there are a couple people that took teams jsut to fill the league. you may be able to coax control of a team away from one of them....or they volunteer to give it to you......although, we may find that we've converted some otherwise indifferent folks to the game.

anyway, here we are

He's not going to want somebody else's crappy team, though.

Although it could be a challenge, to start with a team that, say, made its draft picks based on who had the coolest names :), and somehow make brilliant trades to end up with a winning team.

He can have my team, if someone can tell me how to transfer it...

Its alright guys, the draft is the key to success, although I have won leagues that i've actually missed the draft.
If someone copy's and pastes the draft results, then i could clearly have an opinion of who will win, that link given just leads to that main page.
I use Yahoo for fantasy.

Made of the bones of the Dwellars we deem inferior? Sounds good!

Here are our draft results:

Round 1
1 Eagle Green LaDainian Tomlinson (RB SD)
2 Toadville Sysadmins Steven Jackson (RB STL)
3 The Bimbos Rudi Johnson (RB CIN)
4 We are TROOP Shaun Alexander (RB SEA)
5 Monkey Ballers Larry Johnson (RB KC)
6 The Vacancies Brian Westbrook (RB PHI)
7 Southside Sycamores Joseph Addai (RB IND)
8 buncha girls Reggie Bush (RB NO)
9 The Bullies Frank Gore (RB SF)
10 The Austin Capybaras Marshawn Lynch (RB BUF)
11 Goats Willie Parker (RB PIT)
12 Ratts Rogues Edgerrin James (RB ARI)
Round 2
13 The Vacancies Peyton Manning (QB IND)
14 Southside Sycamores Carson Palmer (QB CIN)
15 buncha girls Marvin Harrison (WR IND)
16 The Bullies Tom Brady (QB NE)
17 The Austin Capybaras A.J. Feeley (QB PHI)
18 Goats Marc Bulger (QB STL)
19 Ratts Rogues Drew Brees (QB NO)
20 Eagle Green Donovan McNabb (QB PHI)
21 Toadville Sysadmins Vince Young (QB TEN)
22 The Bimbos Chad Pennington (QB NYJ)
23 We are TROOP Jon Kitna (QB DET)
24 Monkey Ballers Jay Cutler (QB DEN)
Round 3
25 Goats Terrell Owens (WR DAL)
26 Ratts Rogues Chad Johnson (WR CIN)
27 Eagle Green Torry Holt (WR STL)
28 Toadville Sysadmins Reggie Wayne (WR IND)
29 The Bimbos Steve Smith (WR CAR)
30 We are TROOP Roy Williams (WR DET)
31 Monkey Ballers Donald Driver (WR GB)
32 The Vacancies T.J. Houshmandzadeh (WR CIN)
33 Southside Sycamores Larry Fitzgerald (WR ARI)
34 buncha girls Clinton Portis (RB WAS)
35 The Bullies Laurence Maroney (RB NE)
36 The Austin Capybaras Plaxico Burress (WR NYG)
Round 4
37 We are TROOP Travis Henry (RB DEN)
38 Monkey Ballers Ronnie Brown (RB MIA)
39 The Vacancies Maurice Jones-Drew (RB JAC)
40 Southside Sycamores Willis McGahee (RB BAL)
41 buncha girls Tony Romo (QB DAL)
42 The Bullies Anquan Boldin (WR ARI)
43 The Austin Capybaras Warrick Dunn (RB ATL)
44 Goats Thomas Jones (RB NYJ)
45 Ratts Rogues Jamal Lewis (RB CLE)
46 Eagle Green Brandon Jacobs (RB NYG)
47 Toadville Sysadmins Cedric Benson (RB CHI)
48 The Bimbos Deuce McAllister (RB NO)
Round 5
49 The Bullies Javon Walker (WR DEN)
50 The Austin Capybaras Visanthe Shiancoe (TE MIN)
51 Goats Hines Ward (WR PIT)
52 Ratts Rogues Antonio Gates (TE SD)
53 Eagle Green Tony Gonzalez (TE KC)
54 Toadville Sysadmins Jeremy Shockey (TE NYG)
55 The Bimbos Todd Heap (TE BAL)
56 We are TROOP Benjamin Watson (TE NE)
57 Monkey Ballers Chris Cooley (TE WAS)
58 The Vacancies Alge Crumpler (TE ATL)
59 Southside Sycamores Kellen Winslow (TE CLE)
60 buncha girls Jason Witten (TE DAL)
Round 6
61 Toadville Sysadmins Lee Evans (WR BUF)
62 The Bimbos Randy Moss (WR NE)
63 We are TROOP Andre Johnson (WR HOU)
64 Monkey Ballers Marques Colston (WR NO)
65 The Vacancies Laveranues Coles (WR NYJ)
66 Southside Sycamores Mark Clayton (WR BAL)
67 buncha girls Terry Glenn (WR DAL)
68 The Bullies Vernon Davis (TE SF)
69 The Austin Capybaras Amani Toomer (WR NYG)
70 Goats DST Ravens (DST BAL)
71 Ratts Rogues Jerry Porter (WR OAK)
72 Eagle Green Reggie Brown (WR PHI)
Round 7
73 Southside Sycamores DST Bears (DST CHI)
74 buncha girls DST Jaguars (DST JAC)
75 The Bullies Vincent Jackson (WR SD)
76 The Austin Capybaras DST Patriots (DST NE)
77 Goats Heath Miller (TE PIT)
78 Ratts Rogues DST Colts (DST IND)
79 Eagle Green DST Steelers (DST PIT)
80 Toadville Sysadmins DST Chargers (DST SD)
81 The Bimbos DST Broncos (DST DEN)
82 We are TROOP DST Jets (DST NYJ)
83 Monkey Ballers DST Eagles (DST PHI)
84 The Vacancies DST Vikings (DST MIN)
Round 8
85 Ratts Rogues Brandon Jones (WR TEN)
86 Eagle Green Darrell Jackson (WR SF)
87 Toadville Sysadmins Santana Moss (WR WAS)
88 The Bimbos Deion Branch (WR SEA)
89 We are TROOP Bernard Berrian (WR CHI)
90 Monkey Ballers Braylon Edwards (WR CLE)
91 The Vacancies Chris Chambers (WR MIA)
92 Southside Sycamores Joey Galloway (WR TB)
93 buncha girls Calvin Johnson (WR DET)
94 The Bullies DST Dolphins (DST MIA)
95 The Austin Capybaras Santonio Holmes (WR PIT)
96 Goats Muhsin Muhammad (WR CHI)
Round 9
97 Monkey Ballers Nate Kaeding (K SD)
98 The Vacancies Jeff Wilkins (K STL)
99 Southside Sycamores Jason Elam (K DEN)
100 buncha girls Shayne Graham (K CIN)
101 The Bullies Adam Vinatieri (K IND)
102 The Austin Capybaras Olindo Mare (K NO)
103 Goats Jeff Reed (K PIT)
104 Ratts Rogues Sebastian Janikowski (K OAK)
105 Eagle Green Robbie Gould (K CHI)
106 Toadville Sysadmins David Akers (K PHI)
107 The Bimbos Neil Rackers (K ARI)
108 We are TROOP Matt Stover (K BAL)
Round 10
109 The Austin Capybaras JaMarcus Russell (QB OAK)
110 Goats Ben Roethlisberger (QB PIT)
111 Ratts Rogues Eli Manning (QB NYG)
112 Eagle Green Matt Hasselbeck (QB SEA)
113 Toadville Sysadmins Philip Rivers (QB SD)
114 The Bimbos Steve McNair (QB BAL)
115 We are TROOP Matt Leinart (QB ARI)
116 Monkey Ballers Brett Favre (QB GB)
117 The Vacancies Alex Smith (QB SF)
118 Southside Sycamores Jake Delhomme (QB CAR)
119 buncha girls Jeff Garcia (QB TB)
120 The Bullies Marion Barber (RB DAL)
Round 11
121 The Bimbos Adrian Peterson (RB MIN)
122 We are TROOP Ahman Green (RB HOU)
123 Monkey Ballers Cadillac Williams (RB TB)
124 The Vacancies Tatum Bell (RB DET)
125 Southside Sycamores Julius Jones (RB DAL)
126 buncha girls Ladell Betts (RB WAS)
127 The Bullies Donte' Stallworth (WR NE)
128 The Austin Capybaras Fred Taylor (RB JAC)
129 Goats LaMont Jordan (RB OAK)
130 Ratts Rogues DeAngelo Williams (RB CAR)
131 Eagle Green Brandon Jackson (RB GB)
132 Toadville Sysadmins Chester Taylor (RB MIN)
Round 12
133 buncha girls Jerricho Cotchery (WR NYJ)
134 The Bullies Dallas Clark (TE IND)
135 The Austin Capybaras Joe Horn (WR ATL)
136 Goats Antwaan Randle El (WR WAS)
137 Ratts Rogues Brandon Marshall (WR DEN)
138 Eagle Green Isaac Bruce (WR STL)
139 Toadville Sysadmins Drew Bennett (WR STL)
140 The Bimbos Eddie Kennison (WR KC)
141 We are TROOP Greg Jennings (WR GB)
142 Monkey Ballers Troy Williamson (WR MIN)
143 The Vacancies D.J. Hackett (WR SEA)
144 Southside Sycamores Matt Jones (WR JAC)
Round 13
145 Eagle Green L.J. Smith (TE PHI)
146 Toadville Sysadmins Randy McMichael (TE STL)
147 The Bimbos Tony Scheffler (TE DEN)
148 We are TROOP Daniel Graham (TE DEN)
149 Monkey Ballers Owen Daniels (TE HOU)
150 The Vacancies Marcus Pollard (TE SEA)
151 Southside Sycamores Bo Scaife (TE TEN)
152 buncha girls Greg Olsen (TE CHI)
153 The Bullies Jason Campbell (QB WAS)
154 The Austin Capybaras Zach Miller (TE OAK)
155 Goats Eric Johnson (TE NO)
156 Ratts Rogues Dan Campbell (TE DET)
Round 14
157 The Vacancies DST 49ers (DST SF)
158 Southside Sycamores DST Panthers (DST CAR)
159 buncha girls DST Saints (DST NO)
160 The Bullies DST Cowboys (DST DAL)
161 The Austin Capybaras DST Raiders (DST OAK)
162 Goats DST Bills (DST BUF)
163 Ratts Rogues DST Giants (DST NYG)
164 Eagle Green DST Rams (DST STL)
165 Toadville Sysadmins DST Seahawks (DST SEA)
166 The Bimbos DST Chiefs (DST KC)
167 We are TROOP DST Texans (DST HOU)
168 Monkey Ballers DST Packers (DST GB)

How weird that I ended up with three Eagles players. Or is it? I don't know how the random draft works.

Last night, I carefully reviewed my roster in preparation for the start of the season tonight. I think I got a pretty good hand, given that I forgot about the draft.

1)Eagle green
You are the BIG FAVORITE to win this thing, even if mcnabb gets injured ...your picks are close to perfect...You lack a bit in the WR.
If I was to place money down on who's gonna win this thing, it would be on your team hands down!
2)Goats
I may be wrong to rank you so high as the teams directly below you look better overall, but you've picked up some key players that should produce consistent points for you.
You will lose against some teams below you.
3)Southside Sycamoores
You may actually finish in first in this league...C.Palmer will be a key to winning in the playoffs as he will produce more points than any other player should he remain healthy. The Bears are best defence with a very very easy schedule. Your WR's are elite ..you could use 1 RB.
Good luck
4)Toadville Sysadmins
I'm not saying you won't win it, I just think the 3 teams above you are better
5)The Bullies
Your key units are stellar, but you lack depth to win this.
Unless of course you make the right moves.
6)Buncha girls
There are reasons that you cannot win this league.
Your picks are great, your team is great....
One of the keys to success in fantasy is to know who plays who, and WHEN ...at the end of the season, when you're in the playoffs, ou're gonna lose, because your opponents will have key players playing weak defences.
7)The bimbos
Excellent picks, I like your team...there are a few teams better.
You obviously know the game though.
8)Ratts rogues
You picked some heavy duty units in the draft, but IMO, you made some serious mistakes in some rounds which will cost you.
I could take this team and possibly do something with it as there are plenty of moves you can make..trades, free agents.
Make he moves and make the playoffs
9)The vacancies
Not that bad of a team, you know your stuff, but you lack knowledge in fantasy, you're gonna lose a lot of points due to lack of quality in key positions. P.manning will win you some games,and should you make the playoffs, ou would be strong at the end, but i don't think you'll make the playoffs
10)Monkey Ballers
The teams weak, you do have some good players, but you lack the players that will produce the points...ou will win some, but you ill be below .500 at the end of the year
11)We are the troop
Its not gonna work, I'm not saying you'll finished 11th, bu you will be in the bottom half at the end of the year.
I could not take this team and do anything with it.
You lack too much in too many positions.
A.Johnson is a pretty good pick in that round, but you will mostly lose.
12)The Austin Capybaras
Ok...umm, I assume this is a team to fill the league up?
I've never seen such a bad team...final record=0-16

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This is my team in the last draft i did:
QB:P.Manning
HB:W.Parker
HB:B.Jacobs
WR:Lavernius Coles
WR:T.Glenn
WR:C.Chambers
TE:A.Gates
K:M.Stover
DEF:Chicago Bears

Back-ups
QB:Grossman
HB:A.Peterson(Vikings)
HB:L.Betts
WR:M.Muhammed
TE:LJ.Smith

One of the key things to success in fantasy is to know when your players Bye's are, look at the match-ups of that week and pick up a QB WR RB that is facing a weak defence that week.
Or in the defence bye, a team that is facing a weak offence like the Dolphins or the Bucs.
To win a fantasy league takes effort. You got to stick around and look into things. Some leagues involve the 10-12 players putting $100 into it, winner takes all, so you gotta know, you know?

thanks for taking the time, whip. the capybaras were selected by the players names being appealing to clodfobble. I look forward to teasing whoever loses to them.

And Blue wants to get rid of her team...silly goose!

I will eat Jim this weekend, followed by his children. I will save Jinx for some conquesting. ;)

You're Eagle green??
Why would you wanna give up your team? Its Stellar!
You're gonna win this thing

She's been drinking a bit too much Schuylkill Punch lately, but we'll get her straightened out.

Yuk ..I don't like gin, unless its covered by dry martini and some olives.

From what I gather, she wasn't even there at the draft, she got the potential winning team by random.

Hey blue! In the TE position, bench LJ smith and have T.Gonzales starting every week.

Trade Hasselbeck for Mcnair if the Bimbos accept as the Eagles have a week 5 bye..Seattle plays the Steelers, while the Ravens play the week passing defence 49ers that week

Sycamore...drop the Panthers defence and pick up Arizona's.
Week 9 is the bears bye where the Panthers face the titans in tennesee and Arizona plays against week Tampa Bay.
You could also go after Mcnair of Baltimore by trading for him with Delhomme, as the your C.Palmer and the bengals also have a week 5 bye

Thanks whip. Any advice down the road?

Last night I dreamed about Fantasy Football. I believe it was after reading WHIP's post and the ratings - I was thinking about who I needed to get rid of and who to pick up. egads

YW
Yeah, Drop Buffalo's defence, it will do you no good on the ravens bye week 8 as the Bills face the Jets in New York.
Jacksonville would be their prime replacment as they face the Bucs week 8. Next best is the Giants as they face the Dolphins.


Jester, lol@Dreaming about fantasy

Heh, that's awesome. I'm in the midst of a major life upheaval, and it turns out that my random FF team could win. Ah, the little things. :)

However, I'm on a spotty wi-fi connection until Tuesday--can I wait til then to bench LJ smith and have T.Gonzales starting every week?

Look, I don't even know if you have to, it might be like that already.
All I'm saying is when you get a chance to look at your team, make sure that beside the TE position, it say T Gonzales and not LJ Smith.
Not that LJ isn't worthy, its just that, overall,
you will get more points from TG.

Blessed Be

looks like i wont have to wait very long. she's down by 3 with Toomer and Burress yet to play. Monkey ballers, your name is mud. Clobble, you might want to start a quarterback that actually plays in games next week. if both of your guys are backups, pick one up from free agency.

...and after 3 whole plays of the cowboys/giants game.....cloddfobble has her 1st victory. burress's td = 6 pts.

Um... Okay. I dropped Russell JaMarcus and picked up Josh Booty? It said Booty plays on the 16th.

Booty's a better name anyway.

spode probably thought he had a lock with 115 points....but what's this?

Tony Romo

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scores 42 points for jinx?!....she's within one point and each have a player left to play on Monday night! oh, the drama!. It;s 115 to 114. a shoot out, indeed. spode has T. Houshmandzadeh (WR)and jinx has S. Graham (K)left to play. It's a toss up. They're both Bengals, and play a tough Ravens defense......

no,no.....i mean you should pick up a quarterback that will start for his team. Your QB's are all backups that wont be playing on Sundays, and therefore...will score 0 every week for you.

Rex Grossman is out there. Matt Schaub, David Garrard....Joey Harrington?

I'd pick up Garrard and Harrington. drop your 2 qbs......then look at the defenses the 2 new guys play to decide who to start each week.

Crud. Shoulda run Big Ben out there.

as I sit in the union computer lab waiting for my 10 o clock, I devote my entire time to studying fantasy football (no I'm not in the cellar league). I am a pretty much lock for my yahoo public league week 1 but in my custom league with buddies back home my own Rudi Johnson must outscore Edgerrin James TONIGHT. Oh the drama, anxiety that Fantasy football causes. You know it's football season when you wake up check player news reports every waking moment on the computer.

Hey, Spode lost 2 points at some point, putting him within 1 point of me.
:D

spode may be the first (among many)to lose to a bunch of girls.

Sorry, it's gonna have to be Grossman. I'm not giving up my name strategy. And hey, it got me the fourth-highest score in the whole league this week, dammit!

Give me a name that's better than A.J. Feeley, and I'll consider dropping him too. But you can forget that whole "decide who to start each week" nonsense. You're lucky I bothered to figure out how to trade for a free agent. I'm going to spank all of you without making an effort--that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Is there not enough actual football? Is this like Dungeons and Dragons? So many questions.

no, there is NOT enough actual football. no, it is not like d&d.
the only thing more annoying than fantasy football players is fantasy football playa haters.

I need to pay attention to my team. After weeks of neglect, they got out there and bit it for me. Way to go guys!

my team sucks a**

horse feathers

crap - freakin' Eli - what's up with that? Gotta do some tradin' - figure stuff out

I just want to be clear... how is it not like D&D ???

i've never played d&d - this is actually the first time i've ever played ff

If you're building a team of characters, to compete in imaginary battle, based on statistical attributes, then you're playing D&D.

Jocks are supposed to hate Nerds (according to Homer) so I don't know what to make of this.

In D&D, you have complete control over your Player Character's actions.

In FF, you have no control over the actions of the team members.

There are other obvious differences, but I believe that one is the most substantial.

and....no dice

And, we're all way fucking cooler as a whole than any group that plays D&D. No offense to those folks...it just is.

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Looks like the Lumberjim family had the closest games this week. Jim and I were close...it was literally down to the wire last night, but the Sycamores prevailed over the Bullies 87-84. Jinx and the Girls kept it close as well, but Ep and the Vacancies eked out a 124-121 win, thanks to a huge day from the Vikings' defense.

so...you still have feely starting.....and uh...he had surgery today.

looks like someone else got grossman. try again, k?

FINE... But I'm not telling you who I picked up, so maybe I won't get ganked out of my selection this week by another team. :P

Did she just use "gank"? Oh hell...

Oooooh! Zip loses Jon Kitna to a concussion! Ouch!

I'm looking for Randal El to put up career numbers tonight... good thing my real life team is kicking butt!


Any defensive issues in Cleveland and Cincinatti?

Week 2: 9/11/07 - 9/17/07

The Austin Capybaras 62 at buncha girls 87

Monkey Ballers 95 at The Vacancies 109

The Bullies 114 at Goats 102

Southside Sycamores 169 at We are TROOP 104

Ratts Rogues 116 at Toadville Sysadmins 72

The Bimbos 137 at Eagle Green 67

standings

i'm tempted to start Jason campbell against the giants this week instead of Brady vs the Bills. i just cant do it though.

Equip him with the enchanted sneakers of +10 dexterity.

lol!

Anyone want to buy my team? The bidding will start at $400 million dollars.

Go Goats!

i'm gonna beat zippy's ass this week. then i'm gonna take his mother, dorothy mantooth out for a nice seafood dinner, and NEVER CALL HER AGAIN.

You will lose.

the goats have a 4 point lead on the sycamores, with a player each yet to play. griff has T.O. and syc has the Bears D. As it happens, the Cowboys are at Chicago tonight. head to head. you couldn't write it any better.

zippy is my bitch.

The Bullies are 2-1, tied for 1st in the Western Division, thanks to Griff kicking sycamore right in the nuts.



OK...week 4 is the first bye week. make sure you check your lineups! If your guy has a bye in week 4, he won't be playing, so you should sub him out!

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