Fantasy Football Draft

[TeamAliceFTW]

Ok guys, I have a draft for my team tonight, and I have a question. I want Adrian Peterson, but so does every other person with a team. Any suggestions on who else to pick? I'm thinking LT but I'm not sure how productive he'll be this year compared to past.

[xTerp]

Chris Johnson
Michael Turner
Steven Jackson

any of those 3.

[jonoo24]

NO. get brees.

[TeamAliceFTW]

Brees is already going to be my first round pick. I meant for a runningback.

[Cubecubed]

BRIAN Westbrook from the eagles isnt a bad choice.

[BassCatfish]

Chris Johnson
Michael Turner
Steven Jackson

any of those 3.

I agree with these.

[JoshuaB81285]

Michael Westbrook from the eagles isnt a bad choice.

Michael Westbrook?! Surely you mean Brian.

[Cubecubed]

Michael Westbrook?! Surely you mean Brian.

yes........god dammit, i fail at remembering his name so much.

[TeamAliceFTW]

Ok, so i ended up with Brees for my first pick. Luckily i ended up getting first overall pick. And next i got the ravens defense.

[bmaninc]

I took Slaton and I couldn't be happier.

[Cubecubed]

Ok, so i ended up with Brees for my first pick. Luckily i ended up getting first overall pick. And next i got the ravens defense.

good picks there,for sure.

[JoshuaB81285]

Speaking of Fantasy teams in here I figured I'd post my team I got in my Yahoo Draft (a league me, my brothers, and friends are in).

QBs: Peyton Manning*, Matt Ryan
WRs: Andre Johnson*, Hines Ward*, Bernard Berrian*, Steve Breaston
RBs: Michael Turner*, Derrick Ward*, Jonathan Stewart
TEs: Dallas Clark*, Visanthe Shiancoe
K: Mason Crosby*, Nick Folk
DEF: Minnesota Vikings*, Green Bay Packers

All the ones with a * are my planned starters...though I may end up using Stewart more than Ward if TB does a rotating 3-Back system and maybe Breaston over Ward or Berrian depending on how often Warner targets him.

[bermuddy]

sooo you drafted brees first overall and ravens defense second?

id like to play against you in a pay league.

[aggiesrul8]

WTF!!! How could you not have taken Ryan Leaf with the number 1 pick??

[TeamAliceFTW]

Baltimore has some of the highest numbers on turnovers, and Brees has consistently been one of the highest rated passers the past few seasons.

[bmaninc]

You don't pick a defense anywhere near the early rounds.

[bermuddy]

i dont like brees at #1 overall and i like a defense #2 even less.

[momo217]

i dont like brees at #1 overall and i like a defense #2 even less.

That is pretty bad. You could of gotten Baltimore D in the 8th rnd or later. Why would u not take AP with the 1st pick. WOW. To each their own. Please don't take this comment as an insult, I am just surprised is all.Didn't u say you wanted AP?

Btw, Good luck in your FF year! I love this time of year.

[ultimatespidey81]

sooo you drafted brees first overall and ravens defense second?

id like to play against you in a pay league.

i was thinking the very same thing.


Speaking of Fantasy teams in here I figured I'd post my team I got in my Yahoo Draft (a league me, my brothers, and friends are in).

QBs: Peyton Manning*, Matt Ryan
WRs: Andre Johnson*, Hines Ward*, Bernard Berrian*, Steve Breaston
RBs: Michael Turner*, Derrick Ward*, Jonathan Stewart
TEs: Dallas Clark*, Visanthe Shiancoe
K: Mason Crosby*, Nick Folk
DEF: Minnesota Vikings*, Green Bay Packers

All the ones with a * are my planned starters...though I may end up using Stewart more than Ward if TB does a rotating 3-Back system and maybe Breaston over Ward or Berrian depending on how often Warner targets him.

i actually think thats a nice team. should keep you in the running all yr.


You don't pick a defense anywhere near the early rounds.

preach on!!

[xTerp]

Defense is the second last position you draft (ahead of kicker). At least in my league, a very good week by the defense will net you at most 15 points. Therefore the point difference between good defense and average defense isn't that much. A running back second is a much smarter pick.

[Banky71]

OK Gurus. Should I drop the Chargers D(they are my second D behind Dallas) and pick up Darren Sproles? Matt Schaub is available too but I already have Peyton Manning.

[bermuddy]

i would actually drop the dallas D and get sproles. san diego d has 6 games against denver, oakland, and KC. dallas had games againt eagles, giants, and skins

[maitee1]

yeah depending on the size of your league you only need 1 Def and 1 Kicker. So yeah I would have to look into SD and Dallas but I would more than likely keep SD.

[Banky71]

BTW look at this dudes team. I have never seen a worse team ever.

QB - Jason Campbell, Shaun Hill

RB - Ladell Betts, Tashard Choice, Peyton Hillis, Earnest Graham

WR - Michael Jenkins, Muhsin Muhammad, Devery Henderson, Michael Clayton,

TE - Tony Scheffler, Brent Celek, Kevin Boss

K - Nick Folk

D - Tampa Bay, Green Bay

It was Auto Draft for everyone but he must not have set anything up lol

[bermuddy]

i dunno, banky. This (http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/clubhouse?leagueId=410420&teamId=8&seasonId=2009) team is pretty terrible too.

did you get my post about best buy selling 360 games buy 1 get 1 50% off?

[Banky71]

i dunno, banky. This (http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/clubhouse?leagueId=410420&teamId=8&seasonId=2009) team is pretty terrible too.

did you get my post about best buy selling 360 games buy 1 get 1 50% off?


That's the best team I have ever seen! I have to D's in that league too but I can't find a player I want to pick up yet.

Is the 360 thing online only?

[maitee1]

Wow, just wow

here is mine since we are all sharing...took a chance on the WR's but I might make out

QB - Kurt Warner, Eli Manning

RB - Brandon Jacobs, Chris Johnson, Cedric Benson, Leon Washington

WR - TJ Whosyomama, Santonio Holmes, Desean Jackson, Ted Ginn JR, Percy Harvin

TE - Greg Olsen, Heath Miller

K - Mason Crosby

Def -Baltimore

[bermuddy]

in store too. i took advantage of it yesterday.

[Banky71]

in store too. i took advantage of it yesterday.

Crap! O just bought a game from there!

[bermuddy]

this is my 12 team pay league. i've never felt better about a draft in my life.

http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/clubhouse?leagueId=311307&teamId=5&seasonId=2009

[Banky71]

this is my 12 team pay league. i've never felt better about a draft in my life.

http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/clubhouse?leagueId=311307&teamId=5&seasonId=2009

"You cannot view this private league because you are not a league member" is the most bestest team ever!!

[bermuddy]

thats how good it is!

ill ust post it then

qb - m schaub
rb - c johnson
rb - k smith
wr - r white
wr - l fitzgerald
wr/te - d hester
te - owen daniels
d/st - chicago
k - p dawson

bench
qb - s hill
rb - j stewart
rb - a bradshaw
rb - c taylor
wr - d driver
wr - c chambers
wr - b engram

edit: 12 team league. i had the 11th pick.

[xTerp]

Here's my team. 10 team league and I had the 6th pick

QB: Aaron Rodgers
RB: Chris Johnson, Brian Westbrook
WR: Marques Colston, Braylon Edwards
RB/WR: Anthony Gonzalez
TE: Chris Cooley
K: Mason Crsoby
D/ST: Titans
Bench: Eli Manning, Cedric Benson, Donald Lee, Bucs D/ST, Michael Jenkins, Ricky Williams, Joe Nedney

I forget why I have two kickers but whatever.

[J3st3r 360]

I'm an Eagles fan, and if I had to pick between Brian Westbrook and DeAngelo Williams, I'd clearly put Williams ahead at this moment. Westbrook is still questionable, he's not as good as he was two years ago because injuries are slowly getting to him.

DeAngelo Williams is like ranked sixth on the RB fantasy poll, and he should be ahead of Tomlinson in my opinion. Williams is younger, was way more productive last year, and is basically the offensive player next to Steve Smith, and if Delhomme (sp?) isn't having a good day, well how can Smith be productive, thus, making Williams the go to guy.

[bermuddy]

just got offered this trade
i get larry johnson and darrius heyward-bey and i give roddy white.

my question is how many times do i write HA back to back? i was thinking about 18.

[JoshuaB81285]

just got offered this trade
i get larry johnson and darrius heyward-bey and i give roddy white.

my question is how many times do i write HA back to back? i was thinking about 18.

Haha, maybe if L.J. was in the form he was in 2-3 years ago. Atlanta is gonna be nasty this year.

[bermuddy]

it's also in a league where you start 3 wrs and 2 rbs. im set with chris johnson and kevin smith.

[JoshuaB81285]

Yeah, I was impressed with Kevin Smith late last year...I actually think he's gonna help out the Lions quite a bit. He was def. puttin up some fantasy points.

[J3st3r 360]

With the addition of Gonzalez at TE (please tell me that's his name because basically all of my NFL stuff has left my mind today) they should be better. I mean, the Falcons have a very good QB who wont have the "sophmore slump" as some say, pretty good receivers, and a pretty damn good running back. Gonzalez (again, if that's not the new TE added, I apologize, it's left my mind today), at this point isn't a bigger fantasy pick because he's now got Ryan to throw at him, not yet. Ryan didn't pay attention all that well to his tight ends this past year, so...

[bermuddy]

relax. it's gonzalez.

[topperharley]

TEs: Dallas Clark*, Visanthe Shiancoe

Shiancoe might end up better than Clark. He played very well in the second half of last season, and Favre loves to throw to his TEs.

[bse523]

I just got done doing my draft for a work fantasy league. We start 1 QB 2 RB/WR 1 TE 1 D 1K (and yes I know I went heavy on the Saints):

QB - Eli Manning, Kurt Warner
WR - Vincent Jackson, Hines Ward, Laveranues Coles, Lance Moore
RB - Pierre Thomas, Reggie Bush, Frank Gore, Jerious Norwood
TE - Todd Heap
D - SD
K - Rian Lindell.

I had the 11th pick out of 12. Maybe I should start counting my winnings.

[ultimatespidey81]

yahoo! 10 team pay league. we have to pay for transactions hence the backup K's & D's. we use W/RB & W/TE slash positions. im diggin my squad & already have plans for the $$$ lol

the walking dead
1.(6)DeAngelo Williams
2.(15)Chris Johnson
3.(26)Ryan Grant
4.(35)Kurt Warner
5.(46)Wes Welker
6.(55)Vincent Jackson
7.(66)Anthony Gonzalez
8.(75)Bernard Berrian
9.(86)Kellen Winslow
10.(95)San Diego
11.(106)Matt Cassel
12.(115)New England
13.(126)Kris Brown
14.(135)Kevin Boss
15.(146)Justin Fargas
16.(155)Jason Elam

[CJHobbes]

Yeah, my friends and I have been running a free Yahoo league for the past 10 years. We usually don't pick up a QB until the end of the first, beginning of the 2nd round. Usually RBs and highly rated WRs go first. Defense goes mid-late rounds, TEs the same, and kickers usually the last round or picked up off waivers. Though if you have some guy auto-picking (like one we had this year), it throws off the flow a little bit.

With that said, and a 10th overall pick (out of 12 teams), here's my team:

QB: Philip Rivers
RB: Chris Johnson, Kevin Smith
WR: Andre Johnson, Hines Ward
TE: Chris Cooley
RB/WR: Lance Moore
K: John Kasay
D: Tennessee

(insert bench players here)

I have Derrick Ward on my bench, but for week 1 he's up against Dallas with Moore going against Detroit, and Brees was completely on fire in pre-season. It's not the best looking team I've had, but overall I'm happy.

Bermuddy: Nice team, especially for a pay league. Hopefully Schaub can do something for you this year, and as a Bears fan I hope Hester carries you to the championship. :p

[bmaninc]

You cannot compare to my fantasy football roster:

QB: Tom Brady, Brett Favre, Brady Quinn
RB: Steve Slaton, Jonathon Stewart, Sammy Morris, Julius Jones
WR: TJ Houshmandzadeh, Desean Jackson, Santana Moss, Patrick Crayton. Joey Galloway, Amani Toomer.
TE: Tony Gonzalez, Bo Scaife
D: New York Giants.
K: John Carney.
P: Brad Maynard.

I picked 11th out of 12.

[hshizzle]

P: Brad Maynard.


:confused:

How does scoring work for punters? points for scoreboards hit?

[bmaninc]

:confused:

How does scoring work for punters? points for scoreboards hit?

I don't know, maybe punting average?

[tridentgum0]

You cannot compare to my fantasy football roster:

QB: Tom Brady, Brett Favre, Brady Quinn
RB: Steve Slaton, Jonathon Stewart, Sammy Morris, Julius Jones
WR: TJ Houshmandzadeh, Desean Jackson, Santana Moss, Patrick Crayton. Joey Galloway, Amani Toomer.
TE: Tony Gonzalez, Bo Scaife
D: New York Giants.
K: John Carney.
P: Brad Maynard.

I picked 11th out of 12.

Heh, I picked 12th in this same draft, and here's my piece of **** team:

QB: Kurt Warner, David Garrard
RB: LaDanian Tomlinson, Joseph Addai, LenDale White, Laurence Maroney, Ricky Williams
WR: Santonio Holmes, Andre Johnson, Dwayne Bowe, Donald Driver, Michael Jenkins
TE: Heath Miller, John Carlson
D: Patriots
K: David Akers
P: Dustin Colquitt

[bermuddy]

my team in that league is stacked.
QB manning
RB jones drew
RB derrick ward
WR roddy white
WR kevin walter
WR/RB jamal lewis
TE antonio gates
D/ST baltimore
K phil dawson
P donnie jones

and on my bench i picked up some real studs
antonio bryant, cedric benson, derrick mason, earnest graham, domenik hixon, chris henry, edgerrin james, and steve smith (giants)

[Tank9088]

I picked 10th in the same draft as bman,trident, and muddy.

QB:Aaron Rodgers, Trent Edwards
RB: Clinton Portis, Darren McFadden, Le' Ron McClain, Rashard Mendenhall
WR: Eddie Royal, Calvin Johnson, Chad Ochocinco, Josh Morgan
TE: Owen Daniels, Marcedes Lewis
D: Eagles, Colts
K: Neil Rackers, Garrett Hartley
P: Sam Koch,Daniel Sepulveda

[J3st3r 360]

Aw. Tank. :( You really went with our defense first?

[Tank9088]

Aw. Tank. :( You really went with our defense first?

Yeah, I waited too long to get a D.

[tridentgum0]

I offered Bman Maroney for Quinn. His team's RB for my team's QB. I'll have my QB or his guts, one of the two. ;):p

[J3st3r 360]

Our defense is kind of shaky to be quiet honest. I'd put the Colts defense in front of the Eagles until we actually see what happens in the first two weeks. In my opinion, just saying.

[bermuddy]

would youi like jamal lewis?

[Tank9088]

Our defense is kind of shaky to be quiet honest. I'd put the Colts defense in front of the Eagles until we actually see what happens in the first two weeks. In my opinion, just saying.

I'll probably be going with my choice for defense based on the matchups for that week.

[tridentgum0]

would youi like jamal lewis?

No, but I'll take Roddy. I really like that kid.

And yes, I originally took the Pat's D so Bman couldn't have it. Defense doesn't really matter anyway.

[Tank9088]

RB: LaDanian Tomlinson,

Lol LT

[tridentgum0]

Lol LT

You were there when that happened. I forgot I had two picks in a row. Remember how I vowed to not get LT before the draft?

[Tank9088]

You were there when that happened. I forgot I had two picks in a row. Remember how I vowed to not get LT before the draft?

Yep, hence why I was loling.

[J3st3r 360]

L.T. was good back then, doubt he'll be putting up numbers like he did. I'm an Williams fan in the Panthers backfield. If I could snatch A.P. or M.T., I would, but next, it's Williams, and if not him, Sproles.

[bmaninc]

So, I just got a trade proposal. Ricky Williams and Donald Driver for Brady Quinn. Should I take it? (I already have my own answer but I want to see opinions.)

[tridentgum0]

So, I just got a trade proposal. Ricky Williams and Donald Driver for Brady Quinn. Should I take it? (I already have my own answer but I want to see opinions.)

Damn. My original offer didn't cancel. ****.

[bmaninc]

Damn. My original offer didn't cancel. ****.

No, it did. I declined your other one. I gave a reason why in the thing. I had only seen the email and thought you gave out two different offers.

[xTerp]

Ray Rice for Darren McFadden and Brett Favre

This seem like a fair trade? I'm thinking about vetoing it in my league since it seems too one sided.

[bermuddy]

i dont believe in veto unless you have a reason to believe it's collusion. if you think it's one person who is dumb, i say compliment them on an awesome trade and then send them a few offers to take advantage of them.

[xTerp]

I'm up in the air on this one so I need some help:

I give up: Braylon Edwards
I receive: Lee Evans

Should I take it or not? The big thing I'm iffy on is if last year was just a fluke for Edwards where on the other hand Evans isn't a number 1 anymore with T.O around.

[tridentgum0]

Lee Evans still plays in Buffalo, correct? If so, he has Trent Edwards. I don't want someone who has Trent Edwards at QB.

[bmaninc]

Take Lee Evans 100 times out of 100. I think he'll benefit from the obvious double coverage on Owens all year.

[xTerp]

Take Lee Evans 100 times out of 100. I think he'll benefit from the obvious double coverage on Owens all year.

Alright, I accepted it. I have some good backup options in case he doesn't pan out.

[bmaninc]

Wait, Lee Evans is your STARTER?

How?

[bermuddy]

i'd actually go with edwards. he has much higher upside and #1 fantasy starter potential. lee evans is a receiver on a team with trent edwards looking to him second. lee evans would be a solid #2 fantasy receiver at best.

[bmaninc]

Maybe I have a tainted view. I have Gonzalez as my Tight End, so I'm good.