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Guys, I finished tied for 2nd place overall in my league this year, but because of horrific division rules, I'm not in the playoffs. This is ridiculous :'( Because of me they're eliminating all divisions for next year.

might as well go full retard and use a bowl system

^^ roffle

my ten-team league: with one game left, only three teams are mathematically eliminated!

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missed playoffs by .12 points. fuck my life.

put up the second best point-total in my league by a wide margin... but got Rodgers'd out of the title game. in my meaningless consolation battle for third, which pair do I start out of Ricky Williams (vs. HOU), Jamaal Charles (@CIN), and Cedric Benson (vs. KC)?

damn

tbh i would go with williams and charles for the former's more consistent production and the latter's explosiveness. i think any two you choose will be ok in the end though.

that's my call too. i'm unsure about jamaal on the road, but CIN's stud NT is still out and if the bengals get up early LJ will be stealing touches. tempted to start charles and benson just to make the game more fun irl but fuck it i don't even care about winning any more and i love ricky.

more fun call: do i bench megatron in favor of josh cribbs? or maybe even hakeem nicks?

Didn't start Jerome Harrison last week. Fuck the world.

benched ryan grant in the championship game, fml

also benched roddy white, f this g earth

Didn't replace Stephen Jackson in time; didn't get a good game out of Drew Brees. Just take this pen and stab me in the heart.

I swear to God I will never even THINK about drafting Drew Brees or any other quarterback until round three EVER AGAIN.

PPR league, snake draft and I'm drafting second. The guy drafting first already said he's going with Chris Johnson. That means I can either draft AP (super consistent excellent player in every way) or Ray Rice (also excellent plus tons of catches making him especially valuable in a PPR league). What do I do?

rice had 35 more receptions last year so what like 2 pts/week on catches? check the rest of your scoring and see if rice is really offering an appreciable advantage, because ap is the better player.

AP will be even better if Favre doesn't play, but yeah... I'd still pick AP.

What would they have given you in terms of total points in 2009 using your league's current settings?

Ray Rice did 326 and AP did 331. (MJD did 334 and CJ did 405)

Do you have a penalty for fumbles? I think there's a pretty good chance that AP will fumble less than he did last year.

or at the very least, he won't lose 6 of his 7 fumbles like he did last year.

Yes penalty for fumbles.

Ray Rice only had 8 touchdowns last year? Huh.

I think I'd definitely go with AP now that I think about it.

yeah

rice is a good player but i wouldn't be surprised to see him regress

Also, the Ravens will probably feature the passing game more heavily than last year now that they have Boldin and the rookie TEs, whereas the Vikings could hypothetically feature it less if Favre retires (lol).

Now I've gotta figure out if I can take 2 WR's in 2nd + 3rd round (something like Steve Smith, DJax, Miles Austin, Colston range quality probably).

should be fine--how big is the league?

12 teams

hmm. i've never played ppr--is there any valid strategy that involves taking an elite wideout with a really early pick?

Christ, is this something I have to worry about already?

So this is weird: http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/football/ffl/story?page=nfldk2k10mock2

ESPN did a mock-draft in a 12 team PPR league and Ray Rice and MJ-D both got picked before AP.

ppl overthinking the ppr aspect imo

For the curious minded, I drafted today. Got: Brett Favre, Adrian Peterson, LeSean McCoy, Miles Austin, Steve Smith (Carolina), Vernon Davis, Mike Wallace, Lee Evans, Devin Aromashodu, Arian Foster, Eli Manning, Early Doucet, Correll Buckhalter, Laurent Robinson, Steelers D/ST and some kicker -- Tynes maybe. nb not listed in order of draft.

seems like it'll be an all or nothing year for you

Play to win, not to place!

btw, this is for the 12-team PPR.

has anyone tried locking waivers/free agents from sunday-tuesday?

good: means you don't have to watch every second of every game waiting to jump on an injured stars replacement
bad: if your player goes down sunday morning, you won't be able to replace unless there's one on your bench already

So my two really proud drafts this season: I got Arian Foster really deep into the draft and now it looks like he's going to be the #1 RB for the Texans. (I actually grabbed Slaton really late in the draft in his rookie season too -- so maybe I just have good luck with Texan RBs.) I also drafted Favre around the 10th round and now it looks like he's playing -- which actually leads me to my fantasy football advice request.

I've now got Favre + Eli Manning both on my team. Seems like a bit of overkill -- I didn't even want a backup QB, let alone two starters sitting on my roster. I'm thinking about trading Eli to someone but 1) should I wait a week or two into the season and make sure Favre is really back to form (and his ankle isn't really bothering him?) and 2) If I do trade Eli, what do you think I can get for him? I was thinking about trading him and some player with minor upside (like maybe Laurent Robinson or Correll Buckhalter) for a real backup QB (like Vince Young) and a mid-stud RB/WR -- doable? There are some teams with some really shitty starting QBs I think I could target (especially if I wait until week 2 when they start to recognize how shitty their QB situation is).

You should wait unless there is someone who you think is in desperate need of a starter and has someone you want.

have fun with favre or underdog it with eli???

My first thought was that Eli's less likely to get his face pushed in this week, but that's just me being an NO homer.

Even with Sharper out for the Saints, they're still likely to pick him off a couple times. Also, who's he got to throw to besides Harvin?

Eli has, like, 20 good receivers in his arsenal.

for week one? I'd likely go with UNSTOPPABLE

One slot: Brandon Jacobs, Austin Collie or Ricky Williams?

not jacobs

Ricky.

good call on eli, bros. I have hakeem nicks too ^_^

delighted about leaving Hicks on my bench