Official 2014 Fantasy Football Discussion Thread

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glenn1

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$5 entry, we can decide how we wanna do the prizes

Let's just stick with $5 for the first week so we can get the hang of it, then decide whether to up the amount in weeks following (if any). Personally I'd prefer skipping smaller weekly payouts in favor of a big payout following a "playoff" system if we can figure out how to do it.
 

slayer202

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haha well that kinda eliminates the purpose, at least part of it

prizes will be weekly. but we can do something like a 50/50 where half the members double up their entry fee. Or winner take all, top 2, etc etc
 

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Ok, help a newbie out here. How do I go about doing Fan Duel? Do you make an account then search for a group or something? Do one of you knuckleheads need to invite me?

EDIT: and how does the draft work? Is it an auction or a free selection where everyone can have the same players?
 

Imported

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Ok, help a newbie out here. How do I go about doing Fan Duel? Do you make an account then search for a group or something? Do one of you knuckleheads need to invite me?

EDIT: and how does the draft work? Is it an auction or a free selection where everyone can have the same players?

You ever do the weekly salary cap games? Very similar to that, except for money (though they do have free ones too).

Make an account for Fan Duel. There's promos everywhere for 2 for 1. I don't know how to join Slayer's pool though yet! I just do the ones already set up normally.
 

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Nah, my fake foosball nerdery only goes so far as traditional leagues. So that's a new format for me.
 

Imported

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Nah, my fake foosball nerdery only goes so far as traditional leagues. So that's a new format for me.

Ah, well from what I've done with Fan Duel, its a $60k cap. Gotta pick QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, TE, K and D.

For example, this week Stafford is $9k. Graham $8.4k.
 

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Ok...I'm registered there and have funds in my account.
 

dougp

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I'm having a hard time with my lineup this week.

WRs:
Emmanuel Sanders, Vincent Jackson, Reggie Wayne, Andrew Hawkins, James Jones

RBs:
Eddie Lacy, Donald Brown, Justin Forsett, Zack Stacy, Jerick McKinnon

Need 2 RBs, 2 WRs and 1 flex.

So far I Sanders and Jackson starting, Wayne in flex and Lacy & Brown starting. Would you change that up? I'm concerned about Jackson not showing up tonight where as Hawkins has been consistent the past two weeks.
 

T2urtle

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I'm having a hard time with my lineup this week.

WRs:
Emmanuel Sanders, Vincent Jackson, Reggie Wayne, Andrew Hawkins, James Jones

RBs:
Eddie Lacy, Donald Brown, Justin Forsett, Zack Stacy, Jerick McKinnon

Need 2 RBs, 2 WRs and 1 flex.

So far I Sanders and Jackson starting, Wayne in flex and Lacy & Brown starting. Would you change that up? I'm concerned about Jackson not showing up tonight where as Hawkins has been consistent the past two weeks.

Wow, I don't like that team at all. But I think u have the best lineup, Stacy for brown and Hawkins for Wayne are something I might do on game day.
 

dougp

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Wow, I don't like that team at all. But I think u have the best lineup, Stacy for brown and Hawkins for Wayne are something I might do on game day.

Only problem is Stacy is facing the Cowboys, who are being stingy against the run right now. And Hawkins for Wayne? Not sure about that, the Colts are playing Jacksonville, so I know he's going to get targets. Hawkins isn't full reliable, yet, but I expect them to throw it against the Ravens.
 

slayer202

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I'll post the fanduel details tonight! How many people can we DEFINITELY get this week? Looks like we have at least 5. Let's go with 8?
 

T2urtle

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Only problem is Stacy is facing the Cowboys, who are being stingy against the run right now. And Hawkins for Wayne? Not sure about that, the Colts are playing Jacksonville, so I know he's going to get targets. Hawkins isn't full reliable, yet, but I expect them to throw it against the Ravens.
Crap, brainfart. I saw Wayne and thought nicks.

Ur right on that. But I think Stacy will out perform brown. If it was ppr, I would of gone brown.
 

dougp

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Crap, brainfart. I saw Wayne and thought nicks.

Ur right on that. But I think Stacy will out perform brown. If it was ppr, I would of gone brown.

It is PPR, but those will probably go to Woodhead. Regardless, both RBs will face decent running defenses.
 

Connoisseur

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Wow I didn't even have to read who was posting this to know it was from SP33Demon.

Of course you trade alfred morris for the #1 overall pick. Especially when you already have his backup you can plug in until he is healthy.

And then you tell him to trade a starting RB for some worthless WR3. Jesus man.

Yeah I did a straight up Morris for JC trade. The guy was in a desperate situation and he wanted a consistent player. Even if JC is hurt for week 3, I can play Kniles Davis and he'll hopefully put up solid numbers. I couldn't turn down a stud pick even if he is hurt. I didn't trade Andre for Welker though. It's tough to tell who'll come out with more points at the end of the season but I think Andre will be slightly more consistent since the Texans don't have as many weapons and it seemed like a lateral trade.
 

glenn1

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haha well that kinda eliminates the purpose, at least part of it

prizes will be weekly. but we can do something like a 50/50 where half the members double up their entry fee. Or winner take all, top 2, etc etc

OK, get it now - I was thinking I'd have to paypal you $5 every week instead of having a standing account which got debited for weekly buy-in and got credited if you won any given week.
 

glenn1

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Jamaal Charles practiced today. Good news if you're a JC owner, and might be bad news if you spent a ton of FAAB money on Kniles Davis.

Jamaal Charles (ankle) returned to Chiefs practice Thursday.

Per ESPN's Adam Teicher, Charles participated in warmups, spent a "brief period" being tended to by the team's trainer and then joined position drills. Charles was apparently even "cutting through cones." It would suggest Charles isn't dealing with a high-ankle sprain at all, and that the Chiefs have been misapplying the phrase. There's still more reason to believe Charles will sit than suit up this weekend, but we obviously don't have enough information right now. Charles owners should not count on him being active for Week 3, while Knile Davis owners simply need to sit tight.
 

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Nice. I just traded Alfred Morris for JC. Depending on how he recovers, this could have been my greatest trade ever. Bet the other guy is kicking himself too. But he's 0-2 and needed to make some moves for consistent (read: healthy) players.
 

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Not liking Charles practicing. High ankle sprains are no joke. That can plague him all year if he doesn't give it a chance to heal up. Davis was serviceable in his place. Why rush it?
 

Crono

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Not liking Charles practicing. High ankle sprains are no joke. That can plague him all year if he doesn't give it a chance to heal up. Davis was serviceable in his place. Why rush it?

It probably wasn't a high ankle sprain, maybe just a grade 1 sprain if he can suit up.

EDIT: Nevermind, double checked: it is a high ankle sprain, but it wasn't "a real severe one", according to Reid. Makes no sense to me why he would be out there, but obviously their team doctors know better than me.
 
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Kev

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Yeah I did a straight up Morris for JC trade. The guy was in a desperate situation and he wanted a consistent player. Even if JC is hurt for week 3, I can play Kniles Davis and he'll hopefully put up solid numbers. I couldn't turn down a stud pick even if he is hurt. I didn't trade Andre for Welker though. It's tough to tell who'll come out with more points at the end of the season but I think Andre will be slightly more consistent since the Texans don't have as many weapons and it seemed like a lateral trade.

yeah welker/aj is a tossup, you have aj's higher ceiling vs welker's consistency, so I wasn't really analyzing that part of the trade.
 

Kev

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Not liking Charles practicing. High ankle sprains are no joke. That can plague him all year if he doesn't give it a chance to heal up. Davis was serviceable in his place. Why rush it?

This is what annoyed me with CJ Spiller all last year. That and the fact that his coaches are all retarded.
 
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