Subscriber Contest to be Unveiled by Wednesday Morning (2 Viewers)

[KingPrawn]

I feel like I am completely lost this year. I had a pretty good year last time, but just feel that I cannot put together much of a squad this year.

I guess I will be the first to post my team, so here goes.

Feel free to laugh, critique or give advice on what I need to work on.

QB - Andrew Luck - IND/8 - $16

QB - Philip Rivers - SD/8 - $11

QB - Blaine Gabbert - JAX/9 - $4

RB - Doug Martin - TB/5 - $34

RB - Frank Gore - SF/9 - $20

RB - Bryce Brown - PHI/12 - $11

RB - Ronnie Hillman - DEN/9 - $11

WR - Calvin Johnson - DET/9 - $31

WR - Wes Welker - DEN/9 - $19

WR - Justin Blackmon - JAX/9 - $11

WR - Rueben Randle - NYG/9 - $8

WR - Brandon LaFell - CAR/4 - $7

TE - Tony Gonzalez - ATL/6 - $21

TE - Owen Daniels - HOU/8 - $14

TE - Zach Miller - SEA/12 - $6

PK - Stephen Gostkowski - NE/10 - $5

PK - Garrett Hartley - NO/7 - $4

PK - Kai Forbath - WAS/5 - $3

TD - Seattle Seahawks - SEA/12 - $6

TD - Baltimore Ravens - BAL/8 - $4

TD - Arizona Cardinals - ARI/9 - $4

Little thin at RB and WR looks good if everyone stays healthy.

You should definitely go with this line up; I wouldn't change a thing.

Looks like a winner to me as well.

 

[(HULK)]

You guys are mean. Chocula, might want to pay attention to the bye weeks. Particularly week 9.

 

[KingPrawn]

You guys are mean. Chocula, might want to pay attention to the bye weeks. Particularly week 9.

I assumed that seeing how he said he had a pretty good year last year that he wasn't new to this and knew somewhat what he was doing. I thought maybe his week 9 bye problems were being sarcastic.

 

[BassNBrew]

You guys are mean. Chocula, might want to pay attention to the bye weeks. Particularly week 9.

I assumed that seeing how he said he had a pretty good year last year that he wasn't new to this and knew somewhat what he was doing. I thought maybe his week 9 bye problems were being sarcastic.

I assumed he had to be yanking our chains with a lineup that bad.

 

[Drunken Cowboy]

I feel like I am completely lost this year. I had a pretty good year last time, but just feel that I cannot put together much of a squad this year.

I guess I will be the first to post my team, so here goes.

Feel free to laugh, critique or give advice on what I need to work on.

QB - Andrew Luck - IND/8 - $16

QB - Philip Rivers - SD/8 - $11

QB - Blaine Gabbert - JAX/9 - $4

RB - Doug Martin - TB/5 - $34

RB - Frank Gore - SF/9 - $20

RB - Bryce Brown - PHI/12 - $11

RB - Ronnie Hillman - DEN/9 - $11

WR - Calvin Johnson - DET/9 - $31

WR - Wes Welker - DEN/9 - $19

WR - Justin Blackmon - JAX/9 - $11

WR - Rueben Randle - NYG/9 - $8

WR - Brandon LaFell - CAR/4 - $7

TE - Tony Gonzalez - ATL/6 - $21

TE - Owen Daniels - HOU/8 - $14

TE - Zach Miller - SEA/12 - $6

PK - Stephen Gostkowski - NE/10 - $5

PK - Garrett Hartley - NO/7 - $4

PK - Kai Forbath - WAS/5 - $3

TD - Seattle Seahawks - SEA/12 - $6

TD - Baltimore Ravens - BAL/8 - $4

TD - Arizona Cardinals - ARI/9 - $4

About time somebody showed a rooster. I give you almost no chance to get past week 8.

 

[northwoods]

This year I'm not liking the cost/upside benefit of any of the RB's, WR's or TE's below $10. It's looking like I could end up with a very small roster and hope for the best with injuries and week 10-11 byes. I'm planning on 2 of my 4 horses at RB to flex most non-bye weeks but who knows... I don't remember having problems finding low $$$ guys I was comfortable taking a shot on in previous years. This year it's going to be go big or go home for me...

Current roster:

QB - 2 @ $33

RB - 4 @ $95

WR - 5 @ 65

TE - 2 @ $39

K - 3 @ $9

DEF - 3 @ $9

 

[rustycolts]

This year I'm not liking the cost/upside benefit of any of the RB's, WR's or TE's below $10. It's looking like I could end up with a very small roster and hope for the best with injuries and week 10-11 byes. I'm planning on 2 of my 4 horses at RB to flex most non-bye weeks but who knows... I don't remember having problems finding low $$$ guys I was comfortable taking a shot on in previous years. This year it's going to be go big or go home for me...

Current roster:

QB - 2 @ $33

RB - 4 @ $95

WR - 5 @ 65

TE - 2 @ $39

K - 3 @ $9

DEF - 3 @ $9

I agree with RBs and TEs value kind of hard to find anyone that I would roster under $10,but I think there are a lot of choices at WR.

 

[ConstruxBoy]

Liking mid-range guys this year

QB: 2 @ $35

RB: 7 @ $82

WR: 8 @ $79

TE: 4 @ $34

PK: 3 @ $10

DEF: 3 @ $10

 

[gandalas]

QB: 3 @ $36

RB: 5 @ $74

WR: 6 @ $95

TE: 3 @ $27

PK: 3 @ $9

DEF: 3 @ $9

Total: 23 @ $250

Hate going 3QB, but a couple of ones I REALLY like at their price have the same bye week. May Will probably modify it later.

 

[chocula]

Does anyone have the link to last year's winner?

 

[HairySasquatch]

Does anyone have the link to last year's winner?

Here you go: http://subscribers.footballguys.com/contest/2012/week-16.php

 

[Bad_Mo]

noticing a trend of spending very little at WR despite having 8-10 of them.

Definitely value to be had, especially the second page of the player list

Yeah, all those $1 store receivers could be great.

Just trying to create panic for those reading this thread, thinking there is another page of players they somehow missed.

Let the gamesmanship begin.

 

[gagull]

I'm feeling exposed @WR but can't seem to fix it. I don't want to give up studs at other positions

So far:

QB 2 @ 34

RB 6 @ 89

WR 8 @ 59

TE 5 @ 49

K 3 @ 10

D 3 @ 9

I have 0 studs at WR

 

[HairySasquatch]

I'm feeling exposed @WR but can't seem to fix it. I don't want to give up studs at other positions

So far:

QB 2 @ 34

RB 6 @ 89

WR 8 @ 59

TE 5 @ 49

K 3 @ 10

D 3 @ 9

I have 0 studs at WR

The only problem I see with going with 0 studs in a position is that you will have a lot of 10 to 15 point games. The higher end if they score a touchdown. Your team should be consistent in that range with 8 WRs and enough to move your team fairly deep, but you will be lacking the big 20+ games you could get with having a couple studs at each position. Maybe you will get enough points from the other positions to make up for this, but I don't think it is the best way to maximize your weekly points.

 

[DWI]

I think im done with 27 players unless there is an injury. Most of money was spent at RB.

 

[rustycolts]

No more roosters?

 

[jdoggydogg]

No more roosters?

Very few people are going to post rosters before the contest closes.

 

[rustycolts]

Wonder if OC will set up live scoring again this year?

 

[jdoggydogg]

Wonder if OC will set up live scoring again this year?

Hope so. I'd chip in a couple bucks again.

 

[Bobcat10]

v

 

[HairySasquatch]

My first team had 18 players....worked it all the way up to 27 after a few times tinkering with things....and now back down to 20.

QB 2 @ 28

RB 4 @ 92

WR 6 @ 82

TE 3 @ 29

K 3 @ 9

DEF 2 @ 10

1 injury at the wrong time will kill this team.

 

[Robbie Cooper]

With the caveat that much can (and will) change in the next two weeks of Pre-Season games, I think a few players that will be on a whole bunch of rosters include:

Eddie Lacy

Kenbrell Thompkins

EJ Manuel

Mike Vick

Julius Thomas

T Eifert

 

[EddieSpaghetti]

Feelin pretty good about my team....

2 QBs @ 24

6 RBs @ 100

9 WRs @ 71

2 TEs @ 35

3 Ks @ 9

3 Ds @ 11

 

[HairySasquatch]

With the caveat that much can (and will) change in the next two weeks of Pre-Season games, I think a few players that will be on a whole bunch of rosters include:

Eddie Lacy ----> Injury history and percieved competition for carries might make people shy away

Kenbrell Thompkins---->Agreed....hard to pass up $2 price tag

EJ Manuel----> His injury and not being named the starter will hurt his numbers

Mike Vick ----> Named the starter, but counting on him to stay healthy is the big question with Vick. Boom or Bust...but good value for that.

Julius Thomas----> Agreed....hard to pass up $2 price tag

T Eifert----> Maybe...will need to get on the field and make a few catches in the pre-season to make his numbers spike.

 

[VA703]

Currently here is my breakdown but I'm thinking of going one QB this year:

QB - 3 = $37

RB - 5 = $76

WR - 5 = $71

TE - 4 = $46

K - 3 = $10

D - 3 = $10

Tot - 23 = $250

Shuffled things up:

QB - 2 - $22

RB - 5 - $88

WR - 6 - $81

TE - 3 - $39

K - 3 - $10

D - 3 - $10

Tot - 22 - $250

1 qb sounds like a shark move

good idea

 

[smc0170]

....and I started over. Sigh.

QB: 2 @ $25

RB: 5 @ $84

WR: 8 @ $99

TE: 4 @ $30

PK: 2 @ $6

DEF: 2 @ $6

Total: 23 Players

 

[Cliff Clavin]

QB 1 @ $28

RB 3 @ $84

WR 8 @ $100

TE 2 @ $25

K 2 @ $7

D 2 @ $6

Switching it up this year. Always went with a mid-size rooster and my mid-tier guys would always under produce. Going with studs and a thin lineup this year. Pretty obvious who the QB is. He's got an early bye so hopefully there is enough dead weight kicking around that I'll sneak through with the 0 at QB. No point in taking a backup as I'm toast anyway if he gets injured.

 

[HairySasquatch]

QB 1 @ $28

RB 3 @ $84

WR 8 @ $100

TE 2 @ $25

K 2 @ $7

D 2 @ $6

Switching it up this year. Always went with a mid-size rooster and my mid-tier guys would always under produce. Going with studs and a thin lineup this year. Pretty obvious who the QB is. He's got an early bye so hopefully there is enough dead weight kicking around that I'll sneak through with the 0 at QB. No point in taking a backup as I'm toast anyway if he gets injured.

If you are going to go with one QB, this is the year to do it. Stud QB with an early bye week. Thought about doing this as well...but decided to go with two qb's for the same price.

 

[Worm]

Winning Team:

QB 2 - $25

RB 4 -$79

WR 6 - $89

TE 3 - $38

K 2 - $7

D 3 - $12

20 players

 

[Cliff Clavin]

QB 1 @ $28

RB 3 @ $84

WR 8 @ $100

TE 2 @ $25

K 2 @ $7

D 2 @ $6

Switching it up this year. Always went with a mid-size rooster and my mid-tier guys would always under produce. Going with studs and a thin lineup this year. Pretty obvious who the QB is. He's got an early bye so hopefully there is enough dead weight kicking around that I'll sneak through with the 0 at QB. No point in taking a backup as I'm toast anyway if he gets injured.

If you are going to go with one QB, this is the year to do it. Stud QB with an early bye week. Thought about doing this as well...but decided to go with two qb's for the same price.

I've been flipping back and forth on it more than anything. QBs are pretty cheap this year which really helps the argument for a taking a pair of them.

 

[jdoggydogg]

QB 1 @ $28

RB 3 @ $84

WR 8 @ $100

TE 2 @ $25

K 2 @ $7

D 2 @ $6

Switching it up this year. Always went with a mid-size rooster and my mid-tier guys would always under produce. Going with studs and a thin lineup this year. Pretty obvious who the QB is. He's got an early bye so hopefully there is enough dead weight kicking around that I'll sneak through with the 0 at QB. No point in taking a backup as I'm toast anyway if he gets injured.

Hate to offer advice to the enemy, but it occurs to me that you could just take one $10 WR off that list and get yourself a backup QB. Small price to pay for the highest-scoring position.

 

[Super King]

QB - 2 - $28

RB - 4 - $85

WR - 6 - $73

TE - 3 - $35

K - 4 - $16

D - 3 - $13

22 total

 

[eNdblu]

First year giving this a try.

QB - 2 - $24

RB - 3 - $91

WR - 5 - $88

TE - 4 - $33

K - 2 - $6

D - 2 - $8

Total: 18

 

[Cliff Clavin]

QB 1 @ $28

RB 3 @ $84

WR 8 @ $100

TE 2 @ $25

K 2 @ $7

D 2 @ $6

Switching it up this year. Always went with a mid-size rooster and my mid-tier guys would always under produce. Going with studs and a thin lineup this year. Pretty obvious who the QB is. He's got an early bye so hopefully there is enough dead weight kicking around that I'll sneak through with the 0 at QB. No point in taking a backup as I'm toast anyway if he gets injured.

Hate to offer advice to the enemy, but it occurs to me that you could just take one $10 WR off that list and get yourself a backup QB. Small price to pay for the highest-scoring position.

Yes but it is doubtful that that guy is going to be relevant. If stud qb gets hurt $10 guy isn't likely leading a team to victory. The $10 wr has a very good chance at being a flex play any given week and/or a wr. Whereas the backup qb might score a couple times a year at best.

If I was going to spend that $38 on two qbs, I'd take two guys in the $18-20 range. Nothing wrong with going that route and I'll probably change back and forth between it and this a few dozen times before this thing is final.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

I know some people don't want to give too much away before this thing closes, but what the hell.

I spent $250.

 

[HairySasquatch]

I know some people don't want to give too much away before this thing closes, but what the hell.

I spent $250.

I was thinking about doing this as well....if there ever is a year to do it, this would be the one.

 

[Super King]

I know some people don't want to give too much away before this thing closes, but what the hell.

I spent $250.

CRAZY MAN, ON THE LOOSE!!!!

 

[JB Breakfast Club]

I know some people don't want to give too much away before this thing closes, but what the hell.

I spent $250.

I'm saving some $ for my injury replacements and mid-season upgrades.

 

[KingPrawn]

Do the values change for week 2 or stay the same?

 

[rustycolts]

I know some people don't want to give too much away before this thing closes, but what the hell.

I spent $250.

I'm saving some $ for my injury replacements and mid-season upgrades.

That was my biggest mistake last year not saving some cash for later in the season you never know when the injury bug will hit you.

 

[plastik]

Wonder if OC will set up live scoring again this year?

Hope so. I'd chip in a couple bucks again.

+1

 

[Drunken Cowboy]

With the caveat that much can (and will) change in the next two weeks of Pre-Season games, I think a few players that will be on a whole bunch of rosters include:

Eddie Lacy

Kenbrell Thompkins

EJ Manuel

Mike Vick

Julius Thomas

T Eifert

I currently have 4 of them

 

[BroadwayG]

Do the values change for week 2 or stay the same?

They stay the same until after week 8.

 

[Deranged Hermit]

Eh, what the hell. If someone want's to copy my POS roster, God bless 'em:

QB - Andrew Luck - IND/8 - $16
QB - Michael Vick - PHI/12 - $9
RB - LeSean McCoy - PHI/12 - $27
RB - Matt Forte - CHI/8 - $26
RB - Stevan Ridley - NE/10 - $21
RB - Giovani Bernard - CIN/12 - $16
WR - Brandon Marshall - CHI/8 - $27
WR - Reggie Wayne - IND/8 - $19
WR - Dwayne Bowe - KC/10 - $19
WR - Eric Decker - DEN/9 - $18
WR - DeSean Jackson - PHI/12 - $16
WR - Kenbrell Thompkins - NE/10 - $2
TE - Jordan Cameron - CLE/10 - $12
TE - Zach Ertz - PHI/12 - $7
TE - Julius Thomas - DEN/9 - $2
PK - Garrett Hartley - NO/7 - $4
PK - Mason Crosby - GB/4 - $3
TD - Philadelphia Eagles - PHI/12 - $3
TD - Washington Redskins - WAS/5 - $3

Still tweaking as I'm on the fence with Vick. I'll probably add another cheap DEF as well since I generally like to have three of them. Also on the fence at to which NE RB I'll take.

 

[yellowdog]

QB - 2 @ $38

RB - 5 @ $75

WR - 4 @ $67

TE - 3 @ $50

K - 3 @ $9

D - 3 @ $11

20 Total

 

[Instinctive]

QB: 1 - $28

RB: 5 - $90

WR: 6 - $60

TE: 3 - $56

K: 2 - $9

DEF: 3 - $10

Probably needs more tinkering. Smallest I've ever done though.

 

[dlcb1]

So I was looking at the weekly cutoff marks while considering, amongst other things, bye weeks. I broke it down to percentage advanced per week.

% advance

1 20000 ???

2 16000 80.00%

3 13000 81.25%

4 11000 84.62%

5 9000 81.82%

6 7000 77.78%

7 5500 78.57%

8 4250 77.27%

9 3250 76.47%

10 2500 76.92%

11 1750 70.00%

12 1000 57.14%

13 500 50.00%

14 250 50.00%

Week 4 looks like a great week to have a bunch of byes, but there doesn't seem to be much value from either GB or Car except maybe Lacy. Week 12 is what scares me; that's a huge drop in percentage. Even with the reduced salaries, I can't imagine I'll have many players with week 12 byes on my roster.

This is my first subscriber contest and it's a lot of fun. My roster composition at the moment is a lot different from most of those posted; I haven't decided if that's a good thing or a bad thing..

 

[BroadwayG]

Is zack sudsfield on page 2?

 

[(HULK)]

I keep talking myself into and out of the 1 QB trick.

 

[cheese]

Eh, what the hell. If someone want's to copy my POS roster, God bless 'em:

QB - Andrew Luck - IND/8 - $16

QB - Michael Vick - PHI/12 - $9

RB - LeSean McCoy - PHI/12 - $27

RB - Matt Forte - CHI/8 - $26

RB - Stevan Ridley - NE/10 - $21

RB - Giovani Bernard - CIN/12 - $16

WR - Brandon Marshall - CHI/8 - $27

WR - Reggie Wayne - IND/8 - $19

WR - Dwayne Bowe - KC/10 - $19

WR - Eric Decker - DEN/9 - $18

WR - DeSean Jackson - PHI/12 - $16

WR - Kenbrell Thompkins - NE/10 - $2

TE - Jordan Cameron - CLE/10 - $12

TE - Zach Ertz - PHI/12 - $7

TE - Julius Thomas - DEN/9 - $2

PK - Garrett Hartley - NO/7 - $4

PK - Mason Crosby - GB/4 - $3

TD - Philadelphia Eagles - PHI/12 - $3

TD - Washington Redskins - WAS/5 - $3

Still tweaking as I'm on the fence with Vick. I'll probably add another cheap DEF as well since I generally like to have three of them. Also on the fence at to which NE RB I'll take.

Not a bad roster at all. I will be along similar lines, but I have a few different WR targets and I don't like the price on Forte.