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[Barilko]

Il pick Ya. I'll pick ya

 

[averagejoe]

Hey, Bar, you're welcome to come over to watch the game tonight. Kaner vs PK.

 

[tlance]

Bandit picks:

I must go opposite Fuzzy to try and catch him:

Joe over Fuzzy - Fuzzy took himself
Ram over Monkey - Fuzzy took Monkey
Whitebeers over Tlance - Fuzzy took Tlance
TKO over Lefty - Fuzzy took Lefty
Bandit over Sam - Fuzzy took Sam
Barilko over Treff - Still can't make myself pick Treff

Tlance picks:

Tlance over Wilduff- can't pick against myself in a close matchup
Joe over Fuzzy- Rodgers outscores Luck and joe's RBs carry him
Ram over Monkey- Monkey's luck has improved lately, but not this week
Lefty over TKO- lefty gets his win, but it is not enough
Sam over Bandit- just don't love Bandit's matchups
Barilko over Treff- I may change this pick if Jennings sits, but for now..... Sorry Treff.

 

[Yellow Fuzzies]

In the MBBRL, as in most every league in every year, the most significant cumulative statistic in Fantasy football is points against. Bandit has the second highest points for but his second most points against will keep him out of the playoffs. And poor Smoking Monkey with the most points against has lost 11 so far. The conclusion- with points against being so significant, luck is also a very significant aspect of any fantasy season.
So- Good luck guys!

 

[TREFF]

Alright fellas..I don't often do this, in fact since we began the MBBRL, I don't recall ever asking advice on my team. . But with nothing to lose and a miracle needed to avoid relegation, that's what I'm doing now. .

So, considering DJAX may not play, Jennings may not play. . Meaning Garcon and A. Williams "should" be better plays than they normally would be, Maclin facing Sherman, Martin v. Detriot, . .who are your starting plays 2 RB's, 2 WR's and a flex?

Blount @ SD
Ivory @ Minnesota
Martin @ Detriot
Williams @ Tennessee

Maclin v Sea
Lafelle @ SD
M. Bryant @ Cincinnati
Garcon vs StL.

 

[TKOSpikes]

I think you should pick up C-Patt and Ryan Grant.

 

[TREFF]

I think you should pick up C-Patt and Ryan Grant.

The chances of remaining in the A league would remain unchanged. Maybe trade em both to Bandit for Tebow?

 

[tlance]

Alright fellas..I don't often do this, in fact since we began the MBBRL, I don't recall ever asking advice on my team. . But with nothing to lose and a miracle needed to avoid relegation, that's what I'm doing now. .

So, considering DJAX may not play, Jennings may not play. . Meaning Garcon and A. Williams "should" be better plays than they normally would be, Maclin facing Sherman, Martin v. Detriot, . .who are your starting plays 2 RB's, 2 WR's and a flex?

Blount @ SD
Ivory @ Minnesota
Martin @ Detriot
Williams @ Tennessee

Maclin v Sea
Lafelle @ SD
M. Bryant @ Cincinnati
Garcon vs StL.

I would go Blount, Ivory, and Williams, with or without Jennings. I would not trust either. Garçon or Bryant this week.

 

[tlance]

The chances of remaining in the A league would remain unchanged. Maybe trade em both to Bandit for Tebow?

That might be your best idea yet?

 

[averagejoe]

Alright fellas..I don't often do this, in fact since we began the MBBRL, I don't recall ever asking advice on my team. . But with nothing to lose and a miracle needed to avoid relegation, that's what I'm doing now.

Not that I don't want to help, but my team may be a mediocre team masquerading as a playoff team right now. Many of my plug-in players in recent weeks have been below average.

I feel for you, Treff.

O heck... Blount and Bryant. They at least play for better offenses. I think LaFell is iffy to play?

 

[Sam Sportboy]

Alright fellas..I don't often do this, in fact since we began the MBBRL, I don't recall ever asking advice on my team. . But with nothing to lose and a miracle needed to avoid relegation, that's what I'm doing now. .

So, considering DJAX may not play, Jennings may not play. . Meaning Garcon and A. Williams "should" be better plays than they normally would be, Maclin facing Sherman, Martin v. Detriot, . .who are your starting plays 2 RB's, 2 WR's and a flex?

Blount @ SD
Ivory @ Minnesota
Martin @ Detriot
Williams @ Tennessee

Maclin v Sea
Lafelle @ SD
M. Bryant @ Cincinnati
Garcon vs StL.

Funny, but Williams has been better with Jennings in the mix...............and Jennings made the trip so I imagine he starts.

 

[averagejoe]

I must of missed Maclin. I'm starting him in my other league. Just the sheer volume of the Eagles offense should produce something. I'm hoping.

 

[Sam Sportboy]

Hey guys............can I get your opinions on this post? Just wondering how out of line it sounds. My keeper league wants to change the trade deadline from week 14 to week 10 and I for one am against it....................so if you have a minute can I just get your opinion? I just posted this and nobody has seen it yet.........lol.

..............so let me elaborate a little on my stance here. I'm at work (lol) so I may have to stop then start a few times. My home computer is screwing up so I'm not able to post from there. Anyway, I'm gonna use the easiest example: My shitty team. I'll state some facts first then some opinions on how I percieve my team. Fact: My team sucked ass. Fact: I put myself into the position last year of trading early/midround draft picks to try and improve my team last year. Fact: Even though I hit OK on 3 of my first 5 picks (keepers included) it was not enough to save me from losing my 6th and 7th pick leaving my team with a decent core but absolutely no depth.Fact: I knew damn well what I was getting into last year when I traded these picks but thought I'd be able to have some guys fall to me that I liked so I took a chance. Fact: I was lucky more than once and was able to start 5-1 thus giving me false hope (and yes, I knew the whole time I was in deep shit if somebody was to get hurt or stop performing). So, those are what I would call facts from this season of mine. Yeah, some of you may not agree with some of what I said (but before you do you should look at my roster) but I see them as facts. Where is this fool going with this you may ask? Well, here are some opinions based on how I percieve this team of mine. Even though I had the season I had and drafted a shitty ass team, I still have (IMO) 4 legit keepers and a possible 5th keeper that may end up better than the previous 4! Here they are in order. You can disagree with me but this is how I percieve these players and as of right now how I'd draft them next year.
Arian Foster- The back surgery seemed to get him back on track and besides his normal dinged up self, showed way more burst this year and even though he is on track to play 13 games this year, he will still be a late first rounder next season.
Weedsmoker Gordon- The top fantasy WR last year and in his first 2 games this year is averaging just under 100 yards per game............in a new system! May go in the first round in some drafts next year but I feel it's safe to say he will be a second rounder next year (provided he doesn't get caught).
Rashad Jennings- Has pretty much proven that when healthy he can handle the load (just, um, needs to stay healthy). He'll be the Giants bell cow next year and has gotten most of the goal line stuff with or without Williams. I would peg him as a late 3rd rounder right now meaning I'll probably not be having him in any 12 team leagues as somebody is gonna pop on him in the 2nd IMO.
Randall Cobb- Has stayed healthy and has had a career year. Again, I'd have him pegged in the 3rd and that's probably where he'll be drafted in a 12 team league.
Latavius Murray- I get it: dude hasn't won shit yet. He's not the starter. 4 carries do not make a stud RB. But here's the situationMC and MJD are done. Put a fork in them. Coach has said he likes what he's seen (duh). So if he wins the job next year this guy could be the stud RB and has a shot at being a top 5 guy. If he wins the job, he probably doesn't get past the 3rd-4th round.
So what's my point? Shitty team, missed the playoffs (deservedly so) yet I still have 5 potential keepers...........why should I not be able to benefit from this? I keep saying I drafted shitty but hey, I kept Foster, drafted Jennings and Cobb, grabbed Weedsmoker off the wire (and had him on my bench for a long ass time) and picked Murray off the wire too. I've always drafted my teams not just for this year but the next (or even longer) but still have nothing to show for it in the end but the 2 I get to name as my 2 keepers. So if I want to trade somebody one of these guys for a draft pick in next year's draft why shouldn't I be able to? These guys are going to gain value as the weeks go on. Case in point: I had 1, count them, 1 offer for Weedsmoker during the first few weeks we knew that he was gonna be reinstated. Not gonna say who made the offer or who was offered, but let's just say it would have been one hell of a buy low on Gordon. Bet I'd get a better offer on him now if I could trade him. Same with the rest of these guys IMO. Anyway, the only issue I see is the collusion issue and that's hard enough to figure out because some owners value players at a higher or lower value than others..............................so in my opinion, the best way to end some of these trades would be to make it mandatory to keep at least 2 players then we would all have to think twice before we unloaded players for picks.
THE RRC's(trademark of excellence)

 

[averagejoe]

Fact: that is a nicely punctuated wall of text. Fact: I'm confused by your post. Fact: You generally have good ideas so can I just agree with your stance.

 

[Sam Sportboy]

Fact: that is a nicely punctuated wall of text. Fact: I'm confused by your post. Fact: You generally have good ideas so can I just agree with your stance.

Fact: It looks way different on our league page.
Fact: I'm with you; if one of you guys posted that and it looked like that I might not read it either. Maybe I can repost it sos yous guise kan reed it

 

[Sam Sportboy]

..............so let me elaborate a little on my stance here. I'm at work (lol) so I may have to stop then start a few times. My home computer is screwing up so I'm not able to post from there. Anyway, I'm gonna use the easiest example: My shitty team. I'll state some facts first then some opinions on how I percieve my team.

Fact: My team sucked ass.
Fact: I put myself into the position last year of trading early/midround draft picks to try and improve my team last year.
Fact: Even though I hit OK on 3 of my first 5 picks (keepers included) it was not enough to save me from losing my 6th and 7th pick leaving my team with a decent core but absolutely no depth.
Fact: I knew damn well what I was getting into last year when I traded these picks but thought I'd be able to have some guys fall to me that I liked so I took a chance.
Fact: I was lucky more than once and was able to start 5-1 thus giving me false hope (and yes, I knew the whole time I was in deep shit if somebody was to get hurt or stop performing).
So, those are what I would call facts from this season of mine. Yeah, some of you may not agree with some of what I said (but before you do you should look at my roster) but I see them as facts. Where is this fool going with this you may ask? Well, here are some opinions based on how I percieve this team of mine. Even though I had the season I had and drafted a shitty ass team, I still have (IMO) 4 legit keepers and a possible 5th keeper that may end up better than the previous 4! Here they are in order. You can disagree with me but this is how I percieve these players and as of right now how I'd draft them next year.

Arian Foster- The back surgery seemed to get him back on track and besides his normal dinged up self, showed way more burst this year and even though he is on track to play 13 games this year, he will still be a late first rounder next season.

Weedsmoker Gordon- The top fantasy WR last year and in his first 2 games this year is averaging just under 100 yards per game............in a new system! May go in the first round in some drafts next year but I feel it's safe to say he will be a second rounder next year (provided he doesn't get caught).

Rashad Jennings- Has pretty much proven that when healthy he can handle the load (just, um, needs to stay healthy). He'll be the Giants bell cow next year and has gotten most of the goal line stuff with or without Williams. I would peg him as a late 3rd rounder right now meaning I'll probably not be having him in any 12 team leagues as somebody is gonna pop on him in the 2nd IMO.

Randall Cobb- Has stayed healthy and has had a career year. Again, I'd have him pegged in the 3rd and that's probably where he'll be drafted in a 12 team league.

Latavius Murray- I get it: dude hasn't won shit yet. He's not the starter. 4 carries do not make a stud RB. But here's the situationMC and MJD are done. Put a fork in them. Coach has said he likes what he's seen (duh). So if he wins the job next year this guy could be the stud RB and has a shot at being a top 5 guy. If he wins the job, he probably doesn't get past the 3rd-4th round.

So what's my point? Shitty team, missed the playoffs (deservedly so) yet I still have 5 potential keepers...........why should I not be able to benefit from this? I keep saying I drafted shitty but hey, I kept Foster, drafted Jennings and Cobb, grabbed Weedsmoker off the wire (and had him on my bench for a long ass time) and picked Murray off the wire too. I've always drafted my teams not just for this year but the next (or even longer) but still have nothing to show for it in the end but the 2 I get to name as my 2 keepers. So if I want to trade somebody one of these guys for a draft pick in next year's draft why shouldn't I be able to? These guys are going to gain value as the weeks go on. Case in point: I had 1, count them, 1 offer for Weedsmoker during the first few weeks we knew that he was gonna be reinstated. Not gonna say who made the offer or who was offered, but let's just say it would have been one hell of a buy low on Gordon. Bet I'd get a better offer on him now if I could trade him. Same with the rest of these guys IMO. Anyway, the only issue I see is the collusion issue and that's hard enough to figure out because some owners value players at a higher or lower value than others..............................so in my opinion, the best way to end some of these trades would be to make it mandatory to keep at least 2 players then we would all have to think twice before we unloaded players for picks.
THE RRC's(trademark of excellence)

Fact: That ain't much better.

 

[tlance]

In general, I don't like super late trade deadlines. Week 10 is too early for a keeper league, but I think week 14 is too late. Maybe a week 12 compromise would be in order?

 

[leftypower]

Sam - I know it is a part of the game in some leagues but I really don't like player trades for draft picks. I'm in two keeper leagues and we do not allow picks for player trades. In both the kept player(s) is retained in the rd they were drafted, free agents can be kept in the 6th.
anyway, IMO the later the trade deadline the greater the chance/temptation to invite some sort of collusion between owners, as such 2 weeks before playoffs seems like a reasonable timeframe. But as far as your point, it makes sense.

 

[Sam Sportboy]

Well, to be honest I've been pushing for us to keep 2 with the option to keep 3. Kinda pisses me off when we have the same teams every year ending up with 1 keeper worthy player. As far as collusion goes, most of us hate each other just enough to keep that out of the mix..............lol. The way I see it is in a league like this (been around over 20 years and still has 3 founding members) you should always be looking at least one year ahead.

 

[wilwhite]

I dunno... I think it would suck for somebody who worked hard all year putting a solid team together to have to face a guy who snuck into the playoffs and suddenly has Peyton Manning because he traded next year's picks for short-term glory.

It makes sense to me to look at MLB. The deadline is two-thirds of the way through, and teams have to make a call on whether they're buying or selling; teams pitch deals to land short-term vets to push them over the edge. Week 10 in fantasy seems about right to me.

(And out of those five... if Latavius does his thing I'd have no trouble cutting Jennings loose.)

I also don't like trading players for draft picks... during the season. Could be on the table in the off-season.