True, but I think I lucked out that time. It'll be more fun to make my own picks next season, now that I know who's who.

nevermind....

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PLEEZE O PLEEZE

i started in on it the wrong way, and at the end of all that set up, it wants $130 to start the league. it looked liek it had a couple advantages, like custom scoring, and division assignments....but $130? only if it was a money league. I'll do the free one some time and remind ya.

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OK I'm in

When is the draft?
I'll join if I'm sure I can make it on the day of the draft.

it's an automated draft, whip. you just set up your preferred order of players, and what position to draft in what round, and it takes the highest ranked by you.

Aug 17th is draft day.

there are 12 teams total, and 5 have been taken.

If it gets down to the wire and you need someone to fill out the league, I'll do it again. But I'm not going to work any harder at it this time than I did last time. :)

I'm in, thanks for the heads up.

Good lord. Labrat, ratter, and even labratter were all already taken usernames. WTF.

In.

Moar!

whip?

freshnesscockring?

anyone?

we're a teaching league.....
and...
we need 5 more teams

I can make the draft date, so I'm in!

it's automated. set your order up prior to the draft.

first, rank your players by position

then, set what position to draft in each round.

then hope you get your guys

I've already set it up.
I will get my guys.
Its inevitable.
Too many of you would have to know too much about this year to take them away from me.

Unless, of course, any of your players happen to have wacky names. Then you might be screwed. ;)

does that mean you're in?

If you need me. How many slots do you have left to fill?

9 of 12, let's go folks!

Alright, I'm in.

Can't none of y'all beat the names I've got picked. :P

2 spots left......

Ok:

A lot of people would tell you that Running backs are the #1 focus...I disagree.
If you remember this league and how points were scored, you'd know that QB's and the defence are as important.

When considering a QB, one must not only see their ability, but also the tools they have to work with.
You also have to keep in mind what kind of back up QB the team has.
Most teams with a good young secondary QB will let their older QB start the year till week 5-6 and let the younger guy take over.
In this case you should own both QB's of a good offensive team.

Some teams have 2 key running backs...owning one of them as a 1-2 RB in your fantasy team is a bad idea.

Wide-recievers won't win you this competition, so under no circumstances should you choose 2 in the first four rounds, that would condemn your chances here.

If this was a live draft, it would be better... This Tight End situation is tricky as there are only a hand-full of players who will score you serious points, if you can't get them, you should push the TE option down a few notches.

The defence is key, but their rankings are the most warped i've ever seen.
They seem to base it on the running back the team holds.
I mean the Vikings defence sucks, so why are they ranked #1?
The theory that Adrian peterson will run the ball through-out the year ticking the clock allowing the defence to rest, thuis having less points scored against.
The Chargers defence is of greater value... yes Tomlinson fills that theory, but the units in the defence are also key as San Diego can stop the pass where the Vikings are incapable.
When picking a defence, one must also consider the schedule of the team involved. A team's schedule is primarily against the teams in their division.

Kickers. this position should be pushed to the second last slot, or third last at best.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Strategies:

1)QB
2)RB
3)WR
4)RB
5)TE
6)WR
7)QB
8)RB
9)WR
10)Def

That would be for the average Joe.

1)RB
2)QB
3)WR
4)RB
5)TE
6)WR
7)WR
8)RB
9)Def
10)QB

That would be more common, depending on who you wanna get.

If you have your goal set on someone thats listed low, you can lower that stat a few notches.

Young talent is key .... look at the NFL draft results over the past 2-3 years to see who's up and coming, also consider who the exalted one is.

Players..... grrr, I really don't want to get into this because I'll be giving away the guys i'm after, and I would end up not picking them up... there may be no money involved, but I am competitive, and I would want to win this thing.
My guys are so far down that the only way I won't get them is if I start mentioning names here.

Lets do it this way ...if you wanna know about a hand-full of guys, ask me, and i'll give you my opinion of them and their position in the pre-draft rankings.

2 left

What does this entail? I've never done fantasy football, and know nothing about the current state of the NFL.

I'm willing to join in if it doesn't require constant monitoring after the initial bit. Is it free?

I could compete with Clodfobble for the players with funny names.

It's free, and can be really-really-really hands off, a small initial bit of interest and then nothing more for the rest of the season, or adjusting your team every week like some of these schmoes. :)

Click the link jim gave a couple pages back... you will need to register for a username at nfl.com (this is the one moderate-pain-in-the-ass part.) Once you have a username, just type in your team name, and you can be done if you want. Or you can click the link to rank the players you want for the draft, with a handy little drag-and-drop list interface. If you don't touch it, you get the website's default ranking of who they think is the best. That's it. The draft happens, you get who you get, then it posts everyone's scores and rankings to the website each week. Trade players, or ignore it, it doesn't matter.

It's nice if you put the occasional effort towards smack-talking in this thread during the season, though. :)

You don't even have to adjust your initial draft picks if you don't want to. The system will set up a decent team based on their rankings.

you should, IMO, pay attention enough to check for players with bye weeks and to sub out injured players. ...but...whatevvverrrrr..

Well, alright then. I'm in.

Watch out. I won my firm's March madness pool the first time I played, and knew even less about basketball than I do about the NFL. Never underestimate dumb luck.

One spot left.

one left! cmon.

You should recruit Tink.

How 'bout it Tink? All the wives are in this year.

If Tink doesn't go, I'll take her place.

First come first served. Nobody will resent you jumping in.

I'm pretty sure zippy got the last spot.

Well if some body had TOLD me we were doing this again I would have Signed up earlier !!!
WE are TROOP is BACK !!!!!!
We WILL Crush yew Puney Civilians !!!

TROOP !!
TROOP !!!
TROOP !!!!!

Apparently I missed the boat here by a hair.

OK, so I'm looking at my team, and I see that I've got a few injured players. My starting WR will miss at least the first game, and my reserve WR will be out for a month or so. Can I sub in a player from a different position? Like can I sub in a TE for a WR?

Also, is there an easy way to know if a player will be missing a game on a bye week without following stuff closely? Like can you click on their name or something?

You can't sub across positions but you can use the drop/add feature to pick up free agents and ditch injured guys.

(go to the bottom of your lineup setting page and click add/drop)

The bye weeks are listed on your lineup page as well.

Well, I tried it out.

And it's really funny, because I traded my injured WR (is that a wide receiver?) for another WR from the same team, figuring that if one dude is sitting on the bench, the other guy will definitely end up out on the field racking up the points or whatever. But then while the trade was being held until the next morning for processing, the new guy I picked got injured, and the coach is now talking about playing the original guy I had. Bizarre huh?

But now I don't have him any more, and I'm back where I started.

That's what you get for messing with it. I bet neither of those injured people had good names, either.

Hey Zip, don't give up this year, you fucking turd. :)

I uploaded the new Sycamores helmet tonight. It rocks...not as much as me, but pretty fucking close.

Right now I am in second place, way ahead of everyone but W.HI.P, thanks to the delightfully-named Plaxico Burress.

I just thought people might like to know that.

If Plaxico is true to form he'll start resting up for the playoffs in another week or two.

Clod, you'll never win the name game, because I have Ocho Cinco.

Only because you got him first in the draft!!

put a copy in here...i cant feckin see that little icon....

I already deleted the original...you'll just have to squint.

I'm such a newbie. I decided I didn't like my team name, and I had a better one. But it looks like I can't change it now.

yeah, you can change it up until the draft day. then yer stuck wiff it, glattmen

I'm gonna miss the first Sunday of football. :mad2:


Go Goats!

Those Goats sure are going...

HEY, did you know there's a chat in FF?

I'll give you all the benefit of the doubt, and assume you did not...

Unless Adrian Peterson goes nuts tonight, which has been known to happen.

oh, check it out....right below the scoreboard hoohaa. thats cool.

So who had Brady?

Me. *sob*

that kid from atlanta looked pretty good...RYAN?

Micheal Turner's been good for the Chargers these past couple years.
Playing behind Ladanian won't get you in the spotlight much.
No matter how good he is though, running behind this mediocre Falcons line will limit him against greater defence's than the lions.

So yeah, great running back+bad OL=Mediocre year.

i was talking about the qb.....isnt his name ryan?