Had to drop Mike Anderson to pick up Ernest Wilford to plug in for Houshmandzadeh who appears to not be playing this week. Seeing as Anderson has been declared the #3 RB in Baltimore I think that it is a good move.
Do you guys have any sleeper WR’s that would not have been drafted that will put up at least respectible numbers, cause I am scouring the free agent pool and Wilford is all I can find.
Wilford is probably your best bet… but guys that might be under the radar you could try include A. Bryant, R. Caldwell, or S. Parker.
[quote]Coolhand wrote:
Had to drop Mike Anderson to pick up Ernest Wilford to plug in for Houshmandzadeh who appears to not be playing this week. Seeing as Anderson has been declared the #3 RB in Baltimore I think that it is a good move.
Do you guys have any sleeper WR’s that would not have been drafted that will put up at least respectible numbers, cause I am scouring the free agent pool and Wilford is all I can find. [/quote]
No need to respond to this, but I’m still f*cking pissed and maybe I’ll feel better if I vent somewhere and obviously I can’t cry about it in my league:
I took Ronnie Brown at the #6 spot in our league behind Shaun, LJ, LT, Tiki and Edge respectively. So far so good.
My opponent this week started Heath Miller, who was “credited” with 101 rec yds and one TD.
6 pts (rec TD) plus 3 pts bonus (100+ rec yds) = 9 pts of total bullcrap.
[quote]Amsterdam Animal wrote:
I hope you are a betting man bc you prediction skills seem undeniable 
How about next time we put some money on it.
Go heavy fool wrote:
Go heavy fool wrote:
Prediction.
This is how much I respect the steelers DEF in the season opener spotlight and their superstar out.
Steelers win 10-7
Pepp 182 yards 1 td 2 ints
Ronnie Brown 62 yards 0 tds
Chambers 48 yards 0 tds
McMichael 26 yeards 1 TD
These numbers I pulled right out of my ass obviously, but I bet I’m not too far off… we’ll find out by tonight. By the way I’m not psychic if I get insanely close.
Recap
1- I got the winner.
2- My final prediction was closer to the half-time score. Off on that after the no-interference call
3-Nailed Ronnie Browns 62 yards on the button
4- Nailed Culpeppers 2 int’s
5- wrong on ronnie’s 2 goal-line td’s, I predicted none
6- wrong on Culpeppers yards, I went too low with 182, actual 262, and he threw no td’s & I predited 1
7- Close with Chambers, I predicted 48 yards & no td’s, actual was 59 yards and no td’s
8- McMichael 26 yards and a td, actual was 10 yards and no td
I think Ronnies goal-line carries threw me a little. Other than that… the 62 yards on the nose was just luck.
[/quote]no problem. My money is where my mouth is. I predicted Ronnies 62 yards on the nose. If there’s money invloved, I will definitely give it some more thought next time. I was the only one with the balls to at least attempt a prediction for an outcome. My quick observations were pretty good. I wasn’t wrong about Pittsburgh winning, Culpepper getting stuffed and throwing 2 picks… I predicted that. Then ronnie getting stuffed and only getting exactly 62 yards. I was only off on the goal-line td’s he took… I should have figured that in now that Ricky is gone. Where were your predictions? Exactly!
Haha. Good shit bro. I did not predict anything, you right. I wish I had listened to you about Pepp. Watch Bledsoe blow the fuck up against Jax. I dont even want to see that.
Man I love this game, I love football, fantasy and gambling. I think I may head up to AC tomorrow and try my luck at the tables.
[quote]Go heavy fool wrote:
Amsterdam Animal wrote:
I hope you are a betting man bc you prediction skills seem undeniable
How about next time we put some money on it.
Go heavy fool wrote:
Go heavy fool wrote:
Prediction.
This is how much I respect the steelers DEF in the season opener spotlight and their superstar out.
Steelers win 10-7
Pepp 182 yards 1 td 2 ints
Ronnie Brown 62 yards 0 tds
Chambers 48 yards 0 tds
McMichael 26 yeards 1 TD
These numbers I pulled right out of my ass obviously, but I bet I’m not too far off… we’ll find out by tonight. By the way I’m not psychic if I get insanely close.
Recap
1- I got the winner.
2- My final prediction was closer to the half-time score. Off on that after the no-interference call
3-Nailed Ronnie Browns 62 yards on the button
4- Nailed Culpeppers 2 int’s
5- wrong on ronnie’s 2 goal-line td’s, I predicted none
6- wrong on Culpeppers yards, I went too low with 182, actual 262, and he threw no td’s & I predited 1
7- Close with Chambers, I predicted 48 yards & no td’s, actual was 59 yards and no td’s
8- McMichael 26 yards and a td, actual was 10 yards and no td
I think Ronnies goal-line carries threw me a little. Other than that… the 62 yards on the nose was just luck.
no problem. my money is where my mouth is. I predicted ronnies 62 yards on the nose. if there’s money invloved, I will definitlu give it some thought. I was the only one with the balls tp at least attempt a prediction for an outcome. and my quicky observations were pretty good. I wasn’t wrong about pittsburgh winning, culpepper getting stuffed and throwing 2 picks, i predicted that. then ronnie getting stuffed and only getting exactly 62 yards. i was only off on the goal-line td’s he took… i should have igured that in now that Ricky is gone. where were your predictions? exactly!
[/quote]
[quote]Amsterdam Animal wrote:
Haha. Good shit bro. I did not predict anything, you right. I wish I had listened to you about Pepp. Watch Bledsoe blow the fuck up against Jax. I dont even want to see that.
Man I love this game, I love football, fantasy and gambling. I think I may head up to AC tomorrow and try my luck at the tables.
[/quote]
Question for you animal. I got Warner, Bledsoe, and Brunnel to start this week. I’m going with Warner against SF. How the hell can I possibly go with one of the other two?
I’m thinking 350 yards passing and 2-3 td’s 0-1 interceptions. That’s 17-25 points in best/worst case scenario.
Do you see anything I’m missing?
Bledsoe vs Jax… I don’t like that match up and the match up was bad last year. Then Brunell at home vs Min looks good but Brunell has been awful so far.
Most def bro. I have Warner in one league myself and he should blow up this week. I have Fitz and Edge in the same league and I am starting all against SF. I dont own Boldin but he has another douzy.
I like Warner even against better teams. That AZ D is still weak like last year and tehy will fall behind and start slinging it. I dont know if it matters who is throwing it as long as Boldin and Fitz are catching up. Shit I started Josh McCown last year and he blew up a few games in a row.
[quote]Go heavy fool wrote:
Amsterdam Animal wrote:
Haha. Good shit bro. I did not predict anything, you right. I wish I had listened to you about Pepp. Watch Bledsoe blow the fuck up against Jax. I dont even want to see that.
Man I love this game, I love football, fantasy and gambling. I think I may head up to AC tomorrow and try my luck at the tables.
Question for you animal. I got Warner, Bledsoe, and Brunnel to start this week. I’m going with Warner against SF. How the hell can I possibly go with one of the other two?
I’m thinking 350 yards passing and 2-3 td’s 0-1 interceptions. That’s 17-25 points in best/worst case scenario.
Do you see anything I’m missing?
Bledsoe vs Jax… I don’t like that match up and the match up was bad last year. Then Brunell at home vs Min looks good but Brunell has been awful so far.
[/quote]
D. Brees
(NO - QB)
C. Pennington
(NYJ - QB)
B. Griese
(Chi - QB)
S. McNair
(Bal - QB)
D. Driver
(GB - WR)
L. Evans
(Buf - WR)
R. Brown
(Phi - WR)
C. Henry
(Cin - WR
E. James
(Ari - RB)
S. Alexander
(Sea - RB)
L. Betts
(Was - RB)
J. Wiggins
(Min - TE)
Da. Clark
(Ind - TE) P
Kickers
L. Tynes
(KC - K)
S. Gostkowski
(NE - K)
Defense
Indianapolis
(Ind - DEF)
I know its a bit late for roster critiques, but I’m really new to fantasy football and haven’t followed the NFL closely for a real long time.
The positions we play in my league are - QB, WR, WR, WR, RB, RB, TE, W/R, K, DEF. I know my RB kick ass with Alexander and James. The rest of my team seems kind of average … where should I seek improvements most? I was thinking trying to get a better WR and TE?
[quote]alfuh wrote:
D. Brees
(NO - QB)
C. Pennington
(NYJ - QB)
B. Griese
(Chi - QB)
S. McNair
(Bal - QB)
D. Driver
(GB - WR)
L. Evans
(Buf - WR)
R. Brown
(Phi - WR)
C. Henry
(Cin - WR
E. James
(Ari - RB)
S. Alexander
(Sea - RB)
L. Betts
(Was - RB)
J. Wiggins
(Min - TE)
Da. Clark
(Ind - TE) P
Kickers
L. Tynes
(KC - K)
S. Gostkowski
(NE - K)
Defense
Indianapolis
(Ind - DEF)
I know its a bit late for roster critiques, but I’m really new to fantasy football and haven’t followed the NFL closely for a real long time.
The positions we play in my league are - QB, WR, WR, WR, RB, RB, TE, W/R, K, DEF. I know my RB kick ass with Alexander and James. The rest of my team seems kind of average … where should I seek improvements most? I was thinking trying to get a better WR and TE?[/quote]
Is that a real team? How the fuck did you get Alexander & James… that’s impossible unless you traded or are in the biggest bullshit league ever.
How many teams are in your league?
O.K. Animal can help you out, but I’ll critique you first.
1- You have 2 monster backs, that’s your strength and it may be enough to win. You beeter find a back for 2 bye weeks though… Betts aint gonna cut it.
2- The rest of your team sucks big time except for Driver and INDY DEF.
3- You have 4 ave to lousy qb’s… see if you can trade 2 for 1 deal for a better qb… if not you’re going to struggle picking a winner every week with that bunch or 4.
4- Your kickers and TE’s are ave but they won’t make a big impact anyway… you should be fine there.
5- I don’t like your WR’s at all… I’m a big believer in a strong WR core.
If I had your team… I would be trading NOW!
…try to get a top qb and an elite WR for EDGE. Trade 2 for 3 or even 2 for 4. Get rid of those qb’s you don’t need 4 shit ones. I have 3 and they’re all better than your 4. I want to trade one of mine for a better TE or another back.
You have some work to do if you want to win… that’s how I see it.
Anilmal?
[quote]Amsterdam Animal wrote:
Most def bro. I have Warner in one league myself and he should blow up this week. I have Fitz and Edge in the same league and I am starting all against SF. I dont own Boldin but he has another douzy.
I like Warner even against better teams. That AZ D is still weak like last year and tehy will fall behind and start slinging it. I dont know if it matters who is throwing it as long as Boldin and Fitz are catching up. Shit I started Josh McCown last year and he blew up a few games in a row.
Go heavy fool wrote:
Amsterdam Animal wrote:
Haha. Good shit bro. I did not predict anything, you right. I wish I had listened to you about Pepp. Watch Bledsoe blow the fuck up against Jax. I dont even want to see that.
Man I love this game, I love football, fantasy and gambling. I think I may head up to AC tomorrow and try my luck at the tables.
Question for you animal. I got Warner, Bledsoe, and Brunnel to start this week. I’m going with Warner against SF. How the hell can I possibly go with one of the other two?
I’m thinking 350 yards passing and 2-3 td’s 0-1 interceptions. That’s 17-25 points in best/worst case scenario.
Do you see anything I’m missing?
Bledsoe vs Jax… I don’t like that match up and the match up was bad last year. Then Brunell at home vs Min looks good but Brunell has been awful so far.
[/quote] I had Warner last year too as my back up… I had Eli and Bulger as my starters. Then I used McCown at the end too. Payed off nice. I agree with Larry & Anquan, I could be a fantasy QB. Just snap me the ball in a shotgun and I’ll run back and toss it up, then duck as the DEF closes in on me. I’m sure one of those two will come down with the ball and a score.
Ariz has a mad offense now, that’s a sleeper team if that DEF doesn’t give up 42 points a game, the offense will sure as hell score with Warner, EDGE, LARRY and Anquan.
But he doesnt have anything to trade with. The only QB worth something is Brees and McNair and thats based on match up. I would drop Griese and see whats out on the waiver unless the league requires you to carry that many QB’s. Kellen Winslow could be out on waivers.
I would not trade Edge unless you can get a no2 back along with a no1/2 WR for it. Right now Alexander and Edge is all you have so I would stick with it.
Evans maybe ok but it will be hit or miss.
Two options, trade now or sit tight for this week, let Edge blow up against SF and then deal him when his value is sky high. Maybe something like McNair, Edge and Evans for Dunn, Hasselbeck and Wayne.
[quote]Go heavy fool wrote:
alfuh wrote:
D. Brees
(NO - QB)
C. Pennington
(NYJ - QB)
B. Griese
(Chi - QB)
S. McNair
(Bal - QB)
D. Driver
(GB - WR)
L. Evans
(Buf - WR)
R. Brown
(Phi - WR)
C. Henry
(Cin - WR
E. James
(Ari - RB)
S. Alexander
(Sea - RB)
L. Betts
(Was - RB)
J. Wiggins
(Min - TE)
Da. Clark
(Ind - TE) P
Kickers
L. Tynes
(KC - K)
S. Gostkowski
(NE - K)
Defense
Indianapolis
(Ind - DEF)
I know its a bit late for roster critiques, but I’m really new to fantasy football and haven’t followed the NFL closely for a real long time.
The positions we play in my league are - QB, WR, WR, WR, RB, RB, TE, W/R, K, DEF. I know my RB kick ass with Alexander and James. The rest of my team seems kind of average … where should I seek improvements most? I was thinking trying to get a better WR and TE?
Is that a real team? How the fuck did you get Alexander & James… that’s impossible unless you traded or are in the biggest bullshit league ever.
How many teams are in your league?
O.K. Animal can help you out, but I’ll critique you first.
1- You have 2 monster backs, that’s your strength and it may be enough to win. You beeter find a back for 2 bye weeks though… Betts aint gonna cut it.
2- The rest of your team sucks big time except for Driver and INDY DEF.
3- You have 4 ave to lousy qb’s… see if you can trade 2 for 1 deal for a better qb… if not you’re going to struggle picking a winner every week with that bunch or 4.
4- Your kickers and TE’s are ave but they won’t make a big impact anyway… you should be fine there.
5- I don’t like your WR’s at all… I’m a big believer in a strong WR core.
If I had your team… I would be trading NOW!
…try to get a top qb and an elite WR for EDGE. Trade 2 for 3 or even 2 for 4. Get rid of those qb’s you don’t need 4 shit ones. I have 3 and they’re all better than your 4. I want to trade one of mine for a better TE or another back.
You have some work to do if you want to win… that’s how I see it.
Anilmal?[/quote]
[quote]Go heavy fool wrote:
Question for you animal. I got Warner, Bledsoe, and Brunnel to start this week.
[/quote]
some advice for you: eliminate dead weight from your roster.
Brunell has never been a viable fantasy QB.
[quote]chillain wrote:
Go heavy fool wrote:
Question for you animal. I got Warner, Bledsoe, and Brunnel to start this week.
some advice for you: eliminate dead weight from your roster.
Brunell has never been a viable fantasy QB.
[/quote] If I can trade him… I will. I’m waiting for him to throw up a couple big games and use him as trade bait. If not, I can get some good use out of him for a couple of games where the other two are stacked against a tough DEF.
I got 3 qbs, and 3 rbs to trade with… I’ll make some deals in the comming weeks. I’d like to trade dillon after he blows up with Buffalo this week… just might be enough to trade up for a better 2nd back. I can probably get rid of a qb and a Dillon for a better back.
It’s in the making. I need some stats first to use as trade bait.
[quote]Go heavy fool wrote:
If I can trade him… I will. I’m waiting for him to throw up a couple big games and use him as trade bait. If not, I can get some good use out of him for a couple of games where the other two are stacked against a tough DEF.
I got 3 qbs, and 3 rbs to trade with… I’ll make some deals in the comming weeks. I’d like to trade dillon after he blows up with Buffalo this week… just might be enough to trade up for a better 2nd back. I can probably get rid of a qb and a Dillon for a better back.
It’s in the making. I need some stats first to use as trade bait.[/quote]
ok, you’ve got a good plan. I had assumed you only start one QB in your league. If you start two QBs every week, then my comment isn’t quite as applicable. But I’d still prefer Kitna, Carr or Simms over Brunell every week.
[quote]chillain wrote:
Go heavy fool wrote:
If I can trade him… I will. I’m waiting for him to throw up a couple big games and use him as trade bait. If not, I can get some good use out of him for a couple of games where the other two are stacked against a tough DEF.
I got 3 qbs, and 3 rbs to trade with… I’ll make some deals in the comming weeks. I’d like to trade dillon after he blows up with Buffalo this week… just might be enough to trade up for a better 2nd back. I can probably get rid of a qb and a Dillon for a better back.
It’s in the making. I need some stats first to use as trade bait.
ok, you’ve got a good plan. I had assumed you only start one QB in your league. If you start two QBs every week, then my comment isn’t quite as applicable. But I’d still prefer Kitna, Carr or Simms over Brunell every week.
[/quote]
Wait… hold up, I don’t get it. In my league, we start just 1. That means you’re correct in “dead weight”. But I disagree about dead weight. He can be very usefull in some match ups I have coming up when Warner and Bledsoe have a bye and or a tough DEF. I wouldn’t even want one of the QB’s you mentioned on my roster. Brunell is better than all them flat out for the year. The only way I would want one of them is for match-ups. IF Warner and Bledsoe’s bye weeks look good for one of those guys I might want him. As it stands I have Brunnel Vs Hou for one bye week and Brunell at home vs Dallas on the other bye week. So Brunell will be good for 2 games. There are only 15 games. So I have 3 qbs to pick the best match up for the other 13… I like my set up unless I can trade up for a better 2nd back or QB, then I can eliminate a qb and or a back.
[quote]Go heavy fool wrote:
chillain wrote:
But I’d still prefer Kitna, Carr or Simms over Brunell every week.
Go heavy fool wrote:
Wait… hold up, I don’t get it. In my league, we start just 1. That means you’re correct in “dead weight”. But I disagree about dead weight. He can be very usefull in some match ups I have coming up when Warner and Bledsoe have a bye and or a tough DEF. I wouldn’t even want one of the QB’s you mentioned on my roster. Brunell is better than all them flat out for the year. The only way I would want one of them is for match-ups. IF Warner and Bledsoe’s bye weeks look good for one of those guys I might want him. As it stands I have Brunnel Vs Hou for one bye week and Brunell at home vs Dallas on the other bye week.
So Brunell will be good for 2 games. There are only 15 games. So I have 3 qbs to pick the best match up for the other 13… I like my set up unless I can trade up for a better 2nd back or QB, then I can eliminate a qb and or a back.[/quote]
OK in that case, Brunell should never start over Warner and Bledsoe. If you’ve been playing fantasy for awhile, you know that Brunell has never been a great fantasy QB – even when he had F Taylor, J Smith, and K McCardell in their primes.
WAS has some sweet weapons at WR, but Brunell has looked horrible in Al Saunders’ offense. Of course, we’ll need to see how things develop in these first few weeks. But don’t forget that Kitna is running a Martz offense and Carr is much better than last year’s stats.
Whatever you do, good luck this season.
[quote]chillain wrote:
Go heavy fool wrote:
chillain wrote:
But I’d still prefer Kitna, Carr or Simms over Brunell every week.
Go heavy fool wrote:
Wait… hold up, I don’t get it. In my league, we start just 1. That means you’re correct in “dead weight”. But I disagree about dead weight. He can be very usefull in some match ups I have coming up when Warner and Bledsoe have a bye and or a tough DEF. I wouldn’t even want one of the QB’s you mentioned on my roster. Brunell is better than all them flat out for the year. The only way I would want one of them is for match-ups. IF Warner and Bledsoe’s bye weeks look good for one of those guys I might want him. As it stands I have Brunnel Vs Hou for one bye week and Brunell at home vs Dallas on the other bye week.
So Brunell will be good for 2 games. There are only 15 games. So I have 3 qbs to pick the best match up for the other 13… I like my set up unless I can trade up for a better 2nd back or QB, then I can eliminate a qb and or a back.
OK in that case, Brunell should never start over Warner and Bledsoe. If you’ve been playing fantasy for awhile, you know that Brunell has never been a great fantasy QB – even when he had F Taylor, J Smith, and K McCardell in their primes.
WAS has some sweet weapons at WR, but Brunell has looked horrible in Al Saunders’ offense. Of course, we’ll need to see how things develop in these first few weeks. But don’t forget that Kitna is running a Martz offense and Carr is much better than last year’s stats.
Whatever you do, good luck this season.
[/quote]
Kitna possible. He’s sorta unproven. I don’t like Brunell as a starter. I drafted him for match ups. You have to understand if it comes down to Brunell vs the worst pass def or Bledsoe vs the best pass def… then Brunell is the starter. I would probably not use Brunell over Warner in most match ups.
Its all about match ups. I can beat or come close Peyton Mannings season point total by using 3 or 4 qb’s and someone else only using Peyton every game. If you make the right calls, this is called roating the position instead of setting it. You have to be experienced to do this. I’ve messed with it enough to know that you have to weigh the qb strength vs the def strength. Then the best/worst case scenarios and make a gameday call.
Best/worst scenario- Warner 12-16 points
Best/worse scenario- Brunell 3-18 points
I’m going with Warner. I play safe. I very rarely gamble unless I’m forced or I see an obvious.
Here is an obvious… Warner will throw at leat 2 td’s tomorrow. He has never lost against SF and in 7 games he has throw 14 td’s.
I play the safe odds.
I have three teams… and a great story. In my ESPN league the draft got screwed up and i ended up autopicking the whole time. By the time the draft was over my 16 players consisted of 8 rbs, 7 wr and a TE.
Also ESPN picked wide recievers in rounds 2 and 3 and 4 and our league only starts 2 recievers. I had to drop guys and pick up guys off of free agency and i kind of salvaged my team… not.
QB Charlie Frye (he really was the best one left, they even got linart and young)
RB LT (happy about that one)
RB Kevin Jones (I got him in rd 5?!)
WR T.O.
WR Tory Holt
TE L.J. Smith
K Lawrence Tynes
D/ST Denver (I dont know why nobody picked them but im not complaining)
The funniest part is that some guy picked Jerome Bettis in the 5th round. Now i might be mistaken but didn’t he retire?
Thanks for the heads up guys. I drafted Edge and traded for Alexander. Since my QBs were so shitty I traded:
R. Brown (Mia - RB)
W. Dunn (Atl - RB)
for
S. Alexander (Sea - RB)
S. McNair (Bal - QB)
As I figured this would get me solid at RB and help me out at QB … now I need to dump a QB or 2 and get a higher quality QB and some good WRs … thanks for the tips. If a fantasy hockey thread gets going I’ll hook you up with all sorts of info lol
Pennington is looking pretty good for me today … too bad he’s riding the bench :[
[quote]GolanHalley12 wrote:
The funniest part is that some guy picked Jerome Bettis in the 5th round. Now i might be mistaken but didn’t he retire?[/quote]
Um, well, maybe he picked him for his Sports Analysts Draft! Because that’s all Bettis is doing from now on. He did retire and he’s part of NBC’s horrible commentator team. Bob Costas, Chris Collinsworth and Sterline Sharpe. I would rather watch a video tape of Dr. Phil backdooring Oprah!