* * * Official 2012 Fantasy Football Discussion Thread * * *

[vi edit]

I ended up going with McCoy, partly because there's not many good RBs out there, partly because I'm definitely keeping him in another league and its easier to keep track of fewer players. The team:

QB Peyton Manning
RB LeSean McCoy
RB DeAngelo Williams
WR Mike Wallace
WR Julio Jones
RB/WR Dez Bryant
TE Jason Witten
D/St Bears
K Billy Cundiff

BN CJ Spiller
BN Felix Jones
BN Joe Flacco
BN Mario Manningam
BN Rashard Mendenhall
BN Brandon Jacobs
BN Braylon Edwards

LOL. Scary how close our teams are.

In my 12 man (ATOT) league I was third and went with:
-Peyton Manning
-Ray Rice (McCoy was still avail but went with RR)
-DWill
-Marshall
-Cruz
-Da Bears
-Hernandez at TE

On my Bench I've got Edwards, Manningham and instead of Mendenhall with an ACL reconstruct I've got Tim Hightower. And instead of Flacco I'm rocking Cutler.

 

[VoteQuimby]

anyone have a good sleeper list? I have my "expensive" draft coming up on Sunday and no time to do my own DD

I assure you all I'm not playing in ATOT league

Check out ESPN's Christopher Harris's Flag Players & Matthew Berry's Love/Hate.

http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/football/ffl/story?page=nfldk2k12_flagplanting

http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/football/ffl/story?page=NFLDK2K12_TMRlovehate

 

[oznerol]

anyone have a good sleeper list? I have my "expensive" draft coming up on Sunday and no time to do my own DD

I assure you all I'm not playing in ATOT league

Probably not complete "sleepers", but here's some players I am targeting late in draft that I'm expecting good value from:

QB: Josh Freeman(TB)
WR: Eric Decker(DEN), Torrey Smith(BAL), Titus Young(DET), Brandon LaFell(CAR), Brian Quick(STL)
TE: Owen Daniels, Dallas Clark

 

[lupi]

in my first salary league, anyone have a good write up on WTF I should do in it


also anyone running any dynasty leagues around here looking for more members?

 

[dougp]

Ok, drafted in ATOT FF #1 (Pay League)

Luck Be A Brady Tonight
QB Tom Brady 55
RB Frank Gore 18
RB Michael Turner 20
WR Steve Smith 25
WR Robert Meachem 9
TE Tony Gonzalez 11
FLEX DeMarco Murray 37
D/ST Steelers D/ST 1
K Dan Bailey 1
BE Jay Cutler 3
BE Jacob Tamme 2
BE Donald Brown 4
BE Torrey Smith 7
BE Justin Blackmon 7
Total: 200
Remaining: 0

I really don't like it, don't know WTF I was thinking on my RB choices. Oh well, we'll see how the season pans out.

 

[woodman1999]

Hey dougp, how long did last night take?

Also, had another draft. Had the 12th pick in a PPR league, and keep in mind, the two picks right before me in the first round went Stafford and Raplesburger....

QB: P. Manning
RB: CJ
RB: D. McFadden
WR: V. Cruz
WR: W. Welker
TE: V. Davis
Flex: J. Blackmon
D : Pitt
K: Gould

Bench: J. Flacco (QB)
Bench: R. Hillman (RB)
Bench: J. Rodgers (RB)
Bench: D. Williams (RB)
Bench: E. Sanders (WR)
Bench: M. Williams (WR)

Can't believe we got so lucky.... First 4 picks were CJ, DMC, Cruz, and Welker....

 

[brainhulk]

Can't believe we got so lucky.... First 4 picks were CJ, DMC, Cruz, and Welker....

you're kidding right? lol

 

[vi edit]

Also, had another draft. Had the 12th pick in a PPR league, and keep in mind, the two picks right before me in the first round went Stafford and Raplesburger....

I think you are in a league with a bunch of idiots. That team is pretty stacked. It's interesting looking at 10 vs 12 team leagues and just how severe the talent drop off is on the bench. In 10 man leagues there's a lot of matchup questions/who to start going on. With a 12 man team it's plug in your starters and hope to the Football Gods they don't get hurt.

 

[woodman1999]

I was shocked.... The draft was perfectly normal and we figured we'd take either a meh RB and Gronkowski with the 12th and 13th picks.... but when those two fell, there was no choice.

The fact that both welker and cruz made it back down to us as well is just shocking. We were also one pick away from getting Eli Manning in the 5th round, but the guy who took Rothlesberger took Eli then... just amazing. He does not have a good team...

 

[slayer202]

Hey dougp, how long did last night take?

It took about 2 and a half hours, including a 10 minute break after an hour and a half.

Started 9:30 done at around 12:00

 

[woodman1999]

That doesn't bode well for me. I should be able to get a few picks in, but it's gonna be a struggle to make to midnight...

 

[Kev]

Another draft. PPR Keeper league


1. (3) Matt Forte (Chi - RB)
2. (18) Larry Fitzgerald (Ari - WR)
3. (23) Andre Johnson (Hou - WR)
4. (38) Reggie Bush (Mia - RB)
5. (43) Peyton Hillis (KC - RB)
6. (58) C.J. Spiller (Buf - RB)
7. (63) Danny Amendola (StL - WR)
8. (78) Jacquizz Rodgers (Atl - RB)
9. (83) Fred Davis (Was - TE)
10. (98) Michael Crabtree (SF - WR)
11. (103) Beanie Wells (Ari - RB)
12. (118) Baltimore (Bal - DEF)
13. (123) Sebastian Janikowski (Oak - K)
14. (138) Cam Newton This player is a keeper. (Car - QB)
15. (143) Stevie Johnson This player is a keeper. (Buf - WR)
16. (158) Kenny Britt This player is a keeper. (Ten - WR)

 

[Kev]

Hey dougp, how long did last night take?

Also, had another draft. Had the 12th pick in a PPR league, and keep in mind, the two picks right before me in the first round went Stafford and Raplesburger....

QB: P. Manning
RB: CJ
RB: D. McFadden
WR: V. Cruz
WR: W. Welker
TE: V. Davis
Flex: J. Blackmon
D : Pitt
K: Gould

Bench: J. Flacco (QB)
Bench: R. Hillman (RB)
Bench: J. Rodgers (RB)
Bench: D. Williams (RB)
Bench: E. Sanders (WR)
Bench: M. Williams (WR)

Can't believe we got so lucky.... First 4 picks were CJ, DMC, Cruz, and Welker....

Welker falling to the end of the 3rd in PPR = you play with retards

 

[MetalMat]

You know that when Ahmad Bradshaw is your number 1 RB in a 12 team PPR league it will be hard times for you all season long.....

 

[brainhulk]

You know that when Ahmad Bradshaw is your number 1 RB in a 12 team PPR league it will be hard times for you all season long.....

Ouch, how did that happen?

 

[MetalMat]

Ouch, how did that happen?

Just a shitty auction draft for me. Maybe i'll get lucky

 

[slayer202]

It's not an easy format. You can come out with a team better than you could get in a traditional snake draft, or you can come out much worse. Takes practice

 

[Connoisseur]

Just a shitty auction draft for me. Maybe i'll get lucky

It's allright, I'm not entirely happy with my auction picks this year either:

QB: Brees
RB: T Richardson
RB: Lynch
WR: Austin
WR: Harvin
WR: Stevie Johnson
TE: J Finley
Flex: Run DMC
D/ST: Seahawks
K: Some guy named Alex Henery (who gives a crap? Not this guy)

BE: Big Ben
BE: Santonio Holmes
BE: Shane Vereen
BE: Rueben Randle
BE: Nate Burleson

If Run DMC can stay healthy and Richardson delivers in his rookie season, I might actually have a good team. My worst decisions are: a) I overpayed for Lynch (not by a ton but def overpayed) and b) I have no bench. God forbid any of my starters get injured.

 

[MetalMat]

It's allright, I'm not entirely happy with my auction picks this year either:

QB: Brees
RB: T Richardson
RB: Lynch
WR: Austin
WR: Harvin
WR: Stevie Johnson
TE: J Finley
Flex: Run DMC
D/ST: Seahawks
K: Some guy named Alex Henery (who gives a crap? Not this guy)

BE: Big Ben
BE: Santonio Holmes
BE: Shane Vereen
BE: Rueben Randle
BE: Nate Burleson

If Run DMC can stay healthy and Richardson delivers in his rookie season, I might actually have a good team. My worst decisions are: a) I overpayed for Lynch (not by a ton but def overpayed) and b) I have no bench. God forbid any of my starters get injured.

Solid QB, Solid running backs if they can stay healthy. Decent team, though Im not a big fan of you WR core.

 

[Connoisseur]

Solid QB, Solid running backs if they can stay healthy. Decent team, though Im not a big fan of you WR core.

My sentiments exactly. I'm hoping Harvin and Austin are able to deliver. Stevie is a risk. He's a great receiver but he's got only an okay QB on a team which doesn't many great receiving options... oh and he's an idiot but let's ignore that part.

Come on, first healthy season! Every year probably half of my team (or at least the 2 or 3 best players) get injured and are out for several games. Lucky be a lady this season!

 

[dougp]

I really don't like many of the teams in league #1 - I think all of us are all over the place. Quite a few players going higher than their estimated values!

Anyone else besides slayer (I know he hates my team ) have an opinion on my team?

 

[IAteYourMother]

You know that when Ahmad Bradshaw is your number 1 RB in a 12 team PPR league it will be hard times for you all season long.....

In a 16 team PPR league, my WRs are Titus Young and Michael Crabtree

 

[Connoisseur]

In a 16 team PPR league, my WRs are Titus Young and Michael Crabtree

16 team leagues are ludicrous. At that point your distribution of skill players will be about the same as any normal football team (i.e. one or two studs at MOST and the rest mediocre players).

 

[Imported]

I really don't like many of the teams in league #1 - I think all of us are all over the place. Quite a few players going higher than their estimated values!

Anyone else besides slayer (I know he hates my team ) have an opinion on my team?

I like your team better than mine.. I waited way too long for a RB. Ugh..

QB Michael Vick
QB Russell Wilson
RB Jonathan Stewart
RB Isaac Redman
RB Roy Helu
RB Mark Ingram
RB Ryan Williams
WR Calvin Johnson
WR Hakeem Nicks
WR Denarius Moore
TE Jimmy Graham
TE Greg Olsen
D/ST Eagles D/ST
K David Akers

 

[AmdEmAll]

Not sure which 2 RB's to start..

Was going to have these two in:

Michael Turner
Willis Mcgahee

But now after reading im thinking these two:

Kevin Smith (claims he feels fine and he's basically lions only rb to go to)
Donald Brown (risky aswell but people are claiming he's the sleeper of the draft so i might wait and see for him)