


Yeah, I had no idea. Pretty interesting as I didn't think that their yardage counted for rushing. But.....I was wrong. And that guy from AZ keeps on getting like 20 + every time.

Awesome. At least there's options.

(for those of us where the RB position is the weak link in the armor)

[Jarimy123]

Well, looking at my record, I can't claim brilliance at all. Dur de dur! :)

Luck (or the lack of it), plain and simple.

Hahaha me either! There's just this one guy in my league with all my buddies who always talks about how he knows all the secrets and will own everyone, yet he's like 5-4 so it's not like he hasn't lost. And my other buddy is like 7-2 and he just doesn't even pay much attention to any of it. Like hasn't changed many players except the bye weeks.

You destroyed me last night hahaha.

I only care about my money league and last week I lost by 3 points - and somehow my defense didn't get saved which scored me 6 points so I lost by 3! So I'm a huge idiot hahahah

Right now in my money league I'm up 29. He has Ochocinco and TO left. I know they will score 30. GAH!!!!

[Iceman425]

Not against the Steelers they won't.

[Jarimy123]

Not against the Steelers they won't.

Yes common sense tells me this - but fantasy football tells me that it's going to F me over hahahahaha!

But yea I mean everything I know tells me the steelers D will not allow me to lose, yet I still don't feel comfortable with a 29 point lead hahaha. Fantasy foodball is so stupid! Yet I can't stop!

[Iceman425]

You've been bitten. FFZOmbs OMG!!!

[Bubblehead]

And T.O. comes in and saves my arse! Wow. Never thought that would happen against Pittsburgh's D. Thought it was going to be a "close but no cigar" thing. Again.

[malakim2099]

And T.O. comes in and saves my arse! Wow. Never thought that would happen against Pittsburgh's D. Thought it was going to be a "close but no cigar" thing. Again.

Yeah, grararar. :mad:

:p

[Jarimy123]

In my money league I was up by 29. He had TO and Ochostinko. TO gets 26! GAH!!!!!!!! Ocho pulls thru for me with a stellar 1 point! Woohoo!!!!! I win by 2!!! Hahahaha.

Also in my league with my buddies I was up by 6, he had Ochostinko too. So I won by 5. Hahahaha.

I still hate FF football.

[absolutvt69]

I went into Sunday night's game trailing 144.6 to 109.03 in my Yahoo league. I had Green Bay's defense and Brandon Jackson while he had Mason Crosby, Miles Austin and Chad Ochocinco left to play. What happens? Jackson scores twice, GB's defense scores twice (combined 62 points) and his three remaining players combine to score 15 points total. I win by 11. Of course on that same team I lost Romo, replaced him with Stafford and now it looks like Stafford is going to be out again... so I've picked up Vince Young. To top it all off I have 6 players on a bye this week against the top team in the league so to even field a full team I'm going to have to drop like 4 players and start Brandon Jacobs and Marshawn Lynch as my RBs. I feel like I'm holding this team together with gum and duct tape.

[Iceman425]

I was down by 40 with Big Ben, Wallace, and Benson to play last night in one of my Money Leagues. And I pulled it out with that last 1 yard TD from Benson. Thank you AFC North.

[Iceman425]

Hey Everyone in League 1.

I have a roster full of players that I don't want to drop to pick up a Kicker or a Defense. So I am looking to trade one of my bench WR #1's for a DST.

Who's interested?

[Stepper79]

I got the titans available or maybe even the bears

[Stepper79]

Also don't forget there is a Thursday night game this week

[Iceman425]

I got the titans available or maybe even the bears

Hit me with a trade offer.

[Stepper79]

Hit me with a trade offer.

Ok I'll send one over in the league BTW I saw another TV show for you Ron Moore has been asked to co-write a pilot for a re-make of Wild Wild West a great show ruined by a lousy movie

[Jerry_Damage01]

Heh, just realized that I'm in 2nd place behind Ice. I changed my name from Damage's Third and Goals to the Somerset Supermen with this realization.

[Bubblehead]

ALRIGHT!

Was completely regretting replacing Matt Ryan with Garrard after he posted 33 in our league.


Garrard just posted 45!!!!! BOOYAH!

I feel like those old football commercials. "You made the right call!" :laugh:


Dwayne Bowe went for 43, too. Lights out football today!


(and my Seahawks won in hated Arizona!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Good football day for me! :cool:

[cattmoe]

Good football day for me! :cool:

Ugh, terrible one for me (Except for the Dolphins finally winning at home, that was big.)

I started out so hot - 5-0. Haven't won since...:(

[absolutvt69]

Been awhile since I made EVERY wrong decision regarding my lineup on a team. My bench consisting of 4 players is currently outscoring my starters 85-95.

[malakim2099]

Been awhile since I made EVERY wrong decision regarding my lineup on a team. My bench consisting of 4 players is currently outscoring my starters 85-95.

I always seem to have "That Guy" on my bench. You know, the guy that hasn't been doing well, then suddenly decides to have a career game and blow away point records...

Except he's on your malking bench. :(

Much like the Vikings, it just isn't my year.

[Iceman425]

Still doing OK in League 1, in 1st.

Hangin on to 1st place in Crazy Da-Craig-O's league.

I'm proud of my League 2 team. Scratched and clawed into a 5-5 record and in the thick of the playoff hunt. Been getting lucky with picking the right guys over there.

[Jarimy123]

Scored another W in my $$$ league! Without my QB. Picked up Gerrard, when he threw that bomb at the end I totally forgot he was my starter, I was watching Redzone and they cut to it and I was like "WTF was that?!?!" Then I realized it just scored me more hahahaha. Also picked up Fred Jackson because I needed to fill another hole for this week, boom he goes off.

Pretty sure I'll end up with a loss in the hcrealms league 2 today. I have Torrain, he has the eagles RB, maclin, and the eagles D. I'm up by 21 right now. I don't stand a chance! I'm predicted to lose by 2 hahaha.

[kontrol]

Now that everybody is past the bye week after tonight, the real season can begin.

[Bubblehead]

Up by 43 or so going into tonights game. I've got Desean Jackson left.


He has Vick. Wins by 8.



Easy come, easy go. :confused:

[Jerry_Damage01]

Up by 43 or so going into tonights game. I've got Desean Jackson left.


He has Vick. Wins by 8.



Easy come, easy go. :confused:

Nothing you can do about that. I hate it when you're playing someone and one of their players goes off for a stupid amount of points.

[Jarimy123]

I'm really glad I decided to play in this league. It's taught me a ton about what to do/not to do in fantasy.

Like go on gut instinct, and actually pay attention to your opponent's players. I told myself a hundred times to play Vick over Peyton because my opponent had Deshaun Jackson and I'd just cancel out those points and hope for the best from there. Nah I said, Peyton will have a game again. *Facepalm*

If Vick stays healthly will he not be the concensus #1 pick in fantasy next year? I know people always say to take RB's and worry about QB later, but he's like the perfect mix of QB/RB if he stays healthy. Him on that team, with all that young talent on offense, is the perfect combination. Freaking dog killer. I hate FF. Yet I love it. GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jerry_Damage01]

I'm really glad I decided to play in this league. It's taught me a ton about what to do/not to do in fantasy.

Like go on gut instinct, and actually pay attention to your opponent's players. I told myself a hundred times to play Vick over Peyton because my opponent had Deshaun Jackson and I'd just cancel out those points and hope for the best from there. Nah I said, Peyton will have a game again. *Facepalm*

If Vick stays healthly will he not be the concensus #1 pick in fantasy next year? I know people always say to take RB's and worry about QB later, but he's like the perfect mix of QB/RB if he stays healthy. Him on that team, with all that young talent on offense, is the perfect combination. Freaking dog killer. I hate FF. Yet I love it. GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know if he'll be #1, but he'll be a late first round pick probably, the way Brady and Brees have been the last few years.

[Jarimy123]

If he keeps this up I'm not sure how he couldn't be. I could see it being a risk just because he can get hurt easy, but he's put up ridiculous numbers almost every game he's played in, and has put up better numbers in every game he's played in than almost every QB and RB.

I haven't checked, but I'd bet he's put up higher fantasy numbers than most QB's and RB's in the league and has missed 3 games with injury, and didn't even start at the beginning of the year.

Now I say all this and he will go out next week, rush for a first down, and get his leg snapped in half, but still right now if there you re-draft, he's #1.

[Jerry_Damage01]

If he keeps this up I'm not sure how he couldn't be. I could see it being a risk just because he can get hurt easy, but he's put up ridiculous numbers almost every game he's played in, and has put up better numbers in every game he's played in than almost every QB and RB.

I haven't checked, but I'd bet he's put up higher fantasy numbers than most QB's and RB's in the league and has missed 3 games with injury, and didn't even start at the beginning of the year.

Now I say all this and he will go out next week, rush for a first down, and get his leg snapped in half, but still right now if there you re-draft, he's #1.

So the year after Tom Brady's record setting season, I got 3rd pick in one of the leagues I was in. First pick was Adrian Peterson, second was LT, and I took Brady at #3. And yeah, first game he went down and out for the season.

[Jarimy123]

Ouch! Yea same thing happened to my buddy. I didn't play back then, first year this year.

I think I said before fantasy football, to me at least, feels like it's way more luck than anything. Small portion of it is the draft, but for the most part it's hard for you to get really screwed unless you just have no clue.

Trading/waiver has a small portion of input on how you do, but again for the most part that still is luck. I picked up Fred Jackson because I was thin and figured he could hold a spot for me for a week, he ends up scoring 24 after scoring nothing the entire year.

So to me, if most of it is pure luck, I might as well draft that guy that's going to give me the most return on my luck. Vick would probably be a big risk, but man that return seems huge.

Brady was pretty much a sure lock that year, he never gets hurt. So you took the smartest pick at that spot for sure - boom the luck goes south first game. I understand it's probably smart to take the safest pick, but to me next year I'm taking some risks I think. Because most of the time that sure-fire pick/start ends up not working at all hahaha.

[Jerry_Damage01]

Because most of the time that sure-fire pick/start ends up not working at all hahaha.

Ain't that the truth. I picked up Moss in a few leagues because I thought he would be a pretty good WR for me. Yeah, we all see how that's turned out.

[Jarimy123]

Yea then Kenny Britt makes me look like a fantasy prodigy for 4 weeks, next thing you know he's out for pretty much the rest of the year hahahahaha.

One thing I'm sort of sad about is there has been pretty much zero trades in any of my leagues. I've for sure not been involved in any. I thought there might be some wheeling and dealing, but nope. Maybe that is more for bigger leagues. I'm in an 8 person "newbie" league and then two 10 person leagues.

Does trading happen more in 12-14 person?

[Jerry_Damage01]

Yea then Kenny Britt makes me look like a fantasy prodigy for 4 weeks, next thing you know he's out for pretty much the rest of the year hahahahaha.

One thing I'm sort of sad about is there has been pretty much zero trades in any of my leagues. I've for sure not been involved in any. I thought there might be some wheeling and dealing, but nope. Maybe that is more for bigger leagues. I'm in an 8 person "newbie" league and then two 10 person leagues.

Does trading happen more in 12-14 person?

Personally I don't trade a whole lot. One of my leagues has had several trades go down but in other leagues it rarely happens.

[Iceman425]

Yea then Kenny Britt makes me look like a fantasy prodigy for 4 weeks, next thing you know he's out for pretty much the rest of the year hahahahaha.

One thing I'm sort of sad about is there has been pretty much zero trades in any of my leagues. I've for sure not been involved in any. I thought there might be some wheeling and dealing, but nope. Maybe that is more for bigger leagues. I'm in an 8 person "newbie" league and then two 10 person leagues.

Does trading happen more in 12-14 person?

The only trade offer I got was a bit ridiculous.

I offered a bench receiver for a defense that was solid...

The offer I got?

I'd give up Roddy White for the Tennessee D/ST.

Come on man.

[Jerry_Damage01]

The only trade offer I got was a bit ridiculous.

I offered a bench receiver for a defense that was solid...

The offer I got?

I'd give up Roddy White for the Tennessee D/ST.

Come on man.

So trading in FF is like trading on the Realms sometimes?

[Jarimy123]

I was going to start offering ridiculous trades just to see what happens. But never got around to it hahahaha.

The more I think about it Vick probably shouldn't be a #1 pick in fantasy. Yea last night was great, but running QB = injury sooner rather than later. But man that dude is crazy to watch. The story of that dude couldn't have been imagined. I dunno, guess I'm giving him benefit of the doubt, but I hope he stays on the straight and narrow. I know what it's like to come back from the bottom, hope he learned from his past mistakes.

But I'm sure I'll start him this week and it will come out he did something stupid to mess it all up again.

Come on man.

[absolutvt69]

Trades vary greatly by leagues. Most of the ones I've been in haven't had many trades. It seems like for most people a "fair" trade means "I get the better end of the deal". And you always see the "I'll offer 3 mediocre players for the #1 player in the league. You get 3 good players, so it's a great deal." Plus in some leagues you have the veto system and I've played in leagues where an owner will veto EVERY trade with the justification of "I don't want any opposing team to get better".

[Iceman425]

I've actually traded quite a few times in FF.

It's usually because of huge depth at one position and a lack of depth at another.

I currently have Roddy White, Brandon Lloyd, Marques Colston, Steve Johnson, and Dwayne Bowe in my money league.

My RB situation is terrible though. I have Ray Rice, Fred Jackson, Marshawn Lynch, Beanie Wells, and Tim Hightower.

So. I'm offering a top 5 receiver for a RB2 in that league. Probably a Brandon Lloyd for LeSean McCoy type of trade...I might even get Ahmad Bradshaw in that trade.

[zyxba]

It depends on a few things I've found, that determine if a league trades much. Activity being the main part. The more active a league is, (everyone playing, communicating, trash talking...) the more likely you are to trade.

Thus Fantasy Baseball leagues are filled with many more trades than FF, in my experience. More positions, and games every day change fantasy a lot. Same thing with waivers. A lot more releasing valuable players with them getting picked up quickly in a situation where you have stuff to do every day.

[Jarimy123]

So I'm playing the #1 guy in my money league this week. I need every ####ing point I can get. Dan Carpenter gets me 0 and the dude I'm playing against magically has the Bears D and gets 18. So I'm ####ed before Sunday? Really? So freaking stupid.

At least in our league I have whoever that stupid bears RB is and the bears D starting so I'm already up 32 or something stupid in this league.

GAH!!!!!!! I can't wait until next year in my money league. It's only 8 person this year but we are going up next year. 8 person leagues = really stupid.

[Hero_guy]

I don't really have anything to add to any of the conversations that are going on here, but my fustration dictates that I must find some outlet to rant about the current football season. I mean wth is going on this season?!?!? Why do most weeks have 1/2 the games end in serious upsets??? ...Sigh... You'd think starting Forte, Turner, Lloyd, A. Johnson, would mean that I would score huge pts, but the RB's combine for less than 10pts for me last week. Really? Turner and Forte?!!?!?!? And I bench Forte this week and start Turner and Blount and Forte decides he's going to actually do something and scores 16 fantasy pts.... Are you f'in kidding me?!?!?!

[Jarimy123]

Hahahaha yea dude. I think I picked the wrong year to start playing FF hahahaha. It's crazy.

And it seems like the people with juggernaut teams are going to continue to have them in the FF playoffs because no team is that far ahead to where they will rest players. So cheers to all you fantasy dopes that magically hit the lottery - I hate you! Sort of.

[Gacy's Clown]

That's the way it goes sometimes. I had one season about four years ago where I switched around my WRs every week based on matchups and the player that I benched would be my highest scoring WR for that week...every single week. Needless to say, I didn't even make the playoffs that year.:/

[Hero_guy]

That's the way it goes sometimes. I had one season about four years ago where I switched around my WRs every week based on matchups and the player that I benched would be my highest scoring WR for that week...every single week. Needless to say, I didn't even make the playoffs that year.:/

See that's the thing though. Its supposed to be that WR's are the gamble and RBs are the steady pts. RBs are handed the ball, so unless that is botched, they have the ball in hand and any forward progress will eventually get you pts. With WR's they have to catch the ball, fighting the defense, so its never garanteed that if they are targetted, they will get you pts. A few monster WR's are definately exceptions of course like Andre Johnson, Calvin Johnson, Brandon Marshall, and Vincent Jackson (when he is playing). Those guys have the ability to take the ball out of the air most of the time it comes their way. In the league where I got Andre Johnson, Brandon Lloyd, Micheal Turner and Matt Forte my Wr's have been doing he heavy lifting and my RB are complete fail when I start them. Ok, Turner's touches have been decreased this year and Forte was never a top tier RB, but come on...its now at the pt where I'm happy with 10+pts from these guys who are featured backs on their respective teams. Blount is coming out of nowhere into fantasy relevance so I'll excuse him if he doesn't perform up to speed.

Oh and to top it all off, I reached early in the draft for Favre thinking he could have a similar season to last yr... Not match it, not exceed it, but just get into the same neighborhood in terms of fantasy pts... I'm now relying on Stafford (who isn't bad actually cuz he makes like 50+ attempts per game) and waiting for Vince Young (who I got from a trade) to get healthy.

[Gacy's Clown]

Stafford isn't healthy either, isn't he? I hear ya on Favre. Got him in my money league and Orton as a backup and we both know how quickly those roles got reversed. Painful year, my man.

[Hero_guy]

Yay! Dropped Favre and now I can drop Young also!!! Its awesome being me!!!

Anyways, thanks to Rodgers and Steve Johnson, I've got a 32pts lead against Lloyd playing tonight. Should be a win for me if SD def doesn't have a complete meltdown.

And in my second league, I am -22pts with Malcolm Floyd (who is expected to play, but is on the injury list) and Lloyd playing tonight. I should win that one too unless both offenses decide they aren't going to show up. But if Lloyd blows up tonight I may lose my other league...

See kids! FF is fun! Wheeeee!!!!

Oh and I meant Sam Bradford not Matt Stafford as my QB. Sorry about the confusion and yes, Stafford is injured.

[absolutvt69]

Got screwed overnight on points twice this weekend. Went to bed after Sunday's game with a 19 point lead, woke up with a 15 point lead (Vick gets 2 points for recovering his own fumble, really?) then went to bed tied last night, woke up to a one point loss.

[Gacy's Clown]

That fumble situation doesn't make sense at all. In most leagues a player loses 2 pts. for a fumble and get 2 pts. for a fumble recovery. So in Vick's case or any other player that fumbles and gets it back, it should just cancel each other out and score 0.
Sorry to hear that.:/

[mike_houghton]

LOL A few weeks back my Defense lost pts because the teams offense through an interception return for a touchdown :(

[Gacy's Clown]

I think some sites have fixed that, but I could be wrong. There's nothing more frustrating than losing points like that. It doesn't even make sense.

[Hero_guy]

Well, I know they sometimes change the stats of a game overnite. I think its a review process where someone goes back and looks at the footage to determine what really happened. Usually its just a yrd or two difference on a run/catch or something like that. Or if a QB is actually just past the line of scrimmage and taken down versus behind the line for a sack.

But it could be totally possible for a QB to lose a fumble, have opposing team pick it up and run with it only to have it knocked out and recovered by the QB. In that case I don't see why the Qb would not get the penalty for losing the fumble and the pts for recovering a fumble. Not saying that's what happened, just that it is possible.

[absolutvt69]

That fumble situation doesn't make sense at all. In most leagues a player loses 2 pts. for a fumble and get 2 pts. for a fumble recovery. So in Vick's case or any other player that fumbles and gets it back, it should just cancel each other out and score 0.
Sorry to hear that.:/

Yeah it didn't make sense to me either. It would mean a fumble recovery is basically a 4 point swing. Instead of losing 2 points if the defense has recovered, the offensive player gains 2 points. I don't mind points being adjusted after the fact, I just wish it would show what changed. I didn't look at it until before the game last night and then I was like wait... what happened. I've seen scores change a point or two overnight but having a 5 point swing over two nights isn't something I've encountered before.


LOL A few weeks back my Defense lost pts because the teams offense through an interception return for a touchdown :(

I've seen that go either way depending on the league. In recent years it seems to be trending towards not penalizing the defense for a TD they had no chance to prevent which is fine with me. It does bring up the interesting scenario where if you have the defense and the offense throws a pick inside its own 20 you're almost cheering for the return TD so that the defense doesn't have to come out and defend a short field. It always amuses me how little things have impacts on fantasy games.

Well, I know they sometimes change the stats of a game overnite. I think its a review process where someone goes back and looks at the footage to determine what really happened. Usually its just a yrd or two difference on a run/catch or something like that. Or if a QB is actually just past the line of scrimmage and taken down versus behind the line for a sack.

But it could be totally possible for a QB to lose a fumble, have opposing team pick it up and run with it only to have it knocked out and recovered by the QB. In that case I don't see why the Qb would not get the penalty for losing the fumble and the pts for recovering a fumble. Not saying that's what happened, just that it is possible.

Yeah like I said I know things change, I've just never had them change that much against me over the course of two nights. I mean it was basically an extra TD in points. And Vick is not credited in the box score with a fumble recovery. He fumbled twice if I'm remembering correctly. One the other team recovered, the other he was stripped as he was hit and then immediately fell on the ball. I think that's what they're crediting as a fumble recovery.

[Gacy's Clown]

I would just double check the official box scores and see if it is scored correctly with your league. Not sure what you could do about it, but that would at least give you an argument if the score is still messed up.

[Jarimy123]

I actually won my game over the weekend in my money league! Playing against the #1 guy in our leageu overall, who has a monster team and I thought I was freaking sunk after Thursday.

Started of my kicker got me 0 and he had bears D so he had 18. I ended up winning like 130 to 90 or something! Hhahahaha.

Aaron Rogers and Greg Jennins netted me 63 together. His team ended up failing bad. Frank Gore got him 5, Bradshaw got him 0, Vernon Davis 0, Nicks got him 6.

So in a week where I got 0 with a kicker and 0 with tight end, I ended up smoking the #1 guy. It ruled. I still hate FF. Kinda sorta.

[Hero_guy]

I need some advice for this week's line-up.

I've got:

Forte RB Chi vs. Phi
Blount RB TB vs. Bal
Turner RB Atl vs. GB
Lloyd WR Den vs. Stl
Floyd WR SD vs. Ind
Johnson WR Hou vs. Ten
Washington WR Ten vs. Hou
Woodhead RB/WR NE vs. Det

And I need to start 2 RB 2 WR and 1 flex spot RB/WR.

I'm sure I want Forte and Turner for my RB and Johnson and Lloyd for my WR, I'm just not sure which guy to roll with in the flex spot. And Woodhead plays tomorrow in the earlier game.

Floyd is playing with an injured hamstring and Vincent Jackson is back this week to possibly steal targets from him, but Jackson hasn't played in a long while so he may be rusty and used mainly as a decoy.

Washington has Randy 'the decoy' Moss on the team and it really opened him up last week. But the 3rd string (rookie) B is starting and I'm not sure if he is any good.

No one on the NE roster is going to be guaranteed a huge workload on any week except #12. Woodhead is good and the Det D tends to be weak against the receiving backs so there is some huge potential here.

I'll need to make a decision by the end of the work day today (6pm EST) as I will be pretty busy until after the first game starts tomorrow. Anyone got any opinions? I'm willing to consider changing my line-up entirely also.

[Jerry_Damage01]

Woot, barring any overnight point deductions, I should win this week. Peyton Hills got the win for me to put me at 8-4 and 3rd place in League 1. Only behind Ice as far as overall record goes.

[malakim2099]

Oof. What a horrid week for me. Lost in both leagues, rather badly. Romo being knocked out a few weeks ago really just murdered me in the Realms league. :(

Combine that with Chris Johnson not doing much of anything in one league, and AP getting hurt in the other... oy, I'm pretty much writing off this year.

[Iceman425]

Still undefeated in League 1.

League 2 I'm on a bit of a winning streak and hoping to make the playoffs.

We shall see how this all pans out. Bradshaw's demotion is gonna hurt me, a lot.

[kontrol]

Currently only in one league. And am in 1st place with two showdown matches coming up in the next two weeks before the playoffs. Outside of the week where all my RBs had a Bye, the team has perform very consistently.

[Bubblehead]

I was really sweating this last game. Won thanks to Peyton Hillis' ridiculous numbers. Didn't play Dwayne Bowe (I know I should of but I won't play and wish for a player to do well when they play my Seahawks!)

Seahawks or NOTHING!


Basically two more matches in my league (da-Craig-O's) and I've got the two teams left that are both 2-9. If I win both, I think I'm in the playoffs as the last seed , at least. Which is cool! And then, the kid gloves are off.

[absolutvt69]

I'm still in disbelief that an offensive player gets +2 points for recovering his own fumble. So a RB being hit at the LOS for no gain, fumbling and falling on it is equivalent to him breaking off a 20 yard run? It's been scored like that all year (I checked it out) but it's not something I was aware of until recently.

[kontrol]

And I'm just about done, my #1 RB is done for the year and trading deadline has passed.

[Iceman425]

You pick up Westbrook at least?

[kontrol]

Have to clear waivers.

[kontrol]

Oh and since I'm in first place, I'm 10th in waiver order. Yeah I have little shot at Westbrook. Claim was put in though, we'll see what happens.

[Jarimy123]

I didn't think I made the playoffs - but I am playing this week, but it looks like everyone is. I forgot to check the playoff structure, but is this a league where we just play out until the end?


Oh yea I won my division in my money league! Got a first round bye in the playoffs. Problem is my 2 top scorers - Aaron Rogers and Greg Jennings play New England in my first round playoff. Man, I just hope they do a lot better than the Jets.

[Jerry_Damage01]

I didn't think I made the playoffs - but I am playing this week, but it looks like everyone is. I forgot to check the playoff structure, but is this a league where we just play out until the end?


Oh yea I won my division in my money league! Got a first round bye in the playoffs. Problem is my 2 top scorers - Aaron Rogers and Greg Jennings play New England in my first round playoff. Man, I just hope they do a lot better than the Jets.

Not sure about League 2, but League 1 used the NFL Playoff structure.

[kontrol]

I didn't think I made the playoffs - but I am playing this week, but it looks like everyone is. I forgot to check the playoff structure, but is this a league where we just play out until the end?


Oh yea I won my division in my money league! Got a first round bye in the playoffs. Problem is my 2 top scorers - Aaron Rogers and Greg Jennings play New England in my first round playoff. Man, I just hope they do a lot better than the Jets.
The playoffs aren't next week?

[absolutvt69]

Not sure about League 2, but League 1 used the NFL Playoff structure.

Not sure what this means. League 1 everyone made the playoffs and 6 teams had byes for some reason even though the next round is has two matchups of teams that had byes and now play each other (seeds 3&6 and 4&5).

[Stepper79]

it was the only way to get everyone in the playoffs, and we had 12 teams to start and I forgot to adjust ..

[Bubblehead]

Well....

First time out and went 7-7. Just good enough not to be in the playoffs. That being said the other guy who went 7-7 did make it and I beat him in the regular season....so....basically I just don't understand tiebreakers.


Bah! All I had to do was beat a team that didn't have a starting quarterback and I couldn't do it. In fact, it seems that all my players just tanked the last two weeks.

Dwayne Bowe? 0 Peyton Hillis? 10 Matt Ryan? 17 Just horrible numbers across the board.


I could not essentially defeat the Buffalo Bills of our league. :ermm:


However, had a blast. Thanks for the invite, da-Craig-o.

[absolutvt69]

Well....

First time out and went 7-7. Just good enough not to be in the playoffs. That being said the other guy who went 7-7 did make it and I beat him in the regular season....so....basically I just don't understand tiebreakers.


Bah! All I had to do was beat a team that didn't have a starting quarterback and I couldn't do it. In fact, it seems that all my players just tanked the last two weeks.

Dwayne Bowe? 0 Peyton Hillis? 10 Matt Ryan? 17 Just horrible numbers across the board.


I could not essentially defeat the Buffalo Bills of our league. :ermm:


However, had a blast. Thanks for the invite, da-Craig-o.

Tiebreakers vary by league but it can be different things. In most leagues I've been in, it's been total points scored. I'm not sure how it was set up for League 2. In League 1, like I said, everyone made the playoffs and we had a 12 game regular season (week 3 of the playoffs is this coming weekend).

[wintremute]

My poor performance has only galvanized me into doing better next year!

[Iceman425]

The "EVERYONE MAKES THE PLAYOFFS" thing threw me, bigtime. Wasn't expecting that.

[phantalien]

The "EVERYONE MAKES THE PLAYOFFS" thing threw me, bigtime. Wasn't expecting that.

Aww man, I wish I was playing you this week. Rivers scored me 30 points this week.

[Iceman425]

I'm down by 12 going into the Monday night action with Adrian Peterson and Chad Greeneway hoping to keep my undefeated season alive. Can they do it? I sure hope so.

[Jarimy123]

I hate Aaron Rogers and I hate fantasy football.

[mike_houghton]

I'm down by 12 going into the Monday night action with Adrian Peterson and Chad Greeneway hoping to keep my undefeated season alive. Can they do it? I sure hope so.

LOL Im not. :p

[Jerry_Damage01]

I'm up by 7 going into tonight's game. He's got Matt Forte and I've got Brian Urlacher still to go. It'll be close but I might be able to make it to the HCRealms Superbowl. Of course I'll need a good week if I'm going to even compete with Ice or Houghton.

[mike_houghton]

Yey for injuries

[Jerry_Damage01]

Assuming no weird point changes overnight *crosses fingers* I won my matchup by 5 points and Ice won by 3. Both very close games. So it's going to be me and Ice in the Superbowl.

This year, I'm going to play the role of the Giants and Ice can be the Patriots. :)

[Iceman425]

Yey for injuries

I'm the one who had to drop Adrian Peterson tonight to pick up his handcuff. Injuries...bleagh....

[wintremute]

I finally scored more than 100 points, and I lost 121-121 because of the tie-breakers. WAH!

[Bubblehead]

Well I guess it's fitting that I lose in the same fashion that I did a lot of my matches...by about 2-5 points.
:laugh:

[Iceman425]

Who am I up against in the finals?

[phantalien]

Who am I up against in the finals?

I thought that was the Finals.

I wish my team got the points it did for this past week for at least one game that I deserved to win.

[Jerry_Damage01]

Who am I up against in the finals?

That would be me. :)

[Iceman425]

That would be me. :)

Alright man!

Good luck to ya this weekend. May the best team win.

[Jarimy123]

Is it me or was this past weekend just ridiculously crazy?

At least in my $ league it was.

My QB goes down, I am playing against Mike Vick. I look at his points in the 4th quarte - 8. Which basically means I will somehow pull out the win. I check 8 minutes later - 38 points. Then I still had a shot to win because the dude's other players did next to nothing. But Jennings gets me 1 TD. Gah!!!

Then in the other division the 2 top scoring teams are playing against each other. One scores 66 the other scores 55, season lows for both teams by pretty much half of their average.

One dude had Peterson, L Mccoy, and Hillis. COmbined score of like 6 or something hahahahaha.

Fantasy is so stupid and such luck. I can't wait for next year though.

[absolutvt69]

Well looks like League 1 is all but decided. Congrats to Iceman... he had one of the best drafts, the best team all year and made some key pickups (Vick) along the way. Dropping AP to get Gerhart last week was pretty gutsy (and head's up). Still wish I could have handed him a loss back in the regular season (lost by 1 freaking point) or gotten one more shot at him in the playoffs (my team laid an egg last week of course) not that it would have mattered. It's tough to go unbeaten in a fantasy league so congratulations are definitely in order.

Looks like my finishes in fantasy this year will be 2nd, 3rd and 4th in my three leagues. Not great but my goal is always to make the playoffs and I did that in all three leagues (and won at least one game too). I think I'm proudest of my 4th place finish as my team in that league was just dreadful. I went through 3-4 second QBs (we could start two), Ryan Mathews was my #1 RB in the draft, my top WR was either Maclin or pre-injury Dez Bryant and yet I was able to get into the playoffs and make it to the semi-finals. It's fun to go back and look at who you drafted and who you ended up with.


Here was my draft for the HCRealms league:

7 Andre Johnson, Hou WR
14 Reggie Wayne, Ind WR
27 Beanie Wells, Ari RB
34 Tom Brady, NE QB
47 Matt Forte, Chi RB
54 Jermichael Finley*, GB TE
67 Felix Jones, Dal RB
74 Reggie Bush, NO RB
87 Michael Bush, Oak RB
94 Terrell Owens*, Cin WR
107 Eli Manning, NYG QB
114 Packers D/ST, GB D/ST
127 Kenny Britt, Ten WR
134 Jon Beason, Car LB
147 Mason Crosby, GB K
154 Devin Aromashodu, Chi WR

versus my final team of

QB Tom Brady, NE QB
RB Matt Forte, Chi RB
RB Darren McFadden, Oak RB Q
RB/WR Mike Wallace, Pit WR
WR Reggie Wayne, Ind WR
WR Vincent Jackson, SD WR
TE Marcedes Lewis, Jac TE
DP Ray Lewis, Bal LB
D/ST Patriots D/ST, NE D/ST
K Shaun Suisham, Pit K
Bench Andre Johnson, Hou WR Q
Bench Felix Jones, Dal RB
Bench Eli Manning, NYG QB
Bench Packers D/ST, GB D/ST
Bench Knowshon Moreno, Den RB Q
Bench Reggie Bush, NO RB P

[Jerry_Damage01]

Congrats to Ice in League 1. He's stomped me pretty good in the Super Bowl. I needed to fire on all cylinders in order to beat him, and getting -2 for my defense and a total of 3 points between 3 RBs wasn't going to cut it. He had a great team and going undefeated is something amazing.

[Iceman425]

@Jerry and Absolut: Thanks for the congrats. It's the second time in 4 years I've gone undefeated in a FF League. I can't believe lightning struck twice. Heck of a season though, some really good teams in our league.

@Jarimy: Dude, I'm sorry but I really have to disagree with you on the "Fantasy Football is Stupid and all about Luck" comments that you have made all year long. It's about gauging match-ups and working the wire. It's about great drafts in the middle rounds (Foster and Bradshaw were mid-round pick-ups in our league) and making sure you don't reach (didn't draft a QB until round 8 this year in league 1).

I sat Adrian Peterson this year and not just because of injury. I worked the wire (Vick and Lloyd and Tamme) and spent my wire position on guys I really felt could help me.

I finished in the money in TWO money leagues and made the semi-finals in two free leagues. I won this league by going undeafeated against your "It just means you're gonna lose later" comment earlier.

It's not just luck. Just like this game called Heroclix isn't just luck. It's about backing up your actions. It's about making sure your plays give you the highest percentage rate of success. You don't play your RB against a DEF that is hitting on all cylinders. You play your RB2 who has a great match-up. You always have to roll the dice, but you don't always have to pray on it.

Thanks all for a great season. Look forward to next year.

[Jarimy123]

I think you misunderstand my rants man. They are all sarcasm, and were all followed by "but I love it and can't wait for next year" type comments, which was an attempt to show my sarcasm thru typing.

But I'll bow out to your supreme fantasy football mastery on this one. Nice job going undefeated.

Edit: I'm totally serious about the mastery thing - this is my first year playing. I believe you know leaps and bounds more then I do about FF. I finished in the money in my $ league, and 2nd in my other league. Hcrealms 2nd league, the one I played in here, I believe is going for another week? If not not sure how I finished. I don't believe it's all luck, but personally I saw a metric ton of matches decided by 1 play. I mean yea Heroclix is the same way, they are pretty comparable, but you have a massive amount less control in FF.

One more edit: I also believe in all 3 of the leagues I played in, the person who picked up Vick off the waiver wire won every league. So while I believe the waiver wire is probably the best place to prove that FF isn't luck, I don't know that every person I know that picked up Vick is a genius and that's why they won. Seems to sound to me like he is one of the best waiver wire picks up ever?

[Iceman425]

My bad man, it's tough to read the sarcasm on these boards sometime.

Yeah, Vick was big in a lot of leagues, but he didn't make the finals in my money league. He got knocked out in Round 1 actually by a solidly built team.

In that league I didn't have a home run guy after Antonio Gates went out. I still got second and scored $450. Had a rougher road of it in my other money league, but gutted out a third place finish and $150 (got my money back) after Gore went down.

In both of those leagues we have a rotating Waiver Wire. In both of those leagues I saw people piss their Waiver Position away with the "Pick-Up" of the week. I waited, I protected my Waiver Position, and ultimately picked up some solid players in both of them. I missed out on Vick...but the guy that grabbed him was the same guy that grabbed "James Starks" and started him in the first week of the playoffs...and lost because of it.

I ignored the one week hitters (besides Brandon Lloyd, who I thought would have a big year because of the Broncs inability to play defense and McDaniels offense).

My team in the league that I placed second in:

QB: Joe Flacco and Ben Roethlisberger
RB: Ray Rice, Ahmad Bradshaw, Fred Jackson, Marshawn Lynch, Tim Hightower
WR: Roddy White, Brandon Lloyd, Marques Colston, Stevie "I Blame God" Johnson
TE: Antonio Gates and Kevin Boss
DEF: New England
K: Rob "My" Bironas

Vick actually didn't make the Finals in any league that I was in except the HC Leagues.

My other Money Team (bigger league, KR Yards count, 4 IDP, 3 FLEX no TE Necessary):

QB: Jay Cutler, Ben Roethlisberger, Sam Bradford
RB: Frank Gore (IR), Brian Westbrook, Cedric Benson, Mike Goodson, Darren Sproles
WR: Steve Smith, Roddy White, Danny Amendola, Deion Branch, Mike Wallace, Dwayne Bowe
IDP: Charles Woodson, DeAngelo Hall, Derrick Johnson, Julius Peppers
K: David Akers

Lost Gore, Ryan Grant, Steve Smith in that league with Injury. Still ended up gettin my money back.

It's great to know you're hooked though man! There are certain small intricacies to this game that minimize the luck that you can't control. You can never escape Injury, but you can back that player up with a solid option to minimize your loss.

In the first league I picked up and played the DEF that was facing Carolina for 4 straight weeks, then started the Patriots VS the Packers when Rodgers was out...then just started them the rest of the way.

GREAT YEAR GUYS!! See you next season.

[Jarimy123]

Yea being my first year, and literally having no clue, I was glad to make the money in my $ league, and do relatively alright in the other 2 leagues I played in. Would have loved to see what would have happened if Aaron Rogers hadn't gone out, I might have won my money league.

I can't wait until next year. I have a much better grasp of things. Towards the end I was able to really start to think ahead as far as who I wanted to play even 2 weeks out - and also pay much more attention to match-ups. At first I just figured I should play all my best players I drafted, and always put in the "highest projected" ESPN players - too bad I didn't realize projections are mostly not true hahaha.

I feel towards the end I had a firm grasp on looking at matchups and getting more in depth with it. Can't wait until next year. It seems to me like going undefeated, in any league regardless of the stakes, is pretty much ridiculous.

[absolutvt69]

The funny/sad thing is I almost took Vick with my last draft choice in every league because I figured he would play at some point (and also kind of as a joke/homer pick since I'm a VT fan)... I just didn't figure he would play that much, that soon and that well. If I hadn't been confident in the QBs I drafted before him (P. Manning, T. Romo, T. Brady, P. Rivers) I probably would have taken a late flier on Vick and done much better. It was crazy because even when it seemed like Vick didn't have a good game, I'd look at the team he was on and he'd have 25-30 points.

[Stepper79]

OK in hopes that the Lockout/lawsuit crap ends in time I want to know who wants to play again this year???

[absolutvt69]

I'm always game assuming there's a season.

[Jerry_Damage01]

If there's a season, I'm down for another one. :)

[Iceman425]

You know me Stepp.

[cattmoe]

I'm definitely in. And be warned, I'm not drafting Ted Ginn this year, so I might actually field something decent.... :laugh:

[Krueger666]

The portuguese rookie will join the helmet clash this year!

I've been addicted to NFL recently!

This will surely improve my knowledge of the game!

I'm in!

[Gacy's Clown]

Yep, I'm in again as well. Shoot me the info whenever you've got it.:)

[Stepper79]

now that football is back on I'll be getting the new thread and actual league pages set up within the week.

[Jarimy123]

now that football is back on I'll be getting the new thread and actual league pages set up within the week.

Praise be to the heavens

[Jerry_Damage01]

Fooooootttttttballllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JacinB]

If'n there's still room, I'd like to play.

[Jarimy123]

If'n there's still room, I'd like to play.

Last year there were 2 leagues on here so there should be room for all man.

[Immortal_Raven]

Wait, there are geeks besides myself who play Fantasy Football as religiously as the Spanish Inquisition? I am so in for this.

[Stepper79]

new thread is here

http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5748772&posted=1#post5748772