ILNFL™ Dirty Dozen: 2011 Fantasy Football Thread

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Despite my protests before the beginning of last year's season about how big a league forks wanted, it turned out to be pretty fun (even if I did come in 11th out of 14 teams). I left all of those settings intact. I don't remember if we wanted to change anything or not, but you can all look over what's there and debate it. Also, the current live draft is set for Monday September 5th at 7:30pm ET. That can also be changed if needed closer to draft time.

Now, let's just cross our fingers for a season to actually take place.

bump

fucksake, don't jinx it!

unbump

lol

Six in. Six or eight spots left.

Yes, I realize it's not even halfway through July yet.

this is my year

i'm in.

I am Nerds Rope.

funcussion

i dunno what the availability is like but it would be real handy for me if we could draft late aug instead of early sep.

That could be possible. Right now, the date is just a placeholder until we come to some kind of consensus.

how many spots left?

It's at 11 right now, and it has to be an even number for everything to work.

Now we're at 13, so one more should fill us up.

aight i'm in

hey kevin from last year would like to join
can we expand to 16 please?

Hello all - kebya back from the past. Yes, would love to right the ship and be more competitive this year, if y'all will have me back.

I am totally down with the league having a lot of teams, but I remember there being some pushback on that last year.

i'm don't mind a lot of teams

i had a problem with too many teams last year but then i won so i am all the way on board. 32 teams! we can do it!

I was one of the louder small-league voices, but I quit playing fantasy sports, so have at it.

is there any interest in a negative-points league again? I found that pretty entertaining...

I wish there was a fantasy software than let you do fiddle with the stats enough to make that work. I enjoyed the negative league but wish it was a better reflection of the worst players in the league. Yahoo and NFL.com both don't work right for negatives.

Oooh, ESPN works!

Here's the top of the board for 2010, based on my settings:

#1 Jimmy Clausen
Chester Taylor
Derek Anderson
Bradford
Henne
Cotchery
Mark Sanchez
Best
Benson
Cadillac Williams
Laurent Robinson
Favre
Steve Smith (Car)

Send me your email address via WebMail and I will invite you to the league I made.

rad

maybe start a new thread for it?

so is kevin in?

kebya can join as soon as we confirm a 16th. I don't want to let him in and then have to cut someone loose at draft time so we can go ahead.

That's fair - but I went and signed upon the ESPN link, should I remove my team until your prior commitments sign up?

The negative points league is a total different thing.

if someone ends up dropping out of this, i'll take a slot. i'm leaving my pay league this year (i moved, and they're switching to an auction, so i decided not to bother) so i'm available for something new

If you and kebya join, that will take it to 16 teams. I balked at 14 teams last year, but it ended up being fun. I'm slightly and privately balking at 16, but it will probably be fun anyway.

Anyone at all have a problem with 16 teams? If not, I'll open another two slots.

OK - removed myself from the ESPN league, let me know if you open slots 15 & 16 for this league. Thanks Mr. Fever.

Go for it!

Bumped it up to 16 now for Mordy and kebya only. If anyone else tries to sneak in, I'll cut you (with a dull knife)!

the igglite magicians are now registered and ready to play (well, after we draft of course)

i dunno what the availability is like but it would be real handy for me if we could draft late aug instead of early sep.

― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, July 25, 2011 7:21 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark

pls?

Just moved and I get my home internets hooked up on Thursday, so any night after that is good for me.

Drafted in a second 10-team league last night and worthwhile players were disappearing left and right. Can't imagine how much barrel scraping there is to be done in our 16-team league.

So, can everyone agree on a date?

might be tough 2 coordinate 16 ppl

i could do 8/29 or 8/30

or the current date is actually fine w/ me

i think i'm pre-selecting so whenever is fine

current date is fine by me; it's memorial day isn't it?

Spirals wants it earlier.

Current date is fine with me, but so is any September date.

pre-ranking will be a sad way for me to lose my crown but if current date is working out for other folks that is cool wit me.

One week from tonight! THE DRAFT FROM HELL.

gonna be a tough one. not sure how to study.

there's a zillion ipad apps. should i get the nfl one?

It seems like a waste of money to me.

hey folks, sorry to interrupt your ilx league chatter, but i'm in a league of shithead portland hipsters and we need I think one more team and we're having trouble tracking anybody down whose not already doing twenty other leagues. So here's a general invite to anybody who wants to join a 12 team yahoo league (draft is this wednesday at 7pm pst), just email me at cwsmith @ gmail and I'll pass on the info.

thanks and sorry for the intrusion!

any chance the draft can start about two hours earlier? got a labor day bbq around 5pm PDT, draft starts here at 4:30.

Anyone have reservations about moving it backwards one day to Sunday? That should get it out of people Labor Day plans if any exist (besides omar's).

*people's

don't care, but we really really need to nail this down and then make sure everyone is aware. I'd be ultrapissed if the time got moved and nobody told me.

i'll only do this drunk, so noon on Sunday should work

Fine with me, moving to Sunday!

fine w/ me. also loving drunken drafting idea

i don't mind sunday morning, so if eastcoasters want it around noon i say go for it

lol, just as i was scheming to somehow get available for this, you fucks torpedo me with this sunday bullshit. yall are scared of the champ, i understand that.

That's it. You found us out.

it's the end Roberto

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i am putting a reminder in my calendar for next year - do not 1. move house or 2. have my parents in town at the start of football season

maybe i can get someone to sign onto the computer for me and i'll get the bluetooth headset on my phone while i'm out. problem is, i am pretty sure i don't know a single person that wouldn't ignore me and draft a roster full of retired jets players. curtis martin in round 1 is not ideal but at least he used to play for ne.

I hate for anyone to have to autodraft. What would be the IDEAL day for you to do this?

I can't do sunday morning.

personally i am just foolin around here, don't mind me. after today there is basically 0.01% i could make any time over next 10 days so don't factor me in. i am interested to see what kinda job i make of the autodraft, never had to do before.

I'm not huge on fantasy football and I am already in a league with the drummer in my band, so I won't do the Dirty Dozen (all though I am in the pickem league as that is more my thing).

It's a 10 club league...this is who I got. I think my Qb/WR look pretty good, but my backs are not great. I think Greene might do OK, as he might be the main back for the Jets this year right. I figure Manningham could be the big target with Smith gone from the Giants too.

Philip Rivers QB
Andre Johnson WR
Matt Forte RB
DeSean Jackson WR
Jermichael Finley TE
BenJarvus Green-Ellis RB
Mario Manningham WR
Shonn Greene RB
Daniel Thomas RB
Malcom Floyd WR
Falcons D/ST D/ST
Mike Tolbert RB
Mark Sanchez QB
Alex Henery K
Matt Bryant K

Tolbert/Manningham are legit sleepers imo

Manningham is still going to be second fiddle to Nicks, but you're right that his chances of performing have improved.

original draft time still stands (too late now to change it for fear some people wouldn't get the notification...soz omar)

shit, this is gonna be HARD.

Damn hard - I see us in the 13th round having to choose between Brian Hartline and Kassim Osgood to finish off our teams!

i'm drafting 11 kickers this year

I've never played in a 16-team league before.

so what time are we doing this today?

7:30...right?

est

7:30 pm ET
6:30 pm CT
5:30 pm MT
4:30 pm PT

hey, is the draft order tbd or is it set right now in the league standings?

apparently set half hour before draft

Yeah, we'll know in a minute or two.

It's up now

Ooh, I'm 9th out of 16. That's a sweet spot.

12th! that means i win

can't believe I'm drafting fucking 16th

game on yall

we're missing four

and now 2

fuck drafting 16th

auction next time imo

got stuck coming home and it auto-drafted for me so i ended up with lul kolb at QB.

this is moving at a healthy clip

QB - Peytey and Cutler with Fitzpatrick in the wings
WR - Wes Welker, Kenny Britt, Devin Hester, Plaxico, Brad Smith
RB - LeSean McCoy, Ahmad Bradshaw, Darren Sproles, Ryan Torain
TE - Dustin Keller
D - KC
IDP - Ray Lewis, Barrett Ruud, Eric Weddle
K - Josh Brown (STL)

I need a lot to fall right but it could be a good draft.

Return yardage is gonna be a big ? for all of us.

if there even is much return yardage this year

well, punt returns are still punt returns.

Team Kreayshawn Johnson

QB: Matt Ryan, Alex Smith
RB: Adrian Peterson, DeAngelo Williams, Leon Washington, Tashard Choice
WR (yikes): Danny Amendola, Jacoby Ford, Deion Branch, Anthony Armstrong, Derrick Mason
TE: Owen Daniels, Aaron Hernandez
K: David Akers
DEF: Philly, Houston
IDP: Larry Timmons, Derrick Johnson, Kevin Burnett

i went with cagey vets who all have the same bye week

team: J'accuse Jacquizz

qb Ben Roethlisberger
WR Hakeem Nicks Santonio Holmes Johnny Knox bench: Michael Crabtree, Jacoby Jones, Mohamed Massaquoi
RB Chris Johnson Beanie Wells Willis McGahee bench: Jacquizz Rodgers, Jerome Harrison, Mike Goodson
TE Kellen Winslow
IDP: Paul Posluszny, D.J. Williams, Paris Lenon
K Jay Feely
D San Francisco

decided not to draft a backup qb or te.
all my starting rbs have byes the same week
wish I had grabbed a bill but Poz kind of counts.

qb eli manning
wr andre johnson, reggie wayne, dwayne bowe
rb darren mcfadden, ladainian
te gronkowski
wrt hines ward

bn marion barber, shane vereen
k mason crosby
def pitt, tn, ind, mn
d trent cole, jared allen, laron landry, james harrison

kinda fucked myself w/ rbs, don't expect much out of this team

qb: kolb, henne
wr: mike wallace, vincent jackson, mario manningham, anquan boldin, braylon edwards, donald driver
rb: ray rice, marshawn lynch, ronnie brown
te: jared cook, benjamin watson

actually feel like i did pretty well considering that it was on auto-draft. decent wr + rb options w/ some potential upside -- qb a little weak but both qb's w/ potential

+ i even got an iggle, even if he won't be getting much play time

forks congrats toyota has recognized u as best draftee

The Best Draft of the 2011 season goes to...

Funcussion

Manager: forksclovetofu

qb: michael vick, david garrard
wr: greg jennings, austin collie, james jones
rb: frank gore, mike tolbert, ryan grant, ben tate, toby gerhart, ricky williams
te: dallas clark, brandon pettigrew
k: alex henery
def: chi, atl
d: eric berry, demarcus ware, michael griffin

would be happier w/ a better backup to vick than garrard, somehow managed to draft two team def w/ same bye week, hoping one of those lottery ticket rbs pays off

lol wtf why does toyota like me?

Alpaca Lips

QB: Drew Brees, Matt Cassel
RB: LeGarrette Blount, Benjarvus Green-Ellis, Danny Woodhead, Stevan Ridley, Javon Ringer
WR: Julio Jones, Nate Burleson, Antonio Brown, Greg Little, Mark Clayton (who I just now noticed is on the PUP list)
TE: Marcedes Lewis, Brent Celek
K: Adam Vinateri
DEF: New England
IDP: James Anderson, Brian Urlacher, Kerry Rhodes

Hopefully, one of the NE rbs will rise to the top (Ridley looks good) or else I'll be stuck with a committee of fantasy underperformers.

gotta be the brad smith 19th rd pick imo xp

LeRaggette Blount:

QB: Philip Rivers, Cam Newton
RB: Felix Jones, Tim Hightower, Knowshon Moreno, Michael Bush, DeMarco Murray, Delone Carter
WR: Dez Bryant, Malcolm Floyd, Robert Meachem, Denarius Moore, Andre Roberts
TE: Jimmy Graham
K: Lawrence Tynes
Def: Dallas
IDP: James Laurinaitis, Curtis Lofton, Yeremiah Bell

lol cam newton

i was so fucking proud of that 19th round brad smith pick i gotta say

mordy - you seem to have the deepest wr spot
symsymsym - I like the philosophy behind your qb picks, pick a top tier guy and pick a crap shoot

yeah, mordy's wr pool is good considering the circumstances of this draft (especially considering he auto-drafted). maybe i'll auto-draft next year, damn.

anyone wanna trade me an RB for a WR? open to trades.

funcussion, before I offer a counter proposal, what makes you think I would the deal straight up.

U JUST GOT SNRUBBED:

QB: Josh Freeman, Andy Dalton (!!!)
RB: Rashard Mendenhall, Shonn Greene, Cedric Benson, Deji Karim, Justin Forsett, Dion Lewis
WR: Percy Harvin, A.J. Green, Brandon Banks, Emmanuel Sanders
TE: Heath Miller
K: Billy Cundiff
D/ST: New York Jets
IDP: Jon Beason, Jerod Mayo, David Harris, Brian Cushing

jbn: both unknown commodities at this point in the season, you have no backup qb, high potential/high risk trade 4 both of us. if you're not into it that's cool; i like my team quite a bit but i'm a titans fan and i would love to roll with cj

mccoy and bradshaw are gonna be every week producers barring an injury.

are ppl seriously downrating cj this season? hasn't he been stellar under every circumstance?

oh, i'd take mccoy over cj tho. lol.

cj has two new qbs, a new coach and no time with the team at all; if the titans prove they can gain through the air and the line can protect hasselbeck/locker then he's primed for a great year. if they can't and instead workhorse him, he'll still get his 1000 minimum but defenses are gonna key on him like a sumbitch and he's gonna be hard pressed to score; they'll switch out ringer as a goal line vulture to keep him healthy.

thanksgotforks - he has all that to deal with but at least he is healthy. no one outside of the colts front office knows the true status peyton's neck.
I'll offer a counter tomorrow. I hope it will make you laugh. It will probably have brad smith as part of my list of demands

my darling brad

HeHateMe

QB - Bradford
RB - Hillis / Jones-Drew / Starks / Spiller / Scott / Howling / Hardesty
WR - Williams (TB) / Steve Johnson / Garcon / Mariani
TE - Z. Miller (the good one)
K / DEF / IDP - whatevs

Gambling at QB, weak at WR depth, but hoping some of the RB depths turns into starters and trade bate.

*~~Cutler's Courage~~*

QBs -- Schaub, Sanchez, Locker
RBs -- Jamaal Charles, Daniel Thomas, Jonathan Stewart, McCluster
WRs -- White, Colston, Rice, Roy "Lol" Williams, Shipley, Gaffney
TE -- Vernon Davis
K -- Seabass
DEF -- Green Bay
IDP -- Whitner, Crocker, Bishop

well my backup qb just got released

racks on racks on plax

QBs -- flacco, donovan
WRs -- desean, austin, davone bess, hixon, eddie royal
RBs -- arian, ryan matthews, tom jones
TE -- cooley
K -- carpenter
DEF -- nyg, stl
IDP -- willis, clay matthews, craig dahl, danieal manning

sry on the trade offer spirals, i dont think i want another cowboy recerver tho i thought it was basically fair

autopick insisted i take a kicker and (dumb) IDPs early to fill out the roster which is draft suicide afaic. maybe there were some settings i could have changed to avoid that? anyway, that left the cupboard pretty bare. not sure how i got 2 TEs early either but that one is prolly on me. as a consequence...

if anyone wants Witten or Finley and can offer an RB that might play a few snaps in exchange, i would be delighted to hear from them

also, Brady is on the block if you have a decent 2nd tier QB and a good RB in exchange for him and one of those TEs.

Who drafted Jordy Nelson and then dropped him before the first game? Asked and answered.

who drafted Aaron Rodgers and will probably win with him singlehandedly? not me

Who considered drafting him #1 overall but didn't? Me.

Who's gonna fucking have to leave a roster spot open for Peyton all goddamn season? This sad bastard.

R S, let's talk after this week.
I think Cutler is gonna play well but it irks me to have him on my team. I just don't know which of my RBs i'd be willing to kick in. I'm sold on Sproles as a motorboat for points this season and I can't very well trade McCoy or Bradshaw plus Cutler. You sure you don't want a solid WR? Maybe Plaxico?

thanks forks but i am looking for a player for my 2011 team not my 2007 one.

i basically have 2 actual RBs on my roster (even if addai dies again and brown starts for the colts that offense is going nowhere without pmann) so yeah i really need a RB and i am so fkin desperate i would trade brady for cutler and the effective third choice NO back, who rushed for a mighty 7 yards last night.

sent u an offer bob spiralz

ok!

that is basically what i had in mind. win win. was a good opportunity for a man with vision.

for a man with vision

http://www.pakmailavon.com/images/telescope.jpg

damn i need a tight end

crunch made out like a bandit on that trade

Snrub I have two tight ends and only need one.

crunch made out like a bandit on that trade

― polyphonic, Friday, September 9, 2011 11:37 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

snrub i have three TE'S, hit me up

Wow - I offered Sam Bradford and James Starks for Brady. Taking Flacco over Bradford I understand, but that's a lot of faith in Thomas Jones over James Starks!

Whoops - thought I had made that offer, but don't have a record of it ever going through. Damn you browser-based email systems!

agreed. i shoulda popped for bradshaw, btw.

racksonracksonplax, foster is out for today's game. I wanna win, but i wanna win clean. switch him out.

what happened to foster?

pulled his hammy a few weeks ago

i've felt for awhile that there's no way foster replicates his rookie season. he reminds me too much of slaton -- another texans RB who had an amazing first season and then disappeared the very next year

foster is sick. i'd be more worried about them losing vontae leach than anything. he'll be very good this season provided that he doesn't rush back from this injury/get re-injured

whoops oh well i dont even have any other rbs on my roster currently!

i'm with mordy; i could see this being brooks' chance if he's got the gumption.

Loooooool Eli

daria- do you have a team this year?

nope too much trouble

oh i knew should have started cam newton over rivers

shame about that -7 on defense forks

I managed -9 with the STEELERS ffs

Woulda had 200 without my defense!

Wow, Brady with 50+ fantasy points and still going down to forks' team. UHMAHZING

i considered benching him 2 get the #1 waiver priority. the FA pool is so thin tho, 50 pts is better than adding ted ginn probably

lowest scoring team in a week gets #1 waiver priority? that's actually really awesome, never played in a league w/ that mechanic

yea well reverse order by standings for the season so the first wk is really the most likely time when you could be presented w/ the chance 2 manipulate it like that

if it was just lowest scoring team for the prev wk that would def make for some strategery possibilities

every week you'd have the option facing the colts this season

okay, now the question is do i field cutler against the saints or fitzpatrick against the raiders
i'm thinking fitz actually

would hate to find out week one was a fluke tho

Fitz to Stevie Johnson is one of my favorite combos atm. Hopefully they can break off a few against Oakland.

I wonder if Fitz to chandler might end up being the more productive combo than fitz to stevie

Nah, Chandler was just wide open and uncovered. He is slow as fuck. Anyone with decent hands woulda had two scores.

When's the last time the Bills had a TE with decent hands - Riemersma?

Yeah, unless you loved Robert Royal or Mark Campbell.

Riemersma wasn't exactly a weapon himself.

Want to go on record as saying that we should REALLY do an auction draft next season.

maybe one league regular, one league auction

Our Week 1 Top Ten Players:

1. Tom Brady
2. Chad Henne
3. Cam Newton
4. Drew Brees
5. Aaron Rodgers
6. Ryan Fitzpatrick
7. Matthew Stafford
8. Mike Tolbert
9. Ray Rice
10. Ted Ginn Jr.

Weren't our waivers supposed to run last night (Tues night into Wed AM)?

They did in my other league, but I dunno about this one. I'll check.

Okay, they will at some point today. Looking through the players list, everyone's a FA...but people who were claimed on waivers have their little green x grayed out.

Thanks sir - guess their computer's just a little slow!

btw who claimed Rex? Come forth!

If no one got to him before me, I did ("Man cannot live by Bradford alone" - The Bible)

rex g's starts as a redskin:

25/43 322y
19/39 182y
26/44 336y
21/34 305y

3 out of 4 games over 300y, 9 tds, 4ints. not a bad fantasy qb.

tru i guess.

Now that he's my starter, we'll see some different results!

i really wanted jacoby jones, bummer

misfortune is following me this year w/colston and now jamaal charles (my #1 pick in both my leagues.)

I didn't realize Colston had broken a collarbone. That's not an IR-type injury tho.

Week 2 Top 10 Players

1. Tom Brady
2. Matthew Stafford
3. Cam Newton
4. Jason Campbell
5. Drew Brees
6. Ryan Fitzpatrick
7. Adrian Peterson
8. Andy Dalton
9. Aaron Rodgers
10. Matt Ryan

Brady, Newton, Brees, Rodgers, and Stafford have been in the top ten both weeks.

I gave up on Peyton, y'all can have him.
Traded Manning for Antonio Cromartie, what a world what a world.

Whew, glad you meant waived instead of traded, was wondering who would take on Manning at any cost?

Whether the Colts will admit it or not, he's out for the season.

Stay classy, NFL.com:

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alternate pic has peyty in a neck brace

omg

somebody at nfl saw that shitty phone ad

woo good day. maybe my team is more competitive than I thought? prob is I got nothing at all on my bench.

this is almost certainly the best week i will have all season so i am delighted it coincided with your team going off

well think about it, it also sucks for me to have to waste such a good week on you

fair point

Aaron Rodgers 64.17 O_O

y'all let me draft aaron rodgers. i will now win the league.

i now have 218 points

my favourite thing about

Aaron Rodgers 64.17

is that it is up against

Joe Flacco -0.23

which i think everyone can enjoy, even the person who owns flacco. oh wait, that's me.

not to brag BUT i would've beaten spiralls tonight w/ solely rodgers & forte

I can pull out a win tonight if Blount scores 40+ fantasy points. :D

I think I had the most points last week and the least this week?

Holy shit, I got 75% of the way there. I love u, Legarrette Blount. <3

I got snrubbed : (

lol 157 vs. 25

argh, would've had this week won if i'd organized my lineup better and not played a defense

was feeling good abt my lead until i remembered

y'all let me draft aaron rodgers. i will now win the league.

― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Sunday, October 2, 2011 9:49 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol

50 points b/w rodgers & forte is not out of the question, but it's pretty damn steep

maybe woodson can house a TD for me

beginning to think not fielding a defense would be a smart move... woulda won if not for tampa bay scoring -8 points

Only ten defenses has accumulated more points than Brandon Tate. It's rough out there.

have

Is it true that the ILNFL commissioner is investigating your team and possible draft violations that may have occurred while you were wasting our time?

― brownie, Thursday, October 13, 2011 10:55 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

brownie,

It's true that I've had some discussions with Omar Little about wasting everyone's time, but I've been advised by my lawyer to say nothing more about the matter.

― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Thursday, October 13, 2011 10:59 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

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I'm still playing, but at 1-5 I'm probably not going to bother much with the waiver wire anymore. 2011 rip :(

lol @

"i'm starting greg salas" is a pretty good retort to "i'm starting dane sanzenbacher"

I'm still playing, but at 1-5 I'm probably not going to bother much with the waiver wire anymore. 2011 rip :(

But the lower you are on the wire the easier it is to claim guys!

there's not a lot to claim w/ 16 people

true enough

Coulda got DeMarco Murray this week!

Being low early in the season has it's advantages - I was able to get DeMarco and Tebow before you successful teams did! Sometimes it pays to suck.

Oh boy, I'm leading going into MNF with Torrey Smith still to play! And I didn't even start my rbs or a te.

jordan and i going toe to toe fairly close down to the wire: me with two baltimore idps and him with the baltimore defense and a ten point lead

feeling good about the long run here

Hate my team. No idea how I have four wins.

This season's a wash for me, but I may be 4-4 in my other league after tonight (if Vincent Jackson gets less than 14). All hope is not lost!

Testimony to my luck this season (besides being the most scored-against team): in a world of negative-point defenses, I pick up a D (Bills) that scores me a whopping 25 points, only to have my opponent's D score 29!

you have definitely drawn a lot of short straws. Still pissed about you getting demarco tho

Then-again, there have been plenty of luckless people this year. Examples include owners of Jamal Charles, Chris Johnson, Peyton Manning (OK, you were forewarned on that one), any Colt WR, any Jet RB, etc. Long live Fred Jackson!

Hester, Burress or Nate Washington this week?
I'm thinking hester just because of the return yards but Burress might just have a big day

i don't know... i'm still really skeptical about burress. touchdowns are really fickle unless you're like megatron or andre johnson and even last week he didn't really do anything outside of the 10 yard line so idk. but it's not like the other 2 guys are that great. i don't see hester doing much on the receiving end vs the eagles.

thing about hester is he'll either unexpectedly drop 27 pts or give you 4 pts. nate wash had those 2 tds but not many catches, right? i think the best receivers will get you good pts even without TDs, wash and plax w/o the tds aren't spectacular. i dunno.

i feel like hester is kinda guaranteed to come through with 7 or 8 points and burress or washington could goose egg or put up 18.

i think you're right about hester being shutdown offensively though i imagine he'll be targeted. i do think he'll put up 100+ return yards tho

yeah i'd go w/ hester. the return yards will be there and he should be able to pick up some receiving yards as well. that's about as solid as you can hope for out of those 3 guys.

hester is the safe bet, plus he might nab a lucky deep td a la devery hendu.

Hey gang, don't know if other people are seeing this as well, but the add/drop seems not to be working. As of 12:05PM NYC we aren't allowed to add or drop players until after this weekend (Nov. 9th). Guess it must have to do with their programming and Daylight Savings Time. I tried to add David Hawthorne and drop Sean Lee (just announced as out) and it won't let me. Anyone else seeing this?

OK, it appears Yahoo screwed up, there are many rants over on the message board. Looks like they did messup on Daylight Savings Time.

had a problem but i kept refreshing the screen until it worked

this was a connection problem btw and not dst

Refreshing still isn't solved it here - all available players are noted as on Waviers (not Free Agents), so they're not available to pickup until Nov. 9th.

JULIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

"you're beating BALLS by XXX points"
miller lite u r a traet

For my other league, would you start:

Cam Newton @ Detroit
Carson Palmer @ Minny
or
Alex Smith vs. Arizona

palmer imo, he has scored well in his 2 starts. niners prob won't need to throw. newton has highest upside but biggest gamble. if you are desperate for a result go all in with newton.

Newton's rushing adds so much, that's why I struggle with this.

Last week Palmer outscored Newton 17-14 even though Palmer had a far superior game.

I had to go with Ponder this week in a pinch. I've been riding Brees so long, I'd forgotten he hadn't had a bye week yet.