ILNFL™ Dirty Dozen: 2011 Fantasy Football Thread

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

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.