Subscriber Contest to be Unveiled by Wednesday Morning (1 Viewer)

[karmarooster]

I survived week 4 with no defense... rolling with Panthers only, figured the week 4 bye would be relatively easy.

Eiffert, Casey, and Fred Davis are going to kill this team though. Even though I've got Cameron and JThomas.

 

[Bobcat10]

Still alive, but it figures the year I drop down to rostering two kickers, one of them gets hurt. Need Kai healthy for week 12, c'mon buddy.

The combo of Romo/Luck has been really consistent.

But to get to week 12, I have to survive a scary proposition this week. Might have shot myself in the foot with only having 3 eligible RBs this week when Peterson has his bye. Greene is garbage...so if Lacy doesn't play, that leaves CJ2k who hasn't done much. Need a big week out of WRs and TEs.

 

[hagmania]

Top 25 performance this week, mostly due to Tony's 44.9

I'm absolutely certain I'll be kicked Week 5 with no one on bye.

Spoiler

QB Peyton Manning (3/4), Matt Schaub (1/4)

RB Trent Richardson (3/4), Darren Sproles (3/4), Marshawn Lynch (2/4), Eddie Lacy (1/4)

WR Wes Welker (4/4), Brandon Marshall (3/4), Brian Hartline, Kenbrell Thompkins (2/4), Golden Tate (1/4)
TE Jason Witten (2/4), Julius Thomas (2/4), Tony Gonzalez (1/4)
K Steve Hauschka (3/4), Josh Brown (1/4)
D Tennessee Titans (2/4), Philadelphia Eagles (2/4)

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

put up a 208 this week.

My RBs are not long for this thing though. Knowshon is my best guy cj0k and davis wilson are stinking

 

[tsarc888]

still alive and getting Blackmon back from suspension. Very disappointed thus far with my most expensive player ($27 T.Richardson)

 

[SeniorVBDStudent]

Cracked the top 500 with 224.25 woot.

Need brady and romo to start flinging it around the yard more.

 

[VA703]

I survived week 4 with no defense... rolling with Panthers only, figured the week 4 bye would be relatively easy.

Eiffert, Casey, and Fred Davis are going to kill this team though. Even though I've got Cameron and JThomas.

1 defense? interesting strategy. i can usually milk 16 pts out of a defense

 

[jdoggydogg]

Of my two entries, only one is alive. That $24 on Gronkowski killed me.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Doing shockingly well so far, considering I invested in Gronk, Spiller and Wilson.

Thank science for Matt Forte/Joique Bell or my runners would be boned.

Loading up at TE to absorb the potentially lengthy "Gronk Conundrum" has worked wonders so far. Here's hoping it continues.

 

[Parmcat]

Brees had 30+ points. I was dead on.

And what about a thank you Bass for putting my mind at ease that there was no way I was going to get cut?

Thank you Bass...You are a god!

Made the cut by 1 point!

 

[Warrior]

RGIII and Garcon on BYE this week. Will hopefully be getting Gronk, Lacy and Amendola back. Two of my three kickers are also on BYE, along with my Redskins defense.

Purposely loaded up on 'Skins and Gronk, hoping I could sneak past the first 5 rounds of "easy" cuts and have a more stacked team as things get tighter.

Relying on Vick, Baltimore's defense and Graham Gano to do well this week as my only QB, DEF and K.

I also need David Wilson to finally man up and contribute. I think it finally happens this time around, with a great matchup and an 0-4 record.

 

[pats3in4]

4 QBs @ $46

6 RBs @ $73

8 WRs @ $73

3 TEs @ $39

3 PKs @ $ 9

3 Ds @ $10

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27 players, $250

(snip - detailed team roster and rationale in link to post)

I WANT MY JULIUS THOMAS!

[/betterOffDead]

God I suck at this.

Week 3: Made the first real cut in ~8350th place. Dollars spent per point:

(snip - detailed week 3 breakdown)

Week 4: With my RBs, thought I was dead, but ended up with my highest score in 4 weeks and alive in ~7770th place. Dollars spent per point:

QB: $2.04 = $46/22.60. QB1 Luck scoring for the 3rd week of 4, but QB3 Jake Locker at half the price came in 1.45pts behind.

RB: $2.96 = $73/24.70. With RB3 Rodgers leading the way and RB2 Ridley being the requisite scorer in single digits, this position is going to kill me sooner than later. Half my RBs put up zeroes, thanks to injury or suckitude.

WR: $1.30 = $73/67.10. WR1 Welker continues to be the stud. WR8 Thompkins came through huge and finally WR7 McCluster contributed as a flex, thanks to his special teams TD. Big drop off in scores after those 3. Surviving without WR2 Amendola and WR6 Jacoby Jones playing. My belief that "WR variance makes investment in as many WRs as possible the best strategy" may appear good, especially for navigating the bye week minefield these next several weeks.

TE: $1.18 = $39/33.00. TE2 Fleener taking advantage of the Dwayne Allen injury and maybe re-connecting with his Stanford QB. TE1 Witten provided a flex score, but TE3 Celek was just 1.6pts behind him. Good week for this trio.

K: $0.59 = $09/15.20. Hauschka lead the way, almost doubling up Feely while Crosby was on his bye.

D: $0.83 = $10/12.00. Saints D has scored all 4 weeks. First double-digit contribution from any D in 4 weeks.

 

[SDJohnny]

Never been out this early. Missed cut off by 4 points. Too much dead money.

 

[rabidsheep]

How can you see live scores?

OC has a tool. http://ffltools.com/fbg35k/

You gotta pay for it? lol I'll pass.

It's your prerogative, of course, but for a 16 week season, that works out to like 30 cents a week. It's literally not worth sitting there doing it yourself when there's already a tool that will do it for you automatically for that cheap. Well worth IMO it to support a fellow FBG who spends his own time and money to create it for everyone.

It's also worth noting that this isn't the first year he's offered the service, but previously just asked for donations. Things changed and he wasn't able to justify the time and effort, and so he offered people a way to have their scores if they wanted it, for which I'm very grateful.

Clearly not enough people valued his work enough to donate, and I'm glad that rather than just not offer it this year he gave those of us that do value his effort the opportunity to still take advantage of it. Having done this type of work I can tell you that he's not ripping anyone off and I'm happy to pay his very reasonable fee, even if I had been kicked out in week 3.

 

[socrates]

Lots of Staff members going out this week: Bloom, Chase, Clayton, Henderson and a couple others. In past years, we'd still be weeding out primarily junk entries. This year the cuts are teams that looked solid to start, but are paying for underachievers/injuries like Wilson, Vereen, Lacy & MJD. The gamble on Gronk is also starting to backfire and burn a lot of teams.

You just identified my entire team.

Eliminated

 

[Phil Elliott]

This year I only spent a few minutes putting my team together on the first and last day for submitting entries. Didn't look at projections or BYE weeks. So far I have been doing pretty decent averaging about 175 pt/week. But that is going to come to a screeching halt in week 8 when all 3 of my QB's (Luck, Flacco and Schaub) plus 8 more players are all on BYE.

 

[CalBear]

I went down to 27 this year (have been a 30 guy up until now) and am rolling solidly with Rivers, Gates, and Murray leading the way, covering for Rice and Vereen. Hopefully getting Rice back.

 

[QuizGuy66]

Alive % by roster size:

18: 73.88%

19: 73.56%

20: 76.60%

21: 78.26%

22: 80.06%

23: 81.09%

24: 81.57%

25: 81.78%

26: 80.72%

27: 80.63%

28: 84.24%

29: 86.88%

30: 71.73%

The last number was a little surprising but I assume that's the presence of the gimmicky "junk" entries that are causing the skew.

-QG

 

[Modog814]

Alive % by roster size:

18: 73.88%

19: 73.56%

20: 76.60%

21: 78.26%

22: 80.06%

23: 81.09%

24: 81.57%

25: 81.78%

26: 80.72%

27: 80.63%

28: 84.24%

29: 86.88%

30: 71.73%

The last number was a little surprising but I assume that's the presence of the gimmicky "junk" entries that are causing the skew.

-QG

Expanded to include AvgScore this week:

Size	Orig	Alive	Surv%	AvgSc18	5519	4078	73.89%	 187.74 19	2017	1485	73.62%	 188.01 20	1619	1240	76.59%	 187.48 21	1148	899	78.31%	 187.71 22	1029	824	80.08%	 185.91 23	823	667	81.04%	 187.15 24	620	507	81.77%	 186.00 25	483	395	81.78%	 185.87 26	327	263	80.43%	 184.15 27	252	204	80.95%	 184.89 28	165	139	84.24%	 185.64 29	158	137	86.71%	 185.68 30	233	167	71.67%	 183.81 					14393	11005	76.46%	 187.17

 

[QuizGuy66]

Need variance shown in that chart too

-QG

 

[Modog814]

Need variance shown in that chart too

-QG

Size	Orig	Alive	Surv%	AvgSc	       Variance18	5519	4078	73.89%	 187.74 	 378.44 19	2017	1485	73.62%	 188.01 	 350.36 20	1619	1240	76.59%	 187.48 	 386.79 21	1148	899	78.31%	 187.71 	 346.43 22	1029	824	80.08%	 185.91 	 313.96 23	823	667	81.04%	 187.15 	 336.86 24	620	507	81.77%	 186.00 	 343.04 25	483	395	81.78%	 185.87 	 300.69 26	327	263	80.43%	 184.15 	 280.22 27	252	204	80.95%	 184.89 	 336.58 28	165	139	84.24%	 185.64 	 379.33 29	158	137	86.71%	 185.68 	 310.56 30	233	167	71.67%	 183.81 	 279.32 						14393	11005	76.46%	 187.17 	 356.42

 

[QuizGuy66]

Need variance shown in that chart too

-QG

Size Orig Alive Surv% AvgSc Variance18 5519 4078 73.89% 187.74 378.44 19 2017 1485 73.62% 188.01 350.36 20 1619 1240 76.59% 187.48 386.79 21 1148 899 78.31% 187.71 346.43 22 1029 824 80.08% 185.91 313.96 23 823 667 81.04% 187.15 336.86 24 620 507 81.77% 186.00 343.04 25 483 395 81.78% 185.87 300.69 26 327 263 80.43% 184.15 280.22 27 252 204 80.95% 184.89 336.58 28 165 139 84.24% 185.64 379.33 29 158 137 86.71% 185.68 310.56 30 233 167 71.67% 183.81 279.32 14393 11005 76.46% 187.17 356.42

Interesting that 18 and 28 have the same variance.

Part of the large vs small roster thing is the idea that the 18s are more likely to have big games from their studs - a higher variance would back that up. That being said there are much smaller data sets at work with the entries containing more players.

-QG

 

[karmarooster]

I survived week 4 with no defense... rolling with Panthers only, figured the week 4 bye would be relatively easy.

Eiffert, Casey, and Fred Davis are going to kill this team though. Even though I've got Cameron and JThomas.

1 defense? interesting strategy. i can usually milk 16 pts out of a defense

Yah my idea was that a defense can't get injured and miss the game. I liked what I saw of the panthers in the preseason, and I think Panthers and Packers are probably the best teams to do that with because the Week 4 cutoff is still relatively easy.

Idea was to have 1 D and 3-4 kickers, but I effed it up by having Lawrence Tynes!

Generally I think the Blackmon/Gordon type plays are rewarded because the cut is low or nonexistent early on, yet the price is discounted because of it. If I could go back and add Blackmon, shift around my Kickers to have 3-4 healthy ones, and stick with 1 Defense, I'd be happy.

 

[bro1ncos]

Some year I am going to figure this contest out and see if I can make a deep run.

 

[Gottabesweet]

Put up 200+ 3/4 weeks 195 the other. Have 27 players however 6 haven't been counted. A waste of 15 bucks on them.

 

[Ever Present Lurker]

234.45, good enough for #126. Several good contributors this week.

 

[Balco]

My best running backs are Ryan Mathews and Darryl Richardson. How am I still in this. 175 points.

 

[Mario Kart]

Cutler

Vick

Rice

Ridley

Wilson

Lacy

Powell

S. Taylor

Fitzgerald

Cruz

Wayne

Sanders

Floyd

Thompkins

Finley

Gates

Thomas

Hartley

Vinateri

Gould

Buccaneers

Ravens

Colts

If I get to week 8... I need help getting through that week. That might be my ACL tear this year.

 

[MoveToSkypager]

Never been out this early. Missed cut off by 4 points. Too much dead money.

You got cut. You are dead money.

 

[renesauz]

155.90 CUTOFF 155.95 Seriously?????????

Has the cutoff ever been so high so early?

 

[CalBear]

155.90 CUTOFF 155.95 Seriously?????????

Has the cutoff ever been so high so early?

Scoring rules changed this year.

 

[ffrookie]

Was scared about this week but beat the cutline by more than 30. Went with a 27 player team and thus far all but 8 have counted (Michael, Dunbar, V Brown, Patterson, Wheaton, Ausberry, McDonald, Forbath). Interestingly, only 2 players have counted in all weeks- Demaryius Thomas and Jordan Cameron. Had 3 players count for the first time this week- Hunter, Helu, Floyd

 

[Wadsworth]

I'll check back on Denver's bye week

I was just going to post something similar. Looking at the schedule I really do not see any reasonable way I do not make it until Denver's bye. That week will be tough, but unless multiple players get hurt it should be a cakewalk until week 9.

 

[Modog814]

Need variance shown in that chart too

-QG

Size Orig Alive Surv% AvgSc Variance18 5519 4078 73.89% 187.74 378.44 19 2017 1485 73.62% 188.01 350.36 20 1619 1240 76.59% 187.48 386.79 21 1148 899 78.31% 187.71 346.43 22 1029 824 80.08% 185.91 313.96 23 823 667 81.04% 187.15 336.86 24 620 507 81.77% 186.00 343.04 25 483 395 81.78% 185.87 300.69 26 327 263 80.43% 184.15 280.22 27 252 204 80.95% 184.89 336.58 28 165 139 84.24% 185.64 379.33 29 158 137 86.71% 185.68 310.56 30 233 167 71.67% 183.81 279.32 14393 11005 76.46% 187.17 356.42

Interesting that 18 and 28 have the same variance.

Part of the large vs small roster thing is the idea that the 18s are more likely to have big games from their studs - a higher variance would back that up. That being said there are much smaller data sets at work with the entries containing more players.

-QG

Looking at the combined 2 week score (last 2 weeks), it seems clear that smaller rosters dominate. Here is the make of of the top 25, 50, 100 and 150 scores over the last 2 weeks:

	25	50	100	15018	64%	54%	41%	37%19	12%	6%	11%	13%20	8%	14%	21%	19%21	0%	2%	4%	4%22	4%	6%	7%	5%23	8%	8%	7%	7%24	0%	2%	1%	1%25	0%	2%	3%	7%26	4%	2%	1%	2%27	0%	0%	0%	0%28	0%	0%	2%	1%29	0%	2%	1%	1%30	0%	2%	1%	1%

 

[Modog814]

Some additional stats broken down by position make up. Average Score is total points scored at that position (so RB is score of both RB's combined). Average Flex Score is the score of all flex players, so a team that only had 2 RB's had an average Flex Score (Flex1 + Flex2) of 26.66. This is for week 4 only.

QB	Orig	Alive	Surv%	AvgScore	1	282	205	73%	 24.65 	2	7060	5638	80%	 25.78 	3	5695	4268	75%	 24.88 	4	1054	753	71%	 24.63 	5	302	141	47%	 26.58 											RB	Orig	Alive	Surv%	AvgScore	AvgFlxScore2	121	58	48%	 36.00 	 26.66 3	970	700	72%	 35.15 	 28.90 4	3946	2960	75%	 35.97 	 29.34 5	4907	3751	76%	 36.42 	 29.81 6	2718	2143	79%	 36.61 	 29.81 7	1161	952	82%	 36.70 	 29.97 8	570	441	77%	 37.18 	 29.83 					WR	Orig	Alive	Surv%	AvgScore	AvgFlxScore2	75	27	36%	 37.04 	 17.73 3	275	168	61%	 40.16 	 23.37 4	1485	1017	68%	 43.97 	 27.14 5	4213	3179	75%	 46.41 	 29.28 6	4125	3227	78%	 47.17 	 29.87 7	2386	1897	80%	 47.48 	 30.67 8	1086	892	82%	 47.01 	 30.99 9	458	363	79%	 47.30 	 31.11 10	290	235	81%	 47.03 	 31.50 					TE	Orig	Alive	Surv%	AvgScore	AvgFlxScore1	986	609	62%	 21.02 	 27.85 2	7541	5699	76%	 24.18 	 29.25 3	4674	3717	80%	 24.66 	 30.17 4	985	811	82%	 24.49 	 30.44 5	207	169	82%	 25.90 	 32.31 					PK	Original	Alive	Surv%	AvgScore	1	1535	1046	68%	 9.52 	2	9397	7290	78%	 11.95 	3	2968	2348	79%	 13.27 	4	334	225	67%	 14.28 	5	159	96	60%	 15.20 						TD	Orig	Alive	Surv%	AvgScore	1	1469	988	67%	 9.63 	2	9239	7158	77%	 12.83 	3	3168	2483	78%	 14.58 	4	398	297	75%	 15.79 	5	119	79	66%	 16.32

 

[solorca]

Still surviving, but I'm having to rely on low level guys every week to make the cut. I haven't been close to the line yet, so hopefully it keeps up...

QB - Vick, Romo, Geno, Weeden

RB - Bush, Wilson, Lacy, Moreno, Dwyer, Jennings, Powell

WR - Garcon, Decker, Bowe, Shorts, McCluster, Avant, Hankerson, Thompkins

TE - Julius Thomas, Olsen, Celek

PK - Gould, Henerey, Forbath, Gano

DST - Bengals, Ravens, Panthers

Players I haven't used yet -

Brandon Weeden

David Wilson

Dexter McCluster (He missed the cut this week by a 1/10 of a point)

Kai Forbath

Graham Gano

Panthers (Baltimore had a slightly better game during their big week 3)

Julius THomas is the only player I've used every week. I've used Garcon, Gould, and the Ravens Defense three out of four weeks.

 

[dbc925]

[SIZE=medium]Except for the Cards D, everybody plays! (I just can’t figure out if that’s a good thing or a bad thing).[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Kaep (1/4), Cutler (1/4), Vick (2/4)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]T Rich (3/4), Spiller (2/4), Bush (3/4), Lacy (1/4)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Dez (3/4), Sanders (2/4), Jeffery (3/4), Tate (1/4), Thompkins (2/4), Blackmon (welcome back)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Cook (2/4), Gresham (2/4), J Thomas (4/4)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Hauschka (2/4), Gould (2/4), Tynes (oops)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Ravens (2/4), Redskins (2/4), Cardinals (0/4)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Flex RB -1, WR - 3, TE - 4[/SIZE]

 

[pocketducks]

After averaging 197 the first three weeks, snuck by week 4 with a 164 (avg 189).

So far 21 out of 29 have played (72.4%).

Newton (1/4) Vick (3/4) Weeden (0/4)

Bush (3/4) D. Williams (1/4) Lacy (1/4) Helu (1/4) J. Bell (3/4) Redman (0/4) Polk (1/4)

Mi. Floyd (2/4) Hopkins (1/4) G. Tate (1/4) Hartline (3/4) Patterson (0/4) Wheaton (0/4) Kerley (0/4) K. Allen (1/4) Thompkins (2/4) Hunter (0/4)

Graham (4/4) Allen (0/4) Eifert (1/4) J. Thomas (3/4)

Zuerlein (2/4) Forbath (0/4) Gano (2/4)

Browns (0/4) Ravens (4/4)

Flex: RB 2, WR 2, TE 4

Players out for the year: Allen ($8/$250)

Players passed Bye week 4/29 (14.8%)

PocketSnowmen

 

[Nucker101]

Still somehow alive despite picking R.Wilson, D.Wilson, E.Lacy, D.Amendola, and C.J. Spiller. Only a matter of time at this point though.

 

[jdoggydogg]

My Peyton Manning team got knocked out this week. Here's a brief analysis of my remaining team:

Andrew Luck
Tony Romo
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Not a stellar combo, but should be solid most weeks.
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Arian Foster
Reggie Bush
Giovani Bernard
Ben Tate
Joique Bell
LeGarrette Blount
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Love my RBs, obviously. I got criticized for handcuffing Tate in this contest. But I won't mind any of that if Tate is starting over Foster in a scenario where Houston has clinched late in the season.
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Julio Jones
Demaryius Thomas
DeSean Jackson
Michael Floyd
Darrius Heyward-Bey
Kenbrell Thompkins
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This is a spectacular group. Bey has been mediocre, but I don't think I would make any other changes to this WR corps with hindsight.
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Fred Davis
Brent Celek
Anthony Fasano
Julius Thomas
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By far my weakest position. I almost picked Martellus over Davis.
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Adam Vinatieri
Steve Hauschka
Shaun Suisham
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Blah, blah, blah, kickers.
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New York Giants
Baltimore Ravens
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Blah, blah, blah, defenses.
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[Sake-Bombers]

I handcuffed RGIII and Cousins with Locker as my extra QB. Hoping to survive this week.

Also, didn't buy the Julius Tgnomas hype this year and went Graham/Gronk/Cumberland at TE. I have a feeling I'll be lamenting that one.

But generally speaking, when Cameron and Thomas have their down games (and I think they will), some guys feeling like geniuses now are going to be eliminated. It's a long season, and the trick really is just making the cut for now, I think.

 

[Warrior]

I got criticized for handcuffing Tate in this contest. But I won't mind any of that if Tate is starting over Foster in a scenario where Houston has clinched late in the season.

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Houston probably won't clinch that early...look at their record.

Most likely scenario if you make it that far is that either Foster or Tate will get the vast majority of the workload. The teams who has one or the other, but not both, and spent the add'l money on a big upgrade at another position instead (such as Wes Welker instead of Heyward Bey, or Tony Gonzalez instead of Fred Davis), will have a big leg up on you. Handcuffing at such a high price is a recipe for a mediocre finish.

Good luck though. I like your team other than the pricey cuff.

 

[Ever Present Lurker]

I handcuffed RGIII and Cousins with Locker as my extra QB. Hoping to survive this week.

Also, didn't buy the Julius Tgnomas hype this year and went Graham/Gronk/Cumberland at TE. I have a feeling I'll be lamenting that one.

But generally speaking, when Cameron and Thomas have their down games (and I think they will), some guys feeling like geniuses now are going to be eliminated. It's a long season, and the trick really is just making the cut for now, I think.

Nothing wrong with a handcuff... I handcuffed Bush and Lynch... While I haven't had Christine Michael score for me yet, you better believe Joicque Bell has been there!

 

[Saint]

QB Vick (1/4) Peyton (3/4)

RB Peterson (4/4) Miller (2/4) B. Brown (0/4) Powell (4/4) Taylor (0/4) R. Brown (0/4)

WR A Johnson (3/4) Gordon (1/4) Blackmon (0/4 - welcome back!) Hartline (3/4) DHB (0/4) Wheaton (0/4) Avant (1/4) Gibson (2/4) Thompkins (2/4)

TE Graham (4/4) J Thomas (2/4)

PK Forbath (0/4) Zuerlein (2/4) Crosby (2/4)

Def Detroit (2/4) Buffalo (0/4) Tennessee (2/4)

17 out of 27 used

Flex distribution: RB 2, WR 4, TE 2

Players lost for season: 2 TE (Ausberry and Allen)

 

[Gawain]

25-Man roster

Newton (2/4), Weeden (1/4)

McCoy (3/4), D. Richardson (1/4), Moreno (2/4), Helu (2/4), Michael (0/4), S. Taylor (0/4)

Bryant (2/4), Green (2/4), Shorts (3/4), Givens (0/4), Randle (1/4), Boyce (0/4), Thompkins (2/4)

Davis (1/4), Cameron (4/4), Fleener (2/4), Thomas (3/4)

Zuerlien (1/4), Bironas (0/4), Haushka (3/4)

Patriots (1/4), Colts (2/4), Panthers (1/4)

Only guy I've used all 4 weeks is Cameron and my non-factors are Michael, Taylor, Givens, Boyce and Bironas for a total of $24 that is wasted so far. Through Newton's bye week, so that feels good and Moreno seems to be contributing instead of Richardson. My running backs are tremendously thin though and I figure will likely be the death of me sometime in the next few weeks. Flex has been two WR and six TE.

Does anyone have a link to the page where you can put in different combinations of players and see the % advancing?

 

[pizzatyme]

Made final 250 last season. Looking for your feedback!

Sam Bradford

Michael Vick

Brandon Weeden

Chris Johnson

Reggie Bush

David Wilson

Eddie Lacy

Danny Woodhead

Bilal Powell

Dez Bryant

Josh Gordon

Justin Blackmon

Chris Givens

Golden Tate

Kenbrell Thompkins

Rob Gronkowski

Heath Miller

Julius Thomas

Josh Brown

Alex Henrry

Seattle Seahawks

Colts

Still hanging in there. Hoping to get a bump from Gronk going forward. Has it been discussed how many Gronk owners have been eliminated?

Also, wondering how unique my roster is? Anyone willing to throw me a bone?

 

[HairySasquatch]

Wow....I score almost 200 points and I'm ranked lower than 3,000th last week. These are crazy point totals.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I got criticized for handcuffing Tate in this contest. But I won't mind any of that if Tate is starting over Foster in a scenario where Houston has clinched late in the season.

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Houston probably won't clinch that early...look at their record.

Most likely scenario if you make it that far is that either Foster or Tate will get the vast majority of the workload. The teams who has one or the other, but not both, and spent the add'l money on a big upgrade at another position instead (such as Wes Welker instead of Heyward Bey, or Tony Gonzalez instead of Fred Davis), will have a big leg up on you. Handcuffing at such a high price is a recipe for a mediocre finish.

Good luck though. I like your team other than the pricey cuff.

I agree. Although I still see Tate as valuable insurance to mitigate some of the inherent risk in this contest.

 

[apalmer]

Made final 250 last season. Looking for your feedback!

Sam Bradford

Michael Vick

Brandon Weeden

Chris Johnson

Reggie Bush

David Wilson

Eddie Lacy

Danny Woodhead

Bilal Powell

Dez Bryant

Josh Gordon

Justin Blackmon

Chris Givens

Golden Tate

Kenbrell Thompkins

Rob Gronkowski

Heath Miller

Julius Thomas

Josh Brown

Alex Henrry

Seattle Seahawks

Colts

Still hanging in there. Hoping to get a bump from Gronk going forward. Has it been discussed how many Gronk owners have been eliminated?

Also, wondering how unique my roster is? Anyone willing to throw me a bone?

972 teams started with Gronk. About 1/3 of those have been eliminated (compared to 24% overall elimination rate).

 

[Jayrod]

Team analysis:

(3QB, 4RB, 6WR, 2TE, 3PK, 3DEF)

-I have used 20/21 players...only player not utilized to this point is Kai Forbath

-Only 2 players used all 4 weeks: Demaryius Thomas & Jordan Cameron

-Flex count by position: RB - 0, WR - 5, TE - 3

-Avg scores by position:

QB - 29.6

RB1 - 12.7

RB2 - 9.8

WR1 - 25.7

WR2 - 20.2

TE - 27.9

Flex1 - 19.0

Flex2 - 12.5

PK - 11.0

Def - 13.5

Total = 181.9

My RB's are killing me and I made a mistake not including Julius Thomas. Outside of that I like my team. QB's, WR's and the TE's I do have are great. PK & Def have done well.

I think I'll cruise to week 8, but may have some issues there from many players on bye.